tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86778232098058385182024-02-19T12:09:41.355-05:004th Street BluesAstral traveling in an earthly realm.Jason Rulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028387267352427943noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677823209805838518.post-58629085734380265832010-07-04T23:55:00.000-04:002010-07-04T23:56:36.685-04:00Fat Cat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaADt7L3sVzdEz27Gz_fNwJ5rszEaQ5oAcyXxf1KdUvxjm58voGKWLPj6p6pFMaGdWLtO7E7SYPZllwpSAZGiyiPvNVpAz223FmKVHKvwdkL9AcT2CuK4b_1b7rHpZ-KyW4RYPdDAuvXk/s1600/-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaADt7L3sVzdEz27Gz_fNwJ5rszEaQ5oAcyXxf1KdUvxjm58voGKWLPj6p6pFMaGdWLtO7E7SYPZllwpSAZGiyiPvNVpAz223FmKVHKvwdkL9AcT2CuK4b_1b7rHpZ-KyW4RYPdDAuvXk/s400/-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490266095311344082" border="0" /></a>Jason Rulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028387267352427943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677823209805838518.post-45052638192958533302010-01-01T18:42:00.004-05:002010-01-06T20:14:19.541-05:00Top 50 Tracks of 2009<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Not that it really means anything but...talk about your exhaustive lists! There are dozens of great tracks that didn't make the cut. 2009 was quiet the year for music, it seems.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">01. STL - Silent State</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">02. Floating Points - Love Me Like This (Nonsense Dub)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">03. Minilogue - In Smoke We All Become Birds</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">04. WAX - WAX 20002 B</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">05. Levon Vincent - Games Dub</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">06. Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">07. Moodymann - Freaky MF</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">08. Omar-S - Blown Valvetrane</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">09. Black Jazz Consortium - What's Up With The Love?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">10. DJ Qu - Party People Clap They Hands</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">11. Precious System - The Voice From Planet Love</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">12. Loco Dice - Black Truffles In The Snow (Mike Huckaby Remix)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">13. Big Strick - A Walk Down Linwood</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">14. Marcel Fengler - Twisted Bleach</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">15. Beat Pharmacy - Piece Of Mind (Ramadanman Remix)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">16. DPlay - Tschaka</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">17. Seth Troxler - Aphrika</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">18. Kassem Mosse - Untitled A1</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">19. Ron Trent - Paradise Regained / It's Magic</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">20. Makam - Deep Loving EP</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">21. 2562 - Third Wave</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">22. Anton Zap - Deeper</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">23. OOFT - This Sound</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">24. Tensnake - Holding Back My Love</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">25. T++ - Audio 1995 #8_2</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">26. Brawther - Endless / Asteroids And Stardust</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">27. Anton Zap - Captain Storm</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">28. Nina Kraviz - CPT Time</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">29. Levon Vincent - Double Jointed Sex Freak</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">30. Patrice Scott - Excursions</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">31. Tony Lionni - Found A Place</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">32. Capracara - King Of The Witches (Rub N Tug Remix)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">33. Cabin Fever - Don't You Know</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">34. Santiago Salazar / Silent Servant - La Minora / La Noche</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">35. WAX - Dub Shed (STP Remix)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">36. DJ Sprinkles - Grand Central (Motor City Drum Ensemble Remix)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">37. Baby Ford - Make Your Own Sunshine (Minimal Man Remix)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">38. A Made Up Sound - Bounce</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">39. Ben Klock - Goodly Sin (Robert Hood Remix)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">40. Wbeeza - He So Crazy</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">41. Sebo K - Saxtrack (Reboot Remix)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">42. Reagenz - Keep Building</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">43. San Proper - Keep It Raw</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">44. Baby Ford - Gravy Train</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">45. Mutant Beat Dance - In A Daze</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">46. Rainer Trueby - Ayers Rock / To Know You</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">47. Wolf + Lamb - If You Had (Shaun Reeves Edit)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">48. Julien Chaptal - Mamdaye</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">49. 