Monthly Archives: August 2009

Hit eXplosion 2009 – Volume 10

This year, Eazy BV has created part 1 to 10 of Hit Explosion 2009. This months edition has a brand new selection of 45 hits; for you to download.

Unfortunately, some bad news arrived via via. Eazy (the current producer) stops. This is the last volume (de laatste dus!). The reasons are:

  • too many people are corrupting the quality of his work (like resampling songs to lower bitrates).
  • a lot of people have been re-uploading / re-branding the cd’s; effectively stealing the fun of creating the cd’s.

So make sure you get the Eazy BV Production release!

I hoped for a complete year of Hit Explosion 2009, but that’s just not going to work. So, after the 4 releases of the MTV Braun Eurochart 2009, also this compilation has come to an end. I regret this deeply, since Hit Explosion is THE way to get all hits each month instantly.

So for the last time; a list of links where you can download Volume 10.

If you have another location where these albums can be downloaded, let me know… they will be added to the list.

Previous releases can be found here.

Here is some reduced size/quality artwork, the original artwork can be found in the download:

Hit-eXplosion-2009---Volume-10-(front)

Disc 1:
01. Diggy Dex (feat. Eva de Roovere) – Slaap Lekker (Fantastisch Toch)
02. Rihanna – Te Amo
03. Jay-Z – D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-tune)
04. Damaru en Jan Smit – Mi Rowsu (Tuintje In Mijn Hart)
05. BeyoncÈ (feat. Kanye West) – Ego (Remix) – Exclusive 4 this compilation
06. James Morrison – Nothing Ever Hurt Like You
07. Mariah Carey – Obsessed
08. Jada – American Cowboy (Remix) – Exclusive 4 this compilation
09. Lenka – Trouble Is A Friend
10. Ferry Corsten (feat. Maria Nayler) – We Belong
11. Richgirl – He Ain’t Wit Me Now (Tho)
12. Wale (feat. Lady GaGa) – Chillin’
13. Starpilots – In The Heat Of The Night
14. Gregor Salto & Kamoa – Lambada 3000
15. Mika – We Are Golden
16. P!nk – Funhouse
17. The Al-American Rejects – I Wanna…
18. Pitbull – Hotel Room Service
19. Shakira – She Wolf
20. The Killers – A Dustyland Fairytale
21. Postman – Kills Me
22. Colbie Caillat – Fallin’ For You
Disc 2:
01. DJ Antoine – Underneath
02. Coolio vs. Beat Nouveau (feat. Storm Lee) – Lady
03. Kathleen Aerts & Soweto Gospel Choir – Zumba Yade
04. Kasabian – Fire
05. 50 Cent – OK, You’re Right
06. Keri Hilson – Slow Dance
07. Caro Emerald – Back It Up
08. Supafly Inc. – She’s Part Of History
09. David Cook – Permanent
10. Jadyn Maria (feat. Flo-Rida) – Good Girls Like Bad Boys
11. Arctic Monkeys – Crying Lighting
12. Koot! – Sometimes
13. RED – Conga
14. Mary J. Blige (feat. Drake) – The One
15. John Callaghan (feat. Sarah Howells) – Find Yourself
16. Melanie Fiona – Give It To Me Right
17. Mando Diao – Gloria
18. Kid Cudi (feat. Kanye West & Common) – Make Her Say
19. Sean Paul – So Fine
20. Mandy Moore – I Could Break Your Heart Any Day Of The Week
21. G Lontra Rockz (feat. Chelc D) – Give (Theme from Extrema Outdoor ’09)
22. David May – Superstar
23. Jim – Dat Ben Jij
Total Playing Time…: 159:08
Total Size………..: 376 MB

Disc 1

  1. Diggy Dex (feat. Eva de Roovere) – Slaap Lekker (Fantastisch Toch)
  2. Rihanna – Te Amo
  3. Jay-Z – D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-tune)
  4. Damaru en Jan Smit – Mi Rowsu (Tuintje In Mijn Hart)
  5. Beyoncé (feat. Kanye West) – Ego (Remix) – Exclusive 4 this compilation
  6. James Morrison – Nothing Ever Hurt Like You
  7. Mariah Carey – Obsessed
  8. Jada – American Cowboy (Remix) – Exclusive 4 this compilation
  9. Lenka – Trouble Is A Friend
  10. Ferry Corsten (feat. Maria Nayler) – We Belong
  11. Richgirl – He Ain’t Wit Me Now (Tho)
  12. Wale (feat. Lady GaGa) – Chillin’
  13. Starpilots – In The Heat Of The Night
  14. Gregor Salto & Kamoa – Lambada 3000
  15. Mika – We Are Golden
  16. P!nk – Funhouse
  17. The Al-American Rejects – I Wanna…
  18. Pitbull – Hotel Room Service
  19. Shakira – She Wolf
  20. The Killers – A Dustyland Fairytale
  21. Postman – Kills Me
  22. Colbie Caillat – Fallin’ For You

