Playlist for 12.26.09

I don't know about you guys, but I am definitely ready for the new year. Towards the end of this past Saturday’s show, I played some tracks from a few of my favorite albums of this past year (XX, It’s Blitz) and some artists who will be putting out new albums in the coming months (The Avalanches, Flying Lotus, Free the Robots). I also had to end my last show of the year with La Roux, Empire of the Sun, and Phoenix – gotta close out 2009 with the dance-inducing, guilty pleasures :). Happy New Year everyone!


memory tapes - bicycle - seek magic
van she - dont fear the reaper (holy ghost remix)
      - blog.bacardiblive.com
classixx feat. jeppe - ill get you (gigamesh remix)
      - kitsune: ill get you remixes

lee weather - i saw eternity the other night - myspace
best coast - when im with you - myspace
chromatics - healer - night drive
the national - available - sad songs for dirty lovers

sigur ros - við spilum endalaust
      - með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
madlib - please set me at ease - shades of blue
cut chemist - a peak in time - the audiences listening

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colette - wawa : no problem - house of om, colette & dj heather
glass candy - love love love - love love love
dan deacon - of the mountains - bromst
glass candy - nite nurses - love love love

the avalanches - frontier psychiatrist - since i left you
yeah yeah yeahs - soft shock - its blitz
the xx - heart skipped a beat - xx
girls - laura - album

flying lotus - breathe - los angeles
free the robots - lonely traveler - free the robots
la roux - im not your toy - la roux
empire of the sun - walking on a dream - walking on a dream
phoenix - if i ever feel better - united

Playlist for 12.19.09

Man, is anyone else feeling the Christmas pressure besides me? Too many birthdays, holiday parties, and stress-induced shopping lately...I just want to play in the snow lol. Here's the playlist for this past Saturday folks:


zero 7 - pop art blue - yeah ghost
fuck buttons - flight of the feathered serpent - tarot sport

talking heads - memories cant wait - fear of music
the faint - paranoiattack - wet from birth
pnau (feat. ladyhawke) - embrace (miami horror, fred falke remix)
blue scholars - cruz - oof!

vivian girls - out for the sun - everything goes wrong
cale parks - two haunt me - sparklace
datarock - fa-fa-fa - datarock datarock
amanda blank - big heavy - i love you

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nickodemus - sun people (feat. the real live show)
      - red astaire rollerskate remix - sun people remixed
the heavy - short change hero - the house that dirt built
amanda blank - dj - i love you
bat for lashes - daniel - two suns

duck sauce - anyway - greatest hits
duck sauce - grand steppin - greatest hits
brand nubian - coming years - fire in the hole
mayer hawthorne - the ills - a strange arrangement
noisettes - every now and then - wild young hearts

Playlist for 12.12.09

So yesterday's show was pre-recorded, as I had to take care of some things that day, so I apologize for the sound quality guys. On this show I had my first guest/guest DJ though, so I was very excited. Thanks again to Marcus for coming down to the studio and enduring the 6-hour killing time-dancing to house music-actual recording time session. I've posted the links to his mixes as well as the playlists (including the 4 songs I actually played :) ). Enjoy!


nosaj thing - light #2 - drift

marcus - mix 1 at mediafire.com

egadz! - track 01 - redonedant
edit - straight heat - certified air raid material
golden bug - assassin - assassin
nosaj thing - us - drift
dj micro - people are future - people are future
sebastien tellier - l'amour et la violence (floating points remix)
tycho - dictaphones lament - past is prologue
egadz! - grim advantage pt. 2 - shining hours
captain phoenix - pistols and hearts (bloody beetroots remix)
rustie - keesha resmack

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marcus - mix 2 at mediafire.com

telefon tel aviv - helen of troy - immolate yourself
hudson mohawke - rising 5 - butter
blockhead - which one of you jerks drank my arnold palmer
      - the music scene
anavan - boom - cover story
brim liski - fight - brim liski
dusk & blackdown - focus (excerpt) - margins music
rae davis vs. aether - drama free feat. tina hanae miller
deepchild - wannado (gravious remix)
sebastien tellier - divine (midnight juggernauts remix)
the prodigy - invaders must die - invaders must die
codes in the clouds - don't go awash in this digital landscape
      - paper canyon

hott city - aint love grand - aint love grand
hott city - i took his money - aint love grand
little brother - still lives through - the minstrel show
apsci - easy - best crisis ever

A Momentary Aside, if you will...

