The Week’s Tweets
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
- @lilianechlela Say hello to all the assholes that never left. in reply to lilianechlela 07:41:34, 2013-03-06
- RT @computerneix: If you remove the soundtrack to your life, if you sit with the quiet, sit with unintended sounds, do you stop being wh … 07:44:34, 2013-03-06
- RT @computerneix: Fear of Silence http://t.co/fj09HNFLQ3 07:44:44, 2013-03-06
- Might be helpful to note that I've had tinnitus for as long as I can remember, so I've never had an illusion of experiencing silence. 07:47:22, 2013-03-06
- My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: david j fonseca (28), Alphaxone (16) & elizabeth Veldon (15) http://t.co/IFtslodvU4 10:46:05, 2013-03-06
- Bomb threat has school on emergency lockdown. 17:33:55, 2013-03-06
- @DaveSeidel It was pretty liberating for me to chop the hair. Congrats on the change! in reply to DaveSeidel 17:44:38, 2013-03-06
- @DaveSeidel I can usually hear mine even with some sound activity. Doesn't annoy me like it does some people though. in reply to DaveSeidel 17:51:52, 2013-03-06
- @leonrosado Interesting. So there is a strong visual element to your idea of composing? in reply to leonrosado 17:58:02, 2013-03-06
- @jshell That's a bad-ass lookin' show. in reply to jshell 18:00:23, 2013-03-06
- @implicitorder Cool! Maybe you could put an attribution on the BandCamp page? in reply to implicitorder 18:04:34, 2013-03-06
- @DaveSeidel Goes without saying! in reply to DaveSeidel 18:35:44, 2013-03-06
- @implicitorder Oh, cool… I didn't see that. Nice new work btw, good to see you so active lately! in reply to implicitorder 19:38:22, 2013-03-06
- @Le_Berger Imagine life without passion. in reply to Le_Berger 20:51:10, 2013-03-06
- @Le_Berger No prob, just take a few xanax. in reply to Le_Berger 21:36:13, 2013-03-06
- @Le_Berger Not to be flippant. I have no idea specifically what you're meaning, so I can't comment. in reply to Le_Berger 21:38:05, 2013-03-06
- @Le_Berger In my experience passion causes no pain, only desire causes pain. in reply to Le_Berger 21:38:42, 2013-03-06
- @Le_Berger Me too. I was prescribed that for some crippling anxiety stuff, but I hated it, too disassociating. in reply to Le_Berger 21:45:23, 2013-03-06
- @Le_Berger Not for me. Passion is drive, zest, interest, fire, connection. in reply to Le_Berger 21:48:33, 2013-03-06
- @Le_Berger There's an Oblique Strategy that says "Disconnect from Desire" – good advice. in reply to Le_Berger 21:51:33, 2013-03-06
- Subgenres of jizz? http://t.co/Oha6BsG0ap Huh? 07:35:01, 2013-03-07
- @GuyBirkin Hey Guy, I just got a spam email addressed from you – might look into that! 17:44:14, 2013-03-07
- RT @artofnoises: 100th Anniversary Art of Noises manifesto: Press Release for immediate dissemination The 100th Anniversary of … http: … 17:49:06, 2013-03-07
- Wish I could be in London for this! “@artofnoises: Press Release for immediate dissemination http://t.co/yCXlkkUdyK” 17:49:35, 2013-03-07
- @cparkmusic I just had something like that, it was awful. Hope you're better soon. in reply to cparkmusic 17:56:55, 2013-03-07
- RT @mediateletipos: Netlabels: ¿Y ahora qué? http://t.co/aRc0AcZYtD 18:02:29, 2013-03-07
- @mrdankelly Yes. "Unengaging". in reply to mrdankelly 18:36:23, 2013-03-07
- I know what will be droning from my iPod tomorrow: “@ubuweb: Six hour-long drone compositions by Eliane Radigue: http://t.co/JNXmWbx9yV” 18:37:45, 2013-03-07
- @disquiet @djunto Three cheers for sine waves! in reply to disquiet 18:39:45, 2013-03-07
- @disquiet What's the selling point for you? in reply to disquiet 18:47:53, 2013-03-07
- @Nysso Life itself is weird. in reply to Nysso 18:50:50, 2013-03-07
- @disquiet Attention entropy leads to ear-worms. in reply to disquiet 18:53:00, 2013-03-07
