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[Jun. 13th, 2008|07:48 pm] |
WOULD ALL YOU COUPLES PLEASE STOP HAVING FUCKING STUPID SHITTY DOMESTICS ON MY LJ PLZ!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
That shit's for IRL, yo. |
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[Jan. 2nd, 2008|09:24 pm] |
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I'm still here. Sort of. Can't be bothered updating this bloody thing these days. Too much hassle and unnecessary drama. I'm not going to delete this journal, but really there's so little that's notable going on with me these days that there's little point in me updating. If you really need to contact me, feel free to email me shameybradd[AT]hotmail[DOT]com, myspazz me at /djprocyon or give me a phone :) |
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| What the fuck!?! |
[Oct. 3rd, 2007|05:36 pm] |
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Camden Market, despite the petition of tens of thousands of people, is going to be converted into a shopping centre.
3 October 2007
We received a petition asking:
"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to cancel the proposed idea's to replace camden's unique market area with a shopping centre."
Details of Petition:
"I object to the current planning proposals (ref: 2006/3182/P) and all associated proposals, on the grounds that The Stables Market is a unique architectural site and a pivotal part of London's heritage. The proposed building plans will leave the original architecture of the Arches obscured & unrecognisable. The diverse & quirky appeal of the market has endured for generations, to Londoners & tourists alike, all of whom flock to Camden to soak up the vibrant and inimitable atmosphere, which is now being eroded by modernistic re-developments. Small innovative traders, unable to afford higher rents, are already being forced out of the market, making way for the high street names to snake in. Camden's Markets are an essential part of what London is all about. There are enough homogenised glossy shopping malls across the country - there is only ONE Camden!
The vast majority of decisions on planning applications are made by the local planning authority, in this case the London Borough of Camden. However, the Secretary of State has the power to call in planning applications under section 77 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. She will, in general, only take this step if planning issues of more than local importance are involved and if those issues need to be decided by the Secretary of State rather than at a local level. Each case is, however, considered on its own facts. However, the Secretary of State can only intervene in a case before the Council has issued its decision but, in this case, she was not asked to intervene and Camden Council granted planning permission on 11 October 2006. Therefore, it is no longer open to the Secretary of State to use her call in powers.
In terms of government policy on retail, national planning policy in Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres (PPS6) seeks to support a competitive retail sector and meet the needs of the community - but it is not the role of planning to restrict competition or preserve existing commercial interests. PPS6 (paragraph 2.27) also asks local authorities to seek to retain and enhance existing markets and, where appropriate, re-introduce or create new ones, as street and covered markets can make a valuable contribution to local choice and diversity in shopping as well as the vitality of town centres. Local authorities should ensure that their markets remain attractive and competitive by investing in their improvement.
Thanks very much, you bunch of fucks. |
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| EyeOS |
[Sep. 25th, 2007|10:39 pm] |
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Just stumbled EyeOS today... a browser-based operating system!
Yeah, you may think it's a completely pointless idea initially, and yeah, it's in the domain of complete geekery that I usually reside in, but if you start to think about it, the possibilities are fucking cool.
For a start, like your own computer, you can store stuff on it. But the difference here is since it's entirely web-based, you can log on to it and access your files from any computer!
It's also got built-in music and video playback, you can share stuff with other users, and in a planned update, it will include an entirely web-based email client, and most likely will be able to handle most common things you would do on your desktop, like IM and stuff.
Anyway, check it out, it really is very cool!
There's also other stuff for the real geeks you can do with it, such as setting-up closed networks and WANs... oh, and it's open-source and fully GPL-3 compliant!
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| Today + general-state-of-affairs type rant |
[Sep. 12th, 2007|11:52 pm] |
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Today was pretty damn good :) Kinda drifted uptown with the intention of getting myself a few wee things, got none of them, but bumped into a load of different folk along the way whom I've not seen in ages, and then Magagagagaggie and her mate... uhhm, Tam I think it was? Got dragged round a whole bunch of girly shops and ended up getting myself a rather snazz-azz Space Invaders wallet, ate Subway, ventured into St Giles ('hey, that's big!!'), pissed myself laughing watching the two of them play DDR Euro Mix, and generally had a good laff.
