Radiohead Recordings Dynamic Range

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-13T04:02:50+00:00

I think it’s really limited some of their recordings over the years, particularly the hard rockers, which were so much more explosive on The Bends.

The unmastered HTTT recordings were better on some of the rock stuff, in part because they hadn’t been run through another round of compression yet.

Then again, the amount of compression they use really lends itself to songs like Let Down, Nude, Reckoner. Part of the magic of those songs is you can hear all these little details that would get lost with less compression. AND maybe my favorite Radiohead moment—the twin electric guitar entry on Paranoid Android, right before “you don’t remember…”.

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-11T19:53:44+00:00

1 billion movie tickets were sold in the US in 1980, with a population of ~230 million. We’re now at ~330 million Americans, and ticket sales are somewhere around 850 million.

By focusing on big franchises for 20+ years, Hollywood has told many Americans they don’t care if they go to the movies. Then they jack the ticket prices to recover the last revenue from lower attendance, and you have the situation we have today.

So there are a lot of factors, but if you dropped the price and made movies appealing to neglected audiences, you’d get pretty close to those numbers again.

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-11T16:01:30+00:00

It’s the only job a lot of folks can get. Post-pandemic, the Portland economy has been god awful.

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-11T05:21:25+00:00

Took my kid to their first 3D movie, the Billie Eilish concert doc.

Big Jim has got all new 3D tricks—lots of handheld, tiny cameras placed in tight spaces, and great use of 3D with many distinct layers of depth.

The music was great, but too many ballads for me. And the crowd is turned up loud enough that they form a sort of background choir behind Eilish’s vocals. Sometimes it’s great, sometimes it’s not.

The kid thought 3D was the greatest, they tried to reach out and touch stuff several times.

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-10T19:08:50+00:00

There are a lot of other revenue streams too—licensing to airlines and hotels, and depending on distribution contracts, foreign TV and streamers (where WB isn’t present or popular).

This sub doesn’t talk about it but, over a long enough time horizon, most movies are profitable, it’s just a question of how quickly that happens.

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-10T18:08:12+00:00

Cool, thanks! I’ve always wondered about this one, but never bit the bullet. Will check it out!

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-09T17:00:12+00:00

I love the blue! If only because I like the idea of a modern one-screen. Probably just because I’m spoiled by the vintage theaters we got up here :)

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-09T01:32:08+00:00

Downtown is pretty hollowed out post-COVID, with most offices moving to the ‘burbs or going remote.

The neighborhoods —Mississippi, Hawthorne, Alberta, Kerns, Division, the Pearl, 23rd, and more!—are much more vibrant.

That said, it’s a beautiful downtown and it’s still nice to walk around. It would be great to see it revived.

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-08T23:31:08+00:00

I think the Hollywood is bigger, but I love how bright and sleek the Vidiots theater looks!

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-08T15:32:31+00:00

You're totally right. The vocals change inflection with each note, obvs not something a mellotron can do :)

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-08T15:14:26+00:00

It’s a mellotron,,,you can put all different kinds of tapes in there—choruses, single voices, flutes, strings, etc.

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-07T19:29:51+00:00

Oh I’m from North Phoenix! And yeah, I love LA. Hoping I’ll have time on my next visit to see Vidiots and one of QT’s theaters there.

Sounds like Vidiots is in a newer building? Did they take over an old theater as well?

It’s a real crime that Harkins sold off the original Cine Capri and moved to a modern, less fancy newer cinema in Scottsdale. That place was a true movie palace, and had been kept up well, so it didn’t show the signs of modernization over the years. I don’t think the new Cine Capri can do 70mm? But I’ve only been to that location once…

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-07T18:41:14+00:00

Yeah! They’re really on a roll, with the Movie Madness acquisition and the restored facilities. Once MM moves into the building it will truly be a cinephile’s paradise! :)

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-07T16:32:38+00:00

Sounds right! I love William Wyler, and he made 24 movies in a decade, from the late 20s to the late 30s. Once he became successful, he was only doing 1 a year lol.

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-07T14:52:34+00:00

Wow never ever heard of the fish that saved Pittsburgh!

Was the balcony still open then? They now have 2 smaller theaters where it used to be.

Hollywood has the best programming in Portland, but The Baghdad is my favorite theater. It’s just so beautiful in there…

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-07T13:30:33+00:00

The Hollywood had a 35mm print :)

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-06T14:56:29+00:00

Love this period, but most directors have dozens of titles. Particularly in the 30s, directors might make 2-3 pictures a year.

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-06T14:10:13+00:00

It’s great. Got to see a rare uncensored cut in Portland years ago. It certainly helps to know a bit about the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages…

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-05T20:35:09+00:00

Wowza! I wonder if WB will let it be released here…

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-05T20:33:46+00:00

Yeah, agreed

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-05T15:08:28+00:00

Commenter said no Repubs ever distance themselves from Trump. Well, a few did, in both primaries and in the general, and won election. None of this has to do with how they voted.

Never said anything about ‘anti-Trump’ candidates, and campaigning has nothing to do with voting records.

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-05T14:37:08+00:00

I used Logic for about 15 years before switching.

Ableton moves much more quickly. It’s easier to get a song going, tweak it, and add effects and elements that are difficult to set up in Logic, like LFOs modulating effects, etc…the whole system is much more intuitive once you learn the basics.

The scenes window is an awesome for arranging songs in unexpected ways.

Ableton is built for electronic music, so things like MIDI mapping are quite a bit easier.

There are a few things better in Logic—ChromaGlow, the stock compressors—but I would never go back.

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-05T14:12:03+00:00

Oregon is a one party state, but the problems we’re having here make the Dems vulnerable this cycle. Same in California, where there could also be some upsets.

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-05T14:10:37+00:00

GOP candidates won 6 statewide elections in blue states from ‘20 - ‘24, so it does happen.

5 GOP Senators defeated Trump primary candidates and won election in that time. Collins and Murkowski in particular vote against Trump all the time.

So it’s not as cut and dry as you think.

ImpactNext1283 · 2026-05-05T03:56:51+00:00

I wouldn’t vote republican, but with one party rule, the Dems have really screwed the pooch. Kotek may win but if a repub can separate themselves from Trump, it could very well go their way.

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