#Bob Ludwig

[nofatclips]

Oblivion by Mastodon - Directed by Robert Schober

[publicacionesdeunachica]

I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation.

Living in the past, it's a new generation.

A girl can do what she wants to do and that's what I'm gonna do.

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation.

Oh no, not me.

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation.

Never said I wanted to improve my station.

An' I'm only doin' good when I'm havin' fun.

An' I don't have to please no one.

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation.

Oh no, no, no, no not me, oh no, no, no, no not me.

I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation.

I've never been afraid of any deviation.

An' I don't really care if you think I'm strange.

I ain't gonna change.

An' I'm never gonna care 'bout my bad reputation.

Oh no, not me, oh no, not me.

Pedal, boys!

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation.

The world's in trouble, there's no communication.

An' everyone can say what they wanna say.

It never gets better, anyway.

So why should I care about a bad reputation, anyway?

Oh no, not me, oh no, not me.

I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation.

You're living in the past, it's a new generation.

An' I only feel good when I got no pain.

An' that's how I'm gonna stay.

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation.

Oh no, not me, oh no, not me.

Not me, not me.

[rainingmusic]

The Smile - The Opposite

[ponderingrandomthings]

Bob Ludwig, master engineer - VERY Sharp ears!

In this clip/interview of Danny Carey (drummer of Tool) with Rick Beato, Danny mentions about Bob Ludwig (mastering engineer) having such a sharp ear!

When Tool brought their album's (10,000 Days) mix to Bob Ludwig, Bob heard the mix, appreciated it, and mentioned 'too bad there was a floor tom lug loose'. And he made them (the band) understand why he said that by amplifying that part of the recording.

Wow! To hear a recording and from that alone comment that the drum kit had a loose bolt/lug. That is some level of awareness/hearing. No wonder he is a legendary name. Excellence.

Bob Ludwig announced his retirement in 2023.

[fortherecord2020]

Record Store Day 2021 (Drop 2) double LP reissue with D-side etching.

Limited to 9,000 copies (2,500 in USA).

Issued in a non-gatefold jacket.

Includes a trifold double-sided insert with lyrics, credits and artwork.

[Insert:]

Recorded live at The Roof in NYC

Additional recording and mix at The Magic Shop

Mixed [...] using the complete Prism 20-bit Digital Converter System.

Due to increased dynamic range, raise volume above average. PLAY IT LOUD.

Published by Lou Reed Music BMI admin. by EMI Blackwood Music Inc.

© 2021, 1996 Warner Records Inc.

[Rear sleeve:]

© 2021, 1996, ℗ 1996 Warner Records Inc., a Warner Music Group Company. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. Made in Germany.

[Hype sticker affixed to shrink:]

Lou Reed

Set The Twilight Reeling

Back on vinyl for the first time in over 20 years

2-LP, 180-gram pressing with exclusive etching

Limited edition of 9,000

6 03497 84511 8

R1 46159 / 603497845118

[Sticker affixed to back shrink on some copies:]

Made in Germany

Track B2 title on jacket: Sex With Your Parents Part II (Recorded Live July 4th, 1995)

In runouts, Optimal plating symbols (e.g., "1+," "1I") are mirrored.

[powerploff]

Family cinema trip🍿

AND Happy Bowser Day!✨✨🎉

[the-blind-geisha]

And after that, Ludwig learned never to eat fruits around Yoshi ever again...

The six Mario characters request challenge! I had a lot of fun drawing this as it urged me to do characters I rarely draw! ♥♥

And I gotta say...I almost had King Bob-omb and his kid have black eyes till I was looking up his gem colors to make sure they were red... and I am shocked I forgot their eyes are actually white. o_O; huh. crazy.

King Bob-omb and King Boo swapped kids for the day. In my headcanon world, the two are friends since they helped Bowser take over Peach's castle in Mario 64. And I know Nintendo said KB isn't canon to it but HECK IT. I'm allowed to imagine whatever I want! Like King Boo being responsible for painting the painted worlds that are found in Peach's castle.

Thank those on IG for the suggestions!!

[organizedchaotics]

Been busy doing pixelicons for my characterroster in Artfight this year AF name: cheetahtrout if anyone wants to battle!!! harharharhar

[bob-the-movie-man-film-reviews]

Oppenheimer (15): Fission + Fusion = Cinematic Brilliance.

