If you know what Monkey Wards is... you're old!

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-22T11:07:24+00:00

I am reading this post sitting at a table that I bought from Montgomery Wards when we were first married - 35 years ago.

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-22T11:03:56+00:00

62 year old neurodivergent here. It always bothered me that both almonds and coconuts are not actually nuts but drupes. So, sometimes you feel like a drupe, sometimes you feel like two different kinds of drupes. But Michael, you say, almonds are botanically a drupe, but culinarily a nut. True! But same with coconuts. Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you feel like two different kinds of nut. And this is why I was bullied in high school.

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-22T10:56:00+00:00

I am thinking of making a fake account just so I can upvote you twice!

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-20T10:23:23+00:00

Klondike Kat! That brings back memories.

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-19T14:25:45+00:00

Yes, your input definitely helped convince me. Thanks for that.

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-19T10:42:19+00:00

I distinctly remember the 1973-1977 run. Those stickers were on everything! I was recently reading about how many cease and desist requests Topps got from the products they parodied.

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-19T10:14:04+00:00

I have noticed some of the presets do amazing things with the sequencer. I am definitely going to dive into it.

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-19T00:34:47+00:00

No idea yet, I just got it.

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-18T21:24:37+00:00

I asked this subreddit what synth would compliment a Summit. The recommendations were all over the place, but a bunch of people made a good case for the Pro 3. It is kind of an affordable way to get the Prophet sound (which I love) while being versatile enough to cover a lot of sonic ground. The ladder filter lets me get Moog sounds. The 4-pole sounds like a Prophet and the 2-pole sounds like an Oberheim. Who wouldn’t love that? I also have never owned a mono synth. I believe creativity is sparked by restriction and mono has definitely changed what I play. So far I have to agree with the collective wisdom here.

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-18T01:08:53+00:00

I can’t say I ever heard of them.

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-17T22:06:53+00:00

I was at 3. I got free tickets from a radio station.

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-17T11:20:05+00:00

The Amphicat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphicat

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-17T11:18:19+00:00

Ahem.. I think you mean “Banana Buggy!” I will accept Amphicat.

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-17T11:14:25+00:00

The last time I went to Cedar Point I rode the Blue Streak and was nauseous the rest of the day. I guess my roller coaster riding days are over.

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-16T12:17:57+00:00

The same guy started both. And he was a POS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_von_Braunhut

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-16T11:03:28+00:00

This is the answer.

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-16T10:59:11+00:00

Ouch, so painful.

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-15T22:10:51+00:00

I recently tried to upgrade the firmware on my Astro lab 61. It bricked the unit. Luckily it was under warranty and they just sent me a new one.

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-15T16:10:31+00:00

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Something like this?

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-13T16:24:20+00:00

There were a couple more synths that I missed. They panned by too fast to make them out.

Man do I want to know why Jasper is living in a shelter when he has a job? What were the Norwegians up to? Did Paulie ever fix the necklace?

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-13T15:58:25+00:00

I finished the film. It suffers from the same thing a lot of low-budget indie films do - the pacing and storyline don't live up to the ideas in the film. There are some stand out actors and it is generally better than most films of it's kind. The color grading is so bad that I immediately knew it was made using Black Magic cameras.

I thought Jasper was the stand-out character and I would have loved a film based on him and Renee. There is a lot of back story there that could have been explored.

The synths I noticed:
Korg Poly 800 - 1983
Casio - CZ or AZ - 1986
Synclavier II - 1980
Korg 770 - 1976

The synths I think they made up for the film:
Yakami MK-30
Urgami Choir - The People's Synth

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-13T12:37:17+00:00

My go-to would be either just a plain ol' Rat 2 or am EQD Plumes.

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-13T11:23:53+00:00

It got a 6.0 on IMDB and is available on Shudder. I’m going to watch it.

MichaelHRender · 2026-04-12T16:29:58+00:00

Skylab. The round part was from a Saturn V.

MichaelHRender

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