![]() ![]() Its breakout song was “ Your Best American Girl,” an instant-classic pop-rock anthem whose chorus alluded to a relationship obstructed by cultural mores: “Your mother wouldn’t approve of how my mother raised me, but I do, I think I do / And you’re an all-American boy / I guess I couldn’t help trying to be your best American girl.” The song was interpreted as a political statement. Wikipedia will tell you that the album is about “ longing, love, depression, alienation, and racial identity,” but, to me, it still sounds like it’s mostly about Mitski. melodrama of its predecessor into something larger, subtler, and sharper: the album sounded both tough and tender, like a bruise blooming across the knee. Two years after “Makeout Creek,” she released “Puberty 2,” which recomposed the D.I.Y. And then she could deliver a hook that lodged itself like a hatchet: “ I want a love that falls as fast as a body from the balcony,” she sings on “Townie.” “I want a kiss like my heart is hitting the ground.” Lyrically, she could sketch in an entire relationship with a few details-socks on a bed, an Austin breeze, Charles Reznikoff on the brain. Her sonic idiom was guitar-heavy, crunchy and melodic, somewhere between Liz Phair and the Pixies. ![]() She started attracting wider attention in 2014, with the album “Bury Me at Makeout Creek,” which established her as a writer with a knack for the intimate and the specific. Her first two albums, which she recorded when she was in college, were self-released, in 20, respectively. She was born in Japan, to a Japanese mother and a white American father she is firmly private about her personal life, and has declined to provide details about her father’s career, but she grew up moving around the globe. Leaving the show, I heard a young woman tell her friend, “I just feel like Mitski is exactly what our culture needs.”Īs happens with stars, people seem to love the idea of Mitski as much as the fact of her. She comes across, onstage and in interviews, as both elusive and genuine, qualities that are, lately, in short supply. The crowd was rapt, screaming every time she did a half-step of her quasi-choreography the low conversational murmur that sometimes runs beneath the music at shows like this was entirely absent. “I love you more than anyone in the world,” someone yelled, last Monday, at the last of the Brooklyn Steel performances. leg to the tour, which will begin in March.) Her stardom has more to do with how intensely her audience projects its desires onto her, how much narrative hunger is generated from the isolated snippets of herself that she presents. ![]() This isn’t a question of crowd size-although she did open for Lorde on an arena tour earlier this year and, at the beginning of December, play four sold-out nights at the eighteen-hundred-capacity venue Brooklyn Steel. Mitski, the twenty-eight-year-old singer-songwriter who, this past August, put out “Be the Cowboy,” one of the best albums of the year, is a star. ![]()
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![]() ![]() "Are you seriously humming the cuppycake song?" Soonyoung said, laughing. He ran his fingers on Soonyoung's blonde locks which were getting longer, humming a random tune under his breath. "Technically I found you first so I'm the lucky one." Soonyoung couldn't contain the happiness he's feeling upon hearing those words, his smile got even brighter and Jihoon didn't think that was possible. ![]() "I keep wondering how'd I get so lucky to find you." Jihoon mumbled. "The fact that you rarely said it is the reason why it is so impactful whenever you do and I wouldn't have it another way." "Gosh, I love you so much." He said with a contented sigh, his heart warmed when he saw Soonyoung's eyes crinkling and a happy smile on his lips. Did you listen to any other things I said above? Because I'll never repeat it, I hope you know that." "Shut up, we agreed not to talk about the whole 'I don't deserve you' shits." He grunted and Jihoon chuckled. "Thank you for being so understanding, for putting up with my shits and for staying even though I always push you away." He said, brushing strands of hair away from Soonyoung's face, one hand still resting on his cheek. "I know." Soonyoung said, his arms around Jihoon's waist to help keep him in place. It's not easy for me to talk about this kind of things." "Yeah?" Jihoon mumbled, his voice only a whisper as he pecked Soonyoung's cheeks. "Uh, sometimes, I guess?" Soonyoung answered, his cheeks tinted pink at the sudden show of affection as he is not used to it usually he'd be the one showering Jihoon with those kind of words. "Have I ever told you how much I adore them?" He continued, leaving a kiss now on Soonyoung's forehead. "No, they're perfect." He said after kissing both cheeks. Slowly, Jihoon shook his head no and the next thing Soonyoung know was Jihoon kissing his chubby cheeks. "Is there something wrong with my cheeks?" "Jihoon?" Soonyoung tried again, his voice coming out unclear as Jihoon pinched. Instead of answering, said boyfriend began to play with his cheeks stroking, squishing and pinching them apart. "Uhm, what?" Soonyoung questioned nervously, finding the whole situation awkward. Soonyoung stared at his boyfriend who's currently taking his cheeks a captive, his eyes boring into Soonyoung's dark one. ![]() ![]() ![]() Players are advised to sit in the many chairs around the ship.
