Since the beginning of the semester, I planned to post what songs I hear when I think of others' (and my) mastertape. So, below, you shall find song(s) and rationales. Still searching for some, but these struck me immediately. Enjoy?
Nate B
Behold...the Arctopus - Alcoholocaust
Nate described his project as both apocalyptic and bombastic. I think that describes this band (and this song) to a t.
Perrin
The Dillinger Escape Plan - 43% Burnt / Queens of the Stone Age - Go With the Flow
Perrin's project seems to be a "mini" version of Nate B's, in a way, but instead of a sort of massive change, Perrin deals more with a localized change/recklessness (both in terms of relationships and religion). Originally, I just had DEP here, as it's "reckless" but not in the same bombast vein as B...TA, but visually, the video for "Go With the Flow" seems...appropriate.
Ames
Acceptance - The Letter
Pretty self-explanatory. Especially the chorus. And she disappeared--:/
Todd
King Crimson - Elephant Talk
I was stuck for a while--then I remembered this gem. What better way to explore the inadequacies of language than a song built by stringing alliterative/assonance-itive pseduo-non-sequitors?
Ryann
Dream Theater - About to Crash
A bit of background--this song is a "section" of one song called "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence," which has as its main theme mental illness. I think this song is more about fugue states, but I think it fits a bit into Rian's mastertape (maybe the whole song?) as how people are treated when someone thinks something is "wrong," mentally. "The Test that Stumped Them All" may also be appropriate, although the main figure in that "section" is male and that section deals more with PTSD/performance anxiety.
Liz
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Next
Being an instrumental allows more flexibility than having to filter for words, too--but with her mastertape being about "bridging" the gaps that exist between her city self and country self, I thought this was appropriate. Really a jazz band, but through Fleck's use of the banjo as a lead instrument, there is a sort of tension/dissonance that permeates the playing that wouldn't necessarily if he played guitar. Is it a bit cop-out-ish to say banjo = rural? Maybe, but c'mon--Deliverance.
That's...barely half the class. I'm still looking (listening?). Hopefully I'll finish this before the semester.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Connotations
Condensed to rid it of (what I perceived to be) whining--when does art (or more specifically, poetry) cross the line in terms of appropriateness? Is there a line? When does something become racist/ageist/sexist/____ist versus visceral? Just wondering, because if art is, in some way, meant to push an experience, how far should this experience be pushed?
-Glenn
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As an assignment for one of my undergrad classes (a death and dying class--housed under the religion section of the uni), one assignment was to think of our funeral--the weather, music, etc. This is what will play and my (now...oooh, like, 5 year old explanations):
I would like tracks from the following artists: Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, and Marillion. From Dream Theater, I would like to have “Disappear” because it conveys that since of finality and acceptance, and “Learning to Live”, which is on the same wavelength of “Disappear”, only more uplifting and cathartic. From Porcupine Tree, I would like “Trains” which still holds down the vibe of moving on and “Arriving Somewhere but not Here”, because it will make people more aware of the ways of death around them, and encourage a more carpe diem attitude from them. From Marillion, “Easter”, because it just has a really calming effect.
Dream Theater:
"Disappear"
"Learning to Live"
Porcupine Tree
"Trains"
"Arriving Somewhere But Not Here"
Marillion
"Easter"
(also, incidentally, performed with Dream Theater--score!)
-Glenn
---
As an assignment for one of my undergrad classes (a death and dying class--housed under the religion section of the uni), one assignment was to think of our funeral--the weather, music, etc. This is what will play and my (now...oooh, like, 5 year old explanations):
I would like tracks from the following artists: Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, and Marillion. From Dream Theater, I would like to have “Disappear” because it conveys that since of finality and acceptance, and “Learning to Live”, which is on the same wavelength of “Disappear”, only more uplifting and cathartic. From Porcupine Tree, I would like “Trains” which still holds down the vibe of moving on and “Arriving Somewhere but not Here”, because it will make people more aware of the ways of death around them, and encourage a more carpe diem attitude from them. From Marillion, “Easter”, because it just has a really calming effect.
