Category: Mental Notes

Anne and Ai on the couch in the Lamma pad. From Cafeglobe.com.

TAIPEI–Back in the Peso saddle, playlist follows. Got the new Primal Scream. Hot. And the Nirvana single. Eerie. Lectured at Jing Wen Chi Shu (university) Saturday, and having a basic aversion to news lately because of US warmongering, missed that a sniper was strolling Anji’s neighborhood. Found out as I was deconstructing the information achitecture of CNN.com for a class of 120. Froze. Bad juju. Anji’s account on anjilaclubb. Shout outs to Cutter who defaced Blowback. Bring it on.

Peso playlist Friday October 4, 2002

Feeling very sick tonight. Bad cold again. But I do have the Nirvana single, downloaded from a Polish Nirvana fanclub website. Sweet. Sorry Kate Shannon, still breaking Universal Music embargos after all these years :P

Gusgus – Cold Breath ’79

Primal Scream – Autobahn 66 (Evil Heat)

Stereolab – 6 (Switched On Vol 2)

Sonic Youth – Sunday

Nirvana – You Know You’re Right

Smashing Pumpkins – Silverfuck

Spiderbait – Buy Me a Pony

Sticky Rice – A Lu Ba

[Raid, by fucking building inspectors this time. Grrr]

Bloodhound Gang and Pet Shop Boys – Mope

St Germain – Rose Rouge (Spiller mix)

Gorillaz – Re-hash

Ladytron – Playgirl

Ride – Vapour Trail

Black Box Recorder – The Facts of Life

Radiohead – Creep

Cibo Matto – Clouds

Air – Kelly Watch the Stars

Primal Scream – Detroit (Evil Heat)

Blur – Bang

Ash – Burn Baby Burn

Lush – Single Girl

That Dog – Long Island

Yatsura – First Day on a Brand New Planet

Wu Bai and China Blue – Lonely Tree Lonely Bird

Jebediah – Steal the Show

Sheena Ringo – 1

Nirvana – You Know You’re Right

Nirvana – Lithium

Primal Scream – Jailbird (Dust Bros mix)

The Stone Roses – Fools Gold (Rabbit In The Moon’s Message To The Majors)

Leftfield – Afrika Shox

Beastie Boys – Jimmy James

Tricky – Give It To Em

Boards of Canada – Aquarius

Astrud Gilberto – Goodbye Sadness

Morcheeba – Tape Loop (Diabolical Bros mix)

Primal Scream – Trip Inside This House

Joy Division – She’s Lost Control

My Bloody Valentine – Strawberry Wine

Pulp – Babies

Ride – Twisterella

Sisters and Mary Chain – Tumbledown

Yo La Tengo – Little Honda

Built to Spill – Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss

The Lemonheads – Confetti

Grandaddy – AM 130

The Pixies – Here Comes Your Man

The Pixies – This Monkey’s Gone to Heaven (Live)

The Breeders – Saints

Taiwan Independent Compilation – 6 (grrrl punk action!)

Faye Wong – 1

Placebo – Pure Morning

Aphrodite – Be With Me (featuring Miss Bunty)

Transglobal Underground – Slowfinger (Kris Needs mix)

Fatboy Slim – 5 (You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby)

Blaze featuring Palmer Brown – Do You Remember House

Blur – Boys and Girls

Kylie – Can’t Get You Out of My Head

[not the smoothest change here :P]

Teenage Fanclub – I Can’t Find My Way Home

[next 2 reqs]

The Lightening Seeds – Pure

Blur – Wear Me Down

Sonic Youth – Youth Against Fascism

Primal Scream – Rise (Evil Heat)

My Bloody Valentine – When You Wake You’re Still in a Dream

Ride – Cool Your Boots

Adorable – Homeboy

Coldplay – Yellow

Elliott Smith – Waltz no 2

Chen Ming-chang – Amis Tribal Love Song

Wu Bai and China Blue – Hustling

Woodbine – Neskwik

Stereolab – Lo Boob Oscillator

Thermos Cardy – Warm My Shoes

Kings of Convenience – Toxic Girl

Shino Lin – Johnny

The Beta Band – Dry the Rain

[Mac action for a while while I drink with my dealer, then DJ K Fancy compilation in da houz]

…and today, from The Chaser:

US DECLARES WAR ON HYPOCRISY

Immediately rules out attacking self

WASHINGTON, DC, Sunday: In a strongly worded attack on double-standards in global politics, US President George W. Bush yesterday declared, “The United States is now engaged in a war on hypocrisy in all its forms wherever it may occur throughout the world.”

He then moved to reassure the nation, saying that “US citizens will, of course, be exempt from any action.”

Bush singled out Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein for his strongest criticism. “Saddam Hussein is a dictator who does not have the support of his people,” said Bush, “whereas almost one in two Americans voted for me in a democratic election.”

TAIPEI–Yay! Home. For now. Curled up on Bron’s couch, raking through my coins to get to this cafe. The usual. Anji just sent me the greatest pic of her y’day at the IMF rallies in DC. See the pic in the full story link below, or see her account at anjilaclubb. Miss that riot grrrl. WABS: in Taipei +886 95 383 6779

Hey Anji :) I just spoke to Noah because, hey, it’s 2am in the morning there. I loved your pic, so played with it and here you are, stage left. Wish I was there with u. More news: still homeless in TPE, but the crew are looking after me. Back in La Place right now – coffee, broadband conection, rain outside, but they have changed the music! Realized last night while DJing at Peso that it was your Sunday late-morning and early afternoon. Made me feel sparkly. So happy that you’re using anjilaclubb. Ah, technology, huh? That said, Noah is demanding an email. We both confered that you’re definitely not as tech-nerdy as us. But we’ll change that.

HONG KONG–It’s official, and welcomed: flying to TPE tomorrow (26th), in town by noon. Phew, HK has taken the wind out of these sails – or is that sales? Have you seen the new feature on adamconnors.net yet? Blowback. Have your say on the bulletin board. Was I too hard on EBTG? Too soft on Gloria Estefan (eek!)? Overly gushing about Mr Bungle? Whatever. You tell me. See the bottom of story pages.

HONG KONG–Fantastic! I’ve discovered that my first website, Curtin Uni’s Grok Magazine, from way back in 1995, was archived by Internet Archive and the Smithsonian: site and search. Now I have to figure out how to get it onto this site.

HONG KONG–Still trying desperately to get out of here! Chem Suzy on Sat night, DJing to my old skool Canto massif, was a blast, but brought on my first flu in over a year. Must remember to play more MBV. Escaped to Lamma now, but must run for ferry to work, er, now. Don’t worry Taipei folk, still heading there ASAP. And if anyone can answer this question, much appreciated: how close is Alexandria, VA, to Washington DC? Ah, 20km. Thanks Yahoo Maps.

HONG KONG–Just a quicky to recognize the crew that sent me a pile of the 800+ PVs this week. Note that you always leave a trail, kids. http://www.rathergood.com/punk_kittens/

This is also a creepo warning to myself, for reasons beyond y’all.

HONG KONG–It’s the shatters that matters. WABS: +852-9174-4096. Cheering myself up by DJing at ol’ skool HK haunt Chemical Suzy Saturday night (Sept. 7) – JANGLE! Craving TPE. HK is creaping me out seriously. Big shout-outs to Da-wai (I will return your mail when I get a sec), Homebound Bron and mincing Mio. Moment of self doubt follows.