The all new and only slightly recycled off topic thread (read post 1)

.ak

Actually I seem to have some vague memory that it had something to do with the type of tape you used? And couldn't you record over anything if you removed a sticker covering a safety hole on the tape?

Good times. Trying to wait for your song on the radio was gas, and at the end of the day you'd have the perfect radio station mixtape.

molloyjh

.ak wrote: »

Actually I seem to have some vague memory that it had something to do with the type of tape you used? And couldn't you record over anything if you removed a sticker covering a safety hole on the tape?

Good times. Trying to wait for your song on the radio was gas, and at the end of the day you'd have the perfect radio station mixtape.

There was a little plastic thing that had to be there for you to be able to record, but you could always fool that with some cellotape. Good times...

thomond2006

WHERE IS .AK'S PROMISED AGONY AUNT THREAD

.ak

thomond2006 wrote: »

WHERE IS .AK'S PROMISED AGONY AUNT THREAD

Dear thomond2006,

Thanks for writing in, I appreciate your time and for seeking my advice. A lot of posters often seek sound advise, especially in these times when coaches for the national team are making some absolutely daft decision. But stay calm, stay collected, as my advice would this; if you're looking for an agony aunt thread then your best bet is to PM justsomebloke. If he doesn't reply within 10 seconds try again. If again he doesn't reply, try again. Repeat this process, taking a second off the response time upon repeat.

Yours truly,
.ak

molloyjh

The mans a natural...

ssaye2

http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/google-project-tango-tablet-1479987-May2014/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe10ExwzCqk

OldRio

ssaye2 wrote: »

http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/google-project-tango-tablet-1479987-May2014/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe10ExwzCqk

To think when I bought the Spectrum ZX all those years ago I honestly thought it couldn't get any better.

dregin

molloyjh wrote: »

2 of my sisters are exactly the same.

Although I'd hardly be renowned for my tolerance of that roundy ball sh**e.



Hahaha, I've never heard a reasonable explanation as to why you had to hold down both the record and play button when looking to record something. Oh if only young people today knew...

The worst thing EVER was when you knew a song was coming up, had the tape ready to go, press record+play... and then realised you'd forgotten to cover the safety holes on the tape so it wouldn't let you record. ARGH!

Grimebox

I used to put two tapes recorded together to make a copy of the tape, one of them playing and the other recording. It sounded horrific. You could hear me making noises in the background. I had no concept of sound quality at that age.

dregin

Grimebox wrote: »

I used to put two tapes recorded together to make a copy of the tape, one of them playing and the other recording. It sounded horrific. You could hear me making noises in the background. I had no concept of sound quality at that age.

I used to do that as a cheap way to multitrack record guitar, vocals and drums separately. Didn't work toooo bad.

awec

Speaking of recording - did anyone else own one of these?

molloyjh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk_vV-JRZ6E

Swiwi.

sydthebeat wrote: »

i remember recording all of "smells like teen spirit" off the dave fanning show, on cassette, and playing it to death.

had the high undercut 'n all

In the days of tape cassettes, dial-up modems, Microsoft Windows 3.1, Apple nearly going bust, WordPerfect...

Swiwi.

molloyjh wrote: »

Class. That song is nearly 23 years old now though. That makes me feel old....

Me too! I'll see some eye candy at work, and then realise I was probably 15 when she was born. It's quite a reality shock...

Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam. Defined my generation a bit...

durkadurka

Like number 5 in that link to the stereotype irish rugby fans, if you can remember when Ireland were shyte, you're probably becoming an old git

umop.episdn

Swiwi. wrote: »

Me too! I'll see some eye candy at work, and then realise I was probably 15 when she was born. It's quite a reality shock...

Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam. Defined my generation a bit...

Pearl Jam are imo the best band of the last 25 years, pity they aren't coming to Ireland this tour

Taco Corp

Swiwi. wrote: »

In the days of tape cassettes, dial-up modems, Microsoft Windows 3.1, Apple nearly going bust, WordPerfect...

remember when floppy disk were actually floppy?

Grimebox

I received two voting cards yet again. Jesus ****ing christ. Really hard to take any of this seriously when I tell them about this problem every year!!

P_1

Bloody hell the size of the ballot paper for the locals is pretty mad.

Aidric

Grimebox wrote: »

I received two voting cards yet again. Jesus ****ing christ. Really hard to take any of this seriously when I tell them about this problem every year!!

When did you move to Russia?

mfceiling

The igonminy of standing in a woman's underwear section looking for a slip.

It really isn't a good look for a man to be standing sheepishly looking around a woman's underwear department...

"can i help you?"

"i need a slip"

"what colour?"

"i don't know"

"what size"

"i don't know"

"what colour is the dress"

"ehhhh"

"let me guess...you don't know"

"ehhh yes"

"here take this this one"

"thank you".....i'm never doing this again.

molloyjh

Swiwi. wrote: »

Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam. Defined my generation a bit...

This. All 3 were and are huge IMO.

sydthebeat

molloyjh wrote: »

This. All 3 were and are huge IMO.

i was also very keen on the homegrown stuff

the stunning
the pale
engine alley
the frames
whipping boy (damn good band!!)
blink
an emotional fish
the blades (another criminally underrated band)

and to a slightly lesser extent:
sultans of ping fc
golden horde
microdisney
MBV
fatima mansions

awec

mfceiling wrote: »

The igonminy of standing in a woman's underwear section looking for a slip.

It really isn't a good look for a man to be standing sheepishly looking around a woman's underwear department...

"can i help you?"

"i need a slip"

"what colour?"

"i don't know"

"what size"

"i don't know"

"what colour is the dress"

"ehhhh"

"let me guess...you don't know"

"ehhh yes"

"here take this this one"

"thank you".....i'm never doing this again.

