House music has always veered between having a sense of humour about itself and being thoroughly up its own arse. Tracks have trodden the very thin line between novelty, kitsch and playfulness - witness the differences between The Prodigy's "Charlie" (which, even at 180bpm, sounds twice as slow now as it did in my head at the time), Urban Hype's "Trip To Trumpton" and plummeting to new depths with Doctor Spin's "Tetris".
Set against this backdrop was N-Trance who are an odd datum on the arc of early to mid nineties techno. Their first demo was an (unreleased?) rave version of the theme tune to kids' tv program "Roobarb and Custard" but in '92 they put out "Set You Free" - a genuine, euphoric, hands in air rave anthem.
and then the slightly less goofy (but only just) with their take on Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
The funny thing about both of those were that, along side long term collaborator and vocalist Kelly Llorenna they drafted in Ricardo Da Force who was, at the time, most famous for being the some time vocalist for the KLF who probably challenged the piss taking/completely credible boundaries more than anyone else before or since.
But more on that next week ...
As many of you have noticed, the YouTube Conduit is not working. I am so sorry about this; I know how frustrating it is.
The team is looking into how to get this fixed and I will update you as soon as I hear something. In the meantime, not all is lost... There is a work-around for posting videos.
When you're in the Compose Screen, just click on "embed." Ignore the fact that it says "Widget" before everything because you can definitely use this to embed videos as well. You'll just need to input the embed code from the video, enter a title (if you want) and hit OK.
It might not show up perfectly in your compose screen, but when you hit "Save," your video should appear just the way you wanted it to.
Hopefully this will allow you to keep posting videos while we figure out what's happening on our end.
As always, thanks for your patience.
Also: by date myself I mean - "give clues as to my age" not "pick myself up, take myself out to dinner and then hence to watch a movie before attempting to indulge in a little light self-frottaging and then ending the evening early because I have a headache and I have to get up early and telling myself that I really like me but I'm not really in a relationship place right now"
Gosh, I'm glad we got that cleared up.
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- 09:31 @hbkr こちらは行けませんでしたが、水曜のパーティには参加します！ #
- 10:51 @yokokloeden いつもギリギリ、日程がずれますね。12/12（土）の早朝着予定（CDG->SIN直行便がキャンセル待ちだけど）、12/13（日）の夜便で帰国予定 #
- 11:50 at a Starbucks for concentration as if I were a nomad worker in Tokyo #
- 14:23 @hokugo どちらへ出張ですか？ #
- 14:28 ランチ＠アオザイなう。この時間は女子のおひとりさまば\xE3 \x81\x8Bりなのは、全然変わらんなぁ #
- 14:32 @hokugo PDCには、もう10年近く行ってないです。懐かしい。Have a safe flight! #
- 16:13 @heikuro はい、今週はなるべく外に食べに行けるようにスケジュールしました！ #
- 16:25 校正紙はネタの宝庫ですw RT @jpblogscom: DTPの世界で遭遇した、心に残る爆笑指示の数々 bit.ly/2WirxU #
- 16:32 DTP指示ネタが集まり始めた RT @natsumi: @nseki 「八重歯とってください」っていわれたことありますwwちなみにすわさんが\xE5\x85 \xAB重歯取ってくれました。 #
- 16:32 RT @takechi: 写植時代だってネタの宝庫でしたよね♪ RT @nseki: 校正紙はネタの宝庫ですw RT @jpblogscom: DTPの世界で遭遇した、心に残る爆笑指示の数々 bit.ly/2WirxU #
- 17:12 広報ブログ: Movable Type アフィリエイト報酬額2倍のボーナスキャンペーンは11月25日まで bit.ly/lUOBb #
- 18:19 最近 @BuzzTum のつぶやきがないなぁ、体調悪いのかなぁ、と思っていたらフォローが外れていた。アトランダムにフォローが外れるのはどうにかならんかなぁ #
- 18:22 @BuzzTum そっか。私も体調は一進一退。ご近所になったら連絡が途絶えて、この街に住むのは体調にとっては鬼門なのか、とか考えていたw #
- 18:52 @neohawk 偶然だれかのtweetに言及されていて、あれ、言及されているってことは、つぶやいているはず、と直接アカウント情報みにいったら、相互にnot followingだったw #
- 18:53 なんと！おめでとうございます > #fc0 RT @tomihisa: これからエフシーゼロ設立1周年記念パーティーに向かいます:-) #
- 19:00 iPhomeがどこにいてもアンテナが0 本になる症状（接続はOKになったので、久々に再起動したら直った #
- 19:04 1日ぶりのシャンパンなう #
- 19:08 @rose_m これだけ可愛ければ、しょうがないですよ :-) #
- 19:16 今日は明日の、ミシュランガイド2010東京のパーティに備えて、お気に入りの☆☆レストランに #
- 23:53 うーん、X dayを知ってしまったw #
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I had the wonderful opportunity to catch the Bowerbirds in concert last night and I'm just as much in love with them in person as I am by ear. We showed up a bit early for some of Al's Bar's famous sweet potato fries and waited in anticipation for a few hours until they took the stage. This venue is one of my favorites, not for the sound, stage, or lights but because it's so intimate. There is a tiny little stage, a few booths and tables, little to no lighting and truth be told its a complete dive bar, but we love it anyway! I stood front row center to sway, sing and tap to the beat of their music, which was just as beautifully preformed as I had expected. The band members we so down to earth and I almost felt bad for them because the turnout was like nothing I had expected. I thought there would be lines, I though there would be crowds but my guess is there were only about 20 people there to actually watch the band. I knew they weren't popular, but I had no idea how unknown they really are. So enjoy and spread the word!
It's going to be some good Thanksgiving eats this year!
- 10:58 @neohawk よく考えたら11/21（土）でもいい気がしてきた。ご予定は？ #
- 12:20 ミシュランガイドの歴史を見て最初に驚いたのは、ミシュランマンという名前だと思っていたタイヤのキャラが実は「ビバンダム」という名前だったこと #MiGuideTrivia bit.ly/X60Qf #
- 13:05 @neohawk じゃあ11/21にしましょう、シャンの日。さて食べ物は、今日はどんな趣向で行きますかねー？ #
- 15:37 ミシュランガイドの歴史は、歴史好きの私にとって楽しい発見の連続。なんとノルマ\xE3 \x83\xB3ディ上陸作戦の地図として、1939年版ミシュランガイドが再版され連合軍に配られたとか！ #MiGuideTrivia bit.ly/RLU70 #
- 21:08 @kenjieno's song just started! (kenji_eno live › ustre.am/3zdV) #
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