- @implicitorder Whoa, cool. Nice video too. Disorienting. in reply to implicitorder 18:57:06, 2013-03-07
- I will eat ALL of the California mandarin oranges. 19:02:02, 2013-03-07
- @lilianechlela Fear of the unknown a basic animal instinct. in reply to lilianechlela 19:43:40, 2013-03-07
- @lilianechlela Fear of unknown is a survival-level instinct. Culture defines what is known, so yes. in reply to lilianechlela 19:54:58, 2013-03-07
- @lilianechlela Most people haven't realized that exposing oneself to something outside of one's comfort zone is not a life/death matter. in reply to lilianechlela 19:55:41, 2013-03-07
- RT @happypuppyrecs: I can't actually hear my submission for @djunto this week, but your dog probably can. http://t.co/FMxYE2yixj 20:04:30, 2013-03-07
- @happypuppyrecs @djunto @philwilkerson Beginning is a bit like this: http://t.co/7nu6L6dg8E in reply to philwilkerson 20:05:22, 2013-03-07
- @happypuppyrecs @djunto @philwilkerson I couldn't hear the third frequency, but the other two were in my hearing range. in reply to philwilkerson 20:05:57, 2013-03-07
- Bring everything to the foreground. 20:14:14, 2013-03-07
- @happypuppyrecs @djunto I have some tinnitus too, apparently an okay hearing range though, happily. in reply to happypuppyrecs 20:49:06, 2013-03-07
- @happypuppyrecs @djunto My new album that I linked to plays w/ sine waves close to the edge of my hearing range. in reply to happypuppyrecs 20:50:01, 2013-03-07
- 4 of 5 stars to Introducing Aesthetics by Christopher Kul-Want http://t.co/Ky4dsRzqJP 21:28:53, 2013-03-07
- @sklawlor Left click on the mp3 links. @ubuweb is ALWAYS downloadable, that's part of their mission – they're an ephemeral archive. in reply to sklawlor 07:34:38, 2013-03-08
- @jinjurly Oh no 🙁 in reply to jinjurly 07:35:47, 2013-03-08
- @GuyBirkin Good to know. I've had some spoofing of my address before, and it was disturbing since I couldn't do anything about it. in reply to GuyBirkin 07:39:16, 2013-03-08
- @thomasraukamp @flattr @Schemawound Alright, I'll look into that. in reply to Schemawound 07:47:13, 2013-03-08
- @happypuppyrecs @djunto I've been thinking about doing a sequel to http://t.co/7nu6L6dg8E – but do more out of my hearing range. in reply to happypuppyrecs 07:49:31, 2013-03-08
- I have artwork for the new album! The new netlabel is one big step closer to release! 07:50:28, 2013-03-08
- @lilianechlela Now playing. I am enjoying the sounds. in reply to lilianechlela 17:41:13, 2013-03-08
- RT @asphalteden: the disappointment of expecting a pressed CD and receiving, instead, a CDR 17:41:34, 2013-03-08
- @Nysso Oh wow, are your dorky years over? Myself, I just keep uncovering more and more of them. in reply to Nysso 17:42:40, 2013-03-08
- @Nysso I would like to listen, give me a link? in reply to Nysso 17:45:08, 2013-03-08
- “@repcorygardner: Is Washington broken? I'll be on @meetthepress this Sunday #tcot” To be the example. Argument over. 17:49:02, 2013-03-08
- @snooksarmy This is something I think about a lot, and the answer I have is longer than Twitter will allow. in reply to snooksarmy 17:50:40, 2013-03-08
- @snooksarmy Sound is linear and time-based – it requires an investment. You can not tell – at a glance – what the sound is about. in reply to snooksarmy 17:51:33, 2013-03-08
- @snooksarmy Western culture has a thing called the 'primacy of the eye' – we're a very eye-oriented culture. in reply to snooksarmy 17:52:44, 2013-03-08
- @snooksarmy Art in sound is always at a disadvantage compared to the visual. in reply to snooksarmy 17:53:26, 2013-03-08
- @snooksarmy Cover art provides some of the at-a-glance quality of visual art, it's a gimmick to attract potential listeners. in reply to snooksarmy 17:54:14, 2013-03-08