6th Borough Project - Do It To The Max</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">50. Burial & Four Tet - Moth</span></span></div>Jason Rulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028387267352427943noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677823209805838518.post-59944224561328979162009-12-31T20:55:00.002-05:002009-12-31T21:04:41.770-05:00Time Capsule<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">Confused locals and tourists<br />Round table chic in the second carriage<br />Hatpins, straw boaters, skinny ties<br />Dancing to swing vocalists<br />New friends watching you groove at Queens Plaza<br />Breaking out the ukelele<br />Whine of the motors reverbrates through carriage like a bad Jennifer Holliday impression<br />Joyous snatches of 'Stairway' and 'Rubber Ducky'.<br /><br /></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><i>"Let's do a duet of When I'm Cleaning Windows!"</i></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><i>"I only know half the notes!"</i></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><i>"That's alright, I only know half the lyrics."</i></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfmAeijj5cM</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0oADxKEWkZaswqkeq5mKmdGg7HYIguZ09AWaLOKkcoDBPEAbIMQbS86In4lyVDpVuGLokt_sXNh10-3fgx5FkqKkFcDEIPVCbIXDRgr-taLgjeFJFZZUHms6cZduKIsWgr-VHyiWjrcU/s1600-h/21934_221433547053_734097053_3215189_7403160_n.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0oADxKEWkZaswqkeq5mKmdGg7HYIguZ09AWaLOKkcoDBPEAbIMQbS86In4lyVDpVuGLokt_sXNh10-3fgx5FkqKkFcDEIPVCbIXDRgr-taLgjeFJFZZUHms6cZduKIsWgr-VHyiWjrcU/s320/21934_221433547053_734097053_3215189_7403160_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421586364982573730" /></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>Jason Rulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028387267352427943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677823209805838518.post-79399942429946918492009-12-24T01:19:00.003-05:002009-12-24T01:24:01.269-05:00Notes from Midtown<span style="font-family:arial;">Slow moving masses of Asian tourists in Herald Square.<br />George Carlin look-alike pushing a dolly-cart on the 9th floor of Macy's.<br />Ambulances on Lex & 59th. Stretcher loaded in, crowd of onlookers, horns, traffic.<br />Policeman leads drunken woman away from Radio City Music Hall.<br />Mass exodus on the F at 14th Street due to train traffic ahead.<br />West Indian conductor repeatedly urges passengers to 'please be patient'.<br /></span>Jason Rulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028387267352427943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677823209805838518.post-20840042892573255392009-11-11T11:45:00.004-05:002009-11-11T11:56:17.833-05:00Kvetching About: Epictetus<p color="#333333" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande; "></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande; color: #333333"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Epictetus once wrote, "Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead to want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well."</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">OK, so basically, Epictetus wants us all to STFU; not to complain, not to have false hope, not to go against the system. A tough position, so how does he defend it? Well, he goes on a well educated rant about the ideas that humans do not really know themselves...if they THINK they do. They are motivated by fear of death and the unknown, they have no control over their own destinies, and (on that point) they have less control when they believe themselves to have control.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">While I see what he is getting at, he is definitely getting ahead of himself. No matter what reasoning you have, divine or otherwise, humans cannot reasonably be expected to have some sort of conscious 'want' for negative circumstances. As for the unconscious want, human instinct is primarily to live and to live well. Perhaps Epictetus is inferring that you need to take the bad with the good, but even unconsciously, the 'want' for negativity goes against basic human instinct. To be negative and to let bad things happen to you can ruin chances for survival. Apathy ruins life.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">And who the hell is he to say who I am? He is not some sort of godhead, I am my own man. </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">And I have to write 1000 words on this...</span></p></span><p></p><p></p>Jason Rulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028387267352427943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677823209805838518.post-55457261164026089832009-11-04T23:09:00.002-05:002009-11-04T23:11:47.166-05:00Oh dearI never seem to remember these things, do I? Exactly why I consciously put it off I don't know.