Dream Theater:
"Disappear"
"Learning to Live"
Porcupine Tree
"Trains"
"Arriving Somewhere But Not Here"
Marillion
"Easter"
(also, incidentally, performed with Dream Theater--score!)
So...
I feel so behind. Maybe I am. Maybe I'm not. Maybe bananas are squirrels, who really knows?
So, performances last week were pretty cool--it was interesting to see what resonated with different folks in the class. Todd's (and by extension, Perrin's) selections were interesting more because of the technology aspect--I really don't think it's too out of line to say in a few years that such enhancements will become the new boob/nose jobs of the plastic surgery field. Imagine not having to lug around an mp3 player when your arm literally has one embedded, mwuhahaha. What does that say for our (Western->American->however you want to define "our" here) culture? Moore's Law states that technology gets better every 18 months (I think Moore's law was initially in terms of transistor size, but it's widely applied to technology in general), so there are going to be some digital fireworks, I feel.
Another person who stood out to me was Ann Liv Young, who not only sung Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" but danced to Juvenile's "Slow Motion"--I was kind of intrigued by her, but further research...meh. I dig the total uncomfortability of not knowing what the fuck is going on, but her site (which sells, among other things, poop sculptures and used tampons) just...irks me. I understand its silly to try to define what art is/isn't can/can't do, but there's gotta be a line somewhere, even for art that's performance based. Then comes the issues with morals and decorum and "it's my goal to push boundaries blah blah," but are you really? This kind of hit me when Tom was talking about his idea to juxtapose a sermon with what he deemed sacrilegious--I know art, at times, can be (or needs to be) visceral, but do you ignore the internal compass? Can you really say you are amoral/lack an internal compass? Even if you do, there are obvious codes about what society does/does not expect (again, subjective as hell, but whatever), so wouldn't it be wise to tailor, if only in the smallest amount, work so that it reaches the most people? If your goal is really to alienate/challenge viewpoints, you will get people who are morbidly interested, sure, but will you get the in-between-ers who can really carry word of mouth like, "Damn, you need to check out X's exhibit--that shit was craaaaaaaaazy!"
For my performance, I definitely got some cool ideas for re-engagement--adding other media elements, maybe refining song choices, and making the piece as a whole a touch more interactive. My flash skills are limited only in the sense that I haven't used it in a while an ActionScript takes some getting used to, but again, excited to re-engage (especially knowing the trial window is slowly closing unless I further "procure" Flash CS5.
I'm still going to post, eventually, what I "hear" when others describe their mastertapes...soon, I swear.
-Glenn
---
Ne-Yo - Beautiful Monster
Sucker for dance songs...even if I dance with various degrees of success.
So, performances last week were pretty cool--it was interesting to see what resonated with different folks in the class. Todd's (and by extension, Perrin's) selections were interesting more because of the technology aspect--I really don't think it's too out of line to say in a few years that such enhancements will become the new boob/nose jobs of the plastic surgery field. Imagine not having to lug around an mp3 player when your arm literally has one embedded, mwuhahaha. What does that say for our (Western->American->however you want to define "our" here) culture? Moore's Law states that technology gets better every 18 months (I think Moore's law was initially in terms of transistor size, but it's widely applied to technology in general), so there are going to be some digital fireworks, I feel.
Another person who stood out to me was Ann Liv Young, who not only sung Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" but danced to Juvenile's "Slow Motion"--I was kind of intrigued by her, but further research...meh. I dig the total uncomfortability of not knowing what the fuck is going on, but her site (which sells, among other things, poop sculptures and used tampons) just...irks me. I understand its silly to try to define what art is/isn't can/can't do, but there's gotta be a line somewhere, even for art that's performance based. Then comes the issues with morals and decorum and "it's my goal to push boundaries blah blah," but are you really? This kind of hit me when Tom was talking about his idea to juxtapose a sermon with what he deemed sacrilegious--I know art, at times, can be (or needs to be) visceral, but do you ignore the internal compass? Can you really say you are amoral/lack an internal compass? Even if you do, there are obvious codes about what society does/does not expect (again, subjective as hell, but whatever), so wouldn't it be wise to tailor, if only in the smallest amount, work so that it reaches the most people? If your goal is really to alienate/challenge viewpoints, you will get people who are morbidly interested, sure, but will you get the in-between-ers who can really carry word of mouth like, "Damn, you need to check out X's exhibit--that shit was craaaaaaaaazy!"
