bengston

GTD helper

GTD (getting things done) has impressed me when I initially read it. However I never really applied all of it. I started to run some lists and inboxes but never properly. Now I just found this little tool which is in fact an html site that lets you administrate your GTD lists.. very useful.. very small in filesize (easy to send around by mail, store somewhere on the web or carry around on the iPod..) and a great help to organise yourself! I'll give it a try.. it's a basically a better to do list..

Drivin' Breaks 13 available for download!

Fresh and ready for download: Drivin Breaks 13. Please excuse the missing playlist. I'll add that later on. Download the mix and enjoy! bengston_drivin_breaks13.MP3 (41251.7K)

I'm selling 200 records...

As mentioned before, I am selling some records to get some more space at the studio. The first load of 200 breakbeat records just went up on ebay! click here to go the auction

pandora

Pandora is a new online radio, that will select music according to your taste. At the start the user has to type in a song or an artist name and the pandora radio will search for music that is similar. When trying it out I was very sceptic. And I was surprised. Surprised by how good it works..! By adding more songs and rating the proposed music you can further refine the selection. I suggest you have a go, the tryout period is 10 hours long which should be enough to see if it covers your tastes... I like the fact, that you can ask why they chose the song. Furthermore it is possible buying chosen songs on iTunes or buying albums at amazon.com. pandora.com

tower radio

After last years BT TV tower Nightingale show, they are doing it again this sunday, 25th September. The broadcast will be live from the TV tower in Berlin. The lineup includes two of my German breaks buddies: Jochen aka Circuit Breaker and Bernie aka B-Phreak will have the honour to grace the airwaves of the UK! Completing the line up are Irish boys Splitloop. Tune in on the BBC site from 18.00 to 20.00 Berlin time and taste some prime time breaks action from the heights of Berlin...

minor news

I'm currently attending a course which is why there's so few updates.. The course is busier than I expected and includes open end sessions and too few breaks and no internet access whatsoever. I'm rocking the new High Contrast CD "True Colors" which is cool but nowhere near the fantastic "High Society". Still would love to see this guy live / DJ'ing one day..

Snow White

Yesterday I went to see Samir's new film "Snow White". A Swiss film and a good one at that! White daddy's girl meets suburban rap star and the drama begins. Most of it is nicely shot in Zurich which shows that you an actually turn a movie in this town. However the clichés are too obvious at times, and it almost seems that the film comes a couple of years too late with the whole party hype being past its peak. Carlos Rea as Paco is playing a superb part. Not so great but fairly constant is Julie Fournier as Nico. The whole camera and cut is too conservative for that kind of film. Only at one point they display a bit of what they're able to: When the girls are cooking pasta.. Good film nonetheless, especially for Swiss standards which rings so many bells if you happen to live and breath in Zurich that it's almost uncomfortable to watch. movie webpage

OpenBC

I've been a member on OpenBC for a few months now but never really bothered to use it... I've only recently started to add contacts and start networking there. Great thing! Funny to see that you end up knowing almost anybody over less than three connections :) So if you are up there too let's interact!

I also started to sell off stuff.. First went my old and trusted Sony DCS-85 (which has found a new home at my parents'), then I dashed out my Minolta SLR cam for a ridicoulously low amount of money only to give away the video cam to my parents again. Now all that's left is an empty bag which is on sale here.

Why all that? No I'm not in desperate need for money but merely trying to get rid of stuff that's accumulated over the years. Next up will be a huge load of records. Watch this space :)

charts september 2005

01 mr melody maker: knok knok (mouthwatering)
02 dreadzone: once upon a time in jamaica (functional)
03 freeland: heel & toe [evil nine remix] (marine parade)
04 aquasky & meat katie: overneath (passenger)
05 baitercell & schuhmacher: The Bass Is Injected (resin)
06 merka: hug the speaker (fat!)
07 dylan rhymes: fashion kills (kingsize)
08 splitloop: soul roll (against the grain)
09 lee coombs: shiver [plump djs remix](finger lickin)
10 dj icey: acid conga (mantra)

mylo vs. miami sound machine

being a bit of a late mylo fan myself (only really checked the breaks mixes of drop the pressure) I found this naughty booty video on the web: doctor pressure [256k streaming vid]