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The Passions of Blood, Smoke, and Fire (1-Hour Future Garage DJ Mix Set)

26 future garage songs and 20 quotes in 57 minutes. And it's never been more pertinent!

Volor Flex - The Sign
Quote - No Country for Old Men - "What's the most you've ever lost on a coin toss? The MOST... you ever lost... on a coin toss. [coin flips] Call it. You stand to win everything. Call it! You need to call it. I can't call it for you. It wouldn't be fair. You know what date is on this coin? 1958. It's been traveling 22 years to get here, and now it's here, and it's either heads or tails, and you have to say. Call it. Call it! [coin flips]"
Bloc Party - Where is Home? (Burial Remix)
Quote - Pump Up the Volume - "Guess who? It's 10 o' clock. Do you care where your parents are?"
Quote - Phantom of the Paradise - "Gentlemen, I give you the future!"
Quote - Pulp Fiction - "What now? Let me tell you what now."
Lunova Labs - Night & Moonlight
Klatu - Chasm
Quote - Blade Runner - "Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave."
Quote - A.I. - "With all this animus existing against mechas today, it isn't simply a question of creating a robot who can love, but isn't the real conundrum: can you get a human to love them back? If a robot could genuinely love a person, what responsibility does that person hold towards that mecha in return?"
Quote - Mission to Mars - "Just how long have we been receiving these mysterious signals from outer space?"
Borealis - Razor Fragrance (Naono Remix)
Quote - Prometheus - "Fire... our first true piece of technology. 100,000 B.C.: Stone tools. 4,000 B.C.: The wheel. 9th century A.D.: Gunpowder. 19th century: Eureka! The light bulb! 20th century: The automobile, television, nuclear weapons, spacecraft, Internet. 21st century: Biotech, nanotech, fusion and fission, and M-theory. And THAT was just the first decade! We are now three months into the Year of Our Lord 2023. At this moment in our civilization, we can create cybernetic individuals--who, in just a few short years, will be completely indistinguishable from us--which leads to an obvious conclusion: We are the gods now."
Volor Flex - Elegiac
Burial - Etched Headplate
Zitan - Panacea
Owsey - The Horizon, Hidden in Our Movements (unavailable)
Quote - The Devil's Advocate - "God likes to watch. He's a prankster. Think about it. He gives man instincts. He gives you this extraordinary gift, and then what does He do? I swear, for his own amusement, He sets the rules in opposition! It's the goof of all time. Look but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, don't swallow. And while you're jumpin' from one foot to the next, what is he doing? He's laughin' His sick, fuckin' ass off! He's a tight-ass! He's a SADIST! He's an absentee landlord!"
16 Bit - Skyline
Quote - V for Vendetta - "My turn!"
Burial - Wounder
Synkro - Everybody Knows
Quote - Inception - "[Mal] You said you dreamt that we'd grow old together. [Cobb] But we did... we did. You don't remember. I miss you more than I can bear, but... we had our time together... and I have to let go..."
Ghosts of Paraguay - Hadron
Lung - Afterlife
Late - Dreams Are
Quote - No Country for Old Men - "[Moss] Who is this? [Chigurh] You know who it is. You need to talk to me. You know how this is going to turn out, don't you? I think you do. So this is what I'll offer: you bring me the money and I'll let her go. I won't tell you you can save yourself, because you can't. That's the best deal you're going to get."
Zitan - Stigma
Volor Flex - Gloom
Quote - Jurassic Park - "[Ian Malcolm] God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs. [Ellie Sattler] Dinosaurs... eat man. Woman inherits the earth."
Klatu - Dirt vs Wind
Quote - Firefly - "[Simon] You're out of your mind. [Early] That's between me and my mind."
Quote - Star Trek - "Proceed with voice-print identification."
Quote - A.I. - "They made us too smart, too quick, and too many. We are suffering for the mistakes they made because, when the end comes, all that will be left is us. That's why they hate us."
Clubroot - Serendipity Dub
Late - Under These Conditions
Quote - A.I. - "Come away O human child / To the waters and the wild / With a fairy hand in hand / For the world's more full of weeping / Than you can understand."
Zaika vs Liar - Inside U
Quote - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? - "Each little Crunchie contains energy, contains pep for your growing youngsters, builds strong legs so that when they're older they can stand the long waits in the unemployment line."
Moderat + Shackleton vs Clemens Ruh - Rusty Nails (Mashed by Jaya Prime)
Owsey & CoMa - Imagine That
Quote - A.I. - "The greatest single human gift: the ability to chase down our dreams."
Synthetic Epiphany - Renovatio
Massive Attack feat. Hope Sandoval - Paradise Circus (Burial Remix) (unavailable)
Hiatus & Shura - Fortune's Fool (Clubroot Remix)
Quote - Memento - "Just because there are things I don't remember doesn't mean my actions are meaningless. The world doesn't just disappear when you close your eyes. Does it?"
Lamb - Butterfly Effect (Subheim Remix)

Album art photography by (and of) Helena Kenzo Rey.

