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Just posting here because I don’t know any other way to contact the show: On Apple Podcasts the episode titled ‘Ourang Medan’ audio is a reupload of the Sydney Ghost Hunters episode.
Simon, I have a channel idea for you: Get someone to animate your tangent stories. Call it Storytime with Simon. Gotta be years worth of content just sitting in your regular detours.
I feel like Pink Floyd is just one of those things where if you get it you get it and if you don’t you don’t. But if you do get it, it’s the most mind blowingly amazing thing you’ve ever heard. If you don’t get it though don’t call it stupid, it’s just not your thing
I was confused, I thought I was watching Brain Blaze, then thought I was watching Casual Criminalist. Then I realized it was this channel, which is even better because now they’re all converging on Simon’s loss of sanity!
Eventually the strongest organism wins out, and that is Business Blaze, now it's infecting Simon in all his works 😁 and I for one am extremely pleased by this. I edit to confirm my BB stance, It will forever be known as Business blaze to the OG primarily because it makes no sense as that fits well with the channel 😂
What could be more brilliant than: "You have to eat your meat. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat." That's my favourite Pink Floyd lyric and the one I use on my wife all the time.
"I'd like to get this channel up to two videos a week." Okay I like how Simon is an actual workaholic to the point where we should probably call someone but we're all just like "hee hoo fact boi funny"
Could Katie do a Decoding the Unknown on the "Khamar Daban Incident"? I would also enjoy it if Arnaldo wrote a script about "Missy Bevers" for Casual Criminalist & George wrote about "The Yuba County Five (AKA America's Dyatlov Pass) for Decoding the Unknown. I think those subjects would work great with their writing styles.
@@barbrishaw6883 Thanks. The Khamar Saban Incident happened near Dyatlov Pass, but at the same time is much different and stranger. There was a survivor that only made things weirder.
As a musician, Pink Floyd, while I enjoy them, is more of an acquired taste. Dark Side of the Moon is about the original lead singer going mad (Syd Barrett took too much acid). Fleetwood Mac's Rumors was written through breakups between band members. Simon, let me recommend Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn from their psychedelic era, which is much different than DSotM, or Wish You Were Here (also about Barrett, but made 2 years later in 1975). These albums are much different than Dark Side, as is The Wall. Mad props for enjoying Rumors though; that's regularly in my mix.
I admire your crusade to somehow shoe in a way to make a large group of people mad regardless of how off topic you have to go in nearly every video of yours I've ever watched. It's truly incredible.
It's alright Simon to not like Pink Floyd. We know that some people, no matter how wrinkly their brains may be, just don't get it. We forgive you. Though, it does make us a little sad
Love Kevin giving a shout-out to Danny. Also, love Simon *still* calling it Business Blaze (unless this was originally recorded… hell, like what 8-10 months ago?).
It seems like it was a while ago seeing as he also released a casual criminalist today written by Kevin and he talked about Kevin as if he's been helping out for a while.
Yeah, I caught that too - called it Business Blaze twice in this video. Idk if he’ll ever wrap his mind around the fact that he chose to change the name! 😆
I don't think pink Floyd is pretentious. I love listening to their albums end to end and just taking them on their face. Dark side of the moon is just a bunch of emotions for me.
It is a reference to original lead vocalist Sid Barrett, because he went kinda nuts. So sending a message to "old pink at the funny farm" would be sending a message to Sid at the mental hospital. Yea Sid had schizophrenia, and the pressure of touring and all the psychedelic drugs sent him over the edge.
I don't think it was anything to do with sending a message to Sid, or anyone else. I'd say it was an Easter egg reference to Pink, the main character in the Wall. The term 'funny farm' is quite derogatory and if you were referring to a friend or family member who was in a mental hospital, there's no way that anyone I know would refer to that person as being in 'the funny farm', and I can't see the band members referring to Sid in that way either.
@@JammyGit you might be correct, although I don't think so. See you are looking at it from a 2022 perspective, I on the other hand am looking at it through the lens of being alive at the time it was popular. It would have been very common to say to a friend "man, they are gonna cart you off to the funny farm", and no one would have batted an eye. Not to mention you're talking about guys in their mid twenties, they rag on each other all the time. You are looking at it from too sensitive of a frame of mind. We didn't used to be such easily offended little bitches.
The Pulse Art work was filmed in a farmer's field in the village of Stuntney Isle of Ely Cambridgeshire UK , the building in the distance between the two heads is Ely Cathedral. I was there when it was filmed .
Floyd and Fleetwood are two very different genres. I love both groups but wouldn't ever try comparing them. It would be like comparing a nice steak to a Cobb salad. Both are delicious but there's no basis on which to compare them. I Wish You Were Here is my favorite album but Great Gig in the Sky is probably my favorite song by them.
@@BohoStitcher Actually my Mom's the same. I personally like Animals the best, but my favorite song is Money, because its got a very good rhythm. Great to listen to when walking/exercising.
@@RCorvinus Were a rare breed of Floyd fans. Personally, I also like a lot of the stuff from right after Syd left. Obscured by Clouds, A Saucerful of Secrets, and Atom Heart Mother all have some great songs.
I LOVE this channel, I like all your channels Simon, but mysteries, and the heists, are my favorites. Please feel free to do many more uploads on this channel
Simon, you've missed out. Driving with the windows rolled down on a warm soft night through endless corn fields under the wide-open sky of the American Midwest, staring at the moon with Pink Floyd on the stereo ... it's not just a road trip. It's a mood.
You mention the treasure hunt/quiz book called "Masquerade". You really really should do an episode on the book and how the golden hare was eventually found. Bamber Gascoigne wrote a book about the whole thing. It is a great story. You could easily write an hour episode about it (on one of your many channels, (all of which I enjoy).)
Simon, some of us really like both Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac. Having said that, compared to Pink Floyd's sometimes meditational sounds, Fleetwood Mac is more like dance music.
I am chuckling at how many people my age would laugh their asses off hearing Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac coming up in any conversation pre internet. Love the controversy!
Forget the actual content, I would legit watch a 20-35 minute video of Simon advertising for Magic Spoon. Probably my favorite sponsor he does, and I don't even eat cereal. It just brings a certain type of energy to the ad read. As far as content goes, keep up the good work Fact Boy and crew!
Different people like different types of music. Part of why Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall feel so weird now is that there have been 30-40 years of people copying the successful parts. I think Dark Side of the Moon is so highly regarded is that it spent a _LONG_ time on the top 100 charts. Other highly regarded artists that were also active at the time of the Dark Side of the Moon include David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Marley etc.
Or maybe it's because the idea of listening to an entire album front to back is completely foreign in today's music. Run Like Hell loses a lot of meaning if you don't listen to everything beforehand. It's the journey, not the destination.
Kevin.... You're the BEST!! Is it possible you and Danny are related??? The ways you two torment Simon tickles me more than anything else I watch on RUclips!!! Thanks for sending me to watch this episode!!! Loved it! Especially the alliteration that completely foiled Simon. 😂🤣💜
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed. I am in no way related to Danny other than being a fan of Brain Blaze. I have an episode over on Casual Criminalist as well if you're looking for more!
Actually linguists have a pretty good idea how Latin sounded because Roman nerds and pedants obsessively wrote about bad accents and how letters were supposed to be pronounced.
Also through using the comparative method of historical linguistics - because Latin has so many modern daughter languages (French, Italian, Spanish, Romanian etc etc), linguists can compare these languages and theie pronunciation of words and work backwards. Based on well-established sound change patterns its possible to get a pretty good idea of what some long-dead languages actually sounded like. There's even a fairly strong consensus amongst the linguistics community as to the sounds of Proto Indo-European, the common ancestor of almost all European languages as well as many from much further afield - modern Hindi/Urdu (via Sanskrit) and many of the languages of Central Asia are also part of this family. PIE hasn't been spoken for probably 4000-5000 years.
I just want to say. I really love all your channels where you go off on tangents, and interact with your writers, and editors. It's a great formula. I've notice, now that theres casual criminalist, and decoding the unknown, I've fallen of watching business blaze (yes it will always be business blaze to me! Og business blaze for life). Because there's something great about the contrast of you against the dark topics, and also the deep skepticism of the mysterious topics. Idk I hope someone there sees this, I doubt it. Either way keep it up factboi!
