We Rang

My buddy Neil and I entered that Wagner remix contest, but neither of us made the final. The ten remixers who did span the range from dub to straight classical styles. Good on 'em.

Here's what Neil and I did:

Bride of the Valkyries by DJ Plaiditude (Neil Devine)

Ivory-Filtered Shake by DJ Mini Nerd (Stephen Reese)

Thanks again to Nanagram for the title of this post.

Goof Golf

Or, Reese and Devine make an attempt (Devine's third?; Reese's first) at mastering the time-honored and athletically intense game of GOLF. You can read along with us in your browser.


Devine, ready to own.


Reese, hungry for the greens.


First hole: Devine swings...


...Reese misses.


Repeat for 17 more holes.


Devine: "I'm really starting to appreciate this game!"
Translation: "I just made another double-par."


Reese: "This is insanely boring!"
Translation: "I suck even harder than expected."


A nice view of downtown.


An unfortunate view of our feet.


Devine: "Wow, you're really into the photo-taking."

"Do you mind, Reese?
Trying to play a game here."

Reese: "There's my favorite Irish terrorist."


At weekends, Master Devine took to motoring in
the fashion he favored before becoming a father.


Devine: "Double-par! I rule!"
Reese: "Quadruple-bogey! Let's drink!"

Ivory-Filtered Shake

CBC Radio Music Commissions presents Compose Yourself

This is so silly I can't resist:

A competition to remix Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries.

I've never liked this tune's pompous strut, though Bill and I used it in our own leitmotif "Nordic Weedhunters", perhaps the most enjoyable short we made during film school. There's something undeniably cinematic about Wagner, especially in Valkyries near the bridge and climax. I can hear E.T. and Star Wars in there.

Anyway, I'm gonna give it the old college try and see how much abuse Wagner can take. Thanks to Amanda for the keyboard that'll let me actually play notes with my composing software now instead of drawing them, to Martin for letting me know of the contest, and to Nanagram for the title of this post. Other anagrams for "Ride of the Valkyries" that were runners-up:

veiled freak history
tires forked heavily
forsake, thrive, yield
flaky diver theories
festive, leaky, horrid
fried, stroke heavily
fever strike holiday

I invite other audio nerds to enter as well! HO JO TO HO!