- @snooksarmy … but I have my doubts about the need for it, major doubts. I'm sticking with it for now, it is conventional. in reply to snooksarmy 17:55:09, 2013-03-08
- @snooksarmy (I have, however, abandoned cover art with Dystimbria) in reply to snooksarmy 17:55:27, 2013-03-08
- RT @snooksarmy: @vuzhmusic Philosophical question: Why cover art? Why mix sound with vision? Is it an admission that sound art cannot fu … 17:55:35, 2013-03-08
- RT @snooksarmy: @vuzhmusic …Cover art presumably began as a sales tool; today’s composers often publish work for free. So why is it stil … 17:55:40, 2013-03-08
- RT @snooksarmy: @vuzhmusic …Are there alternatives? Does the composer need the visual element to communicate context, and if so, is s/he … 17:56:00, 2013-03-08
- RT @snooksarmy: @vuzhmusic …Does the listener “deserve” to hear the piece without that visual context? 17:56:04, 2013-03-08
- RT @snooksarmy: @vuzhmusic …Can an honest work of sound exist with “official” visual information attached? 17:56:08, 2013-03-08
- .@snooksarmy Thanks for the good questions. Very much worth considering. in reply to snooksarmy 17:56:35, 2013-03-08
- @lilianechlela Have you seen the new Knife viddy yet? in reply to lilianechlela 17:57:41, 2013-03-08
- It is well and good to question conventions. 17:59:12, 2013-03-08
- @JulianSiniestro Puede ser no hay nada para todo el mundo. in reply to JulianSiniestro 18:02:50, 2013-03-08
- @snooksarmy One other thing: Sometimes, as in this case, I just enjoy a visual artist and want to use their work somehow 18:10:56, 2013-03-08
- @dpnem Let's see if we can pull that off in one tweet! in reply to dpnem 18:16:13, 2013-03-08
- RT @danspock: Looming budget cuts at Chicago's Field Museum concern curators. http://t.co/S6HgayTSbn 18:17:21, 2013-03-08
- Something I'm doing at work reminded me of this photoset of me at work (pre-beard): http://t.co/OVpbVPe45x 18:49:20, 2013-03-08
- @lilianechlela No, they released a new one today. http://t.co/PyMBVjiwxJ in reply to lilianechlela 18:53:51, 2013-03-08
- RT @DaveSeidel: @snooksarmy @vuzhmusic I think of "cover" art as a framing device. Same with title or other metadata. Framing informs/in … 19:13:46, 2013-03-08
- .@DaveSeidel @snooksarmy Interesting choice of words Framing is a demonstratably an out-moded Modernist convention in a post-Modernist world in reply to DaveSeidel 19:13:48, 2013-03-08
- @DaveSeidel @snooksarmy I wonder… in reply to DaveSeidel 19:14:10, 2013-03-08
- @jinjurly Whew! But still eeeuuwww. in reply to jinjurly 19:15:17, 2013-03-08
- @toddbert @snooksarmy The Beatles were late to minimalism-as-iconography in reply to toddbert 19:16:25, 2013-03-08
- @toddbert @snooksarmy Autechre, even later, less effective. in reply to toddbert 19:16:45, 2013-03-08
- RT @toddbert: @snooksarmy @vuzhmusic Christian Marclay released "Record Without a Cover" which literally had no packaging at all. 19:16:53, 2013-03-08
- @toddbert @snooksarmy Ah, there we go! in reply to toddbert 19:17:03, 2013-03-08
- @DaveSeidel @snooksarmy I disagree. Frames have fallen away, the art has spilled out on the floor. in reply to DaveSeidel 19:29:54, 2013-03-08
- @DaveSeidel @snooksarmy Probably so. Disagreements are usually semantically-based. in reply to DaveSeidel 19:34:41, 2013-03-08
- @DaveSeidel @snooksarmy Framing is a very important idea in Modernist / post-Modernist visual art studies. in reply to DaveSeidel 19:35:08, 2013-03-08
- @DaveSeidel @snooksarmy It is very much worth looking in to. Although I tend to sonify all visual arts studies, so I may be the odd man out. in reply to DaveSeidel 19:38:12, 2013-03-08
- @Nysso That's a cool word for it. My friend Jeph Jerman makes drone music with cooking pots, playing them like Buddhist meditation bowls. in reply to Nysso 10:34:33, 2013-03-09