Disc 2

  1. DJ Antoine – Underneath
  2. Coolio vs. Beat Nouveau (feat. Storm Lee) – Lady
  3. Kathleen Aerts & Soweto Gospel Choir – Zumba Yade
  4. Kasabian – Fire
  5. 50 Cent – OK, You’re Right
  6. Keri Hilson – Slow Dance
  7. Caro Emerald – Back It Up
  8. Supafly Inc. – She’s Part Of History
  9. David Cook – Permanent
  10. Jadyn Maria (feat. Flo-Rida) – Good Girls Like Bad Boys
  11. Arctic Monkeys – Crying Lighting
  12. Koot! – Sometimes
  13. RED – Conga
  14. Mary J. Blige (feat. Drake) – The One
  15. John Callaghan (feat. Sarah Howells) – Find Yourself
  16. Melanie Fiona – Give It To Me Right
  17. Mando Diao – Gloria
  18. Kid Cudi (feat. Kanye West & Common) – Make Her Say
  19. Sean Paul – So Fine
  20. Mandy Moore – I Could Break Your Heart Any Day Of The Week
  21. G Lontra Rockz (feat. Chelc D) – Give (Theme from Extrema Outdoor ’09)
  22. David May – Superstar
  23. Jim – Dat Ben Jij

Total Playing Time…: 159:08 / Total Size………..: 376 MB

© 2009 Eazy Productions BV

The end of bank transcripts in paper…

Last week I received a letter from my bank. It stated they will stop sending paper transaction transcripts. These receipts are sent out once a month and show all kinds of details on your money.

The contents of their letter is a notice extraordinaire. Not only do they stop sending me my beloved paper, they are also motivating it. Like I am wasting one of natures most valued resources.

And that is where things go wrong.

It’s time to dissect their notice, and give some feedback on the arguments stated.

Argument 1: 500.000 customers notified us that they didn’t need paper transcripts“.

I’ve got a hunch that this is the second time a letter like this is sent; 500.000 customers did not take action on receiving the first letter; their transaction were stopped automatically. Apparently they didn’t mind, but is that a notification to the bank?

Also: why should i care 500.000 other customers did this?

Argument 2: “ING wants to cut down the unnecessary use of paper, because we want to run our business responsibly“.

This is a clean-face, dirty hands argument. They are mistaking ‘unnecessary’ for ‘cost saving’. This has nothing to do with the environment. Some studies show that using paper requires more forestation. At least they are not using recycled paper.

Argument 3:a printout of transactions displayed on our website is valid in court.

That’s really nice, i don’t have to keep my paper records anymore for legal purposes. Very good for those who lost their paper transcripts. I’m not their target audience for this argument. I skip this one.

Argument 4: we work together with a nature preserving organization, please help us

For tax deduction/legal purposes, ING shoves some money to the side. They give it to a nature protection organization, so they can use it for marketing. Like the “postcode loterij”. At least they are not spending it on hookers and blow.

The meaning of their argument is not clear; are they are trying to make me feel guilty as I’m apparently not helping the environment. This is none of their business.

Argument 5: You can still choose to receive your beloved paper transcripts if you want it that much.

So after all hassling, convincing and emotions, it is possible to continue receiving my transcripts. I’m wondering if social pressure for falsely argumented environmental protection will ever convince me to stop choosing for paper transcripts. Hell, I’m just choosing paper transcripts because they send these types of letters (also on paper).

Argument 6:We provide a tutorial for letting you printing out your bank statements yourself

This is the last and most mind blowing argument. Instead of sending paper transcripts, you can now print them yourself. From your own printer, coming out of your own pocket! So ING has to do even less for its business. Back in the days, quality of service meant something. (aka; you would go under pulling stunts like this, today banks are immune)

Conclusion

ING is cheapskating; the 4 euro-a-year saved from not sending paper transcripts are not going back to the customer. Instead the customer is persuaded to not wanting to have the statements. Using nature as an excuse is silly.

We will not know what ING is doing for the environment; ING is for the larger part a black box. For maintaining a clean face, their letter fulfills its purpose. The environment is just an excuse for cost savings. The only banks that do care about the environemt are Triodos and ASN.

The letter is signed by Hans Hagenaars.

@Hans; better do something awesome for your customers now. Its not all business that makes the world go round. Better not fuck up how nice the Postbank used to be. We want a higher service level for less money. And ow yeah: treat us like humans.

Note: i’ll scan this piece of shit paper when possible. I guess nobody cares about these arguments.

Thunderbirds Trip

On 14-08-2009 Aequitas and I held the Super Awesome Cartoon Quizz 2009 at har2009.

We put a lot of time in creating and re-arranging content for the quizz. One of the jewels is the Thunderbirds Trip.

This video was made in a few hours (max 2) and contains 5 pictures and 3 audio tracks mashed up into a tune.

More on the quizz will follow when all har2009 media is available.

Total playing time: 1:10

Thanks to: Aequitas, thunderbirds wallpapers, The beatsquad, iMovie 09 (or 08), Apple (workflows++), Sony Acid Pro 7.  No thanks to Parallels Desktop, v4 was a bad update.

Trollin’ you…

This just sprung of my mind. Don’t know if it’s any good… lets publish it and see what happens.

(you can sing this while you recommend people to delete their system32 folder)

Lovin’ You – Minnie Riperton (Troll version)

Trollin’ you is easy cause you’re beautiful
Being a troll to you is all i wanna do
Trollin’ you is more than just a dream come true
And everything that i do is out of trollin’ you
La la la la la la la… do do do do do

No one else can make me feel
The colors that you bring
Stay with me while we grow old

And we will live each day in springtime
Cause trollin’ you has made my life so beautiful
And every day my life is filled with trollin’ you

Trollin’ you i see your soul come shinin’ through
And every time that we oooooh
I’m more into trolling you
La la la la la la la… do do do do do

Sing this while you reccomend people to delete their system32 folder.