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100 Smiles & Running by Ecid: A Review



Slightly biased, aware of what Jason Ecid does; which is everything macro-micro, telescopic mentality. He says in the liner-notes he "wanted people to walk away from the record saying - 'yeah I feel that way too'." Which is no easy task. To create something that is authentic while simultaneously drawing from universal wants, thoughts and emblems is the aesthetic summit each artist seeks to climb and light their candle from.

A teacher once asked us to define art. It was a trick question she said - as art was undefinable. At the time, and presently still, I do disagree. Art is a reflection, a projection - purely perception, yes - but it is through this which we are able to measure ourselves. Art's desire is to force ourselves to do exactly that, without forcing us; art causes us to grow and teaches to us build. 100 Smiles and Running both pre-empts universal feelings, describing what many have yet to know - while reshaping old memories in a new caste.

Damn It Feels Good To Be A Charmer,track 12, being at once a humble definition of fortitude through failure, and dedication to friends. "I lose a lotta fights, but still play to win it all. I fight for the people I love." President's Day, track 10, doubles as a vivid, highly structured, yet scathing re-imagining of modern man's affection for currency. These being 2 examples of what is a literate, cynical, sincere and honest collection of 14 tracks.

One does tend to like music made by people one knows more than people one doesn't; especially when it's good. So after rolling home drunk from a night of open mics, Rudolph's 241's, night caps at Lyle's with fresh copy of '100 Smiles and Running' in hand courtesy of Cheif1 - naturally I had to drop it in the stereo for a night light. Needless to say, after I got done laughing, smiling, & confronting my denial quietly with open ears, I had sweet dreams and felt like I too had grown up a little, 'cause yea, I feel that way too.

- Turd Ferguson
 
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Think you might like to check this - histories and such. The law forms an incredible basis for how our interactions are structured. Art being an important component, that through the use of sampling has had a definite interaction with Intellectual Property Law. Thankyou Wikipedia!

 

Modern usage of the term intellectual property goes back at least as far as 1867 with the founding of the North German Confederation whose constitution granted legislative power over the protection of intellectual property (Schutz des geistigen Eigentums) to the confederation.[4] When the administrative secretariats established by the Paris Convention (1883) and the Berne Convention (1886) merged in 1893, they located in Berne, and also adopted the term intellectual property in their new combined title, the United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property.

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Quinoa: the Super Protein

 

It was naturally at a festival this year that I was first introduced to quinoa - mixed with fresh raspberries (delicious!). The texture was... unusual, though not unappreciated; while the taste was nutrious yet addictingly pleasant. Called a psudo-cereal, it has grown in popularity as an excellent source protein for those allergic to gluten. Though what seems to make it such a cross-over success being that it is also 'complete' protein, having a balanced set of amino acids. As well as a bunch of other vitamins and minerals, yada yada yada: what about other recipes?!?

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[video] SeanAnonymous: FastForward

 

Official music video for the song "Fast Forward" off of Sean Anonymous' upcoming e.p. Anonymo. Directed by: Dave Wilson Produced by: DJ Corbett 2011

 

Quickly becoming a staple of the Minneapolis, and perhaps regional, music and arts scene SeanAnonymous unveiled a new video for a song from his upcoming debut Anonymo. (This is only a suggestion:) Press play to enjoy above, then perhaps continue reading this paragraph. Though honestly I don't think there is much left to say... have you pressed play yet?

 

 

 
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Security on Chrome & Firefox

In the past 3 months I switched over to using GoogleChrome. And it was nice, the latest and sleekest web browser to date; what I wasn’t aware of is how few security extentions available. I’ve gone back to FireFox – Google’s Extensions just don’t seem to have the reach of the Mozilla Community yet. Not to mention it is tremendously fun to learn more about how the internet is evolving!

 

There being a few add-ons for Firefox = that do just that:

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