may 14, 2004 - 09:10 - futurism is soo passe
the laptop battle was ok, i guess. kinda cool, yet kinda lame.
it was nice to see all these introverted geekish types stroll
up to the table, plug in, and jam. pc's, mac's: all customized
with stickers, mods, lights. when the set was done, they'd
sometimes smile, always shrug, close the shell and walk away.
still, it felt a bit canned. sterile. i couldn't help
but wish for the grit and spontenaity of a more traditional rap-battle
format: where two competitors literally go head to head and play
off each other dynamically througout the set: sampling, spinning.
as it was, i suspect i could have taken them armed only with my nokia 3650.
(i am only partly joking). ((...and no, i can't substantiate
that claim in any way)).
one thing is clear: my pal wes would be the uncontested west-coast
champion. he's got clicks and beeps that make robots jealous.
may 13, 2004 - 17:12 - powerbook endurance
as yet another facet of jack's conscious effort to step out of his shell
and into the world, he's decided to finally stop wondering, and actually
go to check out the bar/venue just down the street called
holocene.
of course, after making such a decision, he turned to their event-list
and found a tight rotation of unrecognizeable dj's, each with a
name just obscure enough to hide any hint of what type of music
they might play. that's like agreeing to go on a road-trip
with a radio that receives only one channel: scary!
tonite, however, they have listed an event called
"laptop battle:
PDX vs. SEA rematch." —the possibilities for such an
event run the spectrum of overtly pretentious to just at home.
which is this to be?
jack will go. and jack will bring his powerbook.
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