uhhh, mine i came up with after I tried absinth and tried to say to my friends "man put on some ambient music, im gonna crash"... instead i said "man pushehhe one soooom ambiounnn moosic" and ambioun well, sounded cool when my friends recalled the quote. So yeah.
As John Burgundy would say "Absinth was a bad choice!"
How about I punch you in the ovaries! Right in the old baby maker!
WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR HANDLE?
Warning long post, but to a point.
I moved from downtown Manhattan to Lawrenceville Pittsburgh,Pa, days before 911. On my way home (NYC) with my dad to pick up some of few belongings I didn't have through first my two years of college, the first two planes went down. My pops and I started heading back to Pittsburgh (where my sister went to school and now workd as architect.) That is when another plane went down just outside of Pittsburgh. I definately felt like the world was coming to an end, and not being able to be with my friends, or know if they were alright, really fucked me up (one of my closest friends was a downtown traffic cop.) Cell phones were jammed for almost a week. I'm still a little tweaked by the whole thing, as I am sure most us are (or at least in the insuing aftermath... can I get a G... W...)
Regardless, when I finally returned home, after getting my shit straight in PA, I discovered that my home town of the Lower East Side of Manhattan had been purchased by NYU, and what was once was the culture that raised me was now just dorms, and a toilet for generic trust-fund kids.
After the home (squat/co-op/20-year-battle-with-the city over ownership, that made me guess which major utilities I would have each night) I was raised in was stolen form my dad, I visited NYC and found it very materialistic, egocentric, and inhospitable as a whole. My families' role in local art advocacy programs, and urban design (in pittsburgh) has become part of my new culture, and helped me get get the countless variations Mr. Bungle's "Dessert Search for Techno Allah" (which plagued me until recently) out of my head. That song for me in my teen's must have been what Zappa was to cats like me twenty years ago.
All of these elements together gave me the name I have chosen for myself, that best describe (imo) my interaction with the outside world: Lawrenceville of Arabia. Like this post, it is long and loaded, so I choose to go by LOFA. Besides, inside of my mind it is brutal and urban like LA, but it has the charm of a broken in Sofa. I also like the ambiguity between lover and loafer. Two things I excel in more than anything.
I moved from downtown Manhattan to Lawrenceville Pittsburgh,Pa, days before 911. On my way home (NYC) with my dad to pick up some of few belongings I didn't have through first my two years of college, the first two planes went down. My pops and I started heading back to Pittsburgh (where my sister went to school and now workd as architect.) That is when another plane went down just outside of Pittsburgh. I definately felt like the world was coming to an end, and not being able to be with my friends, or know if they were alright, really fucked me up (one of my closest friends was a downtown traffic cop.) Cell phones were jammed for almost a week. I'm still a little tweaked by the whole thing, as I am sure most us are (or at least in the insuing aftermath... can I get a G... W...)
Regardless, when I finally returned home, after getting my shit straight in PA, I discovered that my home town of the Lower East Side of Manhattan had been purchased by NYU, and what was once was the culture that raised me was now just dorms, and a toilet for generic trust-fund kids.
After the home (squat/co-op/20-year-battle-with-the city over ownership, that made me guess which major utilities I would have each night) I was raised in was stolen form my dad, I visited NYC and found it very materialistic, egocentric, and inhospitable as a whole. My families' role in local art advocacy programs, and urban design (in pittsburgh) has become part of my new culture, and helped me get get the countless variations Mr. Bungle's "Dessert Search for Techno Allah" (which plagued me until recently) out of my head. That song for me in my teen's must have been what Zappa was to cats like me twenty years ago.
All of these elements together gave me the name I have chosen for myself, that best describe (imo) my interaction with the outside world: Lawrenceville of Arabia. Like this post, it is long and loaded, so I choose to go by LOFA. Besides, inside of my mind it is brutal and urban like LA, but it has the charm of a broken in Sofa. I also like the ambiguity between lover and loafer. Two things I excel in more than anything.
NICE, LOFA.
I have 2 handles: Kabuki, as per the first post, is after the Great Kabuki, a lagendary "bad gu' wrestler that did the rounds in texas when I was in Jr. High. He spit green mist in his opponents eyes and sometimes blew white dust. He never spoke. He scared the hell out of us white kids (we thaought he was a ninja). Anyhow, I always loved the cheese factor of the guy (plus I really like Japanese culture - Kabuki Theater, bushido, etc), but having the word "Great" in my name would be paramout to calling myself a "Creative Visionary", which I'm not... so.