Tam buggered off somewhere, and Maggie and me took a detour to Opium and ranted about stuff, which included (but was certainly not limited to), the fucking shit-poor state of affairs concerning the cyber-type scene in Edinburgh (or lack of it thereof). Seriously. Nobody's going anywhere near Vaxine as far as I can tell - seems to be limited mainly to the Hive/Subway's regular dance crowd. The lack of Cyberia recently has been pretty crippling IMO, although nobody even seems to fucking bother with it now anyway. It just seems such a shame that everybody's kind of forgotten about it. When we re-launch next month, I think we're gonna need to have a serious rethink about promotion, and what we could do to get the ball rolling again. I've suggested that we should at least up to full-colour flyering. I think we also need a fucking proper website... basically none of this EdG+R sanctioned/regualted bullshit. It serves no purpose, other than some form of vanity for the society, and in my opinion, it's holding Cyberia back. We really need to shift things up several gears. Not just Myspace, we need to be on every single fucking platform about. Get anyone we can talking about it again.
Gah, I'm ranting, but it's the most frustrating thing feeling like you're flogging a dying horse sometimes. |
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[Sep. 6th, 2007|06:07 am] |
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| | That fucking alarm, that's gonna get smashed if it doesn't STFU | ] |
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuckkkk...
It's bloody boiling!!
Yes, I'm quite aware it's 6 in the morning. This is because it's so hot I cannot actually sleep. I'm gonna feel fucking terrible at college today! I can feel the effects of yesterday's wanton cider-abuse kicking in too, looks like raging-hangover-time for me!
Oh, and just to make my time here all the more fun, THERE'S A REALLY BLOODY LOUD ALARM GOING-OFF OUTSIDE!!!
*dies slowly*
Pffleh!! |
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[Aug. 13th, 2007|10:22 pm] |
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| | Blaqk Audio - Snuff on Digital | ] |
ZOMGZOMGZOMG!!!!!111
VNV are playing Studio 24 in Edinburgh on the 8th of December!
FUCKING WIN!!! |
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| Recap |
[Jul. 24th, 2007|08:51 pm] |
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Went to Phil + Shian's lovely flat again this weekend, this time with a full fucking tower-case in tow, as I was going up there to finish music off under the Supervision of the Philmeister. Was rather productive by all accounts, and it was awesome to do it in something close to a proper working environment - it just makes you feel more productive :)
Saturday came and went, and to celebrate getting all the stuff finished off, Phil and I went to see Transformers, which was quite frankly, totally awesome (despite a number of TF geeks vehemently telling me how wrong I was because the film wasn't a 4-hour epic, chronicling the deep interpersonal relationships between Megatron, Starscream and Optimus Prime... LOL!!!), indeed the film was worth the entrance fee alone just to hear Optimus Prime go 'Ooops, my bad!'.
Sunday, started the long trek home, tower in arms, only to discover that there would not be a train for another TWO HOURS... Urrgh! Out of the sheer goodness of his heart, Phil stayed with me the whole time, which I fucking owe him for. Sitting in a train station with enough crap to immobilise you is not fun...
The last couple of days, by contrast have been bloody hideous. Woke up on Monday morning hallucinating that my head was, in fact, a large bottle of Robinson's Fruit Squash. Not a good start. Spent the rest of the day feeling utterly pants, and largely the same today :(
Now, a note for all my gamer friends out there - for those who like Halo 2, but have not yet 'upgraded' to Vista, there is already a crack-patch out there which apparently allows the game to run on Windows XP!!!
http://rapidshare.com/files/38638045/WowLoader-0.2.rar
I haven't had the chance to try it out yet, as I kinda need a copy of the game first, but it seems not to be malware, and as legit as crackpatches can get :)
Anybody who can inform me otherwise please let me know, and I'll kindly ram my words ;P |
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| More Rantage |
[Jul. 21st, 2007|03:14 am] |
I've been thinking a lot about how much backing tracks are used in the goth/industrial/alternative scene recently. It was after a conversation with Rob about bands he's witnessed recently, who aren't actually playing instruments at all. And I just thought to myself, 'well, gawd, I'm a bit of a rubbish keyboard player, but I'm actually quite proud now, to say that I really do play live keyboards'. Aparrently, one such band features a 'keyboardist' with certain keys triggering songs to play, but nothing else (an elaborate series of play buttons, really), and a 'percussionist' whose drumpads weren't even plugged in!
