Friday, November 1, 2013

demo #18: bipolarity

the idea here was to jump from the "super happy fun song" to a very dark ambient piece, thereby emulating a deep mood swing - and setting the tone for the rest of the demo. i think i pulled this off remarkably well, for a 16 year-old.

the super happy fun song consists of me playing the same guitar pattern through different patches on my zoom 1010 multieffects pedal - a spectacularly terrible all-in-one digital effects pedal, but the source of essentially all the effects on my first several demos. the super happy fun, though, doesn't quite feel genuine. it seems to become saturated and overtaken by it's own monotonous pretension, eventually imploding into itself....

the second half of this is my first attempt at effects-based ambient music. it's just a few simple patterns on the keyboard, and a lot of effects work. that's the 1010 again. nothing fancy. no computers.

i should point out that i had to sneak into my sister's room to use the keyboard (and her electric metronome).

recorded in march, 1997. remastered nov 1, 2013.

windows

From: Jessica Murray <death.to.koalas@gmail.com>
To: the initial landlord

hi again.

the windows aren't perfect, and i overheard the conversation you had about the people upstairs; i wouldn't ask for new windows. but, they do need to be weather-sealed. i'm happy to just go around with saran wrap, but i thought i'd ask if you have some other idea before i do that.

j

william gibson

william gibson


born: 1948
died:

works:
pattern recognition(2003)


relationships:



sources:
notes:

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timeline: 1996

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1996

sept 13: the smashing pumpkins, buffalo tom @ the corel centre, ottawa

unclear date:
penguin buys gp putnam's sons

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several different ways to order several different things

several different ways to order several different things

albums
     by artist
     by label
     what's in my mp3 player?

books
     by author
     by publishing house

concerts
     by date

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timeline: 1838

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1838

may 10: heinrich marx (died)

unclear date:
putnam & wiley (founded)

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timeline: 2003

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2003

feb 3: william gibson - pattern recognition
mar 28: the angels of light, devendra banhart @ la sala rosa, montreal
apr 12: godspeed you black emperor! @ eglise st. roche, quebec city
july 4: ben harper, k-os @ bluesfest, ottawa
july 24: shalabi effect @ national arts centre, ottawa
aug 15: radiohead @ parc jean drapeau, montreal
aug 28: bjork @ parc jean drapeau, montreal
sept 2: a silver mt zion - this is our punk rock
oct 5: polmo polpo @ gallery 101, ottawa

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timeline: 1948

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1948

mar 17: william gibson (born)

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timeline: 2013

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2013

jan 11: yamanataka // sonic titan @ babylon, ottawa
jan 12: fucked up @ ritual, ottawa
jan 30: high waters, illitry, grime kings @ cafe dekcuf, ottawa
feb 17: neon windbreaker, big dick @ dominion tavern, ottawa
feb 26: light company, trees @ the rainbow, ottawa
april 4: andy boay @ pressed cafe, ottawa
april 7: the fuzz (montreal), dagger eyes @ the dominion tavern, ottawa
april 13: life chain, concrete asylum, thee nodes, valleys, suuns @ kent legion / ritual, ottawa
april 20: speedy ortiz, police funeral @ pressed / the asylum, ottawa
april 22: adam saikaley quartet, eyeswithoutaface, irn, squalor, klovenhoofs @ umi/daily grind, ottawa
may 1: jesse dangerously @ babylon, ottawa
may 10: roberta bondar, silver dapple @ mugshots, ottawa
may 16: three little birds, california x, bumpin' tacos @ pressed / dekcuf / dom, ottawa
may 22: anamanaguchi @ mavericks, ottawa
june 7: jane siberry @ westfest, ottawa
june 13: bill orcutt & chris corsano, mark molnar, adam saikaley @ raw sugar, ottawa
june 21: yellowteeth, big dick, mike krol @ raw sugar, ottawa
june 24: st vincent, david byrne @ confederation park, ottawa
july 1: penguin random house (founded from merger of penguin and random house )
july 7: the joy formidable @ bluesfest, ottawa
july 9: loma prieta @ luneta cafe, ottawa
july 13: bjork, austra, mykki blanco, half moon run, stars, death grips @ bluesfest, ottawa
july 14: three little birds, alice in chains @ bluesfest, ottawa
aug 5: i relocated from ottawa, ontario to windsor, ontario.
oct 24: silent movie type, this machine kills robots, worry, the famines @ phog/villains, windsor

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publishing houses

publishing houses

majors

bertelsmann-pearson
    penguin random house
       penguin books
          gp putnam's sons
       random house
          ebury
             virgin books
                wh allen
          knopf doubleday
             knopf
             doubleday
                anchor books

georg von holtzbrinck
    henry holt & company
       henry holt

news corp
    harpercollins
      unwin hyman limited
         george allen & unwin
            george allen & sons

indies


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timeline: 1985

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1985

unclear date:
tvt records (founded)
georg von holtzbrinck purchases henry holt & co

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timeline: 1866

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1866

unclear date:
henry holt & co (founded)

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