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Tuesday, August 30, 2005

VGDJ: Shownotes #015

[00:56] Rayza's worn out... if you know what I mean... hee hee hon hon!
[01:07] Wanna listen to some remixes but don't know where to start? How about checking out the 24-7 streaming radio of OCReMixes found at ormgas.com...the current and upcoming songs are listed on the homepage of OverClocked Remix, and also features replays of some past VG music remix shows like none other than VG Frequency, the once place to be on saturday nights with your then host Liontamer (aka Larry Oji) ... who FINALLY CALLS US this week... geeeze, man. (Larry is also a judge.... that's hawt)
[02:48] McVaffe, OCReMix heavy hittah (45 mixes to his name), graces us with his presence .... Thanks, man! Enjoy the show! Video Game ... Video? We'll be watching for it... Gay Musician? <-SWEET site
[03:45] Chrono Trigger turns 10! The renowned RPG was released on the SNES on August 22, 1995... Chrono Compendium, a Chrono Trigger fan site, will be commemorating the event ... check it!
[05:28] ReMix Review: From Sonic and Knuckles: 'Catapult' by Beatdrop ... Beatdrop at the last minute (THANKS man!) was able to give us some news about the mix and his current projects!
[09:59] ReMix Review: From Tsugunai: 'Static Wonderland' by Christian Pacaud and ktriton ... ktriton talks about the mix and the awesomeness of the original composer, Yasunori Mitsuda. We talk about the controversial "static" in the middle of the song... Aurora is a retard.
[15:46] ReMix Review: From Revenge of Shinobi: 'Corner of Sunset and Keys' by José the Bronx Rican, who was unable to provide us with a clip due to our crazy non-organization this week... Sorry JOSÉ!! We're working on contacting him so he can still provide us something for next week; its only fair! Plus... this is one sweet track.
[18:20] NO RAMA AGAIN ... (check out ThaSauce, anyways) ... this is becoming a lost segment...but not to worry, Rayza and I are discussing ways to fix this issue. IN THE MEAN TIME: We decide to answer THE QUESTION. That's right, the question we've gotten repeatedly since the show began... the question about...That SONG in the INTRO. That SONG is from Street Fighter 2: 'The Ken Song' by jdproject ... we felt it was a great example of what OCR is all about, plus its super kick ass... we probably SHOULD have an FAQ on the site somewhere, eh? Our site is getting SO cluttered... it needs to be redone. This is the word of Aurora.
[21:24] Russian ReMix Roulette: Random song picked from OverClocked Remix's front page feature. Rayza wins with a ROLL of FOUR... This week's track was from Arkanoid: 'Black Block' by DJComet
[27:14] Rayza recalls his time at the Canadian National Expo... saw some peeps, did some stuff, you know. Rayza has bad friends. We basically talk shit (literally, unfortunately) from here on in... Aurora is not impressed. At all.
[31:43] VOICEMAILZ! Thanks to Global-Trance, JamPaladin, Binderboy (SWEET, man... SWEET!), The Dewk, LARRY!, LARRY!, ... LARRY!, ..... ... LARRRRY!, and Jackie (for whom we DID do a recording for... Twinkie Beyond's Podcast) for callin in! Check below for all the other ways of getting a hold of us!
[37:26] [stinger]

