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1984: A Night At The Xclusiv

posted July 17, 2018 #

Another recent YouTube hole I've fallen down is camcorder footage from British Goth Clubs. This two hour piece called The Height of Goth captures an evening at The Xclusiv, a goth club in West Yorkshire, UK in 1984. There are other shorter clips worth watching as well but the full two hour piece is the real immersion.

These kinds of clubs certainly still exist today but there's something about the poor video quality mixed with the absolutely bonkers outfits and hair (oh, the hair) that makes these older clips something special.

posted July 16, 2018 #

I just realized my first Old Man Trait is telling people to "click" on something on their phone, rather than the appropriate verb "tap." I understand I should change this and I never will and it feels great.

We Own This Town: Volume 112

posted July 16, 2018 #

It's been two weeks since the last one, so that means it's time for another installment of the WOTT Music podcast I make. While I'm happy with just about every episode I've put out there, this one turned out particularly well.
Aside from legitimately enjoying all of the music that ended up on the show, I also got to learn a hearty lesson about judging a band too harshly based on the name alone. Yea, yea, we've all heard "don't judge a book by its cover" but this band is called "The Lonely Biscuits"! Wasn't I allowed to pass some judgment?? Turns out, I wasn't. The song I included, "Endlessly" is very good and the album it comes from is also quite good. Egg on my face there.

Give it a listen and subscribe, if you're into it.

Note To Self Mail

posted July 16, 2018 #

I am sure everyone has their favorite way to send notes to themselves - maybe it's Google Keep, maybe it's Notes on OSX or EverNote or some other popular app that I'm not familiar with. The options are endless, I've no doubt. Personally, I like to just my inbox for storing ideas and random links that I want to revisit later. It's convenient and lets me keep things all in one place. Sure, there's a little clutter but it's worth it (imo).

For the longest time I'd been using an app called "Mail to Self" that would simply email you a link to whatever you were looking at. When that stopped working for no clear reason, I switched over to Note to Self; which does the exact same thing. It's well put together, looks nice and the Share extension makes it unbelievably easy to simply shoot myself a note to something I want to revisit or

Metroid: The Sky Calls

posted July 16, 2018 #

For reasons unbeknownst to me, I spent a good bit of time over the weekend watching Metroid videos. Some people like ASMR videos, apparently I like to watch videogame play throughs and long form critiques.

Through all that browsing I ran across this short film called Metroid: The Sky Calls, an actual live action version of the series with an abundance of special effects that feels very appropriate to the world of the game itself. In a shocking turn, I actually agree with the YouTube commenters on it:
Fantastically eerie atmosphere and ambience. Beautiful work on the models and animations and the geometry of the shots. From a purely sensational standpoint, it's perfect! Ace work!

But--BUT!!!--from a narrative perspective, I feel compelled to nag about the presentation of the character. Specifically, how apprehensive Samus appears to be. The nuances of her movements suggest she's unsure of every step she makes and action she takes, and each shot of the the actress' face shows an expression of fear.
It's maybe an unnecessary bit of feedback but I can't disagree. The actress does a good job but it's a bit off character from what you'd expect from a series about a space explorer that spends 100% of her time alone fighting monsters. It is Geek Insight in its purest form.

All that being said, it's still completely worth watching. I'm actually a bit shocked that Metroid's never been turned into a legitimate film. I find it hard to believe that Nintendo is still stinging after this disaster, given that it was 25 years ago.

posted July 15, 2018 #

Misspelled "Jurassic Park cast" and found something a million times better https://t.co/TotNYwovNg

posted July 13, 2018 #

There are a million designers working on making website buttons have better gradients and none working on the cord that changes how fast your ceiling fan is going. Literally no one knows what speed their fan is on or what will happen if they pull the cord again

posted July 13, 2018 #

Instagram is down. Twitter, let us go so we can finally be free.

posted July 13, 2018 #

Just heard dave matthews band crash on a wine commercial and immediately thought about their bus driver dumping pounds of human shit on the tourist river barge

Friday Videos - July 13th, 2018

posted July 13, 2018 #

Big news this week with the You Drive announcement. Hot on those heels is the release of the Atlanta Monster soundtrack from Makeup and Vanity Set himself; streamable here. I had no involvement in that second one but I still endorse it fully.

Speaking of endorsing, can you throw some upvotes over here? I woulda thought this would have caught on like hotcakes over there but, turns out, I don't really understand how Reddit works at all.

I'm grateful for the weekend. How about you?

posted July 13, 2018 #

I’m trying my best to stay optimistic but *vaguely gestures at everything*

posted July 12, 2018 #

It worked https://t.co/6TeuZadkRK

posted July 12, 2018 #

No joke. This is ? https://t.co/aGdUSD26YX

You Drive Premiere

posted July 12, 2018 #

It's been a long time coming but I'm happy to finally announce that You Drive is officially a thing. What's a "You Drive"? Well, it's a full-length collaborative album between Makeup and Vanity Set and Jasmin Kaset that I'm putting out via yk Records (the 50th release!).

The first track, "New", just premiered over on the synthwave blog Vehlinggo, so you can hear it there now.

If you've ever heard "Hand in Hand" or "Homecoming" (and other songs) from MAVS featuring Jasmin, you know how well the two pair together. This is an entire album of such collaboration and I'm fairly sure if you like Beach House, Chromatics, Phantogram, Melody's Echo Chamber (et al), then you will enjoy this.

Cruise on over to hear the track and then check out the instagram, bandcamp or official site for more info.

posted July 12, 2018 #

Today as I was walking home after my run I saw a large lemon rolling down the hill. It kept rolling for about a quarter mile. And now you can see it, too. https://t.co/dQoHi4RrXS
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