The other handle (EM411, acapellas4u.com) in Phatbottom
Cus I am a skinny guy blessed with a ghetto butt (I look like a hairy pink squash), and a quote from Kraft Kuts (prolly the worlds greatest breaks DJ): "I'm really into the fat basses at the moment..." which at the time was a huge understatement said while on a local DJ show in Dallas. A buddy sampled that clip to great effect and is a bit of a mantra to us.
Fat Basses = Phatbottom
PS. After I set up my Ableton handle, I learned of a wellknown DJ by the name of Kabuki... dammit.
I have 2 handles: Kabuki, as per the first post, is after the Great Kabuki, a lagendary "bad gu' wrestler that did the rounds in texas when I was in Jr. High. He spit green mist in his opponents eyes and sometimes blew white dust. He never spoke. He scared the hell out of us white kids (we thaought he was a ninja). Anyhow, I always loved the cheese factor of the guy (plus I really like Japanese culture - Kabuki Theater, bushido, etc), but having the word "Great" in my name would be paramout to calling myself a "Creative Visionary", which I'm not... so.
The other handle (EM411, acapellas4u.com) in Phatbottom
Cus I am a skinny guy blessed with a ghetto butt (I look like a hairy pink squash), and a quote from Kraft Kuts (prolly the worlds greatest breaks DJ): "I'm really into the fat basses at the moment..." which at the time was a huge understatement said while on a local DJ show in Dallas. A buddy sampled that clip to great effect and is a bit of a mantra to us.
Fat Basses = Phatbottom
PS. After I set up my Ableton handle, I learned of a wellknown DJ by the name of Kabuki... dammit.
15" PB 2.5 Ghz, 4 Gig RAM, 750 GB HD, Live 9 still no cue points or program change messages?!?. Doesn't do shit.
ah well i a shall add to the mix-
eisnein is a derivation of Ice-9 or Icenine, the compound in (Vonnegut's) "Cat's Cradle", which was responsible for destroying the world.
i felt at that time that my music was leading to the horrible end of the world but...
so many other people have songs or bands named Ice-9 that i changed it up a little and ended up altering the meaning.
some one correct me if i am wrong--
eis= ice in German
nein is no.
so my handle became IceNo or No Ice, something we wish for in the NorthEast during the winter (snow is fine, just no ice).
eisnein is a derivation of Ice-9 or Icenine, the compound in (Vonnegut's) "Cat's Cradle", which was responsible for destroying the world.
i felt at that time that my music was leading to the horrible end of the world but...
so many other people have songs or bands named Ice-9 that i changed it up a little and ended up altering the meaning.
some one correct me if i am wrong--
eis= ice in German
nein is no.
so my handle became IceNo or No Ice, something we wish for in the NorthEast during the winter (snow is fine, just no ice).
second class robot
Thanks Kabuki,
Yeah, It sucks when someone has your name. I really wanted to be in a band called the Trophy Wives... and I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for those meddling kids!
Eisnein, you may cosider changing your name name to TBA: Trockenbeaeenauselese (sans the umlaut's) it is one step below Eiswein, in terms of special German wines, that are aged for their high sugar content. Alright, maybe I just wanted to say Trockenbeeranauslese (besides the anacronym implies "To Be Announced".) Eiswein, is actually made from partially frozen grapes, and according to "wines around the world" (a book my angst-ridden-ass had to read several times before I could invest in my studio) is made in limited quantities but is awesome. I always thought your handle might have been a cross between of That drink and Ice 9: Reserved, stylish, potentially apacolyptic mixes, done with German technology! That is why I dig your current handle.
...yeah, I leave my beats on the vine till the half frozen acid turns to Sugar... It can only be harvested in specific regions... (done in my worst Schwartzenegger impression)
Yeah, It sucks when someone has your name. I really wanted to be in a band called the Trophy Wives... and I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for those meddling kids!
Eisnein, you may cosider changing your name name to TBA: Trockenbeaeenauselese (sans the umlaut's) it is one step below Eiswein, in terms of special German wines, that are aged for their high sugar content. Alright, maybe I just wanted to say Trockenbeeranauslese (besides the anacronym implies "To Be Announced".) Eiswein, is actually made from partially frozen grapes, and according to "wines around the world" (a book my angst-ridden-ass had to read several times before I could invest in my studio) is made in limited quantities but is awesome. I always thought your handle might have been a cross between of That drink and Ice 9: Reserved, stylish, potentially apacolyptic mixes, done with German technology! That is why I dig your current handle.
...yeah, I leave my beats on the vine till the half frozen acid turns to Sugar... It can only be harvested in specific regions... (done in my worst Schwartzenegger impression)
i like i like, good suggestion LOFA.
i did not know of the Eiswein but now must sample its greatness. pun intended. plus i tend to whine alot anyway.
