| list of #shopwreckers on Twitter |
[Dec. 8th, 2009|06:20 pm] |
#shopbear bearnoiz
#shopcollie jtr115
#shopiguana psudowolf
#shopwolfamute akhanuhusky
#shopwrecko trilbydork
#shopwreckerelite jtigerclaw
#shopwhitetiggy dumatiggytiger
#shopduke dukezewolfe
#shopfennec blarion
#shopsnowcat greysnowcat
#shoptiger vitaislade
#shopskunkbunny skunktronix
#shopfox hyperx69
#shopchakat chakatsilver
#shopjackal khrenphyros
#shopdawg hobbesdawg
#cutesttigerintheshop fzzytiger
#shopcuddlyhugglewolf texywolf
#shoplion nbowa
#shopkoatl hetzakoatl
#shopcub ramalion
#shopshepherd taikoshep
#shopwuff fuzzwolf2000
#shopfruitbat tahotepirty
#shopdrag mikemccloy
#shophorse flarestarfire
#shopwuffy lupine_silver
#shopleopard tahamaki
#shopcougar 55seddel
#shopdragon sargeabernathy
#shopcoon daecoon
#shopbear bearnoiz
#shopcroc crocosaur
#shoprat madius
#kitsunelabsshopwrecker hakuzo_nightfox
#shopbadjah badjahsensei
#shopwah tarynwahboi
#scshopwrecker embertiger
#shopskunk firr
#shopsquirrel scootersquirrel
#shopmetalhead bearetic
#shopkinkajou flamedryad
#shopmicwrecker isfacat
#superbluerainbowshopwrecker tristwolf
#shophuman howoddnichole
#shopchaplain brutusdbernard
#shoppitbull sethralavode
#shopplum prumdargon
#shopstinker dragoskunk
#shoprocker aethwolf
#shopfolf keeyakitsune
#shophybrid rykejace
#shopplatypus dragoninja
#ittybittykewtkittyshopwrecker kewtkittykat
#shopbassisthookahfox toddfawxy
http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23shopwreckers
if i missed you, please let me know =^_^=
and oh by the way MFM was great!!! more to come |
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| Like a Fox Is Finished! Shopwreckers Unite! |
[Nov. 18th, 2009|10:36 pm] |
Greetings, Shopwreckers! I hope you all have been having a GRRRRREAT November!
You've probably recently seen a bunch of submissions of the song "Like a Fox" here and on FurAffinity. And you may see more. This song was worked on by more Shopwreckers than I can count, with direct contribution by over a dozen Shopwreckers around the world. Anyway, what is being released as "Like a Fox" is THE OFFICIAL "Like a Fox" by Shopwrecker Nation, with lead vocals by DJ Fennec and also featuring Isfacat as the interviewer. Yes.
So, go download "Like a Fox", link to it, tell your friends about it, give it a +fave EVERYWHERE YOU SEE IT, because we all worked very hard on this song for two months so that you all can enjoy it and revel in the ingenuity and creativity of the furry fandom. =^_^=
If you need a link, here's one:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3055094
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That link I just posted to is on the Shopwreckers group on FurAffinity, created by john8792! :) The group was so awesome that I thought I'd make a ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) shopwreckers community here on LiveJournal. Feel free to head on over there and join shopwreckers if you are so inclined. Also if you are on FA, feel free to join Shopwreckers there too! They are groups where all Shopwreckers on LiveJournal and FurAffinity can unite and fellowship, a quick identifier to help everyone know that you too are awesome and full of win. ^^
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If you're going to Midwest Furfest this weekend, have a great time and safe travels, and WRECK SHOP! I've wrecked ten furry conventions, one anime convention, and two furry softball games... I am done for the year. Well, not quite. There is one more shop that I'm wrecking in 2009...
...but the best chance to catch me next is Furry Fiesta in 2010, who has invited me back to perform again. *blushes* Come to Furry Fiesta and be a part of the over 1000 attendees that will make me Shave My Head!!! more details to come... |
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| keyboard cover in fursuit for the FPS auction |
[Nov. 15th, 2009|05:04 pm] |
Hey everyone! I am offering a commission for a song to be covered on the keyboard, in fursuit, of the bidder's choice, to benefit the Funday Pawpet Show this year =^_^=
I can play or learn to play pretty much anything in fursuit except really challenging pieces (think Hungarian Rhapsody #2 hard -- I'm not quite that good yet) and songs that aren't really adaptable to piano/keyboard like some percussion/rap pieces...
