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Again I get caught up in the flash-bang of summer and forget about my old friend the internet. The last three and a half weeks have been a little hectic, here’s a run down.

August 1 - 3
Team manlab and I hit the road for Ottawa to try our hand at human powered flight in the Red Bull Flugtag. We had spent countless evenings and weekends preparing our craft, Operation Red Bull, and it was time to see if it would fly.

Check out the Manlab Flugtag Site to read about how it went, see some pictures and watch the video. I also suggest that you try your hand at our Flugtag related games.

You can also see my interview with the local A-channel crew here.

August 8-10
I had the honor of being the emcee at a good friends’ wedding out in Brandon. It went pretty smooth. I didn’t say the ‘f-word’ into the mic and I got a few laughs out of the crowd. A little different audience than what I’m used too, but I had fun all the same. Congratulations Shawn and Jen!

August 15 - 16th

DEAFWISH Grand prix of Eating Event - Pancakes. If you weren’t there…well…sucks to be you. It was a rock/rap/loud party complete with a pancake eating competition that ended in the chugging of ranch dressing. Pictures to come.

And to end this on a musical note:
Go listen to the New Employee of the Month tracks. The brother is back.
Schugg Nite Production of course.

Just thought I would write a quick post while waiting for the overly large Java runtime add-on to install on my computer. I need it to upload my videos to myspace and become a **star**. This is a prime example of how to piss your users off. If I was Joe Suburban I would be terrified to install this monster, it’s already taken me 15 min just to try and upload a video. I had to uninstall my old version through the control panel than download the huge installation file.

Myspace video will not kill you tube. I think I need to restart my browser for this crap to take affect.

There is a new DEAFWISH template up and in progress, expect it to get better in the next couple days. Take a look and tell me it’s pretty.

I’ve also stumbled across some lost DEAFWISH recordings that will soon be available. WoOo!

In Music:
Von LMO - http://www.myspace.com/vonlmo
Johnny Thunders - http://www.myspace.com/johnnythundersmusic

This:

1. has me excited to check my mail again!
2. is a sound example of why paypal is evil. It’s soooo easy!

I like audio gear :). Though, if you check out the samples of what this thing does you’ll find this little box to be more of a bastard noise machine than a ‘pedal’.

I can’t see how this won’t unlock my inner genius and fast-track my yet to be named Japanese noise tour. Consider yourself warned!

In Music You should hear and like:
King Khan & the Shrines
http://www.myspace.com/kingkhantheshrines

Graveyard
http://www.myspace.com/graveyardsongs

Live Fast Die
http://www.myspace.com/livefastdienow

Toooo much shi~ on the go for this cowboy.!` OR too much personal pressure? F*cK if I know!`

Making rap music, trying to ‘run a label’ - maintaining 7 myspace accounts, recording/mixing the music, learning/doing PHP, sending press kits, paying for promo, playing shows - running a day job, maintaining a clean space, staying fit, planning a bachelor party, eating well, saving money & still being a good friend who you can have a beer with;:-> is burning my dumb a$s out.

Though, now that I’ve put the b!tch down to the internet I am feeling a little better. While I’m on the ‘cry about the good life’ stint;;;;; Some bullets. that suck:

• the washing machine in my building went up $0.19. It is now impossible to clear the cash off your card completely. smoooth move SmartCard:::>> Card abandonment $crilla on the incline.
• Jumbo Pizza Winnipeg - sent us vegetarians an all meat pizza then refused to admit a mistake.
• The little button on my phone has started to work 68% of time => Cool; if it wasn’t essential to almost every function@!#$%^!
• I’m 26 => talented => and not rich!

These r m@ t3arz. One tidbit of real information 4 u:

One thing that I have noticed about both my sense of humor;; and the DEAFWISH style communique;; is that no one realizes that it is based heavily on the principles of text messaging culture;:> & Neoism?! duh!#

I promise the next post will be more coherent. Thanks for reading.

I had pretty much forgotten about this site, but in the last couple weeks a few people told me they missed reading soooo…..I’ll try it again. In reference to my last post about plotting my life on some little grid, that lasted about 6 days. I talked to the guy that invented it and he told me he didn’t even have the discipline to use his own system. We’ll call that another idea that’s good ‘on paper’.

In the last two weeks I recorded and mixed The Ex-Girlfriends second album, Love ‘em and Leave ‘em. They haven’t heard it yet but I think it sounds like garagey girl power. It is the fastest I’ve ever had to mix/master a disc and I would prefer to never do it again.

BANDS (for reference): There is more to a recording than you playing your songs into the microphones. Remember that.

MC/DJ Knife and I are trying to hook up some international street cred by getting rappers for a mixtape. If you know anyone, let me know. None of that backpack shit, our beats are too heavy for multi-syllabic sucka’z.

Listen To:
The Ex-Girlfriends - http://www.myspace.com/xgirlfriends
Prophesy - http://www.myspace.com/prophecy617

There just ain’t enough good songs about truckin’ anymore. Red Solvine is THE guy.

I just saw this on Soxiam Wiki. I’m not sure whether this is a genius tongue in cheek video campaign or a complete disaster. I personally couldn’t watch the whole thing, but give it your best.

I went and saw the White Stripes Monday night. I’m unsure who opened the show, a branding battle between two local stations brought the opportunity to see American Flamewhip play on a rooftop across from the arena.

Apparently FREQ 107 wanted to sponsor the show and didn’t get the chance, so they put their own band on and said FREQ 107 into the mic a lot. Sock it to ‘em!

The White Stripes rocked! I surprised how well their songs come off with so little instrumentation. There were microphones all over the stage so Jack to run around and never miss a cue.

Why should you ride the bus when the White Stripes are your town? Check out this clip from right here in Winnipeg, Monday afternoon.

There aren’t too many “big” bands that would take the time to do this. True to how rock shows should be, I’m a bigger fan having seen them play live.

I am a Willie Nelson fan. His laid back, spanish-country guitar style has always impressed me and I truly respect him as a musician and a songwriter.

So, for mother’s day 2007 I got us both a gift; floor seats to yesterday’s Willie & the family show.

It truly was a family affair all around. Willie’s sons (40 points) opened the show and played in his backing band. I, along with other fans and families cheered the band through a steady flow of country favorites.

Admittedly, Willie’s voice isn’t what it used to be, but his personal charm and connection with his guitar made for a memorable musical experience.

As a momento of the night, I paid $25 ($20 of which I borrowed, thanks Mom) for this wonderful bracelet.

But this ain’t no live strong action, it’s a USB device containing a 160kbs mp3 of the show!

The recording was done as a live, 2 track mix off the board by a California company called Aderra. I had a chance to talk with the guy doing the recording and though his business card identified him as Edward, company president, I didn’t get a chance to confirm his identity. The show started while we were talking.

This is an AMAZING concept! Edward told me the biggest problem he’d encountered thus far was having enough bracelets ready at the end of the show & he was right. The line-up was lengthy and one batch was gone before I got to the front of the line.

If you’re still reading think on these:

1. Consumers want a physical product, but is it really a CD?
2. Willie Nelson Rules

1. I would have abandon my shopping cart (3 times!)
2. I would have seen one of my 120 friends
3. There would have been a lot more “ooooh” services to enrich my experience

YouTube, Joost, Google….c’mon i know there’s more! think catchy web 2.0 services for the twenty somethings. antisooocial.com?

In Sound Guy News
Great Aunt Ida threw down some tight unplugged poppiness last night and Chords of Canada (where’ the music link?) masterminded the acoustic loop station.