Brother Number One

01:00 pm: infinitestatemachine syndication style
http://syndicated.livejournal.com/ismcom/profile

yeah go there if you wanna read infinitestatemachine.com on your LJ friends page!

11:06 am: New music blog
I launched my new music blog today:

http://infinitestatemachine.com/

we've got Omar-S' first published interview in English, and a new mix from me to kick things off. enjoy.

01:59 pm: another new mix by me
i wanted to make a more dancefloor mix, so this one is for when youre
having a BBQ, a pool party, etc this summer and you want people to get
down. lots of vocals and summer vibes on this one...

http://www.cornwarning.com/tomcox/Thomas_Cox_-_Summer_Dance_Party_Mixx_04-30-07.mp3

David Joseph "You Can't Hide (Your Love From Me) [Larry Levan Mix]" Mango 12"
Amp Fiddler "Ridin' (Carl Craig 12" Edit)" Genuine 12"
G.Q. "Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)" Arista 12"
Project "Love Rescue" P.B.I. 12"
Spandau Ballet "Chant No.1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)" Chrysalis 12"
Recloose "Dust" Peacefrog 12"
Weeks & Co. "If You're Looking For Fun (Master Dub Version)" Salsoul 12"
Escort "A Bright New Life" Escort 12"
K.I.D. "Hupendi Muziki Wangu?!" SAM 12"
The Nick Straker Band "A Little Bit of Jazz" Prelude 12"
Omar-S "The Maker" Fxhe 2xLP
Plastic Mode "Baya Imperial" Discomagic 12"
Suzy Q "I Can't Give You More" Atlantic/RFC 12"
Galaxy 2 Galaxy "Hi Tech Jazz (Live Version)" Underground Resistance 12"
Alicia Myers "I Want To Thank You" MCA 12"

thanks yet again to kent for the hosting. youre the man.

01:36 pm: 2 for 1 on memes
yeah, fun.

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what they are. They must be songs you are presently enjoying. Then tag seven other people to see what they’re listening to.

1. J Dilla "Reckless Driving"
2. Stevie Wonder "As"
3. New York Community Choir "Express Yourself"
4. Dennis Parker "Like An Eagle"
5. Time Bandits "Live It Up"
6. Queen Samantha "Take A Chance"
7. Kool & the Gang "Love and Understanding"

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next three sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
6. Tag five other people to do the same.

here's mine, from CMOS - Digital Integrated Circuits - Analysis and Design:
Both top-down and bottom-up approaches have to be combined for a successful design. For instance, if a chip designer defines an architecture without close estimation of the corresponding chip area, then it is very likely that the resulting chip layout exceeds the area limit of the available technology. In such a case, in order to fit the architecture into the allowable chip area, some functions may have to be removed and the design process must be repeated.

i love school.

ill tag chaircrusher, fishead, mikebee, ncw, mkb_technologie, aboleth, troutsoup, and roellafatty. mainly just to see if they actually read my journal when i do happen to post in it ;)

01:15 pm: new winter mix from me
i threw this one together to celebrate my day off school, chilling at home during the snow and ice storm. plus, it being valentine's day, you get the theme and title of the mix! this is more cold, dark, and electronic than my other mixes......

http://www.cornwarning.com/tomcox/Thomas_Cox_-_Cold_Heart_Mix_-_02-14-07.mp3

tracklist:

Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind "Rocky Mountains" Warner Brothers
Jeffrey Osborne "Plane Love (Larry Levan Remix)" A&M
Sinnamon "Thin Line (Instrumental)" Powerhouse
Colonel Abrams "Trapped" MCA
Panash "Cheval" Atavisme
Yoko Ono "Walking On Thin Ice" Geffen
The System "It's Passion" Mirage
Erlend Oye "Ghost Trains" Source
Da Rebels "It's Time To Jack The House" Clubhouse
Craig Peyton "Be Thankful For What You Got" Profile
Black Ivory "I've Got My Eye On You" Panoramic
Nancy Martin "Can't Believe" RFC/Atlantic
Kelley Polar "Here In The Night" Environ
newworldaquarium "Energy" New Religion
MEG "Kouro (Theo Parrish Remix)" Joint

thanks to kent yet again for hosting the mix!

