@johnbarrett2468 Yeah it was amazing
Here’s Stay With Me from that gig the visuals are ropey but the sound is decent given it’s from 2010
Re-listening has reminded me that they played with a full orchestra and a gospel choir
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hq6G6g…
@Connor_LFC8 lol after i tore my ACL then after being subbed had to ref the rest of the game hobbling around
played again the week after until my knee collapsed in on itself as i tried to turn
that time i went off and stayed off
Season 4 of The Wire’s probably the best season of any TV show and the last episodes are possibly the saddest thing you’ll ever see on a screen, Christ
@DorkSirjur@the_prodigy Grew up in Colchester and loved going to Tootos! Don’t think I saw that PA but deffo saw a couple of early Prodigy PAs at raves when they were unknown and we just wanted the DJ to come back on 🤪🤪🤪
Continuing the tradition, we open with a download for all, with this seminal set 35 years ago:
This is @the_prodigy @ Thor, Tootos The Club, Colchester, UK 17.08.91
Uploaded about six months ago, here it is for everyone. One of their earliest PA recordings, it is chock full of cassette aesthetic but is a journey into their routes. Download at bottom of post. Tracklist, and flyer in comments.
If you wish to support what I do: ko-fi.com/dorksirjur
Download: tinyurl.com/yfyj7wxs
@Bipolar53643675@BosevskiGorgi if you’re talking about the OG era of raving (early 90s for me) then yeah everyone I knew took too much for too long and we all ended up frazzled and it did indeed take a long time to recover
fwiw I would do that all again in a heartbeat
just need to build a time machine
@rcsaviour_eth@BosevskiGorgi I’m an old man now, it’s from my personal experience with MDMA. It’s great, until you stop taking it…. Normal life becomes incomparable for a couple of years until your natural serotonin kicks in again, takes time. Words of wisdom, do with them what you wish.
Interview of Debora Silvestri on her crash at Milano–Sanremo Donne:
“I’ve watched the footage of the crash, but I have to admit, it wasn’t easy to see. It was a really shocking fall. I was literally flying metres down on the asphalt. Looking back, I realize just how lucky I was with how everything turned out.”
“I remember what happened up to a certain point. We were in the middle of a descent, going really fast. There was contact just ahead of me, some of my teammates crashed, and I had nowhere to go to avoid them. I braked hard, lost control of my bike, and ended up on the narrow service road alongside the course, going straight over the guardrail. It all happened in a split second.”
“The pain is still quite intense, but I’m starting to feel better. The first few days were the toughest. I couldn’t even get out of bed and needed oxygen support. Yesterday, for the first time, I managed to stand up and take a few steps. My chest is still very sore, but I’m improving. The doctors keep telling me that recovery will take time and patience.”
“Of course, I want to thank my family, who have been by my side since the very beginning. Over the past few days, I’ve received so many messages… from my team, fellow riders, and the fans. I’m truly grateful to everyone. Their support has given me so much strength. Thank you all, from the bottom of my heart.”
Get well soon Debora. 🙏🏼
@1ssve Yup
First question from a posh old boy with freekin giant eyebrows was “So, frozen food eh?”
Cos when I was 16yrs (so many years earlier) I had the gumption to get myself my first job by walking down the high street of my shitty town asking at every shop until someone said yes
Nearly sixteen years since creating retro/gaming/technology focused Twitter accounts, I'm exhausted at the continual, notionally humorous, denigration of:
ZX81, Spectrum, Atari ST, Master System, Xbox...
Many of us were not blessed with wealthy parents, and still struggle today
@ChrisDaProblem@BosevskiGorgi Candy flip. My music of choice was usually a bit more hectic
Having said that one time in the early 90s a GF asked me to take her to the National Opera while on one. Darcy Bussell was a blurry blob in the distance our eyes couldn’t focus. The music from the orchestra was sublime
@BosevskiGorgi They go beautifully together
Even just a small amount of LSD and and MDMA together is a life changing experience
Play Beethoven's 6th symphony about 40 mins after you take the LSD and then take the MDMA
This is rite of passage
@Bipolar53643675@BosevskiGorgi That BS about destroying natural serotonin got debunked years ago (check if you don’t believe me) it was crap spouted by the RWP in the 90s
@BosevskiGorgi I’m calling BS on this.
Long term use will destroy your natural levels of serotonin, causing mental health issues.
Having said that, all drugs should be legalised.
@exQUIZitely Loved that game so much! So much complexity with dog fights in space & trading across a gazillion different planets
Docking was so hard just brutal lol. And still remember the first time I could afford to buy then fired a heat seeking missile was just so cool watching it 🎯
I often think about the technical limitations that game designers of the 80s had to work with - both in terms of software and hardware.
The game that stands at the very top is Elite.
Think about this for a second: The core game code on the BBC Micro version occupied roughly 22 KB of memory. Now think about what Braben and Bell turned that into: a universe with eight galaxies, each containing 256 star systems (for a total of 2,048 planets/systems). Each system featured unique details: government type, economy, technology level, population, commodity prices, and even descriptive text (e.g., a planet known for "carnivorous arts graduates" or similar quirky combinations).
If you still need a bit more help to contextualize that, try this: Elite was smaller than many modern text files or desktop icons, yet it contained (and let you freely explore) a multi-galaxy-spanning universe that felt vast and limitless.
Oh, and by the way, the game also rendered 3D wireframe ships, stations, and planets in real time on a 2 MHz 6502 processor.
This is no slight on today’s game designers. They work with what they have, and that's okay. But when you think about the worlds that some programmers created with the tools they were given, it sometimes breaks my brain trying to understand how they did it.
Elite is a true masterpiece on so many levels. I played the C64 version back in the day, and even 40+ years later it still feels like one of the most incredible programming wonders ever.