VG Frequency

Ok, so while Day 1 of MAGFest 6 was awesome, I completely missed Day 2.

LOOK, HEAR ME OUT!

Ha! But yeah, the short of it was that my lady, THE Lady, the esteemed Paige came down with a virus and felt like…let’s say “poop” and be generous. I took her over to the urgent care clinic to get checked out, but waited until late in the evening. I tend to play things by ear, so I didn’t bother checking when the concerts would be. “6PM,” you say? Well, shit. If I’d known, I wouldn’t have left for the clinic at 5:50PM, now would I? Regardless, she felt bad enough where I stayed home afterwards and took care of her, so I missed out on all of day 2! If you’ve ever been in a position where you’ve regretted everything while regretting nothing, you know how I felt. (That’s love! Try it sometime!)

If you have MAGFest thoughts to share so far, please comment or send them in; we’d love to hear from you on this always amazing yearly event. But to give you a taste of what took place on Friday, let’s hook you up with something I missed myself as Thursday turned into Friday after the opening ceremonies: Shnabubula performing in MAG’s Jamspace room.

A new addition to the event, Jamspace is the only place where artists can plug in and do their thing nearly any time of day. Whether it’s turntabling or performing live, if you’ve got the goods, you’re ready to play. Some instruments were already provided to Jamspace for use during the festival, and Sam quickly showed off the potential of the idea, brought to you by ThaSauce.

Maybe you’ve already seen some of his previous performance videos. But they’re nothing like the Final Fantasy VI arrangement “Terra’s Got Her Groove Back.” Enjoy!

For a hater like myself, I rarely, if ever, gush about the talents of an OC ReMixer. There are definitely a lot of talented people out there, and I plan to profile a few more when I get a chance, but as a wanna-be I hold a special place in my musical heart for Jillian Goldin, a.k.a. pixietricks. Not only is she a classically trained vocalist at one of the best music schools in the country, AND a great arrangement artist, but she’s also a cool person who’s got a tremendous career ahead of her be it belting out Mozart or Nobuo Uematsu. Heck, she’s already been featured in Firaxis Games‘ Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword expansion pack.

And this wouldn’t be my column if I didn’t also say that Jill’s work is some of the most accessible to mainstream listeners, especially those who like new age artists like Enya or Loreena McKennitt. And I’m not the only one who thinks so…ask radioMystic, an online New Age radio station that made Jill artist of the month.

I can also appreciate a woman making it in a man’s world, or, in this case the OCR Judges Panel–of which she is the first “feminines” as Larry would say and one of the few female ReMixers on the site overall. I remember when Jill was asked to be on the judges panel and Larry, ever the gentleman, was telling the judges that they were going to have to seriously curtail their language/nasty chat on their IRC channel when she joined. And let’s not talk about how many OCR message board members have pervy animated GIFs of bouncing, barely clothed breasts in their signatures.

But back to the music. Jill has a pretty distinctive style for her ReMixes–on occasion she’s been known to even bust out a bit of opera here and there. But for the most part, they are sweeping, cinematic (don’t those two words always go together?) and relaxing. For all the drama of the arrangement, many of Jill’s songs, in my mind are lullabies that you can easily put on repeat and go on about your Net surfing, romancing, or meditating business.The song I’ve highlighted for this column, “Journey’s End”, a ReMix of a Final Fantasy X theme, is actually a collaboration between Jill, GrayLightning (Gray Alexander), and Sephfire (Daniel Floyd). And what a collab it was!

I do feel compelled to note that GrayLightning sort of disappeared from the ReMixing scene with some cryptic note about moving on with his life or something. We’ll never know what happened to him, but I wish him well, and it’s certainly a great loss to the community that he’s not around to see it grow and develop as it has.

As a concept, this song could probably be it’s own track in a Final Fantasy game. Imagine Yuna sitting outside on as the summer’s evening as the stars shine and she dreams about Tidus. Maybe there is such a scene in the game, with sparkles falling and Yuna and Tidus floating up into the air. Oh wait…there is.

The structure of this song really sweetens the deal. You’ve got Jill’s voice as the focus, with a “pulsing boosh-ah” techno beat running at the bottom driving the song forward, and an airy piano/synthy bit floating up top. It’d be a great driving song for a late night ride home while the city sleeps, if you know what I mean. And when you get to your, ahem, “Journey’s End” you may have the recurring theme stuck in your head for a while–in a nice way, that is.

After spending a week island hopping in the Mediterranean Sea, I’m now in overcast, coastal Ireland and missing the sun. The water outside my window is a pale grey and the weatherman said we’d be lucky to get up to 70°F today. But my earphones are transporting me back to coastal France and Italy thanks to Adrian Holovaty’s Super Mario Bros. 2 ‘Gypsy Jazz.’

I’m a huge jazz fan, more typically into classic crooners like Old Blue Eyes, Edith Piaf, or Billie Holiday and thinking man’s jazz like Thelonius Monk and Duke Ellington…but every once in a while, I pull out my only Western Swing album (a dime-a-dozen TIME music collection kind of dealie that I’m embarrassed to admit I own) or flip on the Internets Radio [sic] and listen to West Coast Jazz. For an hour or two, everything’s chill and I’m content. But after a while, the soothing, enthusiastic lullabye of guitar jazz starts to wear on my nerves.

I hate to say it but so much guitar-based jazz (especially gypsy jazz) sounds the same to me—too happy, too simple, too…unashamedly temperate. Unless of course, I was riding a bike around Provençal France, making crepes, or filming a Yoplait commercial.

Which is why I had to give Holovaty credit for his ‘Gypsy Jazz.’ I’m pretty sure I recognize the source tune from this song as well, and although it doesn’t diverge overmuch from the original, it’s still a lovely little ditty that’ll get your feet tapping and certainly send a little sunny weather your way.

I think what makes this song so great for mainstream listeners is that, like good French food, Holovaty knows where to use restraint. He doesn’t go crazy with instrumentation or production. The sound, although it could be richer in parts, is like a well-worn record. While this may be frustrating for the more active listener, especially for guitar enthusiasts, I think it captures well the ambiance during which gypsy jazz evolved some 80-odd years ago.

I’m also always a little surprised jazz this good can be coaxed out of a Mario Bros. game. Hate me if you must, but I just don’t think the source material offers much to experiment with…classical, sure; techno/trance/electronica, bien sur, but jazz? Mes non.

This is probably also why there aren’t many other SMB jazz ReMixes available…and I’ve heard only one other that I think successfully transcended the VGM-mainstream music barrier. This may be because the main theme itself is already sort of jazzy.

But I am more than happy to be proven wrong again and again if there are any young derring dos out there willing to try. Or not so young…like this brave soul…

Some of you might remember me from my days of guesting as Larry’s friend, and later Larry’s Lady, on his radio show. Back then, I was what people might call “a hater.”

Most of the video game music I had heard back then was stuff I didn’t like. It was too electronic, not very compelling melodically, and I wasn’t familiar with most of the games being referenced to appreciate VGM even from a nostalgic perspective.