You can also listen to this DJ mix here on Mixcloud. Originally published on November 18, 2012.

"...and all the world will know..."

NOTE: Many personal edits were used in this mix, often including only a single measure and a bridge. Check out the original songs, artists, and movies to hear them as they are meant to be heard.

Miss Levine, in Memoriam

Breanna LeVine (December 28th, 1983 - April 1st, 2010)

"Miss Levine" by Beats Antique [Click to Download]

dedicated to Breanna LeVine

Two children from the Tribe of the Desert fell into darkness this year, leaving their bodies behind. One was Miss LeVine, a child of many, many names... and she fell by her own hands.

It is a choice none can take from her.

The impact she had on the lives of so many artists can be felt even at this moment. The famed artist Android Jones, upon hearing of her passing, created a truly stunning portrait of her: Divine Levine

Wishing All Aching Hearts
Can Find Refuge In Love
Quickly And Effortlessly

Fare well, 2010. Travel well, Miss Levine... and happy birthday

The Apple Tree

Khameleon808 has made a tribute to The Glitch Mob that takes video editing to a new level. Using possibly hundreds of different movie trailers, the video was edited to maximize the energy of the music that Glitch Mob is known for. Included songs are: "Red Dress (The Glitch Mob Remix)" by TV on the Radio, "All the Cash (The Glitch Mob Remix)" by Evil Nine, "Monday (The Glitch Mob Remix)" by Nalepa and the instrumental for "Crunk de Guille" by edIT.

There is a bonus section on the way, not to mention "Project Inertia". To stay tuned, subscribe to Khameleon808 on YouTube.

Anything You Synthesize

"Anything You Synthesize" by The American Dollar
Video produced by OneSize, available for free download here

SXSW:SXSV 2009 Full Set for Free Download

My full set from SXSW:SXSV is up for free download for a limited time. With all the last-minute changes, there were plenty who couldn't make the show. This mix doesn't have BMFD's drumming, but it does include all the track-mixing as well as the quotes I mixed into them. Sadly the original link expired, but I am keeping the entry live as I'd like to mix it again in the future (update: the links keep getting hit with takedown notices, lost another). Mad love to all how made the show, to all who listened here on Mall of Me afterwards and to all the artists!

Tracklisting:
01 - Protestant Work Ethic - Beekeepers
02 - Deadbeat - Roots and Wire
03 - Stina Nordenstam - People Are Strange (UNKLE Mix)
04 - UNKLE + 3D - Invasion (Medway vs. Eva Coast-to-Coast Mix)
05 - Kammerflimmer Kollektief - Matt (David Last Pocket Pet Mix)
06 - Venetian Snares - She
07 - lacunae - from dust
08 - Kirsty Hawkshaw - Beautiful Danger
09 - X Marks the Pedwalk - Time Tunnel (Phase Two)
10 - Burial - Archangel
11 - Downliners Sekt + Evi Vine - LRAD
12 - Nine Inch Nails - At the Heart of It All (Aphex Twin Remix)
13 - Smashing Pumpkins - The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning
14 - San Jaya Prime - Time Interrupt (Eternal Nightshade Mix)
15 - Order in Chaos - Desolation
16 - Telefon Tel Aviv - The Birds
17 - The Marcia Blaine School for Girls - Still
18 - Lamb - Scratch Bass
19 - Moby - New Dawn Fades