Love that you did the Publius Enigma. Please consider doing a video on another internet mystery, Cicada 3301. It's not spooky necessarily, but the conspiracy theories around it are wild.
I just wrote a comment suggesting the same topic be explored!!! I'd like to see Simon's reaction to it considering it isn't some small thing by one guy, but a coordinated effort by a larger organization or company. Interesting nonetheless!
@@mikieswart There are a lot of famous Kevins, so I would never consider myself to be THE Kevin. But I am certainly the Kevin that wrote this script, as well as the latest episode of Decoding the Unknown!
The real point about Pink Floyd is that they did all their original works without modern tech, no digital. All the sound effects were analog or hand made, literally, and that might add to your understanding of the fandom.
Y’all should do an episode on Dorothy Eday, a British Egyptologist who claimed she was reincarnated. She supposedly knew things about the Temple of Seti the 1st that no one else could’ve known.
Hey Simon, thanks for the consistently great content! You make long days at the office much more bearable! Could you PLEASE make a video (Biographics or BB) about Guillaume Legentil? 18th Century French enthusiast scientist, he had a hilarious series of bad luck that made him miss the biggest collective scientific event ever, spent decades abroad to wait for the next iteration, missed it AGAIN, then came back home to a Bilbo situation, where none of his letters ever arrived home, and he had been declared dead in abstentia with his family fighting over his stuff. He had to go to trial to prove that he wasn't dead, WHICH HE LOST. And still he had a rather wholesome end of life, and his name now festures on the Eiffel Tower, along with the most important scientists of the time. Great material for a video imo!
Hilarious, Simon telling us about that underground band he just discovered called Fleetwood Mac. I can’t wait for Simon to tell us about another band he’s discovered that are named after an Air Ship, they’re called “Led Zeppelin”, pretty good band, worth a listen. Rumors sold 40 million albums Dark Side of the Moon 45 million. Only 9 albums have broke the 40 million sold mark, so they’re both kinda popular.
Simon, I got so mad at you for saying Pink Floyd sucks. Then I loved you again when you said Tenacious D is brilliant. A real rollercoaster ride, this episode.
You bring up wanting more internet mysteries, so I'm here to suggest one! As someone who's watched most Simon FactBoy videos I think Cicada 3301 would be great. I don't recall any videos on this channel directly about that topic. It's certainly interesting and would surprise Simon with its actual coordinated backers. It seems like a powerful organization and/or company sponsored it and is a classic internet mystery. If Simon already did this mystery please let me know so I can delete my comment out of shame!
@@ThatWriterKevin Absolutely! I watch more Simon than any other RUclips creator. Although he does operate half the channels. The writers along with Simon are an amazing mix! Plus Jen editing of course. :)
I was in the Gifted program starting in 3rd grade (8 years old), so I had access to a computer maybe 2 years later, in 1982 or so. I was pretty good at it too, only at age 15 I sustained a traumatic brain injury and my life ... shifted.
Welcome to the blazement- I mean, family, Kevin! Wonderful episode for us here, today. I'm a Pink Floyd fan, myself, so this was an interesting episode, presented in an engaging way. Hopefully Simon will trust you enough to do a raw read someday soon! I also enjoy listening to Fleetwood Mac, and I think they're both great for different moods.
@DtU Kevin Even more reason I really ought to subscribe to that channel, but the episode lengths are so intimidating. Ah well, I knew it would happen some day, and you just gave me a REALLY good reason to hop on over there! EDIT: Just popped over there, again, and the episodes aren't as consistently long as I thought they were. Looks like I know what I'm binge-watching for the next week or so!
This is what I remember about Pink Floyd : I was working in intensive care and a kid was admitted with a ruptured appendix. He’d been in pain all evening but refused to leave the concert til he had to be carried out. Now that’s a loyal fan !
14.4K modems? CompuServe? Sheesh! I can recall in college that the privileged few computer science students were permitted to use 300 baud modems to do their work. Most of us had to wait in line for the keypunch. Trying to compile or run your programs were limited. I had a 1200 baud terminal in my office working as a software engineer at a major computer company.
I remember writing batch files in DOS, as a tech support bod, I setup menus for staff which they thought was the height of amazing tech back then. If only they how easy it was to write the menus. I also remember having to manually shift programs around in RAM, that was a bit more difficult! Good lord, I'm old
@Wendy Woo I can relate. My first computer, in the early 80s, was a big mainframe at Texas Instruments where we wrote test programs for electronic circuits. We wrote them on punch cards in a proprietary language that resembled Fortan. I'm REALLY old.
My dad did animation on the Wall and Dark Side of the Moon. Worked for Ian Emes in his early twenties. Got 4 free tickets for that famous Knebworth performance in 1975 where the acoustics weren't set up properly.
14:00 I disagree on pink floyd sucking (preference is subjective though, I will agree it's not for everyone and it is hyped up a lot) but I do agree that most people only think of The Wall or Dark Side when they think of them, maybe Animals or Wish You Were Here; barely anyone seems to listen to their earlier stuff, even fewer know about the stuff they made when Syd Barrett was in the band, and most blow off the later stuff (The Wall took a toll on the band's already strained relationship, and waters left shortly after, resulting in the band's sound massively changing). To my knowledge prior to watching this no member of the band has confirmed that the publius enigma was a thing, and I believe David Gilmour (who was effectively the frontman at that point) outright refuted it as a thing from them. I guess it was a Record Company Stunt. I don't know how anyone would genuinely think Division Bell has a hidden message, it's really clear that the recurring motif in it is communication breakdown and misunderstanding causing division. Then again, people think the white album is about Paul being dead, people will come up with and believe anyway.
SIMON! This is awesome! You had been in a slump, but. It had been weeks since I enjoyed any of the vids you put out on any channel.. and then this one. Fact Boy is back! Out of his slump!
And can you please stop trying to sell me $10 boxes of cereal?? It just seems so disingenuous to hear someone who prides themselves on logic attempting to convince me $10 is worth it for $.50 of chemistry in a box. come on. son. step it up.
Simon & company: an episode of Decoding the unknown was released today (2/15/22) on Google podcasts entitled: "Death Ship: Ourang Medan" but it appears to be a re-upload of the Sydney quarantine station episode.
Fact Boi, Dark Side of the Moon came out in 1973, fully three years before Fleetwood Mac would breakthrough on to the US charts. Also, Dark Side of the Moon came out when the ideas of dropping acid and tripping out had finally reached middle America and getting high and listening to Dark Side of the Moon was the "in" to do. I won't argue that Fleetwood Mac's music has better "legs" than Pink Floyds does, it does, but Dark Side of the Moon really touched on the zeitgeist of the early to mid-1970s. I guess you just had to be there.
Just curious, Simon, it seems that your writers are often overwhelmed by the workload required for the massive amount of videos needed for a given channel, yet your editors seem to be able to handle the output of multiple channels with no problem (Jen handles this, Casual Criminalist, and occasionally Today I Found Out if I recall correctly, for instance). Just curious how such a mismatch is possible. I'm sure it's just a video production thing I don't understand, but I'm nevertheless curious haha
My guess is that the writers have to find the topic, research it and then write an entertaining script around it while the editors need to take the video Simon records and add in fitting images, sounds and other things. While both are hard, the latter has more to work with from the start. Edit: It also helps that some of the editing can be reused on occassion, though Jen doesn't seem to do that a lot, while the same can't be said for the scripts.
@@Lorekeeper72 kinda figured this was more or less the case, but it fascinates me all the same. I mean, I know these are probably poor comparisons but in school I've both written an essay (comparable, in my head at least though perhaps not in reality, to writing a script) and I've edited a short movie. Granted, the essays didn't involve nearly as much research as the scripts here likely do and the editing of a movie could probably go significantly faster if, oh, idk, the video I was working with was better than that of the quality that a bunch of high school students in first or second year video production can manage. It's also likely a lot easier to edit a script read rather than to edit a movie that involves digging through multiple takes of every scene to find the best camera angle and such for a given scene. Still though, the production amount combined with the quality of the videos in the relatively quite small amount of time will likely never cease to amaze me
I was in middle school when we got our first computer, used MS Dos. I remember all those first windows versions. I love both Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac. I remember all this stuff, and found it just as boring really. This is all like "ready player one" kind of thing - but in that book there was a great prize!
So, the first 12 minutes can be described as "How Simon became acquainted with the internet whilst growing up...." Later it becomes "Simon really hates Pink Floyd but has to do a video about them grudgingly."