Back then, Larry was diligent in his effort to bring me over to the dark side. We had always shared music we liked, and Larry refused to see VGM as a point of departure in taste like the Beastie Boys.

Why is it that every guy I know creams himself over that band? I’d much rather listen to “Lonely Swedish” than “Brass Monkey” if I had to make a terrible choice in hell or Abu Ghraib.

My esteem for VGM, well, more accurately, OCR, grew slowly, hesitantly. Perhaps, it was my pride, or my general tendency to be sparing with my praise, but upon hearing a track that wasn’t offensive, I would say something like “not terrible,” or shrug my shoulders non-committally.

Over the years, as the musical selection available at OCR grew more diverse, and the quality of musicians and production increased exponentially, I found there were more and more instances where I would begrudgingly say “I don’t hate it.”

And then, one fateful day, the sky fell in and I actually liked a song…in fact, I liked it so much, I unabashedly added it to my iPod.

Israfel (aka Michael Dover) gets full credit for the dastardly deed, with his most appealing “Cerebral Rose Jam” from the game, Shivers.

When djp wrote his write-up of the ReMix, he was on target when he said, “I’d imagine this ReMix will get more listeners from fans of Israfel than of the source material.”

What I loved about this mix was how atmospheric, exotic, and totally unexpected it was. Not to mention the fact that you can lull yourself into a gratifying stupor listening to CRJ on loop.

It’s a pretty moody mix, that alludes to summer evenings in Cairo, smoking a cheroot as you wait for your “man” on the dig to bring you a souvenir from King Tut’s Tomb.

It’s also damn sexy, and I wonder if Israfel didn’t spend his nights dreaming of someone special’s flat, sweaty tummy as he added in the darbuka (I think), finger cymbals (possibly tingsha), and jingle bells.

There’s lots of space in this track, which is what I think makes it so successful compared to other instrumental versions of “Middle Eastern-like” music, where usually the rhythm is so driving it’s hard to really immerse yourself in the theme.

In that respect, I think Israfel’s got a good vibe going on of what is very similar to maybe some Rabih Abou-Khalil’s Blue Camel and Sufi trance music.

WARNING! APPROACHING TANGENT:
Larry says, “Damn, that’s esoteric as fuck! Sufi trance music?”
I showed Larry a sample of what I was talking about. Larry thought I was talking about this.
That’s “trance” as in meditative music.

Now my suggestion to the haters, or, ahem, lovers as it were, is to pick this track up from OCR, put it your Winamp and turn off the lights. It will give you the “shivers.”

So, folks, if you like this, I’ll come back regularly with other songs I, the nay-saying mistress of mainstream (and mystical world music), actually like.

After a semester of my (Insert Name Here) radio show, split between my favorite mainstream tracks and tracks from the amateur VGM arrangement community, I realized that most of my listening audience stuck around for the video game music. Having promoted my show more thoroughly on OverClocked ReMix’s message boards, I managed to secure a tight-knit group of listeners who I’d gather up on AOL Instant Messenger in a chat room. Among them were Scott “SeattleOverCoat” Porter (later just “OverCoat“, my first regular listener), a.p. “analoq” matthews, Candy “Juverna” Bullard, and Danny “SuperGreenX” Adler (now “SGX“). I honestly don’t remember if any specific track prompted me to also follow the original music that amateur VGM arrangers made. Having done a great amount of personal research on the artists’ homepages, I was able to familiarize myself with the fact that many of them also had original works on MP3.com or personal homepages.

As far as I recall, it was around the end of the 2002 school year when I decided to do an episode of (Insert Name Here) exclusively featuring original tracks by artists in the OC ReMix community. Mixers who had already heard of my show quickly turned out, so I ended up with material from all the names mentioned prior. SGX’s stuff in particular was very impressive (and continues to be to this day). I was also excited to receive material from top names like Disco Dan, Ailsean, Injury, DarkeSword, Protricity, and Star Salzman.

One particular thing I remember in preparation was that I printed notes on each musician and track to reference for the introduction of each song. Not to sound egotistical, because my shows were both very loose and tongue-in-cheek, but I’m impressed at the degree of seriousness that I gave to the subject matter at the time. I was able to note real names, music competitions that they had recently taken part in, as well as previous works and relevance to the community. There was no moment where my audience went “Damn, he respects the community. He knows his stuff,” but I feel those things were inherent and unspoken to those from the VGM arrangement community who tuned in.

In the summer of 2003, I finally made the move to focusing on video game music and the amateur VGM arrangement community entirely. After being stuck on a name for weeks (the best I could initially come with was VGM: Very Good Music, which I allowed Steve “D-Lux” King to steal years later), my friend Joe bantered out a few radio sounding words, including the word “Frequency.” As soon as I put “VG” in front of it and said it aloud, I knew I had a very strong name for the show.

Looking back to my first episode’s playlist from VGF, I’m certainly astonished by a few things:

*I forgot about my penchant for inserting songs into my playlists on the fly when requests popped up; my first track of the show was a request for Gröûp X.
*Just friends at the time, “The Lady,” Paige, called into the very first show. Though basically a hater (you’ll hear more from her when the time comes), she was impressed by the music of Jared Hudson and Quinn Fox.
*My selection was nowhere near as deep back then. Most of the tracks were favorite OC ReMixes.

It would take too much time to go through all the various developments in the show that were very important to me at the time. The ball started rolling with people I had known beforehand, and soon enough I was joined by people I didn’t know well but knew of the show. The show clearly became more important over time as ReMixers started going out of their way to catch it, started providing me with audio bumpers, tracks to play (many times, before anyone else had heard them), works-in-progress to provide feedback to or interviews, and started treating the show’s chat room as a important place to be to interact with lots of community members.

Memories of those 3 years, in shorthand:

*The headache that was streaming in RealAudio
*Commercials for Zwings ‘n Things (”Miss the old days when a wing was a wing?”, which Spencer Koch later admitted he had no idea how he came up with that when recording the ad)
*Bubb Rubb during all of the early aftershows
*Coining the term “e-penis” while interviewing KyleJCrb and reading the chat room window contents over the air; if you’ve ever heard the term anywhere, I somehow invented it
*The Wingless explains the meaning of bukkake
*The Valentine’s Day shows
*Being saved in a big way by 5 interviews when audio from my computer was a no-go one week
*Interviewing Protricity, the arrival of Jim Holland and newly being able to record the shows myself, leading to jump in popularity once show MP3s became available every week
*Having friend, Emory student, WMRE DJ, and old-school OC ReMixer Electron on board as guest host
*The yearly “Best of the Best” episodes capping off each year’s run
*Interviewing OC ReMix founder, David “djpretzel” Lloyd
*The surprise return for one more season after graduating from Emory University in 2005

VG Frequency certainly was a memorable experience that fueled my love for broadcasting to this day. The radio show kept me in tune with the goings-on of the amateur VGM arrangement community for quite a long time in an Internet age where people move fast and events move faster. The casual fan misses out on the high quality, diversity and vast selection in arrangements outside of OC ReMix and especially original works from artists’ homepages. It made me respect the community’s musicians even more, and bringing those tracks awareness they may have otherwise not received is something I’m proud of doing.

