February 20, 2008
Theoretically
Clarke's Third Law: Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
Foote's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law: Sufficiently advanced cheap hacks are indistinguishable from technology
See also: Clark's Law
Update: I actually did write this post well in advance of the news...
Foote's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law: Sufficiently advanced cheap hacks are indistinguishable from technology
See also: Clark's Law
Update: I actually did write this post well in advance of the news...
Thoughts While Ripping My Krautrock Collection
- Neu + Serge Gainsbourg = Stereolab
- CAN: definitive experimental confirmation of Foote's Groove Theory, to wit: It doesn't matter what's on top as long as your rhythm section is smoking.
- Harmonie: god this would have been my favorite band had I heard them as a teenager
- Popol Vuh: makes Herzog worth it
- What the heck is Charlie Parker doing in my Krautrock collection?
- Kraftwerk = GOD. I confess to having a total adolescent fantasy that Kraftwerk, hanging out after Coachella, comes across SWARM and naturally think it is the necessary thing for the cover of their next album "Die Kugel-Maschinen"
Labels: music
So I thought I knew minimalism...
No, not DWR. The usual Kahunas. Reich, Glass, Adams. Some of my favorite music: definitely tickles whatever symphonic Asperger's neural feedback is going on in my cortex. (Tim Page, in his eloquent essay on the subject, talks about his shock of recognition upon first hearing Reich's Music for 18 Musicians.) I had a similar shock and have been a connoisseur of the minimal, a fan of the drone, ever since I can remember.
So it's a true pleasure to discover an unsung master in Charlemagne Palestine. Right now I'm listening to -- technically blasting -- Schlingen-Blängen, which is more than an hour of a single organ chord. While some neurotypicals might find that tedious, I find it gorgeous. You see, there's all sorts of things going on in the music: harmonics, beats, overtones, pedal tones: a symphony's worth of rolling gorgeousness. Or more. It's just great.
So it's a true pleasure to discover an unsung master in Charlemagne Palestine. Right now I'm listening to -- technically blasting -- Schlingen-Blängen, which is more than an hour of a single organ chord. While some neurotypicals might find that tedious, I find it gorgeous. You see, there's all sorts of things going on in the music: harmonics, beats, overtones, pedal tones: a symphony's worth of rolling gorgeousness. Or more. It's just great.
Labels: music
Think you are rational?
I love these concrete demonstrations of human irrationality.
Play the "door game" and see for yourself.
Play the "door game" and see for yourself.
February 18, 2008
One of the few pieces of gear I don't really need right now...
February 17, 2008
Ahhh... that's better...
Blogging from my own domain... no more nasty banner ads, yuck.
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