Here's the video made as a result of last year's auction :) For other examples of my fursuit keyboard and piano works, check out my YouTube page
Thanks for supporting the Funday Pawpet Show, and happy bidding!
Oh, and also, bidding will end at 8:30 p.m. Eastern time, and if the winning bidder could send the donation to the FPS paypal (fps @ pawpet dot org) that would be great =^_^=
EDIT: Congratulations to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) greysnowcat for winning with his $66 bid! Also, a big big thank you to everyone for bidding :)
(x-posted to pawpet) |
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| Who does my music sound like? |
[Nov. 15th, 2009|11:40 am] |
So, I'm trying to figure out what style of music I do... i.e. who my music sounds most closely like. This question is mainly for those of you who have and/or have heard the tracks on "Shop Music", but basically I'm trying to write an album description and need to know which well-known acts I can most closely benchmark "Shop Music" to.
I asked on Twitter yesterday, and got a few replies... one listener, seattlefur (who knows my music better than I do!), said I sound like a lot of Jay-Z's newer material... which I can kinda see/hear that.
But I really want your opinion. Who do you think my music sounds like? |
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| Today's Cool award |
[Nov. 12th, 2009|05:37 pm] |
...goes to Will Phillips of West Fork, AR, age 10, for refusing to stand for or recite the Pledge of Allegiance at his school because he "really [doesn't] feel that there's currently liberty and justice for all." Will is refusing to observe the daily ritual because of the many ongoing efforts to provide GLBT individuals and same-sex couples "liberty and justice" in America.
It is great to read about people like Will Phillips and his parents, especially being that they live right here in Arkansas. It gives me hope... |
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| Today's Not Cool award |
[Nov. 10th, 2009|09:07 pm] |
...goes to the American Family Association which has called for an expulsion of all persons of the Islamic faith from the United States Armed Forces.
Need I say more?
By the way, the shooting incident referenced in the first few paragraphs happened less than a mile from my home in Little Rock, at a recruiting office at Rodney Parham and Reservoir.
thanks to bosn for the link |
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| Today's Not Cool award |
[Oct. 16th, 2009|11:43 am] |
...goes to Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell of Hammond, LA, for refusing to marry an interracial couple.
Read the article above. J.P. Bardwell feels justified in his decision. To summarize, he said he was concerned for any possible children, that he believes interracial couples don't last long, and that most of the black and white communities do not readily accept mixed-race couples or offspring.
So basically, in addition to trying to pass a Federal Marriage Amendment, the bigot-wing will now also seek to overturn Loving v. Virginia (1964). Good job.
And, by the way: Not Cool. |
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| Today's JPP |
[Oct. 14th, 2009|10:02 pm] |
Without further adieu, today's Journal People Poll to you LiveJournal readers is:
Poll #1471417 Mike's Hard Lemonade
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 95Is Mike's Hard Lemonade a "girly" drink?
Discussion is welcomed. |
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| Today's Not Cool award |
[Oct. 12th, 2009|08:45 pm] |
...goes to Rocky Mountain Health Plans, and the health care industry in general, for denying health insurance to a four-month-old infant because the baby was in the 99th percentile of weight for his age.
The health insurer considered Alex Lange's "obesity" a pre-existing condition and "underwrote" the baby. Health insurers, as a practice, do not insure babies that are above the 95th percentile of weight, no matter how healthy they are otherwise.
Not Cool.
(link provided by pathia) |
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| On Obama winning the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize |
[Oct. 11th, 2009|01:21 pm] |
I will ask this one question, and then I will leave it to you Shopwreckers to discuss the topic addressed:
Since when did the purpose of the Nobel Peace Prize, or any Nobel Prize, become about rewarding future achievements or accomplishments??? |
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| The Keys to LiveJournal |
[Oct. 7th, 2009|07:18 am] |
...are hereby awarded to lupinesilvertai for sharing with us a few tidbits of good-natured common sense that made me LOL:
p3nsive, thank you for watching the Keys with diligence. lupinesilvertai, guard the Keys carefully while they are in your possession. |
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| PopUfur |
[Oct. 3rd, 2009|08:46 am] |
So what's the big deal about being popufur now, and why is everyone going BAWWWWW about it again?
For my viewpoint on being popufur, see verse two here or here |
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| Funday Pawpet Show theme |
[Sep. 30th, 2009|08:27 pm] |
I posted my new video to pawpet, but I thought I would post it here too...
