Sebastian Troen http://www.sebastiantroen.com Listen to Good Music. Daily. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:28:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 There’s A Marble In My Cream Soda http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/10/06/theres-a-marble-in-my-cream-soda/ http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/10/06/theres-a-marble-in-my-cream-soda/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:28:04 +0000 Sebastian http://www.sebastiantroen.com/?p=301 First post in awhile. Blame the poker tables and the MBA program I’m currently taking at UBC.

Last week I went to Guu restaurant (mmm, ebi mayo prawns) with some friends and discovered two kick-ass Japanese inventions.

The first was Guu-branded reusable chopsticks. Very cool, very sustainable, though I don’t use chopsticks enough to want them.

But the Ramine cream soda. How cool is this?! It’s a Japanese cream soda that comes in a bottle without a bottlecap, instead they use some convoluted marble system that I’ve never seen before. Oh, and try their sake mojito with Ramune, my new favourite drink!!!

And here’s a Ramune ad for your enjoyment:

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]]> http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/10/06/theres-a-marble-in-my-cream-soda/feed/ What the fuck is social media? http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/09/09/what-the-fuck-is-social-media/ http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/09/09/what-the-fuck-is-social-media/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:51:18 +0000 Sebastian http://www.sebastiantroen.com/?p=298 Fortunately I don’t have to try answering this question for you… though god knows I’ve tried before (usually a few whiskies down). But check out this cool slideshow that I came across in my marketing class that explains it much better than I could…

What the F**K is Social Media: One Year Later
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]]> http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/09/09/what-the-fuck-is-social-media/feed/ Daily Fresh Track: Handsome Furs - Radio’s Hot Sun http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/06/01/daily-fresh-track-handsome-furs-radios-hot-sun/ http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/06/01/daily-fresh-track-handsome-furs-radios-hot-sun/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:18:50 +0000 Sebastian http://www.sebastiantroen.com/?p=254 I’ve been a fan of the Handsome Furs since I heard their first single, What We Had, from their first record, Plague Park. Now husband and wife team, Dan Boeckner (also of Wolf Parade and Atlas Strategic) and Alexei Perry hit the road to support their second record, Face Control.

And it rocks just as hard, if not harder than their first one. I’ve seen them twice in concert at Richards on Richards and it’s always an intense, emotionally charged show. With Handsome Furs playing Richards again this Thursday, today’s Daily Fresh Track is Radio’s Hot Sun. Enjoy!

Oh what the hell, here’s one more from the fantastic Handsome Furs, Thy Will Be Done. Don’t say I never do anything for you.

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]]> http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/06/01/daily-fresh-track-handsome-furs-radios-hot-sun/feed/ Daily Fresh Track: Lonely Island - I’m On A Boat http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/05/21/daily-fresh-track-lonely-island-im-on-a-boat/ http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/05/21/daily-fresh-track-lonely-island-im-on-a-boat/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 00:04:56 +0000 Sebastian http://www.sebastiantroen.com/?p=249 For today’s Fresh Track, I thought I’d throw out the killer song that will be rockin’ the parties all summer long: Lonely Island’s I’m On A Boat. This is actually a group comprised of Saturday Night Live cast member Andy Samberg and SNL writers Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. You may remember them from Dick In A Box or the more recent Jizz In My Pants. Those songs are hilarious but don’t have the memorable hook and melody that I’m On A Boat does, this song not only effectively parodies rap songs but manages to pull off the loud, aggressive in-yo-face style more effectively.

This is definitely going on my Get Psyched Mix. Definitely.

Here’s the song and video, once you’ve seen the video you can’t help but visualize it the next time you hear it cranking from your stereo.

