BBC Synth Documentary

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Re: BBC Synth Documentary

Post by FORMAT » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:32 am

citizenchris099 wrote:
FORMAT wrote:Anyone know of a reliable way of d/ling Youtube videos on Mac? The Getyoutube wizard doesn't seem to work anymore...
every method I know of is such a pain in the you know what.
There used to be a widget or script that had a "Download" option appear in the Info box. That was quite handy I thought.

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Re: BBC Synth Documentary

Post by 4/4 » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:39 am

FORMAT wrote:
citizenchris099 wrote:
FORMAT wrote:Anyone know of a reliable way of d/ling Youtube videos on Mac? The Getyoutube wizard doesn't seem to work anymore...
every method I know of is such a pain in the you know what.
There used to be a widget or script that had a "Download" option appear in the Info box. That was quite handy I thought.
have you tried the 'downloadhelper' extension/addon/plugin for firefox?
works a treat..
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Re: BBC Synth Documentary

Post by FORMAT » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:06 am

4/4 wrote: every method I know of is such a pain in the you know what.
There used to be a widget or script that had a "Download" option appear in the Info box. That was quite handy I thought.[/quote]

have you tried the 'downloadhelper' extension/addon/plugin for firefox?
works a treat..[/quote]
Cheers.

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Re: BBC Synth Documentary

Post by xlr8r » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:21 am

FORMAT wrote:
4/4 wrote: every method I know of is such a pain in the you know what.
There used to be a widget or script that had a "Download" option appear in the Info box. That was quite handy I thought.
have you tried the 'downloadhelper' extension/addon/plugin for firefox?
works a treat..[/quote]
Cheers.[/quote]

or you can try with keepvid.com

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Re: BBC Synth Documentary

Post by pipedreams » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:40 am

FORMAT wrote:Anyone know of a reliable way of d/ling Youtube videos on Mac? The Getyoutube wizard doesn't seem to work anymore...

this works great.

http://brpg.hp.infoseek.co.jp/mactubes/index_en.html

lets you search watch and download youtube videos.

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Re: BBC Synth Documentary

Post by nathannn » Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:36 pm

i like how in the last video some guy says something like
"most americans looked at england as a place for misfits like themselves"

thats exactly how i look at most of europe.. especially france.. i have never been to europe but i always imagine places like france as a heaven for art and music geeks like myself.
not so much england though.. i imagine england being very similar to the states in the way they dress and there pop culture.
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Re: BBC Synth Documentary

Post by leedsquietman » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:20 pm

Be careful not to generalize.

When people think of France, they usually think of Paris, which has always been regarded as a hub for culture (go out to some of the suburbs where people are rioting in their HLM high rise apartments and suffering poverty and marginalization for a 'different' side of Paris). But they don't think of heavy industry like in the North-East, such as Lens, Lille, Valenciennes, or the fishing industries in Brittany or the numerous agricultural farming towns, who look on at Parisiens with disdain as effeminate, preening, prancing jokes.

The synth documentary showed you how gritty and grim and working class England can be in places, it's not always High Tea with the Queen, men in bowler hats and briefcases and Buckingham Palace, Nelson's Column and old art galleries and museums. London is pretty squalid in many places too, look at the clip with Throbbing Gristle in Hackney - a place where I lived for 2 years while an impoverished student in London, broken down urban decay, kids playing in burned out cars and the 'plague pits' are all decidedly 'Un-British' ;)
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Re: BBC Synth Documentary

Post by leedsquietman » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:48 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/scotlandsmus ... ynth.shtml

this is also a cool follow up blog from SynthBritannia, BBC Scotland asked a bunch of producers about their favourite vintage synths...
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Re: BBC Synth Documentary

Post by aqua_tek » Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:06 am

Just got finished watching this... beautiful stuff.

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Re: BBC Synth Documentary

Post by heavensdaw » Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:07 am

really enjoyed that... It's left me feeling both depressed and inspired!!

Thanks for posting

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Re: BBC Synth Documentary

Post by sidownes » Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:16 pm

agree, it was a brilliant documentary with contributions from all the big players... but WHY has it taken me so long to notice Gary Numan wears a truly terrible wig?!?
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Re: BBC Synth Documentary

Post by Sage » Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:06 pm

nathannn wrote:i like how in the last video some guy says something like
"most americans looked at england as a place for misfits like themselves"

thats exactly how i look at most of europe.. especially france.. i have never been to europe but i always imagine places like france as a heaven for art and music geeks like myself.
not so much england though.. i imagine england being very similar to the states in the way they dress and there pop culture.
You do see a lot of Americans on forums who seem obsessed with all things British. Never understood it, this island is horrible.

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Re: BBC Synth Documentary

Post by Emissary » Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:22 pm

Sage wrote:
nathannn wrote:i like how in the last video some guy says something like
"most americans looked at england as a place for misfits like themselves"

thats exactly how i look at most of europe.. especially france.. i have never been to europe but i always imagine places like france as a heaven for art and music geeks like myself.
not so much england though.. i imagine england being very similar to the states in the way they dress and there pop culture.
You do see a lot of Americans on forums who seem obsessed with all things British. Never understood it, this island is horrible.
Thas not true, the island itself we live on is amazing and one of the most beautiful places on earth, the infrastructure and the people on the other hand....

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Re: BBC Synth Documentary

Post by Sage » Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:38 pm

Emissary wrote:
Sage wrote:
nathannn wrote:i like how in the last video some guy says something like
"most americans looked at england as a place for misfits like themselves"

thats exactly how i look at most of europe.. especially france.. i have never been to europe but i always imagine places like france as a heaven for art and music geeks like myself.
not so much england though.. i imagine england being very similar to the states in the way they dress and there pop culture.
You do see a lot of Americans on forums who seem obsessed with all things British. Never understood it, this island is horrible.
Thas not true, the island itself we live on is amazing and one of the most beautiful places on earth, the infrastructure and the people on the other hand....
Well, the good stuff is heavily overshadowed by everything that is shit about Britain.

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Re: BBC Synth Documentary

Post by sidownes » Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:39 pm

Emissary wrote:
Sage wrote:
nathannn wrote:i like how in the last video some guy says something like
"most americans looked at england as a place for misfits like themselves"

thats exactly how i look at most of europe.. especially france.. i have never been to europe but i always imagine places like france as a heaven for art and music geeks like myself.
not so much england though.. i imagine england being very similar to the states in the way they dress and there pop culture.
You do see a lot of Americans on forums who seem obsessed with all things British. Never understood it, this island is horrible.
Thas not true, the island itself we live on is amazing and one of the most beautiful places on earth, the infrastructure and the people on the other hand....
...particularly the ones that moan on about how crap everything is instead of doing something about it.
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