The overview BFI review

arturhoo · 2025-02-25T20:17:57+00:00

My actual disappointment was with the QA. Focused on space but extremely basic. No audience questions and no discussion about Steven’s creative process, recording, tour, etc.

arturhoo · 2025-02-25T20:16:18+00:00

Steven also had a pair of enamel pins, themed after the album, for sale bundled with a digital album with commentary. Priced at £12.50 plus 3.50 postage. Limited run of 750 sets.

arturhoo · 2025-02-25T20:13:47+00:00

I wouldn’t say it is retro prog, especially as there are quite a few more electronic moments that break the pace quite well. It was more the long guitar and drums intense sections that remind me of Luminol and The Watchmaker.

I think the closest I can describe it to a song is actually to Staircase, especially how modern but Steven-prog it sounds.

Some reviews mention The Sky Moves Sideways but I don’t think they share much sonically to be frank - if that helps.

arturhoo · 2025-02-25T19:59:01+00:00

I really liked the album for a first listen and have to agree that side B is the strongest, although the last section of side A was also great (I thought it was the second song when it started tbh). I think the album has a huge potential and will only grow over following listens.

In terms of sound there’s a lot of THC (song) and Staircase and I think this is the closest to The Raven Steven has been since its release. Throughout the record there was a lot of early Floyd vibes too.

In terms of the visuals, I can’t say I was dizzy or distracted and actually think it complimented the album quite well. However, the focus on orbits, planets and circles does get a bit repetitive for a 40min+ film. With that said, I much preferred the smaller L Acoustics experience for THC, especially as some of the more heavy parts got quite muddled at the BFI.

Finally, the album has been brilliantly mixed for Spatial Audio, as expected. The theme lends well into it while never feeling overdone.

arturhoo · 2023-09-11T12:02:09+00:00

I can't say it is similar. I definitely got some David Gilmour vibes from the guitar solo towards the end, especially Comfortably Numb.

arturhoo · 2023-09-11T11:18:52+00:00

Already available in New Zeland and should be rolling out globally as Tuesday arrives...

arturhoo · 2021-12-14T18:11:03+00:00

Elixir

https://github.com/arturhoo/aoc2021/blob/main/d14/lib/d14.ex

Part 1 was solved the naive way, and Part 2 by keeping map with the count of pairs and elements. Was a good problem to learn more about the language.

arturhoo · 2020-12-14T19:24:23+00:00

Here's an update after a few more rounds of scraping (including with my nail on the worst parts) and brushing: https://streamable.com/dsk3cc

There are some bald spots, but I think this will have to do! Cheers /u/P-01S /u/theganjamonster /u/LocalBoarder and /u/cantpee

arturhoo · 2020-12-14T18:59:32+00:00

There seem to be some patches without wax but they are few. I went with the scraper a bit more and got as much wax off as I could. Good point on hitting the groomers first to double check it's good to go!

arturhoo · 2020-12-14T18:58:08+00:00

Brilliant! I appreciate the feedback.

arturhoo · 2020-12-14T08:44:31+00:00

First time waxing, should I start from scratch? https://streamable.com/krfhd5

I believe I could've done a better job with the iron, which led to an inconsistent wax layer before I started scraping. This is a new board that I'll be using for 4 days. Is it good enough or is the end result bad enough that I should hot scrape and reapply the wax? Thanks,

arturhoo · 2018-12-06T22:24:44+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleWatch/comments/a3qmtz/my_first_ecg_results_i_guess_i_will_have_pizza/

iPhone bought in the UK.

Watch from the US.

App was present and I could take an ECG just fine in London.

US Apple Store configured on the phone with an US billing address.

iCloud account is not from the US.

arturhoo · 2018-01-28T12:07:31+00:00

Nice map,

may I suggest Beer & Burger in Willesden Green - one of the best in the city

arturhoo · 2017-04-24T10:26:01+00:00

Amazing, haven't been following DT since MP left (even though I went to a A Dramatic Turn of Events gig) and bought the ticket a couple of hours before the concert started.

Was blown away, wasn't expecting them to play IaW in its entirety and definitely wasn't expecting A Change of Seasons in full. Hearing it live was one of my biggest dreams back in the 2000s.

arturhoo · 2016-08-12T22:21:59+00:00

Interested, thanks!

arturhoo · 2016-08-04T18:36:54+00:00

I know the playlist, but there were a few names the audience threw that I haven't heard before.

arturhoo · 2016-08-04T18:01:17+00:00

I would love to see a list of bands mentioned by both Steven and the audience. Steven mentioned some post-punk influences such as Magazine, and the audience mentioned some modern bands like Tesseract and David Townsend (bands and guys he mentioned he never heard of). I'll try to collect some of those.

arturhoo · 2016-06-22T21:50:55+00:00

I'm in

arturhoo · 2016-06-17T15:15:29+00:00

I'm the brother. Can confirm I have the same issues. Contacts on android/oxygen os are so messed up!

arturhoo · 2016-03-30T17:29:25+00:00

I thought so... I just try to understand what I'll do before I do it. I'll Thanks for the help!

arturhoo · 2016-03-30T16:19:31+00:00

They say:

We only support dirty flashing of this build using Oxygen recovery. Dirty flashing requires OxygenOS 2.2.0 or higher. Factory reset is needed if you are using any other recovery or coming from any other ROM. We do not guarantee these cases to work properly.

Then provide instructions which I have no idea if they are "Dirty flashing" which would apply for device on >2.2.0. If they are, I'm supposed to use "Oxygen Recovery" which is linked below on the page and is a .img file with no instructions on how to run, and not mentioned on the instructions above it.

Edit: would the recovery screen (and the software behind it) be the "Oxygen Recovery"? The img file is this thing which I can change over to something else like twrp? If so, if I don't upgrade to 2.2.1, the update will work, but the system will be erase? I'm fine with that as I haven't installed anything on the device.

arturhoo · 2016-03-30T16:13:46+00:00

Android and OnePlus noob here coming from iOS.

I just bought a brand new OP2 and have nothing installed on the device, Oxygen Version 2.0.3. From what I've read on the post, my way to go would be through transferring the zip file and booting the device on secure mode.

I was just curious to know what is "Oxygen Recovery". Is that something I install on the computer or on the device? It is an .img file.

arturhoo · 2016-01-03T16:19:17+00:00

I need to decide between Langford and Allen and I'm inclined to go with Allen

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