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Today on Sony's Lost In Music we've got super talented UK DJ duo, Snakehips.

That's right, they're the first group to ever perform a DJ set

right here at Lost In Music's Headquarters

and they're doing something a little bit different for us today

That's right, we've got the PlayStation classic console setup right here

Coming at you from our experiential pop-up space

In New York City

here is

Snakehips

Hey everyone, it's your weekly newsupdate.

Player Unknown's Battlegrounds is parachuting onto your PlayStation 4

Winner winner chicken dinner as they say.

Land, loot and shoot to be the last one standing.

Make sure to bring the thunder with Just Cause 4

which is out this week.

Grab a hook and wingsuit your way across the island of Solís

in the latest installment of this great video game series

So both of those are out right now for you to get your hands on

but let's move on to music news.

Mark Ronson has a new record it's coming out next year

but the first single from that opus just dropped this week.

It's called nothing breaks like a heart and it features Miley Cyrus on vocals,

you should definitely check it out.

As for movies all I can think about is Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse

Yeah drops on December 14th it has a hundred percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes

and we're gonna have a lot more on it next week.

That was your weekly update.

Make some noise for Snakehips.

What's up?

How you doing?

Lovely to see you guys.

Thankyou

Lovely to see you too as well!

There we go!

Welcome to Sony's Lost In Music.

Have you had a chance to look around?

Yeah it looks wicked.

We made some very interesting music.

What was the Lyric?

We made like a kind of French tribal.

It was bizarre.

Would you guys make music like that regularly?

I mean, we should!

It's the new sound.

I feel like utilizing a dance floor with samples embedded into it

is like a new innovation you guys should adopt.

Keep fit.

Exactly.

We sit down too much.

My back's bad.

So you're based in London, you're based in LA.

How has that changed your creative process or you're just like...

we never really work together

We always just send things on we transfer.

Yeah.

We could be like three miles apart

and I just pick up the phone I'm like, 'man I'm not coming over.'

I'll email you this.

Nothing's changed.

For you guys how does a song develop?

Do you start with the instrumentation first

or are you guys writing the lyrics?

like how do these projects kind of come together?

I think most of the time we would start making a beat usually.

We always build out just start with the music and then like,

put some lyrics to it or whatever

But definitely with like, 'All My Friends.'

The concept was there and I think the idea for the hook was there before

we wrote any music so like sometimes if it's like that...

but again it's always different.

You guys have had a pretty big year.

I was curious about what your highlight was in 2018

It's been crazy man, I think like

Coachella is was pretty amazing for us.

there's just such an amazing crowd

What was the place...?

We went to like, New Zealand for the first time as well which was wicked

You guys mentioned playing Coachella what does it mean to play a show that big

and how does that sort of change the way you approach your live performances

and then also the songs that you record?

I don't know man, to be honest it was just such a huge crowd wasn't it?

I feel like we just go to other places it's like there's not many people here

It just ruins everything else for you.

No not really.

It was just such a humbling experience

cuz there's probably 20,000 people there when we played it

and it's kind of crazy like a couple of our tunes

there was just so many people singing it

I don't know, it's just amazing to think that the music had reached that many people

In terms of personality what is it about your

kind of synergy that makes this partnership work?

Couldn't tell you!

I don't even think it works with you mate.

We occasionally make some good music but it is what it is.

I mean like you must bring different things to the table

and I'm not talking about like technical skills.

I think we did but then we've become so similar recently

We're not bringing anything else.

When we started out...

Yeah it's true though.

There was a lot more magic at the beginning

Now it's just like...grinding.

It was like, James you do this, I do this.

Old married couple I see I see.

We just argue now.

I know you guys earlier were doing a lot of like hiphop oriented stuff

What is it about that music that attracts you to it

and how do you keep... continue to incorporate some of that vibe into what you do?

I think to be honest with me it was always just like

the like, soul music aspect of it

it's just the way like, people like Nas and then like Gang Starr

and all that stuff it was always like chopping up old records

and that's how I started making beats so it was

just like cutting up soul samples

and that's like my favorite thing to do be honest

but I just love that music.

What would you say is your biggest non musical influence?

Why are you looking at me?

I'm waiting for him to say something horrible

It's something nice!

Gaming.

Gaming!

I love computer games

Oh really?

Are you one of those people who gets online and plays with people in foreign lands?

No I don't like other people.

We're on the same level man.

I'm definitely like only a single-person gamer.

So we got the PlayStation Classic here in the house

It's a mini version of the 90s era console and it's preloaded with 20 iconic games

Did you guys have the old-school PlayStation back in the day?

I did.

Was there one game or a couple of games that really stood out for you when you were a kid?

