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[Mark]

Someone's made a song about my favourite swearword - awesome!

[F-ZeroOne]

This is the most blatantly perverted thing I've ever seen in animation, and bear in mind this is an anime fan talking... [1]



[1]Because all anime is just tentacles, right?

[pogo]

[(o)(o)]

Amusement.

[sdetoni]

You gotta love those 8Inch hard drives, to save all those sampled 8bit sound goodness,
wirr, grind grind, wirrr...
oh and Fairlight was interesting as well!

[(o)(o)]

You gotta love those 8Inch hard drives, to save all those sampled 8bit sound goodness,
wirr, grind grind, wirrr...
oh and Fairlight was interesting as well!

Trevor Horn was I think the first UK purchaser of The Fairlight (Woof!).

Cost as much as a house back then.

I'd forgotten about those hard drive noises. Had a smaller drive for the BBC Model B. Had a sense of what was going on through the vibrations..

[KlaxonCow]

Trevor Horn was I think the first UK purchaser of The Fairlight (Woof!).

Indeed.

In the comments for that video, with everyone posting "here because Deadmau5 got one" and "here because Stevie Wonder got one", I was tempted to jokingly post "here because the Art of Noise was one".

They didn't just own a Fairlight, they were a Fairlight. Literally so, and in spirit.

[(o)(o)]

Trevor Horn was I think the first UK purchaser of The Fairlight (Woof!).

Indeed.

In the comments for that video, with everyone posting "here because Deadmau5 got one" and "here because Stevie Wonder got one", I was tempted to jokingly post "here because the Art of Noise was one".

They didn't just own a Fairlight, they were a Fairlight. Literally so, and in spirit.

Can recommend this book has a section on Trevor Horn. It's hardly a literary classic but some interesting discussion of pioneering record producers.



I've got an Art of Noise DVD I found in a shop for 99p! Should dig it out. It had some nice bits in it if I recall correctly. Also Paul Morley making a prat of himself.

[Firefox]

[F-ZeroOne]

Some lesser-known but awesome 80s mecha series. Because 80s anime was just better!

[F-ZeroOne]

Trailer for "The Wind Rises", Studio Ghiblis new film about the creator of the A6M "Zero" fighter, Jiro Horikoshi (short version: Japans R. J. Mitchell). Its proved somewhat controversial, having had the bad luck to be released at a time when Asian relations are at a bit of a low...



Just discovered an interesting bit of trivia: Horikoshi is voiced by Hideki freakin' Anno!

[Baggypants]

[F-ZeroOne]

I've been catching up on repeats of "The Next Generation" on SyFy (I know, look I have the "Babylon 5" box set as well, okay? ) and its reminded me of what a very angry man Picard can be:

[Istar]

But... that's a scene from First Contact, not the series.

If you want to see Picard really pissed-off, watch Preemptive Strike. You need the whole episode as the backdrop to the very last shot. And ideally watch Ensign Ro first, for the backstory.

[F-ZeroOne]

I know its from a movie, just happens to be one of my favourite scenes is all.