The Hydrogen Project

Happy New Year to everyone! It has been quite a long time since my last broadcast, due to weather and travel. Unfortunately, this will be near to the last episode of the Hydrogen Economy as a WZBC program. I will be taking some time off the station as I prepare to become a dad!

10:05PM Front 242 “V1 Track 3″ from “Speed Tribe” on Sony
10:06PM Front 242 “V1 Track 4″ from “Speed Tribe” on Sony
10:09PM Fennesz “The Colour of Three” from “Black Sea” on Touch
10:17PM Jeff Mills “Lost Transmission” from “The Tomorrow Time Forgot” on Axis
10:17PM Forrest McCullough “Side 1″ from “Flight F-I-N-A-L” on Word
10:19PM Deepchord Present Echospace “spatialdimension” from “spatialdimension” on Echospace
10:28PM Sans Soleil “Tyrrell” from “Contrast” on 6one6
10:35PM Kangding Ray “World Within Words” from “Automne Fold” on Raster-noton
10:41PM Yellow Magic Orchestra “Technopolis” from “Solid State Survivor” on Alfa
10:46PM Jack Trombey “Electro Beat” from “Kung Fu Super Sounds” on De Wolfe Music Library
10:46PM Klik “Amber Shadows” from “Unspoken” on Defrec
10:51PM Pizzicato Five “Room with a View” from “The Fifth Release on Matador” on Matador
11:06PM Anders Ilar “Icarus and Pegasus” from “Sworn” on Level Records
11:12PM Petar Dundov “Waterfall” from “Escapements” on Music Man Records
11:21PM Andy Vaz “Repetitive Moments Last Forever” from “Repetitive Moments Last Forever” on Persistencebit
11:28PM Transparent Sound “Cider Club (Repeat Repeat Mix)” from “Cider Club” on CHI
11:38PM Luciano “When The People Will Come” from “Capricciosa” on Bruchsteucke
11:38PM Black Devil Disco Club “On Just Foot (Dub Version)” from “Black Devil In Dub” on Lo
11:45PM LAN Formatique “Never Let Me Go” from “Forced Nature Volume One” on Force of Nature Production
11:52PM Quantec “Renanscence” from “Unusual Signals” on Echocord
12:00AM Microworld “Smile” from “Signals” on transmat
12:07AM Plural “Minds of the Lost” from “Signal Depth” on 6one6
12:13AM Pedro Cali “My Sweet Angel” from “Retofuturism EP” on Melodika
12:20AM Gys “Settlers Dub” from “Isaac Selassie meets…” on Defchild
12:27AM Underworld “Pearl’s Girl” from “Everything, Everything” on JBO
12:35AM Underworld “Jumbo” from “Everything, Everything” on JBO
12:43AM Lunar Drive “Brrds and Bugs (Fridge Francais Mix)” from “Here at Black Mesa Arizona” on Beggars Banquet
12:53AM Peter Gabriel “Bully for You” from “I Have the Touch”
12:54AM Rhythm & Sound “Let Jah Love Come (Sweet Substance Remix)” from “See Mi Yah Remixes” on Basic Channel
12:59AM Kruder & Dorfmeister “Black Baby” from “DJ-Kicks: The Exclusives” on Studio-K7

Irrespective of your opinion of Flash, the following situation has arisen now that Flash 10 is out, and it bothers me greatly. A bunch of websites look at the Flash version string in order to figure out which version is installed. This string looks something like ‘Shockwave Flash 10.0 r12′ and is accessible from JavaScript as navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"] or similar. Some websites requiring a minimum version of Flash perform their version checking by finding the dot in the version string and then converting that character to an integer. Now that Flash 10 is out, browsers with Flash 10 installed are completely barred from some offenders. Others may at least allow a user to bypass the version detection. Of course the proper thing to do is to match against a regular expression like “\b(\d+)\.” and use a backreference, which you can very well do in JavaScript (RegExp.$1 in this case).