So I really didn't have any other intentions for this site other than to have someplace to post up the playlists for my show. Although this past summer I was very excited to have the opportunity to write for one of my favorite blog sites fakeRICH, I apparently ran out of steam/drive/motivation to keep writing and/or kuci took up a lot more time than I had anticipated, so I never actually started writing for them (my apologies Joseph! total fail on my part -_-). Anyway, I wanted to post this up somewhere related to music so here's a piece that I wrote ages ago on the Crosby here in Orange County. I have so much respect for Chris Alfaro, the Crosby staff, and the establishment itself that I really wanted to do a story on them. Here's to you guys :)




Thank you Crosby for Bringing Some Swagger to Orange County

August 28, 2009


Torn between the “Starving Artist”, a phenomenal construct of gruyere cheese and sautéed balsamic mushrooms that supersedes its culinary label of “grilled cheese sandwich” and the Creole shrimp pasta whose savory tomato Creole sauce always delivers an instantaneous bite, I decide to go utensil-free today and order the former. The “Artist” has never done me wrong in the past. Come to think of it, nothing I’ve ever experienced at the Crosby has either.

I look out the large, landscape-sized window beside me and notice boutique bridal shops and discount garment stores gradually light up as dusk sets in. A few feet away from the restaurant at the cross streets of 4th and Broadway in downtown Santa Ana’s artist village, I see locals carrying groceries and riding bicycles across the street alongside the cars emptying out from company parking lots. As I sit and people watch, the sound of soft jazz music accompanied by a steady percussion puts me at ease and I begin to nod my head to the subtle baseline. To my right, encased in large cabinets with glass display panels, new literature on visual art and cultural phenomena catches my attention as I consider looking through a Murakami book while I wait for my food. Wondering which painting is on display today, I turn around and glance upwards above the entrance. It’s a piece by street artist Shepard Fairey that bears the intricate stencil and collage-pattern work set in crimson, black, and gold characteristic of Fairey’s artwork and Obey Giant apparel line. I admire the piece but found the painting of a giant rat several months ago much more amusing.

Great food, eclectic music, interesting reading material, artwork, and a low-key, intimate space nestled in a community removed from the culturally static binds of suburbia. This is what the Crosby means to me.

A breath of fresh air to OC residents seeking good nightlife without having to make the trip to LA, the Crosby makes for a good night out on any day of the week. Owners Chris Alfaro, Marc Yamaoka, and Phil Nisco set out to bring some flavor to the area when they opened the restaurant/bar/bookstore in April of 2008. Since then, it has proven to be a place where one can get their fix of audio indulgences without the annoyance of pretentious décor or overzealous drunks clumsily making their way to the dance floor. Fashioned after the jazz lounges of the 1920-1960s with stylistic nuances such as the dozen or so vintage boom boxes that run lengthwise along one wall of the restaurant, the dark, enclave-esque Crosby serves as an ideal place where musicians and DJs can perform comfortably Monday through Saturday night. Funk, soul, vintage ska, dubstep, reggae, hip-hop, garage rock. Take your pick. You may even hear co-owner Chris Alfaro spin a set or two under the name Urth (or perhaps his more recognizable nom de plume, Free the Robots) serving a fresh mix of glitch, jazz, and warped electronica topped with off-kilter samples and a side of melodically skewed vocals.

All things aside, seeing Chris Alfaro in action is enough for me to check any venue out. Call me a fan girl if you must, but the guy’s got talent.





The Santa Ana native and frequent participant in the Los Angeles underground music circuit, who is gaining increasing critical acclaim for both his musicianship and entrepreneurial activities, cites his colleagues as key influences with where he is taking his music today:

"People I grew up with throughout the years have kind of taught me everything, especially my buddy the Gaslamp Killer who has shown me a new world of music…his energy and what he plays pretty much influenced my entire direction of music. And those kids DJ Shadow, Flying Lotus, Daedelus, Nosaj Thing, all of which are good buddies of mine…I’m very honored to be actively doing stuff with them…They’re my inspiration."