#onemannsmovies review of "Oppenheimer" (2023). #OppenheimerFilm. Nolan's stunning biopic that demands to be seen on the big screen. 5/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Oppenheimer” (2023). The “Barbenheimer” tag for this week’s releases is slightly bonkers since you could hardly imagine two more different films than “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer”! Both have been packing cinema screens this weekend (hooray!). “Barbie” was surprisingly good. But, having had disappointments from Nolan (“Dunkirk“, I’m specifically looking at you here!)…

[rolandrockover]

Joyraiser

Psycho Circus (1998) is not always an easy thing to grasp for the average Joe Kiss fan, if I may say so.

Apart from the usual general fan over-dramatization, or notions that Paul must have been in full Bon Jovi mode for that album some people even report they recognize the melody of a beer advertisement from the 80s in Raise Your Glasses' chorus, and others, and by that I mean yours truly, the soundtrack to a dumpling TV commercial from the early 90s by a large and well-known instant food producer in Germany.

Above all, the latter two assumptions are most probably not at all absurd, as the chances that both contain one and the same piece of music are anything but bad.

And of course I would like to emphasize that this is not about the usual mundane three-note jingles, but a rather a cross-reference to a long-established method of the advertising industry, which has existed since radios and TV sets in our modern consumer culture have been trying to drown people's brains and souls with it to a greater extent every day. And as you might know this consists of little more than appropriating highly vibrating compositions of classical music from the most diverse eras and using them for their own profit-seeking purposes. The average consumer, who henceforth associates their product with those divine melodies, gets culturally re-imprinted in the process.

Just to say the least.

But to stop beating the bush, I am talking about Ludwig Van Beethoven's Ode to Joy (1824), from his 9th Symphony. Who doesn't know it, even if only from a TV advertisement ?

And to give in to the temptation to provide another Paul quote, even though I've been making quite an inflationary use of them lately, doesn't he like to say that Beethoven was the first rock and roller ever? You know, because of his 5th Symphony, which may indeed have given direction to the rock riff as we know it.

And since Paul and Gene made it their mission back then to use Destroyer (1976) more or less as a blueprint for Psycho Circus (1), that would only be logical, wouldn't it? I mean, after Gene and Bob Ezrin already helped themselves to Beethoven's Piano Sonata Pathetique No. 8 for Great Expectations with the subtlety of a compulsive nudist in a crowded public square (2).

And Paul, surely, doesn't go quite so obviously for Raise Your Glasses, but still obviously enough for the whole thing to be considered anything but subtle. So, despite all this, Paul still manages to find enough of his own to give the incorporation of borrowed elements and his own identity an ideal balance, which in this case suits his pop qualities perfectly. And that in a double pack with Holly Knight.

My golly!

What do you want to call something like that? Cringy? Corny? Not at all, dear people, maybe just a bit megalomaniac, but Kiss, far above all other rock bands, have always been exactly the right address for that.

Klassik!

Side Notes:

(1) There are more reasons than I can list with one hand why this also applies to Music from The Elder (1981). You can read at least a few of them here, here and here.

(2) Which I will of course deal with in detail in the future.

The links are as surely highlighted as Raise our Glasses is not about spectacles. Ode to Joy begins at what is probably its most famous part, the grand finale:

Raise Your Glasses (1998)

Ode an die Freude (1824)

[ciderbird]

I haven’t drawn in ages but here have some younger Napoleon with that fuckass bob

the third one was actually inspired by the incident with Ludwig von Cobenzl, the Austrian diplomat who negotiated a peace treaty with Napoleon after the Italian campaign and the latter broke his expensive vase about it like “damn. how fragile. I wonder what would happen if I do that with the rest of your army?”

and Alexander is there too I guess

[rmstitanics]

* FAMOUS INDIVIDUALS WITH YOUR MOON SIGN.

If you’re looking for suggestions on which authors and music artists to check out next, look to your moon sign! In Western astrology, the moon is said to represent your subconscious mind, emotions, and inner personality, so it is widely believed that we tend to relate to media by artists who share our moon sign.

