Comments on: Sesame street aliens discover dubstep http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 01:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: nosarembo http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1136655 nosarembo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1136655 From a strictly technical standpoint, everything you just said about dubstep is completely wrong. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubstep From a strictly technical standpoint, everything you just said about dubstep is completely wrong. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubstep

]]> By: boingboingdave http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1137180 boingboingdave Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1137180 this is drum and bass, not dubstep. This particular flavor of half time dnb has been coined Drumstep. this is drum and bass, not dubstep. This particular flavor of half time dnb has been coined Drumstep.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1135905 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1135905 They even put in a plug for boingboing. Happy, indeed! They even put in a plug for boingboing. Happy, indeed!

]]> By: hadlock http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1135914 hadlock Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1135914 I asked my friend in Scotland what Dubstep was, he responded with an image. I don't normally let things color my opinion so darkly, but this left me in fits of laughter. http://i.imgur.com/ef1mj.jpg I asked my friend in Scotland what Dubstep was, he responded with an image. I don’t normally let things color my opinion so darkly, but this left me in fits of laughter.

http://i.imgur.com/ef1mj.jpg

]]> By: gastronaut http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1135918 gastronaut Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1135918 HAPPYHAPPYHAPPYHAPPYHAPPY BOINGBOINGBOINGBOINGBOING Pretty entertaining, but my favorite "unsuspecting rube discovers dubstep" video is still <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfZq-70w0uk#t=40s">this one</a>. HAPPYHAPPYHAPPYHAPPYHAPPY
BOINGBOINGBOINGBOINGBOING

Pretty entertaining, but my favorite “unsuspecting rube discovers dubstep” video is still this one.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1135942 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1135942 This isn't Dubstep! This is drum and bass, all be it in half time. It's 174bpm or thereabouts by my calculations, dubstep is around the 140bpm mark. Pedantry over, carry on. This isn’t Dubstep! This is drum and bass, all be it in half time. It’s 174bpm or thereabouts by my calculations, dubstep is around the 140bpm mark. Pedantry over, carry on.

]]> By: Sarah Neptune http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1135945 Sarah Neptune Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1135945 They're doing the cabbage patch with their mouths! That's about how happy I am about the radio, too. I preferred the first station they were on, though. They’re doing the cabbage patch with their mouths!

That’s about how happy I am about the radio, too. I preferred the first station they were on, though.

]]> By: doofus666 http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1135960 doofus666 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1135960 I'n my day we didn't call it dubstep, we called it jungle/acid/trace and we had to walk up hill in the snow to get to the raves. Once we got there we didn't have GHB all we had was amyl nitrite and WE LIKED IT! I’n my day we didn’t call it dubstep, we called it jungle/acid/trace and we had to walk up hill in the snow to get to the raves. Once we got there we didn’t have GHB all we had was amyl nitrite and WE LIKED IT!

]]> By: Chairboy http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1135964 Chairboy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1135964 My neighbors all listen to dubstep because they have to. My neighbors all listen to dubstep because they have to.

]]> By: Gulliver http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1136989 Gulliver Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1136989 <blockquote> Maybe you have to be high, instead, to enjoy this kind of stuff? But then, people listen to it sober too, so I don't know. </blockquote> Maybe they're high on Charlie Sheen.

Maybe you have to be high, instead, to enjoy this kind of stuff? But then, people listen to it sober too, so I don’t know.

Maybe they’re high on Charlie Sheen.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1136484 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1136484 The original was so much better, accidental awesome minimalist techno on sesame street! (the end section) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_trSIBCgF0 The original was so much better, accidental awesome minimalist techno on sesame street!

(the end section)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_trSIBCgF0

]]> By: Gulliver http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1136485 Gulliver Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1136485 <blockquote> The aliens were two of my favorite characters. </blockquote> Them and the Count. The Count made Hunter S. Thompson look sober. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiNy6nlXqow

The aliens were two of my favorite characters.

Them and the Count. The Count made Hunter S. Thompson look sober.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiNy6nlXqow

]]> By: awjtawjt http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1135977 awjtawjt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1135977 Chairboy, FTW. Chairboy, FTW.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1136234 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1136234 Everyone eventually gets old. Looks like you hit that point! I'm an old d&b / Jungle lover, went to a ton of raves back in the day (warehouse parties and outdoor parties and house parties and ...) and I think dub step is awesome. It's distinctly different from D&B to the same degree that D&B is different from Jungle, house, etc. An outgroup person can't tell the difference but an ingroup person can. Seriously never thought I would read someone pining for the "good old days" of drum and bass. I guess it happens to every generation, though. Sigh. Everyone eventually gets old. Looks like you hit that point!

I’m an old d&b / Jungle lover, went to a ton of raves back in the day (warehouse parties and outdoor parties and house parties and …) and I think dub step is awesome. It’s distinctly different from D&B to the same degree that D&B is different from Jungle, house, etc. An outgroup person can’t tell the difference but an ingroup person can.