And for those of you that want to follow along with the lyrics. Here you go:

Aww sh**, get your towels ready it’s about to go down (shorty, yeah)
Everybody in the place hit the f**king deck (shorty, yeah)
But stay on your motherfu**ing toes
We running this, let’s go

I’m on a boat (I’m on a boat)
I’m on a boat (I’m on a boat)
Everybody look at me ’cause I’m sailing on a boat (sailing on a boat)
I’m on a boat (I’m on a boat)
I’m on a boat
Take a good hard look at the motherfu**ing boat (boat, yeah)

I’m on a boat motherfu**er take a look at me
Straight flowing on a boat on the deep blue sea
Busting five knots, wind whipping out my coat
You can’t stop me motherfu**er cause I’m on a boat

Take a picture, trick (trick)
I’m on a boat, bitch (bitch)
We drinking Santana champ,
Cause it’s so crisp (crisp)
I got my swim trunks
And my flippie-floppies
I’m flipping burgers, you at Kinko’s
Straight flipping copies

I’m riding on a dolphin, doing flips and sh**
The dolphin’s splashing, getting everybody all wet
But this ain’t Seaworld, this is real as it gets
I’m on a boat, motherfu**er, don’t you ever forget

I’m on a boat and
It’s going fast and
I got a nautical themed
Pashmina afghan
I’m the king of the world
On a boat like Leo
If you’re on the shore,
Then you’re sure not me-oh

Get the fu** up, this boat is REAL!!!

Fu** land, I’m on a boat, motherfu**er (motherfu**er)
Fu** trees, I climb buoys, motherfu**er (motherfu**er)
I’m on the deck with my boys, motherfu**er (yeah)
This boat engine make noise, motherfu**er

Hey ma, if you could see me now (see me now)
Arms spread wide on the starboard bow (starboard bow)
Gonna fly this boat to the moon somehow (moon somehow)
Like Kevin Garnett, anything is possible

Yeah, never thought I’d be on a boat
It’s a big blue watery road (yeah)
Poseidon
Look at me, oh (all hands on deck)

Never thought I’d see the day
When a big boat coming my way
Believe me when I say
I fu**ed a mermaid

I’m on a boat
I’m on a boat
Everybody look at me ’cause I’m sailing on a boat (woaah)
I’m on a boat
I’m on a boat
Take a good hard look at the mothafu**in’ boat (sha-sha-shorty, shorty, yeah)

]]> http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/05/21/daily-fresh-track-lonely-island-im-on-a-boat/feed/ Daily Fresh FREE Track: Coldplay - Clocks and 42 (Live) http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/05/16/daily-fresh-free-track-coldplay-clocks-live/ http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/05/16/daily-fresh-free-track-coldplay-clocks-live/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 17:18:13 +0000 Sebastian http://www.sebastiantroen.com/?p=239
Coldplay releases a free, live album entitled LeftRightLeftRightLeft

Coldplay releases a free, live album entitled LeftRightLeftRightLeft

I’m a Coldplay fan. Probably not enough of a fan to shell out hundreds of dollars for good seats when they’re on tour, but good enough that I have all their records and am happy to throw them on for some good, mindless and enjoyable listening. Are they as good as U2? Not a chance in hell. They don’t have the depth, I think. But they do have the catchy melodies and big rockstar swagger and they’re so damn easy to listen to.

Coldplay released a new, live album that’s free to download called LeftRightLeftRightLeft. So today’s Daily Fresh Track is one of my favourite Coldplay songs, Clocks.

Oh, what the hell. Since it’s the long weekend, here’s 42 for your listening pleasure. Check out Chris Martin’s vocal prowess on the very last note.

Get Coldplay’s LeftRightLeftRightLeft now for FREE.

]]> http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/05/16/daily-fresh-free-track-coldplay-clocks-live/feed/ Track of the Day: Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/05/15/track-of-the-day-green-day-21st-century-breakdown/ http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/05/15/track-of-the-day-green-day-21st-century-breakdown/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 22:02:01 +0000 Sebastian http://www.sebastiantroen.com/?p=236 Green Day

Green Day

Oh boy, I’ve been waiting for this album to drop (as they say in the hood) for awhile now, ever since American Idiot wormed itself into my brain a few years ago. I was one of the first to get 21st Century Breakdown when it was released today and my first impressions are that it’s another strong evolution in Green Day’s career.

Here you go, my Track of the Day is Green Day’s title song: 21st Century Breakdown. Crank it!

