VGDJ: Shownotes #046
[00:00] Here at VGDJ, we share your outrage about chipped consumer electronics. Shame on you, Nintendo!
[01:10] We tried. We really did. But we just couldn't restrain ourselves... It's another special episode, this time featuring the peeps at the mini-meetup celebrating zircon's birthday over the weekend in Baltimore. More on that later. For now? You vote. Yes.
[03:54] It's time for the first ever VGDJ trivia contest... But this is not just any contest. Oh no. It's the first official "VGDJ Awkward Trivia Giveaway"! We'll be asking a series of questions over the next few shows, with one winner per week. This week, the prize is a signed copy of SGX's new album "Chroma" as well as his second album "Better Than Sliced Beats." All you need to do is send us an email by Thursday (vgdjpodcast@gmail.com) answering the weekly question. This week's question is: What does one use knives for here on VGDJ? Who said it, and on what episode? Oh, and don't forget - to help us select the winner, you need to tell us an embarassing (but amusing) anecdote of some kind that we can tell all our listeners. Hop to it!
[07:12] The Rama Report: CompoST 62 has occured with the theme of "dogfight"; Skrypnyk was the de-facto winner. Over at the OCR forums, the OCR moves tournament has begun. Remix: ThaSauce has implemented a tagging system to help with categorization of remixes on the site. Lastly, DJ Siamey has released a work-in-progress of a Pirates of the Caribbean song.
[10:47] ReMix Review: From Mega Man 6: 'Fortress of the Knight' by Vurez ... We were a bit on the fence over this one. Vurez never fails to bring superb production values to his ReMixes, and he has been one of the few people to cover the relatively unpopular MM6 soundtrack, but stylistically this mix wasn't quite our cup of tea. However, that isn't to say it's not a very high-quality song with a strong arrangement, so check it out for yourselves and see what you think!
[13:05] ReMix Review: From Secret of Mana: 'Dark Star Scherzo' by Jormungand ... Call it techno-bias but OCR just doesn't have all that many solo piano ReMixes in comparison to everything else, so it was refreshing to hear a well-done solo piano mix by a new ReMixer in the scene. This track really builds on the original and is expertly sequenced (performed, if you will) and earns a glowing recommendation from us.
[16:28] The Compo Report: There are but two competitions in the report this week. TOMC14 and PRC70.
[18:06] The date and time for our Otakon panel has been finalized: August 4th at 10am. While we aren't quite thrilled with such an early timeslot, we encourage everyone who plans on attending the con to visit the panel, which will have plenty of good audio/visual... goodness.
[19:55] The Meetup Report: Liontamer has started a thread detailing all of the OCR meetups, but he needs some help filling it out. If you have any information or pictures from previous meetups, check out the thread and post 'em. The Australia meetup in Sydney is finalized for Saturday, July 1st at the town hall steps, and the attendees are armed to the teeth with silverware, video games, electronics, and all that good stuff. Info on Perth and Brisbane meetups can be found in the same thread. The Otakon meetup is still happening (in addition to the panel, no less). Finally, Saskatchewan meetups are being discussed; can't forget about those!
[24:55] Russian ReMix Roulette: Well, well! This week's roulette certainly went in our favor (zircon note: I attribute it to my excellent dice skills)! The perennial favorite 'Love Hurts' by djpretzel from the game Sonic the Hedgehog was selected. Go us :D
[32:08] It's meetup merriment in Maryland! TristorTrucido, Benzo, djpretzel, Liontamer, D-Lux, GeoffreyTaucer, MythrilNazgul, and Moguda join zircon and pixietricks for an evening of lollygagging at pixietricks' apartment. Liontamer and D-Lux offer their thoughts on hosting their own radio shows, VG Frequency and Very Good Music (VGM) respectively. Of course, our carefully structured interview session rapidly turns into a Lover Reef singalong, led by Liontamer and his beautiful singing voice. Little else needs to be said about this most awe-inspiring display of raw talent.
[47:13] We out. The meetup was a blast (zircon says: "I certainly had fun!") and Larry and Benzo even helped us in giving the closing contact info (vote plz)! Thanks for tuning in, and we look forward to hearing your trivia contest entries. (cue villainish laugh)
[49:09] VOICEMAIL: LoChoco, Abadoss, LoChoco (again), and Upthorn.
[52:25] [stinger] ... kawaii!!!! ^.^;;;
Background music used in Episode 046, in order of appearance:
- Kirby Superstar 'Floating Islands of Grand Beach Manitoba' by Double A Ron
- Mega Man 3 'Magnet Man Goes West' by Disco Dan
- Sonic the Hedgehog 'Bonus Retreat' by McVaffe
- Mega Man 3 'Gemini Salsa' by McVaffe
- Azumanga Daioh stuff
- Voices of a Distant Star 'Shine' by Fray
- Super Mario Bros 'Mario'sTropicalParadise' by Dr. Fruitcake
- Tetris 'McVaffe Quasi UltiMix' by McVaffe
- "Tron the Grasslands" from the We Love Katamari OST
- Zelda64 'HawaiiShoppi'n' by NoppZ
- Star Ocean 'Summertime' by Hale-Bopp
- Super Mario Bros. 2 'Gypsy Jazz' by Adrian Holovaty
- Final Fantasy 7 'AerisSummerSamba' by Lau
- Street Fighter Alpha 2 'Dan's Ice Cream Truck' by Joshua Morse and po! (voicemail)
[01:10] We tried. We really did. But we just couldn't restrain ourselves... It's another special episode, this time featuring the peeps at the mini-meetup celebrating zircon's birthday over the weekend in Baltimore. More on that later. For now? You vote. Yes.