- RT @ubuweb: Mutant Sounds blog dies: http://t.co/4vizMrrLOy #dontrusthecloud (HT @do_or_diy) 11:06:06, 2013-03-09
- Tropes vs. Women in Video Games: http://t.co/LrgEHLYFrD 11:39:23, 2013-03-09
- Any recommendable netlabel releases for me to check out this weekend? 12:18:07, 2013-03-09
- @cigarrett3 Thanks. NP. in reply to cigarrett3 13:39:26, 2013-03-09
- NP This: http://t.co/plrjPsgCT9 Netlabel recommendation from @cigarrett3 13:59:15, 2013-03-09
- @norahlo I actually just listened to it this morning! 🙂 in reply to norahlo 15:13:36, 2013-03-09
- @norahlo Also, listened to your nifty new release yesterday! in reply to norahlo 15:15:00, 2013-03-09
- @norahlo Cool, haven't heard that one, will do. in reply to norahlo 15:16:19, 2013-03-09
- I now have the new Portal album and it is MASSIVE. 15:36:23, 2013-03-09
- Portal – Curtains http://t.co/zw9jbnAYiR Really shitty sound, but it's a new song. Love the non-applause at the end. People don't like them. 15:50:50, 2013-03-09
- Have you used the word "smörgåsbord" today? The hour is late, but there's still time! 18:11:59, 2013-03-09
- For some reason this song popped into my head. http://t.co/rsvKb6z8oW Don't know how it can be simultaneously so terrible and yet so great 18:36:36, 2013-03-09
- @DaveSeidel They're easily my fave heavy metal band currently operating. in reply to DaveSeidel 18:56:47, 2013-03-09
- @DaveSeidel Yeah, Liturgy's good too. in reply to DaveSeidel 19:19:36, 2013-03-09
- New on BandCamp, probably the most 'ambient' thing I ever did: http://t.co/jFl6yJOEgG Our Ghost in Her Wood 22:58:15, 2013-03-09
- RT @newpractice: honored to be a new board member of @MusTresColonias – pls stay tuned as we move forward 11:19:48, 2013-03-10
- @newpractice @mustrescolonias Congratulations! Forward is a good direction. in reply to newpractice 11:20:13, 2013-03-10
- @Schemawound @norahlo @nstarke @6and8_ Yup, already listened to that one! 🙂 in reply to Schemawound 11:24:40, 2013-03-10
- RT @PitcherOfSummer: All of your theories are worthless if you never put them into practice. 11:26:12, 2013-03-10
- @c_a_harebell I'm up now! in reply to c_a_harebell 11:26:30, 2013-03-10
- This is some ambient music I did in 2003 http://t.co/jFl6yJOEgG 12:15:34, 2013-03-10
- @Gurdonark Thanks for the recommendation! in reply to Gurdonark 12:43:10, 2013-03-10
- The inertia of my SoundCloud account. 16:12:54, 2013-03-10
- Listening to the new Legendary @pinkdots – Ed's voice has evolved some new qualities, soft and smoky. 16:20:41, 2013-03-10
- RT @ubuweb: Hmmmm… Mutant Sounds reborn. With a caveat. All works will be permissioned & authorized, hosted on a private Dropbox: ht … 18:28:09, 2013-03-10
- @ubuweb Well…… good luck to them. in reply to ubuweb 18:28:40, 2013-03-10
- I can't stop staring at the cover art to my new release. I like it very much. It's done by the same artist that painted my twitter icon. 18:35:01, 2013-03-10
- The twitter icon that's derived from her awesome painting for this: http://t.co/JohuffYY5V 18:36:40, 2013-03-10
- @BrewCrewJess You will love the new painting too. I admire her work very much. in reply to BrewCrewJess 18:57:52, 2013-03-10
- So much of my work is slow-burn, not immediately "get-able". I guess my desired audience is listeners with patience. 19:06:24, 2013-03-10
- @ubuweb As are netlabels. in reply to ubuweb 20:12:12, 2013-03-10
- @BrewCrewJess I saw on http://t.co/rXQP4XkfOC that there's a brand new netlabel compilation based on Doyle's stuff http://t.co/1icCviVGoZ in reply to BrewCrewJess 20:14:22, 2013-03-10
- RT @ubuweb: Bittorrent fails because it rewards the popular. The unpopular always die due to lack of seeders. UbuWeb is all about the un … 20:19:22, 2013-03-10
