#ark records

[abybweisse]

Ch209, Spoilers part one

We see the circus arc through Snake's POV, starting around the time our earl and Sebastian are snooping around the tents.

Snake seems suspicious of the new circus troupe members, while Joker and Dagger seem to have accepted them.

He makes his report, based on observations and what his snakes tell him, though I have a feeling the snakes told him more information than he's passing on to Joker.

And here, below, I wonder if he's overhearing a discussion that the other first tier members didn't want him to hear?

Then the first tier members leave and don't return. Snake asks around the remaining troupe about their disappearance. The circus probably won't last much longer without the main attractions.

Whatever he learns, he decides to leave and find out earl and Sebastian. I don't know how he finds out where their manor is located. Then it's confronting them in the greenhouse.

A replay of our earl extending his hand and offering Snake a job there.

Snake accepting the offer.

Snake learning to read and write and do chores. Then the rude people on the ship...

...followed by our earl boosting his confidence.

As well as whatever Sebastian says there.

Part two in a moment or two.

[fallingsatellive]

It's getting to that time of year again... Spotify users who do you think your top 5 artists are gonna be

[allieinarden]

I’m making fun of only children while also worshipping one. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[bioswear]

had a normal one last night when I got home from the NieR concert 🤪🥰

[arkfeather]

say wat u will abt twitter but you just don't find quality insight from ur favorite artists like this anywhere else

[krissiefox]

Did some more audio recording today while out walking with my wife. I was very glad to find that my H1n Zoom (great gadget by the way, and no the brand didn't pay me to say that :P ) records outdoor ambience very well, I was able to pick up cricket sounds, birds, and a water fountain. However this brought some new challenges as well - once I'm outside my house I can't control the sound environment and as a result I kept picking up wind noise and the occasional car or AC unit as well. I'll have to practice and experiment more to see how to deal with the wind issue. The issue of cars and people is a little easier as I just need to pick times and locations that have less of other humans around. I found this article that I'm hoping can get me a good solution to the wind problem, so I thought I'd share for anyone else who is new to sound recording as well.

As a side note, I'm also looking forward to figuring how to make my ambient recordings loop seamlessly. Like making seamless textures, it's a concept that sounds like magic, so I'm eager to learn how the process actually works!

[cyberdragoninfinity]

when i talk about being really interested in little details the dub adds in vs. how things are presented the sub, and how those dub-added details and changes can give characters these neat little new facets to think about--this is a good example, one of my favorites!!!

Like, in the sub, when Primo/Placido and Lester/Lucciano have this little exchange and Lester mentions Jakob/Jose getting mad, all Primo has to say is

pretty straightforward!

But MEANWHILE, in the dub we get this BONKERS comment from Primo, this “when I’ve managed to complete the Circuit and summon the Divine Temple, then I will be the favorite, so it won’t matter what Jakob thinks.” And like, A.) oh damn, rare mention in the dub of the Ark Cradle?? I always forget they called it ‘The Divine Temple’ there, still a pretty boss name, but anyway, B.) oh I am absolutely Enthralled with this “yearning to be God’s favorite” angry desperation they’ve given Primo here, holy SHIT.

Like it’s this little idea they’re toying with that offers this new explanation for part of What Primo’s Damage Is, his violent impatience and insistence on doing things himself and in his own way--it’s not just He Is a Gijinka of How Much It Sucks to Be 19, he’s also doing everything he can to (in his own eyes) claw his way into the good graces of the Three Emperors’ God and become His favorite before the Circuit is complete and he runs out of time. I love that this implies he thinks he Isn’t in his god’s good graces currently (and, like, considering how he fucks up SEVERAL TIMES, it would perhaps make sense 🥴 he is a little bit of God’s Mistake huh)--because, considering Who Their God Really Is (that’s Z-ONE babey!!!!!!!!) and considering Who The Emperors Really Are (fragments of someone who was and is One of Z-ONE’s Closest Friends), that assumption either might not even be true, or in and of itself says, a Lot about the dynamic of Z-ONE and these walking pieces of what used to be his friend. That he can even Have favorites among them. MAN.

Dub characterization choices don’t always hit the mark, but I really do think they CAN be engaging and really cool to think about!!!!

[cheezyharu]

WOAH HEY-

[thewitchness]

Yk I really like Flea but he's *always* a bad guy.

Except when he's playing bass.

Come on, hotboii. 🫤

[abybweisse]

Ch208 (p5), Jumbo's approach

Doll comes over to offer Snake food, but he still isn't ready to talk. Jumbo gets the idea to ask what the snakes are saying, though idk how any of them would know (yet) that Snake and his snakes communicate. That gets Snake's attention, though. He definitely must be hungry, but he would want to make sure the snakes are also well fed.

