Vicente Perez

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Editor of trailers, films and other editable things. Science groupie. Thought I was a nerd, but I might be a dork.

I am also at @vinc, where I post about weird cars.

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Vicente Perez2d ago
Tasha Sounart 🎮🏰3d ago
"Why doesn't Pixar make original films? We're tired of sequels!" WELP https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/23/elio-gives-pixar-its-worst-ever-box-office-opening-despite-positive-reviews
Elio gives Pixar its worst ever box-office opening despite positive reviews

The studio’s low point reflects a global trend in which original ideas struggle against franchises and remakes

The Guardian
Vicente PerezJun 13
stux⚡Jun 13
That’s hot! 🥵
Show threadVicente PerezJun 8

@antoniopajarito Interesante. Tal vez si no hay otros insectos, como en interior, no es tan dañino. En cualquier caso, recomiendan mejor usar una trampa que se puede hacer con levadura, como esta:

https://www.thespruce.com/diy-mosquito-trap-6361668

How to Make a Mosquito Trap That Really Works

Stop mosquitoes with several options for DIY mosquito traps. Keep them away using yeast, vinegar, dry ice, a bottle, a bucket, or a box fan.

The Spruce
Vicente PerezJun 8

Despite being marketed against mosquitoes, bug zappers mostly kill moths and other beneficial pollinators. Mosquitoes are not attracted to light.

That is why the box can only show a drawing of a mosquito, but it does not mention the word even once.

Vicente PerezJun 8
Random Astronomy Pictures OTDJun 8

APOD from 2006-07-02

Tornado and Rainbow Over Kansas

Eric Nguyen captured a tornado framed by a rainbow in Kansas. The white funnel extends from a storm cloud, with sunlight highlighting nearby buildings and forming the rainbow. Hail streaks are visible around the high winds. Safety tip: seek shelter, don't outrun tornadoes.

HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060702.html

Vicente PerezJun 5
Old L.A. PhotosJun 5
U.C.L.A. campus at time of opening, view 4 https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/101389
Vicente PerezJun 1
Daniel P. AldrichMay 31
Vicente PerezMay 31
Tim BrayMay 30

Scientists Capture Sharpest Images Ever of Sun's Corona | PetaPixel https://petapixel.com/2025/05/30/scientists-capture-sharpest-images-ever-of-suns-corona/

There's video in there you might want to full-screen.

Scientists Capture Sharpest Images Ever of Sun's Corona

You've never seen the Sun like this.

PetaPixel
Vicente PerezMay 31

If true, this is one of the holy grails of cinema history…

https://www.avclub.com/jerry-lewis-the-day-the-clown-cried-found

Vicente PerezMay 31
kottke.orgMay 30
David Lynch’s estate auction, including cameras, clothes, books, memorabilia, megaphones, scripts, vinyl, furniture, coffee makers & grinders, art supplies, musical instruments, etc. https://www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/julien-s-auctions-turner-classic-movies-present-the-david-lynch-collection
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forestineMay 25
So Forbidden Planet is the first major film to have an all-electronic score. It was made by Bebe and Louis Barron who were not referred to as musicians so as not to offend the musicians' union and instead their score was described as "Electronic Tonalities". The sounds were created via circuits made by Louis. This was before commercial synthesizers existed. Early electronic music was mostly made with things like scientific test equipment, tone generators, home made circuits, or manipulated tape. #Monsterdon
Show threadforestineMay 25

There's a short documentary on their work available on Youtube

Forbidden Pioneers: The Film Music of Bebe and Louis Barron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM2lijr3OTA

#Monsterdon

Forbidden Pioneers: The Film Music of Bebe and Louis Barron

YouTube
Show threadforestineMay 25

Legacy
In synthesizers, a "patch" is kind of like a recipe for a sound or set of sounds. Synthesist Todd Barton coined a synth patch that many modular synthesists make at least once, named after the Krell in the film Forbidden Planet and trying to achieve the same vibe as those "electronic tonalities" by Louis and Bebe. There are many versions of the Krell Patch around. The patch consists of sources of random voltage and feedback loops

Todd Barton - Krell Music - The Patch
https://vimeo.com/48382205

#Monsterdon

Krell Muzak the patch

This is merely a video of "the patch" so those of you interested can see the settings and blinking lights ;-) The audio on this video really sucks due…

Vimeo
Show threadforestineMay 25

there is also a module called the Forbidden Planet. I have one :)

anyway i thought this might be interesting but didn't want to clog the feed with synth nerdery during the movie
#Monsterdon

Show threadTuckers Nuts Resist! 🇺🇦 May 25
@forestine
Eye, for one, welcome synth nerdery any time and any place Eye can get some, forestine!
Show threadRobot DiverMay 25

@forestine

When I was studying electronic music in university we had a Buchla in the lab. It was amazing.

Show threadforestineMay 25
@RobotDiver cooooool
Show threadRobot DiverMay 25

@forestine

An original too. It was so neat

Show threadforestineMay 25
@RobotDiver a lot of schools have forgotten amazing synths hanging around in closets
Show threadRobot DiverMay 25

@forestine

It's true!

Show threadbfuhrmanMay 25
@forestine That’s awesome! I teach the Krell Patch every year in my synthesis/sound design course but had somehow never seen that doc!
Show threadben morettiMay 25
@forestine fabulous soundtrack it is too
Show threadChris HarrisMay 25
@forestine Because of that classification, the Barrons were cheated out of an Oscar nomination for their work. IMO they should have won by a mile (instead, Alfred Newman's "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" won the academy award that year).
Show threadjnpegay, emphasis on the “gay”May 25
@headfirstonly @forestine the mad magazine guy?!
Show threadChris HarrisMay 25
@jepyang @forestine Haha, no, different guy!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Newman
Alfred Newman - Wikipedia

Show threadIan K TindaleMay 25
@forestine I reviewed that important and influential film

www.youtube.com/live/8EtwVcij7w8?si=GnOh4F1yk1HMBEw4 #FilmConnections
Forbidden Planet (1956) – Ian K Tindale’s film connections

YouTube
Show threadみやくモードMay 25
@forestine i love all the early electronic music history doing the #monsterdon music countdown each week has exposed me to
Show threadforestineMay 25
@ryan nice!