Artwork: San Jaya Prime - Nocturne Electric

Quotes:
1 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - "The decision to flee came suddenly. Or maybe not. Maybe I'd planned it all along, subconsciously waiting for the right moment."
2 - Dark Knight - "You know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it. You know, I just do things."
3 - The Devil's Advocate - "God likes to watch. He's a prankster. Think about it. He gives man instincts. He gives you this extraordinary gift, and then what does He do, I swear for His own amusement, his own private, cosmic gag reel, He sets the rules in opposition. It's the goof of all time. Look but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, don't swallow. And while you're jumpin' from one foot to the next, what is he doing? He's laughin' His sick, fuckin' ass off! He's a tight-ass! He's a sadist! He's an absentee landlord!"
4 - Monsters, Inc. - "Ssshh, sshhhh, sshhh... you hear that? It's the winds of change."
5 - Mrs. Miniver - "This is the people's war. It is our war. We are the fighters. Fight it then! Fight it with all that is in us, and may God defend the right."
6 - War of the Worlds - "We know now that, in the early years of the 20th century, this world was being watched closely by intelligences greater than man, yet as mortal as his own. We know now that, as human beings busied themselves about their various concerns, they were scrutinized and studied. With infinite complacence people went to and fro over the earth about their little affairs, serene in the assurance of their dominion over this small, spinning fragment of solar driftwood which, by chance or design, man has inherited out of the dark mystery of time and space."
7 - Brandon Lee* - "Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well, and yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood? How many more times will you watch the full moon rise. Perhaps four... five times more? Perhaps not even that. And yet it all seems limitless."
8 - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? - "Each little Crunchie contains energy, contains pep for your growing youngsters, builds strong legs so that when they're older they can stand the long waits in the unemployment lines."
9 - X-Men - "I will bring you hope, old friend, and I ask only one thing in return... don't get in my way."

* Lee is quoting "The Sheltering Sky" (1949) by Paul Bowles. It's the same quote that Lee put on his wedding invitations, and the same quote now inscribed on his tombstone. I thought it fitting as a lead-in to Telefon Tel Aviv, who lost Charles Cooper this last January 22nd.

And yet it all seems limitless.

AychEff Zero

The Art, Writings and Music of Zero
(aka, AychEff Zero; aka, DJ Chad Is a DJ)

Blogger: http://happyfunpak.blogspot.com/
Blogger: http://physiac.blogspot.com/
MySpace Music: http://www.myspace.com/oppositecityoperator
ADHD Revolution: http://adhdrevolution.blogspot.com/
customInk: [link]

[ Content is copyright Chad Young ]

Video:

Audio:

DJ Shadow - Blood on the Motorway (HF Zero vs HF Prime Mod)
click here to download from Drop.io

HF Zero vs HF Prime - Chad's House
click here to download from Drop.io

Written:

"Yards" [excerpt]

I will sometimes observe the contents
of that cup,
curiously holding it up to the sun--swishing the
liquids into a
whirlpool.

And at the end of the day, when I have
nothing left to do,

I
will often wonder at
what
it means--


what
the
fluid actually represents.

It seems the only things I do know anymore, is that,
when I step
underground, I am proud--

that, when I pour water into a glass,

I am happy,

and that when I shower in the evening, with the idea of
another day
before
me,

I will think of the fountain,


and smile.

"Perplexis" [excerpt]

Perplexis lives at three-o-nine
West Chiltonberry way
with her seven older brothers
who do nothing everyday.

(Now, for all of those unaware of
how a 'nothing' is defined,
it's really just a synonym
for life without surprise.

--and, if surprise is what we use
to keep our lives intriguing,
then nothing's just a state of mind
where something's always fleeting.)

So, everyday Perplexis walks
to school and then to work,
where her mind is always busy
and her brothers do not lurk.

For, though she loves her brothers
more than anyone could know...
--with every inch they sink to waste
it tears apart her soul.

It seems each passing moment
strikes a thousand listless hours.
As Lexis watches helpless as
her brothers' minds go sour.

So, walking home from school one day,
consumed with riotous anger
Perplexis formulates a plan
to free them all from danger.

--and on the morn of Halloween
with jacket-bundled-tightly
She gives away her precious things
and sets upon the highway.

For waiting round with 'hopeful' thoughts
has worn away her patience.
Thus Lexis now has set upon
the trek to reparation.

Fashion:

[re-presented with permission]

with thanks to Skybreak for introducing me

Updates:
[2010.06.24] - Updated "Perplexis", turning it into an excerpt to better fit the many different versions of the poem. Old audio player died. Updated and added the new Zero vs. Prime track.
[2009.03.29] - Massive image losses due to ImageShack expiration. Migrated "Scar", "Successica", "HF Metropolis" and "Perplex" to Picasa and backed them up. The majority of all other images were lost. Added excerpt from "Yards". Reduced Custom Ink images to two shirts. Updated links. Updated audio player.
[2008.05.19] - "Successica" and "Scar" added to the visual works. With thanks to Kyrie for taking the foto of "Successica"... and to Chadwick for painting it just to remind the rest of us who the real frakking genius is here.

