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From:
Carl Virtanen
To:
Jason W. King
Cc:
IDM List
Date:
Sat, 27 May 1995 12:38:58 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:
Re: LIVE EYE: Scanner (fwd)
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quoted 10 lines Privacy is the last thing to worry about if you use the kind of> Privacy is the last thing to worry about if you use the kind of > portable phones that Scanner will be sampling and manipulating live > from the Toronto airwaves this weekend. In Scanner's piece "RF > Radiation" on his latest techno-flavored album, Spore (New > Electronica/Cargo), he samples the words of British researcher Roger > Coghill about the dangers of radio-telephones, which may produce > harmful magnetic fields and also seem to broadcast at the resonating > frequency of the human skull. The regulatory bureaucrats "can't tell" > for sure, but, at the "cellular" level, there may be a whole lotta > shaking goin' on.
Actually, a friend of mine went to this and she said it was very disappointing. For the most part she couldn't tell that a scanner was being used live and could only distinguish pre-recorded bits that he had taken from britain (you could tell as the rings were different). Added to that the fact that the visuals were kind of lame (come on- what with those long clips from videodrome?!) and leary was especially grating that night made the whole evening a bust in her eyes. Perhaps somebody here could offer a different point of view or share his/her experience. carl