Though I served an unconventional role in the community as a radio DJ, the role was one that provided me not only the opportunity to observe the community’s contributors, but ultimately the ability to actively shape the community’s direction in my own small way. After doing community music reviews during the summer of 2004, I entered a few people’s radar as a serious candidate for a position on the OverClocked ReMix Judges Panel. That’ll take us to Part 5…

I thought it would be appropriate to give some background on myself and why I decided to start a blog about video game music. Or, more accurately, how my girlfriend (a woman you’ll hear more from known as “The Lady”) encouraged me to start a blog about video game music. It’s been a relatively long road getting to VGM listening as a life’s hobby.

I was never big into video games as a kid. I loved the ones I did have, but never owned too many or spent way too much time playing them. In short, loved ‘em, just not fanatically. And it continues that way up until the present day. I don’t own a Wii, a PS3 or an Xbox 360, though I’ve played WarioWare: Smooth Moves for a few minutes and loved it.

My uncle bought my (fraternal) twin brother & I an NES in 1988 for our birthday, which came with the Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt combo cartridge (naturally). Despite playing Nintendo together at the same distance from the television, my brother’s eyesight stayed 20/20 and mine started getting worse for whatever reason. I needed glasses in 1st grade (didn’t end up getting them until years later).

The music of Super Mario Bros. definitely stuck with me and remains an instant bit of nostalgia, but while it planted a seed, I never sat down and tape recorded the music like a lot of colleagues I know.

Other earlier memories involved:
*a friend of my brother’s, Nnamdi Ifejika, having a ton of NES games, which allowed me to sample a lot of ‘em and get to know bits and pieces of several titles
*3rd grade, where my friend Eric Hole had a huge Nintendo Power strategy guide and letting me borrow it for a few days, as just reading about the games was amazing enough
*playing the Sega Master System, particularly the footbag portion of California Games, at my uncle’s house (the one who bought us the NES)
*playing Duck Hunt at a brother’s friend’s house and chancing on a sweet spot in Clay Shooting that allowed me to hit each target no matter where it was on the screen; I eventually got nervous around Round 90 after I sportingly let one clay pigeon almost get away, then somehow got nervous and tried to shoot it directly
*Receiving both Super Mario Bros. 3, and the excellent Nintendo Power Strategy Guide for it in 1990
*Playing the SNES at Dave Riccio’s house back when it first came out, especially Street Fighter II years later
*Choosing Chip ‘N Dale Rescue Rangers over Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for a birthday present (a difficult choice at the time, an excellent choice in retrospect)
*Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
*My friend Hayden Mixsell bequeathing me his Sega Genesis after moving onto the Nintendo 64, hooking me up with Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Streets of Rage 2 in the process

It’s difficult to encapsulate the entire mish-mash of games of my childhood, but so many of them had really memorable themes, Streets of Rage 2 in particular. Some of Pilotwings comes to mind. Road Rash. Super Mario Bros. 2. Street Fighter Alpha had a really big impact on me. There’s a big list eventually waiting to be recollected.

It wasn’t until Street Fighter Alpha 3 and Napster in 2000 during my freshman year at Emory University in Atlanta, GA that I really got into trying to find video game music. As far as I knew, back in the relative infancy of the internet, there weren’t any concentrated websites to buy game music let alone simply find it. But on a whim, I figured that if mainstream music was available, maybe somebody had some video game music from games I used to love.

There was no luck finding Street Fighter II, but Street Fighter Alpha 3’s “Brave or Grave” came up once somehow and I decided to check it out. I’d never played the game at the time, but I loved the track. In retrospect it’s not an A-grade piece of work, but the energy was pretty crazy the first time I heard it. I was gradually able to amass most of the soundtrack by searching for Street Fighter Zero 3 and becoming lucky when certain users would show up. Karin Kanzuki’s theme “Simple Rating” quickly became my favorite, along with Cody’s “Stripes,” Vega’s “Crimson,” and Cammy’s “Doll Eyes.”

A friend of mine who lived in my freshman hall, and who I stayed friends with throughout my 4 years, Dave Share, had a Sega Dreamcast and quickly got me back into the Street Fighter game series, far and away my favorite bunch of games. Eventually, I was playing Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Capcom vs. SNK (truly a dream game when I first saw it) and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, loving each one of the soundtracks even more than I loved the games.

It wasn’t until 2001 that I became interested in spreading the word on VGM through the radio. That’ll take us to Part 2…