Monday, August 22, 2005

VGDJ: Shownotes #014

[00:40] Awwwwwwwwwww wittle wayzee's gob a colb! Snotty watermelons for everyone!
[01:10] OCR Idol is in the LAST VOTING ROUND... Eon Blue and Hemophiliac are battling it out for the title! The competition is supposed to end the night of August 20, but head on over to see if you can still get your vote in! OCR Idol round 2 is in the works so stay tuned for more info!
[02:59] "WE'VE BEEN __________!!!!" Wanged? Banged? Whatever! The folks at OTAKON 2005 give us a shout out from the meetup... sounds like a good time! (WE WANT PICTURES, PLEASE)
[04:31] 1-800-990-VGDJ (8435) ... TOLL FREE (North America) ... if you're overseas... GIZMO is still free!
[06:58] djpretzel SET US UP THE BOMB!!11!!?!? Thats right, our fearless leader is flying the Enola Gay and dropping the 'little boy' on the OCReMix forums... he's also purged over 20,000 accounts that have been inactive previous to 2005 ... the forums will be switched over to a new system... no word on the exact date, but expect the forums to be down for at least a couple of days... stay tuned to VGDJ for more updates on this!
[08:19] ReMix Review: From Super Metroid: 'Energy Tank' by Matt Drouin
[10:23] ReMix Review: From Star Ocean: 'Summertime' by Hale-Bopp, who originally had a different idea for this remix...
[13:19] ReMix Review: From Ecco 2: The Tides of Time: 'Fury of Medusa' by Sadorf, who uses our new feature (see above!) to call in and talk about his mix, inspired by one of Rayza's own... (NOTE: PRINCE DID NOT WRITE THIS SONG) :D
[16:19] ReMix Review: From Final Fantasy VIII: 'Moontang' by Bladiator...Not BLAIDIATOR... Ya, I suck. Good ol' Bladdy boy tells us his journey with getting his idea for this mix finally accepted. Love the HooHoos.
[22:23] OHGOD ... NO... AGENDA... IMPROVISATION ... FAILING... Another slow week.. sorry folks! No Rama Report this week... everyone's away... sooooooooooooo
[22:51] Russian ReMix Roulette: Random song picked from OverClocked Remix's front page feature. Much to our chagrin (sorry, Mazedude...) WE ROLLED a TWO... the number we really didn't want. You'll see when you listen... oh boy. This week's track was from Earthbound: 'Battling Organs' by Mazedude (Mazedude has the biggest balls for doing this song...)
ACQUIRE THIS, BITCHES!
[28:15] If you're in the Big Smoke (Toronto) next weekend (Aug 26-28), make sure you check out the Canadian National Expo... Rayza will be there workin' the horror section, Arcana will be there as a guest (dude you should try and get some more Toronto folk out there... great excuse for a meetup!), and endblink will have some sort of comic book table there (rumor only... but keep your eye out)
[29:35] That's all folks! Unfortunately I didn't attend ai-kon this year... but did see some people dressed up...
[30:04] We close out the show with some of the AWESOME feedback we got with our new 1800# service (and GIZMO! Thanks Rena_mix!!! Also thanks to Joyzilla, Dane, Prince Azuzu, debeerguy007, Arcana, Zarggg, TheDewk) ... please feel free to drop us a line! Comments, questions, concerns and critisms are most welcome!
[36:03] [stinger]

