Here’s some gems I picked up through SoulSeek recently which I’m using as samples for some tracks that are in production. I thought I’d share them with y’all, for your own sample usage, or simply as a reminder that, wow, thank god I wasn’t born in the 50’s. And I know better that french kissing won’t get you pregnant.
Every morning, I wake up to the local community radio station KBOO, which is airing the political news show Democracy Now. Most days, it’s filled with stories like how there has been 1900 deaths in Gaza in the past 30 days, stories and news that encourage me to get up and do inspiring work in the world because without a concerted effort by mindful people like myself, injustice and oppression may prevail.
Today was a different day. Today I woke up to the inauguration speech of Barack Obama, a man in which so many Americans and people worldwide have placed so much hope that we may turn back the tide of oppression, ignorance, violence, and ecological destruction that the previous administration has ushered in. I woke up smiling. I woke up believing that this is actually a possibility. I truly believe that Barack Obama is a good man with great intentions. How well he is able to implement these policy changes and usher in a new ideological paradigm, that we will have to see. He’ll be fighting against the mammoth force of the federal government bureaucracy’s resistance to change and corporate interests undermining his efforts along the way.
Amy Goodman, the main journalist for Democracy Now, related the story of Obama at a small fundraising gathering in which the issue of the recent Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip was brought up. Not going to much into it, in essence, his response was “I agree with you, but you will have to make me.” Which to me means, that this administration will actually listen to the needs and opinions of the citizens, and it needs us to do this to keep them on track.
My mother and sister were lucky enough to get tickets to the inauguration. They said how it was amazing to be among a million people with hope in their hearts and smiles on their faces. My mom said how, in order to get a better look at the tiny figures on the stage, there was a crowd who broke down several fences in order to get closer. The cops, rather than responding in riot police fashion, allowed this to happen when it was clear that this was a nonviolent group.
So with that, I present to you the The Historical Barack Obama Inaugaration Mixtape, mixed by Pcutta. Credit goes to mp3hustle.com for bringing this to my attention. Track listings after the jump.
Oh joyous day. Barack Obama has become the next president elect of the United States of America. Let’s just hope that George W. Bush does not find some excuse to declare martial law before he has to give up the office. To celebrate the soon-to-be-renewed economic figure of this land, I, the web admin of this site, am very pleased to announce that we now have right-click downloads. No longer will you have to suffer through 15 seconds of ads in order to download our hand selected MP3s. And if you, our valued readers, demand it enough in the comments, maybe I will build a MP3 player into the site so that you can play the tracks immediately within the posting. Wouldn’t that be neat.
Go on, take advantage of those right clicks right now in the track listings of my previous post for my latest DJ mix. All the original tracks are available.
In celebration of the election, I’m releasing a new mix I have been hard at work at for the past several weeks. “For several weeks?!” you say? yes, that’s right, I’ve been building it bit by bit using Traktor DJ studio 3.4. I don’t care what you say about replicating the authenticity of a live set, this mix is awesome and all the levels sound spot on because I can go back to any point in the mix and change the frequencies as much as I need.
So here it is, my “Fidgetal Love October 2008 mix.” For you Portlanders, if you like this, come to ElectriCity this Friday and every Friday after that; you’re likely to hear much of the same.
I was able to check this movie out from the multnomah county library, and I am totally impressed by this films ability to entertain me with the story of the only heavy metal band to ever exist in Iraq (and other nearby arab countries) while also telling a very personal story of the day-to-day lives of civilians in war-torn Iraq.
Here’s the official summary:
Heavy Metal in Baghdad is a feature film documentary that follows the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda from the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 to the present day. Playing heavy metal in a Muslim country has always been a difficult (if not impossible) proposition but after Saddam’s regime was toppled, there was a brief moment for the band in which real freedom seemed possible. That hope was quickly dashed as their country fell into a bloody insurgency. From 2004-2007, Iraq disintegrated around them while Acrassicauda struggled to stay together and stay alive, always refusing to let their heavy metal dreams die. Their story echoes the unspoken hopes of an entire generation of young Iraqis.
If you live in Oregon, today is the last day for you to turn in your primary ballot for it to count by the 20th. Otherwise, you gotta go down in person and drop it off, which I doubt you’re going to do. So get out your pencil, and at least vote for a presidential candidate. If you’re in Portland, I urge you to vote for Sam Adams for Mayor. Wouldn’t it be nice to boast that we’ve got the only openly gay mayor in the country, in history?
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