Magicked Out

I've got absolutely nothing Magic related to impart here, and anyone looking for Magic related content need not read further. I've been out of the state the last few weeks, and have only recently returned. So I missed the prerelease and release, have not Cubed and only just today opened my first pack of Shards (my rare was the goblin making thingy that makes all your goblins attack). I just have a feeling that my Magic involvement is going to be less for the next few months than it has been in the past. It's not a huge deal, just don't how (if at all) it affects this here old blog.
Well, I might as well get to the shameless promotion part. I squeezed a few hours in today and did a hurried job finishing up a mix that I've been sitting on for a month or two. CBG has been kind enough to host this mix and he only needed to prompt me once to spell his website correctly when I was uploading to the FTP. It's all new to me. But this will likely be way more stable than the old host. Here's a tracklisting and obligatory blurb re: the mix. I'll post the link on Facebook tomorrow but you guys are cooler (Tabasco and The Captain were at the Crystal Method show that inspired the mix), so you can download it tonight.

All the Kids Are Doing It - TooSarcastic
(This is a direct link- right click to download).

Wrap It Up - Whitey
Mein Neues Fahrrad - Siriusmo
Pins - Alex Metric
Ross Ross Ross - SebastiAn
Dangerseekers (Shinichi Osawa Edit) - Kurt Uenala
Dial 1 - CLASSIXX
Gimme What You Got (Alex Metric Mix) - Black Daniel
Escape - The Toxic Avenger
Lime - EnMasse
Blipvertz - Rektchordz, Sam Hell
Stress - Justice
Time - Chewy Chocolate Cookies
Don't Believe The Hype (Proxy Remix) - Boys Noize
Papillon (Yuksek & Brodinski Remix) - The Subs
Free Things For Poor People (Alex Metric Remix) - Infadels
Blackout (Shinichi Osawa Remix) - The Whip
Floating - Jape

So this summer I heard the Crystal Method do a live electro house DJ set that really made me re-evaluate my opinion of electro house music. I had previously avoided such tracks because many seemed to drip with shallow, synthy 1980's nostalgia. But the Crystal Method managed to find tracks that both kicked ass and weren't scared to have a melody. I decided it was time to see why all the kids were so excited about this electro house stuff. Man, was I missing out! SebastiAn and Justice are heirs apparent to Daft Punk's French house crown, and Alex Metric is simply an astounding producer. I love Shinichi Osawa despite wanting to hate all his poppy synths. Hell, even the lyrics to half these tracks aren't too bad! When's the last time you heard that about dance music? I hope you enjoy listening to the mix as much as I did making it!

T

Shards mana bases in limited

Anyone have any advice on creating a smooth mana base in shards sealed/draft? I feel like i'm doing a fine job of building, but i seem to lose to my mana base regardless of how good my deck is. Maybe it's bad luck, but I feel like I must be doing something wrong...so what do you guys think? What is the correct mixture of obelisks/panoramas/tri-lands?

Comment, please.

Bladders Empty?

So, I take it that the pissing match is over. Fugie wonders why I haven't posted in more then a month (I used to believe that October thru March was my busy period at work with reduced production volumes & greated demands to schedule in annual maintenance work and capital projects, but now it seems that it is always very busy). Being busy is only part of it.

With the very vocal and very public break up of Fugie and coyoeugly earlier this summer and the recent pissing match about racism and "imappropriate" analogies I have no longer been motivated to play MTG much less post about it. As anyone who goes to olde fart night can attest to, I used to be part of the core group that showed up every week reguardless. And now I haven't gone more then three consecutive weeks in a row since April or March (by the way I missed yesterday).

I know better then to promise that I'll post next week, after the new Shards league starts, but you'll all have to wait until then to find out.

Until next time, may the mana gods not throw a temper tantrum in the soup isle

ML

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