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Lady J · Post by **Lady J** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 5:51 am

Steven West wrote:You looking fine to me Lady J with your baaaad self. And a Philly girl too, huh? I went through Philly once on my way to Allentown... I'd rather have chilled in Philly if I had my way.

No doubt

West Philly in the mid to late 90s was the lick! Too much culture, too much soul. Everything from crazy pirate radio people, hip hop heads to jungle and punk anarchists. I knew I was cool when I heard someone randomly playing one of my tracks out of their car

Then I heard it in The Gap and was like "oh dear"....

(And no Lady J - I'm not no P Diddy player icin' chumps that brought down Notorious and all -

Thank goodness! Cause if you we're i'd be keeping my distance. Too much gunplay with those types.

I'm a skinny white boy that loves trains is all. Leheigh Valley, Bethlehem Steel, Reading, see?

So you're a trainspotter? A real life American Trainspotter? You're only more rare as soccer enthusiasts. I like the train too. I do not own a car as it goes against my philosophy. But I'm not like all a super environmentalist, vegan, and stuff like Moby. Richard is a nice guy but that stuff takes dedication to stick you your beliefs and live a 'normal' life.

Bet I had you going there for a minute didn't I? I'm just a little boy who likes BIG toys! )

I bet you go bugging the engineers too hehe. Do you wear glasses? Just curious, I have an idea of what you look like but I bet it's wrong. One thing I loved about riding the trains early on in my career, up and down the east coast (before they started flyin' me everywhere) was the graffitti! There is some great art out there and I feel sorry for people who never ride the train to see some of it. It is like our age's cave art. There's some great art on the line from Philly to NYC. If you want to see it well I'd suggest you forgo the Amtrack express train and instead take the SEPTA and change at Trenton for the Patco to Penn Station.

But yo my fine Lady, if you be succesful enough, maybe you can be my BIG toy too?

Like someone said, and I'm not trying to be aloof here but, 'join the queue'. But anyway where ya at? What city maybe we can have a drink if I pass through.

- just like gettin' all up on Lady J, but she's pretty cool and hip IMHO.

i don't mind

Lady J · Post by **Lady J** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 5:53 am

spaceman wrote:
Lady J wrote: Oh dear! Now that I hoped you'd not have come across. There are many factual errors there and I'm not feeling the pictures they yanked from Vibe (of me on the new york subway, that photo shoot was staged and they put me in grungy oversized clothes that I'd never be wearing, outside of working out or lounding at home. Them: "This is hip hop". Me: "I live in philly I know what hop hop looks like, this is "bum frump" If i had it to do again I'd never have done that shoot or the Vibe interview. I had turned down others like with Playboy and Newsweek) and the one of me performing with the ASR-10 that was taken and placed in Rolling Stone... Not a bad photo but I look a lot better than both of those in reality... I guess I'm too self critical.

But thanks for the comments
have you harmonised those yeahs yet lady j?
how is that track going anyway?

OMG. which one!? I've done so many tracks I um... lost track!

xoxos · Post by **xoxos** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 3:54 pm

somehow i can only visualise steven w/ a giant gut and ass, couple of weeks beard and a greasy baseball cap that has some cigarette brand on the front. that's what happens when you make tracks about 'laying the pipeline'

clueless · Post by **clueless** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:03 pm

xoxos wrote:somehow i can only visualise steven w/ a giant gut and ass, couple of weeks beard and a greasy baseball cap that has some cigarette brand on the front. that's what happens when you make tracks about 'laying the pipeline'

I visualise him as skinnier and pointier than that, but somehow evidently heavily into slightly off-colour porn

sorry j dub! no offense meant

Steven West · Post by **Steven West** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:07 pm

Alright, alright now - guess I had it coming for riding the Lady J as I did.

But she is definately 'the lick' now. (got to jot that one down for my vocabulary!

) And NO, I'm neither fat or skinny - cool or square. Vietnamese is the BEST asian food, and I don't care if they use dog or cat either. All I know is it tastes GOOD! I'm a pretty open and flexible guy, but a bigger control freak than Stanley Kubrick when it comes to making music.
And just a wee bit more hair than Moby.

For those that would like to glimpse at 'The Blue Eyed Devil' himself, go to www.artistnow.com/stevenwest They ain't the fiiiiiine lookin' pic's like Lady J's got going on. But for a introvurt bordering on xenophobia, it's the best I got to offer. Also a interesting 'impression' at www.newmusiccanada.com and look up 'Steven West'. Yep, I'm almost the Walt Disney of the weird and animated music scene.