Special thanks to 2_gryphon who authored and composed "Pawpets." Enjoy =^_^= |
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| Today's JPP |
[Sep. 29th, 2009|07:28 am] |
You probably remember me ranting a few months ago about the new primary-offense seat belt law in Arkansas that took effect on June 30...? Remember how that law was enacted because a teenage girl that died in a car wreck wasn't wearing her seatbelt because she "wanted to be closer to her boyfriend"?
Well, due to a new law taking effect October 1, "typing, text messaging, e-mailing, or accessing information on the Internet with a handheld wireless telephone" will be illegal and a primary offense in Arkansas. Meaning, that just seeing you texting while driving is enough for a cop to pull you over.
The new rule is nicknamed "Paul's Law", after father of three Paul Davidson of Jonesboro, who was killed in a head-on collision by a driver who was sending a text message while driving.
I avid multitasking driver who has not only texted while driving, has studied for a networking certification while driving, and still listens to Ustream concerts on a laptop while driving. I have sent thousands of text messages while driving, and I have read tens of thousands of text messages while driving. Yet, I have gotten into more near-miss accidents while talking on the cell phone, or dialing a phone number, or hell, just trying to answer an incoming call while driving, than I ever have texting while driving. Yet, all of those things (talking on a handheld device, dialing a number to call on a handheld device, answering an incoming call on a handheld device) are still perfectly legal in Arkansas for drivers age 21 and up.
Today's Journal People Poll to you LiveJournal readers and Shopwreckers is multi-part:
Poll #1464004 Distracted Driving
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 105Do you think reading/writing/sending text/e-mail while driving should be illegal? Do you think dialing/answering/engaging in a phone call on a handheld device (no hands-free) should be illegal? Do you think using a laptop while driving should be illegal? Do you think eating a full meal while driving should be illegal? Do you think reading a book or a newspaper while driving should be illegal? Do you think applying makeup to one's face while driving should be illegal? Do you think disciplining your child in the backseat while driving should be illegal?
Comments, discussion, and STFU's are welcome.
And oh by the way, Arkansas's highway department sends out traffic updates via Twitter. As do twenty-one other states that also have texting-while-driving bans. This is laughable. Especially since those states tried to make an obvious cover-up by saying "check the website before hitting the road". Okay, WTF? It's not just a website. It's Twitter. It is DESIGNED to send updates to your phone, and it is DESIGNED for you to read the updates in real-time on your phone. If you're gonna say that, then just post it to your website and get the hell off of Twitter. IDIOTS. |
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| More Good Press! |
[Sep. 22nd, 2009|07:29 pm] |
Okay, I know I was right in the middle of the Tyra Banks drama last week, and you know what, maybe I got in it too deep. I spent a lot of keystrokes and screwed up my early-onset-arthritic wrist chronicling my rage and why I thought the segment was horrible for the fandom, and though I still think it was justified given all the circumstances, as Shopwrecker-in-Chief I should be setting a higher standard. As such, I want to take this time to go on record and confer Official Lead Shopwrecker approval and a Not Cool award to Aiden Raccoon (aiden_raccoon) and Max the Striped Hyena (littlebluecolt) for their appearance on 95 WIIL Rock.
I thought Aiden and Max not only did an excellent job of conveying the fun-loving, good-hearted nature of furries and our get-togethers, but they did an excellent job of candidly discussing (and downplaying!) the sexual aspects of the furry fandom that we all know are out there and prominent, but that many of us are ever too ready to try to deny even exist to outsiders. There were some great questions and they were met with great answers. Aiden and Max were quick on their footpaws and presented themselves and the fandom very well in their responses. There were quite a few callers and e-mailers that contacted the show with their disapproval and/or hatred and/or trolling, and the show hosts themselves had our back. I feel that it was positive press not only for furry fandom but for the Lake Area Furry Friends and even for the upcoming Midwest Furfest. At least one new furry who called into the show was given great information on how to contact other kindred spirits from Aiden and Max. This by itself is an epic win.
So, in conclusion, I'm probably not the first to say it (at least I sure hope I'm not the first to say it), but to Aiden Raccoon and Max the Striped Hyena: Thank you.
Check out the interview yourself at http://aiden-raccoon.livejournal.com/66200.html |
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| Footsteps (Video) |
[Sep. 19th, 2009|06:40 pm] |
I never really made a post introducing Shop Music, my second studio album, when I released it back in May 2009. So, I guess you could consider this a makeup attempt:
video editing and directing by brodycatsmouth. Thank you Brody for your creative awesomeness...