- Vince Neil's kidney stones are top Google news. Please work on your top news stories algorithm @google 21:12:12, 2013-03-10
- @BrewCrewJess I'm strange in a kitchen several times a day. in reply to BrewCrewJess 21:14:26, 2013-03-10
- We were trying to remember the name of the new comet. I said 'Rat Starr'? wifey said 'Snow Ball'? It's Pan-STARRS. 21:17:13, 2013-03-10
- George Vernon Hudson can kiss my ass. http://t.co/o6SQthokde 21:21:18, 2013-03-10
- Don't you want somebody to smurf? Don't you need somebody to smurf? Wouldn't you smurf somebody to smurf? You better find somebody to smurf! 22:15:01, 2013-03-10
- I just realized that Randall Munroe licenses @xkcd
comics CC BY NC, allowing derivative work. Very cool. Derivs are cool. 22:18:58, 2013-03-10 - RT @grahamdunning: Today is the 100th anniversary of Luigi Russollo's "Art of Noises" manifesto. 06:09:08, 2013-03-11
- Stop screwing around. Read it: http://t.co/sIZosJUiHE via @ubuweb 06:10:39, 2013-03-11
- RT @artofnoises: Happy 100th Birthday "Art of Noises" Read about it here http://t.co/ffWeGSOPe1 and look out for further announcements l … 06:14:54, 2013-03-11
- World Listening Project http://t.co/TpfRnu1sYN unveils a sound recording of Luigi Russolo reading Art of Noises! https://t.co/UhvkfEX2Iq 06:16:12, 2013-03-11
- RT @artofnoises: Historic Art of Noises recording!: I’ve hinted at it in previous posts and here it is… The lost recording of L… http: … 06:16:42, 2013-03-11
- @grahamdunning 100 years of noise! in reply to grahamdunning 06:22:10, 2013-03-11
- "We must enlarge and enrich more and more the domain of musical sounds" 06:34:31, 2013-03-11
- Listening to snow falling. Like a trillion moths applauding. 18:34:02, 2013-03-11
- @Le_Berger Lao Tzu would say "like this". in reply to Le_Berger 18:35:14, 2013-03-11
- RT @DeleuzeGuattari: Nature as music. 18:37:47, 2013-03-11
- @Steve_Hamann @analogue01 Wow. Yes, that's good. in reply to Steve_Hamann 19:10:47, 2013-03-11
- @andrewweathers All music IS insane. in reply to andrewweathers 19:23:14, 2013-03-11
- @postsilence On the back does it say "Do the Husserl!" in reply to postsilence 19:24:53, 2013-03-11
- @nstarke @Schemawound Hold that thought… new netlabel launching soon might appeal to your desire. in reply to Schemawound 19:26:08, 2013-03-11
- @steve_hamann @analogue01 Way better than any of the stuff I did on Electret Quintet – but then I was aiming at something different. 19:27:58, 2013-03-11
- @Icarus_Descent This is acceptable. in reply to Icarus_Descent 19:28:31, 2013-03-11
- One friend already lost his job, & my own future is worrisome because of the sequester. Thanks #GOP! Austerity is so awesome. 06:47:01, 2013-03-12
- Inspiring Confidence. 06:48:11, 2013-03-12
- @larkinhavens Basically terrible policy. in reply to larkinhavens 16:38:35, 2013-03-12
- @ubuweb If only I could understand French. in reply to ubuweb 16:48:30, 2013-03-12
- Colorado House & Senate have passed a bill giving civil unions to gays. It's about time. 16:50:35, 2013-03-12
- @AndrewMichler Oh, is the library suddenly not public anymore? in reply to AndrewMichler 17:00:05, 2013-03-12
- Mention the #GOP and the sequester and the trolls come out. They seem pretty proud of themselves. 17:05:57, 2013-03-12
- @tenandtracer Cute video. in reply to tenandtracer 17:20:51, 2013-03-12
- Believe it or not, I've only just signed up for an http://t.co/nVntIuqwA4 account – so I can leave positive comments on netlabel releases 19:29:00, 2013-03-12
- I'm kind of annoyed by the comment system on http://t.co/nVntIuqwA4 though – says rating is optional, but won't let you comment w/o rating. 19:30:00, 2013-03-12
- So I guess I'll just five star everything: seems like a better option than no-starring everything. 19:30:39, 2013-03-12