digging in the wound

New Model Army

2009-05-17T23:11:26Z

The dates for New Model Army's 2009 US Tour were officially announced today. San Francisco date is Sunday, October 4th @DNA Lounge

bodyfour @ 2008-10-23T06:01:00

2008-10-23T13:05:38Z

You know, a lot of fucked up shit happened in the sixteenth century. Just sayin'.

ah, vinyl

2008-09-28T18:00:34Z

This pretty much sums up my life, I think.

On a related note I'll probably be spinning records in a few hours at Cat Club (open all day for the Folsom Street Fair, of course) Probably just a bit early in the afternoon (1:30ish) but we'll see. First I need to take a nap.

upcoming...

2008-07-19T09:09:22Z

Lots of things on my radar... not too much I'm getting excited about at the moment...

Jul 19 Sat FINAL Pop Roxx @DNA Lounge
     also: Gang of Four / Jesus & Mary Chain / Cut Copy / etc @Shoreline [Mountain View]
     also: The Prids / etc @Peacock Lounge
Jul 21 Mon N.E.R.D. The Fillmore
Jul 25 Fri Dizzee Rascal @Mezzanine
Jul 26 Sat Breakestra @GAMH
Jul 30 Wed Bloc Party @Fillmore
Aug 9 Sat Human League @Mezzanine
Aug 10 Sun ABC @Independent
Aug 14 Thu System.Syn / XP8 @DNA Lounge
Aug 16 Sat Rock The Bells tour @Shoreline [Mountain View]
Aug 24 Sun Gorgeous Frankenstein / Bella Morte @DNA Lounge
Aug 26 Tue Ice Cube @Fillmore
Sep 15 Mon Delerium @GAMH
Sep 16 Tue IAMX @GAMH
Sep 18 Thu Hieroglyphics @The Fillmore
Sep 19 Fri Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @Warfield
Sep 20 Sat Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @Warfield
Sep 21 Sun Imperative Reaction, SITD, Aesthetic Perfection @DNA Lounge
Sep 25 Thu Laibach @Independent
Sep 30 Tue My Bloody Valentine @Design Center
Oct 5 Sun Babyland @DNA Lounge
Oct 7 Tue Crüxshadows / Ayria / I:Scintilla @DNA Lounge
Oct 9 Thu Attrition @DNA Lounge
     also: Killing Joke @House of Blues [West Hollywood]
Oct 12 Sun Black Kids @Fillmore
Oct 28 Tue The Damned @Slim's
Nov 23 Sun Spetsnaz / Obscenity Trial @DNA Lounge
Nov 26 Wed SAM / Nachtmahr / Alter der Ruine @DNA Lounge

Pop Roxx TONIGHT

2008-06-22T03:46:25Z

I'm making a rare DJ appearance tonight at Pop Roxx. I'm sure you'll all miss my first set (starting in 15 minutes or so). My other set should start about midnight.

Weird

2008-06-18T03:10:27Z

Yesterday I had this song stuck in my head all day. Don't ask me why or how. Then today I learn that Cyd Charisse has died.

upcoming events

2008-05-04T17:28:57Z

May 7 Wed Dawn of Ashes @Annies
May 10 Sat Mike Relm @Independent
May 18 Sun Dresden Dolls @Fillmore
May 21 Wed The Presets @Mezzanine
May 23 Fri MSI / Birthday Massacre / London After Midnight @The Grand
May 25 Sun HexRx / C/A/T @DNA Lounge
May 29 Thu Bong-Ra / Pneumatic Detach / End.User @DNA Lounge
Jun 1 Sun Thrill Kill Kult @DNA Lounge
Jun 2 Mon Peter Murphy @Grand Ballroom
Jun 3 Tue Destroid / Architect @Fat City
Jun 7 Sat Thunderdome Fundraiser @Ace Auto
Jun 11 Wed Jill Tracy @DNA Lounge
Jun 21 Sat RZA @1015 Folsom
Jun 26 Thu Dilated Peoples @Mezzanine
Jun 28 Sat Alien Sex Fiend @Regency Ballroom
Note: This date is unconfirmed, may move to June 29
Jul 7 Mon Yaz[oo] @Paramount [Oakland]
Jul 9 Wed 45 Grave @DNA Lounge
Jul 10 Thu 16 Volt @DNA Lounge
Jul 30 Wed Bloc Party @Fillmore
Sep 20 Sat Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @Warfield
Oct 9 Thu Killing Joke @House of Blues [West Hollywood]

...also

2008-03-07T13:17:16Z

Killing Joke will be playing LA in October with their original lineup. Tour is focused on material from the Youth eras — pre-1982, plus Pandemonium. Interesting.

