Ever since I’ve known Alex (which is a very long time) he’s had a crate of these that have followed him into every domicile he’s ever inhabited. Even long after he ability to burn things to cd or create playlists in iTunes. In his post on his youthful mix tape habit he at long last delves into the personal matter of collection addiction, and the result is a kick ass mix of songs from the 80s.

Read the post and download (or stream) this gem here.

The music is buried deep in the text, but it’s there and worth the dig.

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We were having a little talk, me and Alex, about how funny it is that of all the things that are possible in Second Life, one thing we really enjoy is having a club.  We could be winged creatures, out ransacking mythic lands. We could be gangters with bigass guns setting up hits and extorting $L from our neighbors (actually, maybe we should do that…). We could be part machine – in fact, in SL we actually *are* part machine. But what do we spend our time doing the most? Recreating a part of our history that we never got to live in the first place.

Alex and I have spent a lot of time playing in clubs in our indie-rock band. I have spent more hours in stench-riddled dives from Boston to Charleston, rocking out, drinking cheap beer and squatting to pee over nasty public toilets than I probably have in shopping malls. We often fantasized about owning our own club but never wanted to deal with all the alcoholics.  And it wasn’t conducive to being in a band either. So we never did, and came to terms with the fact that we never would.

Then came Second Life, which offered the chance to have a version of that experience without the drawbacks.  Here we managed to create some of the club atmosphere, share good music, meet digital people and make friends, without having to deal with the drawbacks of a real club. The other day Alex and I discussed this and said, “huh – that’s damned cool.” And it is.

I’ve been thinking a lot about “real” in Second Life and what that means. Last post talked about identity a bit, as that’s the blog topic ablaze in the SL Blogosphere.  Now I’m thinking about what it is we do. It is funny how sometimes we choose to emulate the physical world – we shop, we hang out, we hook up, we dance.  And even though those experiences in some ways pale by comparison to the real world experience, they are not without value.  Like when you can own a club and NEVER have to clean up some drunk’s vomit or blood, maybe it’s even better than the real thing.

So what’s your god damed dream, and how are you realizing it in SL?

Yeah, I know it’s been a long while since I’ve post, and I apologize to any clandestine fans who haven’t commented or anything. Its not really that I haven’t been playing at clckwrk – its more that I just haven’t been satisfied with a piece enough to stick it up on here, is all.

Anyways, no more – since I’m quite happy with this mix here, again – both the tunage and sticking it together. I still have a lot to learn, and could definitely use a better toolset to work with while mixing, but otherwise, I think its good and hope you do too. Its a mix of melodic housey piano stuff and some bleepy electro cuts and all that stuff. Kinda splits in the middle then bends back, funnily enough.

As usual, feedback and stuff is appreciated.

The Mandelbrot Set – April 6 2008 | Click to play or Right Click / Save As to Download

Tracklisting:

Chloe – Its Sunday
My My – Fast Freeze
Francesco Tristano – The Melody (Balil Remix)
Gui Boratto & Martin Eyerer – The Beach
Asli – Springsequence
Still Going – Still Going Theme
Pryda – Pjanoo
Alexkid & Chloe – Afterblaster (Mazi and Duriez Remix)
John Acquaviva & Olivier Giacomotto – Sofa King (Polar Noise Remix)
Gel Abril – Your Face is a Mess (Deetron Remix)
Nightguy – Pretty Face
Booka Shade – Mandarine Girl

(awesome character pic by Fishyboner, too..)

Anyways, this ones somewhat of a smattering between (mostly beach/water themed) guitar-featuring tracks, changing into a bleepy midsection and finishing off with a couple new electro tracks. I hope you enjoy the music as much as I did making it, and thanks for reading/listening!

The Mandelbrot Set – Feb 03 / 08 | Click to Listen or Right Click/Save Link as to Download

Tracklist:

Markus Guentner – Oceans Day
Plasmik – Supertubos
Bruno Pronsanto – Why Cant We Be Like Us
Fairmont – Bikini Atoll
Gui Boratto – Tipologia (Lucy Remix)
Alex Under – Anthemo
Ripperton – Tainted Words (Plasmik Remix)
Nico Purman – Tuesday
Plasmik – Pitch it (Claude Von Stroke Remix)
Guy Gerber & Chaim – Saltamonte
Miss Kitten & The Hacker – Midlife Crisis
Xenia Beliayeva – Music

(The podcast is at the end, so scroll down if you’re in a hurry for some aural relief.)

Okay, so I told you ’bout the walrus and me man? You know we moved our Monday set to Friday nights (6-8 pm SL)? Well, here’s another clue you can mull, the walrus was Hulk. And Esteban/Hulk will be dj’ing Mondays at Clockwork playing a wider range of favorites and plenty o’ rock. Don’t worry, the funk will still happen on Friday nights, it just means there won’t be a hole in the schedule on Monday. Not only that, Clockwork has added KONA radio dj GoSpeed Racer to our Monday lineup from 4-6 pm to warm up the crowd before Esteban (and to provide a happy hour for those of you who have the live music open mic Mondays bug, yeah, you know who you are).

