Really late X-mas list addition

This one is close to meu coracao -- I always suspected there were interesting things going on musically in post-war Angola. The music of Angola is a mixture of northern and southern African influences as well as bits from the other colonies and pop music in general. Anyways, now the Lab just so happens to have a nice compilation of Brazilian/Angolan crazy cool tracks:

Forca Kuduro EP 12" record, $10.00

If Santa doesn't manage to slip this one under the tree, I'll be sure to score it myself.

Andrew vs. the minivan

While meandering home at a downhill speed of 22 mph, Andrew and a minivan collided in a not-so-good way last night. He was headed south on sierra madre while the minivan was going north and had just turned into an outlet to turn left. The minivan decided to make it's turn right as Andrew was about the cross the street it wanted to enter. Andrew locked up his brakes and tried to dodge the van but decided instead that maybe a little hug with the van wouldn't be such a bad idea. The hug consisted of Andrew taking off their side mirror and rolling over their hood then bouncing on the ground (He thinks).

He then thought it would be best to go sprawl out on a grassy median. Tune in next week when Andrew attempts to take on a train.

BTW-He's fine. We called Kip right after to check what deadly signs to look for and then went to the ER just to be sure he wasn't going to die in his sleep.

P X-mas list -- late addition

One last thing, if anyone has some xtra cash they're dying to burn:

Reason 4 upgrade, $129

Tracks have been popping out with alarming frequency the last few days; more juice is always appreciated...

Hair 360

The old




The fabulously new



Yay! I don't know why more people don't chop their hair short.

P Xmas List

This is aimed mostly at B's side of the family; if you'd like to purchase items on this list for P coordinate w/B so there aren't duplicates (then again, who can't use two PC3s?):


standard stuff:

Dam-Funk Burgundy City 12" record, $6.00

ESG, Says Dance To The Beat of Moody 12" record, $7.00

Banbarra Shack Up pts 1&2 7" record, $7.50

Melvin Bliss, Synthetic Substitution/Reward 7", $7.50

Curtis Mayfield, Curtis LP 12" record, $11.00

Dinosaur L - 24 -> 24 Music LP double 12" record, $15.00

Crank Brothers Multi-17 Tool, $25

Specialized Airtool Floor Pump, $30

16GB USB memory stick, $31

4GB memory for iMac, $74



if you've got money to blow:

Arturia CS-80 V software synth, $200 (not needed if you happen to purchase the Arturia Origin)

Kurzweil PC3, $2300 (can be found for approx $1800 on Ebay)

Artruia Origin tabletop synthesizer, $2300 (demo price)