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All your memes are belong to us - 20/02/2001 - 02:51 GMT - [Link]
All your memes are belong to us
So, you have this game waaayyy back in the 80s called Zero-Wing, with the most dazzling intro sequence ever seen in 16-bit computing. So dazzling, in fact, that they ran out of money to pay for a decent interpreter/script writer. Then, just recently, some lads over at a computer gaming clan site started doctoring some images. This was drawn to the attention of Memepool, so it wasn't long before someone threw together a little Shockwave movie*.
This, boys and girls, is what we call propagating a meme.
* local copy hosted at CDU
Update!!
allyourbasearebelongtous.com - registered Dec. 6th, 2000
allyourbasearebelongtous.net - registered Jan 30th, 2001
allyourbasearebelongtous.org - registered Feb 14th, 2001
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All your memes are belong to us
So, you have this game waaayyy back in the 80s called Zero-Wing, with the most dazzling intro sequence ever seen in 16-bit computing. So dazzling, in fact, that they ran out of money to pay for a decent interpreter/script writer. Then, just recently, some lads over at a computer gaming clan site started doctoring some images. This was drawn to the attention of Memepool, so it wasn't long before someone threw together a little Shockwave movie*.
This, boys and girls, is what we call propagating a meme.
* local copy hosted at CDU
Update!!
allyourbasearebelongtous.com - registered Dec. 6th, 2000
allyourbasearebelongtous.net - registered Jan 30th, 2001
allyourbasearebelongtous.org - registered Feb 14th, 2001
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Okay, my turn - 20/02/2001 - 19:53 GMT - [Link]
Okay, my turn
Another meme to be propagated (see next post down). I'm just hanging on the coat-tails of these two as per usual.
1. What was the first record you owned (bought for you)?
The Mini-Pops LP
2. What was the first record you ever bought?
Went halves with my sister on Now (That's What I Call Music) 12
3. If you had someone of the opposite sex coming over and you wanted to impress them, which cds would you hide?
Too many to list all of them: highlights include D:Ream On Vol. 1, Best of Jimmy Somerville and Best of Huey Lewis & The News
4. Is there a song that reminds you most of your childhood?
More than any other, Karma Chameleon by Culture Club might have been the first song I noticed on TV/radio and where I knew the band's name, not to mention a fair few of the lyrics. I was 5; Sr. Theresa didn't appreciate my singing either.
5. If you could spend a night with five musical artists - three for their minds and two for their bodies - who would they be?
Minds:
Liam Howlett
George Michael
Tom Morello
Bodies:
Nelly Furtado (saw her vid on MTV today - OH was that the sun...)
Uh...Salma Hayek sang on the Desperado OST! Woohoo!
6. If your life was a movie, what song would play over the following:
Opening Credits: Prodigy, Climbatize
Love Scene: George Michael, Cowboys and Angels
Closing Credits: Massive Attack, (Exchange)
7. If applicable, name a song or concert that moved you to tears.
No one particular song has done this, but lots of songs hit the mark on a particular day and I sometimes find my eyes watering and the hair on the back of my neck stands up. It's not an emotional thing as such; it could be Limp Bizkit (opening chords/build-up from Take A Look Around, anyone?) or RATM or even Britney Spears, but it'll do something on the day. *shrug*
8. What do you listen to when you are...
Fucking: It was the Smashing Pumpkins last time, if I recall...
Waking up: Currently: Doedel Up by Guano Apes
Bored: Er...I play UT :-)
Excited: Propellerheads, The Crystal Method, random progressive house if it's around
9. Name one musical artist you would like to see banished:
Only one? Who remembers Roy "Chubby" Brown's hilarious rendition of (Who The F*** Is) Alice?
10. Name one musical genre you would like to see banished:
There is a particular style of music unique to Germany, listened to by the over 50s. It's not traditional, necessarily; its only prerequisite is that it be easy to sing along to, usually whilst drinking (and preferably clapped to on the 1-3 instead of the 2-4). It will be warbled by someone for whose hairpiece an entire colony of yaks was put to the sword and it is far, FAR worse than ANYTHING Susan McCann or Daniel O'Donnell and their hell-minions could throw at you in Ireland. It's called Schlagermusik and, for the record, this is the category both Johnny Logan and David Hasselhof fall into.
11. Name a song you would rather hear never again:
Bryan Adams, Everything I do (I do it for you) - I second Cliph.
12. What now-defunct band would you most like to see reunite (living or dead)?
The Doors
13. Name an album that is perfect all the way through.
Radiohead, OK Computer
14. Music you like that could be considered a guilty pleasure:
A surprising amount of Lou Perlman's progeny, not to mention Limp Bizkit (I hate Durst too, but the band play well, OK???)
15. If your music collection was about to go up in flames, which five cds would you save?
Chemical Bros - Surrender
Asian Dub Foundation - Community Music
Radiohead - OK Computer
Jimi Hendrix - Blues (as soon as I buy it!)