And I witnessed a certain gig not too long ago myself, where, again, nothing at all was played live!! I mean, yes, for electronic music, you're always going to need a certain amount of backng track, because it's usually not physically possible to play everything live. That's a given.
But seriously - if you're not going to play ANYTHING live, what's the point of even pretending? People aren't fucking stupid! If you're really passionate about music, which any serious musician should be, then take a few days out, learn your craft, even buy a chord-book. Theres no shame in any of that! Certainly less shame than showing yourself up to be a total fraud. And as well as doing a disservice to yourself, it's a disservice to your fans, too, and if you haven't got your fans, then what the hell HAVE you got? Most likely they'll stop buying your CDs, stop going to your gigs, and then you'll be up shit creek without a paddle, or indeed any chance of a record contract.
So yeah, that's my 2 cents about the whole thing. And hopefully this upsurge in shit bands who can't play live is a passing fad ;P |
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[Jul. 15th, 2007|11:55 pm] |
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Weekend consisted of Ascension on Saturday, which was alright, but would have been better if a certain Miss Weeks came through!! :P
Studios is still a fucking dump, and they didn't have any Kopparberg cider (GRRR!!!). Still got drunk and had a good laugh though. Woke up today feeling like I'd been hit by a large freight train during my sleep though :0
Now, I have to say a quick word about some certain people - attempting to brow-beat people over criticisms about stuff not even related to you, that are perfectly valid is not big or clever. In fact, it makes you look even more petty and bitchy than you already are. So do yourselves a favour and don't fucking bother. I'm sick to the back teeth of seeing my friends and myself bear the brunt of such shit from a bunch of pseudo-elitist idiots merely for having an opinion. We all have one, and if you don't like it, tough shit, this is Livejournal. Why not have some balls and take the issue into real life? See how popular you are then.
*end rant* |
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[Jun. 19th, 2007|06:55 pm] |
Went up to Edinburgh briefly today to hand over a couple of app forms I'd been filling out. Was all running smoothly, an all went well, but I was accosted halfway through my trip by a bunch of fairly menacing looking Spanish tourists, demanding to know about 'el Parlimento'. Yes. And muffins.
I did my best to direct them to the location of the new Scottish Parliament, despite the fact that all I got for my troubles was some fat ugly man speaking in thickest Speedy Gonzalez Spanish at me, saying PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO PARLIMENTO .
After that I gave up. They weren't even bothering to try and articulate their point to someone who IS CLEARLY NOT FLUENT IN SPANISH. Christ, I mean, I would try learning a bit of Spanish if I went there for a fucking holiday. Ignorant cunts. Almost made me miss my bus. |
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[Jun. 14th, 2007|07:52 pm] |
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Been quite an enjoyable few days recently. Have spent most of my time in Edinbarf recently, either running errands for my Mum, or helping my old mates Chris and Mike with their grindcore project (the track I assisted with Father's Toy - I did all the mix-work can be found here. Definitely not for the easily offended however.).
Ascension on Saturday was really good for once (IMO the last couple were really below-par), and yesterday I met my old pal Sam on the bus home, who I had a great big long chat with, which was nice :)
Been feeling a bit pish recently, but that's started to lift a bit. Prolly just that time of the month. Ha. Don't have a clue what the next wee while brings though - I'm probably gonna be keeping a low profile, since I'm still unemployed and fast getting-on for skint. That's about it really, my recent existence in a few easily digestible sentences :)
PS And remember kids, CONDOMS DO NOT PROTECT AGAINST A BROKEN HEART! Lol, that phrase is gonna stick with me a while :D |
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[Jun. 4th, 2007|04:51 pm] |
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Holy shit! there's actually a programming language based on LOLZ!!
