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    Favorite Ceephax track(s)?

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    On 8/8/2023 at 7:51 AM, J3FF3R00 said:

    It was just a poolside gig on a hotel rooftop in downtown LA. He was the occasion. It was a great time. I think there are more videos out there from that night. Only hiccup was that he was having some strange issues with his master sync or something and occasionally things would go a bit haywire. He seemed to get a little upset but ultimately rolled with it. He’s such a chill dude. I also got to have a good long chat with him afterwards. He was super approachable and friendly. I think we are also the same age so maybe that made it easier but we clicked and it was rad. 

    I was planning on going to this but I had a social anxiety freak out at the time and being at the Standard with the cool kids was too much. Still wish I’d gone. 

    What TV series are you watching at moment?

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    On 3/20/2024 at 6:54 AM, exitonly said:

    Shogun is the best non-animated show i’ve seen recently by a long shot. really looking forward to it each week. 

    Yeah, it’s not perfect* but it is quite something. Really compulsively watchable and well done and some brilliant acting (Sanada is basically perfect in this role).  Feels like an honest classic so far. 
     

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    A couple moments took me out of the immersion, e.g. the sort of boat race against the Portuguese which seemed just a bit tonally Hollywood somehow. Don’t remember if or how that played out in the 1980 version or book, it’s been like 30 years since I saw/read those.
     

    Even so, it was a fun sequence. I’m a sucker for boats, just didn’t feel super realistic/harrowing to me. But also it was intentionally funny— Nestor Carbonell is very amusing as the Spanish guy, totally transcends his normal Weirdly Dark Eyelash Dude thing.  

     

    What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

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    Getting around to finishing off Control on my ps4 (just bought a ps5 but for some reason decided to keep playing on the 4 because, dunno, tradition?).

    Just throwing shit at everyone has been a nice stress reliever, lately, particularly while closing off the main story at a fairly OP level.

    But the fucking Hartman boss fight in the AWE DLC….  Fuck that.  

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    First time I’ve ever had to turn on God mode to clear a game level.  Just completely frustrating and unfair. Maybe the controls are better on PC. I don’t know. I could not time a surge detonation to prevent him from entering the animation to knock off the lights and start recharging health.  Just an endless fucking loop. Maybe I should have seized more enemies to help attack him, but a whole bunch of new allies did nothing at all.
     

    It was just not fun, so I turned on immortality for a minute and fucked him up.  I guess Remedy added the assist mode for a reason. Still feel kind of shit about it, though. 

    I’ve been meaning to play the Alan Wake remaster (never played AW at all), but seeing that fucker again might make me break the TV. 

    What TV series are you watching at moment?

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    On 1/16/2024 at 8:59 PM, aderei said:

    for all mankind is enjoyable

    cant tell if they are taking the piss

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    invoking the mayflower and columbus and then having a north korean be on the moon first after the americans and russians think theyre no1

     

    I think there’s some piss taking involved. Sometimes seems like it’s going to veer hard into some unabashed American flag waving but then the American characters fuck it all up (for all mankind) pretty spectacularly, lol. 

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    VHS Head - Phasia [EP], Digital Out Now, Vinyl 12/8

    in New & Upcoming Releases

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    Great EP (got the digitalis)

    sample identification spoiler:

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    The “Ruby!” sample (throughout the “Phocus” track) gets me every time. 

    X-Files season 1 episode 4, “Conduit.” I had it one one of those dual episode VHS tapes, bundled with “Ice.” Wonder if Mr. Head used the same source.

    For some reason her delivery at the end there has been echoing in my head since the 90s.

     

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