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the cadence of the comment track sounds like those jump-cut interview founds on dvd extras where the interviewer is excised
if as you say there is little written about this music by non-fans, the gender aspects would be an easy place to begin , the way complexity is always functional as against the VU>Neu>Pil canon of reflexivity and something approaching deconstruction, prog is completely undialectical syncretism and redundant counterpoint........totally SISSY music with no relief in terms of postmodern get out clauses
if as you say there is little written about this music by non-fans, the gender aspects would be an easy place to begin , the way complexity is always functional as against the VU>Neu>Pil canon of reflexivity and something approaching deconstruction, prog is completely undialectical syncretism and redundant counterpoint........totally SISSY music with no relief in terms of postmodern get out clauses
wow, that was great. very well done. It must have taken a lot of work!
I liked a lot of the visuals with the album covers, band shots, etc. The introductory comments about the mutual mistrust between the music crit/pop establishment and progheads were a very good lead-in into Gentle Giant, about whom I knew absolutely nothing beforehand. In fact, I'm pretty much clueless when it comes to most proggy stuff that isn't kraut (probably like many on this board)... Seeing this, and combing through the best of '06 thread, I'm pretty much overwhelmed at how much music I don't know fuck all about!
I also liked how you covered your face. Allowed you to actually talk to the camera while still remaining in Woebot persona (and not being totally Matt whatever-your-last-name-is).
I liked a lot of the visuals with the album covers, band shots, etc. The introductory comments about the mutual mistrust between the music crit/pop establishment and progheads were a very good lead-in into Gentle Giant, about whom I knew absolutely nothing beforehand. In fact, I'm pretty much clueless when it comes to most proggy stuff that isn't kraut (probably like many on this board)... Seeing this, and combing through the best of '06 thread, I'm pretty much overwhelmed at how much music I don't know fuck all about!
I also liked how you covered your face. Allowed you to actually talk to the camera while still remaining in Woebot persona (and not being totally Matt whatever-your-last-name-is).
oh, and is it me or is this format (bloggy video music geekery) pretty much unprecedented? I mean, sure there are the video blogs/youtube confessionals, but woebot tv is only a very distant cousin. This is also unlike a normal tv music documentary, since it has a very internetty visual esthetic, and is really for a very specialized audience (for the most part). It also has something of a bloggy voice, or at least a voice familiar to woebot-research readers, with the semi-rambling commentary within a clear overall structure. I suppose it's slightly reminiscent of the short documentaries on the amen break and the 303 (i can't remember who made them), but this is much more visually engaging, and more conversational in tone.
Any chance of a video delivery system which would allow the viewer to skip around??
Any chance of a video delivery system which would allow the viewer to skip around??
joanofarctan
abc
Love the geekcast matthew. Nice one.
Woebot
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thanks everyone. very nice of y'all. i think it turned out pretty OK. certainly was a mammoth amount of work!
@ hurting. i've fixed a bicycle helmet into the crt monitor so it's quite comfortable
@ having a "masthead" to skip a bit through the stream. i wanted this in the first place, spent hours fiddling around in flash before discovering the coding needed to be done in dreamweaver. i suppose having it is an acknowledgement that carving out a full 20 mins can be tricky for people. otherwise if you *have* to quit- to get back the same place is, well, not tedious perhaps but a case of watching the whole thing again. also one can watch specific bits.
@ the audio. everyone's been very polite about this. it works i suppose but next show i need to get it better.
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beyond the formal/behind-the-scenes stuff i'm glad peeps took on board "the message". ever so slightly waiting for Gentle Giant to slap a big writ on me. i toyed with the idea of trying to establish contact with them to seek permission (i guess it's all fairly harmless - no mp3s to download etc) but in the end decided that it'd probably strangle the project even though, obviously, it's nice publicity. derek and ray certainly are still big in the biz.
@ hurting. i've fixed a bicycle helmet into the crt monitor so it's quite comfortable
@ having a "masthead" to skip a bit through the stream. i wanted this in the first place, spent hours fiddling around in flash before discovering the coding needed to be done in dreamweaver. i suppose having it is an acknowledgement that carving out a full 20 mins can be tricky for people. otherwise if you *have* to quit- to get back the same place is, well, not tedious perhaps but a case of watching the whole thing again. also one can watch specific bits.
@ the audio. everyone's been very polite about this. it works i suppose but next show i need to get it better.
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beyond the formal/behind-the-scenes stuff i'm glad peeps took on board "the message". ever so slightly waiting for Gentle Giant to slap a big writ on me. i toyed with the idea of trying to establish contact with them to seek permission (i guess it's all fairly harmless - no mp3s to download etc) but in the end decided that it'd probably strangle the project even though, obviously, it's nice publicity. derek and ray certainly are still big in the biz.