For my performance, I definitely got some cool ideas for re-engagement--adding other media elements, maybe refining song choices, and making the piece as a whole a touch more interactive. My flash skills are limited only in the sense that I haven't used it in a while an ActionScript takes some getting used to, but again, excited to re-engage (especially knowing the trial window is slowly closing unless I further "procure" Flash CS5.
I'm still going to post, eventually, what I "hear" when others describe their mastertapes...soon, I swear.
-Glenn
---
Ne-Yo - Beautiful Monster
Sucker for dance songs...even if I dance with various degrees of success.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Teaser
Performance piece--conceptualized!
Note: I did most of this on the train on the way back from class on Wednesday night.
Note: The above note is no excuse for the piss-poor hand-writing.
<3 Glenn
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The Receiving End of Sirens - "This Armistice"
No weal words that don't rehash earlier things said about TREOS (or my selections)--epic, uplifting, harmonies, etc.
Note: I did most of this on the train on the way back from class on Wednesday night.
Note: The above note is no excuse for the piss-poor hand-writing.
<3 Glenn
---
The Receiving End of Sirens - "This Armistice"
No weal words that don't rehash earlier things said about TREOS (or my selections)--epic, uplifting, harmonies, etc.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
New post soon
On tap:
Responses to performance day
Where my piece is going (with my own hand-written, atrocious notes!)
More soon, I promise.
Responses to performance day
Where my piece is going (with my own hand-written, atrocious notes!)
More soon, I promise.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Per my last update
This is probably the most irrelevant/irreverent thing I've posted on this blog (I think), but a "short" list of songs I've "used" while writing. I think the quotes are right, here:
112 - It's Over Now
30 Seconds to Mars - Attack
30 Seconds to Mars - The Kill
Abba - Dancing Queen
Acceptance - The Letter
Ace of Base - Beautiful Life
Action Action - Druglike
AFI - Endlessly, She Said
AFI - Reiver's Music
AFI - Summer Shudder
AFI - The Despair Factor
AFI - The Missing Frame
AFI - This Celluloid Dream
AFI - This Time Imperfect
Al Dimeola - Egyptian Danza
Alien Ant Farm - Attitude
All That Remains - Six
Anberlin - Never Take Friendship Personal
Angie Stone - I Wish I Didn't Miss You Anymore
Anita Baker - Angel
At the Drive-In - Pattern Against User
Atreyu - Shameful
Atreyu - The Rememberence Ballad
Avant - Separated
Avenged Sevenfold - Chapter 4
Avenged Sevenfold - I Won't See You Tonight (Part 2)
Ayreon - Day Three: Pain
Bach - Allegro
Between the Buried and Me - Backwards Marathon
Between the Buried and Me - Camilla Rhodes
Between the Buried and Me - Mordecai
Between the Buried and Me - Shevenal (Take 2)
Between the Buried and Me - White Walls
Beyonce - Dangerously In Love
Blackfield - Pain
Brian McKnight - Never Felt This Way
Bullet For My Valentine - 4 Words (To Choke Upon)
Chevelle - Closure
Chevelle - Vitamin R
Chirs Brown - Kiss Kiss
Collective Soul - World I Know
Counting Crows - Colorblind
Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons
Dream Theater - In The Presence of Enemies
Dream Theater - Learning to Live
Dream Theater - Lifting Shadows
Dream Theater - Speak to Me
Dream Theater - The Ministry of Lost Souls
Dredg - Bug Eyes
Dredg - Ode to the Sun
Dredg - Sang Real
Earth, Wind and Fire - Fantasy
Earth, Wind and Fire - Lovely People
