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Saw this movie last night with the girlfriend. Really liked it. A really good movie, and after seeing it, I’m glad Spike won the Golden Globe for screenplay. Well directed and written, and great performances from Joaquin and the rest of the cast.
30 Minutes of Music: Episode 16
30 Minutes of Music – Episode 16
January 10, 2014
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*Sounds best with over-the-ear headphones*
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0:00 – Scott Walker – The Old Man’s Back Again (Dedicated To The Neo-Stalinist Regime) (Scott 4)
4:17 – Beastie Boys – Song For Junior (Hello Nasty)
7:58 – Vampire Weekend – Step (Modern Vampires Of The City) [1]
12:08 – Charlotte Gainsbourg – Out Of Touch (Stage Whisper)
16:24 – Wild Beasts – Empty Nest (Two Dancers)
19:44 – Pink Floyd – Lucifer Sam* (The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn)
22:46 – Frank Sinatra – Autumn In New York** (Come Fly With Me)
25:27 – Scott Walker – Duchess (Scott 4)
*from the 2011 remasters
**mono version
Film Restoration
Ah restorations and remasters. I love ’em! (As evidenced by my continual project of digitizing and retouching my Dad’s photographic collection.)
Film remasters, audio remasters, photographic restorations, everything. It’s breathing new life into something old and making it look and sound the best it can, either by taking the original film stock, audio tape, or photograph, and giving it a high-resolution digital transfer that captures every detail.
(When it comes to film, the ironic thing is that once they’ve finished the digital restoration, a copy of that restoration goes right back onto new fine-grain film stock, and a digital copy goes into a server storage farm. This is due to the fact that long-term digital storage is shaky and formats change frequently.)
I’ve always wanted to get into the field, but there’s a lot to learn. A lot of time and work goes into restorations and remasters (film in particular).
To show just what goes into film restoring, I wandered around YouTube and found some videos that I believe detail the process fairly well.
(There are a number of them!) [Warning: Flash player ahead!]
30 Minutes of Music: Episode 15
30 Minutes of Music – Episode 15
January 4, 2014
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*NEW* — A VERSION FOR EARBUDS!
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0:00 – David Bowie – Five Years* (The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars)
5:31 – Bobby Darin – Not For Me** (B-Side for 18 Yellow Roses)
7:47 – The Beach Boys – Surf’s Up: 1st Movement (The Smile Sessions)
8:36 – The Beach Boys – Surf’s Up (The Smile Sessions)
12:41 – Talking Heads – Take Me To The River (More Songs About Buildings And Food)
18:02 – Rhye – Open (Woman)
21:35 – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass – This Guy’s In Love With You*** (The Beat Of The Brass)
25:27 – Harry Nilsson – Early In The Morning (Nilsson Schmilsson)
28:39 – The Moody Blues (with the London Festival Orchestra) – Evening: The Sun Set: Twilight Time (Edit of) – (Days Of Future Passed)
*from the 2012 remaster.
**produced by Jack Nitzsche.
***written by Burt Bacharach
GTAography
Thanks to the multi-week holiday break we get from our program, I’ve been able to play a bit more Grand Theft Auto V.
I got it back in September when it came out, and 4 months later, I still think it looks damn good.
I’m continually impressed by the visuals in this game, in particular the atmosphere. It’s one of the best looking games I’ve seen in a while, and the folks at Rockstar really outdid themselves.
Luckily, they give players a cameraphone so you can go around snapping photos of things you come across.
Below are some that I’ve taken over the course of my playing. They tend to be mainly landscape-type photography taken in the desert and wilderness areas. (Also power lines seem to make frequent appearances.)
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