No recording, I’m afraid. Next show is December 19!

10:03PM Forrest McCullough “Part 1″ from “Flight F-I-N-A-L” on Word
10:03PM Yellow Magic Orchestra “Solid State Survivor” from “Solid State Survivor” on Alfa
10:08PM Ellen Allien “Drama Society Remix” from “Down” on BPitch Control
10:13PM Ellen Allien “Fuckaloop Remix” from “Down” on BPitch Control
10:18PM New Order “Blue Monday (Andrea Mix by Jam and Spoon)” from “Dubstars” on Echo Beach
10:26PM Modul “The Black” from “Acid Reborn vol. 1″ on Fine Cut Bodies
10:33PM Pedro Cali “Walk Away” from “Retofuturism EP” on Melodika
10:39PM Ruoho Ruotsi “Hmmm (Gys Remix)” from “Hmmm” on Def’child Productions
10:46PM Matt Chester “Broken Shores” from “Broken Shores EP” on Melodika
10:51PM Ruoho Ruotsi “Tants Doll (Mike Uzzi and Ben Recht Remix)” from “Tants Doll” on Def’child Productions
10:56PM Dubloner “Impact Dub” from “Isaac Haile Selassie Meets…” on Def’child Productions
11:03PM Saian Supa Crew “Intro” from “KLR” on Source
11:03PM Saian Supa Crew “Raz de Maree” from “KLR” on Source
11:10PM James Priestley & Dan Berkson “Chariots” from “Chariots” on Simple
11:16PM Flare “Dir.r” from “Dir.r Remixes” on Sublime
11:23PM Aztec Mystic “Orlando ‘Fix’ Voorn Mix” from “Aguila” on Underground Resistance
11:39PM The Mole “live” from “live”
12:12AM ? “para” from “para”
12:15AM Dominik Eulberg “Gasthof “Zum Satten Bass” (Heimische Gefilde Edit)” from “Hemische Gefilde” on Traum Schallplatten
12:20AM Prosumer “The Craze” from “Famous when Dead 6″ on Playhouse
12:29AM Heaven and “Scarlet Woman” from “Sweeter As The Years Roll By” on Staubgold
12:33AM Wackie’s “Super Dub” from “Jamaica Super Dub Session” on Wackie’s
12:39AM Anal Solvent “Anal Solvent Sucks” from “Wild n Free” on Soleilmoon
12:39AM Akiko Kiyama “I Was Weak in the Knees” from “7 Years” on District Of Corruption
12:44AM Barry Adamson “The Snowball Effect” from “the negro inside me” on Mute
12:49AM Coil “A Warning from The Sun / Untitles / Amethyst Deceivers (Live in Europe 2001)” from “Moon’s Milk (in Four Phases)” on Eskaton
12:54AM Craig Armstrong “Laura’s Theme” from “The Space Between Us”

10:14PM Sebbo “Mortiz von Oswald Rework” from “Watamu Beach” on Desolat
10:24PM Francesco Tristano “Auricle Bio On 2″ from “Auricle Bio On” on InFine
10:47PM Meat Beat Manifesto “Radio Babylon - Beach Blanket Bimbo Land - The Orb” from “Original Fire” on Nothing
11:00PM Matmos “Polychords” from “Supreme Balloon” on Matador
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Hydrogen Economy (NCP) with mkb 11.07.2008 10:00PM to 01:00AM

