Stripey

when the sole aim is to talk shit to faceless members of an internet forum.

Sorry to bruise your ego and shatter your myopic worldview but I watched the film out of genuine morbid curiosity as to the state of our society, given the inescapable BATMAN IS FUCKING COOL marketing message that is being constantly pumped out in huge slimy globs through almost every form of media at the moment into the gaping mouths of the willing morons who swallow it down without even a second thought.

Was he at least not meant to play around the time Noisia did? I'm sure I remember seeing him written down.

also, what exactly is to expect from the Pendulum dj set?

NOISIA!

Decrying what is essentialy pulp fiction for it's lack of artistic merit is pretty redundant. These films are made for entertainment, not for further reaching meaning, and thus should be judged upon those merits.

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Yep, they are just made for cheap thrills, which is why I find the suggestion that "its the best film EVAR" totally offensive. Watching films like these is like listening to scooter, i.e you'd have to be high on class-a drugs or literally retarded to derive any pleasure from it.

So you actually went to the bother of finding, downloading (I assume you didn't actually go to a cinema) and watching this film just so you could reply and tell everyone in a local music forum it's a "steaming heap of hollywood poo" ? This after telling everyone beforehand that it's shit anyway like all other Hollywood films.

I wish I had as much free time as you appear to have.

Believe it or not I was willing to give "overwhelming popular opinion" the benefit of the doubt, I mean if so many people insist this is the best film ever made there must be something to it right? Sadly I felt vindicated after seeing it...

off topic, but i'd personally welcome some examples of proper cinema.

if you don't know, you don't need to know.

thing is wasnt everyone moaning on here how they wouldnt go up Union Street on a Saturday night anyway because its too dangerous? So it should effect you anyway......

giving droves of drunken twats an extra excuse to stop walking home and start congregating on the pavement is a terrible idea.

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It's the internet, not a carefully written novel. The beauty is that people can put up as much crap as they want, to be consumed by anyone who might be even slightly interested. Leave the guitar strap purists of the world to sploodge over whatshisname's beautiful guitar strap. It's not hurting anyone. Plenty bandwidth to go around.

Yes well conversly the beauty of it is that it gives those of us who know better a chance to inform people that ostentatious displays of their expensive tat mean fuck all.

This is actually a decent thread in which people can share what gear they use etc, and you come in and act like an arse. Why?

Well I'm sorry you see it that way, but does anyone really give a fuck what brand of strap someone is using, or want to see an hilarious graphical diagram of their "stack"? What purpose does that serve? As far as I can see this is just a dick swinging contest to determine who has the most twattish guitars and expensive amps, if you think that's what constitutes a decent thread then I feel deeply sorry for you.

well stripey hits the nail on the head. missrepresent last time and pendulol this one. im not hating on jungle nation, appreciate what you guys do, but why not book andy C instead? 1. best dnb dj around 2. he plays drum and bass, not some sort of sped up metal hybrid.

caammmm on! the heads are screaming for you to book someone like calibre/zero tolerance/atlantic connection.

calibre fucking rules, i would love to see teebee and calyx up here though they would tear the place apart

Stfu fool.

Stop being a prick.

This thread isn't about you being a fud, it's about gear.

Carry on with the gear... gtfo if you're gonna be a fud.

yeah come on guys, post more MS paint diagrams of your amps and pedals thats what this is really about.

I don't care what keyboard you use to make your shitey dance music

Where's your music Mouse, and how many of those guitars belong to your dad?

show us a photo of those 100mm plectrums too please.

I have a feeling nobody would notice any difference between a dj set and a so called "live" set by pendulum anyway, they have the unique distinction of being the biggest dnb producers which nobody in the dnb scene actually rates. All their "fans" are people who aren't into dnb.

Anyone know what they're called? They play outside the Trinity Centre most Saturday nights.

As far as I know they are usually referred to as "those fucking annoying cunts that the police should move on"

I'd be disappointed if Ledger won a best actor gong for it, though, because he was essentially playing a character role

What else would he playing, if not a "character"? Himself?

hahah, I've just watched the film and frankly I was not surprised atall. It is a violent (I would not take a 12 year old kid to watch this and anyone who does ought to be ashamed of themselves as parents) cheesy as fuck steaming heap of hollywood poo. Anyone claiming this is "the best film evar!" clearly needs to take their head out of the fucking sand and watch some proper cinema. Laden with cheap dramatic devices and sound effects, this film contains some of the hammiest self-conscious acting I've seen in ages (because I don't normally watch this type of shit but I thought I may aswell since everyone is so affronted by my disdain for these kind of films).