upcoming events

2008-03-06T11:03:31Z

Mar 14 Fri DJ Mehdi @Mezzanine
Mar 19 Wed Kool Keith @Mezzanine
Mar 22 Sat English Beat @Mezzanine
Mar 25 Tue Alter Der Ruine / W.A.S.T.E. @DNA Lounge
Mar 29 Sat Seabound / Iris @DNA Lounge [I'm DJing]           After the early show there will be a Death Guild after-party @DNA — both Ned (from Stromkern) and I will be guest DJing.
           This will be the first time we'll be DJing together since the dmf days in the mid-90s!
Mar 31 Mon GZA @Independent
Apr 1 Tue GZA @Independent
     also: Ministry @Fillmore
Apr 2 Wed Digitalism @Mezzanine
     also: Ministry @Fillmore
Apr 3 Thu New Model Army / Stromkern @DNA Lounge
Apr 5 Sat Autechre @Mezzanine
Apr 11 Fri Meat Beat Manifesto @Slim's
Apr 26 Sat Simian Moble Disco / Black Kids @Mezzanine
Apr 27 Sun Dismantled @Fat City
May 10 Sat Mike Relm @Independent
May 21 Wed The Presets @Mezzanine
May 25 Sun HexRx / C/A/T @DNA Lounge
Jul 7 Mon Yaz[oo] @Paramount [Oakland]
           Ticket presales begin 10am Thursday, general sales 10am Sunday
           Other US Tour dates here

Free RSS readers

2008-01-10T15:18:41Z

The NewsGator family of RSS readers are all now free. I've been a paying NetNewsWire user since the 1.X days — it's a great program if you have a lot of RSS feeds to track.

upcoming events

2007-12-07T14:38:34Z

Dec 8 Sat Prefuse 73 @Slim's
Dec 11 Tue The RZA @Independent
Dec 15 Sat The Coup @Independent
     also: KRS-One @Red Devil Lounge
     also: Antifeminism @DNA Lounge
Dec 22 Sat Blackalicious @Fillmore
Dec 27 Thu Wu-Tang Clan @Ruby Skye
Dec 29 Sat Psychadelic Furs @Mezzanine
Dec 31 Mon Blaqk Audio / Moving Units @Mezzanine
Jan 13 Sun Information Society @DNA Lounge
     also: Lupe Fiasco @Fillmore
Jan 19 Sat Plaid @Mezzanine
Jan 27 Sun Ego Likeness @DNA Lounge
Feb 12 Tue Siouxsie @Fillmore
Feb 13 Wed Siouxsie @Fillmore
Feb 14 Thu De/vision / Melotron @DNA Lounge
Feb 22 Fri Digital Underground @Red Devil Lounge
Apr 1 Tue Ministry @Fillmore
Apr 2 Wed Ministry @Fillmore

upcoming events

2007-11-29T02:27:29Z

Nov 28 Wed Chemlab @Bottom of the Hill [TONIGHT!]
Dec 8 Sat Prefuse 73 @Slim's
Dec 11 Tue The RZA @Independent
Dec 15 Sat The Coup @Independent
also: KRS-One @Red Devil Lounge
also: Antifeminism @DNA Lounge
Dec 22 Sat Blackalicious @Fillmore
Dec 29 Sat Psychadelic Furs @Mezzanine
Jan 13 Sun Information Society @DNA Lounge
Feb 12 Tue Siouxsie @The Fillmore
Feb 13 Wed Siouxsie @The Fillmore
Feb 14 Thu De/vision / Melotron @DNA Lounge
Apr 1 Tue Ministry @The Fillmore
Apr 2 Wed Ministry @The Fillmore

know anybody looking for CDJ-1000's?

2007-11-26T10:06:28Z

I have two Pioneer CDJ-1000 CD decks — not the mk2 or the mk3 but the original model. I no longer need them, but I do need the table space they're consuming.

They're in reasonably good shape — minor scuffs and scratches from being transported to many gigs but nothing on them is missing or broken. I don't seem to have the manuals for them anymore (odd, since I seem to have manuals for all the Pioneer equipment I don't own anymore) and I got rid of the boxes ages ago. For what it's worth, they each have a 16M flash cards installed so they can remember cue points for like 10,000 CDs or something.

For a year or so they were used every week at Death Guild downstrairs. David reported to me that one of them (not sure which) was sometimes finicky about reading burns. I haven't witnessed this myself but it's possible that they'll need their tracking adjusted sometime soon. I don't think that's too expensive.

