I also was introduced to Grand Analog this past weekend and thought i would pass along another session of beats.  This one doen’t really follow the genre of the previous one but its just as sick.  Doug told me about Grand Analog, so if you like this type of music you should check out his show on CJSW Sunday nights at 8pm – 9pm.  He really puts in some solid time to find some wicked cool music and the show is really worth the listen.  And he loves if you call in and comment on the music.

Anyway.. check out the new beats below

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White Rabbits “Percussion Gun” Music Video from White Rabbits on Vimeo.

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if you have been following this blog for a while you might have heard me talk about Diplo.  The is an amazing DJ and producer out the the states and the majority of you have heard his work believe it or not.  He was the producer behind M.I.A’s hit Paper Planes, and he also had a hand in Santigolds newest CD.

He just released a new CD and its wicked… if you like the Dance/Pop/DJ scene.  It has been released uner the name Major Lazer.  This is one of the more popular songs on the CD and it should get your foot tapping.  It playes loud so be prepared to turn the volume down… or crank it!

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Here is a little sample of a song – i think i like this one the most.

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Bliss N Eso

Bliss n Eso are a top 10 ARIA award winning Australian hip hop group based in Sydney, and were originally known as Bliss n’ Esoterikizm. Bliss n Eso are currently signed to Melbourne record label Illusive Sounds, and are managed & booked by label co-founders Adam Jankie and Matt Gudinski.

I think this first song is really funky and it gets my foot tapping every time I hear it (excuse the language). If you’re interested in to a little more mellow sound check out the second tune. It was featured on TripleJ’s hottest 100 Vol 15. Good group…. To bad they will never make it to Canada.

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University of Dalhousie

I should finally find out about school this week. For those of you who have been watching the countdown clock at the bottom of the page you might have noticed that it is a bit overdue. I guess the architectural office here at Dalhousie was moved into a new space last week and they are a bit behind on getting the letters of acceptance (or letters of denial) out to the applicants. I phoned today and was told that is should be in my mail box sometime this week. Fingers crossed.  if you want to take a look at my portfolio you can view it in the previous post here.

On the racing front I have been keeping track of some great racing back in Calgary. This past weekend was the Lethbridge race and from what I hear the SpeedTheory team is kicking ass. Trev has put a lot of hard work into creating a great team and its paying off. He mentioned to me that his goal is to “create a team that has depth and structure in almost every Cat. Then start dominating races, ….so it will force other clubs to respond and step up their levels. Overall, I want the level of racing to increase, which it seems to be working in small ways already, which is awesome”

It would be great to see the level of racing in Alberta move up to compete with B.C. From what I hear it has a long way to go but it’s a start. If your looking to join a team out in Alberta I would highly commened checking out the Speedtheory team/store for some more information. They have heaps of triathletes as well…. If your into that sort of thing.

Paul racing at the olympics

Also heard that Paul Tichelaar is back in the racing scene up in Edmonton. I don’t know how he was talked into joining the ERTC team (Now they have the Wood brothers and Paul… damn). You can read some of the post race stories and check out the results from the SpeedTheory team here.

This weekend is the Tour de Orchards here in Nova Scotia. It is the first sanctioned race in this part of the wood and I am pumped to get going. My motivation has been lacking and maybe a race or two might get things moving towards a workout every day. The bluenose run is coming up fast too so I better get things organized.

Cervelo’s news letter this week had some information on the impact that the new ICU rule changes, and how they will be impacted. This is what the blurb said

Cervélo has received some questions about the new UCI rules. We have commented before that any rule changes can have a negative and potentially devastating effect on some bike component manufacturers, especially in these tough economic times. By extension, it will have a negative effect on pro cycling, as the costs of these changes will in the end come out of sponsorship budgets. Furthermore, if rule changes such as these reduce the number of potential component sponsors, the sponsoring fees will be reduced over time – a simple matter of supply and demand.

For Cervélo, it makes little difference:

1. For all our triathlon customers and most of our other customers, the UCI rules are irrelevant.
2. The Cervélo TT frames comply with the new UCI rules.
3. Our TT seatpost may not comply with the rules that the UCI is proposing for applications in 2010. However our engineers have already designed a new seatpost that will retrofit on all our TT frames – past and present. Our customers know that whether they already own a Cervélo TT bike or are purchasing one now, they will be able to use it in 2010 and onwards without a problem.
4. Of course, 99% of our customers will prefer to continue to use the current seatpost, as it is the fastest possible seatpost and they never compete in UCI events anyway. (All triathlons and most time trials do not follow the UCI rules.)

And for those of you who happened to check out the wicked tuneage on the previous “Beats Post” (this page managed to get 60 hits that day), here is another one for you. I can’t seem to find the mp3 for this song so I have to keep hitting replay on yourtube. Enjoy.

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