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May 3, 10:23pm
2 reviews
percussion, video
http://video.stumbleupon.com/?p=b1c158waq0
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As a long-time consumer of and reveler in the amen-break, I think this short clip is well-thought out both in its delivery and in its message. Putting the whole video on a dub plate (acetate recording) that won't last more than fifty or sixty plays not only makes a comment about the limited shelf-life of any recording (specifically the laws regarding public domain and sampling) but about the immortality that can be granted any piece of information in an age when digital representations are as (or more) accurate than their analog inspirations.
One thing bothered me about this video. Specifically, the author's reference to hip-hop production as the first artistic use of sampling technology. That is simply untrue. Musique concrete pioneered the use of found sounds for art and for musical composition in the 1950's. Steve Reich used found sounds for musically artistic purposes in the early sixties. Come on. There was even Revolution Numer 9. Remember, that Beatles tune that no one cares about because it was too avant-garde? Found sounds on tape. AKA sampling. Just because it wasn't digital doesn't mean it wasn't sampling. Two more things, now that I think about it: One: don't get down on Squarepusher because he's taken a simple set of sounds and tried to create something more interesting and edgier with them. Think about bebop, which was the transition between a dance form and an art form in jazz music. Lots of people got down on Charlie Parker cuz you couldn't dance to his playing. Now those people are all dead. And wrong. Hrvatski, though. Self-indulgent to the core. Some might have said the same about Ornette Coleman, though, so I will limit myself to saying that the author of this video is not the sole arbiter of taste even within the dnb scene. Surprise!
All in all, though, a fine short film with several important points to make, especially about jungle, drum and bass, electronica in general, and intellectual property laws.
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YouTube - A Kitten Named Bow
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Apr 26, 2:44am
1 review
animals, cartoons, humor, bizarre, video
http://video.stumbleupon.com/?p=72ykt2yajx
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This is a bizarre cartoon about (obviously) a kitten. The voice acting is so mind-blowingly insane that I can't even explain. Get awesome with a kitten named bow.
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Social Zombies
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Apr 10, 12:20am
1 review
http://www.socialzombies.com/
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Well, this pretty much renders all the social bookmarking stuff pointless, doesn't it? If I sign away my right to like and dislike as I please and become a "social zombie" I am invalidating the whole premise of social bookmarking. If we turn the (limited) clout we possess as individuals with fully developed preferences into another tool to generate webtraffic and hype then we might as well just stop using digg and stumble, et al. They will just turn into those automatic friend-adder applications on myspace (that bastion of dignity on the internet that we all love). Thanks for bringing it to our attention but this hopefully short-lived website makes me rather uneasy.
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