Monday, August 15, 2005

VGDJ: Shownotes #013

[00:58] Episode 013 take 7. Nice attitude! HI LISTENERS!
[01:08] VOICE CLIPZ! So easy to do! We wanna play you on the show, so call in with your comments, suggestions and questions! You can either do the Gizmo thing as outlined in the instructions, or just send us an .mp3 recording of yourself to vgdjpodcast@gmail.com... just keep it under a 1:30...that's all we ask!
[01:46] OMG MORE RAYZATTITUDEZ. Prince Azuzu, Rayza's african alter-ego, is explained here, hence nullifying its offensive qualities...(Rayza does the accent surprisingly well :D)
[03:16] A new feature will make it easier for people living in North America (all other inhabitants of Earth, use Gizmo) to leave us voice mail...stay tuned for its unveiling!
[04:06] #24 on Podcast Alley!!! Also a note on subscribing to our show rather than downloading manually... it really does make life much easier! Plus you get the heads up on all our mid-week releases...they are downloaded automatically. What you need is a feed aggregator that keeps track of your Really Simple Syndication feeds, for example, the feed for VGDJ!... iTunes 4.9 has this all built in so if you wanna keep things simple, iTunes is a good way to go :)
[06:29] Sooooo WELCOME to VGDJ! The show all about... VGDJ!.. ya its a little bit slow this week... but we had LOTS of show last show... the Dark Side of Phobos ReMix Project has been Slashdotted!
[07:50] OMGZ LEIK CHATZORZ!! We now have an IRC channel on: irc.enterthegame.com... /join #vgdj will get you in and talking to myself (Aurora) or Rayza...we're generally in there in the evenings so feel free to stop by and have a chat! Thanks to JesustheDarkLord for setting that up for us! We're hoping that it will become a good place of open discussion about the show. Don't forget about the thread at OverClocked ReMix that everyone is more than welcome to partake in.
[08:47] OTAKON 2005 is fast approaching... an number of OCR'ers will be in attendance, including djpretzel himself (you know...that guy... with the site...that we like to like... talk about and stuff?)! Check out the Discussion to get the info on the meetup if you're planning on attending! Everyone (even VGDJ-only listeners) are welcome!
[10:08] ReMix Review: From DOOM: 'Purgatory' by N-JekteD ... (N-JekteD sounds suspiciously like Aurora..)
[12:31] ReMix Review: From Chrono Cross: 'To Times Once Forgotten' by Vampire Hunter Dan.
[15:30] OH it BE BACK, PEOPLE! The Rama Report! Brought to you by the good folks at ThaSauce ->in HI FI! Music Fantasy Tactics 2 ... by a bunch of Japanese Rangers?...is now officially released...OverLooked ReMix, the OverClocked ReMix parody site, has announced its own site remixing competition, called The Dwelling of Fools, a spoof on the Dwelling of Duels competition...
[18:02] Oh, MINOU.
[18:53] Russian ReMix Roulette: Random song picked from OverClocked Remix's front page feature. WE ROLLED a FOUR!... This week's track was from Xenogears: 'Taming of the Skies' by StarBlaze
[22:44] And now its time for the Crap Shoot, brought to you by Aurora and Rayza. This week, Rayza bugs Aurora about a new aquaintance made... and Aurora calls Rayza on his infatuation with fairy majik. Also, veteran OCR TORONTO meetup participants Mahaboo and Gaea lure Rayza over to their house... with a POOL!!? WHY WAS I NOT AWARE OF THIS!?
[25:19] OHSHIT! We ALMOST forgot the wonderful clip provided by The Dewk, who expresses his thoughts on appreciation and recognition of your favorite remixers and their music. SORRY! but YAY and thanks for your comments! Wanna say something? VOICE MAIL! (see point waaaay above), email, forums, irc chat... ya.
[28:16] Shownotes... what... are they? YOU JUST FINISHED READING THEM. Do you like them? Are they helpful? Suggestion of forums on VGDJ.net... what do you think? PRINCE AZUZU IS BACK...
[30:07] "WE WILL BOAR YOU NO LONGA" - Prince Azuzu. ... We close out the show with more from DOOM: 'Purgatory' by N-JekteD
[32:11] [stinger]