Also major thanks to sub_level_03 and isfacat for helping drive the point of the song home <3
Big shout-outs to everyone at MFM 2009 for making this video possible =^_^=
I hope you enjoyed the song and the video :) If you did, grab a copy of Shop Music. Lots of good music on there; I'm sure you will love it too ^^
(x-posted to furry_musicians) |
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| Good Press |
[Sep. 17th, 2009|04:48 pm] |
First off, this is a notice that the Lead Shopwrecker's official Righteous Indignation re: ChewFox, TomKat, and Tyra Banks, expired at 3 p.m. Central Daylight Time today (in other words, almost two hours ago). I will post nothing further about this interview, as I feel that anything further will not advance any cause and will only cause more drama and infighting within Shopwrecker Nation and otherwise. I have said my piece and defended my piece, and I will continue to defend the words I have laid forth in previous posts, but past that, I am done.
Second of all--and more important--I would like to link you all to a positive piece of media involving furries--featuring FurAffinity's NorthernWolf. This piece, entitled "Fur artist creates with licence to have fun", features NorthernWolf's art and includes a nice interview that even mentions a convention of about 500 furries in Connecticut where he was attendee guest of honor for having traveled the longest to get there. Check out this nice article at http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2775182 and enjoy the rest of your day!
Hopefully I'll see many of you in a couple of hours in the Shop on Ustream. :) |
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| More Righteous Indignation |
[Sep. 17th, 2009|05:54 am] |
Not only do I specialize in wrecking shop on microphones and keyboards, but I also specialize in wrecking shop on flawed opinions. Hopefully this further commentary will shut up some of the people who actually have the lack of sense to try to defend what ChewFox and TomKat did, or more accurately, what ChewFox and TomKat DIDN'T do on The Tyra Banks Show.
First, I will demonstrate that FurAffinity was spot-on when they banned ChewFox with their statement that "User has brought shame to the entire fandom for their own personal self gain." Please see http://community.livejournal.com/fursuitlounge/590330.html for a nice post with multiple accounts of furries being contacted by the Tyra Banks Show and displaying much better sense about not responding. Of course, the show contacted likely hundreds of furry couples, and they only needed one couple to respond, but this should show that there are many others that were also contacted and had better sense.
Second, as pointed out elsewhere in the Shop, there are many many examples of bad press and/or bad coverage brought to the furry fandom by the mainstream media. CSI, Entourage, ER, and so forth. However, there are very very few examples where actual furries contributed to this bad press and signed up eagerly to help create it. The Vanity Fair article has been widely cited as one such example. This TV appearance, though it in my opinion was not nearly as damning as the Vanity Fair article, will probably be experienced by many more people than the Vanity Fair article was--through the fact that Tyra is syndicated--meaning reruns, reruns, and more reruns.
ChewFox and TomKat's Tyra appearance (linked again here) is also on par with--if not worse than--the Vanity Fair article for another, crucial, keystone reason, and this reason follows. The way that Tyra presented the conversation was in a way that defined "furries" as "people who have sex in animal costumes." This is the way Tyra defined "furries" at the onset of the show. ChewFox and TomKat had many opportunities to refute this definition, to neutralize it, to explicitly say that "not all furries have sex in their costumes, but it's something we like to do" or something of that order, and not only did they not do that, but their dialogue with Tyra strengthened her initial definition. Describing the "strategically placed holes" in their costumes after answering affirmatively, with none of the aforementioned caveats, that they have sex in their costumes, furthered this. Then, when TomKat pulled out his fursuit head--a fursuit head not unlike most of those in the furry fandom or in amusement parks and stadiums worldwide--and went into intricate details of his and his mate's fursonas, this tied the entire sexual aspect previously described back to the furry fandom at large. Again, with no disclaimer or caveat or other statement saying that not all furries do this.
A person unfamiliar with the furry fandom that watched the Tyra Banks Show yesterday will change the channel after that segment with the understanding that "furries ... have sex in animal costumes." If ChewFox and TomKat were sincere in their statements that they wanted to present furry in a positive light, they would have refuted that definition of "furries", even if they indeed had sex in their animal costumes themselves, for the good of the entire fandom that they ostensibly went on Tyra to propagate. The fact that they didn't do this...
...is why I rage, and is why any raging about ChewFox's and TomKat's appearance on Tyra is 100% justified and Lead Shopwrecker approved. |
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| Today's Not Cool award |
[Sep. 16th, 2009|08:27 pm] |
...goes to Chewfox for appearing on the Tyra Banks show and saying that yes, we like to have sex in our costumes, and oh, but you wonder how we do it? well we use these things called SPH's.
