Thanks, eustacescrubb. I love Eno, I love Tchad Blake, and I..... have great respect for some of Simon's music. Don't let those posier-than-thou posters get you down. Philip Glass?? This is the truth about Philip Glass...
posted to MetaFilter by TiredStarling at 2:38 AM on May 10, 2006

There were a bunch of guys around that time who nevvvvverrrrr quuuiiite crossed over to the burgeoning punk/new wave thing in the UK. Restless Eric and Ian Gomm were a couple of others. A lack of radio-friendly singles being the main reason for that.
posted to MetaFilter by TiredStarling at 7:21 PM on May 2, 2006

Wreckless Eric. Too many paint fumes.
posted to MetaFilter by TiredStarling at 7:39 PM on May 2, 2006

I can't imagine what it was like to produce recordings when there was no waveform to look at.

Yeah, it was pretty tough. We had to use our ears.
posted to MetaFilter by TiredStarling at 11:58 AM on April 3, 2006

Compression to me is the hardest thing about mixing.

I get it, I know what it does, but I'll be damned if I can figure out anykind of systematic way of applying it.

That's 'cos there is no system! Every sound has its own unique qualities, and a compression setting that works on one kick drum may sound awful on another - even if it's the same kick drum in a different song, or the same kick drum in the same song if you change the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by TiredStarling at 1:04 PM on April 3, 2006

Just waiting for Rod Stewart to come along and make them cool.
posted to MetaFilter by TiredStarling at 8:23 AM on March 18, 2006

I spent some time on South Island

Kolloquial Kiwi note: For some reason we say "in the South Island", rather than "on South Island". We don't say "go figure", but if we did, I'd say it.
posted to MetaFilter by TiredStarling at 8:05 AM on August 16, 2005

I'm sure an episode of the 1960s Patrick McGoohan TV series "Dangerman" was shot on one of these forts. Anyone remember?
posted to MetaFilter by TiredStarling at 9:32 AM on August 1, 2005

Meh. Who can bother? Grumble.
posted to MetaFilter by TiredStarling at 11:03 AM on July 26, 2005

Not to derail the thread, but with the 20th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior this week it should be pointed out that the French also do terrorism. It's still a sore point and any talk of French counter-terrorism is sure to produce many a suitably Gallic raised eyebrow down here in the South Pacific. Given the less than satisfactory results of that operation, I wonder whether France's ability to perpetrate terrorism has improved as much as... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by TiredStarling at 9:38 AM on July 9, 2005

NZ. Anyone else notice how much that sounds like a state code?

But please, it's pronounced "En Zed", not "En Zee".

(And the country itself is pronounced "Nyuh - ZILD".)
posted to MetaFilter by TiredStarling at 1:39 AM on February 4, 2005

isthisthingon: Don't sweat it bro' - the summer's been stink. Not even, auh!
posted to MetaFilter by TiredStarling at 1:44 AM on February 4, 2005

Palahniuk's gay?? Next you'll be telling me Greg Luganis is gay.
posted to MetaFilter by TiredStarling at 12:04 AM on January 19, 2005

"...the McDonald's brand to suit local markets..."
Here in New Zealand, some years ago, we had the McDonald's KiwiBurger. It was, IIRC, a cheeseburger with a fried egg and a piece of tinned beetroot. It did very well I believe, which says something about either McDonald's, New Zealand, or DDB Needham.
posted to MetaFilter by TiredStarling at 12:04 AM on January 19, 2005

31d1: it is implicit by law that the crap song i sampled a half second of is worth everything, and the week or so of effort i may have put into transforming it into something entirely new is absolutely without value

Of course it's worthless now – who's heard of 31d1? – but with luck it may not be worthless in a little while. And if it does remain without (commercial) value, would you be happy in the future to see someone else take your sound,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by TiredStarling at 5:30 PM on January 18, 2005

Isn't it amazing how we can take a probe the size of a compact car, send it on a 7 year journey in the most inhospitable environment imaginable, deploy a sub-probe that has been dormant for that entire time and land it where we had planned on another solar body so far away that it takes 67 minutes to get a signal back and forth...

But we still can't make a toilet that doesn't back up.
posted to MetaFilter by TiredStarling at 11:23 PM on January 15, 2005

When the New Zealand soccer team (the All Whites) played in Singapore as part of the 1982 World Cup qualifying campaign, long-haired players were required by Singapore immigration officials to get haircuts.
posted to MetaFilter by TiredStarling at 7:48 AM on January 9, 2005