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The Cygnus Virus

by T.J. Zakreski

Disclosure: I received this title for free for review in advance of publication. Title for my review: Author channels Nietzsche using the voices of Jack Kerouac and Robert Kroese At the end of this book, all I could say to myself is "M...

Neon Fever Dream

by Eliot Peper

I love the authenticity of characters' experiences & feelings I have enjoyed how Eliot's books authentically incorporate various elements of real life within his fiction. In his first books, I think he quite accurately reflected many a...

Uncommon Stock: Exit Strategy

by Eliot Peper

Swell ending Eliot wraps up the third book with plenty of tension & good writing. I couldn't keep away from it and read it in about 30 clock hours (with off and on reading). He's been well schooled by his research (thanks, Brad) on wha...

Uncommon Stock: Power Play

by Eliot Peper

Still fun, but... Book two, read in the day following reading book one. It's still accurately describing the startup world, but now emphasizing the crime / whodunnit. That's ok, but it's worth noting in my review. Two slight exasperat...

How We'll Live on Mars

by Stephen L. Petranek

All an average person is looking for on the topic The author itemizes the various challenges associated with humans inhabiting mars, and the best thinking (to date) on how we'll be able to tackle them. There is some attention paid to th...

catalyst: full circle

Submitted by batsonjay

on Tue, 01/03/2017 - 00:35

Recorded live at Dogglounge.com on New Year's Day, 01 January 2017. The year has come full-circle, eh? ;-)

I hadn't planned on spinning a set on NY Day; it's a holiday, right? But around 15:45, I realized I had nothing to do. So I decided to spin. I had to set up all my DJ equipment, though, as I'd taken it down for parties over the holiday. So I actually had a bit of a mistake during the 2nd track. (I remastered it to correct this error.)

Interestingly, the tunes from the set turn out to either be 3-5 years old, or less than 6 months old.

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catalyst: broken

Submitted by batsonjay

on Tue, 12/13/2016 - 22:08

Recorded live at Dogglounge.com on 2016-Dec-11.

So, well, I gotta admit that the live set of this show had a few … problems. Stupid, lazy DJ mistakes, like not having the volume down on a channel when I’m previewing the next track, and crap like that. I fixed it all in post-production (pre-podcast-release), but it doesn’t let me out of the obligation to admit I had some broken bits in this set. Thus, the title….

Also, I had just watched an awesome house music production video by Giom, so I played a few of his tracks as thanks.

Tracklist at either Mixcloud or Dogglounge.

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catalyst: boom

Submitted by batsonjay

on Tue, 11/15/2016 - 01:42

Recorded live at Dogglounge Internet Radio on 2016 Nov 13.

I filled-in today for the other DJ that shares the Sunday afternoon time slot with me, as she had a milestone celebration to attend.

I felt a BIG pull to spin some nu-disco, so put on your disco shoes and break out the mirror ball for the middle 1/2 or more of this. (I LOVE NU-DISCO!)

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Unite our nation by changing how we vote

Submitted by batsonjay

on Thu, 11/10/2016 - 17:13

(Originally published on Medium.com)

Pundits are nearly unanimous in saying that the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the USA proves we are a “divided nation”. The campaigns demonstrated how candidates fanned extremist flames on all sides, making us believe the “other guys” will be absolutely terrible. That same extremism is reflected in the inability of the US Congress to function effectively, which in-turn fueled extremism among change-seeking voters.

But under it all, we are the same citizens who more-or-less got along until someone told us the other guys were evil.

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