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The Hideout gig
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Good fun last night DJing. Absolutely knackered, so can't say much. But thanks to all those who showed, it was slamming. Mr Brown has his take on what went down. I'll post a set list soon.
Hi Daryl, how was the setup at Hideout? I might be spinning for the Bedroom Sessions this month, or the next. How's the feedback like? Any delay? Also, forgot which mixer they have. Is it the Pioneer 600 or a Behringer?
Hey daryl, got your email. Something's wrong with the mail so I'll thank you here :)
Went back down to Hideout for a friend's birthday today, talk about pushing the damn table! (I just did it, nearly causing a pint of beer to spill on to the decks! :P
Anyway thanks for the feedback, sounds like a great set you played. Keep it real aight!
I really like studying etymology and the origins of words, and I'm interested in the fairly omnivorous nature of English, which has a huge "borrowed" vocabulary. (Random fact: "bugger" is related to "Bulgaria".) So I thought every now and then I'd put up random lists of words English borrows from various languages - well, besides French, German, and Spanish, or I'll exhaust myself from typing. I thought I'd start with Malay, national language of Singapore. Wikipedia already has a partial list , but I thought I'd come up with a list that also included a few other loan words. The obvious ones are words for things that are indigenous to the region - plants (durian, rambutan, bamboo, sago, camphor ), animals (orang-utan, pangolin, cassowary), and cloth ( gingham , sarong). But there's a whole bunch that're less obvious, even to native English speakers from this region: amok . If you asked me to name one English loan word that
This New York Times article on 50 Cent's life in the sleepy suburb of Farmington, Conn. , is quite wry - But a cook at China Palace said Mr. Jackson could save 10 percent on any order over $30... Ah, the privileges of fame... 10% off Chinese takeout! For the party, Mr. Jackson ordered more than $5,000 worth of liquor, including "a lot of Baccardi," according to the owner of a Farmington liquor store who spoke on the condition of anonymity "to protect his privacy." Sipping Bacardi (ooh, caught a Times misspelling) like it's his birthday. How anonymous could a liquor store owner in a suburban town be? It's not like there're hundreds of liquor stores in the town, I'm guessing. I like how they keep referring to him as Mr. Jackson...
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eric - knackered: tired - British slang guide. The knacker's the guy who kills horses. They shoot horses, don't they?
Went back down to Hideout for a friend's birthday today, talk about pushing the damn table! (I just did it, nearly causing a pint of beer to spill on to the decks! :P
Anyway thanks for the feedback, sounds like a great set you played. Keep it real aight!