the defeater record is better than the last few, but i'm not feeling like it's going to be enough to drag me out.
i think i'll make a judgement on wedenesday that will depend on the weather.
but, this could be a super quiet month; the most exciting venue this month seems to be the dso.
i think i'm actually more excited about new records by 65dos and swans. if i can plan the toronto trip around 65dos...
i don't see anything in windsor over the next few days, either.
i may end up skipping this little blip altogether. *shrug*.
so, i need to get some groceries and get to some more serious focus on the court stuff. we're 'there', now. it looks like i've got the cash to put aside to plan this.
the liberals are supposed to do better than this.
Monday, September 30, 2019
the joy formidable show on wednesday is....unplugged.
it's just worrisome because it screams 'hipster'. i don't want to judge them on their decibel level, exactly. i'm just a little worried that it might not actually be very fun.
there's some bands that you kind of expect to play loud, and that may actually not be very interesting, otherwise.
and, it's an early show in ferndale, too. so i've gotta show up for 19:00 to catch an acoustic set? eh...
let me check some samples.
they may have gone full hipster, in which case count me out.
the liberals are supposed to do better than this.
it's just worrisome because it screams 'hipster'. i don't want to judge them on their decibel level, exactly. i'm just a little worried that it might not actually be very fun.
there's some bands that you kind of expect to play loud, and that may actually not be very interesting, otherwise.
and, it's an early show in ferndale, too. so i've gotta show up for 19:00 to catch an acoustic set? eh...
let me check some samples.
they may have gone full hipster, in which case count me out.
the liberals are supposed to do better than this.
so, i'm going to need to cross-reference the music facebook page, a frustrating process due to the lengthy nature of doing so. they don't let you jump. you have to scroll back through hundreds of posts. it's enough to get off of it, which i have, but i insist on maintaining it for some reason.
it could take all day.
so, i'll need to multitask.
i need to pay rent, get groceries and get a start on the legal thing today, although i don't expect to look at it seriously until wednesday or thursday, depending on further circumstances. after 19:00 tonight, i'll also need to actually set up the recording machine properly for the first time since jan, 2018 (!) to get those liner notes filed and take a serious look at the next batch of material.
if i can get out to a few shows over the next few days, i'd like to.
but, i could be posting further releases by this time, tomorrow morning.
the liberals are supposed to do better than this.
it could take all day.
so, i'll need to multitask.
i need to pay rent, get groceries and get a start on the legal thing today, although i don't expect to look at it seriously until wednesday or thursday, depending on further circumstances. after 19:00 tonight, i'll also need to actually set up the recording machine properly for the first time since jan, 2018 (!) to get those liner notes filed and take a serious look at the next batch of material.
if i can get out to a few shows over the next few days, i'd like to.
but, i could be posting further releases by this time, tomorrow morning.
the liberals are supposed to do better than this.
first liner note release for inri000
these are
the first demos i recorded, written 1994-1996 and recorded in the second
half of 1996. this corresponds to the end of my 15th year and the
beginning of my grade 10 school year. on the one hand, it's an
intriguing document of a socially maladjusted teenage punk. on the other
hand, it's a 15 year-old kid learning how to use a recording studio
(and how to play the drums). influences are displayed on my sleeve just a
little too loudly at times.
i was attempting to create something that could be described by the words disturbing, schizophrenic, unique, bizarre, twisted. looking back, i think i succeeded more than i realized at the time. this is a difficult listen that would be appealing to fans of the obscurantist reaches of 80s punk and 90s grunge. i manage to maintain a strange sense of melody, though. in truth, my current adult self is somewhat impressed with my teenaged self at this current point.
that being said, it should not be forgotten that i was fifteen. i am at times rather crude, and i display a childlike understanding of certain issues. most poetry written at the age of fifteen is not particularly insightful. again, though, i surprise myself at points.
this is the first time i'm publishing these demos in any form. i've remained frighteningly self-conscious of them over the years. over the last seventeen years, the audience has been extremely limited. initial reactions suggested i take some time to perfect my performance skills, particularly my drumming skills. however, this indicated a lack of understanding of my intent in the overall sound. the playing is quite purposefully abstract with the aim of exploring mental illness.
the demos were initially dub-mastered onto a 110 minute tape that would have flipped after the eighth track. that tape was at some point recorded into a soundblaster and compressed very heavily; this is the only source of the material that i still have. so, i had to decompress the files from those 128 (or worse) kbps mp3s and run them through some digital mastering equipment in an attempt to "undo" the compression. what that is is a half-effective trick to recover data that is in actuality forever lost. nonetheless, i should point out that while these files were recorded entirely in 1996, they were substantially digitally modified in late 2013. finalized on june 26, 2016. first liner note release added on sept 30, 2019. as always, please use headphones.
i consider this an archival release with little direct listening value. i've pointed out repeatedly that i was 15. however, various segments have been isolated and pulled out for a higher listenability value over here:
jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inricycled-a
this release also includes a printable j-card insert and will also eventually include a comprehensive package of journal entries in doc & pdf from all phases of production (1993-1996, 2013-2019). as of sept 30, 2019, the release includes a 47 page booklet that includes journal entries from the remastering process over sept-oct, 2013.