In March, 2002 I paid the princely sum of $2085 for the two of them. It seems that used they're going in the range of $400-$500 each. I don't want to go too much lower than $400 on them, but can take a bit off for someone buying both.

upcoming events

2007-11-12T03:23:31Z

A bunch of hip-hop, not much of anything else on my list right now:

Nov 11 Sun Zion I @Fillmore
Nov 13 Tue Del Tha Funky Homosapien @Slim's
Nov 14 Wed Del Tha Funky Homosapien @Slim's
Nov 16 Fri Madlib @Independent
Nov 17 Sat Lyrics Born @Independent
Nov 24 Sat Gene Loves Jezebel @Red Devil Lounge
Nov 28 Wed Chemlab @Bottom of the Hill
Dec 8 Sat Prefuse 73 @Slim's
Dec 11 Tue The RZA @Independent
Dec 15 Sat The Coup @Independent
also: KRS-One @Red Devil Lounge
also: Antifeminism @DNA Lounge
Dec 22 Sat Blackalicious @Fillmore
Dec 29 Sat Psychadelic Furs @Mezzanine
Feb 14 Thu De/vision / Melotron @DNA Lounge
~~Mar 6 Thu Rottersand / SITD@DNA Lounge~~

Formula for running Juniper "Network Connect 5.5.0" VPN under OS X Leopard

2007-11-05T10:48:44Z

Upgrading from Tiger to Leopard broke my VPN client. A friend sent me a fix which involved moving around system libraries in /usr/lib — it seems that the only problem is that it assumes that it will bind with OpenSSL 0.9.7 when it asks for 0.9 and that's no longer a safe assumption.

This was welcome information, but I certainly didn't feel like changing things in /usr/lib. Who knows what else would break? I really want to change this library association for just this one app.

First, we need to make a directory we can put in the search path which has the libraries how we want them to be found. I'll just call this directory /usr/local/juniper/oldlibs:

$ sudo sh Password: # mkdir /usr/local/juniper/oldlibs # ln -sf /usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.7.dylib /usr/local/juniper/oldlibs/libcrypto.0.9.dylib # ln -sf /usr/lib/libssl.0.9.7.dylib /usr/local/juniper/oldlibs/libssl.0.9.dylib

Next, we need to make some stubs which set $DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH before running the VPN binaries. Normally I'd do this with a tiny shell script, but in this case one of the programs needs to be run setuid. Since crossing a setuid boundary will defeat any library path overrides, we need our shim itself to be setuid. No big deal, we just need to write a small C program:

#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <string.h> int main(int argn, char **argv) { setenv("DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH", "/usr/local/juniper/oldlibs", 1); setuid(geteuid()); size_t buflen = strlen(argv[0]) + sizeof("-real"); char realp[buflen]; snprintf(realp, buflen, "%s-real", argv[0]); (void) execv(realp, argv); perror("execv"); return 8; }

Just save that to a file (say foo.c) and compile it:
$ gcc foo.c -o foo

Now all that is left to do is to shim two of the binaries that are part of Network Connect:

# cd "/Applications/Network Connect.app/Contents/MacOS" # mv "Network Connect" "Network Connect-real" # cp ~/foo "Network Connect" # cd /usr/local/juniper/nc/5.5.0 # mv ncproxyd ncproxyd-real # cp ~/foo ncproxyd # chmod 4711 ncproxyd # chmod 755 ncproxyd-real

After that, Network Connect started right up!

initial Leopard impressions

2007-10-27T01:03:46Z

Update of the UNIX utilities is very welcome. I was being driven crazy by the buggy vi-mode in bash 2.05 that came with Tiger. I can't wait to try out the new Ruby hotness
It seems SSHkeychain-like support is now built into the default ssh implementation. Very nice.
The X11.app upgrade nuked my "Applications>>Customize" menu. Worse, setting them back didn't work, either. Looking at the log it seems the problem is that it no longer parses command lines. For example if you ask for "xterm -rv" it'll try running a program called "xterm<space>-rv", not a program called "xterm" with an argument of "-rv". Easy to work around by writing some 1-line shell scripts, but kind of a lame bug.
I'm getting occasional audio glitches in random places (system alert sounds, flash widgets). Sounds like digital distortion. Haven't heard it in anything QuickTime-based yet.
Some of the new eye candy that looked really gaudy in screenshots (3-D dock, finder coverflow, ...) actually looks decent in real life. I'm still not feeling the translucent menubar, though.

upcoming gigs

2007-10-06T03:34:40Z

I'm doing a few one-off gigs this month. Hopefully I'm not too out of practice.

Tonight: There will be a last-minute Friday installment at Drunken Monkey Lounge. I guess I'll be DJing for a bit, not sure when. No idea what I'll even be spinning, all depends what I end up burning before I walk over to Cat Club.
Wednesday, October 17th: I'll be in the back room at Fractured @DNA Lounge
Saturday, October 27th: Pop Roxx @DNA Lounge

Motor show on Saturday

2007-09-19T05:52:03Z

I just noticed the Motor show on Saturday had a venue change: it's now at Darkroom (aka half of Club Six). Not sure if that's news or not.

upcoming events

2007-09-09T15:19:39Z

Haven't done one of these in awhile...