2/4 - 10:20PM EST
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11/26 - 10:15PM
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VG Frequency #070: How Yaks Do
Larry Oji - WMRE (Emory University Student Radio; Atlanta, GA)
Saturday, November 12, 2005 / 10:15 PM - 1:37 AM EST
Liontamer f/Arek the Absolute, ThatPaige, Rexy & OverCoat
Trenthian: “His yak call always works though. I need to learn that yak call.” - CHz: “Hell, it got me horny.”
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VG Frequency #069: As Big As Boxcars
Larry Oji - WMRE (Emory University Student Radio; Atlanta, GA)
Saturday, November 5, 2005 / 10:20 PM - 1:40 AM EST
Liontamer f/ThatPaige, Flik, Mythril Nazgul, Rexy, KungFuChicken! & King of Pillows
BlackPerson: “And we’re aaaaall in this hurricane together…”
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VG Frequency #065: Raw Manliness
Larry Oji - WMRE (Emory University Student Radio; Atlanta, GA)
Saturday, October 8, 2005 / 10:20 PM - 1:17 AM EDT
Liontamer f/ThatPaige, Flik, Vigilante, Rexy, Disk Mastah Smokabitch, Grand Masta Poppa Cap & Hella-Tight MC Fukkaslut
Disk Mastah Smokabitch: “my mom is so prowd that i m on the radio”
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VG Frequency #062: QA Games (Large Open Bug Count)
Larry Oji - WMRE (Emory University Student Radio; Atlanta, GA)
Saturday, September 17, 2005 / 10:10 PM - 4:10 AM EDT
Liontamer f/DCT, ThatPaige, Flik, Mythril Nazgul & Trenthian
Bladiator on Larry: “He’s dissing me on the INTARWEB! I couldn’t handle it!”
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VG Frequency #053: Yeah, You Know Me
Larry Oji - WMRE (Emory University Student Radio; Atlanta, GA)
Friday, May 13, 2005 / 1:10 - 3:30 AM EST
Liontamer f/SgtRama & Sadorf
Rossodio: “LARRY! Tell us how much we suck before you go!”
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VG Frequency #059: Establish an Intercourse
Larry Oji - WMRE (Emory University Student Radio; Atlanta, GA)
Saturday, April 30, 2005 / 10:20 PM - 2:52 AM EDT
Liontamer f/ThatPaige, Rexy, Compyfox, D-Lux, Joe Cam & Shael Riley
Joe Cam (as D-Lux): “I’m boring.”
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VG Frequency #050: Pretzel Twist
Larry Oji - WMRE (Emory University Student Radio; Atlanta, GA)
Saturday, February 26, 2005 / 10 PM - 4:40 AM EST
Liontamer f/Joe Cam, OverCoat, ThatPaige, Beatdrop, Antonio Pizza, Flik, Shael Riley, animefreak, Daniel Baranowsky, D-Lux, zircon, Kaleb Grace & djpretzel
djpretzel: “You say I’m not nice…that’s not nice.”
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VG Frequency #049: Mitsuda Does So Well
Larry Oji - WMRE (Emory University Student Radio; Atlanta, GA)
Saturday, February 19, 2005 / 10 PM - 3:30 AM EST
Liontamer f/Mustin, Nate Cloud (cameo), Antonio Pizza, Koala, Irish Devil (cameo), Steven Smith, H the 8th, Rory O’Boyle, DarkeSword, ThatPaige, DCT, Joe Cam & Flik
Ailsean: “Larry said my name right! Yay! Prozax insists on calling me ‘AL shawn.’”
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VG Frequency #048: Angle 6
Larry Oji - WMRE (Emory University Student Radio; Atlanta, GA)
Saturday, February 12, 2005 / 10:40 PM - 1:50 AM EST
Liontamer f/ThatPaige, Trenthian, Hemophiliac, Flik, Antonio Pizza, Miss Robin & Bladiator
Suzumebachi: “I wish I could see what the hell is going on.”
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VG Frequency #046: Hot a Lot
Larry Oji - WMRE (Emory University Student Radio; Atlanta, GA)
Tuesday, February 1, 2005 / 7 - 10:13 PM EST
Liontamer f/ThatPaige, Kaleb Grace, Flik, Shael Riley & Koala
Flik (singing): “Oh, Larry you’re so hottttt! Oh Larry Larry Larry Larry O.! La la la la!”
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VG Frequency #034: Inferiority Complex (She Likes a Turkey)
Larry Oji - WMRE (Emory University Student Radio; Atlanta, GA)
Thursday, November 25, 2004 / 11 PM - 1:10 AM EST
Liontamer f/ThatPaige
ThatPaige: “I kinda thought, you know, ‘Maybe he’s not THAT dorky really…’”
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VG Frequency #028: Quite the Contrary
Larry Oji - WMRE (Emory University Student Radio; Atlanta, GA)
Saturday, May 1, 2004 / 10 PM - 12:45 AM EST
Liontamer f/DarkeSword, JigginJonT, Vigilante & D-Lux
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VG Frequency #027: Loss Prevention
Larry Oji - WMRE (Emory University Student Radio; Atlanta, GA)
Saturday, April 24, 2004 / 10:10 PM - 1:20 AM EST
Liontamer f/Debotron, Bagel Fuzzynuts, DJ Old Dirty Dad, Dakar, Digital Coma, ThatPaige, D-Lux, Adhesive Boy, bLiNd & Jaroban

0. We’re joined in the studio by Debotron, Bagel Fuzzynuts & DJ Old Dirty Dad as we field a call from the FCC (watch yo’ mouth) [http://dc.cowten.net]
1. Rayza - VG Frequency “Bee Gees’ Frequency” Bumper
2. Nobuo Uematsu - “The Highwind Takes to the Skies” [Final Fantasy VII OST]
3. MENBAH! - Final Fantasy 7 “Prayer” [OC ReMix #1162]
4. Grey - “Grey” [http://pixelated.myrmid.com/users/jigginjont]
5. zyko - The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time “Woods of the Invertix” [VGMix1 #1246]
6. Nobuo Uematsu - “Mining Town” [Final Fantasy VII OST]
7. Dakar makes interesting conversation with the crew [http://homepage.mac.com/nilsraab]
8. OstraDragon, a.k.a. Emmanuel, resurrects his statistics and calls for chat room regulation [http://dc.cowten.net]
9. BlueFaeraeMoon, a.k.a. Susan, sounds sickly and gets verbally mistreated
10. OstraDragon bonds with Bagel and pours his soul out [http://dc.cowten.net]
11. D-Lux wonders what that train wreck just was, but he brings us back to earth with some insight on some of his potential plans for a move into remixing [http://rockbottomdlux.freewebspace.com]
12. McVaffe - Red Alarm “Red Dimension” [OC ReMix #914]
13. The Black Lodge - The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time “Ocarina Boogie” [OC ReMix #32]
14. Jay-Z f/DCT - “December 4th (The Streets Mix)” [http://www.thebigshot.com]
15. sephfire - Kingdom Hearts 1 “Above the Rising Falls” [VGMix2 #1303]
16. analoq - Phantasy Star 1 “Wanta Phanta” [OC ReMix #953]
17. Nobuo Uematsu - “Cait Sith’s Theme” [Final Fantasy VII OST]
18. Adhesive Boy’s older brother hates video game mixes but likes “Ocarina Boogie”; AB’s digging the old school mixes, recognizes Bagel Fuzzynuts from UnMod legend, and segues into stuff about BEERmix and the pimpnicity of analoq, his commitments to Digital Coma’s Donkey Kong Country 1 Arrangement Collaboration, and the artistic tribulations of Star Salzman [http://adhesiveboy.no-ip.com]
19. Gay bowling, anyone?
20. bLiNd pimps out Cartpushers.net and provides us tales of Wal-Mart Loss Prevention while he and Bagel debate the merits of Wal-Mart hookups; he also gives info on his material for the Donkey Kong Country 1 Arrangement Collaboration, his collaborative additions to Prophecy’s “On Top of Jacob’s Ladder” for the Project Majestic Mix Trance album and a possible July 2004 release date for the album now that things are starting to near completion [http://www.thebrailroom.com]
21. McVaffe - Super Street Fighter 2 “London Drizzle” [OC ReMix #453]
22. mv - Final Fantasy 11 “Heavenly Anew” [VGMix2 #1299]
23. Disposer - Secret of Mana “The End of Loneliness” [VGMix2 #1307]
24. Nobuo Uematsu - “If You Open Your Heart…” [Final Fantasy VII OST]
25. Paige reveals her identity as BlueFaeraeMoon (bitch!) and Bagel makes some moves; If you ever wanted to know why Bagel took that infamous picture…you will KNOW
26. GrayLightning - Final Fantasy 4 “Phoenix Symphonic” [http://www.funender.com/music/bands/422/music.php]
27. Risa Ohki - Final Fantasy 1 “Prelude” [Final Fantasy: Pray]
28. Destiny - Final Fantasy 9 & Seiken Densetsu 3 “Veiled World” [VGMix2 #1329]
29. Nobuo Uematsu - “A Secret, Sleeping in the Deep Sea” [Final Fantasy VII OST]
30. Jaroban gives us a long-awaited call-in and tells us about meeting up with Vigilante, the value of a Berklee education, remixing as a phase and when he might be able to get back into the game, the creation of “Super Mario Bros. Medley (Live)” and debating over whether to remake the mix in a studio setting [http://bantaj.flatirons.org]
31. Digital Coma thinks “it” is quite amusing; “it” is it [http://members.cox.net/skaddi]
32. djpretzel - ActRaiser 1 “Lord PROTEKTOR” [OC ReMix #96]
33. McVaffe - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 “Ice Capped” [OC ReMix #240]
34. Ziwtra - Final Fantasy Adventure “Willed Assault” [OC ReMix #1012]
35. Nobuo Uematsu - “Honeybee Manor” [Final Fantasy VII OST]
36. “Al Gore” is still wishing he could be president; Larry: “I like how you would go to counseling for the hentai problem, but not for losing the presidency”
37. SnappleMan - Star Ocean: Blue Sphere “Killer Dokko” [VGMix2 #1322]
38. goat - Contra 1 “Crossfire” [VGMix2 #1313]
39. Aphex Twin - Pac-Man “Powerpill Pacman” [http://www.drukqs.net]
40. Nobuo Uematsu - “Buried in the Snow” [Final Fantasy VII OST]
41. Stemage - Metroid 1 “Intro” [Metroid Metal]

