Comments on: April is For Music: Bent, Tank, and a Moog Announcement at Ethermusicfest

By: Downpressor

Downpressor — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:12:14 +0000

Rock Robertson,

Understood. Perhaps Ill get the likkle red box tomorrow and see if I cant interest my cat in performing for us.

By: Rock Robertson

Rock Robertson — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:13:50 +0000

@Downpressor
Ah, the poverty of words on a page. If we could all hear each other, we’d probably be a happier civilization. This is why I hate text messaging, nuance is lost. As leader of the Socialist Collective of Personable Guys Whom Are Humourless Sounding In Textural Contexts, my deepest apologies for mistaking exuberance for an agenda.

And you really should get one of those little red theremins. They are teh funzors.

Cheers

By: Downpressor

Downpressor — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:24:43 +0000

Well now I know where things stand around here. Feel free to delete the comment. I’d hoped that the third paragraph would make it clear that the previous two were not to be taken seriously. I still think the photo is goofy, but thats besides the point.

Rock Robertson,

As a person of extremely mixed ethnicity, electronic musician, and DJ I’m saddened you took it at all seriously.

By: peter

peter — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:53:19 +0000

http://pulsewavenyc.com/

Dont forget some Saturday chiptunage, also at the tank!

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:27:27 +0000

@Downpressor: Seriously; I’m guessing you’re trying to be funny here, but do this again and you’re deleted. They happen to be a couple — that’s Beatrix*Jar. So the photo is staged, but they play those very instruments together all the time.

Let’s stay on topic, and nobody will get hurt, okay?

By: Rock Robertson

Rock Robertson — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:23:54 +0000

Howdy
@Downpressor: Aptly named. So much wrongness in your first two paragraphs…as a “person of color, electronic musician and DJ, I’m just saddened by your attempt at humor.

The Otona no Kagaku with the red theremin is available on Ebay, I got two. Sure, it’s pitch only, and sounds like an singing mosquito, but it’s extensively hackable, with circuit bending articles (with schematics) in the magazine! If you buy one, tell Minoru Rock sez Hi.

Cheers!

By: Adrian

Adrian — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:23:44 +0000

Heh – I have that theremin – I found the magazine in a bookshop on Hong Kong. The magazine is called “Science for Adults” and most of that issue is about theremins. I enjoyed making the kit, but in the end the theremin left me a little underwhelmed. It’s a nice demonstration of the effect, but the actual sound isn’t too great.

By: Claudio

Claudio — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:27:55 +0000

WOWZRS!!!!!! KITEE CAN HAZ SKILZ!!!!!!!!!! :)

By: Downpressor

Downpressor — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:26:57 +0000

Whats with that first photograph? Looks totally staged for political correctness and made safe for the non music making masses. Nice decently dressed, inter-racial couple making music together on a neatly arranged non threatening table, considerate enough to use headphones so as not to disturb the neighbors.

OTOH to attack the staging in the name of political correctness: Why is the only person of color performing the technically less challenging role of DJ? Why is the only female in such an obviously subservient role? This clearly supports the phalocentric technocratic status quo which has been opposed by the Peoples Popular Front of Circuit Benders as co-signed by the Revolutionary Womyns Theremin Brigade.

Aw forget it, I could care less about that stuff. Just felt like yanking some chain after the kerfuffle about the picture of the young asian woman playing the laser harp thing a while back. Hope all the events go off without a hitch and a splendid time is had by all.

dead_red_eyes you are absolutely correct. I came close to picking one of those up a week or so ago.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:48:15 +0000

Eep. A cat must have stepped on my keyboard. ;)