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hyperlexic
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lyrically
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hyperlexic
Hypo-lectical Question
Would you?
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hyperlexic
It is a Sad and Beautiful World
I’m staring out of my office window. I see blue sky, white clouds, highways, houses and mountains
In between the daydreaming, I’m tapping away at a keyboard creating a user manual from mostly plagiarized content for a product that doesn’t exist yet. I’m the only one in the office. Maybe I should do something obscene. But then what if the cleaning lady comes in and catches me – I think that’s a pretty popular porn niche. But I’m not built for porn. I’m built for writing user manuals for products that don’t exist.
I’ve long lost my original user manual (if I even came with one). I’m sure it was written in terrible English, and my parents threw it out. So they didn’t quite know what to do with me. But that’s ok, it wasn’t their fault.
I’m older now then when they had me, and I suddenly realized just how young they were when I was born. I made my share of mistakes, but most of them have been amended by now. I used to feel as if a giant piano was tied above my head with weak twine that was slowly unraveling at every second. I don’t really feel this way anymore. I sort of feel like I’m driving comfortably in a large sedan on a dark highway with just the headlights on in front of me. Sometimes I feel like doing a U-Turn and going back to familiar places, but those places were dangerous and now I try and avoid them. Just keep driving slowly down this dark highway and soon more will be revealed. That’s what I was told, at least.
If there is a God, I don’t think he or she has any real issues with me. I seem to be living a rather comfortable and pain free life with abundance, while much of the world desperately fights for their lives on a daily basis. Is this random chance? Some of us are simply born into lives of utter desperation, while others-like me-are able to buy the latest Blackberry without too much effort or loss? Really? Just chance? That’s sort of fucked up.
But I suppose that’s what it is. I don’t really think losing your family in an earthquake is some sort of punishment for deeds previously done by said member or his/her agent(s). That’s just the sad odds of probability. Poof. Wish I could help.
I can see highway 280 from my office window. There are A LOT of people out there driving around. It’s difficult not to compare our little ‘to do’ to ant colonies. Ever watch those things on the Discovery channel? Ants are cool, and they make very large, complex colonies. I saw this one where they poured cement down an ant colony and then dug it up. It was HUGE and beautiful. Sad that they killed all those ants so I could see their colony, though. But to quote one of my favorite movies, “It is a Sad and Beautiful World.”
I hope I’m not regressing into some post adolescence existential dilemma. That would be a problem. I guess sometimes I’m afraid of turning into a character in someone’s novel – the old man who sits in his office writing user manuals for non-existent products.
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hyperlexic
New Beat I’m Working On
Not done obviously, but just an idea.
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Nikki
I like it…very relaxing so far…I look forward to more
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hyperlexic
Charles Bukowski -vs- John Bonham
John Bonham -vs- Charles Bukowski in a brutal, no-hold’s barred fuckhammer cowboy chainsaw match. You can smell the whiskey.
The Last Days of the Suicide Kid -vs- When the Levee Breaks
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Renacier
Very cool, indeed.
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Omni
very very cool. The line “there I am sitting upright in my wheelchair” on the beat is a killer.
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WinX
Sweet. Like chomping on a muffin top in a cool breeze in the fog of a San Francisco morning.
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sayu
great. simply great
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hyperlexic
thanks for encouragement, guys
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The Obligatory Troll
Wow, it’s like I’m at my first year of college, sitting next to somebody in Remedial Counterculture class with their iPod turned up too high.
Why don’t you head on over to Negativland’s site and get some tips on what mashups can achieve when done with some creativity (and slightly less blatant source material)?
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hyperlexic
Well, this wasn’t meant to be a demonstration of production abilities. It was simply meant to accentuate the poem with no editing and a minimalist touch on the backend. In other words, more with less.
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Jackanory
Excellent. One of the best poems I’ve ever come across on the subject of old age. The drums fit too.
J.
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Anonymous
It sounded like pretentious diarrhea.