<div>Back to finishing this godforsaken Endgame essay. Mr. Beckett, I don't care that you are already deceased, I am giving you my death stare.</div>Jason Rulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028387267352427943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677823209805838518.post-36025556164037838062009-07-20T22:29:00.002-04:002009-07-20T22:32:32.343-04:00Boomerang<span style="font-family: arial;">Heading back down to New York tomorrow. Working on designing new liveries for TOC's* in the UK. Really craving for some vanilla rooibos tea. Yeah, I'm that cool.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">CSX, don't screw with me or I will hunt you down and hurt you bad, boy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">*Train operating companies</span>Jason Rulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028387267352427943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677823209805838518.post-69458696735848260772009-07-11T19:42:00.004-04:002009-07-11T19:50:35.564-04:00The weary traveller.<span style="font-family: arial;">Lots of things have gone down recently...I came down with the flu recently. Hit me like two tons of bricks and the powers that be (read: viruses) decided to open all floodgates and cause destruction in London (read: me). After complete exhaustion, I dragged myself through 11 hours on Amtrak, not getting up once. The good people at CSX are clearly out to get me. Mind you, better than being left a practical invalid alone in New York for three days...<br /><br />I'm back up in Canada now, and am feeling much better. Mum+Kim are driving down tomorrow morning, but I was feeling out of place/sorts at the apartment anyway, so I'll be stay up here for a few more days before heading down again, hopefully by next Friday.<br /><br />I'm really, really pissed off to be missing Kyle Hall @ Sunday Best. Someone in my age bracket (younger even!) and the promise of a good party with good friends...and I'll be languishing up here. Even the cats are ignoring me.<br /><br />At least there's the one thing that will never say no...Youtube*.<br /><br />*sigh*<br /><br /><br />*Get your mind out of the gutter, seriously.<br /></span>Jason Rulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028387267352427943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677823209805838518.post-46699530189429842992009-07-02T01:30:00.001-04:002009-07-02T01:32:35.325-04:00Oh haiI've arrived safely in Manhattan, handed in one half of my work, and like the way my room is. Life is good. Will be here for the rest of the summertime.Jason Rulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028387267352427943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677823209805838518.post-80658838008467777122009-06-24T18:22:00.004-04:002009-06-24T20:15:34.276-04:00Jazz Interlude: Pharoah Sanders - Astral Travelling<div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">John Peel had "Teenage Kicks". I have <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmL1da8VhiE">this</a>. Listen and enjoy.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Pharoah Sanders (tenor sax, soprano sax, bells, percussion)<br />Michael White (violin, percussion)<br />Lonnie Liston Smith (piano, electric piano, claves, percussion)<br />Cecil McBee (bass, finger cymbal, percussion)<br />Clifford Jarvis (drums, maracas, bells, percussion)<br />James Jordan (ring cymbal)</span></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMAwwNFbWUyyQJ9vNRQW4w9ZCQkXoROIcviWPhXiWEviCejwFTjnkViZgX3IoShyjwgzxaVL8C3QdR0JveqYawsNVXSFx-eQgRJRXb7tWa67ioy0oNYuLEnxkyaC4-ef2kslDCaodguo/s1600-h/Prince+Street+Facing+East.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMAwwNFbWUyyQJ9vNRQW4w9ZCQkXoROIcviWPhXiWEviCejwFTjnkViZgX3IoShyjwgzxaVL8C3QdR0JveqYawsNVXSFx-eQgRJRXb7tWa67ioy0oNYuLEnxkyaC4-ef2kslDCaodguo/s320/Prince+Street+Facing+East.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351051064291468962" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div>Jason Rulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028387267352427943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677823209805838518.post-21212518176776937112009-06-23T23:29:00.007-04:002009-06-24T01:47:24.848-04:00The Longest Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQoFqLtB_5HvQDf41Bk2SYXfLJ2f5ta0480i2FEJAwWOXnqotK-2RtV7cG8smT5WSbfdIdYW58y86yA0efrSsBEMCXtlWFxBzoh5ayajF9icqngmrVho7l5pqaxkbVAQElVIS2NXigeE/s1600-h/Toronto+Skyline+From+Docks+II.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQoFqLtB_5HvQDf41Bk2SYXfLJ2f5ta0480i2FEJAwWOXnqotK-2RtV7cG8smT5WSbfdIdYW58y86yA0efrSsBEMCXtlWFxBzoh5ayajF9icqngmrVho7l5pqaxkbVAQElVIS2NXigeE/s320/Toronto+Skyline+From+Docks+II.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350732217345610210" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136); font-family:Helvetica;font-size:19px;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">This mix is straight 4x4 with some dub techno interludes and a definite Berghain influenced, recorded as the sun set on June 21 2009. Enjoy.