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The Entire Story of The “Amen Break”

This is a brilliant “documentary” of the Amen Break.  One of the most widely sampled and used break of all time.  This documentary explains the history behind the break, the fact that this break moved from an underground no name song to a mainstream marketing tool to the legalities behind distributing the break.

If there is anything on this site i think you should spend your time watching, it is this video.

Some people consider all electronic music the same or not even music at all but behind it all there is a creator who aligns all the elements of a song, or break, or sample, kick, snare, vocal, etc… and this is what music, to me, is all about… creating something that sounds good; bottom line.

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Conrad Oberg: 12 Years Old And Blind RIPS Little Wing

Conrad Oberg, 12 yr-old visually impaired, self taught piano and guitar player, performs the Jimi Hendrix classic, “Little Wing.” Conrad was inspired for this instrumental version by Jimi and Stevie Ray Vaughan, as well as several YouTube versions that he’s listened to. Conrad has had quite a few YouTube requests for this song so here it is…he hopes that you like it!

His site is @  www.conradoberg.com

Now for the face melting video.. go here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=o1DMbWf0MrI

Inside a Harddrive

Half of this hard drive is covered by a clear plastic case and it allows you to see the HD as it works. Check out he speed at which the disk spins… It’s amazing how the arm is able to accurately switch to specific bands within fractions of a second.

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Survival Of The Fittest M&M

Found this on the net… pretty funny!  Darwin would laugh.

Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species.  To this end, I hold M&M duels.

Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, I apply pressure, squeezing them together until one of them cracks and splinters.  That is the “loser,” and I eat the inferior one immediately.  The winner gets to go another round.

I have found that, in general, the brown and red M&Ms are tougher, and the newer blue ones are genetically inferior.  I have hypothesized that the blue M&Ms as a race cannot survive long in the intense theater of competition that is the modern candy and snack-food world.

Occasionally I will get a mutation, a candy that is misshapen, or pointier, or flatter than the rest.  Almost invariably this proves to be a weakness, but on very rare occasions it gives the candy extra strength.  In this way, the species continues to adapt to its environment.

When I reach the end of the pack, I am left with one M&M, the strongest of the herd.  Since it would make no sense to eat this one as well, I pack it neatly in an envelope and send it to M&M Mars, A Division of Mars, Inc., Hackettstown, NJ 17840-1503 U.S.A., along with a 3×5 card reading, “Please use this M&M for breeding purposes.”

This week they wrote back to thank me, and sent me a coupon for a free 1/2 pound bag of plain M&Ms.  I consider this “grant money.”  I have set aside the weekend for a grand tournament.  From a field of hundreds, we will discover the True Champion.

There can be only one.