karl's definitions

japan air

see mute - done by pushing your front knee out and pulling your front hand behind you while doing a mute grab. some people do them with a frontside shifty as well, which is cool looking.

i dont know why its called japan.

by karl July 10, 2004

900

an extremely difficult trick done on a skateboard where you do a mute grab and just spin backside until you don't even know which way is up. it's actually performed by adding a 540 to a 360; you have to wind up for the 360 while spinning the first 540. people don't realize how insane it really is.

tony hawk had to go the the chiropractor often while trying to learn the 9.

by karl July 10, 2004

beauty

beauty has several definitions, but mine is a bit more large-scale than most: just look around you: babies forming in wombs, injuries healing, lifeforms reproducing, brains working, bodies moving, etc. all have been made to be recognized and glorified, but ultimately, to point toward a Designer.

the universe is so beautiful, it makes one wonder; 'has this all come from nothing? has all of this just materialized into existance? or is there a Creator who designed it? those who are willing to find are willing to seek.

by karl July 11, 2004

breakbeat

1. a rhythm that is broken, syncopated, or abstract. used in funk, jazz, hip-hop, drum 'n' bass, etc
2. a style of music that uses breakbeats. common artists include but are not limited to the chemical brothers, the crystal method, fatboy slim, etc.

8th notes on the hi-hat is assumed here.
o= opened hi-hat
c= closed hi hat
s= snare drum
b= bass drum.
each dash is one 16th rest.

not a break beat:
bco-sco-bco-sco- :|

breakbeats:

b-c-s-csbbs-csb- :|

b-cbs-bscsbbsbo- :|

by karl July 12, 2004

moog

one of the best synthesizer manufacturers ever. started by bob moog, inventor of the VCF (voltage controlled filter). not surprizingly, the filters on a moog synth are wonderful. if you have a moog, rejoyce! you have a serious machine.

it actually rhymes with the word vogue, though everyone still calls it mooooog.

by karl July 13, 2004

TB-303

one of the most wanted sounds in electronic music, rivaling the tr-808, tr-909 and several moog synths. It was supposed to sound like a real bass guitar, which it totally sucked at. so roland, the manufacturer, stopped making them pretty quickly, so they're kinda rare. after that, house Djs in the 80's started messing around with them (Dj peirre?) and found that you could make some pretty wild sounds with them. 303s eventually came to form their own style of music Acid, where the 303 is in basically every song, or at least another synth trying to sound like a 303.

the 303 is actually a very simple synth, considering it only has one oscillator, only two waveform options (saw, square) and a (wicked) lowpass filter. so basically the filter is the best thing about it. it also has a built in sequencer, which allows you to program your bassline into it, then hit play and tweak the filter while it plays, making a freaking awesome sound! people also put effects on it, like phasor, distortion, and delay.

by karl July 15, 2004

good lord

an exclamation of surprize.

what can you do on a skateboard?

didn't you just see me 360 flip that 13 set back there?

good lord!

by karl July 23, 2004