The title of the episode was simply "Is Your Sex Life Normal?"
And then she has the audacity to try to call the United Furries Against Chewfox Speaking For The Rest Of Us out for telling her how much fail her TV cameo was?
Not Cool. Not Cool at all.
I will take the liberty of assuming that no Shopwrecker would ever do something as asinine and detrimental to all furry kind as this.
Congratulations, Chewfox. You are the first furry to receive a Not Cool award in all its serious intents and purposes.
(I apologize for the links not working immediately, but it seems that Chewfox's FAIL has crashed FurAffinity.)
EDIT: Looks like this post made http://www.livejournal.com/entertainment/ and is also already linkable from Google.com. |
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| Second Chance (Piano Cover) |
[Sep. 15th, 2009|07:42 am] |
Who needs Prozac? I have a keyboard! (Three, actually, but who's counting?)
It's been waaaay too long since I've done anything musically... Before this video, it had been over a month since my last fursuit piano vid, and it's been nearly three months since I've released any new furry hip-hop. Unacceptable. But I'm back, and there is more coming soon.
Enjoy! =^_^=
Audio only is available at http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2793908/ |
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| Another LJ Post!!! |
[Sep. 12th, 2009|05:40 am] |
...aww, it's just a meme...
Furry Con Meme:
MFM: 05, 06, 07, 08, 09
Conifur: 05
Oklacon: 05, 06, 07, 08
FWA: 06, 07, 08, 09
RCFM: 06, 07, 08, 09
MFF: 06, 07, 08
FC: 07, 09
Megaplex: 08, 09
Anthrocon: 08, 09
Furry Fiesta: 09
FCN: 09
Morphicon: 09
so yes that's 30 furry conventions in four years (MFM was #30). Four More Years! and yes that's nine furry cons in 2009. so far.
Furry Meet Meme:
i've lost count already |
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| Today's Not Cool award |
[Aug. 28th, 2009|04:36 pm] |
...goes to the justice system for not chopping off the man-parts of the pervert who kidnapped Jaycee Lee Dugard and held her for eighteen years and fathered two children by her.
I believe that castration is a more-than-acceptable punishment for a convicted rapist and kidnapper. That, and/or life imprisonment.
The question in my opinion remains this: why was Phillip Garrido ever let free to kidnap and rape and hold hostage again, while still in possession of his man-parts? Sure, he may have had a GPS bracelet on, and sure, he may have been under lifetime parole supervision (at least according to Wikipedia) but obviously not even that was/is enough.
Not only that, but when a next-door neighbor calls and asks for an investigation into the obviously-discreet compound where there are two young girls living in the backyard in tents, and the sheriff's office says they'll just have to "keep an eye on" a registered sex offender!!!, then yes, that's Not Cool-worthy.
And while we're at it, we have to do something about Phillip's wife, Nancy, who lived with Phillip and knew about the whole ordeal the whole time, even raising Jaycee Lee's kids as her own. What do you suggest?
More discussion at http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/912134/ |
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| furryx60 submission |
[Aug. 26th, 2009|03:55 pm] |
So I don't think I ever posted my furryx60 submission just by itself to FA yet...
...so anyway here it is
just a minute long... may be extended in the future (actually, probably will be extended in the future... i'm really likin' that beat) |
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| Thank You once more |
[Aug. 18th, 2009|12:03 am] |
Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has participated and voted in the Fursuit Fracas this year. You all have been very cordial and very sportsmanlike this year, and that is much appreciated. :) A very special thank you to everyone who voted for me and for Beef Jerky and for fursuit musicianship. ^^
I also will mention that I voted for Yippee Coyote in this year's final. I am grateful to Yippee for all that he has done for the furry fandom, steadily raising the bar in craftsmanship, performance, professionalism, and leadership. To follow in Yippee's footsteps is to follow in those of an ambassador, a true great. I really really like Frisbee a lot, and I am sure that Frisbee has a very bright future ahead of him, but it's not every day (or year) that one gets to vote for one of his idols in a championship.
Anyway, have fun voting, and see you all hopefully soon!
http://community.livejournal.com/fursuittourney/62596.html |
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| Beef Jerky in the FFFF Final Four!!! |
[Aug. 11th, 2009|08:39 am] |
...and then there were four. And one of those four is Fursuit Music's very own Beef Jerky!!!
