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From:
Zenon M. Feszczak
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Date:
Tue, 5 Nov 1996 13:25:21 -0500
Subject:
Re: (idm) FSOL
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Sir Lockett spake thusly:
quoted 9 lines Wasn't hard for this purchaser. I decided it is a cynical marketing ploy.>Wasn't hard for this purchaser. I decided it is a cynical marketing ploy. >12.99 for the normal ed. as opposed to 16.99 for the special ed. means one >is forking out 4 quid for the "privilege" of owning 196 diminutive pages of >what is essentially glossy visual vacuousness. But then again of course it >is the "exclusivity" that draws us in rather than the "extras". > >There! That's set the feline quadruped among the bone-nosed rats with >wings. >
That you did! I'll add my own vegetarian leopard to the ensuing chaos: The aesthetic of the book is identical to that of the music. One is the other-sensory analog(ue) of the other. Visual and aural, but the trippy-collage/morph style so distinctive of FSOL is nearly identical in both media. So - if one appreciates the music, then one would probably appreciate the book. Especially if one is synaesthetic. Zenon M. Feszczak Synaesthete