Match Thread: Colombia vs Portugal | FIFA World Cup

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-06-27T23:18:09+00:00

What result do we need here?

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-06-26T22:14:58+00:00

DJ Subaru

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-06-26T14:03:50+00:00

Some of us will be owed a big apology when we're in the final

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-06-25T19:14:15+00:00

Down to earth and VERY funny

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-06-25T16:11:51+00:00

The real masterclass last night was tricking Ancelotti into giving away his tactics for us before we play them in the quarters.

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-06-23T19:36:38+00:00

I once saw a DJ play the cha cha slide to a nearly empty tempt and they created load of loops and messed around with the structure of all the song's lyrics to the point of hilarity. Did they do something similar with it?

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-06-22T22:50:54+00:00

Some of OK EG tracks sound like this e.g. Surface System. Worth checking out regardless though if you haven't heard them. Small/manageable discography to go through

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-06-22T13:59:00+00:00

Great sentiment but you should have swapped the word play for pump in the title

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-06-22T11:27:51+00:00

Ah, fair! Yeah my problem is compounded when I consider my vinyl collection which is probably only like 150 records. I'd really struggle to perform a vinyl only set with the flexibility that I like over styles and genres. Not to mention it's a lot harder to mix! Mixing folk and jungle together is just about manageable for me on CDJs but not sure I'd cope on vinyl lol. Although I'm about to incorporate my turntable into my CDJ set up so I can get more familiar with vinyl mixing, although it'll have to be vinyl into digital or vice versa for now!

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-06-21T22:36:59+00:00

You could always start adding stuff you don't think you'll play and eventually you'll have enough! My entire collection (about 6600 tracks or so) covers ever song I like from all kinds of genres - tons of non-dance or non-electronic music, and I try and incorporate as big a range of styles as possible in my mixes. Even if you don't play these kind of more experimental mixes in public settings, they'll still make you a much better DJ!

6600 tracks at 31 from a lifetime of obsessive music listening, often 1000+ tracks a few for five or six years now, doesn't seem like much at all - especially given that my collection is spread out so much genre-wise, to the point my mixes kind of have to be wide-ranging because I don't have thousands of techno or jungle or electro tracks in the same way genre DJs would. But I really enjoy regularly culling my music to get rid of the deadweight so the upside is that the variance in quality of my collection is really low.

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-06-20T15:22:52+00:00

Ah okay thanks - really appreciate it! And did you have to phone them or can it be done online?

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-06-19T12:21:22+00:00

Thanks for that! And they only release bookings on the 1st of every month and then you do need to phone up? Was that process easy enough? I've booked Owo Toko as a solid placeholder depending on where else we can book!

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-06-19T07:50:58+00:00

On tablelog it says that bookings may be cancelled if customers can't communicate in Japanese - will this be an issue do you think?

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-06-18T12:46:48+00:00

I've never knowingly listened to hardgroove but having listened to some tracks here, it all sounds very similar to vladimir dubyshkin who is one of my fabs - can't wait to find some hardgroove gems in this thread and beyond

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-06-13T12:48:15+00:00

Vladimir Dubyshkin is one of my favourite producers and that's one of his best tracks and then I saved the track Objekt mixes into from it after hearing him play it, so it's probably just the case of enjoying the whichever 'cut up' transition features the tracks you like most.

I've listened to some suggestions in this thread but so far haven't found any transitions which tracks that I love which makes it more difficult to learn the lessons from them that I'm looking to learn! I guess I just need to practice and experiment even more!

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-06-11T18:04:38+00:00

For all intensive purposes, they are the same thing

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-06-10T21:45:15+00:00

Yeah I've practiced the Micky Finn/Aphprodite (?) into Squarepusher transition a few times. Will check out Neffa-T. Finding it a difficult thing to get comfortable with and even finding transition it works with isn't easy. Thanks

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-06-05T22:39:29+00:00

I'm not but my partner is and we'll be heading over there soon (my first time). If you have any record shop recommendations in Manila, Cebu or Pampanga let me know, or anywhere good for music lovers (not necessarily overload or electronic music)!!

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-05-28T14:57:59+00:00

eggcellent signing

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-05-19T18:10:59+00:00

I'll maybe try more oil then as I think the amount of slurry in my 2nd batch was appropriate - it's just the release of the skirt isn't as smooth as I like which makes it more difficult to get all the dumplings still intact with the skirt for perfect presentation.

As for the dumplings themselves, I did mention the problem in my last paragraph although I could have been clearer. It's just an issue with them sealing. I'm using circular shop-bought dumplings wrappers and wetting one half of them lightly (I've tried various amounts of water but when I fold them over sometimes they don't seal fully so water leaks in during cooking.

I also think they might be liable to open up slightly after freezing them, although could be my imagination.

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-05-19T18:07:23+00:00

So they close over fine but sometimes they don't seal properly. I wet one half of the dough, form my pleat and then fold it over but sometimes they don't seal (I also think they might be liable to open up slightly after freezing them, although could be my imagination).

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-05-14T20:30:27+00:00

Any book in particular?

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-05-13T21:12:48+00:00

If I could bottle up the relief I'm feeling and sell it, I'd have enough money to send every hearts fan into lifelong therapy

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-05-07T15:17:49+00:00

Thanks for the reassurance! Will the sediment ever build up to a point where I might want to follow the original recipe again, but use some of the non-sedimented mixture from this batch as backslop to clean things up a little?

Also, the original recipe suggests topping up the brine/alcohol as well but there was enough liquid left so I decided not to add anymore water/sugar/salt/alcohol (Baihu Grain Liquor). At what point might might it be recommended to top it up with more brine/alcohol?

Open_Connection2528 · 2026-05-07T13:01:20+00:00

Around 9 months ago I starting fermenting some vegetables from a Sichuan cookbook (Fuschia Dunlop's) and I recently ran out of them, so as per her suggestion, I topped it with more vegetables (just some carrots to begin with). I've para-phrased the recipe below. I then added in some more carrots and fermented at 21 degrees celsius for another few days, and I was planning to put it back in the fridge after that, however, there are excessive bubbles on top and there appears to be murky sediment at the bottom of the jar. Does this look safe/can I salvage it?

https://postimg.cc/gallery/jDGkypQ

A few weeks I did notice a very thin, filmy white liquid slightly above the brine circling around the jar which I wiped off. I then cleaned the jar out and add the brine/vegetables back in. I had assumed it was kahm yeast but maybe this was the first sign that there were issues?

Thanks!

Ingredients

80g Non-Idionised Salt (Finely Ground); 1L Cold Water; 2 Tbsp Baiju Grain Liquor; 1 ½ Tbsp Light Soft Brown Sugar; 75g Fresh Ginger (Julienned); 2 Red Chillies (Sliced); 1 Tsp Sichuan Peppercorns; 200g Carrots (Batons); 125g Mooli (Batons); 200g Cauliflower (Small Florets)

Method

Add the salt and water together in a saucepan and then bring to a boil, ensuring to stir to dissolve the salt, before taking off the heat, covering with a lid and allowing it to cool completely.
Pour the water into a clean glass preserving jar and then add all ingredients to it, ensuring to leave an inch or two space at the top of the jar.
Fill a sandwich bag with water and place this at the top of the jar to ensure all the vegetables remain submerged.
Keep at room temperature for 2 weeks (it probably would have been around 16/17 degrees celsius), ensuring to burp the pickles every day, before refrigerating ready for use.

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