7794. Anonymous (c-67-172-34-255.hsd1.ct.comcast.net) –
12 Nov 2008 23:10:58
[ Many Happy Returns ]
8bitpeoples.com
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7793. Tom 7 (h-66-167-250-227.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
12 Nov 2008 22:18:54
[ Many Happy Returns ]
Oh yeah, good point. Also available if the flash version doesn't work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGI-GqAK9c
Glad you liked the dancing. Sorta harder to robot dance when we're playing guitar though. We'll work on it.
Well, first of all, I do think of chiptunes as "serious" electronic music, but your scare quotes indicate I don't really need to argue about that. I think there are three reasons why I usually do that: I have a certain nostalgia for video game music; I like the format and the terseness of expression. Two is that I think that electronic music in general is so underconstrained as to make it difficult for me to find a voice; I like to make stuff under constraints that force me to be creative within them (I think this is what you were getting at). Particularly, a lot of electronic music is about texture or ambience or feeling or dance rhythm or something, and to me the most important thing is melody. Chiptunes are highly melody-oriented, usually. Three is that even though I call them constraints, I actually think that the sawtooth wave is pretty much the best sounding instrument of all time. Specifically a deep bass sawtooth. That is hot shit. Believe it or not, but I find clicking on the piano roll a really intuitive and expressive way of making music, almost like real-time.
All of the songs in HSE are real in the sense that there is an intended melody and stuff. I've only recorded them on a little hand-held tape recorder, but I'd like to make them slightly more professionally available at some point... |
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7791. Anonymous (ppp-70-247-43-210.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net) –
12 Nov 2008 18:31:55
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
Someone please help me I got 1800 out of 2400 in the NEW SAT REASONING TEST..I am a permanent resident and got straight A s in my Edexcel GCE A-LEVEL exams and upon graduating i had an annual % of 91%. Am i good enuf an applicant for Texas A&M or UT AUSTIN ???? PLEASE SAVE ME..my email id is shaikh_cold@hotmail.com |
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That video was awesome (especially the dancing, all SR songs should have synchronized robot steps) but I think Nels may have been referring to the SIGBOVIK presentation by VVV: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tom7/sigbovik/mario3.swf
I definitely understand the compulsion to not get in ruts, and purely making chiptunes certainly forces you to be original in writing. Is that why you stick to chiptunes instead of doing more "serious" electronic music, or is it something else?
Interesting that you mention clicking randomly to write, I'm usually totally crippled without having my keyboard to play stuff on and come up with chords etc. The exceptions are right now, since I don't have my keyboard where I am, and when I do deaf ear AADs, of which I have entirely too many now.
rerereverb: I mean the very first split second of the song, it sounds like a reverb tail from the last notes got placed at the beginning.
Also, I just finished HSE the other day, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. It almost got kinda meaningful at the end, which I was hoping for. Did you ever record any of the rock opera songs, or are they analogs for other preexisting songs, or anything like that? |
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7789. Tom 7 (h-66-167-250-227.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
12 Nov 2008 08:33:16
[ Many Happy Returns ]
I honor video upload requests from band members only:
http://vimeo.com/2220555
The reason I didn't upload this one in the first place is that I forgot to record the mics at the beginning of the show, so it has only bad camcorder sound. Oh, well.
- Ass Asp |
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SIGBOVIK Video:
Where can we find it? Please to posting Youtube As S As P. |
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7785. Anonymous (24.152.237.198.res-cmts.snh.ptd.net) –
11 Nov 2008 06:12:20
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
1260 and like a 2.6 gpa but my high school is an accredited high school. i |
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7782. Anonymous (s01060014c1389a2a.tb.shawcable.net) –
09 Nov 2008 11:46:22
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
lol how much SATs do you need to be a pokeman master? |
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7780. Anonymous (ip70-162-215-74.ph.ph.cox.net) –
09 Nov 2008 03:32:36
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
i got a 1983427000000000134092134923042908342389412940-219840923849823949023499234898 on mine so i beat everyone |
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7778. Anonymous (s01060014c1389a2a.tb.shawcable.net) –
08 Nov 2008 20:32:54
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
hey guys,
i got 1130 on the SAT
f*** it i say
i wanna be pokemon master and i dont need SATs i jus need badges |
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7770. Tom 7 (h-67-100-131-195.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
07 Nov 2008 08:42:41
[ Many Happy Returns ]
Vargomax V. V. is 100% HSE (ok also that SIGBOVIK video), so you must've read a bit of that too! |
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7769. fetjuel (c-67-183-131-170.hsd1.wa.comcast.net) –
07 Nov 2008 02:42:59
[ Many Happy Returns ]
Right, I don't think I ever mentioned what I liked about NOABTOB. After 5 years the things I remember most strongly are:
- "shut up"
- opals
- Vargomax V. Vargomax
Still haven't gotten to HSE, but it's on my shelf here with 79 other books I need to get to. |
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7768. Tom 7 (h-67-100-131-195.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
06 Nov 2008 19:41:04
[ New! Escape 200704130 ]
Yeah, we already have some multi-block action with steel, but nothing you could do tetris with. I don't think it's inherently incompatible with the way Escape is set up, but the interactions with panels would probably lead to some oddities. But probably no more odd than steel. I think the right way for it to work would be like mud and tar work in DROD, which is that adjacent stuff always sticks together (in fact the sticking would just be presentational; the point is when you try to push it the entire connected piece needs to be able to move, period). You could have a couple different colors of stuff that did not stick with each other. But tetris is going to be out anyway because I'm quite confident that rotations would be a total nightmare.