Healthy food is always more expensive, sadly. It is absolutely delicious though, so if you're doing Keto it's nice to be able to have it. And I don't get free samples like Simon, I paid for it
I'm sure someone else must have mentioned this already but I'm not searching through 1000 comments to see. You must have heard of the Dark Side of the Moon played along with the Wizard of Oz matches up? Oddly (possibly more like coincidentally) enough, in SOME spots, it does. When the song "Us and Them" says "black and blue, and who knows which is which and who is who" You see the black witch at first, then the blue fairy lady.(sorry, remember if she's a fairy godmother or what....) You have to play the album 2 1/2 times through to match the movie length though, so sorry Simon, might want to sit this out. 😉 But, there were spots throughout the movie that matched the music. Sometimes it was the atmosphere that was created that matched, not the lyrics. Had the pleasure of enjoying the "experience" at The Plaza theater in Calgary years ago. The album Animals is my favourite. Love your stuff, Cheers
I was 14 when AOL hit the market....the descriptions are ACCURATE, lol. I actually get nostalgic when my water pipes squeal and sound like the dialup screech of old, lol!😂😂😂 Pink Floyd isnt everyones cup of tea, not a big fan, they put out a few good ones imo, Fleetwood Mac is EXTREMELY well loved and famous is the US amongst us of the old generation, with soooooo much great tunes!
Pink Floyd is hands down the most incredible band ever. Always ahead of its time and always outdoing everyone! Way ahead of the times! Best concert ever!
You said it Maureen. Too bad not everyone enjoys them to the extent the millions of loyal fans do. Absolutely best live show EVER. I was in the "sea of faces" of Birmingham AL, May 1, 1994. On my daughter's birth certificate it says "Julia Dream" for her first and middle name. I am a die hard Floyd fan, and this was a cool episode. I just don't see how Simon and others cannot stand my favorite group of fellow musicians. Anyone who understands and plays has to at least respect the fact that Syd, David, Roger, Rick and Nick are MUSICAL GENIUSES!!! The Dark Side of the Moon obliterated anyone else's record stay on Billboard with over 700 weeks in the top 100.🎹
I remember my first computer that was a Texas instrument that was just a terminal with BASIC. Also had a game cartridge slot. Then I got a Dell sold in Sam's Club for $1000 down the road in High school. That's when I really got in trouble. Learned how to program in Turbo Pascel. Loved DOS and OS/2, plus in Middle School we had Macintosh computer lab.
@@timzyaboi3784 I mean, everyone is entitled to their opinion, yes? Don't get me wrong, as I've got no skin the game as to whether or not a given cereal is worth the price, but still, can't knock anyone for liking or disliking a particular food item lol. Plus, can't fault Simon for taking a particular sponsor. I've got no reason to believe he's lying about it (see business, er, brain blaze and his repeated references to RAID SHADOW LEGENDS! and how he'd essentially never take a sponsor from them regardless of the massive chunk of cash they offer him). I've got no reason to believe he doesn't actually enjoy his Magic Spoon cereal. Doesn't mean I'd like it, but still, doesn't mean he doesn't like it!
@@ryanc473 Agreed. Also, as a consumer who has switched to the ketogenic diet, I’m so much healthier since cutting sugar. And seed oils out of my diet, and I eat so much less. I wouldn’t mind paying $10 for a box honestly. Quality food is expensive, but eating so much less without the sugar it kinda balances out over time.
@@BohoStitcher I get what you mean. Like I said before, I'm not really in a position to judge the value of the product myself, but I don't think it's right to bash someone just because they happen to enjoy a healthy cereal (at least, healthy-ish, debates about what makes something "healthy" are irrelevant to my point. The part that matters is purely that the company (Magic Spoon) is attempting to market their cereal as healthy cereal). For all any of us know Simon would happily pay $100 a box. Value is largely in the eyes of the purchaser, and again, I've got no problem with a youtuber like Simon recommending a product that presumably he, himself, likes. Sure, he gets paid to do it, but that's how we get to watch these videos for free. It's the magic (no pun intended) of capitalism
I agree with you about Pink Floyd! I can't believe you have just recently listened to Fleetwood Mac! You should also listen to Heart, Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Ship, Pat Benatar, Steely Dan, The Eagles and Tom Petty! We have some great American Rock musicians! The 70's had great music! My high school years and the music helped make it an even better time to live! The music is still popular!
Kevin referenced Danny twice, 1st the imitation long intro 😘👌and finally the tongue twister with the "P" words which I was surprised Simon didn't catch onto that's another 😘👌
17:55 The "phone operator" thing Kevin mentioned was less a "prank" and more an attempt to get an honest reaction for the purposes of the story they were telling. The song "Nobody Home" from The Wall tells the story of how Pink would call his house and nobody would answer and so they recorded a phone call made from California to London wherein the phone operator (all international calls in the 70s went through operators) calls England and says, "this is the US calling, i have a phone call FROM Mr Floyd TO Mrs Floyd, is she there?" The man who answers hangs up without answering. She tries a second time and again he hangs up. And she says, totally sincerely, "he keeps hanging up. There's a man answering. IS THERE SUPPOSED TO BE A MAN ANSWERING?" And that one snippet from the call sets the stage for Pink's nervous breakdown described in the subsequent songs of the album. It's, again, BRILLIANT. Fleetwood Mack was alright (if you like songs about cocaine fueled orgies or over-sexed female pederasts - go ahead and look up the lyrics for the song EDGE OF SEVENTEEN if you think I'm overstating this), but Pink Floyd wrote music for the common man watching their youth and dreams drip away one day at a time. 21:00 Oh Kevin, you've learned well, young padawan! Simon LOVES alliteration and he NEVER fails at it! LMAO!
@@jimcappa6815 unintentionally, she was perfect for the part. I think i read that she didn't even get paid nor credit cause they couldn't figure out who she was... that might be apocryphal though.
@@jimcappa6815 a couple of Google searches later and i have more info and some confirmation. From a 2010 thread: "In the Comfortably Numb-A History of "The Wall" book, James Guthrie wonders if the operator ever recognized herself. She's never come forward. Chris Fitzmorris did not ask for a royalty, but Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle) approached the band, asked for a royalty and received it."
@@codylor3884 the movie was a departure from the actual album concept. Roger Waters politics were very divisive within the band and, while they all wrote the album based on Waters own sinking into a psychotic rage in 1977 against his own fans, culminating in a physical assault at a concert in Montreal when Waters spit in face of a fan and went off like Pink in the movie about the audience being a-holes for letting off fireworks. Gilmore was ambivalent about Rogers leaving Floyd but Richard Wright was happy about being done with the rage-aholic.
@@ThatWriterKevin Woohoo. I LOVED the funny writing and are really looking forward to more exciting episodes. (As long as they aren't about Hello Kitty or in that area.)
Simon, you are so incredibly wrong about Floyd v. Fleetwood. I had to listen to both ad nauseum as we didn't have all the choices we have now. As of the 100k-th listen to both, I have to say Floyd takes me to places Fleetwood Mac never have and never could. This is not to damn Fleetwood Mac, it's great music, but Pink Floyd offers more.
"Super-high Scouse." Also, Fleetwood Mac was the Livejournal and Tumblr drama-pit of the 70s. Half their songs are about how much they hate each other, and it's amazing.
The Fleetwood Mac of the time of DSOTM was great, but it was 7 yrs before Rumours. That said and with all respect to Peter Green and FactBoi here, Pink Floyd is so far superior to any iteration of Fleetwood Mac. Fight me
9:54 Simon, you're exactly right about the crazy march of technology. The 56k (kbps or 1000 bits/second) was the successor to 28.8kbps and that succeeded the 14.4kbps (aka 2400 baud; 1 baud = 8bps) which was an upgrade from 1200 baud which was the standard for several years... if the numbers seem to not add up, understand it's a logarithmic scale... anyway, when I was 16 (literally the year you were born 1987), my brother bought our first "hard drive" and it was a marvel. And by "marvel", I mean holy hell, it was HUGE, it produced enough heat to fry an egg, was the size of the Oxford English dictionary, and cost an arm and a leg. In fact, 1985 was the year when storage price dropped and the whole tech revolution got ramped up. In 1984, the price of memory was over $500/MB but it had sunk by 1985 to just over $30. And by 1987, it was only $14/MB so our 20MB hard drive was nearly $300 (which in 1987 was extraordinarily expensive). But technologically, it opened the door to so much. In fact, 35 years later, the things i learned then as a kid trying not to break my psychotic older brother's computer, helped build my decades long career in IT. I don't miss those days but at least I can laugh thinking about the look on my dad's face when he saw the telephone bill i racked up the time I found an international number and dialed in on my little 300 baud modem into a West German bbs for Pravda newspaper! Oh my God, he was soooo pissed. And I had no idea what Pravda was at the time but I guess I'm lucky we didn't get a knock at the door from the feds. 11:30 In the first script, i can already say I LOVE KEVIN! Paying homage to the LEGEND Danny Salter.