Darren Aronofsky's "The Fountain"

Movie: The Fountain
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Rating: 5/5

URL: thefountainmovie.warnerbros.com
Amazon: The Fountain on DVD
DC Comics: The Fountain Graphic Novel
Wikipedia: [link]
Genres: Cinema, Graphic Novel, Literature

Death is the road to awe.

There was a story... a story of a man and a woman in a garden...

Given the chance, I would thank Darren Aronofsky with all my heart for writing and directing this movie. Given enough time to express my gratitude, it would overflow next upon Clint Mansell, who scored the soundtrack that I played for a month straight after seeing the movie. I would gladly extend my thanks to Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn and all those who had a hand in weaving the motions of this love story through three different time periods.

First, however, my thanks to Aronofsky. Entering into this, he had to know ahead of time that nearly none would understand nor appreciate this movie. The story he had wanted to express via the medium of cinema for six-years has finally been told. Nearly anyone can appreciate the audio and video of the movie. For these alone, I suggest this movie to anyone. I do so, however, without any expectation that it will strike them as powerfully as it did myself.

While Aronofsky has worked on more than two movies, it was "Pi" and "Requiem for a Dream" that launched him into success. Both of these were advertised almost entirely through word of mouth. The only difference with "The Fountain" is the release of a trailer that has seen play in many theaters. Add to this the incredible ability he has to create an obsessive fan base, and you have one interesting advertising campaign. It's part of the culture surrounding these movies.

Clint Mansell, the mastermind behind the striking score to "Requiem for a Dream", returned to score "The Fountain". Brief glimpses into this new score, along with the trailer and a synopsis, can all be found at the official website. For months, the website had only moving images and music.

Hugh Jackman ("X-Men", "Swordfish") plays the male protagonist, and Rachel Weisz ("Constantine", "The Mummy") plays the female protagonist. The story is the ancient quest for the Fountain--the sap from the Tree of Life that gives any who drink from it everlasting life. Weisz (as Queen of Spain) sends Jackman into the New World in search of Eden where (as a conquistador) he is naturally pitted against the native guardians of Eden. The chief of these guardians wields the Flaming Sword and introduces one of the movies central themes: "death is the road to awe". This is only one stage out of three that the movie plays out upon, though the quest remains the same... until the end of time.

On a closing note, this is a work of art. Many have warned not to go into this expecting a movie. Although it uses the medium of cinema, it is more an artistic expression than a movie. The level of sensory input, combined with the quality, is on a level reminiscent of opera. Both a strong intellect and strong intuition are highly suggested to appreciate the grandeur of this story, to empathize with its characters and take the initiative to answer the questions Aronofsky will never answer for you.

Sidenote: Anyone interested in alchemy will find symbolism enough to last the promise of forever. The Reality Principle (Circle within a Triangle within a Circle) may as well be the movie's key symbol. It's found throughout the movie along with the well-told mythos of the Trinity.

Together we will live forever.

Updates:
- [2010.07.25] - Removed section on "The Fountain Remixed". Site is down. Updated layout. Changed "Death Is the Road to Awe" video to official trailer. I'm not sure how many times I can update this post. I'm well aware that I can never get it "right" enough for myself, but working on it usually means obsessing for hours over content and words only to find a day has passed. The movie means a lot to me. It changed my life. That's about all that needs to be said... that and "thank you" to every last creature who even delivered coffee to the set of this movie in order to get it made. So "thank you". Frakking thank you.
- [2009.03.29] - Removed Amazon video widget; enlarged book cover image; migrated ending press image; updated copyright/trademark info per Fox; updated links; changed ending video; updated links to open in a new window/tab; new review is pending.
- [2008.04.27] - Book cover added to beginning. Cleanup in Amazon Widget HTML.
- [2008.03.03] - Fountain Remix Project section added. Corrected link in YouTube to this entry. Removed "there's a cure" quote.
- [2007.09.21] - Press release images put in place of non-sourced images. Copyright and trademark information included. Amazon widget added to play trailer and link to DVD. Format cleanup.

Welcome

For the most part, this blog isn't about me per se, but about those things that strike me so hard that I feel inspired to share them. Be it the arts, politics or science, Mall of Me has been built slowly since 2006. I have no aim to blog every day. Expect quality over quantity. Here's a quick intro...