Now I know I've linked to this video about eleventy billion times here already but I feel the need to do it again due to its high level of awesome. =^_^=
With your support, Beef Jerky can pull off yet another comeback and make it to the finals!!!
Awwwwwwwww look at him... such cuteness... Beef Jerky really wants your vote:
And we all know how splendid of a pioneer, ambassador and elite fursuiter that Yippee Coyote (nerfcoyote) has been for our community throughout the years, and I applaud Yippee wholesomely for that. Nothing but <3 as always. But I would like to take this time to highlight what Beef Jerky's owner and creator has done for the furry fandom by directing you to http://matrices.net.
At Matrices.net, you will find a host of tutorials, how-to guides, and examples on how to make your own custom furry creations. Indeed, it was at Matrices' workshops at Conifur 2005, that I made my very first tail. It was a black panther tail, and my total fail at sewing meant that it didn't turn out as good as I'd liked, but there were literally dozens of furries there that made tails, paws, ears, even worked on body suits, all under Matrices' tutelage.
Matrices has even made how-to videos on creating fursuits, as well as on performing in suit! Visit her YouTube page at http://www.youtube.com/MatricesOddity to check them out. Below is a video that she did, in Beef Jerky, demonstrating helpful sign language for fursuiters:
The Official Endorsement of the Lead Shopwrecker is not something that I take light-heartedly; I try my best to ensure that my endorsement is exceedingly worthy of the title of Fandom's Favorite Fursuit, and as a fursuit musician and one that has personally learned from not just the character, but the performer inside the character, I hope that I have done a good job in showing why I am voting for Beef Jerky, and why you should vote for Beef Jerky too! If so, just follow this link to cast your vote for the one and only Beef Jerky! I apologize for posting this so far into voting, but there is still plenty of time left to make your support known for excellence, for leadership, for fursuit musicianship. Also, the full post for this round, comments and all, is behind this link.
Thanks, and as always, have fun! Go Beef Jerky! WOOOO! |
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| Today's JPP |
[Aug. 10th, 2009|04:21 pm] |
One could venture to say that there is a growing schism between liberals and conservatives in American politics. I would go further and venture to say that there is a growing schism between liberals and conservatives in the furry fandom. I'm not referring to politics here; rather, I'm talking about liberal and conservative in regards to how furries should act and/or portray themselves, especially in public. There are some who feel that it is inappropriate for furries to wear furry paraphrenalia (ears, tails, collars, etc.) to public places such as restaurants, movie theaters, etc., and there are others who feel that it is quite alright for furries to wear furry paraphrenalia in public places--and even encourage such. Far be it for a guy who raps and plays piano in a tiger costume to be an arbiter of what is correct here, so I will leave this up to more correct arbiters, the nice mixture of furry liberals and furry conservatives that is Shopwrecker Nation.
Today's JPP is not concerning convention settings, which are usually in at-least-somewhat public areas. Today's JPP is also not concerning organized furmeets such as fursuit bowling or other sizable get-togethers (LAFF Softball would be an example of such.) Today's JPP is also not concerned with fursuiting in general, as guerrilla fursuiting can be considered general entertainment for the public, especially children. Today's JPP is more concerned with ears and tails and collars and other ostensibly furry paraphrenalia, in settings such as restaurants, movie theaters, bowling alleys, malls, etc., or even just as an everyday accoutrement on the street, and whether this is appropriate public attire. With that in mind, today's Journal People Poll to you LiveJournal readers is:
Poll #1442257 furry paraphrenalia in public
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 125Do you feel it is appropriate to wear furry paraphrenalia (ears, tails, collars, etc.) in public venues outside of a convention or meet setting?
Comments and discussion is welcome. |
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| The Keys to LiveJournal |
[Aug. 10th, 2009|07:15 am] |
...are hereby awarded to p3nsive for introducing us to hardcore hip-hop. Taylor Swift style:
svxkitty, thank you for watching the Keys with diligence. p3nsive, guard the Keys carefully while they are in your possession. |
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| Beef Jerky is in the Final Four thanks to You! |
[Aug. 9th, 2009|02:45 pm] |
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for advancing fursuit musicianship yet again. Because of your support, by a mere two-vote margin, our officially endorsed husky, Beef Jerky, will be able to display his awesomeness in the Final Four of this year's Fandom's Favorite Fursuit Fracas. :)
Awww, look at how happy Beef Jerky is that you voted for him!!!