Honestly, I think it is incredibly sad that so many people are taken in by this crap and willingly pay to watch it. Shame on the lot of you.

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it's the article with the woman screaming in horror at the top left.

Quoting Benard Shaw doesn't make you right, infact, it makes you look like a tosser.

If Batman is culturally redudant - explain the lasting appeal! The comic book has ran for over 50 years, there have been countless animaited and live action TV shows, and two hugely successful ffilm franchises. Batman IS a cultural icon whether you like it or not.

Can we go back to talking about the movie now....?

No, as I've already said, it helps to contextualise and legitimise my point of view, which is why I brought it up in the first place, and if knowing what I'm talking about makes me a tosser in the eyes of people like you, so be it.

Anyway, I haven't called it culturally redundant at any point, infact that's a rather odd phrase and I'm not sure what you mean by it, perhaps you could explain?

Personally, I got sick of batman and DC comics before i was 10 years old, I found comics like 2000AD and manga/anime much more grown up, deeper and satisfying at that age when i was a child. I don't care if batman is a "cultural icon", the fact it's been exploited for over 50 years for commercial gain and people are still pathetic enough to buy into this tired "franchise" is exactly my point.

I think it's artless and culturally redundant...natch!.

what does natch mean? But yeah I largley agree with you, it was an ok way to pass the time but it should have been shown on bbc2 or something, not put on general release.

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There is something terribly reassuring about quite accidentally pulling a 100 year old book out of the shelf and coming across a paragraph like that, don't you think?

That's what i thought you meant.

Have you actually tried better quality cabling to see whether it makes a difference? You never know maybe your stuff could sound better using non-generic cabling. Maybe you're just lucky with cables. Maybe the short runs of cabling you're likely to use don't expose as much in the way of flaws as they would if they were longer runs. Maybe your other equipment is well shielded in the first place.

So many variables.

No, I haven't tried using "better quality cabling" because I'm completely satisfied with the cheap balanced cables and there is no perceptible level of hiss present at the fixed mixer gain I use to monitor, and absolutely no electromagnetic interference. They are 3m cables which hang down in a tangle amongst my dvi/powersupply/usb/etc cables within 3 feet of my main production machine which has a psu and various fans. IIRC I paid 8 quid each for all 6 cables.

Anyway to get back to the original point, who the hell cares what brand of cable, strap or plectrum anyone is using? These are things which nobody in their right might would consider to be important "gear".

Given that TRS connectors are only used on analogue cabling i'm not quite sure what you're getting at. Care to elaborate further?

My "digital" project studio, like any other, involves a lot of "analogue" cabling. I have balanced TRS cables running between my audio interface, my mixer, and my monitors, and in a "digital" studio environment where there may be lots of electromagnetic interference generated by devices such as computers, displays, powersupplies etc balanced cables are are essential. I used some fairly cheap generic (as I said I forget the brand) cabling and I have zero problems with noise, to the extent that I don't need to mention the cables or their brand name in my list of gear because I take for granted that people don't give a shit about such trivial things - unless of course you're a long haired student with a guitar, amp and 100mm plectrums.

As for leads, good brands=well made leads with better shielding, build quality, durability etc etc Vey important for an analogue set-up. Not so important for digital set-ups.

Is there a big difference between a digital and analogue setup when it comes to TRS cabling then?

Plectrums' date=' brand not that important in my opinion, thickness very important in regard to your playing style. For example, you don't want to sound like you're playing with an ashtray.

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Have you seen a lot of 60-100mm plectrums then? My ashtray isn't even 25mm tall so these must be some pretty far out specialist plectrums the guy is using.

We're going round in circles here. Let's just face facts, you're out of your depth for a change.

Yeah I fully admit I'm not completely familiar with the importance of the brand name of cable, strap or plectrum you use and how it affects your sound, perhaps you could enlighten me?