That is so cool actually haha. An hdd the size of a sideways-sitting desk tower you'd find in a classroom. The 80s was ridiculous when it comes to technology prices.
"The 56k (kbps or 1000 bits/second) was the successor to 28.8kbps and that succeeded the 14.4kbps " There were some 33.6 kbps modems for a short while, but they weren't very common before the 56k came out. Also, most phone lines couldn't actually support full 56k speeds, with 53k supposedly being the theoretical limit for a lot of the technology. I know in my experience, any connections faster than 48k or so were just about unheard of.
Totally agree that Fleetwood Mac is a very underappreciated band. Lindsay Buckhingham is an amazing guitarist, but apparently also hard to get along with (at least his fellow band members seemed to think so). As for Pink Floyd... I think you have to be in the "correct" mindset to appreciate them. Dark Side of the Moon was indeed pretty ground breaking in its day (quadrophonic recording, varied prog-rock and experimental stuff), and because of that, they got a reputation, and a following amongst often, the more pretentious music aficionados.
This is the first I have heard of this ‘puzzle’ so I am happy to hear of it for one main reason. My first proper experience with Magic Mushrooms provided me with a profoundly memorable, albeit temporary, understanding and total enjoyment of the Whole Dark Sode of the Moon album. It was the first and only time I truly enjoyed every song as the album was set to softly play on repeat over my friends stereo in their living room after they went to bed. I didn’t even realize I had been listening to it until I realized I could not only understand every lyric, but also discern something like a multi-pard story progression. Even though it seemed like I ‘heard’ different parts of subsequent repeats, somehow for a short time before coming down enough to sleep, I felt like I understood the answers to to meaning of life and every other philosophical question from past present and future. Yeah, I know I was definitely high, so who knows? Obviously and inconveniently, the next morning brought sobriety and the same confusion and disappointment that always accompanied my hearing Pink Floyd’s music every single other time. Though I definitely do have a much greater appreciation for their music since, I haven’t tried to recreate that experience. Somehow I don’t believe I could get to that ‘trip’ again, it would certainly be different. Perhaps one day, I’ll get to truly enjoy Puck Floyd in a similar fashion, and if that ever happens and somehow I am given the solutions to this puzzle, I will certainly tell you all about it.
Man, applying for college seems difficult in other places. In Belgium, I just went to the university, showed them my high school diploma, and enrolled. It's that easy unless you're going for medical or engineering or something, where people's lives depend on you. In those cases, there's an entrance exam where you get materials to study beforehand, and at the exam you get asked questions that are relevant to the study (write an essay about yourself? Charity work? Who cares? *Will you make a good doctor?* Are you capable of stuffing a thousand pages into your head inside of a few days and still remember a month later? Do you have diagnostic skills? Derivation, logic, a bit of out-of-the-box thinking? Yeah? Come right on in.)
The cold read it is really important and honestly makes everything. Because I couldn't finish this one with all the spoilers from Simon already having read it
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Just posting here because I don’t know any other way to contact the show: On Apple Podcasts the episode titled ‘Ourang Medan’ audio is a reupload of the Sydney Ghost Hunters episode.
I finally gave in and ordered 4 boxes. This is what I get for Simons dedication and being out of my adhd meds for 3 days.
Why do they make me listen to you eating I hate that
honey and graham crackers it tastes like biscuit because it is. lol
Simon, I have a channel idea for you:
Get someone to animate your tangent stories. Call it Storytime with Simon. Gotta be years worth of content just sitting in your regular detours.
oooh, i like this
i might watch this
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
would watch for sure
Omg and/or have a different animator so it's like OVA, rotoscoping, cgi Muppets, bruuuuuu
I feel like Pink Floyd is just one of those things where if you get it you get it and if you don’t you don’t. But if you do get it, it’s the most mind blowingly amazing thing you’ve ever heard. If you don’t get it though don’t call it stupid, it’s just not your thing
Prog Rock just ain't for everyone.
Too bad he'll never become comfortably numb
Hah! Nice reference.
Well tbf, Simon called face off a great movie... so his tastes are very lacking in general.
I was confused, I thought I was watching Brain Blaze, then thought I was watching Casual Criminalist. Then I realized it was this channel, which is even better because now they’re all converging on Simon’s loss of sanity!
Because *he's* the one trapped in the basement.
Eventually the strongest organism wins out, and that is Business Blaze, now it's infecting Simon in all his works 😁 and I for one am extremely pleased by this. I edit to confirm my BB stance, It will forever be known as Business blaze to the OG primarily because it makes no sense as that fits well with the channel 😂
Complete loss of sanity… Did an Englishman just say he thought Pink Floyd was crap?
Lmfao I get the channels fucked up too
@@robanybody4064 hahaha AWESOME...
What could be more brilliant than: "You have to eat your meat. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat." That's my favourite Pink Floyd lyric and the one I use on my wife all the time.
Simon, it’s been almost 10 minutes and I have no idea what this is about. You’re lucky I love you
Thank you. I skipped ahead.
😆😆😆
"I'd like to get this channel up to two videos a week." Okay I like how Simon is an actual workaholic to the point where we should probably call someone but we're all just like "hee hoo fact boi funny"
“Always assume mics are hot.”
I wish this episode came out before I started my telephone sales career. 😂
I remember when computers filled a room and was literally debugged, and punch cards were used. Simon makes me feel old.
Could Katie do a Decoding the Unknown on the "Khamar Daban Incident"? I would also enjoy it if Arnaldo wrote a script about "Missy Bevers" for Casual Criminalist & George wrote about "The Yuba County Five (AKA America's Dyatlov Pass) for Decoding the Unknown. I think those subjects would work great with their writing styles.
All brilliant topics, commenting here to boost this!
@@Fuchswinter +1, fully agreed
Absolutely! These would be fabulous topics. C'mon Simon, make it happen Fact Boy!
@@barbrishaw6883 Thanks. The Khamar Saban Incident happened near Dyatlov Pass, but at the same time is much different and stranger. There was a survivor that only made things weirder.
@@Fuchswinter Thank you! I also tried to match the topics to the right channel and writer.
Kevin's writing is a solid match to this channel's tone and to Simon's delivery style; really looking forward to a true cold read from this pair.
Amen!
There was a true cold read over on Casual Criminalist the same day this went up!
Simon's tangent about Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd, says soooo much about Simon as a person.
Yes I now have much respect for Simon, and what he does. Zero respect for his taste in music.
He definitely can't call himself a nerd if doesn't like Pink Floyd and likes Fleetwood Mac. Ugh, I'll bet he would like Steely Dan.
@@themoviedealers All three of those bands are good and anyone trying to talk down on anyone else for musical taste is a bellend.
@@RHCole you sir have clearly never heard of insane clown posse 🤢
Fleetwood Mac probably out coked the Floyd. Perhaps.
As a musician, Pink Floyd, while I enjoy them, is more of an acquired taste. Dark Side of the Moon is about the original lead singer going mad (Syd Barrett took too much acid). Fleetwood Mac's Rumors was written through breakups between band members.
Simon, let me recommend Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn from their psychedelic era, which is much different than DSotM, or Wish You Were Here (also about Barrett, but made 2 years later in 1975). These albums are much different than Dark Side, as is The Wall.
Mad props for enjoying Rumors though; that's regularly in my mix.
I admire your crusade to somehow shoe in a way to make a large group of people mad regardless of how off topic you have to go in nearly every video of yours I've ever watched. It's truly incredible.
That's what we love most about Simon ❤️.
It's alright Simon to not like Pink Floyd. We know that some people, no matter how wrinkly their brains may be, just don't get it. We forgive you. Though, it does make us a little sad
He just didn't listen to the right songs, I think.
