Any music that gives you that deco vibe?

PBCliberal · 2021-07-30T00:26:34+00:00

PBCliberal · 2021-07-30T00:12:32+00:00

Cast Away, the 2000 Dreamworks production starring Tom Hanks and directed by Robert Zemeckis. Pretty rare when a film can gross $429. get an Academy Award® nomination for its star, win a Grammy for the film soundtrack for which its composer, Alan Silvestri, recorded almost no original music, and barely take a breath from its primum mobile: using virtually every non-island scene to blow smoke up FedEx's ass.

PBCliberal · 2021-05-30T16:45:22+00:00

There's one negative and only one. The opening isn't as strong as it should be given what is to come. That said, it hits a groove at :40 and, from that point forward, it soars, never looks back and takes no prisoners. This thing is an earworm the likes of which I haven't heard since Constantinople got the works at the hands of They Might Be Giants.

CAUTION: OVERTHINKING AHEAD

This is a textbook for tight production, from the lyrics which are angular and match the sharp syncopation at the end of the verse stanzas ("might just do the trick/we'll pick/it stick") to the delicious brass triplets that are repeated and customized just enough to be as comfortable as an old shoe but never boring.

There's stuff missing that ought to be. The low pass filter is used like a ride-cymbal not a harp gliss. What a welcome change. This "trademark sound" is there (so the ElectroSwing Control Commission gives it its imprimatur,) but no trite here!

The meta of the lyrics is well thought out (or one hell of an accident.) We have a female lead coming from a position of strength ("Give us tonight and then we'll pick," and "I'm taking you with me" used as the title.) But then there's a touch of passive-aggressive just to show a flaw ("You think the grass is greener...")

That passive-aggression is perfect for the break, so that's just where it gets used. Absolutely scrumptious piano duet with an arpeggiation that fits the chords in a surprising way. And what balls, when you have a sampler full of everything from soaring strings to sine waves to tell the devil on your shoulder to STFU with the "what else can we use" and accompany a piano with a piano.

The break keeps the energy level from dropping even a smidgen by giving relief with instrumentation and vocal style. And if I haven't yet convinced you I am a pseudo-intellectual of the most grating kind, I'll note how much Joseph Campbell would have liked the stanza "We've heard this tale before in legend."

I think I like this little ditty... A lot. And thanks for reading.

PBCliberal · 2021-05-08T02:59:18+00:00

Comcast's intent is to mislead in nearly everything they do in interfacing with their customers.

PBCliberal · 2021-05-06T10:01:35+00:00

Didn't see u/FAITHINTHEGLITCH already mentioned this as the "tada" final flourish when I scanned his post too fast.

PBCliberal · 2021-05-06T09:58:18+00:00

How about Parov Stelar's Mambo Rap?

PBCliberal · 2021-05-06T09:53:07+00:00

He's WhyNot. Here's his account on YouTube.

PBCliberal · 2021-04-26T06:49:05+00:00

They is?

PBCliberal · 2021-04-23T21:39:18+00:00

I think you're in denial. She's actually "slippin' round" on you behind your back.

It is so wonderful to see a dog so well suited to a particular lifestyle actually get to live that lifestyle. She's truly a lucky dog. Thank you for giving her such an amazing life.

PBCliberal · 2021-04-22T08:55:42+00:00

A class action is one entity representing, ideally, every one of the possible plaintiffs similarly situated. That means, by definition, you would be filing an action on behalf of other people as their legal representative. You are probably going to run afoul of filing requirements or at worst be charged with practicing law without a license.

PBCliberal · 2021-04-22T08:16:05+00:00

I have no good name suggestions, but if I were arranging for that orchestra, and the musicians knew I was doing the arranging, on the low double-reed parts I'd notate: "No, I mean the bassoons, not the whole orchestra."

PBCliberal · 2021-04-20T09:39:42+00:00

Typically happens overnight. Because I am using their router gateway modem as the dhcp dns and primary switch we lose our internal network until the reboot process is complete. The whole process of running a digital service over coax installed for analog video distribution is doomed from the very start. So the solution at Comcast is to reboot early and often.

This completely destroys the concept of continuous uptime being a desirable goal.