Monday, August 08, 2005

VGDJ: Shownotes #012

[01:11] EPISIZODE ZERO WUN TOO commin' at ya! West Nile Sucks... and no.. no I don't have it (at least I dont' think)
[01:22] We have a GUEST?! Awesomes... his name is Mythril Nazgul(aka Navid Azeez), coordinator of the DOOM: Dark Side of Phobos ReMix Project; its officially released today (well... monday night ... see note above!)!
[02:49] The Dark Side of Phobos (DSoP herein) has cool little intermissions and snipits that R&A really dig... Tool-esque or Holy Grail-esque... YOU DECIDE!
[02:59] A note on how it was decided which of DOOM's many tracks to include for the project...
[03:49] Dark Side of Phobos... Dark music... makes... SENSE! (not recommended for depressed people capable of murder)
[04:24] Mythril hasn't played this game in a while... SO WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS... Coordinating a remix project... HRMPH! (its okay man!) DOOM has been ported into many versions over the years... its almost impossible NOT to have a working copy on your computer... I do :)
[05:05] Mythril tells us the hardest part about his job... seems like we're seeing a recurring pattern, EH REMIXERS??? He also talks about the beginning of the DSoP journey...GAININ the PEEPOL SKEELZ!
[06:49] The Art of ReMixer Coercion, by Mythril Nazgul
[07:13] Mythril tells us why he'd love to be another ReMix Project Coordinator again... he's looking for one to take over and commit a year of his life to all over again... this guy's unbelievable, folks! ... DRAMA... did someone say DRAMA!? R&A eat it up
[08:07] Otakon 2005 in BALTIMORE is looking up to be an OCR MEETUP place this year... Rayza's gonna dress up to work at The Canadian National Expo in Toronto Aug 25-28 ...
[09:21] Our personal opinions about some of the individual tracks on DSoP come out... WE GOT LEIK BACK STAGE PASSEZ TO TEH PROJECT!!
[12:18] Mythril Nazgul is a happy puppy... and we wrap up this interview... MANY THANKS and Congratulations on completing the Project, as well to all the ReMixers who contributed material, and Global-Trance for his great work on designing the webpage...good work everyone!
[13:42] A little reminder about why we're doing the podcast...The Music, the ReMixers, and the community... most likely one of the closest, tight-knit bunch of people the internet has ever seen. DCT, good to have you back, man.
[15:20] Our SPOTLIGHT on OverClocked ReMix: WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAA NELLY.
[17:00] ReMix Review: From DOOM: 'The Dark Side of Phobos' by Daniel Baranowsky ... who provided an...interesting... clip of himself talking about his Mix...though we've made it acceptable (sorry, Danny...). We also make sure you other remixers realise why we have the rules there... I mean, we're not trying to censor you, just that some things are funny and some things are ... embarrasing. I pledge that we didn't edit out content, just SOME of the embarrasement. Thank you :D ... (I still love ya, Danny... this mix is awesome!)
[23:59] ReMix Review: From Ninja Gaiden: 'Basilisk Run' by Vurez.
[25:56] ReMix Review: From DarXide: 'Starman (don't lose yourself)' by AkumajoBelmont...mmmmmmmmm Space Trance... mmmmmmm Australian... I mean... *ahem* Akuma talks about his task with the minimal source music...
[30:36] YAY I save your ears this week... but people DID try to helps us improve on our pronunciation of the many Japanese composers that created the original source music for these remixes...though... one particular email was really hard to decipher!
[31:45] The Rama ... wait... KYLEJCRB Report! Brought to you by the good folks at KYLEJCRB's MIND! KyleJCRB talks about July's Dwelling of Duels competition, which featured remixes of music the Super Mario Brothers games... newcomers did well in this months competition.... and NEXT month's theme is any music from a racing game... IN OTHER NEWS: analoq's ReMix album... where ReMixers volunteered remixing an analoq original song called "Gone in Thirty Seconds". Thanks man!
[37:13] Just a note to people willing to contribute segments to the show and what not (which we ENCOURAGE!), make sure that if you want to add a segment, discuss it with us first, kay? Cuz work and time goes into making a segment and we don't want it to go to waste if it wasn't planned out properly and all that stuff. Audio comments and segment ideas and community/listener feedback and involvement is what we would like to see more of... just make sure you let us know if you want to do somethin major or different the the way we usually do things... We're Green? :D
[38:14] Russian ReMix Roulette: Random song picked from OverClocked Remix's front page feature. WE ROLLED a TWO!... This week's track was from Metroid: 'Kraid's Hideout' by Select Start which was done with a live string ensemble... check out the write up at the remix's page
[43:36] AND now its time for the usual Post-Russian ReMix Roulette Ramblings... we talk about a particular recent submission to the OCR Judges Panel that is near and dear to our hearts and most hilarious (heheh CHz U SO FUNNAH!)
[44:52] Aurora may end up dying, so we talk about our last wishes... and our potential replacements...which leads us to Polkaroo, logically. (i've been trying to find good pictures of this old old show, and the more I research it, the more I realise how f***ed up this show was.)
[49:38] DONE..FINALLY ('bout time... this was a LONG episode...wooosh!) 3 MONTH ANNIVERSARY!
[50:04] We close out the show with another sample from the DSoP ... From DOOM: 'The Leaning Tower of Babel' by Evil Horde.
[51:27] [stinger]