09:42PM Substance and Vainqueur “Immersion” from “Surface” on Scion Versions
09:49PM Thomas Dolby “Airwaves” from “Retrospectacle”
09:53PM Deadbeat “Grounation (Berghain Drum Jack)” from “Roots and Wire” on Wagon Repair
09:59PM Pest “Pat Pong (Solid Groove Mix)” from “You Don’t Know” on Ninja Tune
10:02PM Petar Dundov “Waterfall” from “Escapements” on Music Man Records
10:09PM Model 500 “Starlight (Intrusion Dub)” from “Starlight” on Echospace
10:18PM Julien Chaptal “La Ribouldinghe” from “Tokens” on Remote Area
10:24PM As One “Epic” from “In With Their Arps and Moogs and Jazz and Things” on Clear
10:38PM Francesco Tristano “Auricle Bio On 1″ from “Auricle Bio On” on InFine
11:04PM Gudrun Gut “In Pieces (Burger/Voigt mix)” from “In Pieces” on Monika Enterprise
11:09PM Kenneth Bager “Fragment Four (version Jackie Idjut)” from “Fragments Remixes” on music for dreams
11:15PM The Matthew Herbert Big Band “The Story (Edit)” from “There’s Me and There’s You” on Accidental
11:19PM Monolake “Cern-LHC” from “Cern-LHC” on Monolake
11:26PM Leif “Long Way Round (T-Polar Mix)” from “Benrhos Dubs” on Thinner
11:32PM Underworld “Strumpte” from “Live in Brighton”
11:38PM The Black Dog “Digital Poacher” from “Radio Scarecrow” on Dust Science
11:43PM The Black Dog “Coda” from “Radio Scarecrow” on Dust Science
11:46PM The Black Dog “Set to Receive” from “Radio Scarecrow” on Dust Science
11:50PM Posthuman “Asha Grew Wings” from “Hilda Family EP” on Myuzyk
11:55PM Jay Haze “Direct Hit” from “Love & Beyond” on Tuning Spork
12:00AM Tanzmuzik “A Version City Episode” from “Version Citie Hi-Lights” on Sublime
12:03AM Kevin Saunderson Feat. Inner City “Good Love (Luciano rmx)” from “History Elevate 4″ on KMS
12:14AM Wackie’s “Super Dub” from “Jamaica Super Dub Session” on Wackie’s
12:18AM Sutekh “asscr” from “Opensource.code” on Source
12:27AM Introvert “Lemon Days” from “Lemon Days” on Night Vision
12:31AM Astralasia “ANDE” from “Whatever Happened to Utopia?” on Magick Eye
12:39AM Insekt “The Punisher” from “Dreamscape” on KK
12:43AM Kiyoshi Izumi “Light Year in Stereo” from “Orange Sunshine” on Childisc
12:57AM Ken Ishii “Stretch” from “Jelly Tones” on Medicine Label
12:57AM Ken Ishii “Ethos 9″ from “Jelly Tones” on Medicine Label

