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The Funk

BYTE-Smasher — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:59:05 +0000

The Funk
it’s the force that makes you move
            makes you groove
      makes you jump like you’ve got nothing to prove
until you’ve
      lost recollection of daily grind
and then you’re one with the music of space and time
you’re on your way to the sublime
             you see,
funk’s not a genre but a state of mind
      a state of being
and it seems that you’re one with the funk now
it’s like you’re drunk with the knowledge that you don’t need your know-how
          when you’re filled with the boogie, hop, hustle and jive
it’s the grooving of the rhythm that keeps you alive
   it’s the movement of the breakdown that makes you thrive
       and if you get up to the funkay you will arrive
                   to that funky little place in outer space
                where every funky monkey is full of grace
         and every lake and river is made of bass
and even when the music stops in it’s place
   you don’t lose that funk that you embraced
       those feelings of solitude are replaced
            by the funky interconnectedness of the human race

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Frank Zappa on the music industry

BYTE-Smasher — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:58:11 +0000

A view of the current state of the music industry, from the zappa. The part I find particularly interesting is his discussion about deprogramming and censorship.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZazEM8cgt0

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Saul Williams – WTF!

BYTE-Smasher — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:31:52 +0000

By the time you hear this song
You’ve gone wrong
Caught up in the labyrinths of time
In your mind
Unlearn
Unwind
But not to worry
There is no hurry
“Come unto me, ” says she

“You’ve been polluted, uprooted
By time
You have been muted, computed
But I’m
A living vessel of the one
Of the moon
Of the sun”

Hey, you ain’t as dead as you seem
What the fuck?
Hey, but you keep living your lies
Hey, your life’s a bore but you dream
Bring yourself to be yourself tonight

I see evidence in how you hold your head
And I see evidence in how you say what’s said
I see it in your eyes
That you’ve been hypnotized

“You’ve been polluted, uprooted
By time
You have been muted, computed
But I’m
A living vessel of the one
Of the moon
Of the sun”

Hey, you ain’t as dead as you seem
What the fuck?
Hey, but you keep living your lies
Hey, your life’s a bore but you dream
Bring yourself to be yourself tonight

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Songs that continue to amaze me every time I hear them

BYTE-Smasher — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:41:00 +0000

I started a thread on the forum about the songs that amaze us every time we hear them. Since then, I found this amazing site called imeem that allows you to search for and listen to almost any song and even make playlists of your favorites.

So I decided to make this playlist, of the songs that continue to blow me away every time I hear them:

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Pants off men

BYTE-Smasher — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:13:12 +0000

Best misheard lyrics EVAR:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4wVf4KxFPE

Click here for original flash version

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But what may I ask, good sir, is the point?

BYTE-Smasher — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:56:25 +0000

I had someone ask me today “But Bytey, what is the point of this strange website you’re constructing? You complain about dead forums, but it seems to me that to attract an audience, one needs a purpose… no?”

And to this I responded: There is no point. No porpoise.

Quite simply, I have no goal in creating this site. Well, there is complete world domination, but that was really an afterthought. My philosophy these days has been “build it and they will scratch their heads”. Is this some dadaist concoction, meant to astound and annoy? No, that it is neither.

Lets look at the facts:

I has a forum
I has som blogginz
I has som musics
I has som bad picturz
I has som writinz I’ve yet to post

And now you can see. Pointful? I think not.

I’m not trollin. I’m BYTE-Smasher.

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I can has noise?

BYTE-Smasher — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:47:59 +0000

this is your brain on noise

Just a quick update, I added some of my noise tracks to the Audio section. Enjoy! (And beware speaker/ear damage)

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