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posted by [personal profile] pmsumner at 11:54pm on 20/05/2003
This is one good reason to love broadband 'net - you can afford to spend 10 minutes downloading a track just because it sounds interesting, rather than having to wait 45 minutes for it to come through.

A mixture tonight of Dub Syndicate, Lee (Scratch) Perry and King Tubby.

Also downloading is some Tchaikovsky, some Orb ("Heavy Dub" mix of Little Fluffy Clouds?) and some Horace Andy, but they're running a little more slowly. Some "Scientist" too, should be interesting.

I have a fridge full of beer. You think I am joking? Safeway were doing "Buy 2 for £8" on 6 packs, but "Buy a case of 24 for £12.99"). So my fridge is well stocked. Not that I am a beer monster or anything :)

I have 2 days off. Why do I feel like, after being at work for one day, that I may as well not have bothered with taking Monday off sick? Things really were just as pants, and I am STILL stuck on this Physics problem :)


A car (m1 = 1000kg) towing a caravan (m2 = 600kg) up a slope (gradient 1 in 20) with acceleration of 1.2ms-2, and constant friction forces of 100N acting on the caravan, 200N acting on the car.

Calculate the driving force.


Two things - [livejournal.com profile] kundrun and [livejournal.com profile] pipsytip. I am arranging to slide my shift on Sunday, hopefully so I can start at midday instead of 0740am. Heyyyy :)

I need a bath. Any takers to wash me and peel me grapes and wine (OK, spoon feed me ice cream and wash me with beer!)? *G*
Mood:: 'pleased' pleased
Music:: Dub Syndicate - African Landing (The Mix)
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posted by [identity profile] sbj180.livejournal.com at 04:17pm on 20/05/2003
Sounds like an excellent musical extravaganza is going on up in your house tonight - what with Dub Syndicate AND the Orb AND King Tubby AND Scientist *AND* Lee Perry! I can't help but feel somehow partly "responsible" :)

If you can track it down I recommend 2 Badcard's 'Hustling Ability' album - though it is a few years old now. What should be easily available to you though (they had copies in Fopp in central Glasgow last time I visited) is Adrian Sherwood's new (and 1st) solo album 'Never Trust A Hippy'. Both are on my website if you want to see what the covers look like.
 
posted by [identity profile] phil99.livejournal.com at 04:25pm on 20/05/2003
You are very responsible!
I was reading about Mr Sherwood's album the other day and thinking "I really need to get hold of that". It's payday on the 30th :)

2Badcard are one of those bands who I have tried my hardest to find around but just can't seem to dig up. Looks like everyone who has their albums doesn't want to let go!
 
posted by [identity profile] sbj180.livejournal.com at 04:32pm on 20/05/2003
The 2 Badcard album I referred to was (typical of On-U Sound) barely promoted and badly distributed - and hence the chances of it being available to rip of the net are very slim. Its still worth grabbing if you see a hardcopy anywhere around.

Mr Sherwood's new album is available even in HMV type places and is excellent. Perhaps I would say that ;) but even I found it a breath of fresh On-U air when I first heard it...
 
posted by [identity profile] phil99.livejournal.com at 04:34am on 21/05/2003
You are kinda biased as to your opinion of the album :)

I've not even really tried to get hold of the 2Badcard stuff online, but in shops it also seems to be very scarce.
 
posted by [identity profile] sbj180.livejournal.com at 12:58pm on 21/05/2003
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...there are releases of his that I think have sucked. Like most of the stuff by 'London Underground' I don't like much from the very early On-U days. Their releases are *extremely* hard to find now because they were never pressed in great numbers. Perhaps Sherwood thinks the same as me and hence they've never been re-issued.

If there are releases you want eBay seems to maintain a good stream of the On-U back catalogue and apart from the very rare stuff, most of it sells at sensible prices.
 
posted by [identity profile] nakedsockpuppet.livejournal.com at 04:20pm on 20/05/2003
I was right there with you for awhile: Music downloads, beer....then you mentioned "physics"...and I had to go running from the room in tears.

hehehe (math becomes mush in my mind) ;)
 
posted by [identity profile] phil99.livejournal.com at 04:28pm on 20/05/2003
I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry to traumatise you like that. I'll make the nasty numbers go away. Really, you'll never have to deal with another errant equation ever. Not in this journal.
 
posted by [identity profile] nakedsockpuppet.livejournal.com at 04:46pm on 20/05/2003
Oooh, as long as you post a warning in advance. Something like: "BEWARE, MATH/PHYSICS AHEAD"

Then I'll know where to shut my eyes and scroll...

I am used to it...math seems to creep into my friends list often. ;)
 
posted by [identity profile] phil99.livejournal.com at 05:28pm on 20/05/2003
*smiles* Maths doesn't have to be scary...

For example, where you have...

ax2 + bx + c = 0

x = (-b (+/-) (the square root of (b2 - 4ac))) / 2a

Simple! Even a kid could do it :)

Why (I'm curious!) does maths appear on your friends list pop up frequently?
 
posted by [identity profile] jav.livejournal.com at 04:21pm on 20/05/2003
i want a bath like that too...
 
posted by [identity profile] phil99.livejournal.com at 04:31pm on 20/05/2003
Well come and get it!
I'l lget out my funnel and pour beer down your mouth as fast as you can take it.

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