I used to play Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2

and then Tekken 3

Okay so Tekken 3, yeah do you think you're better than Ollie?

Yeah, obviously.

So you guys are gonna play Tekken 3 right now

I'm interested to see who's gonna win out of you two.

Okay very cocky over here

And while you guys play it we're gonna be

hitting you with some quickfire curveball questions

yeah so you're gonna have to multitask

I don't know how you feel about that.

I'm very good at it.

Yeah pretty good.

I don't know I feel like you might struggle.

Alright let's get into it.

Okay.

Here we go.

Okay what song will always get you dancing?

Bombalaya.

Gipsy Kings.

Yeah Gipsy Kings.

If you had to eat one meal for the rest of your life what would it be?

McDonalds double cheeseburger.

Same?

Yeah I mean I could do that.

You guys are indivisible.

What is a baby cow called?

calf?

He got it, he got it.

That was impressive.

So what is the most annoying thing you guys think about each other?

I really like him.

Yeah me too, he's a really nice guy.

That's so healthy.

Who's putting in work?

Who's winning who's losing?

Er, I dunno really.

I don't think anyone's winning.

Someone just got K.O.'d

Somebody's winning.

I'm playing as the wrong guy.

Name something that comes in pairs.

Pears!

Gloves

The fruit.

Pears don't come in pears.

Pears do not come in pears.

Yeah.

That's not right.

Try again.

Eggs...eggs sometimes come in pairs.

No.

Twins!

Okay there we go.

Tick!

What's the most proud moment of your career?

Coachella was pretty good

because it was live streamed on the internet

My mum could watch it from England.

Our parents were watching it yeah.

You talked a lot about how you were better than Oliver.

Yeah I'm definitely not better.

Oh yes I've won.

Round of applause!

So tonight you guys are gonna be doing a reimagined version of one of your tracks.

Can you give us a little teaser about what that's gonna be?

Yeah so we're doing one off our last EP.

and it's called 'iii'm not sorry'

and we did it with this guy Elbee Thrie out of Phoney Ppl.

And yeah it was kind of like a tune that we based around this big soul sample

so we're doing like an acoustic version of it.

just back with some keys and some guitars

and just taking it back to basics a little bit.

Nice.

can't wait to check it out it's gonna be dope.

It's gonna be cool man.

Let's hear it for Snakehips Y'all.

Stay tuned to @Sony on Twitter because we're giving you the chance to win your

very own PlayStation classic console

Just in time for the holidays

Yeah reminds me of the good old days

when the Cooper family would gather round

and play PlayStation

and grandma would kick everybody's butt in Ridge Racer.

Your family is way cooler than mine

It is what it is.

Guys, thank you so much for joining us today.

Thank you for having me.

US.

For me. Us.

Shout out to Snakehips for coming through

next week we've got Jake Miller

that's right and it's all Spider-man everything

because Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse is imminent

If you want to catch popstar Jake Miller perform live

Or you want to check out our awesome audio experience right here

Or you want to play PlayStation classic

you know what to do

go to Sony.com/lostinmusic

we'll see you next time

Bye.

For more infomation >> Snakehips perform LIVE & take on the PlayStation Classic for #LostInMusic - Duration: 14:17.

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Jeff Daniels and the Cast of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Talk Bringing the Classic Story to Broadway - Duration: 2:22.

--Harper Lee's Pulitzer prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird

is on Broadway with a script by Oscar winner Aaron Sorkin, and starring Jeff

Daniels in the role of a lifetime as Atticus Finch. We're here to talk to the

stars about bringing this literary masterwork to the Great White Way.

--What Harper Lee made initially still resonates so much today. Asking big

questions about the country that we live in and about justice and what is fair

and what is right and wrong. And I think Aaron has done an incredible job of sort

of pulling out the themes that he feels are particularly resonant in 2018.

--The power at the heart of it is decency and morality

. What do those things mean? This

this play is not intended as

a museum piece. It's not an homage. It's not an exercise in nostalgia. This

is a new play and people are confronting these issues.

--This Atticus, or this part

of Atticus, he questions whether he's bringing his kids up right in this world,

which certainly relates to today. Is there goodness in everyone? Should we

give up on decency and hope and civilization and respect and compassion

for other people? Should we just bail on that? Or are we in the minority?

--Where are

we as a country? How far have we actually come, you know? So, I think people will be

really surprised by how how vital it seems right now for our country in 2018.

--We'll continue to suffer from these things as long as we pretend like they

aren't real, they don't happen. And they do. This play is gonna be very familiar

to people who've never even read the book. --Everyone that's spoken to me about

it afterwards has been thrilled at how how sort of freshly realized it is. It is

The story that you know from the book and the movie, but it is told in a

different way.