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">01 Kassem Mosse - Untitled B1</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">02 XDB - Descap</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">03 Basic Channel - Phylyps Trak II/I (Looped)</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">04 Sons Of The Dragon - The Journey </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">05 Seth Troxler - Relationship</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">06 Ben Klock - Gloaming</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">07 Anton Zap - Captain Storm</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">08 Sebbo - Watamu Beach (Moritz von Oswald Remix)</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">09 Substance & Vainqueur - Surface</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">10 Stefan Betke - Dusseldorf (Mike Huckaby Remix)</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">11 G-Man - Fuschia</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">12 EQD - EQD001A</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">13 WAX - WAX001B</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">14 Sean Deason - The Shit</p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">BTW, it wasn't rainy/overcast that day...I just think the picture suits the music.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; color:#001ee6;"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/aknd4y">http://www.sendspace.com/file/aknd4y</a></span></p></span>Jason Rulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028387267352427943noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677823209805838518.post-29294780216266549892009-06-22T22:19:00.006-04:002009-06-22T22:22:25.306-04:00Oh, hello world.How have you been? There's been a lot that's happened with me lately...<div>I've finished high school, and it feels good. </div><div>I'll be in Manhattan for the summertime, and will be actually keeping this blog updated.</div><div>Yes, I say that every other post, but this time I have stuff to blog about.</div><div>It's been <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">exactly </span>6 months since my last post. Hivemind.</div><div>Right now, though, back to Law & Order SVU.</div><div><br /></div>Jason Rulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028387267352427943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677823209805838518.post-10003212249395956752008-12-22T17:57:00.000-05:002008-12-22T18:12:03.562-05:00Ah yes, the all-too familiar year-end list.It seems as though every blog has year-end lists. <a href="http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2008/11/2008_yearend_on_1.html">Heck, there are even blog that list year-end lists!</a> This list comprises my top 21* tracks, top 10 DJ's, top 5 producers, and top 5 albums. Enjoy!<div><br /></div><div>*It's my list. If I want 21 tracks instead of 20, so be it.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>TOP 21 TRACKS</div><div>01 Shed - Flat Axe</div><div>02 Deetron - Let's Get Over It (Marcel Dettmann Remix)</div><div>03 Minilogue - Doiicie A</div><div>04 Ricardo Villalobos - Minimoostar (Shackleton Remix)</div><div>05 Petar Dundov - Oasis (Substance & Vainqueur Remix)</div><div>06 Shed - That Beats Everything</div><div>07 Dave Aju - Anyway</div><div>08 Cole Medina - Love You Inside Out (The Pinches Mix)</div><div>09 Ricardo Villalobos - Skinfummel </div><div>10 Sebo K - Diva</div><div>11 The Mole - Smiling And Running</div><div>12 Scott Grooves - Only 500</div><div>13 Radio Slave - Tantakatan (The Drunken Shed Remix)</div><div>14 Johnny D - Tramodysee</div><div>15 WAX - WAX100001A</div><div>16 Sety - Mogane (Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts Remix)</div><div>17 Zander VT - Get Down</div><div>18 Beat Pharmacy - Drifter</div><div>19 Anonym - I Can't Stop Loving You</div><div>20 Efdemin - America</div><div>21 Johnny D - Orbitalife</div><div><br /></div><div>TOP 10 DJ's</div><div>01 Ricardo Villalobos</div><div>02 Efdemin</div><div>03 Prosumer</div><div>04 Appleblim</div><div>05 Francois K</div><div>06 Tim Sweeney</div><div>07 Marcel Dettmann</div><div>08 Luciano</div><div>09 Cassy</div><div>10 Deetron</div><div><br /></div><div>TOP 5 PRODUCERS OF 2008</div><div>01 Shed</div><div>02 Petar Dundov</div><div>03 Johnny D</div><div>04 London Elektricity</div><div>05 Brendon Moeller</div><div><br /></div><div>TOP 5 ALBUMS OF 2008</div><div>01 Shed - Shedding The Past</div><div>02 Headhunter - Nomad</div><div>03 Ricardo Villalobos - Vasco</div><div>04 Sten - The Essence</div><div>05 Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs From The Beehive</div></div>Jason Rulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028387267352427943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677823209805838518.post-73460816333289140042008-11-02T23:26:00.000-05:002008-11-02T23:58:10.995-05:00A Mix For YouSo. The time has come to post some of my DJ mixes. I would like to that many people, including the fine chaps at Ableton Live for creating such a wonderful program, Steve Mizek of www.littlewhiteearbuds.com for giving me some good tracks (and being a wonderful guy to boot), and of course Jimmy Savile (yes, that's right) for being the first DJ to use two continuous turntables and a microphone back in the 1940's, I think, giving birth to DJing as we know it today.<div><br /></div><div>Anyways, the first mix. This is a mix I did that encompasses various shades of house music over the years. Many of these tracks were ripped from vinyl, so the fidelity and sound-quality might be a little low for some of the tracks, and I apologize in advance.