♈️ ARIES MOON

WRITERS:

Gore Vidal

George R. R. Martin

Nicholas Sparks

Rick Riordan

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Christopher Paolini

MUSICIANS:

P!nk

Whitney Houston

Céline Dion

Selena Gomez

Rihanna

Tupac

♉️ TAURUS MOON

WRITERS:

Jodi Picoult

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Hans Christian Anderson

Clive Barker

George Bernard Shaw

Aldous Huxley

MUSICIANS:

Pharrell Williams

Kelly Clarkson

Bob Dylan

Demi Lovato

Christina Aguilera

Pitbull

♊️ GEMINI MOON

WRITERS:

C. S. Lewis

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Orson Scott Card

Franz Kafka

Margaret Mitchell

R.A. Salvatore

T. S. Elliot

MUSICIANS:

Ella Fitzgerald

Florence Welch

Art Garfunkel

Billy Idol

Sia

Tina Turner

♋️ CANCER MOON

WRITERS:

George Orwell

Liu Cixin

Brandon Sanderson

Cassandra Clare

Diana Gabaldon

Lois Lowry

MUSICIANS:

Tchaikovsky

Taylor Swift

Kurt Cobain

Halsey

Aretha Franklin

Janis Joplin

♌️ LEO MOON

Oscar Wilde

Holly Black

Geraldine Brooks

James Dashner

Jack London

Ta Nehisi Coates

MUSICIANS:

Lana Del Ray

Paul McCartney

Queen Latifah

Niall Horan

Bruno Mars

David Bowie

♍️ VIRGO MOON

WRITERS:

Leo Tolstoy

John Grisham

Claudia Gray

Isabel Allende

Xiran Jay Zhao

Douglas Adams

MUSICIANS:

Dolly Parton

Nicki Manaj

Madonna

Lorde

Bo Burnham

Lizzo

♎️ LIBRA MOON

WRITERS:

Jane Austen

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Sylvia Plath

William Shakespeare

Maya Angelou

R.F. Kuang

MUSICIANS:

Ariana Grande

Charli XCX

Bruce Springsteen

Jay-Z

Harry Styles

Fergie

♏️ SCORPIO MOON

WRITERS:

Veronica Roth

Edith Wharton

V.E. Schwab

Harper Lee

Keira Cass

Meg Cabot

MUSICIANS:

Lady Gaga

Tyler the Creator

Cyndi Lauper

Beyoncé

Bob Marley

The Weeknd

♐️ SAGITTARIUS MOON

WRITERS:

Stephen King

Victor Hugo

Marie Lu

Suzanne Collins

Samantha Shannon

Adam Silvera

MUSICIANS

Hozier

Freddie Mercury

Adele

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Chappell Roan

John Legend

♑️ CAPRICORN MOON

WRITERS:

Sarah J. Maas

J.M. Barrie

Jeff Shaara

Joyce Carol Oates

Stephanie Meyer

Angie Thomas

MUSICIANS:

Frédéric Chopin

Neil Diamond

Jon Bon Jovi

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Stevie Nicks

Donna Summer

♒️ AQUARIUS MOON

WRITERS:

Margaret Atwood

Leigh Bardugo

Louisa May Alcott

Seth Grahame-Smith

Anthony Horowitz

S.E. Hinton

MUSICIANS:

Cody Simpson

Marilyn Monroe

Britney Spears

Billie Eilish

Tim McGraw

Carrie Underwood

♓️ PISCES MOON

WRITERS:

Toni Morrison

Edgar Allen Poe

Malcolm Gladwell

Lisa McMann

Alice Oseman

Philippa Gregory

MUSICIANS:

Kenny Chesney

Elvis Presley

Frank Sinatra

Prince

Kendrick Lamar

Sabrina Carpenter

[janmisali]

Super Mario Bracket: basic seeding information

okay to prevent any more "oh no [character that's in the bracket] isn't in the bracket" comments (it's already happened twice) here's a basic plaintext list of the 128 characters that are in the Super Mario Bracket, in their seed order.