Kudos Lady J! Yep, I'm one of the last diehard trainspotters around (actually there's LOTS in North America, and TOOOOONS in europe still.

I've driven the Acela from Washington up to Philly many times... On Microsoft's Train Sim that is.

But pretty realistic scenery and ride. Been everywhere around your town, expect Philly proper. Trenton N.J., Allentown, Albany N.Y. to the north - but never stayed in Philly for more than a hour at the airport.

But I'm stuck up here in T-dot for the duration of the winter now. T-Dot has a pretty vibrant hip hop scene, but I think the dance markets tend to fluctuate? Ritchie Hawtin keeps his distance is all I know.

And a weird imp like me, at best I piss off the neighboors as the heighth of my music career here. All downtown is here is 'blues' and 'jazz' pretty well. And clubs that stick to 'retro' to keep the violence down. The 'burbs seem to have 'the beats' now? So avoid T-Dot Central if you know what I'm saying.

But if you ever fall into the middle here, I'd be more than glad to chaparone your fine self to the few areas this city has to offer.

Keep it strong my fine Lady!

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:12 pm

Railfans and musicians. In common: tracks?

Put me down as a railfan. Couldn't honestly call myself a musician. I keep trying though.

Meffy

Steven West · Post by **Steven West** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:20 pm

- You got it Meffy. My Metalurge CD is nothing BUT the life and death of trains. Trans Europe Express on steroids basically.

The French seem to like my Swank On Wheels, and would love to license it for a TGV ad someday. And Lady J could probably envision 'Departing Balitmore' the best of us all (you hear it coming out of that big long tunnel from the station - I don't think much people get that?)

But yes, I often envision myself more as a CTC Controller than composer watching all the 'track switching and load placements' on my computer screen nowadays.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:24 pm

Steven West wrote: - You got it Meffy. My Metalurge CD is nothing BUT the life and death of trains. Trans Europe Express on steroids basically. The French seem to like my Swank On Wheels, and would love to license it for a TGV ad someday. And Lady J could probably envision 'Departing Balitmore' the best of us all (you hear it coming out of that big long tunnel from the station - I don't think much people get that?)

But yes, I often envision myself more as a CTC Controller than composer watching all the 'track switching and load placements' on my computer screen nowadays.

oi!next time you go spotting instead of just a pen and pad take a minidisc recorder or something
cool copyright free sounds in stations

ianweb123 · Post by **ianweb123** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:33 pm

My kids think I'm famous!!

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:33 pm

vurt wrote:oi!next time you go spotting instead of just a pen and pad take a minidisc recorder or something
cool copyright free sounds in stations

Now there's a worthy idea.

ianweb123 wrote:My kids think I'm famous!!

... You mean you're not? Here, don't kid.

Meffy
who wants some kind of pocket-sized sample recorder but can't afford one ATM

Sepheritoh · Post by **Sepheritoh** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:42 pm

ianweb123 wrote:My kids think I'm famous!!

But you are

Your synths are famous too!!!

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:44 pm

*nod* What he said.

ouroboros · Post by **ouroboros** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:47 pm

(O.T. Meffy - I just bought an iRiver 890 mp3 player for its record functions (line in, pretty high kps) and love it. It was cheap and surprisingly good with only the built in mic

)

Sepheritoh · Post by **Sepheritoh** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:50 pm

Some other thread in the OT department about family history had me remembering.

I was genealogist of the year in this gawd forsaken country some years back. I wrote about 6 books on family history. Those will be filed away in libraries and people will probably read it in 100 years time again. I still get phone calls from people asking for advice. Daily emails come through asking questions like "my father died some time ago, I don't know his name and I don't know know whre and when he died. Where did our family come from and with what ship?" Serious, that is a real question. Given a bit of time and patience I will even give you the answer on that.

Am I famous? f**k no

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 7:06 pm

Ouroboros, I looked at that. Nice. But I'll have to wait for price and fidelity curves to come a little closer to crossing over. :-D

Sepheritoh, "famous" and "authoritative" don't always go together, do they? Better to be authoritative without fame (in a scholarly field like genealogy, at least) than vice versa, I'd say. The other way 'round it's always a matter of waiting until the big "Ooops! I meant to say-"

Meffy

Is there anyone famous hangs out here?