I wanna learnz it!! |
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[Jun. 3rd, 2007|03:00 pm] |
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| | The Shizit - Green Lacer Wins | ] |
I was doing the dishes this afternoon, bangin' some VNV out the stereo in the kitchen. My Mum comes through, and comments that Testament (off the new album) sounds really like Push The Button by the Sugababes. And you know what? She's bang-on-the-money! Expect a tasteless bootleg at some point soon ;)
Also, I just checked-out Alec Empire's new sublabel 'Eat Your Heart Out Records'. I have lost all my respect for somebody who was once my musical hero. I mean WTF??? This shit sounds like... well... total shit! ABSOLUTE UTTER UNBRIDLED RAIN OF RANCID EXCREMENT levels of shit. Empire and Nic Endo have become just another couple of pretentious art-school wank-stains adding absolutely nothing new, exciting or fun to a genre already bloated with shit half-cocked electro-pish. I hope Carl Crack comes back from the grave just to eat their brains. In the meantime, I'll be listening to Rabbit Junk and Cyanotic, possibly the only two good things left in the genre. And of course, the Shizit! |
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| RIP Shizit Militia |
[May. 22nd, 2007|05:02 pm] |
NoooooooooooooO!!!!
The last great The Shizit fansite, shizitnilitia.info, has just gone down :( Gutted likes!
That said, if anybody wants a copy of Evil Inside, Script Kiddie or 1985, then give me a shout. I'd be more than happy to chuck a few copies about, since the original material is uncopyrighted :) |
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[May. 22nd, 2007|01:05 pm] |
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Just found out, because I quit art college early, I'm entitled to a 'false start', so full bursary for moi!! Awesome :D
In other news, that VisualDNA thing that's going around at the moment is a big pile of sweaty gash. Pretty pitcars tell you much less about yourself than you probably already know. Or maybe I just don't like being told what I am. In fact, that's a pretty repulsive concept. |
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| Longish weekend update |
[May. 21st, 2007|12:47 am] |
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| | Projekt 2501 - Bliss | ] |
Cyberia, despite being totally bereft of numbers on Friday, was very good fun :) I was chuffed with my sets, despite my usual haze of drunkenness towards the end, and everyone else played damn fine stuff! Also made the acquaintance of a rather stunning girl, but that's all I'm gonna say :D
Saturday was spent feeling all floaty and chilled-out, until I had a steak sarny from the Auld hoose. Still felt chilled-out, just not particularly floaty for obvious reasons :P
Ascension COULD have been a good laugh if it wasn't for (a) the 'air conditioning unit' consisting of an extractor fan that pretty-much just circulated warm air around the venue. Better than last time, but still not cool enough for some good dancage. (b) was the sheer amount of moshers and chavs that found their way in to the club. Bunch of annoying ignorant wankers. James playing some proper cheesy eighties metal for the crack was ace though :D. Next time, Twisted Sister WILL be requested. Hells yeah!
Today was mostly spent in bed. Was kind of chilled-out again, but I also discovered that Frank Miller of Projekt 2501, VNV Nation and Combichrist fame had lost his fight against brain cancer.
Don't quite know why (let's face it, we all know someone who's died of cancer - I never even knew the guy), but it actually made me feel really sad. Just seems like such a tragedy that it happened to such an awesome and creative guy, and he's going to leave so many people behind who'll miss him so much. |
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| X-posted from club_cyberia |
[May. 17th, 2007|03:58 pm] |
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| | Dimmu Borgir - The Chosen Legacy | ] |
Cyberia 180507
This Friday
Teviot Underground
£5/£4 EDG&R/GLAM Entry
Guest DJ Lucy*Fur from Chimera/Flux
Hellsyeah, it's that time again! Cyberia tomorrow night, with myself, DJProcyon, and DJs CyberSlut, Technomancer, Parasyt and guest DJ Lucy Furplaying all the best in industrial, EBM, electro and much more, and asalways complimented wonderfully by cutting-edge futuristic and animeinspired visuals by the 25th Century VJs!
Cheap drinks, not-so-cheap thrills and all the rest you expect, and hopefully some stuff you don't, for a fiver!! |
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