Samwise rides again

http://www.next2friends.com/video/acid-house-dances-/MjhhZTczNTM0ZmRkNGY2YW

The word from Aunty is that Isaac Hayes has died …

Police were called after his wife found him unconscious next to a moving treadmill. He was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The cause of death was not immediately known.

“Family members believe at this point it is a medical condition that might have led to his death,” a police spokesman said, adding Hayes was being treated for “a number of medical issues”.

Hayes suffered a stroke in 2006.

Isaac Hayes was no overnight success. An orphan from a poor background in rural Tennessee where he was raised by his maternal grandparents, he taught himself to play the piano, organ and saxophone.

His big break came in nearby Memphis when he signed for the Stax label as a session musician in 1964. Hayes took over keyboards from Booker T Jones, and his first paid sessions were with Otis Redding.

In partnership with songwriter David Porter, he was responsible for such classics as Sam and Dave’s Soul Man and Hold On I’m Coming.

His own work climaxed with his 1969 album Hot Buttered Soul, described by one critic as the most important black recording since James Brown’s Live at the Apollo.

It contained only four songs

Isaac Hayes became increasingly involved with humanitarian causes.

The 1990s saw him travel to the West African state of Ghana to shoot a video with Barry White. It was the first of many visits there during which he helped fund a school to help the spread of literacy.

He was made a Ghanaian king with the title Nene Katey Ocansey. In 2005, he married a Ghanaian woman - his fourth marriage. He has 12 children.

Aside from his charity work, he owned two restaurants and hosted a nightly five-hour radio show in Memphis.

But he’ll be best remembered as a man who influenced the course of black music.

A *ahem* private citizen ( who works for RIPE, which I mention as they have a vested interest in IPv6 adoption before IPv4 addresses run out, ) pointed us to to http://ipv6experiment.com/ …

We’re taking over 100 gigabytes of the most popular “adult entertainment” videos from one of the largest subscription websites on the internet, and giving away access to anyone who can connect to it via IPv6. No advertising, no subscriptions, no registration. If you access the site via IPv4, you get a primer on IPv6, instructions on how to set up IPv6 through your ISP, a list of ISPs that support IPv6 natively, and a discussion forum to share tips and troubleshooting. If you access the site via IPv6 you get instant access to “the goods”.

You can hear the excuses now, send your best to the usual address.

Dedicated to the memory of Jun-ichiro “itojun” Hagino, IPv6 Samurai.

While waiting for my room to be ready the other day I spotted an unusual article about a vegan body builder, so I thought I might share it in case anyone was interested as it is rather unusual.

http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/

http://www.veganbodybuilding.org/

And you wonder why Popeye eats spinach ?

I think I may have just seen everything, well at the very least too much, Yoga Toes, the toe stretcher for people who wear shoes that they really in all seriousness shouldn’t, but hey if you are vain enough to wear them, you are probably vain enough to get your toes straightened again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrUWFYkbcmg

Please do not try to recreate any of the hilarious antics in this video, this video is for entertainment purposes only, if you hurt yourself as a result of recreating this stunt, we will laugh at you for being a dumb, or should that be numb ass.

Shlomo just hip’d me to Zero Waste Kaua’i, not really looked at it much yet, but I felt the little I have seen I should give them the plug anyway. Spending time in British Columbia recently has got me a bit pissed at the poor recycling facilities here in Hilo, and Hawai’i state, it’s not that we don’t have them or that people aren’t into recycling, but it isn’t made easy in such simple ways as separate recycling bins in public areas. Having said that, BC could do with some of the biodegradable stuff we have here like corn or potato starch forks, pots or trays. Maybe a little exchange of ideas is called for.

“Zombie Acid House Party” !!!

A Guy called Gerald, Acid House, Zombies, Mr.C, whats not to love ?

UPDATE : Now with map.

UPDATE : Another one for you, Pirate themed Acid House party, again in London

Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 11:00pm - 6:00am
Club RED
566 Cable St (Butchers Row) Limehouse DLR

Gao

Originally uploaded by samh101.

Want.