for: the broadest understanding of engaged humanity based on mutual respect
against: systematic and transnational cultural violence
what our opponents consistently misunderstand is this isn’t just about the money
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the above should not be considered the view of wordthecat but merely the view of wordthecat
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space hijackers and the may fayre
image from urban 75
The always excellent Closet of Curiosities blog has been steadily uploading Syntonic Research’s field recordings. 15 releases culled and crafted to fill and alter the environment they are played in:
Several years ago, SR commenced research on a rather unusual aspect of bionic technology. Our idea was elegant in its simplicity yet extraordinarily difficult to produce; a psychologically-based sound environment which would greatly extend and intensify the physical act of making love…
…This recording is playable at both 45 and 33 rpm, in full stereo/matrix quadraphonic. It is suggested that initial playback be accomplished at 45 rpm for lovemaking purposes. As you become accustomed to the record’s characteristics, you may wish to lower the speed to 33 1/3 rpm. from.
We all know Benga writes at 140/70 bpm because the heart sustains at 70. Its always tempting to pitch up, but rarely medically necessary.
Movado sings through at a sweetly catatonic 65. remember: catatonic isn’t the same thing as sedentary. deliberate movement is encouraged.
Mavado – Heart Beat 320k 5.2mb
Rochester, Nov 28 – Harry Grant of Franklinville owned a mastiff which he spent weeks in teaching to put out fires with his paws. This morning, in illustrating to a friend the efficiency of his dog, Grant lighted a fuse attached to a dynamite cartridge. The dog rushed at the smoking fuse and endeavored to put it out, but failed. Seeing the danger of his pet, Grant grabbed the animal by its tail and endeavored to pull him away. The explosion that followed tore the dog to pieces and fatally injured Grant.
New York Times, November 29, 1899 pdf
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this bank holiday monday – peaceful vibes – dancing sometimes. light the fuse.
one daffodill in a crowd got painted black. smells of aerosol. a mix for spring. chop chop.
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wordthecat – single glazing (spring 08) mix 192k 45mb 31mins
tracklist
lloop – arsuk winter mix
Robert Wilson + Christopher Knowles – The Sundance Kid is Beautiful
the jahlights – right road to dubland (trojan)
the heatwave / riko dan – mind how you a talk (c+s by wordthecat)
Patrice Roberts ft Macka Diamond – Wukkin Up (c+s by wordthecat)
j h0liday – bed soca remix (c+s by wordthecat)
9th wonder vs ash4nti – rock with honey (wordthecat fix:re:fix)
NTM – pose ton gun (c+s by wordthecat)
OG Ron C – (DJ screw) ride out
m0vado – on the rock
j dawg & slim thug – ride on 4’s (c+s by OG Ron C)
u5her – l0ve in the club (c+s by wordthecat)
lil wayne, nat4sha bedingf1eld & sean k1ng5ton – l0ve like this (c+s by wordthecat)
“Short story is: you got hacked, by a badly written blog virus that attempted to add a shitload of links to the end of every post you made. Problem is whoever wrote the virus was a thick moron, because it tried to add so many links that it made the posts too large to fit in the database, so it failed.”
thanks as always graeme.
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mego re-animated. popol vuh refixed.
haswell and hecker take on the opening of herzog’s aguirre.
Popol Vuh – Aguirre I (Haswell amp Hecker Remix) buy
the opening of the film is about descent – physically – pre-emptively – pre-post-ly (interpre-titles contextualise it as inbetween). the refix is a mirror of ascent – down to the crashing cannon. of course descent and ascent are much the same thing – transition/confluence (cut to river). and european high-culture doesn’t look so high when viewed from an aeroplane. but herzog is medieval not modernist.
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