VG Frequency #026: Eclectic Electric
Larry Oji - WMRE (Emory University Student Radio; Atlanta, GA)
Saturday, April 17, 2004 / 10:10 PM - 1:40 AM EST
Liontamer f/Electron, Digital Coma, DarkeSword & Jared Hudson

0. Electron, fellow WMRE DJ & old-school OC ReMixer, joins the show as the special guest host [http://vaultradio.cjb.net]
1. Rayza f/Liontamer - VG Frequency “Number One Host” Bumper
2. Jared Hudson - VG Frequency “JHX Soundtest” Bumper
3. Nobuo Uematsu - “The Prelude” [Final Fantasy I OST]
4. Why did that hot chick not stay on the line? We’ll miss you, “hot chick” [http://members.cox.net/skaddi]
5. Electron - “Polarized” [http://members.aol.com/rbrav]
6. zircon - Phantasy Star 4 “baal4sale” [VGMix2 #1240]
7. virt & Ailsean - Final Fantasy 6 “Dancing Mad Once Again” [VGMix2 #1248]
8. Nobuo Uematsu - “Ship” [Final Fantasy I OST]
9. Electron - “Shades of Gray” [http://members.aol.com/rbrav]
10. Emperor - Final Fantasy Tactics “Final Funeral” [The People’s Remix Competition 13]
11. Blak Omen - VG Frequency “Best In Chinatown” Bumper
12. Blak Omen - Lennus “Hagudo Shakedown” [VGMix2 #1043]
13. MC - The Legend of Zelda 2 “Thelonius Temple High” [OC ReMix #82]
14. Nobuo Uematsu - “Dungeon” [Final Fantasy I OST]
15. “Emmanuel” provides us with his statistics; Why don’t we have characters? [http://members.cox.net/skaddi]
16. DarkeSword’s pollen allergies have been clearing up and the community cares; Shariq joins us as Electron harkens back to the olden days of OCR including info on the now rare-to-find “Thelonius Temple Low”, and Darke let’s us in on plans to team up with JigginJonT as part of the Donkey Kong Country Arrangement Collaboration, as well as VGMix’s up-and-coming newsletter on the game music remixing community [http://www.darkesword.com]
17. “Susan” professes her love for Emmanuel and enriches our lives with a dramatic poem on Link & Zelda
18. Electron - Faxanadu “Goofy Ska” [OC ReMix #167]
19. zircon - “Sprite Swapping” [CompoST 14]
20. k-wix - Kid Icarus “Harmonic Invocation” [http://k-wix.no-ip.com]
21. zykO - VG Frequency “Keep It Real” Bumper
22. Stemage - Metroid 1 “Kraid’s Theme” [Metroid Metal]
23. Chuck Dodgers - Deflektor “Laser Dance” [OC ReMix #132 / R:K:O #280]
24. Nobuo Uematsu - “Airship” [Final Fantasy I OST]
25. Emmanuel returns to continue Susan’s powerful poem [http://members.cox.net/skaddi]
26. Susan continues to profess her love for Emmanuel; click
27. Krisham giggles like a schoolgirl; that’s so so disturbing [http://members.cox.net/skaddi]
28. Paige feels sorry for Krisham breaking his leg
29. Kavitha’s pollen allergies are still bothering her and the community cares
30. Electron - “Auxiliary Power” [http://members.aol.com/rbrav]
31. Leifo - “Despair (Remastered)” [http://www.leifo.com]
32. SgtRama - VG Frequency “Eat A Bumper” Bumper
33. rimco - Yie Ar Kung-Fu “Mists of Yie Ar” [OC ReMix #135]
34. Nobuo Uematsu - “Main Theme” [Final Fantasy I OST]
35. “What’s your name, scumbag?” [http://members.cox.net/skaddi]
36. Electron - Shadowgate “Pulse” [http://members.aol.com/rbrav]
37. ArseAssassin - Final Fantasy Tactics “The 4th Dimension” [The People’s Remix Competition 13]
38. Nixdorux - The Legend of Zelda 3 “The Defeat of Ganon” [VGMix2 #1286]
39. Arkimedes - Halo 1 “Fall from Above (You Can’t Stop)” [VGMix2 #851 / OC ReMix to-be-posted]
40. Nobuo Uematsu - “Battle Scene” [Final Fantasy I OST]
41. Electron - Megaman 2 “Bubbleman Electron” [OC ReMix #143]
42. JigginJonT - VG Frequency “Be As One” Bumper
43. Grey - “Kyle’s Song” [http://pixelated.myrmid.com/users/jigginjont]
44. Nobuo Uematsu - “Town” [Final Fantasy I OST]
45. OverCoat - VG Frequency “Makes Me Question” Bumper
46. OverCoat - “La Ciudad Que Nunca Duerme, Despertando a un Lugar Que Sueña” (a.k.a. ‘The City That Never Sleeps, Waking Up in a Dreaming Place’) [CompoST 14]
47. OverCoat - Super Metroid “If You’re Going to Zebes, Fight with Missiles, Beams, and Screws!” [VGMix2 #1265]
48. Nobuo Uematsu - “Underwater Temple” [Final Fantasy I OST]
49. Beatdrop - VG Frequency “Lose His Mind” Bumper
50. Digital Coma - Donkey Kong Country 1 “Saccharine Serenity” [http://members.cox.net/skaddi]
51. Israfel - Super Mario 64 “Onyx Lips and Cheese Nips” [VGMix1]
52. Quinn Fox - Strider “Vibe Victory” [http://quinn.50g.com]
53. Markus Schneider & Mahoney f/Elsa Persson & Karin Öjehagen - “Sweet Games” [R:K:O #2199]
54. Nobuo Uematsu - “Matoya’s Cave” [Final Fantasy I OST]
55. Anna is spittin’ dat hot fire!
56. Star Salzman - VG Frequency “WMRE Jingle” Bumper
57. Arkimedes - Shenmue 1 “Dreaming While I Wake” [VGMix2 #1253]
58. Disco Dan - Blaster Master “Direct Current Trance” [VGMix2 #707]
59. Nobuo Uematsu - “Chaos’ Temple” [Final Fantasy I OST]
60. Jared Hudson joins bLiNd on the list of remixers who hate working for Wal-Mart, tells us how he ranted on WalmartSucks.com and wants to get some real money working for Hewlett-Packard, thinks of following in the footsteps of Danny Elfman, discloses the record-holding status of Bloomington, Indiana, talks about getting ready to go to Berklee and the number of remixers who could be attending there, highlights an upcoming collab with Abram McCalment (”Icy Hot”), recalls classic putdown material about Kaijin & Jennifer Colton, laughs at the often-seen stupidity of the professional music business, and pimps the quality of the G.H.O.S.T. Ops mod for Half-Life [http://www.hudsonstudios.net]
61. Nobuo Uematsu - “Save Music” [Final Fantasy I OST]