Yep, doesn't get Pink Floyd, prefers "Rumours" era Mac to the Peter Green era...Simon, PLEASE don't take up music criticism next. 😉
And a bit 😳
He needs to listen to wish you were here and animals before deciding.
Well I think he should try pre dark side. The earlier stuff.
Love Kevin giving a shout-out to Danny.
Also, love Simon *still* calling it Business Blaze (unless this was originally recorded… hell, like what 8-10 months ago?).
It seems like it was a while ago seeing as he also released a casual criminalist today written by Kevin and he talked about Kevin as if he's been helping out for a while.
@@deadseven3474 Not nearly 8-10 months, but I've got a lot more coming!
@@ThatWriterKevin Yooooooooo! Awesome, I loved both of these episodes.
Yeah, I caught that too - called it Business Blaze twice in this video. Idk if he’ll ever wrap his mind around the fact that he chose to change the name! 😆
@@deadseven3474 Thanks! Much appreciated
I don't think pink Floyd is pretentious. I love listening to their albums end to end and just taking them on their face. Dark side of the moon is just a bunch of emotions for me.
It is a reference to original lead vocalist Sid Barrett, because he went kinda nuts. So sending a message to "old pink at the funny farm" would be sending a message to Sid at the mental hospital. Yea Sid had schizophrenia, and the pressure of touring and all the psychedelic drugs sent him over the edge.
I don't think it was anything to do with sending a message to Sid, or anyone else. I'd say it was an Easter egg reference to Pink, the main character in the Wall.
The term 'funny farm' is quite derogatory and if you were referring to a friend or family member who was in a mental hospital, there's no way that anyone I know would refer to that person as being in 'the funny farm', and I can't see the band members referring to Sid in that way either.
@@JammyGit you might be correct, although I don't think so. See you are looking at it from a 2022 perspective, I on the other hand am looking at it through the lens of being alive at the time it was popular. It would have been very common to say to a friend "man, they are gonna cart you off to the funny farm", and no one would have batted an eye. Not to mention you're talking about guys in their mid twenties, they rag on each other all the time. You are looking at it from too sensitive of a frame of mind. We didn't used to be such easily offended little bitches.
@@JammyGit I believe the character in the wall was, in fact, Sid Barrett, and it was about when he was flipping out.
Syd
@@c.e.anderson558 ok
The Pulse Art work was filmed in a farmer's field in the village of Stuntney Isle of Ely Cambridgeshire UK , the building in the distance between the two heads is Ely Cathedral.
I was there when it was filmed .
Floyd and Fleetwood are two very different genres. I love both groups but wouldn't ever try comparing them. It would be like comparing a nice steak to a Cobb salad. Both are delicious but there's no basis on which to compare them.
I Wish You Were Here is my favorite album but Great Gig in the Sky is probably my favorite song by them.
You like Wish better than Dark Side?! I’m not sure I’ve ever heard that! Interesting!
@@BohoStitcher Actually my Mom's the same. I personally like Animals the best, but my favorite song is Money, because its got a very good rhythm. Great to listen to when walking/exercising.
@@BohoStitcher I do. Dark Side is excellent but Wish will always have my heart.
@@PauloGarcia-sp5ws Animals is my fav as well.
@@RCorvinus Were a rare breed of Floyd fans. Personally, I also like a lot of the stuff from right after Syd left. Obscured by Clouds, A Saucerful of Secrets, and Atom Heart Mother all have some great songs.
I LOVE this channel, I like all your channels Simon, but mysteries, and the heists, are my favorites. Please feel free to do many more uploads on this channel
Danny in a future Blaze: “…like when I once had this job writing cryptic messages for this Pink Floyd media stunt under the pseudonym ‘Publius.’”
Simon, you've missed out. Driving with the windows rolled down on a warm soft night through endless corn fields under the wide-open sky of the American Midwest, staring at the moon with Pink Floyd on the stereo ... it's not just a road trip. It's a mood.
Good job Kevin 🥳. I'd like some more stories of drunken David...at Port Arthur would be good. More ghost hunting please 😊
Agreed. I enjoyed the in-jokes from Simon's other channels, too.
You mention the treasure hunt/quiz book called "Masquerade". You really really should do an episode on the book and how the golden hare was eventually found. Bamber Gascoigne wrote a book about the whole thing. It is a great story. You could easily write an hour episode about it (on one of your many channels, (all of which I enjoy).)
Simon, some of us really like both Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac. Having said that, compared to Pink Floyd's sometimes meditational sounds, Fleetwood Mac is more like dance music.
Publius was also the pseudonym used by the writers of the Federalist Papers back in the 1780s in the then young US.
I am chuckling at how many people my age would laugh their asses off hearing Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac coming up in any conversation pre internet. Love the controversy!
Forget the actual content, I would legit watch a 20-35 minute video of Simon advertising for Magic Spoon. Probably my favorite sponsor he does, and I don't even eat cereal. It just brings a certain type of energy to the ad read. As far as content goes, keep up the good work Fact Boy and crew!
450 word intro Kevin?! Rookie numbers my dear friend. Let's pump them up. I want to see Simon read a 9 page intro to a 3 page video 🤣
I second this! 😄
13:55 I feel like a lot of people wouldn't know good music nowadays especially, if it was blaring like a tornado siren in their ears
Different people like different types of music. Part of why Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall feel so weird now is that there have been 30-40 years of people copying the successful parts. I think Dark Side of the Moon is so highly regarded is that it spent a _LONG_ time on the top 100 charts.
Other highly regarded artists that were also active at the time of the Dark Side of the Moon include David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Marley etc.
Or maybe it's because the idea of listening to an entire album front to back is completely foreign in today's music. Run Like Hell loses a lot of meaning if you don't listen to everything beforehand. It's the journey, not the destination.
@@spddiesel very true. Also, some chemical assistance might be required to truly appreciate Pink Floyd.
@@hokutoulrik7345 if not required, definitely appreciated 😉
If you just lie down and turn the lights off while listening, you'll feel high anyway, no chemicals required.
Kevin.... You're the BEST!! Is it possible you and Danny are related??? The ways you two torment Simon tickles me more than anything else I watch on RUclips!!! Thanks for sending me to watch this episode!!! Loved it! Especially the alliteration that completely foiled Simon. 😂🤣💜
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed. I am in no way related to Danny other than being a fan of Brain Blaze. I have an episode over on Casual Criminalist as well if you're looking for more!
Actually linguists have a pretty good idea how Latin sounded because Roman nerds and pedants obsessively wrote about bad accents and how letters were supposed to be pronounced.
Yes the OG pedants. Humans haven't changed much.
Their patron saint is Cicero
I hate to even say this, but Simon might have meant Ancient Egyptian.
Oh Jesus.
Also through using the comparative method of historical linguistics - because Latin has so many modern daughter languages (French, Italian, Spanish, Romanian etc etc), linguists can compare these languages and theie pronunciation of words and work backwards. Based on well-established sound change patterns its possible to get a pretty good idea of what some long-dead languages actually sounded like. There's even a fairly strong consensus amongst the linguistics community as to the sounds of Proto Indo-European, the common ancestor of almost all European languages as well as many from much further afield - modern Hindi/Urdu (via Sanskrit) and many of the languages of Central Asia are also part of this family. PIE hasn't been spoken for probably 4000-5000 years.
I just want to say. I really love all your channels where you go off on tangents, and interact with your writers, and editors. It's a great formula.
I've notice, now that theres casual criminalist, and decoding the unknown, I've fallen of watching business blaze (yes it will always be business blaze to me! Og business blaze for life). Because there's something great about the contrast of you against the dark topics, and also the deep skepticism of the mysterious topics.
Idk I hope someone there sees this, I doubt it. Either way keep it up factboi!
Love that you did the Publius Enigma. Please consider doing a video on another internet mystery, Cicada 3301. It's not spooky necessarily, but the conspiracy theories around it are wild.
I just wrote a comment suggesting the same topic be explored!!! I'd like to see Simon's reaction to it considering it isn't some small thing by one guy, but a coordinated effort by a larger organization or company. Interesting nonetheless!
Be sure to grab a snack before watching that episode when it comes out, because it may or may not be 26 pages
@@dannykassmieh1198 that'd be the best part
@@ThatWriterKevin wait, are you ~the~ kevin?