So now there is music at Clockwork six days a week (I’m still holding Saturday night open for special events), and lots of slots open before 6-8 for any djs in a European time zone, or later for those of you out west or on the Pacific Rim. (Hint, hint.) If you’re a dj looking for a gig and think you might fit in at Clockwork, point me toward a podcast or drop a notecard on my profile with a playlist from a recent set. Please don’t ask me to come hear you live; as much as I’d like to, my RL schedule prohibits me from many extracurricular activities.

-=Clockwork=-
Schedule as of 1.27.08

Sunday, 6-8 pm Tonight!
The Mandelbrot Set with dj Xaxoqual
IDM, ambient dance tracks, hooky breakbeats

Monday, 4-6 pm
Do you remember rock n roll radio?
KONA radio w/ GoSpeed Racer

Monday, 6-8 pm
Motor City is Burning
dj Esteban kicks out the jams

Tuesday, 6-8 pm
TMI Tuesdays with JellyBean and HawksRock
Rock music laced with conversation you won’t believe

Wednesday, 6-8 pm
This Ain’t No Trainwreck
dj Garrett gets it in the groove and works it

Thursday, 6-8 pm
Danceteria w/dj Gorgeous Guen
a club mix to start your weekend on the right day

Friday, 6-8 pm
(n)eXt w/ dj keTchUp
two hours of mostly new music–indie rock and club tracks

Friday, 8-9 pm
[a contest-winning name will be here when we figure out who won]
dj Esteban digs deep into funklore and unearths the mothership connection, shake your rump!

In any case, for those of you who want to recap last Monday’s new music set, here’s the podcast. And yeah, there’s some old stuff in there. Sue me. :p Betcha can’t name more than 10 without looking at the track listing. Please remember to support artists you like by seeing them perform live and purchasing their music from great sources like eMusic, AmpCamp, CD Baby and Bleep. Click the arrow to stream or right click and “save link as” to download:

(n)eXt new music podcast of dj keTchUp’s 21 January 2008 set

Spiritualized – Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space
Thom Yorke – Cymbal Rush (The Field Late Night Essen Und Trinken remix)
Burial – Raver
Audrey 3000 ft. – Mr. Hopkinson’s Computer Baby I Got Your Money (ODB & Kelis)
Atlas Sound – River Card
Apparat – You Don’t Know Me
Benzos – Coup d’etat
Chris Walla – Sing Again
KT Tunstall – Get Your Freak On (Missy Elliot cover)
Blonde Redhead – Dr. Strangeluv
Statehood – Save Yourself
Thurston Moore – Fri/End
The Smiths – What Difference Does It Make
Why? – The Hollows
Tall Firs – Hairdo
Artiste inconnu – Piste 9
Electric Light Orchestra – Do Ya
The World On Fire – Not To Knowing
Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run
The Hold Steady – You Can Make Him Like You
Cheap Trick – Oh, Candy
The Cars – Just What I Needed
Oasis – Cigarettes & Alcohol
Gang Green – Alcohol
The Chelsea Smiles – Chatterbox
The Wombats – Backfire at the Disco
!!! – Heart Of Hearts (Radio Edit)
Paramore – Misery Business (Miscellaneous Chocolate “Feels So Good” Remix)
Miss Kittin – Barefoot Tonight
Aesop Rock – Citronella
Clipse – Cry Now Freestyle (Malice)
Groove Armada – My Friend

This has been an official Burgess Podcast Advertisement for Clockwork, copyright 2008 Leviathan Enterprises.

Alex started his semester today. It’s his final semester of classes. WooT!

I’ve been sick so I’ve got nothing for posts. Sorry gang. I must have got it from Gorgeous Guen!

I have been playing around with this Flock web browser. It lets me do some cool blogging tricks like blog from the browser (as opposed to the WordPress dashboard) and drop/drag images or text in from anywhere. Flock calls itself a social web browser. What the hell does that mean? Whatever, I am not terribly web 2.0 social these days but I do like the flickr feature that displays new media from my contacts in a media bar over the browser window. It’s a little cluttered but fun.

Anyways, we had fun at ye olde Clockwork last night. dj kEtcHup spun a mix of old and new rock gems, and then EsteHulk turned the funk up to 11 in honor of MLK day.

It was all fun and games until somebody broke out the suitcase nuke. Then it was fun, games, slagging on the Monte Cristo and gagging on virtual toxic flames.

Does Monday get any better than this?

Stay tuned for another Mandelbrot Set podcast, stat.

Blogged with Flock

I have a bit of trepidation about posting here and all, as I’m not the most engrossing writer, but I figured the chance to put my sets up is worth a shot!

