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Post by rfan8312 on Mar 28, 2024 22:30:55 GMT
Quite nice and sounds amazing on the right system.
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Post by rfan8312 on Mar 28, 2024 22:29:31 GMT
Struggling with the vocals but the guitar sounds incredible on my car stereo with the tweaks and enhancements made using EQ presets.
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Post by rfan8312 on Mar 28, 2024 22:24:47 GMT
Somehow I never got into Blind Melon. They had that one song 'No Rain' on MTV for ages, and I'd heard it so often There that I just sort of tuned the band out.
But this one track from them I've always loved. I don't remember when or where I heard it but was decades ago. I don't know who the song is about but I'd often made my own interpretation thinking it's about a girlfriend or a sister or a mother. I've purposefully never read the lyrics to sort of keep the magic that I hear in tact without actually knowing what it is.
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Post by rfan8312 on Mar 28, 2024 18:02:01 GMT
Let's not let The Audio Standard turn into An Audio Standard.
Can everyone here post a song in the Just One Track section today?
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Post by rfan8312 on Mar 27, 2024 16:30:36 GMT
Is Paul on vacation? He better not be I haven't taken a vacation in 2 years except for a sinus surgery. That's not fair.
If he's reading this I meant a different Paul. Relax.
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Post by rfan8312 on Mar 26, 2024 14:52:08 GMT
Ye it was cool the way it first appeared too.
Those 'struggle trials' at the beginning were exactly as I'd pictured them.
The conversation towards the end about what frequence modulation would ACTUALLY be necessary for was chilling in how it played out.
Do you remember the "computer" they witnessed inside of the game? that blew my mind.
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Post by rfan8312 on Mar 26, 2024 1:31:47 GMT
Wow. 3BP. They got the stars flickering. Worth a 2nd episode .
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Post by rfan8312 on Mar 24, 2024 23:57:23 GMT
Wow if I wait until tomorrow I'd have a chance to watch it in a larger screen by hooking the phone up to the flat-screen at home using Samsung DEX. I'll give that a shot and watch it after work tomorrow.
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Post by rfan8312 on Mar 24, 2024 20:49:12 GMT
Ok thanks Martin. I'll try first episode tonight.
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Post by rfan8312 on Mar 24, 2024 20:36:22 GMT
No I haven't. Is it good enough to begin? If so I could get Netflix tonight.
Martin were you referring to the Netflix version there when you mentioned the ship slicing scene?
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Post by rfan8312 on Mar 24, 2024 20:16:49 GMT
Right but do you know what I've found? Foisting that illusion on others has different results in different settings.
At the workplace everybody is trapped with each other. A person's level of confidence dictates how much the others will put up with. If that person has confidence and is preaching the gospel of ME to people without confidence it creates a bizarre situation where they can get away with it all day every day.
In a personal setting it's different but the incentive to allow it is still there in a different form which is that this is a friend so you have to endure it for their sake.
At work it's the group dynamic that either allows it or disallows a person to continue broadcasting this illusion for themselves to live in.
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Post by rfan8312 on Mar 24, 2024 19:56:11 GMT
I believe that it's an underdeveloped part of the brain or a form of self inflicted mental retardation in all 3 of the individuals I mentioned.
But that's not a criticism of them as if I'm not deficient in plenty of ways and since I can't prove my belief I will state a fact of another kind.
All 3 have landed themselves in less than desirable circumstances far from where they wanted to be or once were. This incessant chatter outloud to others about how great they are is a coping mechanism to lie to one's self to be able to at least partially deal with reality. They verbally create a story for themselves to live inside of and if others buy it then it reinforces that story regardless of whether it has any connection to reality at all.
I think what is disturbing is the amount of people doing this.
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Post by rfan8312 on Mar 24, 2024 16:59:11 GMT
I have 3 people in my life (best friend, my 1 co-worker, a female friend) who are only capable of speaking about themselves. I'm not joking when I say they have a toddler-like fascination with themselves.
The co-worker I already know will approach me on Monday (and 25 more times that day) to tell me something about themselves. Big news, big development.
With all 3 (this is a fact) if I interject something about me to balance it out I'll receive dead air or "yea".
The female friend I just told her about a hockey team's logo, she showed me a star tattoo she has similar to that logo so now the conversation is within 2 seconds now about her tattoos.
The friend will text me on Monday to brag about something. Guaranteed.
Is it like this in the UK where each person Is so fascinatated with themselves 365 days out of the year? I've known tons of these people here. This is just the latest configuration.
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Post by rfan8312 on Mar 23, 2024 22:37:04 GMT
Lol tbh Mike I'm only noticing it now but I'd say you're right about the drumming. Id never heard anything from those links you posted, it doesn't really grab me, but I'll try a few times to give it a proper shot.
Fair enough, Martin.
Well here's another quick example of Aluk Todolo's work. It's all quite out there but really catches my ear and imagination.
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Post by rfan8312 on Mar 23, 2024 7:58:17 GMT
Wow, that will be something to see. Excellent.
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Post by rfan8312 on Mar 23, 2024 7:54:35 GMT
Here it is.
The Tencent version of Operation Guzheng. The slicing of the ship.
From 16:50 until about 35:00.
Not sure how any 3BP version could beat this.
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Post by rfan8312 on Mar 23, 2024 3:16:12 GMT
I've been meaning to post this one here for years. Unfortunately it stands no chance among 99% of listeners anywhere.
The reason I must post it though is because there are sections of this 39 minute song I've gone deeper into than nearly any other music I've heard in my life. 23:30 is an achievement. I've heard it countless times.
It fascinates me that two sets of human ears can be so different. One set will hear worthless noise and another can hear something very special that warrants more than 100 listens. I think this band knows exactly what it's doing and has some incredible ideas.
One section of this song is annoying to me though. It is 7:20 through 17:00. It drags on way too long.
Also, the opening section eventually begins to incorporate short bursts of unique sounding guitar amp feedback. After many many listens the sequence of these feedbacks begins to sound so right for building into the next section of the song.
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Post by rfan8312 on Mar 23, 2024 2:58:13 GMT
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Post by rfan8312 on Mar 22, 2024 18:29:22 GMT
3 Body Problem is all that I had hoped it to be as a dramatisation of the best SF novels since Dune. The production is excellent and so is the cast. I like how the sweep of the narrative is maintained while some locations have changed. I won't say anything to spoil the story but rest assured it is built on an epic scale and E1 only gives you a tiny taste of what is to come. Wow this is great news. Martin do you remember Operation Guzheng? I believe it's the last chapter or so of the first book. I have a clip of that scene, it's stunning, from another 3 Body Problem series that was created overseas on a channel called Tencent. Have you seen this? Might be worth seeing before proceeding with the Netflix show.
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Post by rfan8312 on Mar 22, 2024 16:12:42 GMT
100% Jules. The conversion rate from USD to British Pound will be a toughy, but hey, it's Fede Alvarez.
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