Discover new trending music on Spotify • 18 Aug 2024
Decades ago, back when I organised the first Belgian Barcamp events in Brussels (2006), I had a created a presentation of my own: I was scraping the ‘playing now’ feeds of several Belgian radio stations, using that data to detect...
“I will you in the night” – Idool 2003 • 28 Jan 2010
At the Pixagogo reunion dinner the other evening, I was reminded by one of my ex-colleagues Steven (‘Beukie‘) that back in 2003 I was having some fun with remixes/mashups. More specifically, I took some vocals of the Belgian “Idool 2003”...
Favourite podcasts: Basic Soul Radio Show • 28 Apr 2008
I subscribe to less and less podcasts (not enough time to listen), but there is one I always install on every newly installed iTunes. It’s called the Basic Soul Radio Show, it’s presented by Simon Harrison. Every week Simon selects...
Point and shoot badly • 06 Aug 2007
I went to the concert of Bajofondo Tango Club in Brugge last Friday. Of course I took my Canon 350D along and shot a lot of pictures. I never use a flash for concert pictures, certainly not since I started...
Moldover: Live mashup DJ • 07 Sep 2006
I wrote a post last year “REQ: Live mashup performance tool” on how much fun it would be to be able to do live mashups: mix basslines, drums, guiter riffs and vocals from different songs in real-time. I just found...
Bentzon Brotherhood: Rapper’s New Delight • 17 Jul 2005
A couple of weeks ago, at a party in Maastricht, I heard a new version of Rapper’s Delight (Sugarhill Gang), a 15-minute funky jazz version with a kick-ass bass. I went to the DJ booth and turned my head at...
CD-to-MP3 ripping speed estimation • 12 Feb 2005
As every sensible car-owner in Brussels, I rip my CDs to MP3 so I can put copies of them in my car. As every self-respecting geek, I have multiple PCs at home. Which brings me to following observation: not all...
I remember house before it was techno • 26 Sep 2004
I remember house before it was techno I remember house before it had an afro I remember house before it was deep I remember house before it was hard I remember house when house had tempos I remember house before...
Top Ten Smelly Celebrities • 25 Aug 2004
A friend told me about an off-the-record list of celebrities with unpleasant body odor, where Brad Pitt supposedly featured as #3. Some Googling later, I found out Brad has moved up to #1! Here is the list as compiled in...
Organizing my CD collection • 24 May 2004
I don’t know if it’s because I’m a Virgo or because it’s Spring, but this weekend I felt the irresistible urge to empty my CD racks and re-organize my CDs. I have about 400 CDs, and I have a tendency...
