The Michael Jackson Impact

I didn’t want to write anything on the death of Michael Jackson at first because there is sooo much stuff everywhere about it; On the web, radio, TV…even in record stores they play his music, at the mall, at your favorite bar, deli & dinner. All you hear is either the story if his death, his “weird” behavior or his music. Michael Overload!

But, as a musician myself who grew up in the 80’s and 90’s, MJ certainly had an impact on me too. It’s undeniable he was a very gifted artist and I always admired him, even though I wasn’t necessarily a big fan. I remember playing “Bad” at the school dance, then “Dirty Diana” in bars in the late 80’s. What I’ve always liked about Jackson is that he would always hire the best musicians – two of them I very fond of were Eddie Van Halen, who’s famous guitar solo in “Beat it” still makes me shiver to this day and Steve Steven in “Dirty Diana”…wicked!

But then, in the early 90’s, Jackson derailed and so did his music. This bullshit child molesting story surely must have affected him deeply. Must have been hard being labeled the king of pop then child molester. I, for one, never believed it.

So rest in Peace Michael Jackson.

Website problems

I know my site was down last night and this morning too. It was totally out of my control! It was a problem with my host. But, I am happy to report that it is now back online! Yay!

Sorry for the inconvenience. Hope you could survive for 24 hours without BitBurn.org =)

All Aboard Flight 666

I have just finished watching Iron Maiden’s film/documentary/show called Fight 666. As a long time fan I just had to see what the heck are these old geezers up to. Aren’t they, like, 50 years old?! Well let me tell you that this DVD does not disappoint; a full 117 minutes film + a bonus disc of the concert, each songs filmed from around the world – their most successful tour ever. A very nice package and no fan of Maiden should miss it.

I first saw Iron Maiden in 1984 during the Powerslave tour. I was just a young teenager and it was my first concert. No need to say how incredible the show was and I will always remember it, just like my first communion ;) Fast forward to 2009. That’s 25 years later! And you got the same guys, unchanged, still playing the same awesome classics such as “The number of the beast”, “Aces High” and “Wasted Years”. That is just remarkable. Then it hit me: Iron Maiden has never changed their recipe for writing songs. So does AC/DC but they’re not an Heavy Metal band per se; they’re more like a plain rock band I guess. No, Maiden really could have just split up in the mid-late 90’s when “Nu Metal” bands took over, such as Korn and Limp Bizkit. But they didn’t. They stuck to their sound, pulled through and guess what? Nu Metal bands have turned to shit, rap metal sucks and Iron Maiden now shows the world who’s king!!!

These guys have gone full circle; from 80’s metal, glam rock, grunge, nu metal and never gave up on their original sound. It paid off and their fans loves them for it – not just old fans but new ones as well. Respect and honor! Up the Irons!

Tribute to the Mac

So what do you think of my new web site theme? It’s a Wordpess theme called Librio by Deniart. What I like about it is that it looks exactly like the greatest operating system is the world, Mac OS X. Of course, that was intentional by the designer! So, in order to celebrate my acquisition of a new Mac mini, the upcoming release of iPhone OS 3.0 and Apple’s WWDC ‘09 I have decided to pay tribute using this theme; very simple and elegant.

A few people asked me lately if I thought Windows 7 was better than Mac OS X so, after some extensive experimenting with Win 7 my answer is: Fuck no. The Mac OS remains the slickest, most relevant and coherent system out there. You don’t believe me? Fine but I don’t want to heat it :D

Why Working Sucks

Taken from www.whywork.org…

“The socially approved path in America. It goes something like this: Go to school, get good grades, so you can get a “good” job, make lots of money, get a mortgage and a car and a spouse, keep up with the Joneses, and be “successful”. We know it’s not the path for us; we want to define success for ourselves. But we don’t know how to forge a new path for ourselves, because, well, what would we do for money if we quit? How would we support ourselves? Sometimes there’s a glazed look in our eyes; it’s as if some part of us has died. We are just doing time, working hard and hoping for the next promotion, waiting for the day when we can throw off our shackles, quit our dull jobs, and finally live life. Everything gets put on hold until we have more time, or more money. Meanwhile, life is passing us by.”

Okay so, no, I don’t hate my job that much but man sometimes is it ever hard to get up in the morning!? Truth is, I am not sure what I would do without my job. AH! But that is the catch, isn’t it? Fear of failure, of being unsuccessful. What would I do without my job? What would I become? I would surely lose everything!!! AAAARGHHHH!!!!

That is why working sucks.

A little gift for Capital Sound fans

Dear hardcore Capital Sound fans,

You can now download the MP3 of Capital Sound’s Tell Me (Original Euro mix 2K7) absolutely free. Just right-click and choose Save as and enjoy!

Tell Me, Original Euro mix (2K7 REDUX)

Some of you have asked me if there was ever going to be another Capital Sound stage reunion, such as the 2006 show in Toronto. My answer to you is I don’t know but I wish it it will happen pretty soon!

By the way, there are tons of material on Capital Sound on YouTube (thanks to Eurodanceboy ;-)

Hands On Windows 7 RC

Well it looks like our friends in Redmond finally got it right. I have downloaded the release candidate of Windows 7 and been using it for the past three days and I am quite impressed by its stability and, thank god, great performance.

Finally Microsoft is on the right track. The new start menu is clean and not too difficult to master. The taskbar is unobtrusive and useful. Visually, it looks really amazing; tons of quality wallpapers and the aero effect is smooth and polished, even nicer than Vista.

Performance wise, I’d say it feels equally if not faster than Windows XP. Menus are responsive; programs loads fast, even the non-Microsoft ones. (More details here)

Installation is pretty straight forward and fast; took about 20 minutes on my modest quad-core PC and I was up and running and installing patches while watching videos using the new and improved Windows Media Player!

So, how does it stack up against Mac OS X? I think it’s got a personality of its own. This OS is what Vista should have been from the start: Lean, fast and secure (at least so far). It doesn’t feel like a Mac OS X rip-off, other than its stylishness perhaps, hehe! ;)

Well don’t take my word for it, get it it’s free and will be fully functional until March 2010.

Project: Fukdebass

Still available for free download…