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Listening to Music
I love music!
Music is everywhere, in this day and age. Movies and TV shows have background music to set the mood, and it's trivial to put on a radio, or a media player, or on the computer, and have music in the background for whatever you do. Commuters on the train invariably have headphones on, driving in the car there's always music - even shops ( Read more... ) -
Experiments in Home Theatre Frequency Testing
As most of you have probably figured out, I'm a bit of an Audio enthusiast. The quest for audio nirvana is never-ending, and my latest foray into improving my home theatre was to delve into the guts of system testing and tuning! I recently acquired a SPL Sound Level Meter, and armed with the Bink Audio Test CD to play certain frequencies, set out ( Read more... ) -
Bass Odyssey: Week 2-3
As I suspected, my practicing has been sporadic. Not a huge surprise, given that I didn't have any free time before suddenly deciding to learn a new musical instrument. Still, when I do practice they've been pretty solid. It seems the best time during the week is between when I get home after work, and dinner time. On a good day, that can give me a ( Read more... ) -
Bass Odyssey: Week 1
About a month ago I celebrated my Birthday, and was presented with a wad of cash from a group of friends. I managed to wield enough willpower to put this money towards something a bit different and more long-term than usual birthday bling, and a few weeks later, bought myself an Electric Bass Guitar.
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Rocking Birthday Long Weekend
This weekend just past was not a long weekend for me - I work for a University, you see.
But the weekend before, it was long, and awesome, and drama-filled, and I'd like to tell you why...
Prelude: Wednesday, May 20th
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Daylight Savings
Ok, so everyone else seems to be posting their $0.02 about Daylight Savings, so here's my take on it. ^_^
Frankly, I'm surprised people are so passionate about this topic - surely there are many other issues that are more important? Or is it because that people were hit with this trial against their will, and then given a personal say on whether it ( Read more... ) -
Movie Impressions: Slumdog Millionaire
I finally got around to watching Slumdog Millionaire last night, and the short summary is, it's very good ( Read more... ) -
Cinema Rant
Why is it so hard for a massive cinema complex to maintain a base quality standard in film audio-visual presentation?
Being Cheapass Tuesday, and currently kid-free, we decided to splurge and blow $20 on "Fast and Furious". We ended up going to Hoyts Carousel, where the screening was in #1 (one of their large La Premier cinemas).
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Achievement Unlocked: Rock Band Overdose
The Usual Suspects got together Saturday night for an impromptu Rock Band session, and one overly enthusiastic person was gunning for us to all do The Endless Setlist. And so, at 5pm we started - 5 players sharing the fun across Expert Guitar & Bass, plus Hard Vocals & Drums ( Read more... )