Right: On our right, you'll see the tags (causatives) for the site. I'll go into details on each tag a little farther down. The archive of posts is just below the tags, followed by my Top Three picks from the worlds of the written, the seen and the heard. "The List" is just below those, filled with books on personal development that can actually be applied to life as a praxis. Posts that have been deleted (as well as the reasons for deletion) are listed in the Pathic Purges. My signature and the Polyamory Awareness and Acceptance Ribbon round out the right column.

Left: No Speaken El Engles? No problemo. Clicka da flag most close to your language and Google will translate for you. I should mention now that I'm offensive and speak (badly) more languages than are likely healthy. I click the flags anyway... mostly because I love cultures and I can learn from them by reading what I've written in other languages. We do large features for very specific artists (some music, some visual). I have one lined up who's art was writing. The list shifts around as they are updated and as new ones are added. Below the features are blogs that may do guest posts here or who we just like in general. You can find places where Mall of me has been cataloged in the WW.Infektions area, then track visitors on the world map below it.

Here is a brief description of each label used as causative:

• Audio: Any entry focused on music, an opera or a speech would all go under audio. If it goes in the ear as a foci, it gets labeled as such.

• Code: Code is the software side of technology, and can be related to the memetic coding of the human creature or of a computer. There's no differentiation, but technology is the manifest symptom of the code.

• Comedy: Anything that makes me laugh and tends towards the lighter side of life is going to get the Comedy label.

• Experience: If you have to experience "it" to understand "it" (or if it requires physical action--dancing, climbing, building), then it goes under "Experience".

• Mathematics: Don't ask.

• Mythology: Anything that taps into a mythos or religion of the world will be labeled with the "Mythology" causative. Because these are so ingrained in our cultural coding, mythos has a huge affect on both art and science.

• Objective: While there's no attainable objective-view, I use the "Objective" causative when I'm presenting the work of another without my own commentary or judgment call directly expressed. I leave others to decide for themselves.

• Philosophy: Anything that taps into the intellectual sensations and beckons the mind to ask, think and act will be quickly labeled as "Philosophy". It's one of my favorite drugs.

• Politics: If it has to do with war, economics or government, then it is going under "Politics". As everything is political, my use of this is in the global, ruling sense.

• Subjective: If I'm reviewing or expressing heavy opinions, it goes under subjective. I'm a hard judge. The Austin poetry slam scene refers to me as "the Russian judge". Most things on Mall of Me will not be lowly rated unless my aim is to deter. Five out of five is the highest rating.

• Technology: I'm a technophile and actively participate in movements coordinated in bringing about the replacement of this species thru technology. As such, anything I post having to do with cyberpunk, human enhancement or anything else having to do with technology will be labeled as such. h+

• Tragedy: Tragedy can have humor, but its path lies in the pain and joy born from passion and desire. Catharsis is my favorite form of tragedy.

• Transcendent: Very rarely there comes along something that transcends the genre it was formed in. It is no longer "just a movie" (e.g., "The Fountain"), no longer "just a book" (e.g., "House of Leaves"), no longer "just a party" (e.g., "Burning Man"). These things often defy description and they'll likely come with the "Transcendent" causative.

• Video: If it teases the eye (no matter whether a pictures or animation), it goes under video. As a fire wyrm, I have a particular weakness to videographic sources, and so there's a lot of "eye candy" under this label.

• Walkthru: Walkthrus are guides that I've put together. They're designed to take a portion of how I operate with a tool and explain how others can apply it. While potentially useful, they are completely subjective and may not be for everyone. As such, I suggest that none should follow them.

• Written: While technically translated via the eye, "Written" causatives are meant for the psychology of the being--in grades of intellectual and emotional. Written can cover news feeds, books or just a quote.

A Note on the Forth Turning: This is the forth evolution of Mall of Me since 2006. Besides basic layout changes, there are now options to share as well as express various states of like and dislike. I may be phasing out the idea of temporary posts (previously, the causative "temp.post"), but may retain this facet. I'm moving more towards the idea of large features and mini-features and keeping my "self" out of it even more.

Long gone are the days of Google Ads on this blog and there hasn't been a shout widget since the third evolution. No more feeds from Fark or Dilbert... and Last.fm hasn't had a quality sound player for years. Deleted. Sending mad shout outs in love to all the artists who've shared their amazing works here and to every one of you who have stopped by from the far corners of the world.

If you're an artist and would like to be featured, contact me. Be sure to include links to your galleries, audio players or writings. Also, include permission to re-post content as well as the titles of pieces or songs that this permission applies to (if it's limited). I can't guarantee a full feature, but I also can't resist promoting anything that I love.