nzshadow
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Does anyone know NZShadow in the real world?
Hey.
I'm good, I appreciate the thoughts, I just finally hit my limit with social media.
I was beginning to notice some serious addictive behaviour in myself & then I stumbled upon a short video by Cal Newport & I realised that all I had to do was go cold turkey.
Since deleting my IG I have gone on a bit of a tear researching the effects the 'constant companion' social media business model has had on society & have really come to the conclusion that it added sweet fuck all in value compared to the real cost.
I could go on a fucking tear about Constant Companion, Surveillance Capitalism, Attention Economy, Pavlovian behavioural training, but I won't.
Anyway, this is the short vid that opened my eyes:
And this is an excellent speech by another champion of a better way of doing things:
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Jordan Peele, Yay or Nay?
My brother.
Here's a post-paintball shot from the very early 00s. The aformentioned Nicole Parker shot me point-blank in the thigh after i did a sweet Miami Vice roll straight into the hut she was already hiding in. We were all off our faces. I don't have any memories of Jordan from that day apart from power rolling spliffs in the bus on the way to the paintball place & getting quite fucking stoned on the bus. That man in the foreground is stuff of legend. You have no fucking idea. I saw so many shows with him, Isaac Hayes, P-Funk, Herbie Hancock, he also bum-rushed a Breakestra stage at Amsterdam's Paradiso, grabbed the mic & took on vocal duties.
The next day he caught a train to Tilburg i think, to deliver a considerable amount of good vibes to the band as a way of saying sorry.dollar_bin said:nzshadow said:Between this and The Mop I can only imagine the stories that you haven't already disclosed online. I'm issuing a blanket invitation, if you're ever in Silicon Valley I will happily buy you a very nice dinner to unlock some of the realheadz knowledge. dollarbin at gmail dot com
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Jordan Peele, Yay or Nay?
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Jordan Peele, Yay or Nay?
I used to work with Jordan. He is the epitome of a Good Dude. Back in Amsterdam in the early 00s at an american improv comedy club called Boom Chicago. Jordan was a cast member for a few years, I was a bartender. Jordan smoked more weed than any of us and that was a fuckin accomplishment in itself.
I have never known anyone to be so fucking electrifyingly funny on stage, and so quiet, humble and almost shy offstage. I spent many a night tending bar while a very stoned Jordan sat at the end quietly keeping me company and drinking water.
We had a halloween party once and he came dressed a Blade - fucking killer costume.
All these years later I can't believe that that good dude is where he is at now. He is truly deserving of all the accolades, fame and $$$ that's coming his way. Just a solid dude.
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I WANT YOU MF's TO SEE SOMETHIN
Yemsky said:I was thinking about giving Si Spex his own thread but let’s start here.
https://youtu.be/yuBkTCO73Jo
https://youtu.be/LQ01O7IAN5Y
https://youtu.be/2cKoR7s_BOQ
Man, thank you so much for posting these. I have gone deep down the Barry rabbit-hole. I love everything about this series - and i don't make beats. The digging aspect is what gets me - that is my fucking reality right there - endlessly trawling opshop dollar bins.