Trockenbeaeenauselese. wow what a word. im a huge fan of Boustrophedon. the way in which an ox plows. many ancient forms of writing went this
actually is and way
easier to read.
heh heh. thank Don Dellilo for bringing that to my OT mind.
NYC to Pittsburgh eh? i hear ya on the shitty state of nyc. very very different place. i blame also the countless people who own apts and dont even live here (among the giant corps., nyu included). i know many a peoples who have lost apts they had been in for 20 plus years and were retired.
lame, not much of a bohemian utopia. (not sure if it ever really was)
i did not know of the Eiswein but now must sample its greatness. pun intended. plus i tend to whine alot anyway.
Trockenbeaeenauselese. wow what a word. im a huge fan of Boustrophedon. the way in which an ox plows. many ancient forms of writing went this
actually is and way
easier to read.
heh heh. thank Don Dellilo for bringing that to my OT mind.
NYC to Pittsburgh eh? i hear ya on the shitty state of nyc. very very different place. i blame also the countless people who own apts and dont even live here (among the giant corps., nyu included). i know many a peoples who have lost apts they had been in for 20 plus years and were retired.
lame, not much of a bohemian utopia. (not sure if it ever really was)
second class robot
mega OT lets go!
yeah its definately in ref to PKD's Valis. love that book so very much. my friend kept telling me how it was rotting his brain aka couldnt get it out of his head and was constantly dreaming about it and then i finally picked it up and it reeked all sorts of havoc on me as well.
i also liked Divine Invasion. story was freaking amazing. (same with Transmigration and Scanner Darkly etc etc etc). I have been reading the Selected Literary Writings right now actually and i have def. been enjoying the second half with the "you think this universe is bad..." and "cosmology and cosmogeny" essays. Phil Dick really was the KING of merging ancient philosophy, religion and humanity into "sci fi".
also read a book of interviews with him talking about his last book (which he didnt finish, how very Faustian) that was very much about music and sound. he in turn got me to listen to the Alvin Lucier album "Music on a long thin wire". I think there is also more extensive books with more Exegesis writings.
if either of you guys are in NYC tomorrow (Thursday 3/31) night, i will be playing as Sarge with some music def. inspired by those books. plus there will be a video of FELIX the cat if cartoons are a bigger draw than music.
yeah its definately in ref to PKD's Valis. love that book so very much. my friend kept telling me how it was rotting his brain aka couldnt get it out of his head and was constantly dreaming about it and then i finally picked it up and it reeked all sorts of havoc on me as well.
i also liked Divine Invasion. story was freaking amazing. (same with Transmigration and Scanner Darkly etc etc etc). I have been reading the Selected Literary Writings right now actually and i have def. been enjoying the second half with the "you think this universe is bad..." and "cosmology and cosmogeny" essays. Phil Dick really was the KING of merging ancient philosophy, religion and humanity into "sci fi".
also read a book of interviews with him talking about his last book (which he didnt finish, how very Faustian) that was very much about music and sound. he in turn got me to listen to the Alvin Lucier album "Music on a long thin wire". I think there is also more extensive books with more Exegesis writings.
if either of you guys are in NYC tomorrow (Thursday 3/31) night, i will be playing as Sarge with some music def. inspired by those books. plus there will be a video of FELIX the cat if cartoons are a bigger draw than music.
second class robot
Eisnein, Awesome. I have been slowly reading and rereading the valis trilogy since I got my copy (ten years ago?) Everytime I pick it up I get all OCD and start researching the references, lose my place in the book and get started on the cycle all over again. I always end up making great music and art after I spent some time in that book. Perhaps it's time I finally finish that third book, and move on Through a Scanner Darkly, and the man in the High Tower. My dad's been trying for years to get me to put down Valis and concentrate on less on his later work. It makes me happy that there are cats out the pumping out tracks with PDK in mind-not surprised, but still happy.
I probably won't be in new york any time soon (been there 3 weekends since
February, and I need to save up for the next wave of powerbooks,) but next time I come down I'll PM you to see if you'r playing out anywhere.
I probably won't be in new york any time soon (been there 3 weekends since
February, and I need to save up for the next wave of powerbooks,) but next time I come down I'll PM you to see if you'r playing out anywhere.
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or just finished college maybe?noisetonepause wrote:Marriage is a dangerous thing, isn't it...Machinate wrote:well, my handle refers to my previous stand on popular culture as a whole. Now I'm so conformist that I only *want* the world to change
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LOFA- sounds awesome, please do contact me if you are gonna be playing up here anytime soon. you have any tracks on the interweb?
second class robot