02:01 pm: stupid meme thingy about icons
too much other shit going on, i cant make a legitimate post.

1. Reply to this post, and I will tell you my favorite icon of yours.
2. Then post this to your own journal using your own favorite icon. (in this case mine is the acid house pioneers back in 86: chip e, adonis, and farley jackmaster funk)
3. BONUS TASK: Which of my icons is your favorite?

10:58 am: it's the first tuesday after the first monday in november, you all know what that means.....
I follow politics pretty closely. Like most everyone, I've heard the stories about how the Dems are going to win and hopefully we'll see the end of the GOP reign that we've been subjected to. And then the world will be a better place, right?

Remember, it was the Dems who allowed Bush to have his unfettered power to do as he wished in Iraq. It was Bill Clinton who cut welfare to shreds in the 90's. Life is not suddenly going to be better for everyone. Sure, maybe the most gratuitous and obvious civil rights violations perpetrated by the GOP will be repealed. Don't think that it will signal the end of all of them though. Dems voted for the Patriot Act as well.

There is only one thing that gives you political power in this country, and it is not a vote. It is cash dollars. If you don't have them, you have nothing. A vote in this election, like in any other election, is a vote for this system of politics in which money is the number one motivator, where all politicans are held in debt to the corporations who pay for them to be elected.

Please, don't vote.

04:25 pm: a mix i did.....
from toby frith's webradio show this past sunday, here's the pertinent
links for him and the webradio station:

http://www.bleep43.com/

http://www.wirelessfm.net/

and here's the link for the archived set:

http://www.cornwarning.com/tomcox/Bleep43.Show30.TomCox.mp3

Sunday's show including a mix by Tom Cox.

Laibach - Macbeth
Tim Hecker - Song of the Highwire Shrimper
Tangerine Dream - Sudden Revelation
Transvolta - Disco Computer
Junior Boys - So this is Goodbye
Felix Laband - Crooked Breath

---Tom Cox mix
Mandrill "Echoes in My Mind" A+M
Minnie Riperton "Stick Together" Epic
B.B.S. & C. "Rock Shock" SAM
Twilight 22 "Street Love (Dub Mix)" Vanguard
Chip E. "If You Only Knew (Frankie Knuckles Mix)" DJ International
Cynthia MT "I Can't Stop" Dance Mania
Endgames "First, Last, For Everything" Flip
Rick Wade "Deep-N-Dirty" Harmonie Park
Painted Pictures "Something (Malik Alston + Doc Link Mix)" Truth Manifest
Coldcut + Lisa Stansfield "People Hold On (New Jersey Jazz Mix)" Tommy Boy
Povo "Hi Fly" Raw Fusion
Teddy Pendergrass "Where Did All the Lovin Go?" Philadelphia International
Indigenous Space People "Across the Universe" Future Vision

it turned out much better than i thought when i actually mixed it. my bit starts about 1 hour in and goes till the end.

05:23 pm: me, a nerd? no way!

Pure Nerd 86 % Nerd, 43% Geek, 34% Dork

For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in Nerd, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd. The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally smart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking up all of the traits and tendences associated with the "dork." No-longer. Being smart isn't as socially crippling as it once was, and even more so as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely be replaced with the following label: Purely Successful. Congratulations! Thanks Again! -- THE NERD? GEEK? OR DORK? TEST

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 99% on nerdiness You scored higher than 99% on geekosity You scored higher than 99% on dork points

Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test written by donathos

01:15 pm: big surprise here
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/28/business/28wages.html?ei=5087%0A&en=0d0f343a883345fc&ex=1156910400&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1156785350-oxurIgnsP88OI+MvooTQ0w

so it seems wages are now at their all time low as a % of GDP since they gvt began recording this data in 47. and at the same time, corporate profits are at their highest % since the 60's. gotta love those republicans, making everything better for the common man.