Hydrogen Economy (NCP) with mkb 10.24.2008 10:00PM to 01:00AM

10:03PM Monolake “Cyan” from “Hongkong Remastered” on Monolake
10:13PM Style of Eye “Number Two” from “Duck Cover and Hold” on Pickadoll
10:18PM Autopsy Protocol “Swallow All” from “M.A.N. 01″ on Mothers Against Noise
10:20PM Fabrice Lig “Thru Your Soul” from “Roots of the Future” on Raygun Records
10:24PM Dr. Rockit “Cafe de Flore” from “the unnecessary history of…” on Accidental
10:32PM Model 500 “Mike Huckaby’s S.Y.N.T.H. mix” from “Starlight” on Echospace
10:40PM Dominik Eulberg “Lowenzahn-Luftwaffe” from “Bionik” on Cocoon
10:48PM Mikkel Metal “Peaks and Troughs” from “Peaks and Troughs” on Echocord
10:55PM Deadbeat “Babylon Correction” from “Roots and Wire” on Wagon Repair
11:02PM Quantec “Yage” from “Unusual Signals” on Echocord
11:13PM Kangding Ray “World Within Words” from “Automne Fold” on Raster-noton
11:16PM Wackie’s “Bag Man Dub” from “Jamaica Super Dub Session” on Wackie’s
11:18PM Keston and Westdal “Ultraviolet Amphibian” from “One Day to Save All Life” on Unearthed Music
11:23PM Akiko Kiyama “Ant” from “7 Years” on District Of Corruption
11:29PM The Mole “Baby You’re the One (Edit)” from “As High As The Sky” on Wagon Repair
11:37PM Thomas Fehlmann “Seerosengiessen” from “Visions of Blah” on Kompakt
11:43PM Jeff Mills “Condor to Mallorca (Classic Mix)” from “Condor to Mallorca (Ken Ishii Remixes)” on Axis
11:49PM The Future and The Human League “Last Man on Earth” from “The Golden Hour of The Future” on Black Melody
12:00AM Lindstrom “There’s a Drink in my Bedroom and I Need a Hot Lady” from “It’s A Feedelity Affair” on Feedelity
12:11AM Fixmer/McCarthy “Hate Me” from “Into The Night” on SPV
12:14AM Petar Dundov “Anja’s Theme” from “Escapements” on Music Man Records
12:24AM Pulse “Soul Hunter (Secret Knowledge Remix)” from “Carry On Harthouse - The Greatest Harthouse Trousers” on Harthouse
12:33AM Drexciya “Triangular Hydrogen Strain” from “Neptune’s Lair” on Tresor
12:38AM Fous De La Mer “Waiting for the Sun” from “Stars and Fishes” on Elektrolux
12:44AM The Black Dog “Ripheadv2″ from “Bloc Promo” on SUGOI
12:51AM The Black Dog “Floods, V3.2 (Surgeon Remix)” from “Floods” on Soma Quality Recordings

10:01PM Model 500 “Convextion Remix” from “Starlight” on Echospace
10:10PM Mikkel Metal “Visions of Life” from “Peaks and Troughs” on Echocord
10:15PM Deadbeat “Deep Structure” from “Roots and Wire” on Wagon Repair
10:22PM Prosumer “The Craze” from “Famous when Dead 6″ on Playhouse
10:30PM Mike Shannon “Wolf Module” from “Memory Tree” on Plus 8
10:36PM Petar Dundov “Sparkling Stars” from “Escapements” on Music Man Records
10:46PM Daniel Gardner “Under the Shower Tower (Alland Byallo Mix)” from “Under the Shower Tower” on Thinner
10:54PM Biosphere “live pa yel 2″ from “detroit us 29.05.04″
11:07PM The Future and The Human League “Future Religion” from “The Golden Hour of The Future” on Black Melody
11:10PM Lithops “Rosa in a Light Speed Vessel” from “Mound Magnet Pt.2: Elevations Above Sea Level” on Killer Pimp
11:18PM Sam Taylor-Wood “I’m in Love with a German Film Star (PSB Symphonic Mix)” from “I’m in Love with a German Film Star” on Kompakt Pop
11:25PM Mozez “Spinning Top” from “So Still” on Apace
11:30PM Anders Ilar “September Nights” from “sworn” on Level Records
11:38PM Kangding Ray “Altiz” from “Automne Fold” on Raster-noton
11:44PM Julien Chaptal “Baffle” from “Tokens” on Remote Area
11:53PM The Mole “Smiling and Running” from “As High As The Sky” on Wagon Repair
12:01AM Wareika Hill Sounds “One People Version” from “Wareika Hill Sounds” on Honest Jon’s
12:06AM Keston and Westdal “Fe2O3″ from “One Day to Save All Life” on Unearthed Music
12:13AM Damian Schwartz “Lo Que Sube, Baja” from “Party Lovers” on Net 28
12:19AM Style of Eye “Amelie” from “Duck Cover and Hold” on Pickadoll
12:28AM Arcane Device “Envoi in Cumin” from “Envoi in Cumin” on Play Loud (Portugal)
12:38AM Future Sound of London “Part 5″ from “We Have Explosive” on Virgin
12:45AM Danny Kreutzfeldt “Core 4″ from “Furtherspace EP” on Autoplate

This program aired on 10.24.2008:

