Can Everybody be a DJ? An Interview with Jonny Rocket of Playlist.
(ContentDesk) July 22, 2004 -- Already making plenty of noise in the marketplace is a new concept called Playlist, which exists both as a club and as an online music competition (see www.ipod-dj.com for details on how to enter and what you can win).Playlist is attracting attention for several reasons. First, as a part of what some are calling "iPod Culture," Playlist is helping disseminate music to a wide audience. And second, many of us just love the Warholian idea of a bunch of people showing up at a club to be a DJ for 15 minutes of fame.So far, the Playlist club is only in London, but you can expect them to go global soon because this concept takes social networking and marries it to a party context. And who doesn't like a nice loud party?Briefly, here's the rundown on the two forms of this new phenomenon:BRICK-AND-MORTAR PLAYLIST.You arrive with your favorite 15-minutes of music on an iPod or other digital music player, sign-up (first come, first served) and you play your songs through the club's sound system.Or you sign up to be a judge of the quarter-hour sets. The best DJs win extra set time and prizes.Or you just drop by the club and dance.CYBERSPACE PLAYLIST.Anyone can register at the Web site and send a 15-minute playlist for judging.
Again, there are prizes for the best set. Playlist does not yet feature streaming, downloading or Internet radio broadcasts, but you can bet that these are coming soon.A BEHIND-THE-SCENES CHAT.I spoke with Playlist's co-creator, Jonny Evans, who is excited by the unpredictability of his new venture. "What will happen at Playlist? That's just it. We don't know what will happen." Evans is happy to let the audience take control. "We can't say what the music will be, except that it will be diverse.
We think it'll appeal to people with broad musical taste, a sense of humor and the desire to have fun. We also think we'll attract artists and musicians, who will want to explore the creative potential of the whole idea."Evans sees the Playlist concept as inevitable. "I think music is about to enter a new boom time. It's going to be very interesting, because digital downloads (legal and peer-to-peer) have reinvigorated interest in music, and I think the most recent US album sales and downloads figures from SoundScan show this. This also encourages a sense of diversity in the music-loving audience.
We think this is going to mean people want the unexpected. And this is why we think the Playlist idea is an idea that reflects its time."The current consolidation of major media across the globe is somewhat counter-balanced by the Playlist concept. As Evans notes, "In the case of radio, for example, commercial radio playlists are designed to appeal to a particular demographic, which musician and music tsar Feargal Sharkey describes as 'Teenage girls,' as this group statistically buys the most music. And that's not good for music. We think we live at a point in time when digital diversity will propel music sales beyond anything ever seen before.
And we really, really like the idea of harnessing a personal technology such as the iPod in a way that transforms it into a collective, social activity such as Playlist."CHANGING TIMES.There is a philosophical element in the way Evans describes the culture surrounding Playlist. "Music is at once a deeply personal activity and a deeply social activity, both for players and listeners. I think music is tribal glue. And it's a truism, isn't it, that whenever music marries new technology it sees economic benefit that is good for companies, artists and all involved in the entertainment ecosystem," he states, pointing to the sales figures of firms involved in sheet music, juke boxes, 33rpm vinyl, and clubs, not to mention CDs."Playlist is all about the music, not the genre," Evans says. As their manifesto states: "The principle is simple: if you want to share your music, just turn up, sign in and play out.
If you want to judge other people's music, turn up, sign up and speak out. If you simply want to party, just turn up, tune in, dance it out."In the planning stages for months, Playlist is now launching down the block and in cyberspace near you. Everyone can participate, and everyone can be a DJ, at least fifteen minutes at a time.Web: www.ipod-dj.comE-mail: e-mail protected from spam botsThe G-Man's music can be found many places: iTunes, www.delvianrecords.com, www.gmanmusic.com, and in many iPods..
iCal. The Elegant Desktop Calendar of Apple
iCal is a personal calendar application made by Apple Computer that runs on the Mac OS X operating system. iCal can also refer to iCalendar, the standard calendar format used by the iCal calendar application. iCal was the first calendar application to offer support for multiple calendars and the ability to publish/subscribe calendars to WebDAV server.
Apple's new calendar application, iCal, is available for Mac OS X. iCal makes it easy to publish and share your calendar data online, either through Apple or third-party services. Perhaps of more interest to developers, iCal stores its data in the standard calendar (.ics) file format, which is used by other calendar programs, like Mozilla Calendar.
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Author of "Mistress-Keeping in Japan — Then & Now" (Boy? Lafayette De Mente) Explains How to Party With the "Natives"
Tokyo, Japan (ContentDesk) January 29, 2006 -- Until the last couple of decades the Japanese had the reputation of being workaholics not given to letting their hair down and having a good time. The Japanese were indeed hard workers, but the impression that they didnt go in for parties and other forms of entertainment was way off the mark, says author Boy? Lafayette De Mente in his book "Mistress-Keeping in Japan."???? De Mente debunks the idea that historically the Japanese were not into good time activities, especially the sensual kind. He notes that one of the earliest anecdotes in Japans creation myth is about a party held by one of the gods that became so boisterous he was kicked out of the pantheon as punishment. ???? But this particular god didnt give up partying, and apparently passed on his predilections for a good time to the human progeny of the gods. In any event, De Mente goes on, entertainment of various kinds has been a significant part of Japanese culture since ancient...
