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Saturday, September 02, 2006
Frank Zappa the Oracle - 1986
Video of the Day
Frank Zappa was not only a gifted musician and defender of indivual rights and liberties, but it also appears he was a bit of an oracle as well. Ok, so maybe that is a stretch, but he certainly was able to acutely perceive the changes in the environment in which he lived. On this episode of Crossfire he fends off three opponents all while defending free expression and the right to create any art deemed worthy by an individual. The whole video is entertaining, but it especially gets interesting at around 9:45 when Zappa makes his bold prediction about the direction the US is heading.
Frank Zappa was not only a gifted musician and defender of indivual rights and liberties, but it also appears he was a bit of an oracle as well. Ok, so maybe that is a stretch, but he certainly was able to acutely perceive the changes in the environment in which he lived. On this episode of Crossfire he fends off three opponents all while defending free expression and the right to create any art deemed worthy by an individual. The whole video is entertaining, but it especially gets interesting at around 9:45 when Zappa makes his bold prediction about the direction the US is heading.
The Shins - The Past and Pending
Song of the Day
Perhaps a bit overshadowed by "New Slang", especially following a certain movie about a certain US state, "The Past and Pending" closes out The Shins excellent debut album "Oh, Inverted World". The Shins made the move from New Mexico to Oregon following this album and this video seems to add a bit of closure for James Mercer in more than one way. Check it out!
Perhaps a bit overshadowed by "New Slang", especially following a certain movie about a certain US state, "The Past and Pending" closes out The Shins excellent debut album "Oh, Inverted World". The Shins made the move from New Mexico to Oregon following this album and this video seems to add a bit of closure for James Mercer in more than one way. Check it out!
Friday, September 01, 2006
Space Invaders
Classic Game of the Day
Space Invaders
Along with Pac-Man and Frogger, Space Invaders ranks right up there as one of the most influential games ever created. Designed in 1978 by Toshihiro Nishikado the game was an immediate hit and went on to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue in its first year of release alone. One of the most compelling (and at the time unique) features of the game was thw way the remaining aliens sped up as more of the other aliens were destroyed. This incidently was not planned and it just so happened that with more aliens on the screen the game slowed (the original arcade game ran on an Intel 8080 processor at a whopping 2 MHz) and when they died it freed up memory. The other key feature was that it was the first game that was not timed which meant the better you were the longer you could play. So go ahead and see where you rank on this classic...
Space Invaders
Along with Pac-Man and Frogger, Space Invaders ranks right up there as one of the most influential games ever created. Designed in 1978 by Toshihiro Nishikado the game was an immediate hit and went on to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue in its first year of release alone. One of the most compelling (and at the time unique) features of the game was thw way the remaining aliens sped up as more of the other aliens were destroyed. This incidently was not planned and it just so happened that with more aliens on the screen the game slowed (the original arcade game ran on an Intel 8080 processor at a whopping 2 MHz) and when they died it freed up memory. The other key feature was that it was the first game that was not timed which meant the better you were the longer you could play. So go ahead and see where you rank on this classic...
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