Vivian (215 nominations)

Luigi (104 nominations)

Rosalina (101 nominations)

Waluigi (90 nominations)

Daisy (81 nominations)

Yoshi (71 nominations)

Catherine (66 nominations)

Shy Guy (60 nominations)

Fawful (59 nominations)

Mario (56 nominations)

Dimentio (51 nominations)

Sonic (49 nominations)

Wario (45 nominations)

Bowser (45 nominations)

Goombella (45 nominations)

Abe Lincoln (39 nominations)

Count Bleck (34 nominations)

Toadette (31 nominations)

Dry Bones (31 nominations)

George Washingtoad (30 nominations)

Peach (27 nominations)

Gorbachev (26 nominations)

Captain Toad (24 nominations)

Mimi (24 nominations)

Kirby (23 nominations)

King Boo (22 nominations)

Funky Kong (22 nominations)

Kinoppe (22 nominations)

Tippi (21 nominations)

Toad (21 nominations)

Mr. L (21 nominations)

Peasley (20 nominations)

Kamek (20 nominations)

Twink (18 nominations)

MC Ballyhoo (18 nominations)

Boo (18 nominations)

Strollin' Stu (18 nominations)

The Old Psychic Lady with the Evil Eye Who Reads Fortunes and Knows Everything Before It Happens (17 nominations)

Geno (16 nominations)

Bowser Jr. (15 nominations)

Penny (15 nominations)

Nabbit (15 nominations)

Orbulon (15 nominations)

Ashley (14 nominations)

Roy (14 nominations)

????? (14 nominations)

Slammer (14 nominations)

Link (14 nominations)

Iggy (14 nominations)

Starlow (14 nominations)

Bow (13 nominations)

Bowser's brother (13 nominations)

Yellow & Blue Toad (13 nominations)

Nastasia (13 nominations)

Ludwig (12 nominations)

Bobbery (12 nominations)

Boshi (12 nominations)

Shadow (12 nominations)

Dry Bowser (11 nominations)

E. Gadd (10 nominations)

Samus (10 nominations)

O'Chunks (10 nominations)

Koops (10 nominations)

Goomba (10 nominations)

Donkey Kong (10 nominations)

MIPS (9 nominations)

Cyndi Lauper (9 nominations)

Blooper (9 nominations)

King Bob-omb (9 nominations)

Whacka (9 nominations)

Popple (9 nominations)

Lemmy (9 nominations)

Petey Piranha (9 nominations)

Monty Mole (9 nominations)

K. Rool (9 nominations)

Captain Lou (9 nominations)

Pink Gold Peach (9 nominations)

5-Volt (8 nominations)

Toadsworth (8 nominations)

Bobby (8 nominations)

Dreambert (8 nominations)

Peachette (8 nominations)

Mallow (8 nominations)

Cappy (8 nominations)

Wiggler (8 nominations)

Albert Einstein (8 nominations)

Broque Monsieur (8 nominations)

Dorrie (8 nominations)

the letter "p" (7 nominations)

Pauline (7 nominations)

Ms. Mowz (7 nominations)

Gooigi (7 nominations)

Inkling (7 nominations)

FLUDD (7 nominations)

Goomba Tower (7 nominations)

White Mage (7 nominations)

Rawk Hawk (7 nominations)

Spike (7 nominations)

Morton (7 nominations)

Francis (7 nominations)

Pikmin (7 nominations)

GLOM (7 nominations)

George Washington (7 nominations)

I am a teacher: Super Mario Sweater (7 nominations)

Huey (6 nominations)

Plato (6 nominations)

Mii (6 nominations)

Lanky Kong (6 nominations)

Captain Syrup (6 nominations)

Koopa Kid (6 nominations)

Chuckster (6 nominations)

Bill Gates (6 nominations)

Chunky Kong (6 nominations)

Fracktail (6 nominations)

Gandhi (6 nominations)

Blaze (6 nominations)

Undodog (6 nominations)

Elvira (6 nominations)

Poochy (6 nominations)

Big Bertha (5 nominations)

Bill Board et al. (5 nominations)

Ninji (5 nominations)

Elvis (5 nominations)

the Yoshi kid (5 nominations)

Midbus (5 nominations)

Punio (5 nominations)

Mary O. (5 nominations)

Dribble & Spitz (5 nominations)

[fortherecord2020]

Recorded at The Metalworks Studios, Mississauga, Canada 1980-1981.

Mastered at Masterdisk, New York City.