Anyways, those of you who go to clockwork know I’ve been regularly bringing the electronic stuffs on Sundays, for well…at least a decent amount of time. For those who don’t – I’m an electronic devotee in all its forms: from beard stroking wtf-is-that IDM/braindance to hooktastic dance cuts, I’m there. Not to say I don’t respect other genres, but thats where my passion is.

I’m gonna post my most recent mix, which is well..from Sunday! I’m really happy with how it turned out, and quite eager to share! It’s mostly IDM and minimal and tech, and very percussive if anything – pretty dancey too! Hopefully you will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed mixing it.

Anyways, here’s the music – hope you all enjoy and thanks for putting up with my rambling!

The Mandelbrot Set – 1/13/08 – Click To Listen or Right Click/Save Link As to Download

Tracklisting (Length is about 1:18)

Bandulu – Phaze in Remix
The Knife – We Share Our Mothers Health (Radio Slave Remix)
Scorn – Falling (Autechre FR13 Remix)
Ellen Allien – Down (Drama Society Remix)
Mathew Jonson – Decompression
Ricardo Villalobos & Jorge Gonzales – 4 Wheel Drive
Stephan Bozdin – Sonnenwind
Artificial Latvamaki – It Is Not Now Either
Johannes Heil – Brotherhood Of Snakes
Gregor Tresher – Anti
Claude Von Stroke & Christian Martin – Groundhog Day (Chaim Remix)

Are you ready?

ARE YOU READY?

Yo yo yo! Ho ho ho!

We don’t mean to brag;
We don’t mean to boast,
But Christmas Eve’s
Gonna rock the most.

Let’s party, let’s party, let’s party.

Hey now. Get your fine foxy self down to Clockwork (SLurl Topgol 230, 138, 55) this Monday for the hippinest, happenest Christmas Eve music extravaganza and motherfuckin’ party funkdown this side of the Crab Nebula!

From 6-8 pm SL time, dj keTchUp takes you on a trip into the exploding super-nova blindness of your own musical consciousness with n(e)xT. (That means he plays new music, you n00bs.)

and then from from 8-9 pm or so, dj Esteban will hit you so hard with the funk connection, your whole family will get a groove on.

Plus: Morriseys, no doubt.

Damn.

Okay, this started a couple of weeks ago when this charming man, Wrath, the biggest Morrissey/Smiths freak that ever was, noticed that “Morrisey” was an available SL last name. Someone pointed out that it would be funny if we had a Smiths/Morrissey night at Clockwork and all came with alts with the last name “Morrisey.” Well, hang the dj, that’s a brilliant idea. (And yes, we understand it’s not exactly the spelling of Moz’ last name. Leave the second S off for sorrow. Or something.) We laughed about it and agreed we should. But, as we have brilliant ideas all the time (ha!), we didn’t immediately pursue it.

But last night we started talking about it again and began thinking of first names to go with “Morrisey.” Myg disappeared and then, faster than a hairdresser on fire, this ugly n00b “Myg Morrisey” tp’d into the club. It was on. Soon there was “More,” “KillUncle,” “JellyBean,” “HawksRock,” “Jillian,” and “Suedehead” Morrisey. By the end of the night we had “Sable,” “Nene,” “Piccadilly,” and “Zo.” It won’t stop there.

Morriseys are against rules. They are anarchic, friendly, and weird.

Morriseys generally travel in packs. Though there are no rules, Morriseys feel more comfortable in the company of other Morriseys. A lone Morrisey is a vulnerable target, and we don’t want to feel more vulnerable than we already do. Also, traveling in packs is a moveable feast, a transient Morrisey mob. While out traveling in packs, Morriseys will be noticed. Don’t panic. Stick together. Ask the people if they like The Smiths or Morrissey. When they say “yes” jubilance ensues. Encourage them to change their last name to Morrisey immediately.

What will come of this? I wouldn’t say, no. But you can bet there will be events, probably parties, sets, and Morrisey Mobs. Eventually, we will outnumber the Lindens. Get your Morrisey now. How soon is now? Today. Join the group -=Morrisey=-. Await instructions.

Update/Morriseys news:
My SLife with the Thrill Kill Morrisey Cult
Wrath Paine in Night of a Thousand Morriseys

That’s for starters. For seconds, here’s a stupid picture of me and Alex from Sunday’s SL Blogmeet, hosted by JellyBean Madison and HawksRock Gunawan! Not in the SL Bloggers group? Why the hell not? We have parties, with themes even! IM Mygdala March or Zoe Connolly for an invite.

And third, but not lastly or leastly, yes, the Tuesday post is coming, although late. Maybe you were hoping to catch Burgess’s (n)eXt set podcast today at work, but due to circumstances – let’s just call them circumstances – the post is coming late. So it’ll be here soon in all it’s indie glory.