@@mikieswart There are a lot of famous Kevins, so I would never consider myself to be THE Kevin. But I am certainly the Kevin that wrote this script, as well as the latest episode of Decoding the Unknown!
5 minutes in Simon is still searching how to pronounce the title. That’s why I love this show
Had the immense pleasure of seeing this display of publius at a Pink Floyd concert 😁
The real point about Pink Floyd is that they did all their original works without modern tech, no digital. All the sound effects were analog or hand made, literally, and that might add to your understanding of the fandom.
Y’all should do an episode on Dorothy Eday, a British Egyptologist who claimed she was reincarnated. She supposedly knew things about the Temple of Seti the 1st that no one else could’ve known.
That would be amazing. She is a fascinating woman, but with the “paranormal” connect I’m not sure how he would handle it. Might be interesting.
I'll be sure to check it out and see if there's any real mystery there!
I think thoughty2 did one…
@@planetdisco4821 idk who thoughty2 is, but this episode is coming!
Very cool. Thank you Kevin!
Rumors is an excellent album. In the US I think both bands are famous in their own way. I personally have love for both.
Hey Simon, thanks for the consistently great content! You make long days at the office much more bearable!
Could you PLEASE make a video (Biographics or BB) about Guillaume Legentil?
18th Century French enthusiast scientist, he had a hilarious series of bad luck that made him miss the biggest collective scientific event ever, spent decades abroad to wait for the next iteration, missed it AGAIN, then came back home to a Bilbo situation, where none of his letters ever arrived home, and he had been declared dead in abstentia with his family fighting over his stuff. He had to go to trial to prove that he wasn't dead, WHICH HE LOST. And still he had a rather wholesome end of life, and his name now festures on the Eiffel Tower, along with the most important scientists of the time.
Great material for a video imo!
Sounds absolutely amazing!
Hilarious, Simon telling us about that underground band he just discovered called Fleetwood Mac.
I can’t wait for Simon to tell us about another band he’s discovered that are named after an Air Ship, they’re called “Led Zeppelin”, pretty good band, worth a listen.
Rumors sold 40 million albums
Dark Side of the Moon 45 million.
Only 9 albums have broke the 40 million sold mark, so they’re both kinda popular.
Your endless stream of content keeps me busy at work and at home. Keep it up simon!
Simon, I got so mad at you for saying Pink Floyd sucks. Then I loved you again when you said Tenacious D is brilliant. A real rollercoaster ride, this episode.
You bring up wanting more internet mysteries, so I'm here to suggest one! As someone who's watched most Simon FactBoy videos I think Cicada 3301 would be great. I don't recall any videos on this channel directly about that topic. It's certainly interesting and would surprise Simon with its actual coordinated backers. It seems like a powerful organization and/or company sponsored it and is a classic internet mystery. If Simon already did this mystery please let me know so I can delete my comment out of shame!
Keep watching
Not on this channel but he definitely did one about that on one of his other older channels
@@TheKalaxis I remember it having been mentioned on other channels, but not in depth or as a main focus. I'll have to check again. :)
@@ThatWriterKevin Absolutely! I watch more Simon than any other RUclips creator. Although he does operate half the channels. The writers along with Simon are an amazing mix! Plus Jen editing of course. :)
I was in the Gifted program starting in 3rd grade (8 years old), so I had access to a computer maybe 2 years later, in 1982 or so. I was pretty good at it too, only at age 15 I sustained a traumatic brain injury and my life ... shifted.
Welcome to the blazement- I mean, family, Kevin! Wonderful episode for us here, today. I'm a Pink Floyd fan, myself, so this was an interesting episode, presented in an engaging way. Hopefully Simon will trust you enough to do a raw read someday soon!
I also enjoy listening to Fleetwood Mac, and I think they're both great for different moods.
There's a cold read of a script of mine over on Casual Criminalist!
@DtU Kevin Even more reason I really ought to subscribe to that channel, but the episode lengths are so intimidating. Ah well, I knew it would happen some day, and you just gave me a REALLY good reason to hop on over there!
EDIT: Just popped over there, again, and the episodes aren't as consistently long as I thought they were. Looks like I know what I'm binge-watching for the next week or so!
Great video Simon. And great script Kevin!
Thanks!
Kevin should be the chief writer on your next RUclips channel "solving the internet"
Also Kevin has a kick ass name... I am not bias... you're bias...
Simon: What are you smokin?!
Me: gasoline engine exhaust fumes!
Simon's channels are turning me into a sock knitting machine. It's the perfect combination.
Simon is always with me when I’m walking or sewing. I try not to focus on whether that makes me weird. 🤣🤣
@@BohoStitcher whenever i go for a walk i have a Casual Criminalist episode on
@@Jusuff yes! Definitely makes the time go faster, and helps me keep up with him. He puts out so many every week it’s hard to keep up! Lol
I used to teach DOS...at the college level 🤣 we got our first computer in '83!
This is what I remember about Pink Floyd : I was working in intensive care and a kid was admitted with a ruptured appendix. He’d been in pain all evening but refused to leave the concert til he had to be carried out. Now that’s a loyal fan !
14.4K modems? CompuServe? Sheesh! I can recall in college that the privileged few computer science students were permitted to use 300 baud modems to do their work. Most of us had to wait in line for the keypunch. Trying to compile or run your programs were limited. I had a 1200 baud terminal in my office working as a software engineer at a major computer company.
You should do something about the "Toynbee Tiles!" It's rather unusual & mysterious!
I'll check it out!
Simon: Dannys span pages
Kevin: Challenge accepted
*Loved* Kevin's script - I'm looking forward to hearing more of his work :).
Thanks! I had one drop on Casual Criminalist today as well!
I remember writing batch files in DOS, as a tech support bod, I setup menus for staff which they thought was the height of amazing tech back then. If only they how easy it was to write the menus. I also remember having to manually shift programs around in RAM, that was a bit more difficult! Good lord, I'm old
@Wendy Woo I can relate. My first computer, in the early 80s, was a big mainframe at Texas Instruments where we wrote test programs for electronic circuits. We wrote them on punch cards in a proprietary language that resembled Fortan. I'm REALLY old.
So basically this was an early internet version of "be sure to drink your Ovaltine".
My dad did animation on the Wall and Dark Side of the Moon. Worked for Ian Emes in his early twenties.
Got 4 free tickets for that famous Knebworth performance in 1975 where the acoustics weren't set up properly.
14:00 I disagree on pink floyd sucking (preference is subjective though, I will agree it's not for everyone and it is hyped up a lot) but I do agree that most people only think of The Wall or Dark Side when they think of them, maybe Animals or Wish You Were Here; barely anyone seems to listen to their earlier stuff, even fewer know about the stuff they made when Syd Barrett was in the band, and most blow off the later stuff (The Wall took a toll on the band's already strained relationship, and waters left shortly after, resulting in the band's sound massively changing).
To my knowledge prior to watching this no member of the band has confirmed that the publius enigma was a thing, and I believe David Gilmour (who was effectively the frontman at that point) outright refuted it as a thing from them.
I guess it was a Record Company Stunt. I don't know how anyone would genuinely think Division Bell has a hidden message, it's really clear that the recurring motif in it is communication breakdown and misunderstanding causing division. Then again, people think the white album is about Paul being dead, people will come up with and believe anyway.
My Dad, rip, was a ww2 veteran. Pink Floyd's The Wall was the only album he didn't mind me playing loud.
SIMON! This is awesome! You had been in a slump, but. It had been weeks since I enjoyed any of the vids you put out on any channel.. and then this one. Fact Boy is back! Out of his slump!
Welcome back, Simon! I agree you were in a slump. maybe new writers?
Welcome back, Simon!
And can you please stop trying to sell me $10 boxes of cereal?? It just seems so disingenuous to hear someone who prides themselves on logic attempting to convince me $10 is worth it for $.50 of chemistry in a box. come on. son. step it up.
Well that got out of hand..
@@timzyaboi3784 $10? I’d buy it if it was that cheap. Did they drop in price???
Keto is awesome but the lack of cereal breaks my heart!
Magic Spoon promo made me want breakfast! 🥣🥄
Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac were both awesome! Don't be daft. LOL! 😂😎
Kevin should write more!
Keep watching, and check out today's Casual Criminalist as well!
Simon & company: an episode of Decoding the unknown was released today (2/15/22) on Google podcasts entitled: "Death Ship: Ourang Medan" but it appears to be a re-upload of the Sydney quarantine station episode.
