Startup Sound
October 21, 2005 10:54 AM Subscribe
I'm not sure why, since the premise is so slight, but that had me giggling the whole time. It must have been the anticipation.
posted by OmieWise at 11:00 AM on October 21, 2005
posted by OmieWise at 11:00 AM on October 21, 2005
Lecure Musical is, indeed, awesome. And yeah, Startup Sound just made me giggle.
posted by wells at 11:17 AM on October 21, 2005
posted by wells at 11:17 AM on October 21, 2005
Fantastic Iraq was pointed.
posted by five fresh fish at 11:27 AM on October 21, 2005
posted by five fresh fish at 11:27 AM on October 21, 2005
In my estimate, it was worth revisiting. If I'm wrong, Sooooooooryyyyyyyyyy.
posted by mds35 at 11:41 AM on October 21, 2005
posted by mds35 at 11:41 AM on October 21, 2005
Funny cuz it's true. BTW, on a Mac there's finally a third party tool to turn that obnoxious noise off.
posted by Nelson at 11:54 AM on October 21, 2005
posted by Nelson at 11:54 AM on October 21, 2005
Ok, am I the only one who would like to have that startup sound? Where can I get it?
posted by MiG at 12:02 PM on October 21, 2005
posted by MiG at 12:02 PM on October 21, 2005
am I the only one who would like to have that startup sound
I agree, it was a pretty cool little piece of music. Everything in Prangstgrüp's archive is great - I especially like "Subway Lectures."
posted by aparrish at 12:40 PM on October 21, 2005
I agree, it was a pretty cool little piece of music. Everything in Prangstgrüp's archive is great - I especially like "Subway Lectures."
posted by aparrish at 12:40 PM on October 21, 2005
I could have sworn they had the startup sound as an mp3 several months ago when this was new.
posted by mathowie at 12:49 PM on October 21, 2005
posted by mathowie at 12:49 PM on October 21, 2005
This only reminds me that I should be doing homework.
SCHOOL IS NOT COOL
posted by foot at 1:26 PM on October 21, 2005
posted by foot at 1:26 PM on October 21, 2005
what is supposed to be happening? i assume there is sound, but do i have to click on anything?
posted by adamms222 at 1:47 PM on October 21, 2005
posted by adamms222 at 1:47 PM on October 21, 2005
Lecture Musical had me in tears. I wish that would happen in one of my classes.
Where were these filmed?
posted by kosher_jenny at 3:26 PM on October 21, 2005
Where were these filmed?
posted by kosher_jenny at 3:26 PM on October 21, 2005
I was in the room when this happened. I'm not in the film itself, so of course no one is going to believe me but it's true. It was indeed quite loud, and I remember it being pretty funny at the time.
I don't know about all of the videos, but Startup Sound and Lecture Musical were filmed a couple of years ago at Columbia. PRANGSTGRÜP was doing a bunch of stuff around campus a little while back, like seting up their own Porno Club table at an activities fair for undergrad freshman with a lot of explicit hardcore porn mags displayed, next to the Sci Fi club or the Catholics on Campus or whatever.
I vaguely remember talk about them being in discussions with MTV about doing a show, but I have no idea if there is any truth to that or not. Maybe just wild campus rumors. Or another prank.
All in all it was funny stuff.
posted by Hadroed at 3:54 PM on October 21, 2005
I don't know about all of the videos, but Startup Sound and Lecture Musical were filmed a couple of years ago at Columbia. PRANGSTGRÜP was doing a bunch of stuff around campus a little while back, like seting up their own Porno Club table at an activities fair for undergrad freshman with a lot of explicit hardcore porn mags displayed, next to the Sci Fi club or the Catholics on Campus or whatever.
I vaguely remember talk about them being in discussions with MTV about doing a show, but I have no idea if there is any truth to that or not. Maybe just wild campus rumors. Or another prank.
All in all it was funny stuff.
posted by Hadroed at 3:54 PM on October 21, 2005
I've never seen these before. Totally surreal. And GREAT!
posted by TheStorm at 3:55 PM on October 21, 2005
posted by TheStorm at 3:55 PM on October 21, 2005
Yeah, right. Who the hell actually shuts down their Mac?
Unlike PC notebooks, the Mac's sleep mode Just Works (tm).
posted by keswick at 4:29 PM on October 21, 2005
Unlike PC notebooks, the Mac's sleep mode Just Works (tm).
posted by keswick at 4:29 PM on October 21, 2005
> Yeah, right. Who the hell actually shuts down their Mac?
Shhhhh! You're harshing the mellow.
posted by SteelyDuran at 5:43 PM on October 21, 2005
Shhhhh! You're harshing the mellow.
posted by SteelyDuran at 5:43 PM on October 21, 2005
I shut down my Mac.
Mind, that was during the first few days of switching, when my deeply-ingrained PC habits were still in effect.
These days what's really turning my crank is not shutting down my main applications. I can actually leave Mail and Opera open for days and weeks at a time. The only time I quit is by accident now!
posted by five fresh fish at 6:32 PM on October 21, 2005
Mind, that was during the first few days of switching, when my deeply-ingrained PC habits were still in effect.
These days what's really turning my crank is not shutting down my main applications. I can actually leave Mail and Opera open for days and weeks at a time. The only time I quit is by accident now!
posted by five fresh fish at 6:32 PM on October 21, 2005
The music reminded me of stuff by Brian Eno - then I remembered he had made the Windows 95 startup sound already and found him quoted:
"The thing from the agency said, “We want a piece of music that is inspiring, universal, blah- blah, da-da-da, optimistic, futuristic, sentimental, emotional,” this whole list of adjectives, and then at the bottom it said “and it must be 3 1/4 seconds long."
posted by rongorongo at 5:44 AM on October 22, 2005
"The thing from the agency said, “We want a piece of music that is inspiring, universal, blah- blah, da-da-da, optimistic, futuristic, sentimental, emotional,” this whole list of adjectives, and then at the bottom it said “and it must be 3 1/4 seconds long."
posted by rongorongo at 5:44 AM on October 22, 2005
I LOVE the Brian Eno startup sound and have moved it with me to 4 different computers.....
posted by bluesky43 at 6:52 AM on October 22, 2005
posted by bluesky43 at 6:52 AM on October 22, 2005
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