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sunburnfreezerburn
COOL
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unnatural habitat
nice one man
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thirdeyeguy
Meh, the video’s neat, but the vocals are a little low — or my hearings gone bad. For my money, I I still prefer the original poetry/music mash-up dude:
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Royalty Free Photos
Nice! Cool video/mash up.
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Hello
I think is bad. I personally think that Bukowsky was a true poet John Bonham a joke.
Hello to all of you.
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hyperlexic
T.S. Eliot – vs – Portishead
Crazy synergy between T.S. Eliot and a small loop from a great Portishead song.
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Renacier
Very cool, my friend.
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Chairman of the Bored
The first time that I heard this mashup, I was indifferent with streaks of disapproval. I have listened to it now 3 times in 3 different settings, and have to say that my first impression was mistaken. I will not say that this rendition is masterful, but it is extremely good, and highly inventive. It needs not be said that the musical overlay will go far to introduce Mr. Eliot to a whole spectrum of people who otherwise would never meet him; and that speaks well of this work also.
Finally, it might just be my imagination, but there is a Japanese aspect to the music-or one redolent of The Green Hornet or 60s spy movies. That is bizarre but not moronic. Well chosen though highly unlikely. -
hyperlexic
Thanks for the thoughtful reply, Mr. Bored. I was unsure when I first made it too. After a while, it grew on me and I decided to share
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Wave of Dave
Very enthralling. It brings the play out into a forum for contemporary discussions of the work. I would perhaps suggest finding a female voice to read out the play to compliment the background Portishead mix.
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Jackanory
I enjoy this, although it’s quite a challenge at first. This is my favourite early Eliot poem, and I like Portishead too. You’ve made a nice loop. Thanks for this, hyperlexic., it’s way cool.
Of course, it’s not a play at all, but one of Eliot’s most renowned poems.
J.
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steven
that is t.s. eliot reading wave of dave. who else could do it better?
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tyler
mad props, keep up the good work!
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hyperlexic
thanks, tyler
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DJ Matt Werner
Wow, I did not realize that other people are making literary mashups too! I’ve been mixing Modernist poets to hip hop beats for a while at various literary events in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I decided to digitize one of my mixes and put it on YouTube. And lo and behold, I came across your very well done Mashup of Eliot with Portishead just now. The Charles Bukowski -vs- John Bonham is also very creative–I’ll have to send it out to folks.
The Eliot mix I just posted is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqloEzZ3bcQ
I’ve also uploaded other mashups with the speeches of Dr. King and Barack Obama on my YouTube page. I’m working on more mixes with poets like Robert Frost.
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sunburnfreezerburn
This is great. I first saw this in Youtube. I’m quite not sure who authored it but you have a GREAT blog.
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hyperlexic
thanks, Sunburn. I originally “authored” it, although I’m not sure putting two produced pieces of art on top of each other constitutes ‘authorship’, but whatever. I liked the way it sounded, so feh on anyone who has a problem. thanks for the compliments.
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Tina
I have a confession… I thought this was an EA Robinson poem. That being said; I have loved this poem for many years, but only now am I crediting it to the right source. This mashup between the voice and the music of Portishead is perfect, but while Portishead is credited, the voice is not. Can someone please tell me who narrates this version. I have a theory, but it seems off.
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hyperlexic
Hello Cool World
Is there a cooler piece of free software than WordPress? I don’t think so.
David, and 
Hello, 
thirdeyeguy and 10 others are discussing. 
Tina, 
sunburnfreezerburn 1:53 pm on July 3, 2008 Permalink
“I hope I’m not regressing into some post adolescence existential dilemma.”
Often wonder what people actually write in blogs? For most posts I hope and think of this.
David 1:57 pm on August 2, 2008 Permalink
Love the way you use your thoughts for a palate; beautiful colours.
Nikki 4:04 pm on June 1, 2009 Permalink
I can’t believe I responded to this. But this was my response back to this post a year and one week ago today…..
I’m voting you do something obscene
you live in this skin once.
When not in the office staring out the window what holds your interest?
ttyls
Nikki
31yo., 5’4″ tall, blue eyes, auburnish hair, T&A, single mom of a 10yo. boy.