Earth, Wind and Fire - Pure Gold
Earth, Wind and Fire - Show Me the Way
East Clubbers - Walk Alone
ELP - Tarkus
Emery - So Cold I Could See My Breath
Every Time I Die - Ebolarama
Every Time I Die - Kill the Music
Fuel - Shimmer
Funeral for a Friend - Escape Artists Never Die
Genesis - Supper's Ready
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
George Gerschwin - Rhapsody in Blue
George Gerschwin - Summertime
Hikaru Utada - Hikari
Irena Cara - Flashdance…What A Feeling
It Dies Today - Marigold
It Dies Today - Radiance
It Dies Today - Severed Ties Yield Severed Heads
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
John Coltrane - Countdown
John Coltrane - Naima
Journey - Heartland
Journey - I'll Be Alright Without You
Journey - Never Walk Away
Journey - Separate Ways
Journey - What I Needed
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
Killswitch Engage - Arms of Sorrows
Killswitch Engage - My Curse
Killswitch Engage - My Last Serenade
Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache
Lacrimosa Profundere - Again It's Over
Mahavishnu Orchestra - You Know You Know
Maxwell - Gravity: Pushing To Pull
Maxwell - Know These Things: You Should
Maxwell - Lifetime
Maxwell - Submerge: 'Til We Become the Sun
Maxwell - Symptom Unknown
Maxwell - Temporary Night
Maxwell - This Woman's Work
Miles Davis - So What?
Mr. Big - Take Cover
Nina Gordon - Tonight and the Rest of my Life
Norma Jean - Liarsenic
Opeth - Bleak
Opeth - Coil
Opeth - Isolation Years
Opeth - To Rid the Disease
Opeth - Windowpane
Patrick Swayze - She's Like The Wind
Porcupine Tree - Collapse the Light into Earth
Porcupine Tree - Heartattack in a Layby
Prince - I Would Die 4 U
Protest the Hero - Blindfolds Aside
Protest the Hero - Bloodmeat
Protest the Hero - Sequoia Throne
Prozzak - When I Think of You
Quincy Jones - The Secret Garden
Rush - La Villa Strangiato
Rush - Roll The Bones
Rush - Tom Sawyer
Rush - YYZ
Sade - No Ordinary Love
Sarah McLauchlan - Possesion
Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back
Scooter - Faster, Harder, Scooter
Seal - Crazy
Seal - Human Beings
Sevendust - Disgrace
Sevendust - Skeleton Song
Sevendust - Ugly
Sevendust - Xmas Day
Sheryl Crow - Strong Enough
Slipknot - Vermillion Part 2
Snow Patrol - Run
Snow Patrol - Set the Fire to the Third Bar
Snow Patrol - Shut Your Eyes
Sonata Arctica - Shy
Sorskogen - Mordet I Grottan
Sparta - Air
Sparta - Breaking the Broken
Sparta - Collapse
Spice Girls - 2 become 1
Spice Girls - Viva Forever
Splender - Cigarette
Splender - I Apologize
Splender - Supernatural
Stevie Wonder - All I Do
Stream of Passion - Deceiver
Stream of Passion - Nostalgia
Stream of Passion - Passion
Stream of Passion - Wherever You Are
Tamia - You Put a Move on My Heart
Tatu - Friend or Foe
The Clipse - Grinding
The Clipse - Mr. Me Too
The Clipse - Wamp Wamp (What it do)
The Philosopher Kings - You Stepped On My Life
The Receiving End of Sirens - Smoke and Mirrors
The Receiving End of Sirens - The Rival Cycle
The Used - Blue and Yellow
The Who - Love Reing O'er Me
Third Eye Blind - Losing a Whole Year
Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
Third Eye Blind - Slow Motion
Third Eye Blind - Wounded
Thrice - Stare at the Sun
Transatlantic - We All Need Some Light
Underoath - A Boy Brushed Red (Living in Black and White)
Underoath - In Regards to Myself
Underoath - It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door
Usher - Moving Mountains
Weiß Kreuz - Mellow Candle
Yes - Close to the Edge
Evangelion - Komm, Susser Tod
Journey - Send Her My Love
Duran Duran - Save a Prayer
