Search results matching tag 'Music'

question regarding the EARLY days of MTV

campbellkd14 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:09:02 GMT

Does anyone out there remember the VERY early days of MTV? The channel was new and there weren't enough music videos to fill a 24-hour broadcast day. To fill the gaps, they would show these 7-8 minute slideshow montages with some fantastic instrumental jam-rock.

Does anyone have any information on that music? Who were the artists? I remember this stuff as being incredible jam (think "Allman Brothers concert") and mostly up-tempo classic rock. This has bugged me for decades. Hopefully someone here knows.

Summer!

root — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:45:00 GMT

Definitely summer time.

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Is everyone eatting snowcones and chasing fireflies yet? Or perhaps floating down a river with a keg strapped to a float, showing off your brillant engineering/ducktape skillz?

It's a cool 97 degrees here in Texas and I'm starting to enjoy the summer time. Already hit the casino in Oklahoma and the lake for some party barg'in. Next up is patio barbq's and beers (aka bur's).

So what you are you doing this summer?

I'll tell you what I'm not doing.

Megan Fox.

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God I hope Cassie doesn't read this blog.

Friday! (Second Attempt)

root — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:02:00 GMT

As most of you know, I have a love for good modern tango songs.

Since it's Friday, I leave you all with a simple post. A great song.

Enjoy.

[YouTube:8PQsRH3GSdU]

Have a safe/happy weekend.

And for those of you looking to buy this song, good freaking luck.

Black and White

root — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:16:00 GMT

Trailer: Brick

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Pretty darn good movie. I bought the DVD. Its... different from your average movie.

Music: Clair de Lune

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So relaxing.

So lately I've been educating a friend of Cass's on all the movies she's missed. Keeping a relatively short story even shorter; I've told her that she has to watch a movie of my choosing each night she's hanging out with us. The first one we watched was Wanted. At the end, the main character says "What the F have you done lately?"

She (Cass's friend who we'll call D) liked that part of the movie--something to think on. What HAVE you done lately, taking into account your life? For most people (who live monontonous lives) it gives us sudden realization of the potential they hold--of the oportunities we haven't taken--and well it makes you depresed.

Seeing how D liked those types of movies (makes you think about something you've never thought on), I popped in a classic: The Boondock Saints. As most of you who have already watched it, and seeing the title, you might know where I'm going with this. At the end of the movie, a reporter goes around asking people on the street what they think of them. I'd like to pose the same question to the two people that read my blog: "Would you be against someone going around shooting 'bad' people?"Judge, jury, and executioner all rolled up into one.

There seems to be three camps: 1) "Hell Yeah!" 2) "No, that's wrong" and my favorite 3) "No comment"

D picked camp 3, that looser.

I end this post about an interesting thread by Tracer76. Do you think the internet will stop being free and it will eventually turn into an itunes like cost model? And do you think it's the RIGHT thing to do? For those of you who haven't followed the Net Neutrality debate, Google 'Net Neutrality'.

Makes you wonder what the world will be like in ten years.

Wave the Coupe baby

root — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:00:00 GMT

Trailer:

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Music:

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I'm going to try and come up with a trailer and a music video for every post moving forward. We'll see how it goes--seeing as to how (in)frequently I post up, it shouldn't be that hard.

The trailer is for a movie called 9. Looks fantastic. Saw it a ways back when it first hit the internet. Can't wait until it hits theaters (9/9/09).

The music is by Gotan Project, one of my favorite bands, called "Mi Confession". Love it.

Anyways, what to blog about...?

Well let's start off with Wave. It's google's new little 'beta' project that has a LOT of potential. If you haven't checked it out already, I'd highly recommend watching the whole video. I know, it's long, but IMHO it's well worth it. The applications of such a tool is pretty wide. I can see myself using it daily. I wonder what will happen to gmail? And what about sites that rely on advertisement? This would circumvent it. Very interesting to see what the adoption rate will be. What are you're thoughts on it?

Special thanks to intelguy for posting it up.

Next up has to be the car I'm thinking about getting. Now before you start rolling your eyes about the time I wanted the hardtop convertible Miata (I know, I know, what was I thinking?), give me a chance.

So it's a Hyundai....

I lost you already didn't I?

Genesis Coupe.

V6 that puts out 306 ponies and starting at 25K. For the price, and for what you get, I think I'm in love. I'm waiting for the 2010 model which will (allegedly) have the GPS. Which leads to the discussion manual vs. automatic. Well as nifty as it would be to shift around that winding road near my parents place (BTW: awesome), I'm lazy. I'm not a hard core enthusiast so I'm OK with taking the man-card-hit and go automatic. Here is a great quick clip:

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Go on. Drool. I know I did.

