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GeekNights 20100825 - Gedo Senki - Tales from Earthsea

MrPeriodMrPeriod
edited August 2010 in GeekNights

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss our disappointment with Gogo Miyazaki's Gedo Senki - Tales from Earthsea. In the news, there is no other news but the sad, sudden passing of one of the most important people in anime, let alone animation: Satoshi Kon. He will be missed. If you have never seen Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Paranoia Agent, Tokyo Godfathers, Magnetic Rose, or Paprika, do yourself a favor and seek them out.

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  • BomboBombo
    edited August 2010
    Haven't listened to the whole show yet, but, Scott, my guess is that you are thinking of Steppenwolf's "Magic Carpet Ride". If not, then you basically hummed the beginning anyway =-P.

    Here's a youtube recording:
    Magic carpet ride


    ... Just listened to a bit more of the show. This is a classic rock song that is old, which probably makes it not it; but I would say its a damn good guess!
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  • AprecheApreche
    edited August 2010
    Uh, no. I know the song magic carpet ride. It is not that song. I am wise in the ways of the rock. It is most likely some modern dance or pop song that I am unfamiliar with.
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  • theknoxinatortheknoxinator
    Dammit Rym, now I really want to watch Shawshank again. Actually, I probably will.
  • AprecheApreche
    Dammit Rym, now I really want to watch Shawshank again. Actually, I probably will.
    You should.
  • theknoxinatortheknoxinator
    Just listened to the episode. My dislike of the movie wasn't nearly as strong as yours when I left the theater, but there was no doubt from the conversation I had with my friends afterward that it was stupid and overly long. But, a week or so later, the flaws do stand out pretty badly, especially the ending with the dragon. Sadly, I already saw it before you said not to. Oh well. I don't regret it, but I certainly will not see it again.
  • VhdbloodVhdblood
    edited August 2010
    Amirite Scott?

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  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    Amirite Scott?



    You know, based on Scott's sad, sad, hints, that may very well be it.
  • RochelleRochelle
    This is the only good version of that song.

  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    edited August 2010
    Armand Van Helden be damned, as a DJ, I have to say that a vocal one shot is a horrible way to start off a song if you intend it to be played in a dance club. It makes a seamless mix about 1000 times more difficult, if at all possible. A better way to have started that would have been about 8-16 measures of just the bass beat and hit hats, followed by 8 or more measures of the full back beat, THEN do an isolated vocal one shot for 4-8 measures with some reverb to smooth it out, and follow that with a cut into the main track.

    Just sayin.
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  • RochelleRochelle
    edited August 2010
    Armand Van Helden be damned, as a DJ, I have to say that a vocal one shot is a horrible way to start off a song if you intend it to be played in a dance club.
    I'm going to have to differ on that. This song brings out my inner gay man.

    Not trying to call you out, but if you can do better than do it. Do your own mix, don't be hatin'. :P
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  • ChurbaChurba
    edited August 2010
    Just sayin.
    Seconded. I wouldn't have played this on the radio, it's just not that good, compared to even other Amateur efforts. Example -


    Or, for a further example of a good remix and/or mashup - House Of Pain(Jump around) VS Amsterdam Klezmer Band VS Pa Brapad


    Yes, I gave this airtime. On a Saturday morning, after explaining I was going to play "Something calm, for all the hungover students".
    Post edited by Churba on
  • RochelleRochelle
    edited August 2010
    A better way to have started that would have been about 8-16 measures of just the bass beat and hit hats, followed by 8 or more measures of the full back beat, THEN do an isolated vocal one shot for 4-8 measures with some reverb to smooth it out, and follow that with a cut into the main track.
    That could be just personal taste. Other Armand Van Helden mixes I've heard starts small then it builds up. I like that from time to time with remixes. It slowly builds me up to start dancing and jamming out and filling my heart with joy and a smile on my face.

    Another of my favorite Van Helden beats:

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  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    edited August 2010
    Another of my favorite Van Helden beats:
    See, this song is just fine for DJ-ing. The intro is simple enough to mix in smoothly with the previous song, but distinct enough so that people who know the song would know what song it is immediately.
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  • VhdbloodVhdblood
    edited August 2010
    Just sayin.
    Just set the spot about 3 seconds in or whatever as your cue point instead of the beginning and it's like it's not even there. :P

    Edit: I guess I don't know what equipment you're using, but I'm assuming it's some sort of DJ program with cue points.
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  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    edited August 2010
    Just sayin.
    Just set the spot about 3 seconds in or whatever as your cue point instead of the beginning and it's like it's not even there. :P

    Edit: I guess I don't know what equipment you're using, but I'm assuming it's some sort of DJ program with cue points.
    Yeah, I could, but you shouldn't have to use cue points to bypass the start of a song. There are exceptions, of course, like skipping ahead about 2 minutes in the 10 minute version of "I remember" by Deadmau5 & Kaskade. Although, if you ever need to take a bathroom break in the middle of a set, that is a great song to queue up. ;-)

    The following is porn for your ears.
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  • VhdbloodVhdblood
    edited August 2010
    Just sayin.
    Just set the spot about 3 seconds in or whatever as your cue point instead of the beginning and it's like it's not even there. :P

    Edit: I guess I don't know what equipment you're using, but I'm assuming it's some sort of DJ program with cue points.
    Yeah, I could, but you shouldn't have to use cue points to bypass the start of a song. There are exceptions, of course, like the 10 minute version of "I remember" by Deadmau5 & Kaskade. Although, if you ever need to take a bathroom break in the middle of a set, that is a great song to queue up. ;-)
    I totally didn't think about the genre thing. You DJ a lot of techno I would assume, which means there's a lot of repetition and intro's are more common. I'm used to DJing Urban/Hip-Hop in a club enviroment. You either have to get a remixed copy with a tacked on intro or skip the first 1-20 secs of every other song.