Jagged Edge - Tip of My Tongue
maxwell - bad habits
maxwell - possum playing
Maxwell - Silently
Nina Gordon - Tonight and the Rest of My Life
Omarion - I get it in
Omarion - Touch
pleasure p - under
Porcupine Tree - Trains
pretty ricky - grind on me
pretty ricky - playhouse
Quincy Jones - The Secret Garden
R Kelly - Echo
Robin Thicke - Lost Without You
Robin Thicke - Sex Therapy
Sade - No Ordinary Love
Sarah McLachlan - Possesion
sean garret - up in your heart
Shai - if I ever fall in love
Silkk the Shocker - Somebody Like Me
The Dream - Falsetto
The Trax - Knife
Trey Songz - Beat it Up
trey songz - I invented sex
trey songz - neighbors know my name
usher - little freak
112 - It's Over Now
30 Seconds to Mars - Attack
30 Seconds to Mars - The Kill
Abba - Dancing Queen
Acceptance - The Letter
Ace of Base - Beautiful Life
Action Action - Druglike
AFI - Endlessly, She Said
AFI - Reiver's Music
AFI - Summer Shudder
AFI - The Despair Factor
AFI - The Missing Frame
AFI - This Celluloid Dream
AFI - This Time Imperfect
Al Dimeola - Egyptian Danza
Alien Ant Farm - Attitude
All That Remains - Six
Anberlin - Never Take Friendship Personal
Angie Stone - I Wish I Didn't Miss You Anymore
Anita Baker - Angel
At the Drive-In - Pattern Against User
Atreyu - Shameful
Atreyu - The Rememberence Ballad
Avant - Separated
Avenged Sevenfold - Chapter 4
Avenged Sevenfold - I Won't See You Tonight (Part 2)
Ayreon - Day Three: Pain
Bach - Allegro
Between the Buried and Me - Backwards Marathon
Between the Buried and Me - Camilla Rhodes
Between the Buried and Me - Mordecai
Between the Buried and Me - Shevenal (Take 2)
Between the Buried and Me - White Walls
Beyonce - Dangerously In Love
Blackfield - Pain
Brian McKnight - Never Felt This Way
Bullet For My Valentine - 4 Words (To Choke Upon)
Chevelle - Closure
Chevelle - Vitamin R
Chirs Brown - Kiss Kiss
Collective Soul - World I Know
Counting Crows - Colorblind
Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons
Dream Theater - In The Presence of Enemies
Dream Theater - Learning to Live
Dream Theater - Lifting Shadows
Dream Theater - Speak to Me
Dream Theater - The Ministry of Lost Souls
Dredg - Bug Eyes
Dredg - Ode to the Sun
Dredg - Sang Real
Earth, Wind and Fire - Fantasy
Earth, Wind and Fire - Lovely People
Earth, Wind and Fire - Pure Gold
Earth, Wind and Fire - Show Me the Way
East Clubbers - Walk Alone
ELP - Tarkus
Emery - So Cold I Could See My Breath
Every Time I Die - Ebolarama
Every Time I Die - Kill the Music
Fuel - Shimmer
Funeral for a Friend - Escape Artists Never Die
Genesis - Supper's Ready
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
George Gerschwin - Rhapsody in Blue
George Gerschwin - Summertime
Hikaru Utada - Hikari
Irena Cara - Flashdance…What A Feeling
It Dies Today - Marigold
It Dies Today - Radiance
It Dies Today - Severed Ties Yield Severed Heads
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
John Coltrane - Countdown
John Coltrane - Naima
Journey - Heartland
Journey - I'll Be Alright Without You
Journey - Never Walk Away
Journey - Separate Ways
Journey - What I Needed
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
Killswitch Engage - Arms of Sorrows
Killswitch Engage - My Curse
Killswitch Engage - My Last Serenade
Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache
Lacrimosa Profundere - Again It's Over
Mahavishnu Orchestra - You Know You Know
Maxwell - Gravity: Pushing To Pull
Maxwell - Know These Things: You Should
Maxwell - Lifetime
Maxwell - Submerge: 'Til We Become the Sun
Maxwell - Symptom Unknown
Maxwell - Temporary Night
Maxwell - This Woman's Work
Miles Davis - So What?