06:17PM Thomas Dolby “One of our Submarines (Extended Mix)” from “she blinded me with science” on Venice In Peril
06:24PM Dolby’s Cube “May the Cube Be With You” from “May the Cube Be With You” on Dolce Vita
06:32PM Ryuichi Sakamoto and Thomas Dolby “Field Work” from “Field Work” on Ten
06:38PM Thomas Dolby “Armageddon” from “Gate to the Mind’s Eye” on Giant
06:42PM Thomas Dolby “I Live in a Suitcase (live)” from “The Sole Inhabitant” on Lost Toy People
06:47PM Thomas Dolby “Budapest By Blimp” from “Aliens Ate My Buick” on Caroline
06:55PM Thomas Dolby “Silk Pyjamas” from “Astronauts and Heretics” on Warner Brothers
06:59PM Thomas Dolby “Valley of the Mind’s Eye” from “Gate to the Mind’s Eye” on Giant

Thanks to Chris-O for his assistance!

Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve updated this site. Over a month! For that I am sorry. I have a number of good excuses though.

The first is that I spent a lot of time in October trying to find a new job. I started this past Monday at Akamai Technologies, where I will be working on log processing. That may sound boring, but think about what Akamai does, and how much traffic they handle every day (6 million hits per second!) That results in some ridiculous number of terabytes of log data per day!

The second is that I have been preparing for my second batizado. I have never actually talked about capoeira on this site before, but I have been training in capoeira for the past two years, and I aim to keep going until I need to get joints replaced. A batizado is an annual event for a capoeira group where students who qualify move up in rank. I received my second cordao, which meant that I had to fight seven masters of capoeira until one of them finally got me on the floor. Maybe it wasn’t seven; I lost count. :) I am spending today recovering my strength.

Anyway, I will be posting some old playlists here. I will also be writing more about computers and capoeira, since I don’t actually write so well about music.

09:55PM Byetone “Grand Style” from “Death of a Typographer” on Raster-noton
10:00PM Kraftwerk “mitternacht | showroom dummies” from “Live 1975″
10:09PM Wareika Hill Sounds “Jamaica is Reggae Land” from “Wareika Hill Sounds” on Honest Jon’s
10:19PM Murmur “Discovery of Mother Voidness” from “Fermata” on Backporch Revolution
10:19PM Akiko Kiyama “Isotope” from “7 Years” on District Of Corruption
10:25PM Tanzmuzik “Mokha Coruba” from “Version Citie Hi-Lights” on Sublime
10:34PM Anthony Shakir “Random Shuffle” from “Lost & Found 1″ on Dust Science
10:43PM Thomas Brinkmann “Momoklick” from “Opensource Code” on Source
10:49PM Monolake “Occam” from “Hongkong Remastered” on Monolake
10:55PM Arne Weinberg “From Consumption to Enslavement” from “Romantic Machinery” on Headspace
11:16PM Anders Ilar “Path to the Sky” from “sworn” on Level Records
11:22PM Daniel Gardner “Under the Shower Tower” from “Under the Shower Tower” on Thinner
11:30PM Spiral Into the Storm “Camera Culture” from “A Futile Veneer” on Decibel Palace
11:36PM Lee Douglas “New York Story” from “New York Story” on Rong Music
11:41PM Lowfish “The Bite that Bleeds” from “Frozen & Broken” on Noise Factory Records
11:54PM Glimpse “Elephant Skins” from “Elephant Skins EP” on Leftroom
12:10AM Kevin Saunderson Feat. Inner City “Good Life (Mathew Jonson’s Acid Mix)” from “History Elevate 4″ on KMS
12:12AM Bong Ra “Eenzaam Sterven Wij Allen” from “Soldaat Van Oranje” on Sublight
12:17AM Inner City “Praise (Future Sound of London Conceptual)” from “Praise Edition 1″ on Ten
12:32AM Kakaka “Ka” from “Kakaka First” on Reel Musiq
12:41AM Klaus Schulze and Lisa Gerrard “Farscape I” from “Farscape” on Synthetic Symphony