i was attempting to create something that could be described by the words disturbing, schizophrenic, unique, bizarre, twisted. looking back, i think i succeeded more than i realized at the time. this is a difficult listen that would be appealing to fans of the obscurantist reaches of 80s punk and 90s grunge. i manage to maintain a strange sense of melody, though. in truth, my current adult self is somewhat impressed with my teenaged self at this current point.
that being said, it should not be forgotten that i was fifteen. i am at times rather crude, and i display a childlike understanding of certain issues. most poetry written at the age of fifteen is not particularly insightful. again, though, i surprise myself at points.
this is the first time i'm publishing these demos in any form. i've remained frighteningly self-conscious of them over the years. over the last seventeen years, the audience has been extremely limited. initial reactions suggested i take some time to perfect my performance skills, particularly my drumming skills. however, this indicated a lack of understanding of my intent in the overall sound. the playing is quite purposefully abstract with the aim of exploring mental illness.
the demos were initially dub-mastered onto a 110 minute tape that would have flipped after the eighth track. that tape was at some point recorded into a soundblaster and compressed very heavily; this is the only source of the material that i still have. so, i had to decompress the files from those 128 (or worse) kbps mp3s and run them through some digital mastering equipment in an attempt to "undo" the compression. what that is is a half-effective trick to recover data that is in actuality forever lost. nonetheless, i should point out that while these files were recorded entirely in 1996, they were substantially digitally modified in late 2013. finalized on june 26, 2016. first liner note release added on sept 30, 2019. as always, please use headphones.
i consider this an archival release with little direct listening value. i've pointed out repeatedly that i was 15. however, various segments have been isolated and pulled out for a higher listenability value over here:
jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inricycled-a
this release also includes a printable j-card insert and will also eventually include a comprehensive package of journal entries in doc & pdf from all phases of production (1993-1996, 2013-2019). as of sept 30, 2019, the release includes a 47 page booklet that includes journal entries from the remastering process over sept-oct, 2013.
credits
released December 25, 1996
j - guitars, effects, bass, drums, vocals, keyboards, tapes, found sounds, percussion, production.
j - guitars, effects, bass, drums, vocals, keyboards, tapes, found sounds, percussion, production.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inri-cassette-demo-1
the liberals are supposed to do better than this.
so, as promised, here is an example of the first run of the liner notes.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TybN3uKUhEH1KKD8HphcYoFc-r59NqrN
this is just a dummy file; the final result will be three or four times this length. but, considering that my music archive is now nearly 700 pages, why did i cut it down to a mere 47 pages?
a mere 47 pages? these are liner notes. back in the day, when people bought records, a 47 page booklet with digital photos would be the deluxe edition, guys.
the bulk of the writing in the music journal actually exists for the context of the aleph discs, where it will be used as the front-end for an interactive multimedia presentation. this is coming down the road. for right now, what you get is a truncated version of the journal that is relevant solely in the context of it being liner notes. if you want the full journal, it's up for download, too.
this is one of the things that we've lost in the digital age, so what i'm doing is trying to find a way to bring that back, in a way that makes sense to people that think that physical media is an anachronism. but, they're liner notes - you don't put things like reviews of other people's work, or conversations with friends, in your liner notes. you save things like that for the actual journals.
the above document will be inserted into the following download within a few minutes, in pdf and doc form. future liner notes will not be posted in this fashion.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inri-cassette-demo-1
the liner notes are also a perpetual work in progress, and they have to be. the next update will be at the finalization stage in mid-2016, which i hope to get up asap, but will also include notes published to youtube over 2014-2015, as well as other things. there will need to be a third update in 2026 (or 2027) that adds all of the loose ends, including the alter-reality posts.
the liberals are supposed to do better than this.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TybN3uKUhEH1KKD8HphcYoFc-r59NqrN
this is just a dummy file; the final result will be three or four times this length. but, considering that my music archive is now nearly 700 pages, why did i cut it down to a mere 47 pages?
a mere 47 pages? these are liner notes. back in the day, when people bought records, a 47 page booklet with digital photos would be the deluxe edition, guys.
the bulk of the writing in the music journal actually exists for the context of the aleph discs, where it will be used as the front-end for an interactive multimedia presentation. this is coming down the road. for right now, what you get is a truncated version of the journal that is relevant solely in the context of it being liner notes. if you want the full journal, it's up for download, too.
this is one of the things that we've lost in the digital age, so what i'm doing is trying to find a way to bring that back, in a way that makes sense to people that think that physical media is an anachronism. but, they're liner notes - you don't put things like reviews of other people's work, or conversations with friends, in your liner notes. you save things like that for the actual journals.
the above document will be inserted into the following download within a few minutes, in pdf and doc form. future liner notes will not be posted in this fashion.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inri-cassette-demo-1
the liner notes are also a perpetual work in progress, and they have to be. the next update will be at the finalization stage in mid-2016, which i hope to get up asap, but will also include notes published to youtube over 2014-2015, as well as other things. there will need to be a third update in 2026 (or 2027) that adds all of the loose ends, including the alter-reality posts.