Voting in the Final Four starts on Monday right over at fursuittourney, where Beef Jerky squares off against the legendary Yippee Coyote. I would like to wish both of these talented fursuiters the best of luck in the semifinals. I have definitely realized the value of voting for Beef Jerky, so of course, you already know how I will be voting, and I hope you all vote with me! =^_^= |
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| another new video :) |
[Aug. 7th, 2009|09:12 am] |
So, for last year's Funday Pawpet Show fundraiser, I kinda whored myself out a little and auctioned off a song of the highest bidder's choice. tansunn won the auction, and boy, did he take advantage of my whoredom. I have not really been very strong on video game music... I get many requests for music from "The Legend of Zelda"... "Final Fantasy [insert Roman numeral here]"... Mother 1/2/3...
...well, Tansunn requested Mother 3. :) And I'm sitting here like "uh oh." But Tansunn sent me three songs from Mother 3 and let me play around with them for a while. I was finally able to learn one of those songs just in time for its debut, live at Megaplex. ^^
But of course, part of the auction was that the song would be recorded and put on YouTube, and as such, here's "Theme of D.C.M.C." by Shogo Sakai, from the Mother 3+ soundtrack:
I ended up taking some artistic liberty to replicate as much of the original as possible on the keyboard. Still turned out pretty well. I also used a different processing method that took a little longer to encode the video, but made everything turn out really nice. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed learning the song and recording it (and by the way, the song was recorded live on Ustream this past Wednesday =^_^= ) |
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| Beef Jerky in the FFFF Elite Eight |
[Aug. 3rd, 2009|06:20 pm] |
Just a friendly LiveJournal reminder for all of you to please go vote for Beef Jerky in the Elite Eight of the Fandom's Favorite Fursuit Fracas. :)
A vote for Beef Jerky is a vote for fursuit musicianship, and with my official endorsement, to me, a vote for Beef Jerky is a vote for Bucktown Tiger, so I thank you in advance for your votes of confidence. =^_^=
Plus, we wouldn't want Beef Jerky to knock over such a pretty lighthouse:
Take care, and have fun! |
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[Aug. 2nd, 2009|12:59 pm] |
There is a new design on CafePress.com that simply states: "I don't yiff... I have sex!"
I've heard the word "yiff" used in multiple connotations, but the most popular use is as a synonym for sexual intercourse... Some furries like to refer to yiffing, or being yiffy, etc., where other furries turn up their nose at the word in disdain. Without further adieu, today's Journal People Poll to you LiveJournal readers is:
Poll #1438658 yiff
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 172Do you like the word "yiff"?
Comments welcome. |
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| Official Endorsement |
[Aug. 1st, 2009|10:07 am] |
I am proud to announce that Beef Jerky, created and owned by matrices, has earned the official endorsement of Paw Recognize Paw Studios for the remainder of the 2009 Fandom's Favorite Fursuit Fracas. Beef Jerky is to the best of my knowledge the only fursuit remaining that has displayed fursuit musicianship, as evidenced in this guitar performance in full suit:
The saying goes that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and though I have no guitar skills whatsoever, the thought that the creation and timing of this video may have been inspired by some of my piano works is very humbling. Beef Jerky made an awesome video, and Beef Jerky was and is an awesome suit that definitely earned its trouncing of me last round. I had a feeling when the brackets were announced at fursuittourney that if I were lucky enough to make the round of 32 that that was where my tournament would end. I would like to take the time to thank all of you again for helping me get that far.
To all the Fellow Shopwreckers remaining in FFFF, congratulations to you, as you are making all of Shopwrecker Nation very proud. I would be elated if one of you were to take this year's title. However, as Lead Shopwrecker, I must advance and support fursuit musicianship first and foremost, and this is why I officially endorse Beef Jerky as the 2009 Fursuit Fracas Champion.
Bucktown Tiger, Lead Shopwrecker
Paw Recognize Paw Studios
fursuit music and furry hip-hop shop |
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| Great News! |
[Jul. 30th, 2009|04:36 pm] |
YouTube brought my video back!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iL6_HQQ26g
looks like they did catch/deal with the guy that was making all the copyright claims against furry videos... looks like the rumors were all right and you all were spot on yet again :)
so "New Divide" should be back on the YouTube site just fine now. Big ups to YouTube for getting it right! YouTube's policy clearly stated that a bringer of a DMCA claim must themselves hold the copyright. happykitteh is happy =^_^=
And also, to reiterate my position from my previous posts: I had no problems when Schott GmbH asked that my "O Fortuna" cover be pulled. This random troll that was attacking furry videos, that was not associated with Linkin Park or with Linkin Park's label, I had a problem with. I again may or may not repost the previously-pulled videos... depending on my mood in the future or whatever. |
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| this is bull |
[Jul. 29th, 2009|01:57 pm] |
compare that with this:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=new+divide+piano+cover
this is bull
I will also add that this is the second video of mine that has been pulled from YouTube. The first one was the "O Fortuna" cover; its copyright claim came from Schott GmbH, the German company that holds the copyright for Carl Orff. I didn't make as big a fuss on this one.
