Showing posts with label weird stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weird stuff. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Pascal Kleiman, a DJ without hands...

Frenchman Pascal Kleiman is a phenomenon of electronic music stage. He was born without hands, but this fact hasn't killed his dream to become a DJ.
Now he's a usual guy, the only difference is that.. he's DJing with his legs.
He is a victim of a medicine, called "softenon" ..which was used in sixties for treatment of a toxicosis by pregnant women. It was found out later, that the basic component of this medicine caused a serious mutation.
However, a tragedy hadn't become an absolute obstacle in his way, and now he's famous in Spain and all over the world.
"I suffer only in people imagination. I don't think that i have a tragedy in my destiny. I am who I am. Believe, I never dreamed of hands", he admits.


Pascal Kleiman was born in Toulouse in April 19, 1968.
He started in the world of music from the explosion of French free radio during the 1980s. With his radio program "Virus" Pascal Kleiman showcased independent underground punk and funk with the likes of ESG, Liquid Liquid and early electronic beats of Split Second and Front 242.
In 1989 with revolution of the Acid House movement Pascal Kleiman found his calling as a DJ and record producer performing and creating music for the first rave parties in France.
In 1992 Pascal Kleiman took on his first Artist residency at a nightclub in Madrid called club “Attica”.
Pascal Kleiman soon moved to Valencia, Spain in 1993 where he took on a new Artist residency at "NOD" alongside Kike Jaen.
In 1996 Pascal Kleiman created the record label "UV" with the purpose of producing alternative artists of the electronic music scene in Valencia, Spain.
Known by many as “The Amazing Pascal, or the DJ who spins with his feet” Pascal Kleiman has proven himself as a true artist in all musical aspects vibrating the dance floor and creating an inspiring musical performance.
Pascal Kleiman’s sound is characterized by a unique groove of diverse underground music. His record bag is full of ambient, dub, progressive and psychedelic electronic music from European, South African, American and Asian artists. Pascal Kleiman doesn't stop short of progressive and psy-trance. Owning his own record shop gives him access in the latest electronic dance music. His production skills have allowed him to produce several vinyl releases and recently he has worked on some new tracks coming out on his forthcoming CD release with Psycho Abstract.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Explain this (if you can...)

FACTS:

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.

John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.


Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.

John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.


Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.


Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

Both Presidents were shot in the head.


-- Now it gets really weird --


Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln .

Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln , was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln , was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.



-- Now hang on to your seat --


Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln ' made by 'Ford.'

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.


-- And here's the kicker... --


A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe , Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.




>> oh, and...What happens when a president gets elected in a year with a "0" at the
end? Also notice it goes in increments of 20 years with nothing unusual
in the interim years.

1840: William Henry Harrison (Died in Office)

1860: Abraham Lincoln (Assassinated)

1880: James A. Garfield (Assassinated)

1900: William McKinley (Assassinated)

1920: Warren G. Harding (Died in Office)

1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Died in Office)

1960: John F. Kennedy (Assassinated)

1980: Ronald Reagan (Survived Assassination Attempt)

2000: George W. Bush (?)