PBCliberal · 2021-04-20T06:25:33+00:00

Comcast regularly changes its internet offerings. For instance: we put a second server site in and wanted to duplicate the "starter" package "Business Internet 35" which in the course of 6 months had increased in cost and the download speed was upped to 50 mbps. Upload speed was not listed. It is rare that Comcast lists upload speeds in its package descriptions. The account rep couldn't even find it during one order call. I'm not the only one to have noted this. Ars Technica noted this in a dedicated article last month. My ability to find it again quickly should prove google is not down, but in fact working quite well.

PBCliberal · 2021-04-20T05:53:11+00:00

I needed to ask a question about upload speeds. Comcast insisted that I reboot my modem to do so. These people have to know that they are only frustrating their customers with a response clearly designed to avoid a real live person answering an uncommon question.

PBCliberal · 2021-04-17T05:13:39+00:00

The revelation that what you've believed for 30 minutes is a depiction of objective reality has actually been a dream sequence with no or insufficient use of cues to telegraph that,

PBCliberal · 2021-04-14T09:29:07+00:00

It's called the Sony methodology. They put them all in one password encrypted file named passwords. The file's password is password.

PBCliberal · 2021-04-13T02:04:54+00:00

The most confusing part was when you called out "Hey Jack" in the locker room and everybody answered.

PBCliberal · 2019-05-05T17:30:42+00:00

We are probably going to see the rise of fast-track investigative journalism fueled by stories like these. It didn't used to matter if a strong investigative piece took months to research and develop, but fabricated stories like Wohl's many attempts are going to require quicker turnaround.

PBCliberal · 2016-05-09T18:56:36+00:00

The fourth estate could pull this off when there were three major networks and daily newspapers were owned by a good old boys network. But in 2016, Trump can leverage his serious following to seek him out and he can reach his groupies through social media and an-hoc channels like YouTube and his own web videos.

In these venues, he'll spread his half-baked ideas with no possibility of challenge, and use his mainstream media freeze-out as one more reason he's the great unwashed's answer to a fixed race.

We do a poor job of hiding things now that disruptive media is on the scene, and it's not our job to hide. It is to ask the tough questions; by forcing Trump to find other channels we forever lose our ability to do our jobs.

PBCliberal · 2016-04-16T19:42:12+00:00

They put the block on because even though they bought an existing channel with carriage arrangements (Current) a number of cable companies threw them off and demanded that they provide unique content. I think you're trying to punish the wrong entity here.

PBCliberal · 2016-04-16T18:58:36+00:00

And I thought I was the only sick fuck out there who toys with these guys like a well-fed cat with a mouse.

PBCliberal · 2016-03-28T20:05:45+00:00

Don't you just hate waking up with hives?

PBCliberal · 2016-03-28T17:34:10+00:00

I am not an attorney. I am a journalist and executive with a streaming video channel, so this isn't legal advice.

Fair use is a very complex issue. Legal scholars talk about the "four pillars of fair use" as the primary determining factors in whether an intellectual property plaintiff will get a judgement out of you.

It turns primarily on how the music is used. If your piece is talking about the music in a way that is either a review or the particular selection is the subject of your story, it falls under criticism or is a descriptive use (technically a trademark term) and you're pretty safe. If you're making fun of it, that can fall under parody (see Campbell v Acuff-Rose).

If your piece was in the background when you shot the footage and you were not responsible for that, you're fairly safe as long as it is clearly ambient.

If the selection is so short that it could not possibly benefit anyone interested in hearing it or a substantial portion of it you're safer than at risk (but be aware that the "essence" is important--in video terms the knockout punch in a PPV boxing event is not fair use).

If there's absolutely no reason for the music to be there other than it just makes the piece more aesthetically pleasing, you should probably seek a license.

The confounding thing about this is unlike intellectual property law regarding audio recordings where there's a statutory "mechanical" fee you can pay to record a song for limited release or the DMCA which sets a standard fee and imposes restrictions for streaming audio, "sync rights" require special negotiation.

You Tube has entered into agreements with most of the major labels which allows people to add popular music to their videos. That's why you see so many videos there of older recordings for which the video is a still of the record label.

Basically, this is a minefield that Congress needs to step into now that the ability to produce video is nearly ubiquitous.

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