[adventuresofalgy]

People I'd Like to Know: Tumblr Tag Game

Algy was tagged by his friend @edinburgh-by-the-sea in Scotland's beautiful capital city, whom he thanks very kindly for choosing him. Algy wasn't sure whether his friend really wanted to know about his own fluffy bird tastes or those of his assistant, so he has answered for both 😀

Algy's current obsession: finding his way home in time for Christmas 🎄 His assistant's current obsession: maintaining health and finding time and energy to produce exciting new work for Algy's assistants' new collaborative tumblr blog @novelties-and-notions in addition to assisting Algy with his adventures every single day…

Algy is looking forward to: Christmas, Hogmanay (a tumblr party?), and his 13th tumblr birthday on 13th March 2025 (definitely a tumblr party!) Double 13! 🎄🎉🎁 His assistant is looking forward to: all kinds of new adventures in creativity

Last book Algy read: The Oxford Book of English Verse. As many of Algy's followers will know, Algy loves good poetry and has his own Algy-sized collection of volumes of verse. Last books Algy's assistant read (re-read): The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, in translation, and Joy in the Morning by P G Wodehouse.

Algy's assistant is sometimes asked for reading recommendations. She spent much time on her own when young, and therefore started reading, and learned to love books, at a precociously early age… there was nothing else to do! Significant influences which persist to this day include, roughly IN THE ORDER ORIGINALLY READ from early childhood: Beatrix Potter and the Winnie the Pooh stories; many classic collections of fairytales (esp. collected by Andrew Lang and the Brothers Grimm) and the works of Hans Christian Anderson; The Wind in the Willows; fairytale/fantasy works by George MacDonald; Peter Pan; the Dr. Dolittle stories by Hugh Lofting; Lewis Carroll; The Cuckoo Clock by Mrs Molesworth; The Secret Garden and The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett; works by Rudyard Kipling; C S Lewis; J R R Tolkien (first read at the age of 9 but only occasionally since); P G Wodehouse (20th century master of the use of English and of humour – a lifelong indulgence in reading); Charles Dickens (his descriptive powers have rarely if ever been equalled); Arthurian Romances; and all works by Jane Austen, Henry James, Thomas Mann, Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller and – beyond fiction – Ludwig Wittgenstein. And of course Shakespeare, who inevitably has some influence on anyone who has ever studied English, plus many, many other more forgettable writers in various genres.

Although many of the titles above were written as fiction for children, she has continued to re-read those works over the years, as may be evident in Algy's adventures 😀

And for those who have asked for reading recommendations, especially those folk of an older generation who have not yet had the opportunity to read very much – and also for aspiring writers – she would say that if you have not yet read much literature, but wish to, then don't waste precious time on lesser authors but read the very best stuff first 😊

(And anyone who wishes to "be a writer", in no matter what kind of genre or style, is advised to first of all master the use of language – and the best way to do that is by reading past masters extensively. Like any other highly skilled activity, if you want to mess around with it and make it jump through hoops, you have to thoroughly master the basic skill set first.)

Last song Algy listened to: When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along 😀

Last movie Algy watched: Mary Poppins (the original 1964 movie) Algy is fascinated by the incredible animation with live action sequence, and by the remarkable Dick van Dyke, who has just celebrated his 99th birthday! Last movies Algy's assistant watched: W C Fields' International House and the Marx Brothers The Cocoanuts… Why a duck? 🤣

Last TV show: Algy and his assistant NEVER watch televsion, though they do watch movies. They have better things to do with their time than watch TV 😀 Algy's assistant's family didn't have a television until she was about 10 years old, and much of her adult life has been spent without television too.

Sweet/spicy/savory: Not really. 🌰🍏🍉🥦🍓🧀🥕🍚🍅🥛🥒🍞

Favourite colour: Green and yellow and orange 💚🧡💛😀

Last thing we googled: Google Translate – for help with communication with tumblr friends who don't speak English ☺️ And Google Maps to find out where is where, as Algy has followers all over the world. His grasp of geography is fluffy, and his assistant's is not much better!

Relationship status: Algy is of course in a fluffy relationship with his rather incompetent assistant, who is permanently united with her lifelong partner and spouse.

Tagging: Algy understands that he is supposed to tag friends to prompt them to play too, but he suspects that the folk he would most like to know about might feel too shy or unduly pressured to do this. So he invites ALL his friends to play this game, and leaves it up to them. He would love to know more about you 😍