Leftfield - Rhythm and Stealth
16. Is there a song that describes you or a situation you've been in so well that you could have written it?
George Michael, Cowboys and Angels
17. Which underrated artist deserves more attention?
Hybrid
18. Has a song or artist changed your life in any way? If so, how?
There have been artists that have caused huge changes in my taste in music, but nothing that has really spilled over into my life. 'Cept maybe for Jimi :-)
19. What is your favorite soundtrack?
Pulp Fiction
20. Best music-related movie:
The Commitments
21. What would your dream band be?
The Dewaele brothers + Liam Howlett + Thom Yorke + Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
22. Do you miss the days when MTV used to, like, show videos and stuff?
I've not had access to MTV for as long as others might have, but even I've noticed a decline in standards.
23. What is your favorite all-time video?
Pearl Jam, Do The Evolution
24. Current favorite radio hit:
Guano Apes, Doedel Up
25. What's your favorite artist/band(s) of all time?
Sergey Rachmaninoff
P. I. Tschaikovsky
Chemical Brothers
Massive Attack
George Michael
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Okay, my turn
Another meme to be propagated (see next post down). I'm just hanging on the coat-tails of these two as per usual.
1. What was the first record you owned (bought for you)?
The Mini-Pops LP
2. What was the first record you ever bought?
Went halves with my sister on Now (That's What I Call Music) 12
3. If you had someone of the opposite sex coming over and you wanted to impress them, which cds would you hide?
Too many to list all of them: highlights include D:Ream On Vol. 1, Best of Jimmy Somerville and Best of Huey Lewis & The News
4. Is there a song that reminds you most of your childhood?
More than any other, Karma Chameleon by Culture Club might have been the first song I noticed on TV/radio and where I knew the band's name, not to mention a fair few of the lyrics. I was 5; Sr. Theresa didn't appreciate my singing either.
5. If you could spend a night with five musical artists - three for their minds and two for their bodies - who would they be?
Minds:
Liam Howlett
George Michael
Tom Morello
Bodies:
Nelly Furtado (saw her vid on MTV today - OH was that the sun...)
Uh...Salma Hayek sang on the Desperado OST! Woohoo!
6. If your life was a movie, what song would play over the following:
Opening Credits: Prodigy, Climbatize
Love Scene: George Michael, Cowboys and Angels
Closing Credits: Massive Attack, (Exchange)
7. If applicable, name a song or concert that moved you to tears.
No one particular song has done this, but lots of songs hit the mark on a particular day and I sometimes find my eyes watering and the hair on the back of my neck stands up. It's not an emotional thing as such; it could be Limp Bizkit (opening chords/build-up from Take A Look Around, anyone?) or RATM or even Britney Spears, but it'll do something on the day. *shrug*
8. What do you listen to when you are...
Fucking: It was the Smashing Pumpkins last time, if I recall...
Waking up: Currently: Doedel Up by Guano Apes
Bored: Er...I play UT :-)
Excited: Propellerheads, The Crystal Method, random progressive house if it's around
9. Name one musical artist you would like to see banished:
Only one? Who remembers Roy "Chubby" Brown's hilarious rendition of (Who The F*** Is) Alice?
10. Name one musical genre you would like to see banished:
There is a particular style of music unique to Germany, listened to by the over 50s. It's not traditional, necessarily; its only prerequisite is that it be easy to sing along to, usually whilst drinking (and preferably clapped to on the 1-3 instead of the 2-4). It will be warbled by someone for whose hairpiece an entire colony of yaks was put to the sword and it is far, FAR worse than ANYTHING Susan McCann or Daniel O'Donnell and their hell-minions could throw at you in Ireland. It's called Schlagermusik and, for the record, this is the category both Johnny Logan and David Hasselhof fall into.
11. Name a song you would rather hear never again:
Bryan Adams, Everything I do (I do it for you) - I second Cliph.
12. What now-defunct band would you most like to see reunite (living or dead)?
The Doors
13. Name an album that is perfect all the way through.
Radiohead, OK Computer
14. Music you like that could be considered a guilty pleasure:
A surprising amount of Lou Perlman's progeny, not to mention Limp Bizkit (I hate Durst too, but the band play well, OK???)
15. If your music collection was about to go up in flames, which five cds would you save?
Chemical Bros - Surrender
Asian Dub Foundation - Community Music
Radiohead - OK Computer
Jimi Hendrix - Blues (as soon as I buy it!)
Leftfield - Rhythm and Stealth
16. Is there a song that describes you or a situation you've been in so well that you could have written it?
George Michael, Cowboys and Angels
17. Which underrated artist deserves more attention?
Hybrid
18. Has a song or artist changed your life in any way? If so, how?
There have been artists that have caused huge changes in my taste in music, but nothing that has really spilled over into my life. 'Cept maybe for Jimi :-)
19. What is your favorite soundtrack?
Pulp Fiction
20. Best music-related movie:
The Commitments
21. What would your dream band be?
The Dewaele brothers + Liam Howlett + Thom Yorke + Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
22. Do you miss the days when MTV used to, like, show videos and stuff?
I've not had access to MTV for as long as others might have, but even I've noticed a decline in standards.
23. What is your favorite all-time video?
Pearl Jam, Do The Evolution
24. Current favorite radio hit:
Guano Apes, Doedel Up
25. What's your favorite artist/band(s) of all time?
Sergey Rachmaninoff
P. I. Tschaikovsky
Chemical Brothers
Massive Attack
George Michael
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