Neohorizons

I’ll be watching The Dark Knight in IMAX later tonight, and damn I’m excited! I’ve been waiting for this movie ever since Gordon flashed that Joker card in the end of Batman Begins, and feedback from people who already saw it keep saying it lived up to the hype so I just can’t help but feel giddy about it. I’m not even sure I can make a coherent review after watching it, the movie might be too awesome for me to comprehend. Well anyway, I might as well post the trailer here to convince anyone who’s having second thoughts on seeing it. Go and do yourself a favor, watch The Dark Knight!

For a while now, I’ve had a rather strong interest in DJing (particularly spinning electro and tech house), but I’m clueless as where to start. All I have right now is my music collection and a copy of Traktor 3.3. I’ve played around with it a bit (mainly the effects), but am still figuring out how to cue up, create loops and synchronize beats.

I’ll probably need an external controller/deck, because using just a mouse and keyboard is way too slow and cumbersome (plus I need at least a secondary audio output for previewing tracks over my headphones). What do you recommend for someone just starting who is looking for something easy yet powerful?

Also, how did you get your start? I have practically zero connections to the community, though I have a couple friends who perform both locally and nationally (metal/hardcore bands, hip-hop producers) that might help me out. I’ve also heard of a weekly open deck event that I could use to practice on a crowd. Other than that, my only other idea would be to submit demo mixes to local DJs and promoters and hope for the best.

Is it just me or is the temperature too friggen hot right now? I swear I thought the trees outside were going to burst in flames (well, they did a few miles away)! If this continues I’m not sure I’m going to hold out… gah. I spent most of the day inside the house, but even the AC didn’t help. If this doesn’t spell GLOBAL WARMING, I don’t know what will.

In other news we’re going to see Wall-e this weekend. I loved Pixar’s movies and I think Wall-e will be their best yet! The trailer’s absolutely brilliant and all the reviews for it said it’s phenomenal.

The Dark Knight’s coming up really soon too, and I’m planning to watch it on IMAX! There have also been some early reviews for it but I avoided getting spoiled since I’m pretty sure it’ll come up great.

And of course there’s Hellboy II which wasn’t really in my radar earlier in the year but after seeing the awesome trailer and knowing that Hellboy will now be taking center stage, I’m hoping that this sequel will be better than the first film. I like monster movies though and the costumes in this movie are just amazing, it just shows how Guillermo del Toro loves creating unique worlds and creatures for his movies. It kinda makes me glad that he’ll be doing “The Hobbit”, I’m sure it’ll come out spectacular!