Periodically we hear that LJ is poised upon the brink of doom. If the day of final judgment has come for us all*, then you can find me at the following alternative venues just go to www.xykogen.com. All the links are on the front page.
*By which of course I mean the day of final judgment for all of livejournal. If an honest-to-god Apocalypse is in progress, call me on my mobile. I'll be drinking whisky on a private flight to my Armageddon Fortress™ in Antarctica. |
|
OOTD
|
Jun. 17th, 2009 @ 11:18 am
|
|---|
|
Honestly, reality, could you just fuck off for a while? |
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) actiondirecteuk would like folks to spread word of Amalgamation, the fine industrial/punk festival which will be hitting Leeds in late November. Xykogen will be playing along with a number of excellent acts.
Tickets are now available from here: http://www.actiondirecte.co.uk/amalgamation/tickets.htm
( Read more... ) |
|
Pete saying the kinds of things about (British) politics that I've long thought also. I just don't mention them often because saying you don't truck with modern representative "democracy" tends to get people labelling you a totalitarian. |
|
Happy Birthday disastrid!! :) |
| » Ping |
|---|
Jeez, I suck at LJ these days. Thought I'd throw this out just to let people know I'm still alive.
Job hunting was baaaaaaaaaaad. I've never had it so rough in my life, and in the end was lucky to bag a one-year contract back at my old place. It's a good job, and hopefully before the contract winds up I can get my own company rolling. Anyway, I'll be back at work next Friday after four months off.
I think that the most irritating thing is that I haven't had four months of free time. Don't ask why, the details are too boring. I should just be thankful that I have something lined up now.
Managed to go on a brief holiday to Greece & Turkey which was booked before all this recession business rolled in. It was great, though it was more about running around like headless chickens than chillin'.
Got a few gigs lined up, and looks like the band will wring two albums out of the year. The last one was sketchy & experimental & fun, and the next one should be slick and probably pretty heavy. Got a few bad reviews for Terminology, but I think that was mostly because our PR company sent the album to ridiculously inappropriate & hostile mags. Note to self: Don't send electro-industrial music to websites that specialize in classic & progressive rock.
Eeeew. I feel dirty just for having used the words "classic & progressive rock".
I'm not at Whitby, and for some reason the idea of being there right now actually appeals. Maybe it's just that I want to be down the pub.
Apr. 23rd, 2009 @ 06:17 pm
|
| » Vampire Freaks |
|---|
Do you do Vampire Freaks?
http://vampirefreaks.com/xykogen
Apr. 23rd, 2009 @ 05:23 pm
|
| » Musica Universalis |
|---|
***************************************************************
APRIL 1st 2009
XYKOGEN announce the release of MUSICA UNIVERSALIS - a live experimental recording - through mrsvee.
FREE DOWNLOAD: http://www.mrsvee.co.uk/xykogen
While you're at it, check out Xykogen's previous album, TERMINOLOGY.
FREE DOWNLOAD: http://tinyurl.com/9c9ard
www.xykogen.com
www.mrsvee.co.uk
***************************************************************
p.s. It has been pointed out to me that to avoid disappointment you should not attempt to download this album while the internet re-sets at 11:59am.
Apr. 1st, 2009 @ 10:11 am
|
| » Watchmen |
|---|
For those who care about such things, here are my brief & belated thoughts on Watchmen, posted as a comment on neefsck's journal. May contain traces of spoilers, but I figure you've seen the movie by now anyway.
Mar. 17th, 2009 @ 08:16 am
|
| » Xykogen on Resonance 104.4FM this Friday 12:00pm |
|---|
12-1PM
tune in to...
THE FOUNDRY LATE LATE BREAKFAST SHOW
broadcast live on
RESONANCE 104.4FM
streamed live on
http://www.resonancefm.com
archives on
http://www.sanderswood.com/radio/
guest include
THE WORM LADY worm poet
MICHAEL GLOVER poet and art critic
music interludes by XYKOGEN
Xykogen are a London based techno-industrial band,
who will be exploring their experimental side in a
few brief excerpts from a live set planned for
The Foundry on Wednesday February 25th.
You can download their music for free from http://www.xykogen.com
Mar. 3rd, 2009 @ 10:13 am
|
| » Phishing accounts |
|---|
I have just banned slahpri and stardustwings77 for being phishers. The stardust account is a subtle one, so... if you are stardustwings77 and you're actually a real person just looking to say hi, email me to prove it, please. Giving no contact details on your user info page is a bad sign for someone trying to work out if you're for real.
[EDIT: To clarify - my objections to phishers are maybe slightly different to many of my friends'... This journal is totally public, always has been, always will be. I don't use it for much in the way of momentous personal revelations, but rather for random observations and band propaganda. If someone wants to add me, I don't care if I don't know them IRL, as long as they're actually a real person who seriously is trying to make some kind of social connection rather than tricking me into clicking an evil link. After all, half the people I know here - many of whom I've now met IRL - I'd never have met if I didn't add strangers]
Feb. 19th, 2009 @ 10:04 am
|
| » Modulated thunder music! |
|---|
Speaking of experimentalism, check out these guys (ArcAttack), who use MIDI to control a pair of 15 foot Tesla Coils to make music - basically modulated thunder. They cover "popcorn" and "doctor who" ;)
http://tinyurl.com/clfjva
Feb. 18th, 2009 @ 12:49 pm
|
| » Why? I don't know. |
|---|
I can haz Twitter.
Feb. 13th, 2009 @ 07:09 pm
|
| » Better Than God |
|---|
Thankee markeris...
[EDIT] If you fancy re-posting this image, just point at:
http://www.xykogen.com/xykogenbus.jpg
Cheers! :)
Feb. 4th, 2009 @ 02:00 pm
|
| » No-one likes a smartass |
|---|
I had a job interview today. In it, I had to speak clever about Optical Coherence Tomography, Heidelberg Retinal Tomography, Confocal Microscopy, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Medical Ultrasonography, Signal Detection Theory, Receiver Operating Characteristic curves, Linear Discriminant Analysis, the Mahalanobis Distance, Artificial Neural Networks, and Principal Components Analysis.
I don't know if I got the job, but I do know that I've hit my fancy word quota for this month.
Jan. 29th, 2009 @ 07:55 pm
|
|