Mr. Big - Take Cover
Nina Gordon - Tonight and the Rest of my Life
Norma Jean - Liarsenic
Opeth - Bleak
Opeth - Coil
Opeth - Isolation Years
Opeth - To Rid the Disease
Opeth - Windowpane
Patrick Swayze - She's Like The Wind
Porcupine Tree - Collapse the Light into Earth
Porcupine Tree - Heartattack in a Layby
Prince - I Would Die 4 U
Protest the Hero - Blindfolds Aside
Protest the Hero - Bloodmeat
Protest the Hero - Sequoia Throne
Prozzak - When I Think of You
Quincy Jones - The Secret Garden
Rush - La Villa Strangiato
Rush - Roll The Bones
Rush - Tom Sawyer
Rush - YYZ
Sade - No Ordinary Love
Sarah McLauchlan - Possesion
Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back
Scooter - Faster, Harder, Scooter
Seal - Crazy
Seal - Human Beings
Sevendust - Disgrace
Sevendust - Skeleton Song
Sevendust - Ugly
Sevendust - Xmas Day
Sheryl Crow - Strong Enough
Slipknot - Vermillion Part 2
Snow Patrol - Run
Snow Patrol - Set the Fire to the Third Bar
Snow Patrol - Shut Your Eyes
Sonata Arctica - Shy
Sorskogen - Mordet I Grottan
Sparta - Air
Sparta - Breaking the Broken
Sparta - Collapse
Spice Girls - 2 become 1
Spice Girls - Viva Forever
Splender - Cigarette
Splender - I Apologize
Splender - Supernatural
Stevie Wonder - All I Do
Stream of Passion - Deceiver
Stream of Passion - Nostalgia
Stream of Passion - Passion
Stream of Passion - Wherever You Are
Tamia - You Put a Move on My Heart
Tatu - Friend or Foe
The Clipse - Grinding
The Clipse - Mr. Me Too
The Clipse - Wamp Wamp (What it do)
The Philosopher Kings - You Stepped On My Life
The Receiving End of Sirens - Smoke and Mirrors
The Receiving End of Sirens - The Rival Cycle
The Used - Blue and Yellow
The Who - Love Reing O'er Me
Third Eye Blind - Losing a Whole Year
Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
Third Eye Blind - Slow Motion
Third Eye Blind - Wounded
Thrice - Stare at the Sun
Transatlantic - We All Need Some Light
Underoath - A Boy Brushed Red (Living in Black and White)
Underoath - In Regards to Myself
Underoath - It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door
Usher - Moving Mountains
Weiß Kreuz - Mellow Candle
Yes - Close to the Edge
Evangelion - Komm, Susser Tod
Journey - Send Her My Love
Duran Duran - Save a Prayer
Jagged Edge - Tip of My Tongue
maxwell - bad habits
maxwell - possum playing
Maxwell - Silently
Nina Gordon - Tonight and the Rest of My Life
Omarion - I get it in
Omarion - Touch
pleasure p - under
Porcupine Tree - Trains
pretty ricky - grind on me
pretty ricky - playhouse
Quincy Jones - The Secret Garden
R Kelly - Echo
Robin Thicke - Lost Without You
Robin Thicke - Sex Therapy
Sade - No Ordinary Love
Sarah McLachlan - Possesion
sean garret - up in your heart
Shai - if I ever fall in love
Silkk the Shocker - Somebody Like Me
The Dream - Falsetto
The Trax - Knife
Trey Songz - Beat it Up
trey songz - I invented sex
trey songz - neighbors know my name
usher - little freak
Speed Rounds, three.
