Fun In The Snow

[Rocky Mullin]

	as a DJ, i sure can appreciate this thread!  ...

At 5:28 PM -0500 2/17/04, Brett Dikeman wrote:
>
>Yes, and I'd suggest Top Gear/Clarkson as a perfect example to 
>study(well, save that horrible intro theme he uses with the guitar 
>that sounds like it's being slaughtered, slowly).  In many episodes 
>they've got it down better than a music video producer; camera 
>techniques and photographic styles, along with music, match the 
>particular car's image.  For example, in a review of a TVR, they 
>used Juno Reactor from The Matrix soundtrack- perfect match.  For a 
>Bentley Arnage T, flowery classical music.  Best damn motoring show 
>I've ever seen- where else can you see an Overfinch Range Rover 
>off-roading beat a CLK320 on dry tarmac in a drag race? :-)

	my current fave is /vitorys by design/ actually.  what an amazing
show!  especially the focus on the sounds of the cars.  that same guy was
the "man in the pits" for the monterey historics broadcast last year, great
stuff!

>Watching Clarkson tool around a lake in a Riva Aquarama(god, what a 
>gorgeous boat!) to the tune of Sour Times(Portishead) in Extreme 
>Machines is just...marvelous.

	ah, fond memories of summers running around tahoe in a pair of rivas.
one was the aquarama, there was another too.

>Download either Mplayer or Video Lan Client.
>
>Both are available for the three major platforms, and both play more 
>formats than god.  Mplayer is a CPU hog on my powerbook, which is no 
>slouch; VLC is very efficient(about 3x more so).  Mplayer is better 
>for skipping around- does so flawlessly(left/right keys).

	haven't tried this since i went from an iBook 600 to my G4 12"
1 gigahertz.  i'll give 'em a shot again.  the iBook couldn't handle 
many files with that software and thos programs crashed a LOT.

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