This claim is from some Joseph Brighton. Who is that? An initial Google search turned up nothing. For all I know, this could be an anti-furry rampage, and judging by some of the comments, that may be the case.
The most frustrating part is that there is no way to contact YouTube and ask why my video was singled out from the literally dozens of piano covers of "New Divide" on YouTube. The only thing I can do is file a full counterclaim, which I am not going to do.
Again, this is bull. |
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| ...across this new divide... |
[Jul. 22nd, 2009|09:13 am] |
So it looks like I will be on the road traveling when I go back up for voting at fursuittourney... so I won't be able to make a video tomorrow night... so I'm posting this today. ^^ "New Divide" by Linkin Park, from the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen soundtrack.
Enjoy, and again, thank you all for your support and friendship. I'm still streaming tonight at 9pm Eastern... =^_^= |
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| Four More Days! |
[Jul. 20th, 2009|02:04 pm] |
Hard to believe that time is upon us again... It seems like yesterday that I was there with you... and now Megaplex is here once more :) I'll be getting there Thursday night and staying through Sunday night XD
I'll be giving a piano concert on Friday night at 7 p.m. in the main event room. I have a bunch of stuff lined out for it, so come check it out!
Also, major props to Chilly Mouse (film2edit) for granting me space at her table to spread furry hip-hop to you yet again... I released a new album, Shop Music earlier this year, so feel free to check it out too!
See you all Thursday! =^_^= *snugs*
--Bucktown |
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| mrowr! |
[Jul. 20th, 2009|11:20 am] |
Wanted to say Thank You to the LAFFers for another great weekend of fun ^^ Had an awesome time at softball (gave up just a few runs but went 3 for 4 at the plate) and at bowling (I think I got a 79 with a couple of spares) and getting curbstomped in Texas Hold'em (ninth out of ten). HORSE on Friday night was epic win though... ended up splitting the pot with exile17 despite having a 2-1 chip lead. I'm sorry, but I'm not about to play heads-up against the Greatest Poker Player in the Fandom in HORSE. I'm smarter than that. :p
Speaking of exile17, we had to stop the softball game momentarily to send someone from Lombard to Downers Grove to get the ball I hit off of him. Yeah I just went there. Pitch me outside next time. ^^ (Next at-bat, he did pitch me outside, and I hit into a fielder's choice. hehe)
Kind of upset, though... all the black guys got segregated in the same hotel room. There also were assigned non-black caretakers to make sure that we didn't steal anything. So I got absolutely no free towels or clotheshangers or pillows out of the deal. In some ways it feels like a wasted trip. *growls*
On the way back I stopped in Marion and had dinner with neopantyger and his girlfriend howodd_nichole who both drove over from Carbondale to hang out at 17th Street BBQ. I'm still smiling... You two make a terrific couple! Thanks for the dining experience, and I hope you enjoy Shop Music, and Nichole, I hope your brother enjoys the Furst Album. :)
and oh by the way...
Megaplex is in four more days!!! Who all will I see there? If you're not sure where to find me, there are rumors that the Main Event Room on Friday at 7 pm will be hosting a piano concert, and I definitely have to check that out. I hope you will, too!
Also, be sure to stop by the MLA Productions table at the Megaplex Dealer's Den, and check out film2edit's new book, Some Assembly Required. It is a tremendous book, and I am getting my copy there too! I also heard that you can shop for music at Chilly Mouse's table...
Speaking of which, I'm about to mail a package to tigerbombf in Malaysia that may or may not contain a pair of furry hip-hop albums. A similar package is on its way to Iraq via dresden_wolf. I think it is still safe to say that the sun never sets on Shopwrecker Nation, and that's why Lead Shopwrecker is a full-time salaried position with compensation in smiles and raised paws. =^_^= |
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| So grateful for friends like you... |
[Jul. 16th, 2009|04:17 pm] |
...Again, at the Anthrocon Masquerade this year, I was so nervous and scared before my act... I thought I would end up doing something like this:
...but then I heard all of you, and I was okay. :)
(props to Canius on FA for the link) |
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