Comments on: Just Flew in From Facebook… http://www.zoilus.com/documents/via-toronto/2007/001060.php Carl Wilson on music, arts and culture Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:36:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Ed http://www.zoilus.com/documents/via-toronto/2007/001060.php/comment-page-1#comment-4276 Ed Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:29:57 +0000 http://www.zoilus.com/new/1/2007/001060.php#comment-4276 I've often wondered what sort of Oulipian constraints would be useful for musicmaking/songwriting — one I thought of: Using one song (a "classic") as the lyrical base, and another as a musical one. (Possibly my memory is foggy, but I seem to remember reading, in the liner notes to one of the versions of GET HAPPY!!, that "Possession" has a bassline from a Supremes song (or something); what E.C. doesn't say is that the first two lines come from the Beatles ("With Love From Me to You"). For an album — this isn't so difficult, but all the titles on the Magnetic Fields' "i" begin with "I"... Any songs in which the initial letters of each line can be read acrostically? Love this site— I’ve often wondered what sort of Oulipian constraints would be useful for musicmaking/songwriting — one I thought of: Using one song (a “classic”) as the lyrical base, and another as a musical one. (Possibly my memory is foggy, but I seem to remember reading, in the liner notes to one of the versions of GET HAPPY!!, that “Possession” has a bassline from a Supremes song (or something); what E.C. doesn’t say is that the first two lines come from the Beatles (”With Love From Me to You”).

For an album — this isn’t so difficult, but all the titles on the Magnetic Fields’ “i” begin with “I”…

Any songs in which the initial letters of each line can be read acrostically?

Love this site—

]]> By: zoilus http://www.zoilus.com/documents/via-toronto/2007/001060.php/comment-page-1#comment-4275 zoilus Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:56:05 +0000 http://www.zoilus.com/new/1/2007/001060.php#comment-4275 Yeah, it is about getting your real-life friends to be Facebook friends - that's the simulacrum side of it. Yeah, it is about getting your real-life friends to be Facebook friends - that’s the simulacrum side of it.

]]> By: Catbird http://www.zoilus.com/documents/via-toronto/2007/001060.php/comment-page-1#comment-4274 Catbird Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:06:14 +0000 http://www.zoilus.com/new/1/2007/001060.php#comment-4274 Yeah, I have a registered account and everything, it's just that I go there, and login, and then it's just like: well, what now? I'm sure that a huge part of that is me only having like 1 Facebook friend, but quite honestly, I don't have the patience to go thru the whole tedious process of builing up an entirely new friend database every time I join one of these new sites. Yeah, I have a registered account and everything, it’s just that I go there, and login, and then it’s just like: well, what now?

I’m sure that a huge part of that is me only having like 1 Facebook friend, but quite honestly, I don’t have the patience to go thru the whole tedious process of builing up an entirely new friend database every time I join one of these new sites.

]]> By: zoilus http://www.zoilus.com/documents/via-toronto/2007/001060.php/comment-page-1#comment-4273 zoilus Sat, 23 Jun 2007 02:26:40 +0000 http://www.zoilus.com/new/1/2007/001060.php#comment-4273 It's just a much more immersive design and interface, at least to me. I'm no expert on this stuff so I don't have the language to explain (I didn't get it when it was described to me either), but there's also the fact that I find MySpace clunky for communication and unpleasant generally to look at - though it's great for music research - so I never got very into using it for communication. The Facebook environment simply feels more like a "real" environment, and the multiple modes of contact within it feel more genuinely like being in the presence of the people there. But you'd have to sample for yourself to see if you agree, Ryan. It’s just a much more immersive design and interface, at least to me. I’m no expert on this stuff so I don’t have the language to explain (I didn’t get it when it was described to me either), but there’s also the fact that I find MySpace clunky for communication and unpleasant generally to look at - though it’s great for music research - so I never got very into using it for communication. The Facebook environment simply feels more like a “real” environment, and the multiple modes of contact within it feel more genuinely like being in the presence of the people there. But you’d have to sample for yourself to see if you agree, Ryan.

]]> By: Catbird http://www.zoilus.com/documents/via-toronto/2007/001060.php/comment-page-1#comment-4272 Catbird Sat, 23 Jun 2007 02:03:31 +0000 http://www.zoilus.com/new/1/2007/001060.php#comment-4272 I am not trying to be a jerk or anything, I'm being serious: what is the big deal with Facebook? What is it I'm missing? How is it different from anything else like Myspace? Remember, I'm being SERIOUS. What am I missing? I am not trying to be a jerk or anything, I’m being serious: what is the big deal with Facebook? What is it I’m missing? How is it different from anything else like Myspace?

Remember, I’m being SERIOUS. What am I missing?

]]> By: zoilus http://www.zoilus.com/documents/via-toronto/2007/001060.php/comment-page-1#comment-4271 zoilus Sat, 23 Jun 2007 02:02:48 +0000 http://www.zoilus.com/new/1/2007/001060.php#comment-4271 Sorry! Fixed! Sorry! Fixed!

]]> By: Maltodextrin http://www.zoilus.com/documents/via-toronto/2007/001060.php/comment-page-1#comment-4270 Maltodextrin Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:08:12 +0000 http://www.zoilus.com/new/1/2007/001060.php#comment-4270 I'd love to read the Mike Watt/Tony Maimone interview. The link is broken though. I’d love to read the Mike Watt/Tony Maimone interview. The link is broken though.

]]> By: zoilus http://www.zoilus.com/documents/via-toronto/2007/001060.php/comment-page-1#comment-4269 zoilus Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:05:29 +0000 http://www.zoilus.com/new/1/2007/001060.php#comment-4269 Hmm, right you are, now that I'm listening. Press release was misleading a bit. Sorry! Hmm, right you are, now that I’m listening. Press release was misleading a bit. Sorry!

]]> By: jdh http://www.zoilus.com/documents/via-toronto/2007/001060.php/comment-page-1#comment-4268 jdh Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:41:57 +0000 http://www.zoilus.com/new/1/2007/001060.php#comment-4268 the new dirty projectors is very not acoustic the new dirty projectors is very not acoustic

]]> By: zoilus http://www.zoilus.com/documents/via-toronto/2007/001060.php/comment-page-1#comment-4267 zoilus Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:47:30 +0000 http://www.zoilus.com/new/1/2007/001060.php#comment-4267 Wow, you're either a very unhinged human or a very smart spambot. This is like a comments-box Turing test all of a sudden. Eerie. Wow, you’re either a very unhinged human or a very smart spambot. This is like a comments-box Turing test all of a sudden. Eerie.

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