Hook up a midi controller, a roland xv 5080 to a midi interface and then to a pc computer11/20/2022 ![]() Most of them sound toy-ish.ĭon't forget the PC-concept is still based on IBM 8080 architecture (mid 80's) ![]() Until now only a very few Virtual-synths on PC impressed me. What would the price be of a Windows/Linux based 'arranger keyboard' software ? (300 - 600 Euro's ?)Ī good quality keyboard (the masterkeyboard) is always needed (500 Euro's ?) Imagine that the Native Instruments synths have an average price of 150 Euro's. The 'standard' PC hardware is not good enough for serious musicians. You talk about the low hardware-costs of PC-parts. Most musicians prefer 'hardware' to play on, instead of Windows-based stuff.Īs stated before some brands try to develop PC-based keyboards/synths, but only very view people have one. We live in 2003 and I don't want to see arrangers with 62-voice poly and 10 year old hardware showing up anymore. So many things are possible, but sigh, nothing happens. They probably wont else nobody wants to buy a real XV or Motif anymore LOL. Talking about softsynths, Why wont Roland or Yamaha create a virtual XV-5080, or Motif, that would be nice. So I really see a bright future for the software (Arranger) synths. I mean come on, Korg PA1XPro has 62 voice polyphony, WHAT? yes, and its 2003 for goodness sake, Yamaha Tyros has 96 MB Waverom, its ok (Although I think Yamaha should have installed a total new waveset instead of re-using the old sounds, they sound rather artificial ), but these days comparing to the pc industry I would say 512 MB is normal, You only pay about $80-90 for 512 MB SDRAM.Īnd they could have made these arrangers expandable with sample ram or expansion cards, but no, there arent any decent expansion cards for todays arrangers. Well I hope something revolutionary is going to happen in keyboard cuz I don't want to spend $3000 on 10 year old hardware. So I understand that you won't spend the night in a sleeping bag before the music-shop to get the first one when it arrives. When there will be a machine in the shops for $1200, that you can use as an arranger keyboard with a 600*800 color display, a hard drive, unlimited memory, that can be loaded with any sequencing and arranging software and softsynths, and can also be used as a normal PC, then people will buy it! They could easily sell a million of those! And they can sell it for such a low price because it uses standard PC parts (except for the black and white keys).Īnd there will be heavier models for (semi)professionals too, equiped with high quality soundcard synths. What I described is a Media Station as you described it, but in the shape of an arranger keyboard (with 61 normal size keys). When I'm in a music-shops I'm always amazed that the revolution that has taken place in the PC world is not happening in the keyboard world. If you look at the specifications of such a keyboard you really have the specifications of a 20 year old PC. I'm talking about keyboards in the range from $1000 thru $1500. PS: Mike where I live people drink Beerenburg in stead of JeneverĪ lot of the guys posting messages here have keyboards costing $4000 or more. ![]() They have the marketing and production power to get the right product in all the shops for the right price. I expect a firm like Sony or Dell to launch this product. Where is the hard drive? 64 Kb internal memory versus 512 MB in a cheaper PC.Īll the projects described before seem to have been experiments by people who didn't have the budget to do it right. Look at the display and compare it with a PC. If you compare what you get in a keyboard with PC's it is 20 years behind. You may not have noticed it but you have been paying way to much for keyboards. ![]() I'm not a personal fan of Bill Gates but the reality is that Windows is the standard for PC's and thanks to the fact that there is a standard you get your moneys worth when you by a PC. A musical home entertainment center that can be used as a PC and as a musical instrument. A PC in the shape of an arranger keyboard. I agree that Windows should stay in a PC. ![]() ![]() Worn out griptape is best removed by using a hair dryer. Don’t panic though, this doesn’t mean you immediately need to get a new deck. Tricks will become more difficult and imprecise as your griptape wears down. Over time, griptape wears out due to the constant friction between its surface and your shoes, slowly but surely, smoothing the grain. Griptape: Wear & Tear, Replacement, Cleaning You should not, however, use ultra-rough longboard griptape for normal skateboarding, unless you’re willing to buy a new pair of shoes every week.