Wtf is a slip?

umop.episdn

awec wrote: »

Wtf is a slip?

Something very old women wear ?

mfceiling

awec wrote: »

Wtf is a slip?

Apparently it's a thing that women wear under a dress so you can't see their knickers.

As the fat comic book guy in the simpsons would say "worst invention ever"

.ak

Favourite albums then so?

I find it impossible to pick one. There's a few that stand the test of time tho...

Weezer - blue album
Kyuss - and the circus leaves for town
Nirvana - never mind
Led zeppelin - Led zeppelin
The doors - Morrison hotel
Alice in chains - Dirt
Soundgarden -
Superunknown
Soulwax - Much against everyone's advice
Soulwax - Any minute now
Trentemoller - the last resort
Metallica - the black album

umop.episdn

Top 3 albums for me
Pearl Jam. V's
Massive Attack. Blue lines
Pearl Jam Ten

.ak

Yeah I should've included Ten into my list!

mfceiling

Bjork - Debut

The best album i have ever listened to.

umop.episdn

.ak wrote: »

Yeah I should've included Ten into my list!

There's hope for you yet

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

.ak wrote: »

Favourite albums then so?

I find it impossible to pick one. There's a few that stand the test of time tho...

Weezer - blue album
Kyuss - and the circus leaves for town
Nirvana - never mind
Led zeppelin - Led zeppelin
The doors - Morrison hotel
Alice in chains - Dirt
Soundgarden -
Superunknown
Soulwax - Much against everyone's advice
Soulwax - Any minute now
Trentemoller - the last resort
Metallica - the black album

Hard to pick a fave, but some of the albums I keep coming back to are:


Nirvana- In Utero
Ghostface Killah- 12 Reasons to Die
Fleetwood Mac- Rumours
Perfume Genius- Put Ur Back in 2 it
Grizzley Bear- Vecatamest
Tool- 10,000 days
Joni Mitchell- Blue
Four Tet- Fabriclive
Burial- River Dealer
Oneothrix Point Never- Replica
Michael Jackson- Bad
Stevie Wonder- Hotter than July

.ak

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience wrote: »

Hard to pick a fave, but some of the albums I keep coming back to are:


Nirvana- In Utero
Ghostface Killah- 12 Reasons to Die
Fleetwood Mac- Rumours
Perfume Genius- Put Ur Back in 2 it
Grizzley Bear- Vecatamest
Tool- 10,000 days
Joni Mitchell- Blue
Four Tet- Fabriclive
Burial- River Dealer
Oneothrix Point Never- Replica
Michael Jackson- Bad
Stevie Wonder- Hotter than July

Tool - lateralus is defo up there now that I think of it. That fabriclive four tet cd is great.

Another one I forgot is Vitallic - ok cowboy

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

.ak wrote: »

Tool - lateralus is defo up there now that I think of it. That fabriclive four tet cd is great.

Another one I forgot is Vitallic - ok cowboy

Ya, I used to obsessed with Tool when i was a teenager. Saw them live in the Point and all!

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

Forgot one

D'angelo- Voodoo

dregin

2 albums that changed everything for me were Nevermind and Melloncollie and The Infinite Sadness.

dregin

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience wrote: »

Ya, I used to obsessed with Tool when i was a teenager. Saw them live in the Point and all!

Saw Tool fill in when Ozzy pulled out of Ozzfest. Utter borefest.

Pudsy33

I must be younger then most of you lads. The Strokes debut was the soundtrack to my teenage years.

molloyjh

In no particular order...

Derek & the Dominos - Layla and other assorted love songs
Nirvana - In Utero
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Eric Clapton & BB King - Riding with the King
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Seasick Steve - You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks

ScissorPaperRock

Albums that I keep going back to

Arcade Fire - Funeral (Hon. mention for The Suburbs)
Tool - Lateralus
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (Hon. mention for Battle of Los Angeles)
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
TV on the Radio - Dear Science
White Stripes - Elephant
Radiohead - Ok Computer (Hon. mention for Amnesiac)
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights

Back 10 years it was all about Nirvana and the Smashing Pumpkins, but I need to be in a certain mood to listen to them now.

LostArt

In no order and definitely forgetting some

Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun
Nas - Illmatic
Qotsa - Qotsa
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
Kanye - MBDTF

Pudsy33

Glad to see the Kanye album feature so highly in people's lists. Sure I'll throw up mine.

Kanye west-mbdtf
Weezer-Pinkerton
Arctic Monkeys- wpsiatwin
The Strokes- is this it
Vampire weekend-vampire weekend
Justice-cross
Arcade fire-albums 1 and 3

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

Interpol are class. Seen them loads of times and they always play a great set.

LostArt

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Glad to see the Kanye album feature so highly in people's lists. Sure I'll throw up mine.

Kanye west-mbdtf
Weezer-Pinkerton
Arctic Monkeys- wpsiatwin
The Strokes- is this it
Vampire weekend-vampire weekend
Justice-cross
Arcade fire-albums 1 and 3

Forgot that Arctic Monkeys album completely, honorable mention for Humbug too

umop.episdn

Kanye is to music what Joseph Fritzel is to good parenting imo, he's probably got a better relationship with autotune than his missus.

Pudsy33

LostArt wrote: »

Forgot that Arctic Monkeys album completely, honorable mention for Humbug too

Humbug is criminally underrated. Great album altogether.

.ak

LostArt wrote: »

In no order and definitely forgetting some

Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun
Nas - Illmatic
Qotsa - Qotsa
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
Kanye - MBDTF

Aside from Kanye that's a great list.

dregin

Thought this was brilliant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48_22hIyuUY

dregin

The Mars Volta are/were At The Drive-In-lite. Not good at all.

.ak

I liked both incarnations IMO