VG Frequency #025: Pretend This Isn’t Real
Larry Oji - WMRE (Emory University Student Radio; Atlanta, GA)
Saturday, April 10, 2004 / 10 PM - 2:07 AM EST
Liontamer f/OverCoat, DCT, Kaleb Grace, zyko, DarkeSword, Adhesive Boy, Digital Coma, MaJIN_SaN, zircon & Daniel Baranowsky

1. Liontamer - VG Frequency “Snow Promotion” Promo
2. Jared Hudson - VG Frequency “JHX Soundtest” Bumper
3. Yoko Shimomura - “Ultimate Strength ~ Victory Road” [Live A Live OST]
4. Xerol Oplan - “Overdriven Traffic” [Xerol’s Quest OST]
5. Selecta Novel - Simon the Sorcerer “Dragon’s Winter Cave” [AMIGAremix #9 / VGMix2 #1171]
6. DJ Potatoe - Astérix “Niggaz for Life (Potatoe X-Strike Mix)” [http://www.x-strikestudios.com]
7. Yoko Shimomura - “City of Hopelessness” [Live A Live OST]
8. OverCoat pays a long overdue visit on the air and he’s feelin’ the love; he sheds some light on a potentially upcoming Super Metroid mix, as well as SoundTempest’s & CompoST’s usefulness as a place to develop his music, the relative crudiness of “The Sadness of a Reverberated Heart”, quick Wesley Willis-inspired kwakery, a upcoming Anime Remix with Destiny (”Happy Haibane”) and how they first collaborated on the Seiken Densetsu 3 mix “Angels Dear”, messing around with his Yamaha keyboard, his decision to never submit anything to OverClocked ReMix, the subsequent revival of VGMix, as well as a quick pimp for fans to review his Deus Ex remix “UNATCOAT” [http://rks.no-ip.com/~seattleovercoat]
9. Edgen Animations - Halo 1 “Ruined Desert” [OC ReMix #1152]
10. Ork Estral - Super Ghouls ‘N Ghosts “Sea Sick” [http://nigel.has.it]
11. OverCoat - “The Sadness of a Reverberated Heart” [CompoST 6]
12. Argitoth - “The Wail Unheard” [SoundTempest to-be-posted]
13. Yoko Shimomura - “Silent Labyrinth” [Live A Live OST]
14. DCT is chillin’ in radioland and has no love for the haters; he jokes about TrueStar’s VGMix chatterbox antics, is feeling DJ Potatoe’s Niggaz 4 Life remix, has ideas for playing around with zykO’s a cappella vocals for “Niggaz 4 Life”, mulls over the feasibility of vocalizing “Iced Out Nine Twenty Two”, is back in the thick of things judging for SoundTempest, doesn’t agree with the double standard of mainstream remix vs. game remix commercialization, provides a personal overview of OneUp Studios’ newly-released “The Very Best of SEGA”, reveals Mustin’s enjoyment of Dan Baranowsky’s impression of him last week, runs down upcoming remixes and originals, and pimps the return of TheBigShot.com [http://www.thebigshot.com]
15. Crazy Crakaz All-Starz (Joe Cam, po!, mp, Roggah, Flik, AE & Shael Riley) - River City Ransom “River City Rap” [River City Rumble OST / VGMix2 #1082]
16. Unknown - The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time “A Storm in the Desert” [Artifact of Power / VGMix2 #455 / OC ReMix #1153]
17. analoq - “kastle activity” [CompoST 12]
18. Unknown - “Corridors Make for a Good Hangout” [CompoST 12]
19. Moose585 - “Don’t Look Over There!” [CompoST 13]
20. zircon - “The Demon Ate My Dog” [CompoST 13]
21. goat - Kid Icarus “Slice of Heaven” [VGMix2 #1217]
22. Yoko Shimomura - “Dangerous Bar” [Live A Live OST]
23. Kaleb Grace apparently believes in quick, graceless exits; he’ll be back…[3 minutes later]…I told ya; Kaleb’s pimps his regular fandom of OCR, which is longer than practically everyone but Species 8472, and has always been contributing to OCR any way he can; he reveals that he’s hoping to get into remixing with Reason thanks to the help of SuperGreenX, and goes over how he was tapped to collaborate on the cover and insert art for SGX’s new CD “Synesthetic”, how he’s still waiting for his copy of the CD, the fallacy of “BEER 7: The Phantom BEER”, other ways he helps the game music fan community, his start-from-scratch approach to learning the ropes of music creation, the necessary website pimpage, along with some quick, joking shots on Sadorf and SgtRama (nice work!) [http://www.kalebgrace.com]
24. zyko drops by to give everyone some insight on his upcoming original album covering the past 2-3 years of his work (no focus on “weird guitar shit”), the info on the upcoming zykomusik.com including both the involvement of McVaffe on the design end and the showcasing some of his oldest material, why he decided to take a leave of absence from the game remixing scene, how his love is definitely still in game music despite his break from remixing, how he feels it’s more natural and unrestricted creating original work including some spur-of-the-moment song creation with GrayLightning last spring, his assessment (now that VGMix’s connectivity problems have been fixed) of the strong structure of VGMix alongside the deficiencies of the review system, the unpolished raw energy of his VGMix1 works including “Woods of the Invertrix”, and the target date on the opening of zykomusik.com (the end of April 2004) [http://www.soundclick.com/zyko]