Ģ. 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Griptape is a kind of emery or sandpaper which is glued to the top side of a skateboard deck. ![]() ![]() Credit does not count towards the required 20 hours of course credit required for obtaining a Ph.D. The course is required for all Chemistry graduate students in the Spring of their third year. This course also continues setting the departmental expectations for appropriate professional conduct. Topics include professional development plans, resilience in graduate school, mental health, professional behavior in a diverse work environment, recognizing strengths and weaknesses, all forms of harassment, and implicit bias. Restricted to Specialized Chemistry (BS) and Chemistry (BSLAS) majors only for first-year students only (except transfer students).ĬHEM 593 Advanced Professional Development for Chemists credit: 1 Hour.įollows up on CHEM 591 and covers advanced non-technical topics to prepare graduate students for their last years of graduate study as well as their careers beyond graduate school. ![]() CHEM 152 is a required course for BS chemistry majors and an optional course for BSLAS chemistry majors. Students will be assigned to an undergraduate peer mentor and will attend group meetings, literature reviews, and special topics debates on science and public policy. Students will participate in a series of programs and activities, including guest lectures from alumni and professors, and skill lectures on reading and assessing scientific literature, oral presentations, scientific writing, career planning and networking, and finding a research group and carrying out effective undergraduate research. The course strengthens the link between the Chemistry curriculum and students' interests and individual needs by: (1) Using students' interests as the starting and focal points to guide the content of the course, (2) Creating a supportive and communicative learning environment by using peer mentoring and the structure of a scientific research group as cornerstones in the curricular design, and (3) Emphasizing individual experiences and anticipating the needs of the students by helping them plan their course curricula, developing academic and research skills, while encouraging them to engage in authentic scientific research as undergraduates. The second in a set of two courses designed for Chemistry majors at the freshman level. 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![]() You can download Free Wondershare Filmora 9 from here.Īny Video Editing Software aimed for editing must have the basic tool required for editing. All of these tools are vital for the editing process. There’s a good range of options for the Split screen as well. Other than Transition media there are Effect media and Elements media. There are different transitions like Basic, 3D, Ripple and Dissolve, Speed Blur, Warp and many more. There are different custom title styles available in the Title section. Options like drag and media files, burning your video to DVD makes the task easy.įor the audio effects, there are numerous options on the Audio section. The most impressive part of Filmora is that you can import videos from Facebook and Instagram and not only that you can directly upload your videos to YouTube. You can have your media content on the media section. Every tool you need for editing task is aligned perfectly. On running the application, you will experience that Wondershare Filmora 9 has a very user-friendly interface.