Monday, August 01, 2005

VGDJ: Shownotes #011

[00:46] Its gettin' dark in here... so take off all your clothes... Oh wait wrong song. BUT OMGSH... we're SPOTLIGHTED on OverClocked ReMix's homepage! Go check it out! Special and amazing thanks to Dakar and djpretzel for making this spotlight happen.
[01:49] We get mixed reviews on the OCR TORONTO Meetup soundseeing tour... sorry if it was boring guys, that's my fault ... but we did have fun and maybe if you were JEALOUS you should try to come to the next one, hmmm!? hehe
[02:55] Its time to play catch-up! Lots of Remix Reviews to cover this week...Aurora explains to Rayza that not everyone goes on the site to see what new remixes are available ...
[03:29] ReMix Review: From Unreal Tournament: 'Club Showdown' by Big Giant Circles.
[05:53] ReMix Review: From Chrono Trigger: 'Atonement' by Darangen.
[07:59] Someone please help us with our terrible pronounciations of japanese names... we know we're bad but we feel that we should recognize the original composers of the music as it was their creations that inspires remixers to do what they do, and pronoucing their name right is a start.
[08:16] ReMix Review: From Metal Gear Solid 2: 'Salsa Snake' by Xtormrage.
[10:37] ReMix Review: From Final Fantasy X: 'Journey's End' by GrayLightning, Sephfire, and the beautiful and talented pixietricks (YAY MORE FEMMIXERS!) who provides us with a little summary on the mix and how it came to be... as well as some encouragement hehee)
[14:17] ReMix Review: From Landstalker: 'Rare Mineral Addict' by Shnabubula.
[16:15] ReMix Review: From Human Race: 'Bando alle Seghe' by DHS.
[19:07] The Rama Report! Brought to you by the good folks at ThaSauce. (This was actually intended for Episode 010 had we not done an OCR TORONTO meetup sound seeing tour... so its a little dated ...) NUMBA UNO: OverLooked ReMix has announced their first site project ever! Its entitled: OMFSKULFAGGER SKULJAGGER Collaboration Project. NUMBA TWO(sorta): ThaSauce is renovating and moving soon... so things might be a little slow over there... Thats it that's all!
[22:19] We make fun of Rama's terrible recordings...again... Sorry Rama but we love how terrible they are! hehe :D
[23:03] Russian ReMix Roulette: Random song picked from OverClocked Remix's front page feature. WE ROLLED a THREE!... This week's track was from Zelda 64 Ocarina of Time: 'Gerudo Peeples' by Scott Peeples.
[28:17] VOICEMAIL!!!!!!!! Hemophiliac talks about the final stages of the OCR IDOL Competition, in which Hemophiliac himself is a finalist! Check out these mixes and participate in the outcome by voting!!
[30:02] Wanna send us voicemail? Check out the instructions here.
[30:28] That's it, EH! Aurora's played in a rugby tournament and Rayza's been Caribanaing it kinda ...
[33:06] Check out the VGDJ spotlight on OverClocked ReMix, Email us with info or a recording of you reporting on something, leave us a voicemail that we can play or leave a comment on our site. Don't forget to vote for us this month and help us get new listeners!
[33:47] We close out the show with more from Human Race: 'Bando alle Seghe' by DHS.
[34:50] [stinger]