</div><div><br /></div><div>Happy listening!</div><div>Jason x</div><div><br /></div><div>01 Manuel Gottsching - E2E4</div><div>02 Sueno Latino - Sueno Latino</div><div>03 Gotan Project - Triptico (Peter Kruder Remix)</div><div>04 DJ Sneak - Throw Your Hands Up</div><div>05 DJ Pierre - Muzik Is Life (Long Life Mix)</div><div>06 Afterhours - Feel It (Salsoul Mix)</div><div>07 Cajmere - Brighter Days (Masters At Work Remix)</div><div>08 Masters At Work - Our Mute Horn (Kenlou Mix + Bonus Beats)</div><div>09 Senor Coconut - Electrolatino (Ricardo Villalobos "'Lecktro Carino" Remix)</div><div>10 Buddah Khan - Buddah Khan Theme (Whip-N-Turn Mix)</div><div>11 Ferrer & Sydenham - Timbuktu (Ame Beatless Mix)</div><div>12 Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You</div><div>13 Armand Van Helden - The Funk Phenomena</div><div>14 Nuyorican Soul - Runaway (Mongoloids In Space Mix)</div><div>15 Sounds Of Blackness - The Harder They Are, The Bigger They Fall (E-Smoove Harder Anthem)</div><div>16 Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives (Frankie Knuckles Remix)</div><div><br /></div><div>http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZNPDQIEY</div><div><br /></div>Jason Rulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028387267352427943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677823209805838518.post-19970206812869616122008-07-28T17:07:00.000-04:002008-07-28T17:09:24.460-04:00Inactivity...Well...it's been a long time since I've updated this. I've been busy with work and art and stuff like that...since I have a bit of free time this summer, I see it as prime time to get this blog back into motion.<div><br /></div><div>I will be uploading some photos and working on a possible interview, so stay tuned.</div><div><br /></div><div>Best,</div><div>Jason</div>Jason Rulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028387267352427943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677823209805838518.post-21822517751808910642008-01-31T12:11:00.000-05:002009-06-22T22:22:26.003-04:00Episode 1: Schoolyear In Review<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Well, the first semester is officially over. What a semester it was! I'm still cleaning out my bag of all of the papers, but I shall tear myself away to write my opinions on each course. Overall, I am glad of my course choices. There were some issues, however, but overall it was good. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">English was very interesting, but it was hard to instantaneously function at 8:05 in the morning when you have woken up just over 30 minutes previously from another night laying awake as your conscious mind is resting but your sub-conscious is running the mental equivalent of the Boston Marathon every night... I do wish that the class would stop making fun of my mental processes though. Surely, fellow IB people should be able to understand about abstract thinking methods and hypothetical approximations, but no, they just have to tease me about it.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Excuse me, whilst I find something I just dropped.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Ah, found it. Where was I?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Nothing major can be said about Art; a few minor issues regarding a certain student's maturity level were not thoroughly solved, but it sort of petered out and we shall just have to see where it goes in the future. History was throughly interesting, but many students (who shall remain nameless) exuded throughly unacceptable behaviour throughout the semester</span></div>Jason Rulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028387267352427943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677823209805838518.post-35255145629713166702008-01-16T16:25:00.000-05:002008-01-16T16:56:26.684-05:002007 RECOLLECTION (AS SEEN ON CNN.COM)Jason Rulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028387267352427943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677823209805838518.post-48291439310407953992007-12-12T21:42:00.000-05:002007-12-12T21:48:21.088-05:00The First Post<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Hello. My name is Jason Rule, and this is my blog. This is a space were I can ramble about my thoughts, actions, and other ephemera. I am a fan of my music (mainly techno and jazz), cats, fine clothes, travel, comedy, and many other things. I also enjoy absurd humor much like you see now then now then what's going on-ward Christian Barnaard squad by the right number one two the fullback praise famous mental homes for loonies like me....</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">I enjoy photography, and I will be occasionally posting my work on the site. Please comment.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">I end this slightly dry premier blogspot with a word of wisdom:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> Some people are like slinkies. They're not good for much, but they bring a smile to your face </span></span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>when you push them down the stairs.<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre;">Jason</span></div>Jason Rulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16028387267352427943noreply@blogger.com0