I finally received my Total Control, so here’s what you’ve all been waiting for …
- A big brown box
- Excellent isolation material, so whatever’s inside must be fabulous
- The obligatory paperwork
- Again, the big brown box, which illustrates the superior quality of the product
- The big brown box contains a smaller brown box, among other things
- The front of the smaller brown box, confirming the awesomeness
- The side of the smaller brown box, revealing its origins
- The back of the smaller brown box, which is somewhat identical to its front
- Inside the smaller brown box is a shiny white box; feel the tension buildup?
- This box is definitely the coolest of the three
- Inside the aforementioned box, we mostly find polystyrene
- A better view of the polystyrene and some cruft
- Under the cruft, there’s a USB cable
- A better view of the cruft
- In a separate compartment, we discover an AC adapter
That about covers it.
I won’t deny that I was amused by Yves Leterme’s blunder. Whether or not the reporters provoked him is none of my concern; the fact remains that he made a fool of himself.
That being said, the whole thing became a lot more interesting when the international press heard about it, apparently. Google News lists about 30 related articles. My favorite of those would have to be The Sydney Morning Herald’s blog section quoting everybody’s favorite tsjeef:
“I have more important things to do than this crap. Those who are after me will pay for it sooner or later.”
Tony Soprano would be so proud. Seriously. Have them whacked.
It’s been a while since I released some new auditive material, so here goes, sweeties! Presenting … “A Room with a View”, my latest and greatest hit. Be warned: it’s different from anything I’ve created or played in the past. Feedback welcome, as always.
“Steve + Sky”: 8/10. It isn’t about much, but if you don’t pay too much attention to the actors’ accents—they’re all over the place—, you’ve got yourself a more than decent movie. Its best feature would have to be the cinematography in general: original and subtle transitions, with beautiful color filters, which are otherwise rare in Belgian cinema, for some reason. Doesn’t mean I liked the naked boobs and the sex scenes though, but they were mostly justified.
And the wait continues. I was supposed to get a shipping confirmation for the Total Control today, but they still don’t have it in stock. Any day now. Sigh.
Incidentally, Numark’s little brother Ion Audio seems to have reintroduced the iCUE, this time as a trimmed-down version of the Total Control. It looks pretty useless for anyone who’s the least bit serious about DJing, but I suppose there’s a market for it. A market consisting of people who shop at Lidl.
In case you’re wondering why this post is entitled “Rhubarb”, it’s a long story.
At first, I was going to call it “The Audience is Getting Restless”, but then I thought of Blokken host Ben Crabbé’s claim that a restless audience mutters the word rabarber over and over again. And that’s Dutch for rhubarb, so there you go.
Okay, so it wasn’t such a long story after all.
