Archive for August, 2007

Yunnan and Me

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Warning: Tea Ramblings. Twinings Yunnan tea is, to my discerning palette, by far the finest of the wide Twinings range, yet it is mysteriously unavailable at practically every supermarket everywhere.
I first discovered it’s complex yet refreshing lovelyness at the Sainsbury’s on Lewes Road in Brighton, but upon returning to the shop I found they no [...]

Still Not A DJ

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Though it is fun pretending. Here is half an hour of head nodders, with some trademark sketchy mixes and a surprising lack of level at times, which I hadn’t noticed till today. More fader kiptin!

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As used by the CIA

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

This is the training method alluded to in the new Bourne film.

Horatiowned

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Backstory: HoCaine has discovered a bomb in a car at the lab - but he can’t disarm it in the four minutes left on the timer. “Frank, I’m going for a drive”. In the four minutes he manages to get across town, find an empty Miami beach, and have time to do this…

I Am Not A DJ

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

But I play one on the internet. I was over at my parents’ place last night til this evening, for my brother’s birthday, and this morning I got bored and tried to mix some hip hop. It’s only about eighteen minutes long so not too taxing to put up with my evident lack of skills :)

The New Miami Order

Friday, August 17th, 2007

The ongoing wonderfulness of the new season of CSI Miami has established some new rules, and reinforced an old one - namely, all houses in Miami are great, have swimming pools, fantastic views, and substantial gardens, especially the ones in “condemned” crime ridden areas. However, in terms of the new stuff, the character growth is [...]

The Ak

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

I only really knew Akinyele from his turn on Live at the BBQ off Breaking Atoms, but the other day I did a bit of trawling around to get some more of his stuff, and I’ve found that I’ve been putting it on more than anything else recently. The only track I could find [...]

How To Boil Water

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

Not sure? The internet got your back.