does anyone know the essay or quote about cultural depictions of zombies and how they changed as societal fears change i.e. zombies in the 60s-80s were slow moving thralls out of fear of what like, corporate life and office cubicles would do to do us and now they’ve evolved into fast moving creatures due to our societal fear of becoming something else (i can’t quite remember this bit)
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At last, when all of the world is asleep
You take in the blackness of air
The likes of a darkness so deep
That God at the start couldn’t bear
And sit unseen, with only the inner upheld
Your reflection can't offer a word
To the bliss of not knowin' yourself
With all mirrorin' gone from the world
Still the mind, rejectin' this new empty space
Fills it with somethin' or someone
No closer could I be to God
Or why he would do what he's done
Bhfuilis soranna sorcha
Ach tagais 'nós na hoíche
Trína chéile;
Le chéile, claochlaithe
Bhfuilis soranna sorcha
Ach tagais 'nós na hoíche
Is claochlú an ealaín
Is ealaín dubh í
Bhfuilis soranna sorcha
Ach tagais 'nós na hoíchе
Trína chéile;
Le chéile, claochlaithе
Bhfuilis soranna sorcha
Ach tagais 'nós na hoíche
Is claochlú an ealaín
Is ealaín dubh í
[Actual translation of the irish verse thanks to this anon
you're all bright ease
but you come on like night
topsy-turvy;
together, transformed
you're all bright ease
but you come on like night
art is metamorphosis
it(f) is a dark art
you're all bright ease
but you come on like night
topsy-turvy;
together, transformed
you're all bright ease
but you come on like night
art is metamorphosis
it(f) is a dark art]
[Old Translation of the irish verse
Although your bright and light […]
You arrived to me like nightfall, you come like nightfall
You and I sort of mixed together
You and I metamorphosized
So that same idea of you can’t see where one begins and where one ends that, that is some kind of metamorphosis of some kind]
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from 2017
MP3 is supported by everything, everywhere, and is now patent-free. There has never been another audio format as widely supported as MP3, it’s good enough for almost anything, and now, over twenty years since it took the world by storm, it’s finally free.
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Sony Walkman magazine ad (2001)
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Dragon Age Inquisition Original Game Score
A silly fun little project I've been working on for the past few months while I've been replaying Dragon Age Inquisition with my 1st timeline Inquisitor.
It always bothers me when video games get an official soundtrack release and it turns out to be somewhat lackluster. In DAI's case, the official soundtrack was missing some of the best pieces, while other tracks had been re-mastered in a strange way (adding extra instruments, removing instruments, and incurring many more victims of the loudness war).
So, I extracted some audio files from the game using Frosty Tools, and set about trying to rebuild a proper score tracklist. My goal was to aim for something that more closely adheres to the music that is actually heard in the game, using my own gameplay clips as reference for what plays when and in what order. With perhaps a bit of creative freedom for fun and whimsy.
Tracks assembled and edited in Mixcraft 9 Recording Studio. Tags edited with MP3Tag.
Now including scores for The Descent and Trespasser DLCs as well. Might do a "misc" album later on for the few tracks that didn't make the cut.
You can find them all available [here]
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Бандура ("bandura") is a traditional Ukrainian plucked-string folk instrument.
Painting by Mykhailo Dmytrenko; composition "Echo of the steppes" by bandurist Hryhorii Kytasty.
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The MobiBLU DAH-1500i ( "The Cube" ) was released exclusively through Walmart in 2005. It originally came in six different colors with 512 mb/ 1 gb memory for users to enjoy. The MobiBlu measures at 24mm (0.94in) cubed, making it the world's smallest mp3 player with FM Radio and sound recorder.
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I had to do this because there's so much adorable stuff going on 👀
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