    Edit: I'd also add that it's common to mix into an instrumental and then quickly mix from that into the first verse of the song.
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  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    edited August 2010
    Just sayin.
    Just set the spot about 3 seconds in or whatever as your cue point instead of the beginning and it's like it's not even there. :P

    Edit: I guess I don't know what equipment you're using, but I'm assuming it's some sort of DJ program with cue points.
    Yeah, I could, but you shouldn't have to use cue points to bypass the start of a song. There are exceptions, of course, like the 10 minute version of "I remember" by Deadmau5 & Kaskade. Although, if you ever need to take a bathroom break in the middle of a set, that is a great song to queue up. ;-)
    I totally didn't think about the genre thing. You DJ a lot of techno I would assume, which means there's a lot of repetition and intro's are more common. I'm used to DJing Urban/Hip-Hop in a club enviroment. You either have to get a remixed copy with a tacked on intro or skip the first 1-20 secs of every other song.
    You're absolutely right. I don't listen to a lot of hip hop, but I know from hearing from other DJ's about the audio watermarks and such put into tracks. Techno songs don't really have that, but each artist has their own sort of fingerprint on songs the produce.
    Edit: I'd also add that it's common to mix into an instrumental and then quickly mix from that into the first verse of the song.
    Yeah, that happens a lot in the techno arena, particularly when you have both versions of a song, where the radio version usually has more vocals and the "normal" version is longer. For example: "Borderline" by Michael Gray.

    Also, I found a perfect example of what I was describing to Ro. Watch out for it around 1:05.
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  • ChurbaChurba
    edited August 2010
    Yeah, I could, but you shouldn't have to use cue points to bypass the start of a song. There are exceptions, of course, like skipping ahead about 2 minutes in the 10 minute version of "I remember" by Deadmau5 & Kaskade. Although, if you ever need to take a bathroom break in the middle of a set, that is a great song to queue up. ;-)
    Truth - You could usually tell when I'd ducked off for a smoke, coffee and a slash on the radio, because I'd throw on an long-ass song or series of songs - For example, The long version of "Evie", the Full Version of "Money for Nothing", or "Friday the 13th" by Thelonius Monk. Once - and only once - I was really cheeky, and cued up a ten minute and twelve minute song, and then went off and ate breakfast, and grabbed a pair of coffees.

    Not the same gig, I know, but shit, you make them, I'll spin them, that's just the way it goes.
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  • AprecheApreche
    edited August 2010
    Yeah, it's the Toxic Britney Spears song. It's always disappointing how terrible she is at singing, but the music studios always give her some really talented people to make the instrumentals. Auto-tune and boobies are the only reasons she still has a job. Sort of disappointing the same way that Ghibli gave all those great animators to Goro Miyazaki. Thank god for remixes.
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  • VichusSmithVichusSmith
    edited August 2010
    You know how Rym breaks Scotts balls on certain flubs he makes? Rym, who are these directors have you seen die, and did you kill them?

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    Post edited by VichusSmith on
  • Luke BurrageLuke Burrage
    Toxic by Britney Spears. I know someone posted it here already, but I recognised it immediately, even before Scott finished making the noise the first time.
  • AprecheApreche
    Toxic by Britney Spears. I know someone posted it here already, but I recognised it immediately, even before Scott finished making the noise the first time.
    I'm just really good at making noises.
  • Li_AkahiLi_Akahi
    edited August 2010
    I'm just really good at making noises.
    That's what she said.
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  • AprecheApreche
    I'm just really good at making noises.
    That's what she said.
    Yeah, we no longer do "that's what she said." Instead we do "that's my new screen name."
  • RymRym
    Yeah, we no longer do "that's what she said." Instead we do "that's my new screen name."
    That's the name of your mom's cover band.
  • AprecheApreche
    That's the name of your mom's cover band.
    Only Paul & Storm can do the cover band name joke.
  • ElJoe0ElJoe0
    Scott, the Quirky Fit Kit is a million times more wussy than tightish fitting jeans.
  • AprecheApreche
    Scott, the Quirky Fit Kit is a million times more wussy than tightish fitting jeans.
    It's so practical.
  • CremlianCremlian
    It's so practical.
    That's what you also said about your purse.
  • RymRym
    That's what you also said about your purse.
    But since he never found shoes to match that purse, a new solution was needed.

    We know he tried hard to find some, since he had to go shopping immediately after Otakon and wouldn't let us leave for the beach until he'd checked the malls. We waited in Gamestop while he was shoe shopping.
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