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MeFi post:
"No, Miss Vega. Consider the Black Box theory!"
Civil_Disobedient: Yeah? More news for the kids on my lawn:
Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" is an almost note-for-note rip-off of Warren Zevon's Werewolves of London.
To the lawn-owner, from a kid: "All Summer Long" may sample the 1977 "Werewolves of London" for additional melody, but the song you're looking for for the 'rip-off' came out three years before, in 1974. It's even... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 4:45 PM on September 25, 2008
MeFi post:
God Save The Thief -- Sex Pistols vs. Wolfmother
Eh. I'm not a fan of The Illuminoids. Their (his?) only good track is Dead Mongolian Loser (Beck, Devo, and Bauhaus); the rest are just sloppy.
Mashups as a genre previously, with many examples in the comments.
(a note to the h4t3rz above: don't judge a genre by its mediocre artists.)... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 7:42 PM on June 5, 2008
I argue that the posting of that link is more my right than yours, seeing as it's my post. *crosse arsms*
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 7:53 PM on June 5, 2008
Also, both God Save The Queen and Joker And The Thief have been mashed before with much better results.
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 8:03 PM on June 5, 2008
Girl Talk is awesome. Here's a concert of his, here's him making a song, and here's a video for Summer Smoke, one of the tracks off of his album Night Ripper.
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 8:39 PM on June 5, 2008
MeFi post:
Scroo Grammer. Hows Yer Speling.
you people terrify me. my theory of mind is not up to the task of understanding or relating to any of you.
If it makes you feel better, I only got 21 on Scripps. My misspellings: pinyan, cacaouithese, missible, benee, Gurnsey, galamatias, and signet.
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 4:57 PM on May 31, 2008
MeTa post:
BragFilter
Popular opinion says that this megapost on mashups is my best thing, but I feel that I could have prepared much more and linked to three times as many artists now.
My favorite posts of mine would be a tie between two interview posts: "George Clooney Meets The Internet" and "Rick Astley Talks About Being Internet Famous." I hate celebrity news usually, but both interviews really showed a great side of the interviewee.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 7:15 PM on May 23, 2008
(Also, someone liked a throwaway comment of mine so much that he made it into an FPP. Sadly, his post grabbed over twice as many favorites than my comment. Ah, well.)
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 7:18 PM on May 23, 2008
MeFi post:
Free MMOs to devour your free time
I'm seconding exactly what Pope Guilty said. KoL's a great game and I played the hell out of it before I lost interest in playing.
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 2:35 PM on May 21, 2008
rifflesby: If it's been a while since you last played KoL, you might consider joining up again -- about a year ago we pushed the Naughty Sorceress quest two levels later and added a slew (a slew, I tell you) of new content.
I lost interest about the third time I was playing through the long added quest. It might have been because it was new and I wasn't familiar with it, but I just didn't really feel like doing all that stuff over... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 3:59 AM on May 22, 2008
Ask post:
Mash-up making 101?
drezdn: Major issues for me:
-How can I isolate vocals?
-Do I need to pay attention to the key of pieces, and if so, is there an easy (software) way to figure it out?
-Is there an easy way to figure out the Beats-per-minute of a piece?
1) I'd use the free VST plugin kn0ck0ut or drop $0.90 on the better Extra Boy. Most of the time, though, you just get the pieces of the tracks from elsewhere. Acapellas4u is a great... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by flatluigi
at 5:52 PM on May 12, 2008
(Oh, and please follow up, I'd love to see what you've made.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by flatluigi
at 8:47 PM on May 12, 2008
MeTa post:
Return of the Return of the MeFi Music Challenge
I'd definitely like a few categories because there were a few suggestions I'd like to see.
I think having "use this word as your theme," "use this phrase in your song," and "create something with this style/sample" would be nice categories.
I'm shooting off something in the vein of the third right now.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 6:15 PM on May 12, 2008
MeFi post:
You are getting sleepy. . .
I love Derren Brown. I doubt the methods he tells us he uses are the methods he actually does, but it provides a good show.
Here's Wikipedia's description of a program he had called The System:
The System, a Channel 4 special in which Brown shared his "100 per cent guaranteed" method for winning on the horses, was first shown on February 1, 2008.
The show was based around the idea that a system... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 5:32 AM on May 12, 2008
MeFi post:
Walk of Flame
So, five/eight years has passed and this is still relevant. That says a lot about the internet.
Can't wait to see this post in 2015!
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 8:43 AM on May 4, 2008
Ask post:
How to split a Wii to different TVs
I could swear that there was a project going around a while ago that did something exactly like this -- it split four subsections of a single screen to four other televisions. I'll dig around and see if I could find this.
posted to Ask Metafilter by flatluigi
at 2:08 PM on April 28, 2008
Here. (warning: eye-bleeding text)
I was misremembering it a bit. There's no setup details, however, and it used $2000 worth of equipment circa 2003. So, it's possible, but I don't know how hard it'd be.
posted to Ask Metafilter by flatluigi
at 2:13 PM on April 28, 2008
MeFi post:
Jazz legend Lyttelton dies at 86
You're kidding me. Just last week I was trying to find clips of "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" since I loved what little I've heard of it. Great show, great guy.
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posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 4:08 PM on April 25, 2008
MeFi post:
Clickity clack!
So far, I've learned I can't spell consciousness for the life of me.
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 4:29 PM on April 24, 2008
MeFi post:
We see a man and woman kiss
A scene of a storm at sea with a drowning, and a another storm with a near drowning. A man hits another man in the backside with his briefcase. People are nearly hit by vehicles a few times. A car drives through a fire. A group of men overpower another man. A woman threatens a man with a grater and a man pushes a woman around. A man punches a wall. A man has a bruise on his face. Scuffles, chases, falls, reckless driving.
Any guesses?
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 6:53 PM on April 21, 2008
This is the only movie that got a 10 in all categories.
No movie got all zeroes, though.
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 6:57 PM on April 21, 2008
Ask post:
mp3 or aif?
MP3s are more widely-compatible; aiffs are uncompressed and therefore are better-quality. Aiffs are larger than MP3s. It all depends on how much storage space you need, whether your player of choice supports aiffs, and whether sound quality is important to you.
posted to Ask Metafilter by flatluigi
at 9:18 AM on April 20, 2008
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