Great thoughts on the ipod, friends. What I haven't taken away from this is a few things.
1. I need a lawn to mow (or some heavy machinery to drive) because that is a place where ipod bliss is necessary/delightful.
2. There is the phoneomena of the quiet listening nook; a place that headphones have created. This place is a unique music venue where nuance and autonomy can be in conjunctive marriage. I once saw Bjork on Charlie Rose in 2001 at the release of Vespertine which she described designing as a digital album; to inhabit that quiet and secret place wooed by sonic waves. I ran into a guy the other day who told me that the new Animal Collective album was amazing. He explained his day lounging at Puget Sound listening to the work in totality. "It's definitely a headphone album" he tells me.
So Blogotheque, a French music blog, puts out this phenomenal set of documents done by a masterful film director Vincent Moon in the moniker Les Concerts A Emporter (Take Away Shows). Moon meets great musicians in various cities and in various situations. In seemingly single take shots they are captured singing a couple songs. The spatial arrangement is always beautiful and the way the musicians are taken out of typical context is fascinating. Subscribe and enjoy...on your ipod of course!
Here are few of my favorites:
The Dirty Projectors
My Brightest Diamond
Beirut
1. I need a lawn to mow (or some heavy machinery to drive) because that is a place where ipod bliss is necessary/delightful.
2. There is the phoneomena of the quiet listening nook; a place that headphones have created. This place is a unique music venue where nuance and autonomy can be in conjunctive marriage. I once saw Bjork on Charlie Rose in 2001 at the release of Vespertine which she described designing as a digital album; to inhabit that quiet and secret place wooed by sonic waves. I ran into a guy the other day who told me that the new Animal Collective album was amazing. He explained his day lounging at Puget Sound listening to the work in totality. "It's definitely a headphone album" he tells me.
So Blogotheque, a French music blog, puts out this phenomenal set of documents done by a masterful film director Vincent Moon in the moniker Les Concerts A Emporter (Take Away Shows). Moon meets great musicians in various cities and in various situations. In seemingly single take shots they are captured singing a couple songs. The spatial arrangement is always beautiful and the way the musicians are taken out of typical context is fascinating. Subscribe and enjoy...on your ipod of course!
Here are few of my favorites:
The Dirty Projectors
My Brightest Diamond
Beirut
oh ipod, how beautiful is your frame
6 Comments Published by zack on Friday, September 07, 2007 at 7:45 PM.
So the last post was supposed to end with some ipod talk, but that corporation movie was sitting on me! So yeah, with the new computer we got a complimentary ipod (because I am a student). I was kinda excited about this (first ipod and all), but also clouded with a whatever emotion. The deal is this; I can't figure out how to integrate this thing into my life?!
I like to hear the city, the wind, the people, the nuances...so plugging in while walking is kinda silly. In my car we have KEXP and cds; both albums and mixes. So I hop in my car carefully take out this gorgeous device that I don't want to scratch, pop in my tape adapter, quickly (ha!) select something to listen to from 10.5 days worth of music and then drive 5 minutes to the grocery? Clunky.
So I was at a loss, but I may have figured out my corner on ipods. Video podcasts. They're videos of stuff you wanna see, you subscribe, they end up in your itunes and then you're stuck in an airport and yes! you are catching up with culture. This kinda negates my first point about hearing and seeing what is around in the moment, but give me a break I am trying to fit this technology into my life. I need it, right?
2nd strategy is this: I make ipod videos of the stuff I am working on to show to clients, friends, etc...? Maybe...it's probably as close as I will get to a laptop for awhile. I bet Radio Raheem could answer my dilemma.
So next post. A video podcast that everyone should subscrible too. Stay tuned!
I like to hear the city, the wind, the people, the nuances...so plugging in while walking is kinda silly. In my car we have KEXP and cds; both albums and mixes. So I hop in my car carefully take out this gorgeous device that I don't want to scratch, pop in my tape adapter, quickly (ha!) select something to listen to from 10.5 days worth of music and then drive 5 minutes to the grocery? Clunky.
So I was at a loss, but I may have figured out my corner on ipods. Video podcasts. They're videos of stuff you wanna see, you subscribe, they end up in your itunes and then you're stuck in an airport and yes! you are catching up with culture. This kinda negates my first point about hearing and seeing what is around in the moment, but give me a break I am trying to fit this technology into my life. I need it, right?
2nd strategy is this: I make ipod videos of the stuff I am working on to show to clients, friends, etc...? Maybe...it's probably as close as I will get to a laptop for awhile. I bet Radio Raheem could answer my dilemma.
So next post. A video podcast that everyone should subscrible too. Stay tuned!
So we got a new computer, working on video and massive photographic files ( 2-3 GB) were taxing our ole Emac. It treated us right for over 5 years. Now it will primarily be an email/word processing/light image work machine. For the first week we had both our computers in the same space, shamelessly I engaged in some Gmail chat with Gala discussing what would be a good dinner option, 7 ft away to give you a spatial image. Having 2 occupied computers drove Ezra to personal insanity (he isn't big on mom and dad's computer time obviously). Yesterday he unplugged the cord while I was working
I have been thinking a lot about buying stuff today in light of watching The Corporation last night. Throwing another log on the documentary fire, this one was a prime example of the power of media to work its number on you. Ironic, interestingly enough, because a chunk of the film was about marketing media manipulation. The arrangement of information was semi-linear, but after awhile seemed to be a big-pile-on of the most negative corporate moments known to man. Really scary situations that merit attention, however as the pile grew the sensational nature of the filmmaker's agenda was looming. Its weird, I'm really glad to know the content that the film addressed, but the WHAT DO I DO part is left really unclear. Its almost like the purpose is merely to stir a different pot of hate and blame aimed at the business world. The result for this viewer is mostly a confusion about what I should and shouldn't buy.
I have been thinking a lot about buying stuff today in light of watching The Corporation last night. Throwing another log on the documentary fire, this one was a prime example of the power of media to work its number on you. Ironic, interestingly enough, because a chunk of the film was about marketing media manipulation. The arrangement of information was semi-linear, but after awhile seemed to be a big-pile-on of the most negative corporate moments known to man. Really scary situations that merit attention, however as the pile grew the sensational nature of the filmmaker's agenda was looming. Its weird, I'm really glad to know the content that the film addressed, but the WHAT DO I DO part is left really unclear. Its almost like the purpose is merely to stir a different pot of hate and blame aimed at the business world. The result for this viewer is mostly a confusion about what I should and shouldn't buy.
Thought long and hard about going toBumbershoot this weekend, it seems so essential. You live in Seattle and go to their rock party, right? I think I am old and stuffy - waiting in lines, standing around adoring young rock gods, trying to appear incredibly hip and aware - not sure its what Saturday called for especially when the US Open is so much more enticing!
Would have like to see St. Vincent though...her songs have been ringing in my head.
Would have like to see St. Vincent though...her songs have been ringing in my head.
