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Put your iTunes on shuffle.
Say the following questions aloud, and press play.
Use the song title as the answer to the question.
NO CHEATING.

1. How does the world see you? The Guess Who - These Eyes (With their eyes... that's my guess. This title worked out too well!)

2. Will you have a happy life? Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten (This song is pretty uplifting, I think so.)

3. What do my friends think of me? Kyau & Albert - Made of Sun (KvA Hard Dub) (They must think I'm made of sun.)

4. Do people secretly lust after me? Seals & Croft - Summer Breeze (I lust for that warm gust of wind.)

5. How can I make myself happy? Jennifer Hudson - I Am Changing (I can make myself happy by changing, and this is true. My life could use a few changes.)

6. What should I do with my life? P!nk - God is a DJ (I'm either supposed to become God or a DJ, or both?!)

7. Will I ever have children? Kate Havnevik - Not Fair (I'm guessing that's a no?)

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Below are ten jamendo artists I would recommend.
Ten from my jamendo tag and I have chosen not to include Ehma, Both, Tryad nor Saelynh but that doesn't mean I would not recommend them of course.

Then, ten artists you may enjoy listening to :


Whiteroom
Whiteyes
White Owl
xser1964
Madame Olga
dEUS
57 grados
engeo
Phoebus
dud

I will post another ticket when I have listened to more jamendo artists :)

If you have some spare time, listen to them and if you have more, drop feedback by commenting.

So I went to see Andy Moor and 4 Strings with a bunch of friends (most of them foreign).

In a word, the show was really..... odd.



First, let me describe my thoughts on Andy Moor and his performance.

When I started listening to dance music and going to my first "raves," so-called Progressive was just getting ready to die. I only attended my first event on the promise that there would be DJs similar in style to Sasha/Digweed/Orkidea. Shortly after, Progressive (or what it was called at the time) was rejected by nearly everyone in the scene up here. The rooms that would previously host 12-minute epics from BT were replaced by a much rougher, pulsating Techno/Electro sound. Because I was not listening on a constant basis to the sound, I eventually halted my usual obsessive pursuit of Trance and Progressive sounds. I began adopting the feelings of fellow ravers toward those styles of music; I thought of it as cheesy, commercial, predictable, and boring. …

Alright, so here's my current playlist of things I'm listening to. Yes, it's completely and utterly random, and yes, I think I'm a little insane. But hey, here goes:

)EIB( - Bullet Time
)EIB( - Bullet Time (The Upbeats Remix)
Agnelli & Nelson - Holding Onto Nothing (Agnelli & Nelson Chillout Mix)
Alter Ego - Rocker
Basement Jaxx - Lucky Star (Dillinja Remix)
The Chemical Brothers - It Doesn't Matter
Dirt Crew - Domino
DK - Murder Was The Bass
Ed Rush, Optical, & Fierce - Alien Girl
Filo & Peri Vs. Mike Foyle - Luana (Original Mix)
Fresh - Foreigner
Kerri Chandler - Bar A Thym
Klute - Acid Rain
Krust - Warhead (Ram Trilogy Remix)
LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations
M.A.N.D.Y. - Tonite
M83 - Teen Angst
Mike Foyle pres. Statica - Space Guitar
Passiva - Serenity (Filo & Peri Remix)
Plaid - Squance
Plaid - Zeal
Plaid - Gel Lab
Rex The Dog - Prototype
Stef Vrolijk & 16 Bit Lolitas - Rebounce Indicator
State of Mind - Sun King
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So, I saw this floating around and thought I'd do my own version.

Keep in mind that my musical history is deeply connected to what happened in my personal life, so all appropriate references will be made, even if they are horribly boring.

Also, I don't really think of age as a predictor of time; because I've been going to school almost my entire life, it's much easier to think of things based on what grade I was in.

Infant-School Age (roughly 5 years old)
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I came out of the womb as every child does; insanely connected to their parents (even literally). Because of this, what my mother was listening to, like Dionne Warwick and Michael Bolton, became artists whose catchy little tunes I was drawn to. Of course, I was far too young to actually seriously listen to the radio or think in any rational way about music, so I just liked the cassette tapes we had laying around. This also involved my father's countless opera tapes. …

HOUSE

Chocolate Puma - 4 Letter Word - Original / The Scumfrog Mixes
Miss Kittin - Happy Violentine - LFO Mix
Fischerspooner - Just Let Go - Tommie Sunshine 'Brooklyn Fire' Retouch
Ellen Allien - Magma - MFA Mix
Lower East Side - Sword Fight - Trent Cantrelle Mix
Freeform Five - No More Conversations - Richard X Mix
Ciara feat. M.I.A. - Goodies - Richard X Mix
Nine Inch Nails - Only - Richard X Mixes
New Order feat. Ana Matronic - Jetstream - Richard X / Jacques Lu Cont / Tom Neville Mixes
Tom Neville - Never Lose Your Grip
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch Touch - Tom Neville Mix
Tom Neville feat. Jellybone - Buzz Junkie - Robbie Rivera Mix
Rachel Stevens - Negotiate With Love - Tom Neville Mix
Utada - You Make Me Want To Be A Man - Tom Neville Mix
Utada - Devil Inside - The Scumfrog Mixes
Timo Maas feat. Brian Molko - First Day - Buick Project Mixes
The Drill - The Drill - Original / Laurent Pautrat / Tom Novy Mixes
Junkie XL - Today - Fuzzy Hair Mix
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