Fact Boi, Dark Side of the Moon came out in 1973, fully three years before Fleetwood Mac would breakthrough on to the US charts. Also, Dark Side of the Moon came out when the ideas of dropping acid and tripping out had finally reached middle America and getting high and listening to Dark Side of the Moon was the "in" to do.
I won't argue that Fleetwood Mac's music has better "legs" than Pink Floyds does, it does, but Dark Side of the Moon really touched on the zeitgeist of the early to mid-1970s. I guess you just had to be there.
Then the hippie parents had the crack parents who birthed us crack babys
Have a listen to their “Meddle” album and the song “Echoes”in particular, best Pink floyd album imo. Legendary band
Just curious, Simon, it seems that your writers are often overwhelmed by the workload required for the massive amount of videos needed for a given channel, yet your editors seem to be able to handle the output of multiple channels with no problem (Jen handles this, Casual Criminalist, and occasionally Today I Found Out if I recall correctly, for instance). Just curious how such a mismatch is possible. I'm sure it's just a video production thing I don't understand, but I'm nevertheless curious haha
My guess is that the writers have to find the topic, research it and then write an entertaining script around it while the editors need to take the video Simon records and add in fitting images, sounds and other things. While both are hard, the latter has more to work with from the start.
Edit: It also helps that some of the editing can be reused on occassion, though Jen doesn't seem to do that a lot, while the same can't be said for the scripts.
I think it's due to the massive amount of research his writers put into each piece.
@@Lorekeeper72 kinda figured this was more or less the case, but it fascinates me all the same. I mean, I know these are probably poor comparisons but in school I've both written an essay (comparable, in my head at least though perhaps not in reality, to writing a script) and I've edited a short movie. Granted, the essays didn't involve nearly as much research as the scripts here likely do and the editing of a movie could probably go significantly faster if, oh, idk, the video I was working with was better than that of the quality that a bunch of high school students in first or second year video production can manage. It's also likely a lot easier to edit a script read rather than to edit a movie that involves digging through multiple takes of every scene to find the best camera angle and such for a given scene. Still though, the production amount combined with the quality of the videos in the relatively quite small amount of time will likely never cease to amaze me
Does Jen do Megaprojects as well?
I guess the writers also have to research.
I was in middle school when we got our first computer, used MS Dos.
I remember all those first windows versions.
I love both Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac.
I remember all this stuff, and found it just as boring really.
This is all like "ready player one" kind of thing - but in that book there was a great prize!
So, the first 12 minutes can be described as "How Simon became acquainted with the internet whilst growing up...." Later it becomes "Simon really hates Pink Floyd but has to do a video about them grudgingly."
"That's stupid... I want my penny back." - The Sixth Sense ;P Thanks for the great videos. Keep up the good work!
Wish I could afford magic spoon
Found it in a store in US but it was 10.00/box. THAT'S ALOT!
Pink Floyd my favorite
fact boy no car. just needs ur money.
Me too. If I could find it for $10 I’d buy it. Where did you see it, can I ask?
Healthy food is always more expensive, sadly. It is absolutely delicious though, so if you're doing Keto it's nice to be able to have it. And I don't get free samples like Simon, I paid for it
I'm sure someone else must have mentioned this already but I'm not searching through 1000 comments to see. You must have heard of the Dark Side of the Moon played along with the Wizard of Oz matches up?
Oddly (possibly more like coincidentally) enough, in SOME spots, it does.
When the song "Us and Them" says "black and blue, and who knows which is which and who is who"
You see the black witch at first, then the blue fairy lady.(sorry, remember if she's a fairy godmother or what....)
You have to play the album 2 1/2 times through to match the movie length though, so sorry Simon, might want to sit this out. 😉
But, there were spots throughout the movie that matched the music. Sometimes it was the atmosphere that was created that matched, not the lyrics.
Had the pleasure of enjoying the "experience" at The Plaza theater in Calgary years ago.
The album Animals is my favourite.
Love your stuff, Cheers
I was 14 when AOL hit the market....the descriptions are ACCURATE, lol. I actually get nostalgic when my water pipes squeal and sound like the dialup screech of old, lol!😂😂😂
Pink Floyd isnt everyones cup of tea, not a big fan, they put out a few good ones imo, Fleetwood Mac is EXTREMELY well loved and famous is the US amongst us of the old generation, with soooooo much great tunes!
I love Simon repeatedly calling it Business Blaze...
Pink Floyd is hands down the most incredible band ever. Always ahead of its time and always outdoing everyone! Way ahead of the times! Best concert ever!
You said it Maureen. Too bad not everyone enjoys them to the extent the millions of loyal fans do. Absolutely best live show EVER. I was in the "sea of faces" of Birmingham AL, May 1, 1994. On my daughter's birth certificate it says "Julia Dream" for her first and middle name. I am a die hard Floyd fan, and this was a cool episode. I just don't see how Simon and others cannot stand my favorite group of fellow musicians. Anyone who understands and plays has to at least respect the fact that Syd, David, Roger, Rick and Nick are MUSICAL GENIUSES!!! The Dark Side of the Moon obliterated anyone else's record stay on Billboard with over 700 weeks in the top 100.🎹
I remember my first computer that was a Texas instrument that was just a terminal with BASIC. Also had a game cartridge slot. Then I got a Dell sold in Sam's Club for $1000 down the road in High school. That's when I really got in trouble. Learned how to program in Turbo Pascel. Loved DOS and OS/2, plus in Middle School we had Macintosh computer lab.
Texas Instruments TI 99/4A was the original one I believe.
I'm sure magic spoon is awesome but for us poor's $9(approx) per box is a bit much.
dude who prides himself on being a "big brain" tries to convince me to spend $10 on bad cereal. Gotta love Europeans
@@timzyaboi3784 I mean, everyone is entitled to their opinion, yes? Don't get me wrong, as I've got no skin the game as to whether or not a given cereal is worth the price, but still, can't knock anyone for liking or disliking a particular food item lol. Plus, can't fault Simon for taking a particular sponsor. I've got no reason to believe he's lying about it (see business, er, brain blaze and his repeated references to RAID SHADOW LEGENDS! and how he'd essentially never take a sponsor from them regardless of the massive chunk of cash they offer him). I've got no reason to believe he doesn't actually enjoy his Magic Spoon cereal. Doesn't mean I'd like it, but still, doesn't mean he doesn't like it!
@@ryanc473 Agreed. Also, as a consumer who has switched to the ketogenic diet, I’m so much healthier since cutting sugar. And seed oils out of my diet, and I eat so much less. I wouldn’t mind paying $10 for a box honestly. Quality food is expensive, but eating so much less without the sugar it kinda balances out over time.
@@BohoStitcher I get what you mean. Like I said before, I'm not really in a position to judge the value of the product myself, but I don't think it's right to bash someone just because they happen to enjoy a healthy cereal (at least, healthy-ish, debates about what makes something "healthy" are irrelevant to my point. The part that matters is purely that the company (Magic Spoon) is attempting to market their cereal as healthy cereal). For all any of us know Simon would happily pay $100 a box. Value is largely in the eyes of the purchaser, and again, I've got no problem with a youtuber like Simon recommending a product that presumably he, himself, likes. Sure, he gets paid to do it, but that's how we get to watch these videos for free. It's the magic (no pun intended) of capitalism
Magic spoon is indeed magical, I never skipped segments so fast before I heard those words.
I agree with you about Pink Floyd! I can't believe you have just recently listened to Fleetwood Mac! You should also listen to Heart, Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Ship, Pat Benatar, Steely Dan, The Eagles and Tom Petty! We have some great American Rock musicians! The 70's had great music! My high school years and the music helped make it an even better time to live! The music is still popular!
I was born in the 80’’s and listen to most of these bands. I’m not to into Pink Floyd but I love me some 70’s/80’s chicle rock
WHOA. Epic Simon digression at the opening. Good Job!