Sep 11 Tue Assemblage 23 @Mezzanine
Sep 13 Thu Sugarhill Gang @Red Devil Lounge
     also: The Roots/Big Daddy Kane/MC Lyte @Fillmore
Sep 14 Fri Kid Koala @Independent
Sep 20 Thu ~~New Model Army @DNA Lounge~~ CANCELLED
     also: Editors @Fillmore
Sep 21 Fri Crown City Rockers @Independent
Sep 22 Sat Motor @Rx Gallery
Sep 23 Sun Slave Unit @Fat City
Sep 26 Wed Birthday Massacre @DNA Lounge
Sep 30 Sun Folsom Street Fair
Oct 4 Thu Trentemøller @Mezzanine
Oct 11 Thu Acumen Nation, DJ? Acucrack, Cyanotic @Julie's Supper Club
Oct 13 Sat Galactic @Fillmore
Oct 18 Thu Pharoahe Monch @Slim's
Oct 26 Fri Jesus and Mary Chain @Fillmore
Oct 27 Sat Jesus and Mary Chain @Fillmore
Oct 28 Sun Wayne Hussey @DNA Lounge
Nov 2 Fri Ghostface Killah, Rakim, Brother Ali @Mezzanine
     also: IAMX @Bottom of the Hill
Nov 26 Mon Chemlab @Bottom of the Hill
Dec 8 Sat Prefuse 73 @Slim's

grinderman

2007-06-16T17:43:50Z

FYI: tickets for the Grinderman shows on July 26th and July 27th are on sale as of 40 minutes ago. I'd recommend grabbing them quick if you're interested in going. They're will-call only, limit of 2.

some upcoming events

2007-06-12T00:22:00Z

I haven't been maintaining my list lately, but some things have been announced recently:

Jun 14 Thu Lifesavas/Blackalicious/etc @Mezzanine
Jun 21 Thu Skinny Puppy @Fillmore
Jun 25 Mon VNV Nation/And One @Fillmore
Jun 29 Fri Deathline International/etc @Fat City
Jul 24 Tue Z*Trip @Independent
Aug 04 Sat Egyptian Lover/Newcleus @Mezzanine
Aug 14 Tue Combichrist/etc @DNA Lounge
Aug 19 Sun Savak/Exillon/Marching Dynamics/Embodi @Julie's [AFTERNOON SHOW]
Aug 24 FriPsychic TV @Independent
Sep 13 Thu Sugarhill Gang @Red Devil Lounge
Sep 20 Thu New Model Army @DNA

just announced

2007-05-16T02:03:11Z

The Thunderdome benefit this Saturday has been moved. The new location is N.I.M.B.Y. in Oakland (same location as two years ago)

tonight!

2007-03-20T02:13:37Z

Death Guild 14 year anniversary!

the anniversary circuit

2007-02-16T05:58:06Z

Tonight, right now: Meat 5-year anniversary Enter to win a Mitch doll. I couldn't make this stuff up.
Next Thursday: Strangelove 2-year anniversary. I'll be guest DJing
Monday, March 19th: Death Guild 14-year anniversary

upcoming events

2007-02-13T11:31:10Z

Feb 14 Wed Imperative Reaction/Deathline International/Stormdrain @DNA
     also: David J @Cafe Du Nord
Feb 15 Thu Meat 5-year anniversary @DNA [I'm DJing]
Feb 17 Sat Babyland @12 Galaxies
Feb 22 Thu Strangelove 2-year anniversary [I'm DJing]
Feb 24 Sat Pop Roxx 2-year anniversary @DNA
     also: Ladybug Mecca/Crown City Rockers @Mezzanine
Mar 1 Thu Blackmail @The Transfer
     also: Lyrics Born/The Coup @Fillmore
Mar 8 Thu Gene Loves Jezebel @Red Devil
Mar 10 Sat EPMD @Fillmore
Mar 19 Mon Death Guild 14-year anniversary @Glas Kat [I'm DJing]
     also: IAMX @Cafe Du Nord
Mar 16 Fri Sir Mix-A-Lot @Red Devil
Mar 24 Sat Pop Roxx @DNA
Apr 12 Thu Betty X, etc @DNA
Apr 27-29 Coachella (Indio, CA)
Apr 28 Sat Pop Roxx @DNA
Apr 30 Mon LCD Soundsystem @Mezzanine
May 3 Thu Armageddon Dildos @DNA
May 26 Sat Pop Roxx @DNA