![]() ![]() Many times, I’m getting hit and have no idea where it’s coming from. This is one of the reasons why the online versus is so hectic. It’s predominately a slightly over-the-shoulder camera, but when getting close to any type of environment or closing in on a locked on enemy, the camera will go nuts ending with me either hitting or getting hit by someone off screen. If there was one glaring problem with the game, it would be the camera. Coming from reviewing another anime-based brawling game like Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm, it just doesn’t have the kind of polish I would have hoped for considering how epic many battles in DBZ are. While everything looks flashy, some of the animations and look of the special moves can be lackluster. Akira Toriyama is known for his colorful art style but Battle of Z feels rather dark, especially for a Dragon Ball Z title. The art style stays true to the source material, but the colors felt a little off to me. Sure, it may be a little disorienting trying to play split-screen, but couch co-op would have been a great addition considering the simplistic “pick up and play” nature of it. While the online co-op is great with relatively no lag, the omission of local co-op is rather confusing. Since players are left open for attacks when performing a combo on someone, it seemed like it was a slug-fest where anything goes. I found it fun, but very hectic after a while. Here, players duke it out with each other in both team battles and free-for-all matches. The team combos work more effectively and the meteor chains were performed much better when I had someone who knew what they were doing as my partner.Īpart from the online co-op, there is also online versus. Since the AI is half dumb, playing online is the best way to experience Battle of Z. ![]() Teaming up with three other players using their favorite DBZ characters while beating up on a massive boss is extremely fun. ![]() The entire story can be played online with three other players. Where the game can break this up is through online play. Doing this will give the player PP that can be used to buy rare cards in the store.ĭestructo Disc to the left, Galick Gun to the right.Īfter a while, the combat can get very repetitive and monotonous, since there’s not much depth in the combos. If the meter is not used players are given the chance to give the energy to a large pool that is stored throughout every player’s game. When full, certain characters can use the energy to perform their ultimate attack, which is basically a tactical nuke in Call of Duty. These co-op attacks really gave off that DBZ feel from the show.ĭamaging enemies will fill up a special meter called The Genki Meter. This could be chained up to four times for some serious damage. There were also special “chase attacks.” With these I could initiate a launcher attack and send the enemy flying away from me, and then my partners could chase them down and knock them back flying in another direction. These were flashy combos that would send the opponent crashing to the ground. When attacking the same enemy with partners, we would perform a special gang up attack that would severely damage the enemy. Combo attacks with my co-op partners were where some of the better strategy came into play. In single player mode, I was able to give orders to my AI controlled partners to go all out, hold back and attack the same enemy at once. For instance, Kid Gohan has a healing ability that is very valuable, especially when taking on powerful enemies, while Goku is more of a melee “up in your face” attacker. Each plays a specific role and players wanting to survive the battle will need to utilize their characters to the best of their abilities. Certain characters fall under special categories: Melee, support, interference, and Ki blast. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is Wayback Wednesday, your midweek blast from the past! In this feature, we dig into the archives, look back at the history of basketball gaming, and indulge in some nostalgia. As with my previous reimagining, this isn’t intended to disparage the work that Visual Concepts put into NBA’s Greatest, but rather consider what might have been if not for a few legal barriers, and how an already fantastic mode could be made even better. ![]() Looking back, there are a few ways it could’ve been better, and teams that would’ve been preferable. However, as with The Jordan Challenge, NBA’s Greatest wasn’t perfect. The level of detail with the retro presentation was very impressive, and it’s a feature that would be really fun to have when playing with historical teams in future NBA 2K games. As I remarked in my retrospective on NBA’s Greatest, it was a fantastic follow-up to The Jordan Challenge, and added new content to NBA 2K12 with the lockout of 2011 delaying the inclusion of the new rookies and updated rosters. I had a lot of fun reimagining The Jordan Challenge back in June, so I thought I’d give the same treatment to NBA’s Greatest. This week, I’m reimagining NBA’s Greatest in NBA 2K12. You’ll also find old NLSC editorials re-published with added commentary, and other flashback content. Check in every Wednesday for retrospectives and other features on older versions of NBA Live, NBA 2K, and old school basketball video games in general. Let’s compare these two great modes across some key criteria as we take a look back…way back… I’ve covered both The Jordan Challenge and NBA’s Greatest in several articles for Wayback Wednesday, but the question remains: which is the superior mode? Both modes took NBA 2K’s retro content to a new level, providing some fun challenges and establishing a precedent for all future releases as far as including a variety of historical teams. That changes today with what will hopefully be the first of many “Versus” articles for Wayback Wednesday, as I’m comparing The Jordan Challenge to NBA’s Greatest. ![]() Something that I haven’t done yet is to directly compare a couple of retro games, modes, or features, and conclude which one is superior. From retrospective reviews and profiles of modes and features, to interesting trivia and media from yesteryear, it’s my goal to cover a broad range of throwback content. I like to mix things up here in Wayback Wednesday. This week, I’m comparing The Jordan Challenge in NBA 2K11 to NBA’s Greatest in NBA 2K12. ![]() |
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