The snake by his side here is the one we call Emily, but more about that in a moment. Snake finally talks, and he introduces this female snake.

Jumbo and Doll probably feel a sense of accomplishment, finally getting Snake to talk. But they are also pleased to learn something about his snakes.

So, Jumbo apologizes to the "lady" and asks for her name... which she doesn't have. Jumbo offers to help him name the snakes, so people will know what to call each one.

Interesting that one of Jumbo's favorite novels is about something so dreary as a cruel man haunted by the ghost of his lost love. But to each their own. 😆 (I do believe Baron Heathfield is vaguely named/modeled after Heath from that book, btw.)

In the end, it seems that Jumbo did not run out of names. Though he does use a first name for some and a last name for others.

Life might not be easy for the circus troupe, but they get along well and make do with what they have. Snake still thinks of himself as "us" -- himself and the snakes -- as if they all all one person.

He's got a family now... but not for very long. Idk how much time passes between him joining the circus and our earl and Sebastian coming along, but I don't think it's very long. This might help explain why Snake doesn't speak up about his snakes being tied in knots or about the troupe tents being searched. Because you know his snakes must have told him all about that.

The rest (minus whatever Snake has kept quiet about) we already know.

Perhaps next chapter will give us more insight into what Snake and his snakes have learned in the company of our earl and Sebastian?

[donospl]

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premierowa emisja 28 lutego 2024 – 18:00 Graliśmy: Liv Angrea Hauge Trio  “Vår” z albumu “Ville Blomster” – Hubro Music Frances Chang “Spiral in Houston” z albumu “Psychedelic Anxiety” – Ramp Local Pavel Morochovic “Intermezzo No. 2” z albumu “Harmony I” – Hevhetia Gregory Uhlmann “Mint Chip” z albumu “Small Day” – Colorfield Records Mike LeDonne “Make Someone Happy” z albumu “Wonderful”  –…

[strange-aeons]

Received an incredible email from someone at the Museum of Natural History regarding Nellie, one of the first hairless cats ever photographed

“I did some digging into the museum records and found that we are still caring for Nellie's remains after all these years.

Unfortunately, as is sadly too common with old museums, most of her history had been lost over the past hundred+ years and was no longer a part of her records. However, because of your video I was able to pull together documentation from your sources and sent them along to the person in charge of the mammal collections and we have added her history back into the records. It is possible that without your video Nellie's history may have been lost forever, and that her body may have remained labeled with a simple number and not by her name. Now she has both.”

This is her public record (cw: 116 year old cat body): https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/mammals/?ark=ark:/65665/30bc945ca8ce94a97a4d453ea2b051b96

This is so cool!!!! We found her after like 100+ years!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHH

[bioswear]

The new nier reincarnation art for the new chapter looks and feels SO drakengard 3 tho - the use of the same blue and white contrasting palette in some of the locations of the cage is just like 👀👀 and it may just be the immense Drakengard 3 brainrot, but it feels a little intentional from a design standpoint

Like, this is the same color palette of Cathedral City as well as similar architecture

This palette reminds me of the Land of Forests - the harshness of contrast in values is also a very Drakengard 3 aspect

This color palette reminds me of the throne room in One’s Cathedral, and during our fight with One in Branch C.

Obviously this is just speculation and pointing out the visual familiarity of the concept art for the new chapter but like… makes you think 👀🤔

[arkfeather]

[krissiefox]

Been a while since I shared my sound design progress on Unlucky, here's a few ambient loops I've made that I'm particularly proud of. The lava one in particular as it took a lot of editing and mixing and the original sound sources were me cooking, a boiling pot of water, and me blowing bubbles in milk and oatmeal. :)

[thejoyofviolentmovement]

Lyric Video: Deap Vally Tackles a Classic Stones Tune with Swaggering Aplomb

Lyric Video: Deap Vally Tackles a Classic Stones Tune with Swaggering Aplomb @DeapVally @clarioncallpr @imtherealcb @RollingStones @MickJagger @officialKeef

Acclaimed Los Angeles-based rock duo Deap Vally — Julie Edwards (drums, vocals) and Lindsey Troy (guitar, vocals) — can trace their origins to the duo’s chance meeting in a knitting class over a decade ago. The Los Angeles-based duo’s debut single, 2012’s “Gonna Make My Own Money,” was released through tiny British indie label Ark Recordings. Since then, Edwards and Troy went on to release three…