[03:54] It's time for the first ever VGDJ trivia contest... But this is not just any contest. Oh no. It's the first official "VGDJ Awkward Trivia Giveaway"! We'll be asking a series of questions over the next few shows, with one winner per week. This week, the prize is a signed copy of SGX's new album "Chroma" as well as his second album "Better Than Sliced Beats." All you need to do is send us an email by Thursday (vgdjpodcast@gmail.com) answering the weekly question. This week's question is: What does one use knives for here on VGDJ? Who said it, and on what episode? Oh, and don't forget - to help us select the winner, you need to tell us an embarassing (but amusing) anecdote of some kind that we can tell all our listeners. Hop to it!
[07:12] The Rama Report: CompoST 62 has occured with the theme of "dogfight"; Skrypnyk was the de-facto winner. Over at the OCR forums, the OCR moves tournament has begun. Remix: ThaSauce has implemented a tagging system to help with categorization of remixes on the site. Lastly, DJ Siamey has released a work-in-progress of a Pirates of the Caribbean song.
[10:47] ReMix Review: From Mega Man 6: 'Fortress of the Knight' by Vurez ... We were a bit on the fence over this one. Vurez never fails to bring superb production values to his ReMixes, and he has been one of the few people to cover the relatively unpopular MM6 soundtrack, but stylistically this mix wasn't quite our cup of tea. However, that isn't to say it's not a very high-quality song with a strong arrangement, so check it out for yourselves and see what you think!
[13:05] ReMix Review: From Secret of Mana: 'Dark Star Scherzo' by Jormungand ... Call it techno-bias but OCR just doesn't have all that many solo piano ReMixes in comparison to everything else, so it was refreshing to hear a well-done solo piano mix by a new ReMixer in the scene. This track really builds on the original and is expertly sequenced (performed, if you will) and earns a glowing recommendation from us.
[16:28] The Compo Report: There are but two competitions in the report this week. TOMC14 and PRC70.
[18:06] The date and time for our Otakon panel has been finalized: August 4th at 10am. While we aren't quite thrilled with such an early timeslot, we encourage everyone who plans on attending the con to visit the panel, which will have plenty of good audio/visual... goodness.
[19:55] The Meetup Report: Liontamer has started a thread detailing all of the OCR meetups, but he needs some help filling it out. If you have any information or pictures from previous meetups, check out the thread and post 'em. The Australia meetup in Sydney is finalized for Saturday, July 1st at the town hall steps, and the attendees are armed to the teeth with silverware, video games, electronics, and all that good stuff. Info on Perth and Brisbane meetups can be found in the same thread. The Otakon meetup is still happening (in addition to the panel, no less). Finally, Saskatchewan meetups are being discussed; can't forget about those!
[24:55] Russian ReMix Roulette: Well, well! This week's roulette certainly went in our favor (zircon note: I attribute it to my excellent dice skills)! The perennial favorite 'Love Hurts' by djpretzel from the game Sonic the Hedgehog was selected. Go us :D
[32:08] It's meetup merriment in Maryland! TristorTrucido, Benzo, djpretzel, Liontamer, D-Lux, GeoffreyTaucer, MythrilNazgul, and Moguda join zircon and pixietricks for an evening of lollygagging at pixietricks' apartment. Liontamer and D-Lux offer their thoughts on hosting their own radio shows, VG Frequency and Very Good Music (VGM) respectively. Of course, our carefully structured interview session rapidly turns into a Lover Reef singalong, led by Liontamer and his beautiful singing voice. Little else needs to be said about this most awe-inspiring display of raw talent.
[47:13] We out. The meetup was a blast (zircon says: "I certainly had fun!") and Larry and Benzo even helped us in giving the closing contact info (vote plz)! Thanks for tuning in, and we look forward to hearing your trivia contest entries. (cue villainish laugh)
[49:09] VOICEMAIL: LoChoco, Abadoss, LoChoco (again), and Upthorn.
[52:25] [stinger] ... kawaii!!!! ^.^;;;
Background music used in Episode 046, in order of appearance:
- Kirby Superstar 'Floating Islands of Grand Beach Manitoba' by Double A Ron
- Mega Man 3 'Magnet Man Goes West' by Disco Dan
- Sonic the Hedgehog 'Bonus Retreat' by McVaffe
- Mega Man 3 'Gemini Salsa' by McVaffe
- Azumanga Daioh stuff
- Voices of a Distant Star 'Shine' by Fray
- Super Mario Bros 'Mario'sTropicalParadise' by Dr. Fruitcake
- Tetris 'McVaffe Quasi UltiMix' by McVaffe
- "Tron the Grasslands" from the We Love Katamari OST
- Zelda64 'HawaiiShoppi'n' by NoppZ
- Star Ocean 'Summertime' by Hale-Bopp
- Super Mario Bros. 2 'Gypsy Jazz' by Adrian Holovaty
- Final Fantasy 7 'AerisSummerSamba' by Lau
- Street Fighter Alpha 2 'Dan's Ice Cream Truck' by Joshua Morse and po! (voicemail)