--People are gonna come to it with their preconceived notions and

we can't change that. But I know that this is a piece that honors what's come

before, but is also a piece of our time. So, I think you're going to get the book

but you're also going to get this piece. So, I think we're straddling both at the

same time you. --It is true. It will be as memorable to them

as the film and the book. Now it's the play.

For more infomation >> Jeff Daniels and the Cast of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Talk Bringing the Classic Story to Broadway - Duration: 2:22.

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CLASSIC CHRISTMAS CAROLS (VOCALS) - Duration: 15:53.

For more infomation >> CLASSIC CHRISTMAS CAROLS (VOCALS) - Duration: 15:53.

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Buscando consolas y juegos clásicos en Asunción Paraguay【SUPER NES Classic Edition】ミニスーファミ(海外版) - Duration: 4:11.

For more infomation >> Buscando consolas y juegos clásicos en Asunción Paraguay【SUPER NES Classic Edition】ミニスーファミ(海外版) - Duration: 4:11.

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Why Everyone is Angry about PlayStation Classic | Nostalgia Nerd - Duration: 13:50.

*intro sound*

[huffing in disdain]

[large sigh of discontent]

[box sounds]

[smol huff]

I guess we'd better take a look at it....

[music begins]

Where do I even start with this thing?

We could look at it from a number of angles and go, ooohhh, that's pretty.

It's like a Playstation, but smaller.

We can't actually open the lid, but we already knew that, and it's a shame, as I'd love a

collection of mini-CD based games.

Oh look, the controllers aren't Dual Shock pads.

But to be fair, they have included 2, which is clearly better than one, and also this

is the Playstation controller I remember best.

Back in 1995, we didn't understand the wonders dual analogue sticks could bring.

This is nostalgia.

Some buttons and a D-Pad, marvellous.

Weight wise, it's not far off an original Playstation pad and feels almost as durable.

Although the wire isn't actually that practical - it's quite short, not ideal for couch gaming.

AND.... like all these minis, I hold issue with the pads being the wrong scale as the

console, but I guess IN THAT INSTANCE practicality seems to take precedence.

Talking about scale.

It's roughly to scale with the SNES Mini, although you can see something is amiss when

paired with the NES.

Now we'll just have a bunch of mis-matched consoles to plonk next to each other.

Cheers guys.

At least it works through an HDMI splitter.

So in the future we can all have 60 mini consoles all plugged into the same TV, and only then

realise how much we've been duped.

*PIE SPEAKS* "Guys, I can emulate pretty much everything

you know, with just one HDMI Cable?....

SHUT IT RASPBERRY.

No one likes a smart ass" *PIE STOPS SPEAKING*

Alright, let's get down to business then.

AND TRY AND HACK THIS BASTARD.

Now a couple of lads have been able to find a hidden menu of the underlying PCSX Rearmed

emulator, by simply boshing a keyboard in, and hitting ESC within a game.

Apparently it works with Logitech or Corsair keyboards.

Unfortunately my EasySMX doesn't seem to be compatible.

Ahh, I guess we'll actually have to play this thing instead.

Obviously the controllers plug in using a conventional USB connector.

No proprietary shenanigans here folks.

and the game selection.

Well, it's alright.

It's like the game collection you or I might have had in the 90s.

You know, a range of games, some we picked up cheap, others we really wanted, but a nice

mix, and just nice, something spectacular.

It feels more like Sony are trying to recreate the 90s nostalgia of limited choice, of a

lack of funds, or even your mate Ben's game collection from down the road, who didn't

have the best taste.

I mean, there are some games here I absolutely love, like Grand Theft Auto, but there's nothing

really I see and think, god damn, I really want to play that.

If you want the ultimate Playstation experience then this isn't it.

Look, here's a dump of the firmware on Github, and within this mass of code are actually

the names of various games which were clearly tested for the PS Classic.

We've got;

Tomba Parasite Eve

Tomb Raider Tomb Raider 2

Grand Theft Auto 2 Fighting Force

Driver Toy Story 2

Syphon Filter Gran Turismo

Crash Bandicoot Crash Bandicoot 2

even Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone

I'll put a full list below.

But some (even many) of these games you would argue should be included with the PS Classic,

so why aren't they?

Now we could speculate that it's probably due to licensing or localisation issues.

I mean most of the Playstation's titles weren't exactly first party releases.

Maybe it's just because Sony didn't want to damage the sales of modern day remakes.

But it could also be due to poor performance of some titles on the open source emulator

Sony decided to pair this device with.