Having some heavy-hitting beat makers as close, personal friends has fared well for both Alfaro and the Crosby. His familial relationship with the beat-centric sphere of the music community has lead to several partnerships and collaborations with the likes of Dam-Funk, Shepard Fairey, DJ Rhettmatic, J Rocc, Plann.B, 12th Planet, Wendy City, No MSG, and the list goes on. To this day, I still can’t get over how choc-full of music this place is. And the best part: IT’S FREE. Despite the wide array of talent that comes into the Crosby, there’s no real preoccupation with money there. Such aforementioned guest spots occur informally as Alfaro discusses a lack of monetary intent behind having musical showcases at the restaurant:

"It’s not your typical…‘Come in here, make us money, and we’ll give you money.’ It’s more like, ‘Come in, hang out, we’ll jam, we’ll talk music, probably get some collabs going, we’ll have fun, have some meals, talk to some people, [and] kick it…I don’t care how big you are. You come in here just asking for money only—it’s just not part of the game…We have a lot of friends that are doing a lot of big things in music and they come to our spot as if it’s like their home too. And all the different DJs from LA, all these different places, they’re all just homies. If they’re not, then they’re friends of friends that are just down…because they know it’s more like an artist to artist vibe."

It’s this same modest and homely atmosphere coupled with a slew of artists each month that makes the Crosby so appealing. As an area that has limited exposure to the burgeoning music scene in Los Angeles, Orange County definitely gets a taste of what’s coming up in music now that the Crosby is in the picture.

To sum it up: The Crosby is legit. It’s a no-bro zone (usually) and it isn’t infested with your typical neon kids or snot-nosed hipsters who don’t care where they are so long as the person to the left and right of them is drinking a can of Pabst and rocking the same Ray-Ban sunglasses and plaid shirt they are. If you are said person, however, my apologizes to you and yours, but don’t let my comments stop you from checking the place out if you haven’t done so already. Grab a drink. Pull up a chair. Order some sweet potato fries. And listen to some good tunes. One of the most chill spots in Orange County won’t judge you and your tired-out plaid shirt.

Playlist for 12.5.09

cymbals eat guitars - and the hazy sea - why there are mountains
felix - where is my dragon - you are the one i pick
the sounds - rock n' roll - living in america
m83 - unrecorded - dead cities, red seas, and lost ghosts

phoenix - everything is everything - alphabetical
hercules and love affair - raise me up - hercules and love affair
vhs or beta - heaven - le funk
ladytron - weekend - witching hour

the beat junkies - dilated peoples: work the angles
      - the world famous beat junkies vol. 2
the beat junkies - the visionaries: blessings
      - the world famous beat junkies vol. 2
jurassic 5 - great expectations - quality control
people under the stairs - the wiz - fun dmc

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hot cha cha - one thousand pillows left - the worlds hardest working
      telescope and the violent birth of stars
thao with the get down stay down - burn you up - know better learn faster
dutchess and the duke - new shadow - sunset/sunrise
dam funk - burn straight thru u - toeachizown

indian jewelry - climbing up the walls - sangles redux
wax taylor feat. charlotte savary - go without me - in the mood for life
nick cave and the bad seeds - dead man in my bed - nocturama
blackalicious - powers - the craft

flying lotus - 1983 - 1983
indian jewelry - downtown - sangles redux
cocorosie - promise - the adventures of ghosthorse and stillborn

Playlist for 11.28.09

the sunshine underground - dead scene - raise the alarm
ghostland observatory - silver city - delete.delete.i.eat.meat
hot cha cha - aint easy being sleasy
      - the worlds hardest working telescope and the violent birth of stars
broken social scene - almost crimes - you forgot it in people

anya marina - whatever you like - whatever you like
adele - right as rain - 19
boys noize - feist : my moon my man (boys noize remix) - oi oi oi
camera obscura - teenager - underachievers please try harder

ghostland observatory - paparazzi lightning - paparazzi lightning
tortured soul - unsteady - did you miss me
dam funk - the sky is ours - toeachizown
sebastien tellier - la ritournelle - politics

