Absorb Writes So I Don't Have To

"it had been building up to this.....

the ascension of the kompakt label in terms of its dominance over just about everything this year climaxes with this. not so much a mix (wouldn't want to bring it down to that level), no. more of a statement. this is the sound of cologne via farringdon straight to your stereo. and fuck me, it sounds great.

book ended with one of our favourite kompakt releases; the dreamy 'i think about you' by heiko voss. mayer covers all the bases in the world of stripped down minimal funk. other notable stand outs include the acid wash of richard davis' 'in the air', the vocodered lullaby of villalobos' 'easy lee' and superpitcher's 'mushroom' - how ambient house should have sounded like. surprisingly for something that has the kompakt brand all over it, out of the thirteen tracks on offer only four are from the label.

with nary a slip-up in this one take mix, it's lithe, svelte and downright efficient in its aims. easily the best mix cd since richie hawtin took us closer to the edit."

This is probably the slickest mix I've heard in a long time. Totally worth buying if not at least a download.

Canuckleheads

Claude posted this in his journal. It's been a while since I've heard Rick Mercer, god I love his... thinly veiled criticism.

A Truly Canadian Apology to the USA...
Courtesy of Rick Mercer from This Hour Has 22 Minutes,
CBC Television

On behalf of Canadians everywhere I'd like to offer an apology to the United States of America. We haven't been getting along very well recently and for that, I am truly sorry.

I'm sorry we called George Bush a moron. He is a moron but it wasn't nice of us to point it out. If it's any consolation, the fact that he's a moron shouldn't reflect poorly on the people of America. After all it's not like you actually elected him.

I'm sorry about our softwood lumber. Just because we have more trees than you doesn't give us the right to sell you lumber that's cheaper and better than your own.

I'm sorry we beat you in Olympic hockey. In our defense I guess our excuse would be that our team was much, much, much, much better than yours.

I'm sorry we burnt down your White House during the war of 1812. I notice you've rebuilt it! It's very nice.

I'm sorry about your beer. I know we had nothing to do with your beer but we feel your pain.

I'm sorry about our waffling on Iraq. I mean, when you're going up against a crazed dictator, you want to have your
friends by your side. I realize it took more than two years before you guys pitched in against Hitler, but that was different. Everyone knew he had weapons.

And finally on behalf of all Canadians, I'm sorry that we're constantly apologizing for things in a passive-aggressive way, which is really a thinly veiled criticism. I sincerely hope that you're not upset over this. We've seen what you do to countries you get upset with.

Thank you.