Fleetwood Mac is better than Pink Floyd to someone 30 years later? WTF
Kevin referenced Danny twice, 1st the imitation long intro 😘👌and finally the tongue twister with the "P" words which I was surprised Simon didn't catch onto that's another 😘👌
17:55 The "phone operator" thing Kevin mentioned was less a "prank" and more an attempt to get an honest reaction for the purposes of the story they were telling. The song "Nobody Home" from The Wall tells the story of how Pink would call his house and nobody would answer and so they recorded a phone call made from California to London wherein the phone operator (all international calls in the 70s went through operators) calls England and says, "this is the US calling, i have a phone call FROM Mr Floyd TO Mrs Floyd, is she there?" The man who answers hangs up without answering. She tries a second time and again he hangs up. And she says, totally sincerely, "he keeps hanging up. There's a man answering. IS THERE SUPPOSED TO BE A MAN ANSWERING?" And that one snippet from the call sets the stage for Pink's nervous breakdown described in the subsequent songs of the album. It's, again, BRILLIANT. Fleetwood Mack was alright (if you like songs about cocaine fueled orgies or over-sexed female pederasts - go ahead and look up the lyrics for the song EDGE OF SEVENTEEN if you think I'm overstating this), but Pink Floyd wrote music for the common man watching their youth and dreams drip away one day at a time.
21:00 Oh Kevin, you've learned well, young padawan! Simon LOVES alliteration and he NEVER fails at it! LMAO!
The operator sounds a lot like my late aunt. I don’t think she was an operator at the time this was recorded however.
@@jimcappa6815 unintentionally, she was perfect for the part. I think i read that she didn't even get paid nor credit cause they couldn't figure out who she was... that might be apocryphal though.
@@jimcappa6815 a couple of Google searches later and i have more info and some confirmation. From a 2010 thread:
"In the Comfortably Numb-A History of "The Wall" book, James Guthrie wonders if the operator ever recognized herself. She's never come forward. Chris Fitzmorris did not ask for a royalty, but Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle) approached the band, asked for a royalty and received it."
And yet in the movie its a major plot point and the point of the call is shes cheating on him and thats why a man keeps answering.
@@codylor3884 the movie was a departure from the actual album concept. Roger Waters politics were very divisive within the band and, while they all wrote the album based on Waters own sinking into a psychotic rage in 1977 against his own fans, culminating in a physical assault at a concert in Montreal when Waters spit in face of a fan and went off like Pink in the movie about the audience being a-holes for letting off fireworks. Gilmore was ambivalent about Rogers leaving Floyd but Richard Wright was happy about being done with the rage-aholic.
Kevin, come back to Casual Criminalist again. Don't you have any more interesting neighbours wanted for crime? 🙂😉
I do have some more CasCrim episodes coming!
@@ThatWriterKevin Woohoo. I LOVED the funny writing and are really looking forward to more exciting episodes.
(As long as they aren't about Hello Kitty or in that area.)
I love this channel it has the perfect ratio of comedy to learning
Simon, you are so incredibly wrong about Floyd v. Fleetwood. I had to listen to both ad nauseum as we didn't have all the choices we have now. As of the 100k-th listen to both, I have to say Floyd takes me to places Fleetwood Mac never have and never could. This is not to damn Fleetwood Mac, it's great music, but Pink Floyd offers more.
"Super-high Scouse."
Also, Fleetwood Mac was the Livejournal and Tumblr drama-pit of the 70s. Half their songs are about how much they hate each other, and it's amazing.
The Fleetwood Mac of the time of DSOTM was great, but it was 7 yrs before Rumours. That said and with all respect to Peter Green and FactBoi here, Pink Floyd is so far superior to any iteration of Fleetwood Mac. Fight me
I love them both, but they’re massively different. Not fair to compare apples to shrimp. 🤷♀️
Love how Kevin cross referenced jokes from your other channels. #OG
9:54 Simon, you're exactly right about the crazy march of technology. The 56k (kbps or 1000 bits/second) was the successor to 28.8kbps and that succeeded the 14.4kbps (aka 2400 baud; 1 baud = 8bps) which was an upgrade from 1200 baud which was the standard for several years... if the numbers seem to not add up, understand it's a logarithmic scale... anyway, when I was 16 (literally the year you were born 1987), my brother bought our first "hard drive" and it was a marvel. And by "marvel", I mean holy hell, it was HUGE, it produced enough heat to fry an egg, was the size of the Oxford English dictionary, and cost an arm and a leg. In fact, 1985 was the year when storage price dropped and the whole tech revolution got ramped up. In 1984, the price of memory was over $500/MB but it had sunk by 1985 to just over $30. And by 1987, it was only $14/MB so our 20MB hard drive was nearly $300 (which in 1987 was extraordinarily expensive). But technologically, it opened the door to so much. In fact, 35 years later, the things i learned then as a kid trying not to break my psychotic older brother's computer, helped build my decades long career in IT. I don't miss those days but at least I can laugh thinking about the look on my dad's face when he saw the telephone bill i racked up the time I found an international number and dialed in on my little 300 baud modem into a West German bbs for Pravda newspaper! Oh my God, he was soooo pissed. And I had no idea what Pravda was at the time but I guess I'm lucky we didn't get a knock at the door from the feds.
11:30 In the first script, i can already say I LOVE KEVIN! Paying homage to the LEGEND Danny Salter.
That is so cool actually haha. An hdd the size of a sideways-sitting desk tower you'd find in a classroom. The 80s was ridiculous when it comes to technology prices.
lols sends me back :)
@@siobhancolombo1627 you member partitioning hard drives? Hated that garbage! And monthly Defrags just to squeeze out every last kb of space.
@@StfuFFS lols not that much detail, my dude! i was only super young, but i remember the sizes and cost for sure!
"The 56k (kbps or 1000 bits/second) was the successor to 28.8kbps and that succeeded the 14.4kbps "
There were some 33.6 kbps modems for a short while, but they weren't very common before the 56k came out.
Also, most phone lines couldn't actually support full 56k speeds, with 53k supposedly being the theoretical limit for a lot of the technology. I know in my experience, any connections faster than 48k or so were just about unheard of.
Totally agree that Fleetwood Mac is a very underappreciated band. Lindsay Buckhingham is an amazing guitarist, but apparently also hard to get along with (at least his fellow band members seemed to think so).
As for Pink Floyd... I think you have to be in the "correct" mindset to appreciate them. Dark Side of the Moon was indeed pretty ground breaking in its day (quadrophonic recording, varied prog-rock and experimental stuff), and because of that, they got a reputation, and a following amongst often, the more pretentious music aficionados.
This is the first I have heard of this ‘puzzle’ so I am happy to hear of it for one main reason.
My first proper experience with Magic Mushrooms provided me with a profoundly memorable, albeit temporary, understanding and total enjoyment of the Whole Dark Sode of the Moon album.
It was the first and only time I truly enjoyed every song as the album was set to softly play on repeat over my friends stereo in their living room after they went to bed. I didn’t even realize I had been listening to it until I realized I could not only understand every lyric, but also discern something like a multi-pard story progression. Even though it seemed like I ‘heard’ different parts of subsequent repeats, somehow for a short time before coming down enough to sleep, I felt like I understood the answers to to meaning of life and every other philosophical question from past present and future.
Yeah, I know I was definitely high, so who knows? Obviously and inconveniently, the next morning brought sobriety and the same confusion and disappointment that always accompanied my hearing Pink Floyd’s music every single other time.
Though I definitely do have a much greater appreciation for their music since, I haven’t tried to recreate that experience. Somehow I don’t believe I could get to that ‘trip’ again, it would certainly be different. Perhaps one day, I’ll get to truly enjoy Puck Floyd in a similar fashion, and if that ever happens and somehow I am given the solutions to this puzzle, I will certainly tell you all about it.
Simon liking Fleetwood Mac more than Pink Floyd is the most Simon thing I've ever heard him say
Man, applying for college seems difficult in other places.
In Belgium, I just went to the university, showed them my high school diploma, and enrolled. It's that easy unless you're going for medical or engineering or something, where people's lives depend on you. In those cases, there's an entrance exam where you get materials to study beforehand, and at the exam you get asked questions that are relevant to the study (write an essay about yourself? Charity work? Who cares? *Will you make a good doctor?* Are you capable of stuffing a thousand pages into your head inside of a few days and still remember a month later? Do you have diagnostic skills? Derivation, logic, a bit of out-of-the-box thinking? Yeah? Come right on in.)
The cold read it is really important and honestly makes everything. Because I couldn't finish this one with all the spoilers from Simon already having read it
My father coined the term Ping Zeppelin because one of our local stations had a habit of playing Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd together. XD
Damn impressed Fact boy! You managed to get literally _two words_ into the script before the first tangent 😂 Surely that must be a new record..?