I only played the demo of Fish Fillets but it was superb. It's on my list. |
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7767. Tom 7 (h-67-100-131-195.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
06 Nov 2008 19:32:25
[ Many Happy Returns ]
jf: Happy to invade your dreams and provide agreeable soundtracks / art-ifacts.
a: Thanks! I like Petrolatum better, and part of what I like about it are those weird chords, but as much as I like to identify idioms and tricks so that I can use them, I also like to do it so that I can avoid them. I don't want to get in ruts. The way I made this song was literally to click randomly in the first measure to set up some kind of rhythmic garbage and then drag and delete notes until it sounded pretty okay (that's measures one and two). Then I determined a single thing that I liked about it, which is that descending series of chords about 2/3 of the way through the measure, and tried to isolate it (that's the part where it starts to kick ass in measure 3). Keep in mind these measures are really long because of the stupid time signature. And by that time I was pretty much committed to the song being rhythmically weird, so I made the chorus also rhythmically weird but as sing-songy as I could manage. Many songs have failed in my hands from being weird in too many ways. Re: Reverb: You mean when the first notes kick in? It does seem a little bit weird then. I think it is actually some kind of MIDI lag in Sonar, because it's my SC-880 generating the noises. Cubase doesn't work in Vista, grumble.
Also thanks on NOABTOB. I'm mildly embarrassed about that one but I am happy that people continue to enjoy it. I had already fixed some of those typos for 2nd edition, but I appreciate bug reports of all sorts.
s: I'd recommend starting with His Sophomoric Effort, though I guess NOABTOB has its moments. Neither has any sexing, sorry!
s/g: Oh yikes! I fixed it and now everything is perfect! |
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7766. Anonymous (rrcs-97-78-3-83.se.biz.rr.com) –
06 Nov 2008 18:31:44
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
I took SAT in Spring 08 got 1230 on math and reading combined, did well on writing, so I want to retake the test and not answer writing parts...rest during those sections... trying to do very well on Math and Reading since the school I wish to attend only looks at math and reading when determining scholarship money.....Has anyone else taken only certain parts of the SAT to better your scores in those parts only? Do colleges still take the best scores from different parts and combine them to give you top score? |
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7764. Scott/Graue (ip70-179-119-114.dc.dc.cox.net) –
06 Nov 2008 11:32:14
[ Many Happy Returns ]
Tom, I am your second biggest fan, behind only Mr. Adhesion. As a nitpicky thing, once you click on a category, the comment links don't work. To put this in perspective, though, everything else you have ever done is wholly perfect, including this song. |
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7763. Sophia (c-65-96-221-97.hsd1.ma.comcast.net) –
06 Nov 2008 08:41:50
[ Many Happy Returns ]
The more gay sex, the better the book. Never-the-less, I do still plan to read NOABTOB one of these days... |
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Very cool, I like the weird rhythms and the little noise rush towards the beginning. I was actually expecting it to have more chromatic stuff/weird chords like Petrolatum does (which I also love). I've noticed my music trending in the more-chromaticism direction too. Both make good Obama celebration music as well.
And now a totally random tangent made slightly ironic by its content: I just finished reading NOABTOB, and holy shit it is hilarious, I love it. Favorite parts: plume of dust with blinking lights in it, opals, "Govno!" It reminded me of a clearer, funnier Naked Lunch without all the gay sex etc. I'm even tempted to buy a copy so I can read it in non-workplace places, preferably places where bursting out laughing will not cause detrimental bureaucratic changes in my life. Did you see that Lulu changed their prices around a bit? Hooray for financial crises!
A couple nitpicky things about it: there were a couple typos I saw (councilmebers & pass times on p110, infa-red on p148) unless those were intentional and like totally postmodern or something. I think there was some missing capitalization somewhere soon around/after p110 but I'll have to look for it.
And one last nitpicky thing to go full circle: Many Happy Returns has the ubiquitous Cubase (I assume, I've seen this before in Nuendo) problem of "reverb tail appearing at beginning of song for mysterious reasons". It adds a nice touch. |
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Speaking of new tiles, the recent level Bob10 made me think about multi-tile pushables (ideally any size and shape, just moves as one)
If you've played Fish Fillets, you should have some idea of what kind of stuff you can do with this. Of course, it's a bit different with gravity.