Or maybe you are still rolling your eyes saying "Hyundai!?!?"

Now half of you are saying this because of the brand's reputation (in the 90's). I insert (in the 90's) because the company has really turned around and their warranty is pretty darn good. The other half of you are nearly salavating at the mouths like a rabid dog because it's not an American company. So here is my take on it:

America is a capitalistic country. Capitalistic country means your success/failure is (for the most part) all your doing. So for the (insert American) car companies out there that didn't change with the times, and couldn't take the competition--why would I do business with them when their product isn't as great as a 'foreign' company? A guy I know at work, who is gun-ho about America (F#$k Yeah!), practically blew a casket when he heard what my next car will (probably) be. Why? Maybe it's the whole isolationism vs. interventionism. Or maybe it's because I'm a young 20 something year old and nieve. What do you guys think?

OK, long enough post. Hurry up and comment.

X-Fi XtremeMusic to AV Receiver

dreadmuppet — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:47:24 GMT

OK so the digital I/O and the SPDIF on the back of my sound card are confusing me. Can someone point out a converter/cable to connect from my sound card to a digital coax connection (I would want optical but the wire will be running under a well traveled carpet).

Thanks in advance for your help!

DIY DAW up and running

JavaBill — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:59:35 GMT

Last September/October I was researching how to build my new DAW (DAW_P45 build check). Due to some learning curves with the two different SATA interfaces on the motherboard, hot swap bay fan noise issues, and personal time constraints, it took a while. I still have some MIDI synth sample library linkage issues to resolve, but it's up and running. It POST'd on the first try. :) Thanks again to all who provided feedback in various discussions at that time.

The ASUS EN9600GT Silent almost didn't fit behind the left hot swap bay, but it did. The fanless video card seemed like a good idea, and probably would have been OK, but I wasn't comfortable with the air flow inside the case due to the ventilation holes in the top and side (I wanted the air to flow in the front and out the back), so I went ahead and put the quietest slot cooler I could find next to the video card for insurance until have the air flow the way I think I want it ... and maybe it will stay the way it is.

This is a view of the hot swap bays from the front right after it first POST'd but before I installed the peripherals, Noctua case fans, doors and sliding rails (below).

Here's the finished product in the rack space under my work station table with doors installed on the front of the case. Not visible are sliding rack rails that enable me to slide the chassis out of the cabinet for maintenance without totally removing it from the cabinet. The Hum Eliminator (underneath) is not currently in use because I now have the M-Audio Audiophile 192 sound card hooked up to my mixer with balanced audio feeds. Until I have the money for a new digital mixer and some active near field monitors, my old Harmon Kardon receiver (bottom shelf) is driving my old AR11's (which you can see up on the wall in the shot below) for studio monitors - not bad, and paid for!

And there you have it. The rack cabinet may be a little hard to see under the table on the left. The M-Audio Audiophile 192 stereo line out and keyboard stereo line outs go to the audio mixer (buried on the table top between the bookcase and the left monitor), and the keyboard MIDI outs go to the MIDI in on the M-Audio Audiophile 192 for "playing in" notes on the music score. When you read my system specs, you may think that it is overkill, and you would be right if all I was doing was recording sessions. However, post production and music synthesis is a whole other story. When I fired up a song with 20 instruments (and a few effects) it made my old 2.6 ghz P4 fall on its knees, but this baby didn't even flinch. =:^) I'm pretty sure I have lots of headroom to run lots of instruments and lots of effects, and I haven't even started tuning and tweaking the OS yet.

Last, but not least, I'm glad I went with Newegg was my primary supplier. Every thing came off without a hitch, and I am a happy camper.

Bill

Auto HD

ChiMike69 — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:57:24 GMT

I want to buy a HD ready stereo for my car but all of the units I have looked at I need to buy a separate HD receiver for the radio. Are there any units that have the HD receiver built in so I will not have to go through the extra expense of buying a separate HD receiver?

Sound Card

edwardhardy0x14 — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:18:32 GMT

Is getting a Sound Card a good choice or is on-board sound enough?

Indestructable headphones

cptnobvious999 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:55:16 GMT

My headphones break several times a year and I always have to get new ones. I know I can be pretty harsh on them but I was just wondering what everyone here might consider as the most rugged set? I prefer earbuds as it is easiest in the office setting and would rather not spend more than $50. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!