Industrial Complex

Less weight than usual although it gets pretty aggro in the middle. Pair with heavy lifting, packing moving boxes, making out or cleaning the basement. /DJIC old dude got kids to feed but refuses to return to the software industry because making music and silly crap for you is so much fun plus I worked on getting good at it and studying music and its societal contexts and cultural studies and cont...

I’m real pissed off so this kind of devolves into noise but you might find it cathartic I guess. The hip hop at the beginning’s pretty listenable and these are massively underrated artists. Mostly jump-up stuff if you want to get hyped for, I don’t know, vacuuming, or making some aggressively spicy dinner, or doing political activism or something. /DJIC Send this to that one guy you know who’s sup...

“The Iron Merrimac” is a rarely reprinted poem by the American jurist Billings Learned Hand, written in 1918 during the final year of the First World War. The poem invokes the image of the Civil War ironclad Merrimack as a symbol of mechanized resolve and national endurance, rendered in an austere, unornamented diction that echoes Hand’s own legal prose. Though primarily known for his jurisprudenc...

Dies ist ein zehn-Minuten-Bonus-Mix zum Letzten. Er setzt dort an, wo wir aufhörten. Kurz, klar, voll Wumms. Wer da tanzte, tut es hier auch. Was diesen Mix auszeichnet, ist nicht nur die Genrekenntnis, sondern die Balance zwischen Hommage und Gegenwart. Hier sitzt jeder Schnitt, jedes Acapella ist eine These, jeder Drop ein Beweis. Ein Set für Leute, die nicht fragen „Was ist DnB?“, sondern „Was...

Ich werde nicht lügen: Als ich diesen Mix gehort, war ich skeptisch. Der Opener, ein Remix von "Ordinary Love" durch Folamour, schlich sich an. Roosevelt bringt den synthetischen Pop-Vibe mit, Folamour legt Samt drauf. Und der Übergang, Butterweich. Kein abruptes Crossfaden, einfach Groove auf Groove, wie man es sich mag. Rogue D zieht nach mit "He Can Dance," und Bruddi, Titel lügt nicht. Der Tra...

Always liked this song. But the real version’s so… so peppy. To me, it needed grit and a touch of detached academic inaccessibility. This was recorded live at the Wien Konzerthaus in 1949 shortly after the release on London. There were other performances but the recordings do not survive. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes...

I love Brian Wilson and identify strongly with his fear of stages and his love of the studio. This is not intended to disrespect him in any way. It’s such a beautiful song. And KARL, the best-sounding voice from the Chinese AI voice app I used to make these, did his best. AI Karaoke is easy to make and it reveals the flawed nature of generative content. I put the a capella into an app that 1) inte...

I originally posted this with a long Livejournal-flavored exegesis about my ex. It’s a super solid mix that goes unexpected places, and it was made with strong feelings I was trying to express, and with an earnest desire to improve y’alls day, and thus the mix has been saved from the dustbin of history. The post sucked though and was summarily binned. This is a public episode. If you'd like to dis...

“Karl” was the best-sounding voice in the Chinese AI singing tool I used to make these. I did not renew the subscription this year. Notable lyrics Donut thing in my brain That’s what people say: “nom nom.” Bake, bake, bake, bake, bake. I’m lying on my feet That’s what people see, uh hmm That’s what they don’t see… uh nnn I’m dealing all my own May the moos of pants go, go Not what they all owe: Th...

TRAPPIST-1 is an ultracool red dwarf star located approximately 40 light-years from Earth in the constellation Aquarius. It is about 9% the mass of the Sun and emits very little visible light. In 2017, seven Earth-sized rocky planets were discovered orbiting this star. Three of these planets—TRAPPIST-1e, f, and g—lie within the system's habitable zone, where conditions may permit the presence of l...

O.P.P. how can I explain itI'll take you frame by frame itTo have you all jumping, shouting, saying itO.P.P. is for other people's propertyGretchen, Temple, lastly, that's not that simpleHuh, it's sort of like another way to call a cat a kittenIt's five little letters that are missing hereYou get it on occasion, the feeling's ephemeralAnother brother shot down, it's not that unpredictableIt's spor...

A good DJ mix reveals its architecture slowly, as if by sleight of hand. This one opens with spectral glitter and bad encoding. The Slavic disco of Саша Чусовитин & Лёша Куприянцев, where the melody seems to have traveled through a CRT before reaching your ears, is an invocation and a warped one. Nostalgia, melted down, poured into a new mold. From there, things snap into a tighter grid. Terrence...

I ordered a Max Left hat last night. When I downloaded the image for this post, because this is a very funny hat... The filename was suspicious. Sinister. The filename was TURCKERHATMaxLeft_Hat_BlackWhite_4.3.25_1024x1024@2x.webp. I’m open to suggestions about what this may mean. But I’m returning this hat. There is no place or time for turcker-hate. How do I tag Seder This is a public episode. If...

I made a bunch of these and have some more in the hopper: in these tracks, an amateur computer singer tries earnestly to approximate a real pop star in a casual setting with friends and drinks but does not do a great job. To make an AI voice model sing karaoke for you: * Extract a vocal using UVR , or find an a capella, and feed it to an AI tool (I used ACE Studio ) that can transcribe the melody...

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Yes, it’s a far cry from “Girl You Love To Have Cheese.” Aaron Parnas ’ clips this morning really got to me. I am so pissed off. What should we do This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit djic.substack.com/subscribe

Girl you love to have cheese Girl you love to have meat Girl you love to have soup Girl you love to have feet Girl you love to have cheese Girl you love to have fish Girl you love to have soup (yeah) Girl you love to have love Down under where you can, under love ...to have cheese Girl you love to have black fish Girl you love to have soup Girl you love to have cheese Girl you love to have cheese...

Transcript Mojo The Electrifying Mojo - One O'Three and Fifty-Five Seconds * “Can I get laid for this, man?” House Shank’s Substack , Kinsuby - Drivin (Original Mix) Terrence Parker - Welcome to Southfield (Original Mix) Big up Chicago raver alldem (including you Adam Mockler / Mockler Media: we should have coffee) Represent very-near-Southfield what up doe #313 etc. Techno? At this tempo it is I...

TW: Includes part of “Bust A Move” by Young MC backwards Transcript Bangorers Contemplate each pictogram for just under three minutes to learn more about each Bangorer. Abbie N. Garland Audiojack - On the Run (Original Mix) Terrence Parker Ft. Merachka - Open Up Your Spirit (TP's Deeep Detroit Heat Remix) Ashley Emerson Mason - Rhythm In My Brain (Extended Mix) Josh Butler - Right Time Chris Kelse...

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