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Donner Party Cookbook: A Guide to Survival on the Hastings Cutoff
(ContentDesk) January 8 2004--You probably know something about The Donner Party, the wagon train that became snowbound in the mountains on the way to California? You know.... when the food ran out, they resorted to eating their dearly departed?The tale of the 1846-1847 Donner Party is one of those fascinating episodes of American history where there is a wealth of awareness but not much knowledge. And our awareness is likely to be exclusively about the cannibalism.Terry Del Bene, Ph.D. an archeologists and historian, tells us much more in his history of the ill-fated train and its people. In his book we learn that the wagon train was made up of a group of ordinary people caught in extraordinary circumstances, mostly of their own making.From its inception in what is now Wyoming, on July 20, 1846, the leaders of the Donner Party made fateful decisions that doomed the wagon train from successfully completing its journey to California.
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STILL MORE CRAZY COLLEGE ROOMMATE STORIES
This story could constitute a practical joke or a revenge. My junior year in college myself and three friends had a house and since we went to a relatively small school it became somewhat of the party house. For one of my roommates 21st birthday a friend of ours gave him a handle of the cheapest whiskey (it came in a plastic bottle and the dude that gave it to us had an entire case of these handles!) I have ever run across.A few weeks later we had thrown a small gathering and had people in and out of the house. Well I noticed that (and I mean no offense to frat boys when I finish this sentence) some 'think you are cool trying to take our cheap whiskey'-fratboy walked outside and tried to stash our cheap whiskey to take at a later point. Little did he know I noticed this.
So instead of taking our cheap whiskey back, I tell one of my other roommates and we decide to piss into the whiskey the rest of the night. When we started pissing in the whiskey there was about a quarter of the...
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Creative Kid Birthday Cake Ideas
A Creative Dream Come TrueA hush falls over the room as you bring out your child's birthday cake.With its candles glowing, your cake masterpiece sits at its place of honor for all to admire as the room fills with the oohs and aahs of your envious party guests. Your creative birthday cake is wonderful and it fits your party theme perfectly.Your birthday child makes a wish and your guests join in singing the birthday song followed by cheers and applause. Then it's finally time to enjoy the taste of your delicious birthday cake creation.Now that's the kind of reaction you want for your child's birthday cake!Kid Birthday Cake IdeasLet your creative imagination run wild when you plan your child's birthday cake, because just about anything is possible. Here are just a few ideas.Princess Birthday CakeSkate CakeButterfly CakeLadybug CakeHot Dog and Fries CakeVolcano CakeBug Mountain CakeLego CakeMadeline's Hat CakePrincess Castle CakeGreen Eggs and Ham CakePanda CakeTreasure Chest CakeFirst...
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Author of "Mistress-Keeping in Japan — Then & Now" (Boy? Lafayette De Mente) Explains How to Party With the "Natives"
Tokyo, Japan (ContentDesk) January 29, 2006 -- Until the last couple of decades the Japanese had the reputation of being workaholics not given to letting their hair down and having a good time. The Japanese were indeed hard workers, but the impression that they didnt go in for parties and other forms of entertainment was way off the mark, says author Boy? Lafayette De Mente in his book "Mistress-Keeping in Japan."???? De Mente debunks the idea that historically the Japanese were not into good time activities, especially the sensual kind. He notes that one of the earliest anecdotes in Japans creation myth is about a party held by one of the gods that became so boisterous he was kicked out of the pantheon as punishment. ???? But this particular god didnt give up partying, and apparently passed on his predilections for a good time to the human progeny of the gods. In any event, De Mente goes on, entertainment of various kinds has been a significant part of Japanese culture since ancient...
Author of "Mistress-Keeping in Japan — Then & Now" (Boy? Lafayette De Mente) Explains How to Party With the "Natives"
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Multi-Cultural Holiday-Party Teaching Tip
Happy Holidays! At this time of year, why not plan a multi-cultural holiday party?Have your children research the holiday customs of their family's heritage country. Depending upon their ages, your students may watch a video, read a book or article, research on the internet, or interview family members.Have them make a collage or write a report of their findings.Graph the number of students whose families come from different countries.The day of the party, let them wear clothes, bring in food (labeled with name of the food and the country it represents), bring in music, and play games representing as many of the countries as possible.Another way to have an international celebration is for each teacher on the team to be in charge of a different country. Make a passport for the children that needs to be stamped upon their visit to that country. At each stop, the teacher will present an activity for the country (s)he is representing...anything from a dance to a game to a cooking activity...the...
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Benefits of Choosing an Online Fitness Program
Benefits of Choosing an Online Fitness Programhttp://www.popularfitness.comThere are many benefits of choosing an online fitness program over a live personal trainer. In this article, I will focus on the most important ones. I will also mention and recommend Global Health and Fitness' online fitness program ( http://www.popularfitness.com/global-fitness.html ) because in my opinion they...
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Broadway Hospitality Chooses the Knowland Group for Group Sales Leads
Washington, D.C. (ContentDesk) June 23, 2006 -- The Knowland Group announced today that it will begin service for Broadway Hospitality hotels.The Texas-based hotel management firm currently operates 20 hotels in six states. Its properties include some of the most easily recognizable brand names in the industry such as Holiday Inns, Wyndham Hotels, and Marriott Hotels. The Sales and Revenue Team at Broadway Hospitality are dedicated to maximizing market share by anticipating changes in the marketplace,...
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Do Low Carbohydrate Diets Lead to Weight Loss Success?
So your neighbor, office mate, best friend, whoever just lost 10 pounds in only two weeks following the latest in high protein low carbohydrate diets. And now you're thinking you should give it a go -- have even started the search for high protein low carbohydrate recipes? True, high protein low carb diets seem to be leading many people to weight loss success. Trouble is, they seemed to do it 30 years ago, too. They were the rage in the early 70s, and look where many of us are today: growing fatter...
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