25. mv - Final Fantasy 6 “La Ballade de Cayenne” [VGMix1 #224 / VGMix2 #1218]
26. Ryan8bit - Pro Wrestling “Down for the Count (A Winner is No One)” [Dwelling of Duels: Fighting Games / VGMix2 #1193]
27. The Advantage - Bomberman 1 “Stage” [http://www.theadvantageband.com]
28. DarkeSword - Linus Spacehead’s Cosmic Crusade “Space Drifter” [VGMix2 #685 / OC ReMix #1154]
29. Yoko Shimomura - “Captain of the Shooting Stars!” [Live A Live OST]
30. DarkeSword is suffering due to some pollen allergies, but still is able to elaborate for us on how he first heard of Linus Spacehead, the story on how “Space Drifter” was originally called “Virt Spacehead”, the outspoken criticisms received on the saxophone soundfont usage in Space Drifter, why he uses the particular sounds and instruments he’s known for, what underlying elements of Space Drifter have been going unnoticed, the (sarcastic) prospect of doing a Chrono Trigger Zeal theme remix with just the saxophone, what remixes of his are potentially in line for OC ReMix, how he needs to get back into making some new mixes, his (sarcastic) love for pollen and the features of DarkeSword.com [http://www.darkesword.com]
31. Adhesive Boy feels this week’s show was the Warren G. Harding of shows (be sure to look that up), and contributes third-hand information on Digital Coma’s Donkey Kong Country remix collaboration project, assures Larry that he’ll burn for (stupidly) mixing up Easter & Christmas (Larry’s note: THAT was definitely stupidity through osmosis from having AB on the phone, that moron!), rags on DarkeSword for complaining about his Space Drifter reviews, brags about never finishing “Clouds of Smog Over Hyrule”, and calls Larry a fag on the way out; no respect, that kid; no respect at all [http://adhesiveboy.no-ip.com]
32. Risa Ohki - Final Fantasy 6 “Toki no Hourousha” (a.k.a. ‘Wanderer of Time’) [Final Fantasy: Pray]
33. Digital Coma interrupts an otherwise (non-)sensible show to, amongst other stupidity, insult “Adhesive Fag” and pimp out the burgeoning Donkey Kong Country remix collaboration project [http://members.cox.net/skaddi]
34. Cara is drunk; Cara is really drunk; Larry sucks
35. Russell Cox - “Celebration of Trials and Tribulations” [The Gamingforce Composing Competition: Christmas 2003]
36. LindsayAnne Klemm - The Legend of Zelda 1 “A Fate Preordained” [http://www.edgen.com/~lindsay]
37. Beej - Chrono Trigger “Sines” [VGMix1 #1557 / VGMix2 #1210]
38. Yoko Shimomura - “Under the Fake” [Live A Live OST]
39. Kavitha is drunk; Kavitha is really drunk; Paige hates Larry’s music; Paige isn’t much of a fan; Dave heard the F-word; Dave will call the FCC; Cara loves Larry’s music; Cara thinks Larry’s balls are too small; Larry sucks
40. MaJIN_SaN says Larry needs to slap those girls! He’s enjoying the music so far and talks it up about the Donkey Kong Country remix collaboration project, booze and the female-procuring properties of Spanish Fly, memories of Linus Spacehead, and smackin’ dat ass [http://www.freestylesession.com]
41. Paige is drunk; Paige is British; Seems Big Ben is missing; Larry sucks
42. zircon - “White Nexus” [Phasma Elementum]
43. Leifo - “Holy Lord” [http://www.leifo.com]
44. Israfel - “Music for Cold Places (GFF Version)” [The Gamingforce Composing Competition: Christmas 2003]
45. Yoko Shimomura - “Sancho.de.Los.Panchos” [Live A Live OST]
46. zircon breaks down the process of the work so far on his in-progress album “Phasma Elementum” (hoping to complete it around June or July 2004) including the hope of engaging all the subtle varieties of techno & trance, the growth of CompoST and plans to integrate it more prominently into SoundTempest, as well as djcubez’s upcoming work on SoundTempest v2 [http://www.zirconstudios.com]
47. McVaffe - NiGHTS into Dreams… “Soft Museum Jam” [OC ReMix #309]
48. Risa Ohki w/Ikuko Noguchi - Final Fantasy 1 “Prelude” [Final Fantasy: Love Will Grow]
49. BT & Caroline Lavelle f/FFmusic Dj - “The Great Escape (HAP Chillout Remix)” [http://www.ffmusic.net]
50. Stemage - Metroid 1 “The Theme” [Metroid Metal / VGMix2 #958]
51. Yoko Shimomura - “Difficult Fight” [Live A Live OST]
52. Protricity - Donkey Kong Country 2 “KRool Intentions” [http://www.public.asu.edu/~arasulin]
53. goat - Rush’n Attack “Purple Heart” [VGMix2 #978 / OC ReMix #1155]
54. Beatdrop - U.N. Squadron “The Air Up Here” [Bit by Bit]
55. Yoko Shimomura - “The Bird Flies in the Sky, the Fish Swims in the River” [Live A Live OST]
56. Jeb Holland most likely passed out on some sort of illegal substance; his female cousin probably gave him mouth-to-mouth; I think he’s ok [http://members.cox.net/systemaniac]
57. Paige claims she’s not drunk; Paige is drunk off Grey Goose; Paige’s ass obscured my TV; Paige: “It was a small TV”; Larry sucks; Take care
58. Yoko Shimomura - “Organ Song 3″ [Live A Live OST]