Seriously never thought I would read someone pining for the “good old days” of drum and bass. I guess it happens to every generation, though. Sigh.

]]> By: Gulliver http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1137005 Gulliver Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1137005 @ Anon #12 <blockquote> I still want "brrrriiiing! telephone!" from these guys as a ringtone. I love the martians! </blockquote> So make one. All you need is an open source download manager (Wikipedia has a nice spreadsheet with comparisons) with a built-in stream sniffer. Use it to grab this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTc3PsW5ghQ Convert it to an MP3 using a video editor. I’m partial to this one: http://ffmpeg.org/ And make sure the final cut spans about 30 seconds for good ringtone length. Or, if you have a phone with flash capability, there are probably programs somewhere on the net that will let you use the video itself as the ringtone so it plays on the screen when you get a call. If not, you could write a simple script to get the job done provided the phone is already able to play flash videos, but that may be more effort than it’s worth. @ Anon #12

I still want “brrrriiiing! telephone!” from these guys as a ringtone. I love the martians!

So make one. All you need is an open source download manager (Wikipedia has a nice spreadsheet with comparisons) with a built-in stream sniffer. Use it to grab this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTc3PsW5ghQ

Convert it to an MP3 using a video editor. I’m partial to this one:

http://ffmpeg.org/

And make sure the final cut spans about 30 seconds for good ringtone length.

Or, if you have a phone with flash capability, there are probably programs somewhere on the net that will let you use the video itself as the ringtone so it plays on the screen when you get a call. If not, you could write a simple script to get the job done provided the phone is already able to play flash videos, but that may be more effort than it’s worth.

]]> By: David A http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1135982 David A Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1135982 I'll leave this here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voeW55kZVTA I’ll leave this here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voeW55kZVTA

]]> By: querent http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1135985 querent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1135985 Saturday morning cartoons! Saturday morning cartoons!

]]> By: wobinidan http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1135990 wobinidan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1135990 Dubstep is just D&B that never gets past the intro. Dubstep is just D&B that never gets past the intro.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1135992 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1135992 I wonder how long have you've been telling people that and posting it in YouTube comments. I wonder how long have you’ve been telling people that and posting it in YouTube comments.

]]> By: skeletoncityrepeater http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1136250 skeletoncityrepeater Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1136250 From a strictly technical standpoint.. Dubstep is a Crunk beat (halftime hip hop, think Lil Jon) with Drum n Bass bassline cracking underneath. I don't know why they put the Dub word in there since it's not really echoey for the most part. From a strictly technical standpoint.. Dubstep is a Crunk beat (halftime hip hop, think Lil Jon) with Drum n Bass bassline cracking underneath. I don’t know why they put the Dub word in there since it’s not really echoey for the most part.

]]> By: dr. ultimately http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1137278 dr. ultimately Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1137278 these weirdos scared me as a kid, and they scare me now. these weirdos scared me as a kid, and they scare me now.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1136002 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1136002 I always thought dub had more to do with reggae. I always thought dub had more to do with reggae.

]]> By: Nadreck http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1136003 Nadreck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1136003 "Aliens"?! I believe they prefer to be called "Space-Americans". “Aliens”?! I believe they prefer to be called “Space-Americans”.

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1136004 Mister44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1136004 The aliens were two of my favorite characters. The aliens were two of my favorite characters.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1136269 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1136269 Everyone is doing dubstep -- even badgers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMtcqfQNd2Y Everyone is doing dubstep — even badgers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMtcqfQNd2Y

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1136531 Mister44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1136531 I do love the Count as well! I do love the Count as well!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1136029 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1136029 Haven't watched Saturday morning cartoons in decades. Yay radio! Haven’t watched Saturday morning cartoons in decades. Yay radio!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1136558 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1136558 I still want "brrrriiiing! telephone!" from these guys as a ringtone. I love the martians! I still want “brrrriiiing! telephone!” from these guys as a ringtone. I love the martians!

]]> By: atomic_tarheel http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1136047 atomic_tarheel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1136047 Holy s***! Am I the only one who, within the first 5 seconds of this video, epiphanied that these aliens are none other than the FSM incarnate!?! Ever since I was 4 the FSM has been revealing himself to me, and it's only now, uh...a moderate amount of years later, that I'm finally seeing him! SESAME STREET, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? Holy s***! Am I the only one who, within the first 5 seconds of this video, epiphanied that these aliens are none other than the FSM incarnate!?! Ever since I was 4 the FSM has been revealing himself to me, and it’s only now, uh…a moderate amount of years later, that I’m finally seeing him!

SESAME STREET, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

]]> By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2011/06/11/sesame-street-aliens.html#comment-1136305 millie fink Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1136305 Anon, it's "albeit." Take heart. If you know you're acting like a pedant, you're already halfway to stopping yourself from committing more pedantry! Anon, it’s “albeit.”

Take heart. If you know you’re acting like a pedant, you’re already halfway to stopping yourself from committing more pedantry!

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