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]]> http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/05/15/track-of-the-day-green-day-21st-century-breakdown/feed/ Rock n’ Roll Doubleshot: Kings of Leon - Fans & Sex on Fire http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/05/14/rock-n-roll-doubleshot-kings-of-leon-fans-sex-on-fire/ http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/05/14/rock-n-roll-doubleshot-kings-of-leon-fans-sex-on-fire/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 15:34:31 +0000 Sebastian http://www.sebastiantroen.com/?p=228

Time for a Rock n’ Roll Doubleshot of great tuneage. Kings of Leon are blowing up this year on this side of the Atlantic. The first song that made me fall in love with them was Fans, off their 2007 album, Because of the Times.

Get Fans on iTunes.

Their big single of last year’s Only by the Night is Sex On Fire. You’ve probably heard this bluesy southernish rock gem all over the radio this year.

Get Sex On Fire on iTunes.

]]> http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/05/14/rock-n-roll-doubleshot-kings-of-leon-fans-sex-on-fire/feed/ Track of the Day: K’Naan - If Rap Gets Jealous http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/05/13/track-of-the-day-knaan-if-rap-gets-jealous/ http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/05/13/track-of-the-day-knaan-if-rap-gets-jealous/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 18:05:29 +0000 Sebastian http://www.sebastiantroen.com/?p=222 K'Naan - If Rap Gets Jealous

I’m not a huge fan of hip-hop, to be honest it’s not my favourite genre. Sure, I like a lot of the popular stuff: Kanye, Jay-Z, etc., but I don’t really get the thug/gangsta shit.

But when I hear hip-hop that’s intelligent AND catchy, I can get hooked. And K’Naan’s sound is something that keeps calling me back… he’s got a great life story, grew up in the “the most dangerous city on earth”, Mogadishu in Somalia. He ended up in Toronto and has worked tirelessly to build a career on intelligent lyrics that more than not raise awareness to what’s happening in Somalia, and his smooth verbal dexterity. Half the time I can barely keep up listening to all that he’s throwing at you.

My Track of the Day is K’Naan’s “If Rap Gets Jealous”, an intense song that gets you pumped up with its rising rock melody over which he raps faster and more aggressive. If you liked Eminem, you’ll probably dig this:

Get K’Naan at iTunes now.

]]> http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/05/13/track-of-the-day-knaan-if-rap-gets-jealous/feed/ Track of the Day: Calvin Harris - I’m Not Alone http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/05/12/track-of-the-day-calvin-harris-im-not-alone/ http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/05/12/track-of-the-day-calvin-harris-im-not-alone/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 20:25:57 +0000 Sebastian http://www.sebastiantroen.com/?p=212 My Track of the Day pick is Calvin Harris’ new single, I’m Not Alone, a summer anthem-type house song with some an old skool synth melody that harkens back to hot summers in Europe in the 9os and that makes me want to drive around the beach in my top down Jeep with it cranking.

Get Calvin Harris on iTunes now.

Warning: May cause you to turn up your stereo and start dancing.

]]> http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/05/12/track-of-the-day-calvin-harris-im-not-alone/feed/ Facebook’s E-mail Censorship is Legally Dubious, Experts Say http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/05/07/facebook%e2%80%99s-e-mail-censorship-is-legally-dubious-experts-say-epicenter/ http://www.sebastiantroen.com/2009/05/07/facebook%e2%80%99s-e-mail-censorship-is-legally-dubious-experts-say-epicenter/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 17:53:19 +0000 Sebastian http://www.sebastiantroen.com/?p=201

Those of you who are slowly switching all your online communications from email to Facebook messages (like I have), take note. Facebook has been caught censoring messages. And not unauthorized spam either, but rather messages from one user to another that includes a link to torrent files.

Now it gets tricky for Facebook because torrent files aren’t actually illegal in and of themselves, in fact they are often used for the sharing of legal information (as well as lots of sharing of illegal content), but Facebook claims to have the right to sniff out links that it finds to be dubious.

Where this gets tricky is that Facebook is quickly becoming the de facto messaging standard on the web. I read somewhere awhile back that Facebook messages now account for more messages than web-based email services, such as Gmail and Hotmail. That’s dangerous if and when Facebook decides to act as ‘Big Brother’. At least with public email, I can send my friends anything I want, without worry that Google is going to block my messages.

It’s a slipper slope and it’ll be interesting to see how Facebook manages this situation. Meanwhile, don’t close that Gmail account just yet.

Facebook’s E-mail Censorship is Legally Dubious, Experts Say | Epicenter.

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