VG Frequency #005: The Late Show
Larry Oji - WMRE (Emory University Student Radio; Atlanta, GA)
Saturday, October 4, 2003 / 10:05 PM - 12:40 AM EST
Liontamer f/Adhesive Boy

1. Paige calls in to delay the start of the show and bask in the adulation of her fans
2. Satoshi Ise - “Ending 2″ [Capcom vs. SNK OST]
3. Rayza f/Liontamer - VG Frequency “Number One Host” Bumper
4. Setsuo Yamamoto, Makoto Tomozawa, Yuki Iwai, Yuko Takehara & Toshihiko Horiyama - “Opening Stage” [Mega Man X OSV]
5. Tomoya Ootani - “Puzzle Editor” [ChuChu Rocket! OSV]
6. Ghetto Lee Lewis - WWF SmackDown! “Can You Dance to What GLL is Cooking?” [Freshly Baked Remix Challenge 2]
7. David Wise, Eveline Fischer & Robin Beanland - “Simian Segue” [Donkey Kong Country OSV]
8. SgtRama - Mega Man 4 “Dr. Cossack’s Citadel Right Near da Beach (Good Concept, Bad Execution Mix)” [Freshly Baked Remix Challenge 2]
9. DJ Orange - Wonder Boy 3 “Dragon Food” [Freshly Baked Remix Challenge 2]
10. Species 8472 f/Liontamer - VG Frequency “Wrong Number” Bumper
11. NoWave - Zero Wing “All Your Beats Are Belong to NoWave” [Freshly Baked Remix Challenge 2]
12. The Coop - Thunder Force 4 “BioTech (version II)” [http://www.geocities.com/arforfaborb/TheCoop]
13. Koji Kondo - “Dark World” [The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past OSV]
14. Unknown - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker “Pirates of Dragon Roost Isle” [http://www.geocities.com/theunknownproductions]
15. Hajime Hirasawa - “Boss (Titania)” [StarFox OST]
16. Adhesive Boy - F-Zero 1 & StarFox “Samurai Gordoh Plays Starfox at Christmas” [IronMix Challenge IV: UniFox Zero]
17. Cara calls in, consoles Larry on a job not well done, and offers to make everything better
18. Adhesive Boy calls in and banters wittily about “Samurai Gordoh Plays Starfox at Christmas”, artistic self-deprecation, the sexiness of the name Jack Ryerson, the nickname trauma of elementary school, Relics of the Chozo & “Braving the Flames (Norfair 2)”, choosing obscure games to remix, his tendency to remix for only projects due to a lack of motivation, our now infamous chat room, inspiration in the shower, his SHOUTcast radio show, his musical influences, other new-school OC ReMixers, how he discovered OverClocked ReMix, his first, denied OCR submission “Happily Merried”, old school television shows, karate skills and a dream match with Star Salzman [http://adhesiveboy.no-ip.com]
19. Nobuo Uematsu - “The Man with the Machine Gun” [Final Fantasy VIII OST]
20. Albert calls in and “holds up the process”
21. Digital Coma - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 “Heroes in a Quartet” [http://members.cox.net/skaddi]
22. Digital Coma - Final Fantasy 8 “Bleeding Eyes” [Bleeding Ears Extreme ReMix 2]
23. Nobuo Uematsu - “The Winner” [Final Fantasy VIII OST]
24. Yasunori Mitsuda - “Guardia Millennial Fair” [Chrono Trigger OST]
25. Dhsu - Chrono Trigger “Another Fair” [IronMix Challenge XVI: Life IS Fair!]
26. Unknown - VG Frequency “How Was That?” Bumper
27. Unknown - Chrono Trigger “Gig at the Fair” [IronMix Challenge XVI: Life IS Fair!]
28. Beatdrop - VG Frequency “Lose His Mind” Bumper
29. Beatdrop - “Process Motion” [Operations]
30. Kailem - Front Mission “Thoughts of Kentaro” [Freshly Baked Remix Challenge 2]
31. Unknown - Mario Kart 64 “Thatsa Spicy Snowball!” [IronMix Challenge: Limited Edition: Christmas in June]
32. Hemophiliac - Dragon Warrior 4 “Neo Dragon Warrior” [Freshly Baked Remix Challenge 2]
33. Nobuo Uematsu - “Revivification” [Final Fantasy II (Final Fantasy Origins) OST]
34. Rayza f/Joëlle - VG Frequency “976-RAYZA LV” Bumper
35. Busta Rhymes VS Sonic the Hedgehog - Sonic 3D Blast “Put Your Hands (Rusty Rain Mix)” [http://www.rayza.net]
36. Steve Pordon & Compyfox - Parasite Eve “Primal Eyes (Tapeworm)” [OC ReMix #370]
37. Koji Kondo - “Swimming BGM” [Super Mario World OST]
38. LeeBro - Rockman & Forte “Broken Dreams (Remix Factory Club Radio Edit)” [Freshly Baked Remix Challenge 2]
39. Nobuo Uematsu - “Underwater Temple” [Final Fantasy I (Final Fantasy Origins) OST]
40. Eminem VS Rayza - “My Name Is (Get the Bruck Out Mix)” [http://www.rayza.net]
41. Yoko Shimomura - “Fight Against Monsters” [Super Mario RPG OST]
42. Satoshi Ise - “Name Entry” [Capcom vs. SNK OST]

VG Frequency #002: Twice As Nice
Larry Oji - WMRE (Emory University Student Radio; Atlanta, GA)
Saturday, September 13, 2003 / 10 PM - 12:15 AM EST
Liontamer f/Vigilante & Star Salzman

1. Satoshi Ise - “Ending 2″ [Capcom vs. SNK OST]
2. Spencer Nilsen f/Pastiche - “Tidal Tempest (Present)” [Sonic the Hedgehog CD (US) OSV]
3. Spencer Nilsen f/Pastiche - “Tidal Tempest (Bad Future)” [Sonic the Hedgehog CD (US) OSV]
4. Naofumi Hataya & Masafumi Ogata - “Quartz Quadrant (Present)” [Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Japan) OSV]
5. Naofumi Hataya & Masafumi Ogata - “Quartz Quadrant (Good Future)” [Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Japan) OSV]
6. Nobuo Uematsu - “Mambo de Chocobo!” [Final Fantasy V OST]
7. Daisuke Ishiwatari - “Blue Water Blue Sky” [Guilty Gear X: Heavy Rock Tracks]
8. Tetsuya Shibata - “Doll Eyes” [Street Fighter Alpha 3 OST]
9. Grant Kirkhope & Graeme Norgate - “Mission Brief” [GoldenEye 007 OSV]
10. AmIEviL - Blaster Master “Dancer Master” [OC ReMix #394]
11. Neostorm - Double Dragon 1 “Hammer’s Garage” [OC ReMix #847]
12. Revenge of the Gamer Girlz!
13. The Dead Guys - Paperboy “Peaperboayh” [OC ReMix #12 / R:K:O #73]
14. Waxing Eloquent - Final Fantasy 6 “Dancing Madly (Second Form)” [OC ReMix #957]
15. djpretzel - Final Fantasy 9 “dubnofantasyaloneman” [OC ReMix #814]
16. Star Salzman - Chrono Trigger “Temporal Distortion” [OC ReMix #789]
17. Tomoya Ootani - “Please Wait” [ChuChu Rocket! OSV]
18. Paige calls in and pisses EVERYONE off!
19. Tomoya Ootani - “Puzzle Editor” [ChuChu Rocket! OSV]
20. Vigilante calls in and requests to “stop playing that Starblast shit!” [http://www.geocities.com/jesse_taub]
21. Star Salzman calls in and is “goin’ like the Dickens!” [http://www.starblast.org]
22. Vigilante - Metal Gear Solid 2 “May Fortune Smile Upon You” [OC ReMix #1031]
23. Yuzo Koshiro - “Player Select” [Streets of Rage OST]
24. Grandaddy - “‘Yeah is What We Had” [Sumday]
25. Grant Kirkhope & Graeme Norgate - “Mission Status” [GoldenEye 007 OSV]
26. Fark.com AudioEdit - “The Matrix” [http://www.fark.com]
27. SuperGreenX - “Thinking Different” [http://www.mp3.com/supergreenx]
28. SeattleOverCoat - “Gainsay” [http://rks.no-ip.com/~seattleovercoat]
29. Satoshi Ise - “Groove Select” [Capcom vs. SNK 2 OST]
30. Star Salzman - VG Frequency “Star Egotism” Bumper
31. Star Salzman f/Jon Martindill - “Magellanic” [http://www.starblast.org]
32. Nobuo Uematsu - “Techno de Chocobo” [Final Fantasy VI OST]
33. DarkeSword - “A Late September Breeze” [ReVamped OST]
34. Simon Robertson - “Level 1″ [Extreme-G OSV]
35. bLiNd - Extreme-G “G-Storm” [Project Majestic Mix Trance (B-Side)]
36. GrayLightning - Phantasy Star 2 “Dezoris Winter” [http://www.mp3.com/graylightning]
37. Sachio Ogawa - “Credits Theme” [Gaiares OSV]
38. Rayza - VG Frequency “Sonic Retard” Bumper
39. Rayza - Gaiares “Credits Theme (ZZ Badnusty Mix)” [http://www.rayza.net]
40. Satoshi Ise - “B. B.” [Capcom vs. SNK OST]