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aceyalone - on the one - & the lonely ones
wax taylor - dragon chasers - in the mood for life
the very best (feat. ezra koenig) - warm heart of africa - warm heart of africa
delicious vinyl all-stars - fatlip : whats up fatlip (breakbot remix)
      - RMXXOLOGY

marques wyatt - shaun escoffery : days like this (dj spinna
      and ticklah remix) - for those who like to get down
lake - sing 99 & 90 - lets build a roof
yo la tengo - when its dark - popular songs
medeski, martin & wood - new planet - end of the world party (just in case)

forro in the dark - silence is golden - light a candle
kaskade - samba love - here and now
girl talk - double pump - night ripper
girl talk - overtime - night ripper

Playlist for 11.21.09

Holy smokes, it's already Thanksgiving this week! I hope everyone gets their gobble gobble on :). Here's the playlist for this past Saturday's show:


the xx - heart skipped a beat - xx
friendly fires - lovesick - friendly fires
sol.illaquists of sound - look - no more heroes
cut chemist - the garden - the audiences listening

klaxons - golden skans - myths of the near future
tokyo police club - nature of the experiment - a lesson in crime
hot cha cha - hookers deserve a lifetime achievement award
      - the worlds hardest working telescope and the violent birth of stars
van she - changes - v

free the robots - listen to the future - free the robots
crown city rockers - no sense - earthtones
RJD2 - nightmares on wax : 70s/80s - loose ends
sol.illaquists of sound - bulletproof - no more heroes

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adrian young - shine - black dynamite
free the robots - diary - free the robots
bebel gilberto - ceu distante (dj spinna remix) - bebel gilberto remixed
dj shadow - fixed income - private press

etienne jaumet - mental vortex - night music
sneaky sound system - thin disguise - sneaky sound system
hot chip - over and over - the warning

flight of the conchords - rambling through the avenues of time
      - i told you i was freaky
dangermouse and sparklehorse - revenge - dark night of the soul
the mountain goats - genesis - the life of the world to come
lcd soundsystem - time to get away - sound of silver
matt and kim - good old fashioned nightmare - grand

Playlist for 11.14.09

Hope I got all those requests in alright :). And congratulations to Julie for winning that pair of tickets to see Peaches in two weeks! (Your tickets will be under your name on will-call). On another note, I'm thinking of bringing in some guests/co-hosts in the next few weeks to spice up my show. I need people to bounce pointless comments off of, so let me know if you're interested! Anywhoo, here's the playlist from yesterday's show:


late of the pier - broken - fantasy black channel
the twelves - daft punk : aerodynamic
the twelves - groove armada : drop the tough
florence and the machine - girl with one eye - lungs

jazzanova - soon - in between
nujabes (feat. CL smooth) - sky is falling
      - hydeout productions 2nd collection
the ruby suns - adventure tour - sea lion
clap your hands say yeah - let the cool goddess rust away
      - clap your hands say yeah

late of the pier - mad dogs and englishmen - fantasy black channel
beirut - elephant gun - elephant gun
why? - even the good wood gone - eskimo snow
giant panda - do the robot in cyberspace - electric laser

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miguel migs (feat. li'sha) - do it for you - san francisco under a groove
peaches - operate - fatherfucker
kero one - in all the wrong places - windmills of the soul
k-os - burning bridges - yes!

grizzly bear - all we ask - veckatimest
passion pit - cuddle fuddle - chunk of change
MSTRKRFT (feat. john legend) - heartbreaker (12th planet remix)
royksopp - tricky, tricky - junior

forro in the dark (feat. sabina sciubba) - silence is golden - light a candle
noisettes - wild young hearts - wild young hearts