Really enjoyed doing each of these activities. I think for workshop, I will bring in my work (would poem be accurate?) based on Nate M's source. Other than that, it was interesting doing Nate B's exercise, as my handwriting already looks like I'm drunkenly trying to tattoo with my left hand (I'm right handed) in faux Sanskrit. I write very slanty when I'm not looking, and accordions popped into it. I've already noted my enjoyment of Perrin's source (I did write a program and was going to send it, but gmail is weird about what you can send [the end file is .exe], and Perrin himself had trouble running it). Maybe I'll just post the source code? It was interesting doing Kat's poem, as it reminds me of some of my earlier work (and by earlier work, my poem about a blue monster in fifth grade). Todd's was interesting for the fact that I tend not to write in fragments (and it was interesting trying to distill my mastertape into relatively succinct ideas). Is that everyone? Maybe? I dig collaborative work, so I enjoyed when we worked together (and by we, I mean the class).
In terms of being assign Joyce--I can understand why. I'm obsessed with precision and coherence--Finnegan's Wake (or, maybe more specifically, the excerpt given to me) relies on things that my poetry is not known for. From my notes, I noted (before writing) that the writing was "dense, German-esque language. Sound. Pattern. Spoonerisms. Nonsense?" For the German-esque, I just thought about the prevalence (or ease) with which German words become acceptable compounds. Writing in this mode helped "free" me from my own confines, if only a little bit. Afterwords, I saw that I mostly wanted to work with plays or texts in which weird things happen, and I think that's my attraction to narrative/sense coming back--the exchange of dialogue, even if heady, is pushing towards some goal, whether it's a revisionist look at a fairy tell or trying to accurately translate/transcribe real speech (a la Mamet/Mametspeak). Haven't written in response yet to Mamet, but will soon.
In terms of versions, this brings me up to approximately 24 versions of my mastertape throughout the semester. Wow, that's a lot of writing.
-Glenn
---
Yes - Siberian Khatru
Staying in a prog vein, some good ol' Yes. The main theme/riff reminds me simultaneously of early Genesis/Nintendo games (a very definite Sonic feel), but at the same time, feels very anthemic. I keep using anthem or some form of it to describe songs I like--I need a thesaurus.
I think I may actually post songs that I've written in response to/used as inspiration/name dropped in poems--it's really obsessive, like, very literally.
In terms of being assign Joyce--I can understand why. I'm obsessed with precision and coherence--Finnegan's Wake (or, maybe more specifically, the excerpt given to me) relies on things that my poetry is not known for. From my notes, I noted (before writing) that the writing was "dense, German-esque language. Sound. Pattern. Spoonerisms. Nonsense?" For the German-esque, I just thought about the prevalence (or ease) with which German words become acceptable compounds. Writing in this mode helped "free" me from my own confines, if only a little bit. Afterwords, I saw that I mostly wanted to work with plays or texts in which weird things happen, and I think that's my attraction to narrative/sense coming back--the exchange of dialogue, even if heady, is pushing towards some goal, whether it's a revisionist look at a fairy tell or trying to accurately translate/transcribe real speech (a la Mamet/Mametspeak). Haven't written in response yet to Mamet, but will soon.
In terms of versions, this brings me up to approximately 24 versions of my mastertape throughout the semester. Wow, that's a lot of writing.
-Glenn
---
Yes - Siberian Khatru
Staying in a prog vein, some good ol' Yes. The main theme/riff reminds me simultaneously of early Genesis/Nintendo games (a very definite Sonic feel), but at the same time, feels very anthemic. I keep using anthem or some form of it to describe songs I like--I need a thesaurus.
I think I may actually post songs that I've written in response to/used as inspiration/name dropped in poems--it's really obsessive, like, very literally.
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