Still Obsessed With Golden Robots

October 12th, 2010 by Ultimate Cowboy

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As a reader pointed out last year, I spend a lot of time talking about Golden Robots here on 199X.

What’s not like to them? Its like the perfect merger of technology and art - a beautiful mechanism. I like nice watches, but I’d rather be friends with a Golden robot. It would probably be awesome to party with.

Anyways, here are a couple of tracks that might get you thinking about Golden Robots.

Robot Rippers vs. Millionaires - Alcohol Robotripping Remix

Ellie Goulding - Lights (Messed Remix) (Via Phase02.org)

The Golden Filter - Solid Golid (Drag Screw EDIT)

Want to read more about Golden Robots? Check out these posts:

Hesperus

Goldenboy

Starshine

My Weekends are Full of Vampires

October 10th, 2010 by Ultimate Cowboy

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Long-time readers of this blog will know that I’m a huge fan of vampires, and that might be one of the reasons why I’ve been digging Vampire Weekend so much these days.

They’re not really all that electronic, but here’s a good danceable remix of one of their tracks by Miike Snow.

Vampire Weekend - The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance (Miike Snow Remix)

If you’re into that sort of thing, there’s lots more vampiric electro here on 199x.

Fake Blood Video

September 16th, 2010 by Ultimate Cowboy

I’ve been pretty busy lately and haven’t had time for posting - back to more regular updates soon.

In the meantime, catch this video of the Fake Blood show that I saw in Toronto last week:

ARCADE FRIDAYS @ MOD CLUB WITH FAKE BLOOD from Adrian Alexander Pereyra on Vimeo.

Hit me up on Twitter (I’m @Parkernow) and also follow 199X on Twitter.

More posts soon. I promise. Until then, there’s more Fake Blood on 199X here.

22nd Century Shoes

July 22nd, 2010 by Ultimate Cowboy

I just picked up a pair of these futuristic Nike Lunarglides, and they’re pretty fast.

Anyways, I normally listen to music when I go running, and I’m pretty sure that this Blaze Tripp remix of 22nd Century by Kelis is going to make for a great soundtrack.

Kelis - 22nd Century (Blaze Tripp Remix)

Catch this kid on Myspace or say hello to him on Twitter.

Bunnies

July 16th, 2010 by Ultimate Cowboy

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KA SO RE dropped me their track “Bunnies” a few weeks ago, and its a fun little ditty.

On a related note, the January/February 2010 issue of Playboy had some amazing pictures of Tara Reid.

KA SO RE - Bunnies

Gettin’ Sleazy In The Big Easy

July 14th, 2010 by Ultimate Cowboy

I went down to New Orleans to see a good friend of mine get married last week. Apparently its tradition at these things to get blasted and wear masquerade gear.

The band at the wedding was playing mostly Motown and blues type stuff, but you didn’t come here to hear that. Here’s beats from zomby instead. zombies are big in New Orleans, aren’t they?

Rumors and Revolutions - zomby

PR Girls Like Their Lattes Hot, Thick And Creamy

July 13th, 2010 by Ultimate Cowboy

Its been a while since a song made me laugh out loud. Thankfully, The Deli Boys dropped me their track PR Girls, Inspired by the chicks in public relations that they know.

Is it reinforcing the stereotype of PR girls as nothing more than dumb, gold-digging sluts that are into lattes, brunch and fashion? Definitely. But that’s what makes it good.

From their blog post about the track:

“It talks about the large boot, small dog, fancy bag culture that has taken over the city streets across our nation. We recognized a type of girl that was repeatedly emerging from the deep jungles of urban culture. Owning the street with their over-priced bags, they developed their own language of terms by using weird melodic lisps and slurs. These women, no matter if they were in the Public Relations field or not, were dubbed “PR Girls”. This term catapulted the idea of writing and producing this song. We hopes you like.”

The Deli Boys - PR Girls

Here’s a few other tracks to go with the theme:

Toktok vs. Soffy O - The Lookalikes

Wax Dolls - Spoiled Rich Bitches (Trash Yourself Remix)

If you like The Deli Boys, I have a feeling you might also like The Girls Can Hear Us.

1172 NASA Pictures

July 12th, 2010 by Ultimate Cowboy

A few years ago, Jens gave me a CD that had a folder on it with over 1000 old-school NASA photos. He says he has no idea where he got them, but that doesn’t matter: all the photos are amazing.

I uploaded them to Flickr here, and while you’re looking at them here’s some music to get you into the orbital mood:

Miami Horror - Moon Theory (Sam La More Remix)

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Crystal Castles - Celestica (The Sonixx Remix)

Monarchy - The Phoenix Alive (Disco Bloodbath Vocal Radio Edit)

Cypherpunks Write Code, Cyberpunkers Drop Beats

June 27th, 2010 by Ultimate Cowboy

Back in the day when I first got into blogging I came across A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto.

Back then, it was pretty much the most bad-ass thing I’d ever read.

From the text:

“Cypherpunks write code. We know that someone has to write software to defend privacy, and since we can’t get privacy unless we all do, we’re going to write it. We publish our code so that our fellow Cypherpunks may practice and play with it. Our code is free for all to use, worldwide. We don’t much care if you don’t approve of the software we write. We know that software can’t be destroyed and that a widely dispersed system can’t be shut down.”

That’s some heavy stuff right there. Fight the good fight, Cypherpunks.

Then list to some equally heavy beats, courtesy of Borracho! and Cyberpunkers

Gooseflesh - Dodgems (Cyberpunkers Remix)

Cyberpunkers - OMG (Tom Deluxx) Remix

HAEzER - WTHIF (Cyberpunkers Remix)

Borracho! - Voynich Cipher

Alejandro is from Chasm City

June 13th, 2010 by Ultimate Cowboy

I just saw the video for Alejandro by Lady Gaga, and I couldn’t believe how much it reminded me of an Alastair Reynolds book.

The world Alastair paints for his readers is far-future: humans can live for centuries and are able to genetically modify themselves, yet the world they live in is still very full of pain and suffering, much of it self-inflicted. The awe of long-distance star travel is coupled with dangerous and painful conditions for travellers that make it possible.

There’s this overwhelming sense of discomfort and unease in the books, like something terrible is going to happen. Most of humanity lives in an asteroid belt called The Glimmer Band, and it is full of remnants of previous advanced technology that has been rendered unusable by an alien threat. Constant reminders of that pervade that remind the reader that not everything is alright in this future, and while its unspoken much of the population seems to think the same. This has given way to bizarre decadence by some, and masochistic religious cults in others in the world of The Glimmer Band.

I liked the books, yet I have a hard time reading them: none of the main characters are likable, and terrible things happen to people. Everyone is uncomfortable, sleep-deprived, on-edge, going crazy or all of the above.

Like I said, I got pretty much the same feeling when I watched the video for Alejandro.

Anyways, here’s a Rusko rework of the Gaga original (via Gotta Dance Dirty)

Lady Gaga - Alejandro (Rusko’s Papuseria Remix)

Lady Gaga - Alejandro