18 December, 2010

Audere est Facere

A couple of months back I got an email from a friend of mine whom I haven't heard from in a couple of years.  Jonathan Wooley, editor of S3 magazine, hit me up after hearing that I had finished my latest swap in my S12 - an RB26DETT.  After exchanging a couple of emails he was committed to putting me into the latest issue of S3 that was to come out within a couple of months.  Come mid-October he gave me a call and we talked on the phone for quite a bit.  It started out with him getting an idea of my build and how best he could write and me sending him information.  It ended with me helping him with random advice and discussing other S12s that may fit his needs for future features.  Giving me the information needed, I uploaded the image files to his hard drive and sent him an email with the information he was looking for.  Interestingly now that I think back, the other cars on the hard drive were the ones that are currently in the latest volume of S3 (vol. 19).  I was indeed a late addition but thankful that he was willing to do add me as a last minute addition on such short notice and with him leaving for Hawaii not a day after he called me.  It was also a couple of days before I left for SoCal to assist Nikolay Konstantinov and his efforts at Formula D: Irwindale.  Great fun that was as well.

The following are scans of feature.  Also included in the magazine are: coverage of Import Alliance, an RB26 E30, a 500hp Civic, and an SR20 Datsun 620.  Well worth the mag.  If interested, I have a few spare copies and can be reached at: il.draconis.li@gmail.com or head over to S3 and pick up a copy there at: Current S3 issue, Vol. 19 (Dec. 2010)



13 December, 2010

Sounds of the Grid


This Friday, epicness will happen.  Tron: Legacy is released in theatres and it has been quite a wait.  I remember reading about the movie a couple of years ago when there were only rumors exciting the many of us online.  One of the exciting features of the movie was that Daft Punk was in charge of the entire soundtrack.  I have always been a fan of Daft Punk since I first heard them over a decade ago.  Just getting back into the Techno and Electro scene, especially that of the Euro scene, I had not heard much from the French duo in years.  But hearing the bits on Youtube months ago got me amped up.  I knew it was an album I had to have.  It had been years since I last bought a cd.... at least five.  And with the release of TRON: Legacy's OST, I knew I had to have it.  So I purchased it and am quite pleased.  The music is great and am very much in love with the Electro/orchestra mash-up done.  I highly suggest it.  A great way leading to the movie this weekend.


The CD came in a cardboard-like case instead of full plastic.  The front has this finish that has a reflective metallic feel to it.  The disc itself is quite interesting.  On the onset, it looks like the printed side is just a light-disc but when turned over, it is entirely black.  Then the booklet has some information on the history of Joseph Kosinski's collaboration with Daft Punk and some words by Steven Lisberger, the person in charge of the original TRON OST.


The above is the music video Derezzed, which is #13 on the soundtrack.


The Original TRON (1982) poster

TRON: Legacy (2010) poster
one of many made available by Disney

Misc. pictures of TRON: Legacy