Playlist for 11.7.09

Wow..thank you callers for keeping me on my toes today! Haha, I was moving all over the place with those requests. Thanks for listening everyone! The support is much appreciated :)


giant panda - 90s - fly school reunion
nat king cole (feat. michaelangelo l'acqua & bebel gilberto)
      - brazilian love song - re: generations
tv on the radio - province - return to cookie mountain
people under the stairs - flex off - stepfather

pop noir - santa ana - pop noir
blonde redhead - dr. strangeluv - 23
the kills - last day of magic - midnight boom
black kids - im making eyes at you - partie traumatic

little dragon - no love - little dragon
tv on the radio - dont love you - desperate youth, bloodthirsty babes
kero one - keep it alive - windmills of the soul
edit - straight heat - certified air raid material

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no age - sleeper hold - nouns
digitalism - zdarlight (bag raiders shout it all out remix) - bag raiders
ladyhawke - my delirum - ladyhawke
the postmarks - the girl from algenib - memoirs at the end of the world

common rider - prison break - this is unity music
faux pas - dorothys finger - entropy begins at home
mark farina - mateo and matos : taste of funk - mushroom jazz, vol. 3
mark farina - dynamic syncopation : dedicated - mushroom jazz, vol. 3

ratatat - el pico - ratatat
james pants - my girl - welcome
passion pit - moths wings - manners
the black ghosts - anyway you choose to give it - the black ghosts
dwele - truth - subject

Playlist for 10.31.09

Hope everyone had a safe and awesome Halloween! I was disappointed in Hard, but Saturday totally made up for it. Gotta love that mad dog :)


julian plenti - games for days - julian plenti is...skyscraper
the postmarks - no one said this would be easy
      - memoirs at the end of the world
RJD2 - ghostwriter - deadringer
sneaky sound system - i love it - sneaky sound system

florence and the machine - howl - lungs
crystal castles - crimewave - crystal castles
the faint - glass danse - danse macabre
sneaky sound system - pictures - sneaky sound system

jazzanova - another new day - in between
vhs or beta - you got me - night on fire
the rapture - the devil - pieces of the people we love
flying lotus - robertaflack - los angeles

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islands - the drums - vapours
kasabian - club foot - kasabian
scratch perverts - subscape : nothings wrong,
      martyn : natural selection (flying lotus remix),
      12th planet : control - beatdown
fort knox five - rodney hunter : uptown tricks - radio free dc remixed

blue sky, black death - days are years - a heap of broken images
mates of state - what i could stand for - my solo project
camera obscura - eighties fan - biggest bluest hi-fi
the counterfeit junkies - manifestation - leaning from a steep slope

junior boys - in the morning - so this is goodbye
atlas sound - an orchid - logos
tortured soul - did you miss me - did you miss me
duck sauce (a-trak & armand van helden) - anyway
people under the stairs - trippin at the disco - carried away
free the robots - jazzhole - free the robots

Playlist for 10.24.09

MAN i am hungry after 4 hours of being in the studio..haha. Here's today's playlist yall


datarock - computer camp love - datarock datarock
a-trak - kid sister : life on tv - infinity +1
a-trak - sebastien tellier : kilometer (a-trak remix) - infinity +1
the whitest boy alive - golden cage - dreams

god help the girl - ill have to dance with cassie - god help the girl
school of seven bells - half asleep - alpinisms
YACHT - the afterlife - see mystery lights
shitdisco - ok - kingdom of fear

mayer hawthorne - shiny and new - a strange arrangement
fischerspooner - never win - odyssey
the avalanches - frontier psychiatrist - since i left you
free the robots - jazzhole - free the robots

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chuck love & spur - turn on - bring enough to spill some
nicolay - adore (feat. yahzarah) - here
the raveonettes - breaking into cars - in and out of control
kaos - now and forever - hello stranger

jack penate - so near - everything is new
hercules and love affair - blind - hercules and love affair
the pains of being pure at heart - falling over - higher than the stars
illa j - sounds like love - yancey boys

she & him - why do you let me stay here - volume one
the whitest boy alive - burning - dreams
free the robots - our time - the prototype
blu & exile - first things first - below the heavens
boys noize - starter - power

Playlist for 10.17.09

Yay..lots of requests on yesterday's show. Definitely going to do some research on some of those songs too. Thanks Dan!