It seems a strange (and possibly morally dubious) software choice for what could be such a successful

commercial product.

But the more you delve into this thing, the more it feels like, it was kinda rushed and

thrown together.

Possibly to get it in stores before Christmas.

By this point, I'm sure you've both seen & heard of all the issues surrounding this little

device.

Now, you could argue that these things are aimed at the casual retro gamer, who just

wants to plug a system into their HDMI TV and relive the past.

They're not going to care about frame drops, about slightly shoddy emulation or even about

having NTSC titles mixed with PAL variants.

In fact, they probably won't even notice.

They'll be having a whale of a time reliving the mid-90s, while haters hate and critics

critique.

BUT, you can see why people might be upset.

It's not even about the product, it's really about Sony shifting a half arsed device to

their fan base.

It's about breaking a trust which has built up over decades.

Because if anything is going to be scrutinised.

It's a product which is based on the console many people who live and work within gaming

today were brought up on.

It may even be the system which drove them into this line of work.

So you can bet your ass they're going to notice even the smallest difference and then have

their say about it.

I am probably, myself, in a quite a good position to give an impartial verdict on the PS Classic,

mainly because by 1995, my console days were pretty much over.

I'd moved onto PC, and although I played my friend's Playstations, most of the games don't

hold a nostalgic memory for me.

Surely I'm not going to notice if there are glitches or slow downs.

But, I honestly do.

From the moment you power on the console, it feels like you're using emulation.

You can hear sounds cutting off, pops and clicks.

You can see frames stuttering from place to place and emulation issues aside, we also

have those PAL variants, like Grand Theft Auto.

Now, given I'm from the UK, this shouldn't bother me, I'm used to it, and as GTA is actually

a UK developed game, so it's programmed for 50Hz regions well.

But it still feels like you're sloshing a bowl of water about compared to when I've

played it previously.

And the PAL thing is weird, because you'd think, given this console is pushing out a

60Hz display, that the 50Hz PAL issues would be canceled out.

BUT in fact, the software is just emulating a 50Hz machine for the games keyed to that

region, and so instead we get the timing of a 50Hz gaming running through a 60Hz output

and that actually creates more frame rate issues.

A lot of PAL games were actually re-programmed to compensate for the output change, so you

wouldn't notice much difference, but its rare to find a game which fully compensated for

the speed difference, or made use of the increased PAL resolution.

Most were just lazy tweaks, and most of the titles here are an example of that less than

favourable conversion.

Why they chose the PAL versions is odd, but it may be due to those variants having better

localisation options than NTSC versions, thus meaning the PS Classic can be shipped all

over the place without being region sensitive.

What else do we have?

Ahhh yes, I didn't expect the lack of display filters to bother me, but the 720p output

isn't sharp, so you almost want those filters to mask that problem.

I mean if you want a positive, it does a decent job of replicating the a fuzzy 90s RF output

anyway, proving that once again Sony seem to be looking for nostalgia in 90s limitations,

rather than creating that ultimate experience.

But really, I want to see sharp jagged edges.

Jagged enough to rip my face off, and with the setup they've chosen here, you just don't

get that.

It's not all bad.

I mean it's a nice enough menu, replicating the feel of the original system.

It's a nice enough memory card feature for each game.

Nice enough save state option as well.

Nice enough warping textures, just like the original.

and the games, if you can forgive the odd glitch are nice enough too.

I mean, at least Sony didn't kick us completely in the teeth by supplying a load of light

gun games.

Although I would have awarded points for humour in that instance.

If I'm honest, I think the biggest issue with the games is that they're from an era which

just doesn't age as well as the consoles which came before or even after.

This early age of 3D is very much a unique thing, which we only witnessed for a brief

period of time, and actually, they're arguably better to play through an emulator with all

the bells and whistles turned on, to make everything look like our rose tinted brains

remember them.

Actually, ironically, you can make games look superb through the PCSX Emulator, just not

through the Playstation Classic... well, without being hacked anyway.

But it is what is is, and it is Sony's Playstation Classic.

It's got fantastic packaging, which is probably the highlight, and it's a system designed

for the casual user, which would appeal to the casual retro gamer.

In that way, it's very similar to an AT Games Mega Drive Flashback.

In fact, this console feels a lot like a system made by AT Games, just without their logo

anywhere to be seen....

I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing at this point.

For the more serious gamer, well, you've probably already got an original Playstation, or just

a copy of Final Fantasy VII on the PS4, either way, there's no reason to either buy the classic

or moan.

Or buy it and moan, or not buy it and moan.

Unless you feel betrayed by Sony, which I would not blame you in the slightest.

In which case, moan away.

But not like that.

You filthy animal.