the liberals are supposed to do better than this.
i'm cutting myself off on the reconstruction at the start of 2018, for now. i'll have to go back after, but i just want to catch up until the end of period 2, and then get back to what i was doing. i'm otherwise going to get stuck in a loop and never be able to catch up.
so, while all the ranting i've done since mid-2018 is going to eventually get worked into the liner notes, insofar as it is relevant to each release, it'll have to wait until i start cleaning up periods 3 and 4, in a comparable process.
the liberals are supposed to do better than this.
so, while all the ranting i've done since mid-2018 is going to eventually get worked into the liner notes, insofar as it is relevant to each release, it'll have to wait until i start cleaning up periods 3 and 4, in a comparable process.
the liberals are supposed to do better than this.
to get your head around the totality of what i'm doing...
i'm tempted to include the pre-existing alter-reality notes for this release, but i'm not going to. note that this won't actually come up again in the alter-reality until 2026, as i've pushed it back by ten years. i should just be focused on catching up for now, and then focusing on two rather than ten different realities. i have a tendency to over-complicate things and then got lost in the trivialities.
so, the second release will correspond with the finalization period and include notes on the release that were posted between 11/2013-06/2016. i'd hope to get this up asap, actually.
then, the third and final release will happen at the end of 2026, and should include everything, in complete totality.
is it more clear what i'm doing, yet?
the liberals are supposed to do better than this.
so, the second release will correspond with the finalization period and include notes on the release that were posted between 11/2013-06/2016. i'd hope to get this up asap, actually.
then, the third and final release will happen at the end of 2026, and should include everything, in complete totality.
is it more clear what i'm doing, yet?
the liberals are supposed to do better than this.
this feels good.
i've got something done, almost.
but, i won't be able to plow through with november, which will allow me to publish several liner notes, just yet.
it does look like the summer is finally over, though, so i'll be going out a lot less and getting a lot more done this month, starting mid-week.
i told you the crash was coming. this is actually about two weeks earlier than last year, but not quite as intense.
what happened last year is that it just stayed stuck around 10 degrees for three months, so that, by the time we got to december, it was actually unusually warm. i'm holding out hope for an early spring, so let's hope the winter doesn't get too harsh.
but, this is where my predictions for the year end - i'm calling for uncertainty this winter. it could be brutal, that's what the models are calling for. but, if the error that the models were making was too little solar input, it's going to start flipping the other way, now, and it might not be.
i have low confidence; we're on the cusp.
the liberals are supposed to do better than this.
i've got something done, almost.
but, i won't be able to plow through with november, which will allow me to publish several liner notes, just yet.
it does look like the summer is finally over, though, so i'll be going out a lot less and getting a lot more done this month, starting mid-week.
what happened last year is that it just stayed stuck around 10 degrees for three months, so that, by the time we got to december, it was actually unusually warm. i'm holding out hope for an early spring, so let's hope the winter doesn't get too harsh.
but, this is where my predictions for the year end - i'm calling for uncertainty this winter. it could be brutal, that's what the models are calling for. but, if the error that the models were making was too little solar input, it's going to start flipping the other way, now, and it might not be.
i have low confidence; we're on the cusp.
the liberals are supposed to do better than this.
so i've got these files updated. running totals are...
music document (1996-2019): 4598 pages @ 5x8
politics document (16/07/2013-31/10/2013): 1104 pages @ 5x8
dtk document (16/07/2013-31/10/2013): 210 pages @ 5x8
travel document (16/07/2013-31/10/2013): 133 pages @ 5x8
running fall semester (sept-dec) documents....@ 5x8
politics: 606 pages
music: 236 pages
dtk: 144
travel: 44
2013 ytd (from 16/07/2013) documents @ 5x8:
politics: 1104
music: 676
dtk: 210
travel: 133
complete archive: 9443 pages @ 8x11
november should be similar in scope to october, but starting to switch over to the music as the primary focus. it will probably be shorter, in total.
last thing left to do before i move on is to finally construct this first liner note, inri000.
the liberals are supposed to do better than this.
music document (1996-2019): 4598 pages @ 5x8
politics document (16/07/2013-31/10/2013): 1104 pages @ 5x8
dtk document (16/07/2013-31/10/2013): 210 pages @ 5x8
travel document (16/07/2013-31/10/2013): 133 pages @ 5x8
running fall semester (sept-dec) documents....@ 5x8
politics: 606 pages
music: 236 pages
dtk: 144
travel: 44
2013 ytd (from 16/07/2013) documents @ 5x8:
politics: 1104
music: 676
dtk: 210
travel: 133
complete archive: 9443 pages @ 8x11
november should be similar in scope to october, but starting to switch over to the music as the primary focus. it will probably be shorter, in total.
last thing left to do before i move on is to finally construct this first liner note, inri000.
the liberals are supposed to do better than this.
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