As for the implementation, true FF style would be cool but harder to implement properly in this context (flipping a central piece twice should probably break a large block in two individual objects, and then join them again). A more simplistic version would be regular single-tile blocks that stick to each other, but can be freed with bombs or panels.
Anyway, just throwing ideas around :-) |
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7757. fetjuel (c-67-183-131-170.hsd1.wa.comcast.net) –
05 Nov 2008 03:14:45
[ Many Happy Returns ]
I dreamed that I was jogging through a mall, in a hurry to catch a plane to Japan. You appeared with a guitar and improvised a song about mall-jogging. It was such a hit that it was playing on the store's Muzak system by the time I made it to the exit. It was a great progression and a great melody, but when I woke up and tried to remember it, my mind kept returning to "Lawn Sky" instead.
Whoa, and a couple of weeks ago I think I dreamed that you were a homemade stained-glass artist. So, good job on your cameos in my unconscious brain. |
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7756. Tom 7 (h-67-100-131-195.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
05 Nov 2008 00:38:48
[ New! Escape 200704130 ]
I've been working on getting up to speed with iPhone development. Unfortunately I spent my most enthusiastic months just waiting for a development key. It's still the main mobile app I want to make after I get a few jokey apps out of the way. |
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7753. Anonymous (rx0sh-lakehead-school-board.mt.bigpipeinc.com) –
04 Nov 2008 12:02:29
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
oh yeah, dont feel bad with your SAT.
at first, I was worried with my 930, but it's actually not that bad when Ill retake with a 1300+
but yeah, seirously, you should all consider farmingdale if your interested in enginering. It won sum awards so it must be good and I heard that it was in the top 10 best engineering for state university of new york.
also, lots of hot and horni chicks for all of you :D:D:D;d;d |
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7752. Anonymous (rx0sh-lakehead-school-board.mt.bigpipeinc.com) –
04 Nov 2008 11:57:17
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
hey boys, I'm back with sum new info i've dug up
from farmindale
Are SAT or ACT scores required?
SAT or ACT scores are required for all applicants who graduated from high school after 1998. This requirement is waived for transfer students who have completed a minimum of 24 credits with a GPA of at least 2.0.
What kind of SAT scores do I need to be accepted?
We expect a combined Math/English SAT score of at least 1000 and/or a minimum ACT score is 21 for admission. The Admissions Counselors at Farmingdale also take into consideration extracurricular activities, awards, community service and recommendations. The more we know about you the better decision we can make.
hop to see sum familar faces at farmindale next year from peeps here on spacebar |
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7751. Anonymous (rx0sh-lakehead-school-board.mt.bigpipeinc.com) –
04 Nov 2008 11:51:50
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
UPDATE!
got sum info for farmindale to thos of you guys intersted :D
Moderately difficult , 52% of applicants were admitted
Freshman
Admission: 4,643 applied; 2,407 admitted; 1,023 enrolled
Average high school GPA: 2.89
Test Scores:
SAT critical reading scores over 500 34%
SAT math scores over 500 53%
I have 52% of gettin in. Its like flipping a coin head Im in! tails im not! wish Me luck! :D |
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7750. mfx2010 (cpe-72-184-1-175.tampabay.res.rr.com) –
04 Nov 2008 11:48:35
[ Bathroom? Mushroom! ]
I've had the exact same problem many of you have. I was so worried it was just me. I live in South Florida, I started a job a couple of months ago leasing condos and I was quickly yielded the opportunity to see mold for the first time and learn about things like "toxic mold." I also learned a lot of information the team responsible for destroying the mold. Then about a month ago I had the same thing in my bathroom at home. EEKK! It started with a dark discolouring on my bathroom wall, just outside of the tiled shower, I didn't immediately respond until a small mushroomhead grew from it. I thought I was going to vomit on myself. My house is only three years old, I couldn't imagine there was a leak in the walls so I imagined it was water splashing from the shower or heat and moisture so I made sure to run the fan and only entered the shower on the opposite side when the water wasn't running. And of course, killed the thing with bleach. It worked for about three weeks then literally four days ago it started to come back, yesterday morning three mushrooms emerged and last night they were about three times the size they were yesterday morning. I sprayed them with a bathroom cleaner that contains bleach, left the fan running and left the light on because I believe they flourish in darkness. This morning, they're dead and black and gross. I'm just going to call professionals in to take care of them. That's my suggestion to anyone who can afford it. Hire people to take care of it and usually there's some kind of warranty like if it comes back within a year or something they will come back at no charge or offer follow visits to control the problem.
Good Luck everyone, I know firsthand this is no exciting picnic. |
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