Awesome stuff you see on the internet
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<p>With thanks to: <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.facebook.com/therealcrediblehulk?fref=photo'>https://www.facebook.com/therealcrediblehulk?fref=photo</a> for some sanity in your Facebook feed.</p> -
<p>New York Times obituary<span><b><i>.</i></b></span></p>
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<p><em><strong><span style="font-size:24px;"><span style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/sports/baseball/yogi-berra-dies-at-90-yankees-baseball-catcher.html?_r=0'>Yogi Berra Dies at 90</a></span></span></strong></em></p> -
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<p>New York Times obituary<b><i>.</i></b></p>
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<p><em><strong><span style="font-size:24px;"><span style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/sports/baseball/yogi-berra-dies-at-90-yankees-baseball-catcher.html?_r=0'>Yogi Berra Dies at 90</a></span></span></strong></em></p>
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<p>"It ain't over till it's over." RIP Yogi.</p> -
<p>only in America...oh hang on!</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="JC" data-cid="518543" data-time="1442875972"><p>Yep. Alan Parsons was the engineer on it. Back in those days he actually had to make a lot of the equipment he used from scratch and invented a lot of the doubletracking techniques that became commonplace.<br><br>
Nowadays when digital production and engineering tools are commonplace it's probably hard for anyone who wasn't around back in 1973 to realise how groundbreaking DSOTM was. It was apparently bloody hard to make, and the effects were, for back then, mindblowing.<br><br>
My mate's dad got it for himself for his birthday but he wasn't allowed to play it through his speakers as the noise upset his wife. So the first time I heard it was at their place and was also the first time I'd even seen a pair of headphones. It's probably not stretching things to say listening to that LP on those headphones changed my life.</p></blockquote>
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Some of the pioneering sound engineering stuff being done in those days with anologue equipment and tape loops etc was really clever. I also remember being blown away by DSOTM when I was just getting into my teens and used to babysit for a cousin of mine when she and her husband used to be playing in gigs. They had a great record collection and a kick ass stereo. Best still was that their kid had grown up with loud music and it didn't wake her. <br>
Not sure what the neighbours thought about it though. <br>
If you want to hear some incredible production that predates DSOTM put some good headphones on and listen to Marvin Gaye's What's Going On. That double tracked vocal in the title track (although accidental to start with) is still an unrivalled masterpiece. -
<p>Published today...</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:24px;"><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/sports/the-oral-history-of-joe-theismanns-broken-leg/index.php'><span style="font-weight:lighter;font-style:italic;">the</span> Oral History <span style="font-weight:lighter;font-style:italic;">of </span>Joe Theismann's Broken Leg</a></span></p>
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<p>Legendary. I watched it live. I never liked Theismann -- in-fact, the only time I was ever on a national radio program I rubbished the guy (he was already late into retirement -- a retirement, I should add, hastened by Lawrence Taylor) -- but this made me wince when it happened.</p>
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<p>Unforgettable.</p>
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<p>Video accompaniment, if you like that sort of thing:</p>
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And people worry about global warming as a danger to our planet...and no, the bear isn't the problem<br><br>
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<p>And people worry about global warming as a danger to our planet...and no, the bear isn't the problem</p>
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<p>"Who is this 'Bear' bloke she is shouting at...my name is Ranulph".</p> -
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<p>Yep. Alan Parsons was the engineer on it. Back in those days he actually had to make a lot of the equipment he used from scratch and invented a lot of the doubletracking techniques that became commonplace.</p>
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<p>Nowadays when digital production and engineering tools are commonplace it's probably hard for anyone who wasn't around back in 1973 to realise how groundbreaking DSOTM was. It was apparently bloody hard to make, and the effects were, for back then, mindblowing.</p>
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<p>My mate's dad got it for himself for his birthday but he wasn't allowed to play it through his speakers as the noise upset his wife. So the first time I heard it was at their place and was also the first time I'd even seen a pair of headphones. It's probably not stretching things to say listening to that LP on those headphones changed my life.</p>
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<p>Speaking of DSOTM..</p>
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