the raveonettes - heart of stone - in and out of control
yo la tengo - when its dark - popular songs
brother ali - baby girl - us
fruit bats - feather bed - the ruminant band

dangermouse and sparklehorse - little girl (feat. julian casablancas)
      - dark night of the soul
mayer hawthorne - maybe so, maybe no - a strange arrangement
blonde redhead - equus - misery is a butterfly
PNAU (feat. ladyhawke) - embrace (miami horror and fred falke remix)

blu & exile - cold hearted - below the heavens
lykke li - im good, im gone - youth novels
har mar superstar - dont ask, dont tell - dark touches
jay dee - love (feat. pharoahe monch) - the shining

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miike snow - black and blue - miike snow
nosaj thing - ioio - drift
the black ghosts - its your touch - the black ghosts
the presets - girl and the sea - beams

the xx - crystalised - xx
YACHT - we have all weve ever wanted - see mystery lights
noisettes - atticus - wild young hearts
vampire weekend - m79 - vampire weekend

the knife - one for you - deep cuts
felix da housecat - turn me on a summer smile - he was king
the pains of being pure at heart - higher than the stars
     - higher than the stars
colette - didnt mean to turn you on - hypnotized
the crowd - the one - www.wearethecrowd.com

Playlist for 10.10.09

Aloha! Here's the playlist for this past Saturday's show. Have at it :)


metronomy - on dancefloors - nights out
god help the girl - come monday night - god help the girl
lcd soundsystem - time to get away - sound of silver
noisettes - every now and then - wild young hearts

sebastien tellier - la ritournelle - politics
the xx - islands - xx
denizen kane - lost - tree city legends, volume 2
m83 - kim & jessie - saturdays = youth

boys noize - starter - power
god help the girl - musician, please take heed - god help the girl
kero one - musical journey - windmills of the soul
hot chip - and I was a boy from school - the warning

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generationals - when they fight, they fight - con law
lisa shaw - find the way - free
daedelus - fair weather friends - fair weather friends
mayer hawthorne - the ills - a strange arrangement

fools gold - yam lo moshech - fools gold
simian mobile disco - audacity of huge - temporary pleasure
breakestra - show you the way - dusk till dawn
cale parks - running family - to swift mars

capybara - soft - try brother
cazals - poor innocent boys - what of our future
nat king cole (produced by cut chemist) - day in day out - re: generations
cut copy - saturdays - bright like neon love
empire of the sun - we are the people - walking on a dream

Debut of From Beauty to Thrift Shop!

Howdy folks! This past Saturday was the debut of my show From Beauty to Thrift Shop, and I must say I'm quite proud of the fact I didn't happen to set the studio on fire or anything. Thanks to everyone for their support! It really calms my nerves since I'm still getting used to being in the hot seat. Here's what you missed if you didn't happen to catch the show:


the kills - the good ones - no wow
bat for lashes - daniel - two suns
flying lotus - unexpected delight (feat. laura darlington) - 1983
no age - things i did when i was dead - nouns

the whip - blackout - x marks destination
the juan maclean - accusations - the future will come
foreign exchange - hustle hustle - connected
nujabes - a day by atmosphere supreme - metaphorical music

van she - kelly (cut copy remix) - kelly
she & him - why do you let me stay here? - volume one
little dragon - blinking pigs - machine dreams
empire of the sun - walking on a dream - walking on a dream

miike snow - song for no one - miike snow
nat king cole (produced by cee-lo) - lush life - re: generations
nosaj thing - light #1 - drift
ratatat - wildcat - classics

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the xx - night time - xx
nujabes (feat. shing02) - f.i.l.o - metaphorical music
bag raiders - shooting stars - bag raiders
moving units - birds of prey - dangerous dreams

the rapture - house of jealous lovers - echoes
the black ghosts - something new - the black ghosts
crown city rockers - something part 3 - earthtones
tortured soul - home to you - did you miss me

sebastien tellier - league chicanos - politics
digitalism - i want i want - idealism
klaxons - two receivers - myths of the near future