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July 14, 2008 – 8:12 pm

MOAR! MOAR REVIEWS FROM THE REVIEW GODS!

“In this day and age, where excellent electronic music is abundant and generally not very hard to find (if you make the small effort to search for it), it’s rare that I’m actually moved beyond the aesthetic pleasure of hearing something really good. Maybe I’ve just become jaded from being exposed to so much music throughout the years, I don’t know. But Ad·ver·sary’s (a.k.a. Jairus Khan) debut full-length album, Bone Music, moved me to feeling… more. [...]“

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Things I Need: Nth in a Series

July 14, 2008 – 3:41 pm


Zombie Lawn Sculpture

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Photoshop Phun

July 13, 2008 – 11:31 pm

I’ve been playing with Photoshop to make photos of big things look like they’re photos of small things:

I’d like to do one of the Blade Runner cityscape, if I can find a good photo.

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Things I found on Flickr, first in a series.

July 11, 2008 – 12:00 am

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It’s an Ad·ver·sary Disco Party

July 6, 2008 – 7:55 pm

Another AVS interview, this time with ChainDLK:

Chain D.L.K.: Some critics have argued that industrial/dark electronic music is pretty much dead. Do you agree with this view? What is your opinion of the current state of industrial/EBM music?

Ad-ver-sary: Have you ever listened to the lyrics of ‘Chickenshit Conformist‘ by Dead Kennedys? That’s how I feel about industrial. The music is doing fine, it’s the attitude of the people involved that’s the problem. A lot of people have gotten into a routine where they’re going to an industrial night week after week wanting to hear something familiar, instead of going week after week to hear something new. My partner and I DJ every week, and there’s always enough great new music that we never have to play Dead Stars or Head Like A Hole. FLA and Ministry’s last full-length were their best albums in at least ten years, Diskonnekted and Brain Leisure have picked up where Haujobb left off, and there’s a lot of people pushing the edges of the genre. Insurgent Inc. is doing some fantastic industrial-metal crossover, same as Left Spine Down’s doing with punk and Memmaker’s doing with old-school rave. So, no, I don’t think industrial music is dead, I just think there’s a low signal-to-noise ratio. A lot of people have forgotten that industrial is an experimental genre, and if DJs and audiences don’t participate in that process by being open to new music, what they’re really saying is “forget the industrial, I just want the pop.”

This Tuesday is the official Bone Music CD Release Party at Zaphods, with Hound guesting on the WHEELS OF STEEL. I am excited!

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Tweet

July 6, 2008 – 7:40 pm

I’ve got five 2 invites for BrightKite, if anyone is interested in trying it out. It’s like Twitter, but geographically minded and not down all the time.


Why should I use Brightkite?

If you’re like us, you’re tired of the rise of social networks that take away from your real life. Sure, it’s great to have a gazillion friends on MySpace, but really, how many of them have you actually met? Brightkite connects people based on the places they visit in the real world. With Brightkite you can see where your friends are, what they’re up to, see what’s going on around you, and meet real-world friends.

How does Brightkite work?

The basic idea is simple. When you’re out and about in the real world, you tell Brightkite where you are by checking in at places (you can do this on your phone). Brightkite can then tell you who else is there, who’s been there, what’s happened there, who is nearby etc. Additionally you can post notes and photos at places that others nearby will see.

Everything you do in Brightkite is accessible on the website. You can choose who gets to see your stuff by adjusting your privacy settings, but by default everybody can (after all, the idea is to meet people).

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truth

July 3, 2008 – 2:24 am

What I enjoy the most about onset insomnia is just how tired you can get without ever actually falling asleep.

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AVS WP

July 2, 2008 – 7:32 pm

I’ve just posted a half-dozen wallpapers to the Ad·ver·sary site. They are big, but shiny:

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ReGen Jumps The Shark

June 30, 2008 – 9:04 pm

ReGen Magazine is hosting an artist Spotlight on Ad·ver·sary, with interview:

Jairus Khan has spent the better part of the last decade developing his craft in the Canadian techno/industrial underground as a DJ and promoter. Making music under his Ad·ver·sary moniker, Khan has had the distinction of remixing and performing alongside such acts as Terrorfakt, Antigen Shift, Convertor, Cyanotic, and Iszoloscope, all the while composing his own original songs. Assembling a demo in late 2005, titled International Dark Skies, Khan began shopping for labels, all the while continuing to hone his skills, before finally landing on burgeoning experimental industrial label Tympanik Audio. Released under a Creative Commons license, the debut Ad·ver·sary album, Bone Music is an intriguing collection of tracks that combine caustic industrial beats with lush ambient beauty, running the fine line across varying genres of experimental electronic music.

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oi oi oi

June 26, 2008 – 1:10 pm

Two mosh pits in two days is great fun, even when you had to start one of them yourself. Three for three tonight? Time to find a thrash punk show before I leave Toronto.

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