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| Saturday, August 27th, 2011 | | 4:48 pm |
. "it is what it is, completely epic and totally priceless, u know?" | | Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011 | | 6:33 am |
| | Saturday, April 23rd, 2011 | | 6:13 pm |
SONY Chairman and co-developer of Compact Disc format with PHILIPS Corp. passes away
. Classical music enthusiast Norio Ohga was set to pursue a career as a baritone opera singer when Sony co-founders Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita, intrigued by his complaints about the sound quality of Sony tape recorders, recruited him to the company. He would later go on to co-develop the compact disc that we still know and use today. Love of music steered the former Sony chairman's career and in turn, he transformed the Japanese electronics maker into a global software and entertainment empire. The company president and chairman from 1982 to 1995, Ohga died Saturday in Tokyo of multiple organ failure, Sony said. He was 81. During the research and development process of the then new format, Ohga insisted that the CD be designed at 12 centimeters (4.8 inches) in diameter - or 75 minutes worth of music - to store Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in its entirety on a single disc.  From the start, Ohga recognized the potential of the CD's superior sound quality. In the 1970s, when Ohga insisted CDs would eventually replace record albums, skeptics scoffed. Herbert von Karajan, Stevie Wonder and Herbie Handcock spoke up in defense of Sony's digital sound. Sony sold the world's first CD in 1982 and CDs overtook Lp record sales in Japan five years later. The specifications are still followed today and fostered the devices developed since. Sony started amid the destruction and poverty after World War II and built itself on the popularity of transistor radios, the Walkman, the Trinitron TV, the CD - shaping the history of modern electronics. Despite its many successes, Sony has encountered difficulty in recent years, falling behind in flat-panel TVs to rivals like Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea, as well as in digital music players to Apple Inc. It still remains unique in that it owns Hollywood studio Columbia Pictures, a music recording business (the Columbia Records and SME labels), and its successful PlayStation video game consoles and software, though critics note that Sony has never fully realized the benefits of owning both electronics and entertainment divisions. Ohga is survived by his wife, Midori. A Sony press release stated that a private wake will be held later. | | Sunday, February 20th, 2011 | | 8:57 am |
| | Thursday, January 13th, 2011 | | 3:25 am |
NO FATE
. things start falling into place when you don't give a fuck about every little detail anymore Current Mood:  thoughtful | | Wednesday, January 12th, 2011 | | 9:38 pm |
. ...TEAR DOWN THE FUCKIN WALL
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| | Thursday, January 6th, 2011 | | 3:57 am |
Today is...
. ... ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) wring's Birthday!! I wish you all the best, Wendy, for 2011 and the next 211 years to come. Ok that wasn't the best joke, but seriously, you are the bee's knees! <3 <3   Current Mood:  Happy Birthday!! | | Wednesday, January 5th, 2011 | | 7:28 am |
The Walk
. (please listen while reading, but stop playback at 1:36, not intended to go further for this, replay if desired) I found myself walking again, as i usually do at night. I couldn't be sure if i was asleep or conscious, but i was walking. A long strip of highway loomed in front of my eyes, the painted white dividers stretching out into the endless distance. The sky was of the same dark purple hue i'd come to expect around this time of year, bleak and devoid of stars. A crecent moon callously hung over the mountain range beyond the reed fields that lined the sides of the road. There were no audible sounds at all except for my steady footsteps on the dark asphalt. I walked for what seemed only minutes at first, but it soon became clear that there were no other cars passing me by on this desolate path to nowhere. A slow wave of nausea and panic began flowing through my mind as i realized i was lost and trapped by complete isolation. But all i could continue to do was walk. I looked behind myself and saw nothing but pitch black emptiness, it was like staring into the depths of a bottomless well. So i kept walking, walking and hoping that soon i would find someone or something, anything, to help me find my way back. An hour of mindless hiking passed, and my feet began to feel numb. The sky had seemed to get darker, and my mind was beginning to lose its delicate balance. I was sure that the unflinching moon was staring down at me, waiting for me to collapse onto the pavement in a ball of gibbering hysteria. But i pressed on. I had no choice but to press on, i could not succumb to that horrible moon. Another hour slowly crept by, and as if some higher entity decided to forgive me, i could see a metallic blue sign began to appear out in the distance. My feet were like bricks now, but the sight of that sign made my head feel light. My heart began to beat faster. My pace had become automatic a long time ago, but the hopeful glimmer of the sheetmetal made my steps double in speed and i was soon only five yards away from my solace. I clumsily stumbled up to the sign, gasping for breath with my head hanging down. I finally caught up to my labored wheezing and looked up. There in front of me, in huge black letters, the sign read: - FUTURE'S CITY LIMITS -
- POPULATION: 0 - | | Tuesday, January 4th, 2011 | | 1:50 pm |
. Every camera every phone, all the cd's that you own, won't change the fact you're | | Sunday, January 2nd, 2011 | | 4:15 am |
. So how, uh... we asked Mr., we asked Missus Dik-shit.., what-the-con-di-tion, of thee apart-ments was like....Well they're a bit mucky HHHHHHHHhhhhhhh!!! Current Mood:  it's still funny | | Wednesday, December 29th, 2010 | | 8:09 pm |
| | Friday, December 24th, 2010 | | 3:09 pm |
| | Thursday, December 16th, 2010 | | 6:33 am |
. cause & effect cause & effect cause & effect cause & effect cause & effect cause & effect cause & then effect | | 5:07 am |
GOD casts FLARE GLARE
. life is too random lately, especially nyc ...they say that Times Square is the purest location in terms of the center of the universe, i wonder if it's true.... | | Wednesday, December 15th, 2010 | | 8:21 pm |
| | Monday, December 13th, 2010 | | 7:05 am |
Ring-a-ling-a-ling-ling, Ring-a-ling-a-ling-ling, Ring-a-ling...
. Mega-producer, some-times rapper and Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am often hears ringing in his ears, but it's not from the music he and his Grammy-award-winning band make. Will.i.am suffers from tinnitus, or what's commonly called ringing in the ears. He's one of many musicians who has suffered from the condition. Eric Clapton, Moby and even Beethoven all suffered from tinnitus too. "I don't know what silence sounds like any more," will.i.am told the British tabloid, The Sun. "Music is the only thing which eases my pain. I can't be still. Work calms me down. I can't be quiet as that's when I notice the ringing in my ears. There's always a beep there every day, all day. Like now. I don't know exactly how long I've had this but it's gradually gotten worse."  | | Friday, December 10th, 2010 | | 12:44 pm |
| | Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 | | 3:14 am |
DeadJournal
. And it's so appropriate 'cause she's indian | | Wednesday, December 1st, 2010 | | 9:12 am |
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