ok folks, i have decided that one of the first things i’m going to do when i return to melbourne, and to my warm cocoon of reliable constant high-speed internet access, is something that is long overdue. i’m going to compile a best of timbaland mixtape. i’m sure i’m not the first person to have done it. i’m looking for suggestions as to what needs be on it. obviously maneater. i’m obsessed with that song. thats timbaland right? missy elliot will be well represented of course. and any song where either timbaland makes a vocal appearance, or merely is the subject of a ridiculous shout-out, obviously gets bonus points. any suggestions? i will learn his secrets, i will become him (i am already conveniently named tim)

for the record, i’m in france

i have just caught up with the fact that the very excellent online music mag stylus magazine recently ran a review of ‘entropy begins at home’:
“Essentially it’s a psychedelic experience, a musical alchemy intended to depict vivid colors and bizarre patterns, euphoria through altered states of consciousness, and the clarity and directness with which Faux Pas juxtaposes and moves through different strands of music heightens the experience.”

woah! that is serious. you can read the whole review by clicking the link below. the best thing about the review is that i actually get graded! its been a few years since anything i’ve done has been marked. i don’t want to spoil it for you, but i get a B, which is of course short for ‘Brilliant’. although i think the reviewer is british so the B may well stand for ‘Bollocks’..

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/faux-pas/entropy-begins-at-home.htm