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  • Originally posted by atawa


    Well, depending on settings... er.. sorry, thought this was getting back on topic
    How are you exploit Phil Spector for a cheap joke and a +1 !
    " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
    "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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    • I'm afraid Mr wall of sound has seen better days.
      Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

      Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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      • Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
        I'm afraid Mr wall of sound has seen better days.
        He's been seriously off the planet for 30 years. Some would question whethere he was ever even on it. I've just about worn out the boxed CD set. Better replace it.
        " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
        "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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        • Originally posted by finbar

          My word it does! Even though my idol Phil Spector is in just a tad of bother at the moment - charged with murder - I will not hear a word against him! The nutter.
          Ok, revealing my ignorance here, but I always thought (really!) the quote refered to "Monotheism rules!"... Can someone please explain how Phil Spector enters the picture???

          Mono as opposed to Stereo is the only thing I can come up with?

          Carolus

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          • Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
            He had provocation - she was hogging the spoon.
            "There is no spoon..."

            Carolus

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            • Originally posted by Carolus Rex


              Ok, revealing my ignorance here, but I always thought (really!) the quote refered to "Monotheism rules!"... Can someone please explain how Phil Spector enters the picture???

              Mono as opposed to Stereo is the only thing I can come up with?

              Carolus
              Yes, most around here thought it referred to Civ. It didn't. It's mono as opposed to stereo. "Mono Rules" is one of Phil Spector's many mottos. He worked in mono when he created the "Wall of Sound" style of music in the early and mid-1960s. At its best, it's still a thrilling sound today.
              " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
              "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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              • It is thrilling - probably more appreciated now than at the time. How does it translate to CD?

                I was watching a doco recently where various musos were lamenting the loss of "live" recording to disembodied digital mixing. Similar laments about the move from vinyl to CD. Not sure if this is a myth or not.
                Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

                Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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                • Originally posted by Sparrowhawk

                  [/LURKER]
                  You mean you take a persons previous actions into account when playing them in future games ? I would think the idea of civ is that each game is a new game, do all of you take past actions into account in each game
                  [LURKER]
                  While I agree with you in principle, it's difficult not to have vicious feelings against someone who has betrayed you in an earlier game.

                  Wouldn't you love to crush someone who has stabbed you in the back? Maybe even by using the same means? Shoving crusader after crusader down his/her throat while filling the King's Chat with "Remember the Alamo?"

                  Carolus

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                  • Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
                    It is thrilling - probably more appreciated now than at the time. How does it translate to CD?
                    Yes, now it's appreciated for the technical - and artistic - achievement that it was using the primitive equipment Spector had on hand. Back then - well, "River Deep Mountain High", one of the greatest examples of the style, barely dented the charts. On CD, with good speakers, it sounds extraordinary.

                    I was watching a doco recently where various musos were lamenting the loss of "live" recording to disembodied digital mixing. Similar laments about the move from vinyl to CD. Not sure if this is a myth or not.
                    The other night I saw Elton John saying that modern recording technology only slows down the recording process. Back in the days of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", they knocked off four songs a day. The whole vinyl -v- CD debate is interesting. When CDs first appeared, they said vinyl was dead because of the sheer clarity of CDs. Now the same people are calling CDs sterile, wanting the "atmosphere" of vinyl. Naturally, I kept my massive 60s vinyl collection.
                    " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
                    "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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                    • ya I tend to think there is "something" about vinyl, a depth to the sound, an intangible body to the sound. But it could be all imagination.

                      I saw the Elton John doco. He's not the only one saying it. A lot of classic tracks were put down in one incredible take.
                      Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

                      Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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                      • Bizarre that Bernie can't remember writing "Candle In The Wind", can't remember Elton first playing it. And it wasn't because of the drugs.
                        " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
                        "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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                        • I have my massive vinyl colection aswell

                          because I am too poor to replace 563 albums
                          The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits

                          Hydey the no-limits man.

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                          • ahh these one nighters are a little bit of fun.
                            same as the other game, i was getting my ass kicked.
                            the baddies were researching gunpowder.

                            this is an earlier screenshot
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                            Hold my girlfriend while I kiss your skis.

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                            • see
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                              Hold my girlfriend while I kiss your skis.

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                              • Surprised you allow gw in a duel
                                It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
                                RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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