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Thu, 15 Mar 2001 00:16:03 -0600
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Re: [idm] One Very Important Thought About Boards Of Canada
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This I don't know. Has Boards of Canada ever been to California? heh Of course, the validity of articles is best represented, in my opinion, by a certain richard d. james :D It could've also been a rotating club, much like those restaurants. cheers, /derek At 12:57 AM 3/15/2001 -0500, Bill Wright wrote:
quoted 21 lines Some article said the song was named after a club in CA and not the toy? true?>Some article said the song was named after a club in CA and not the toy? true? >At 11:30 PM 3/14/2001 -0600, you wrote: >>A real definition is at >>http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=zoetrope >> >>Essentially, they're a sort of toy with slits in the sides. You place a >>strip of paper that contains, essentially, a looping animation in >>it. You spin it relatively fast, and look through the slits to see the >>short looping cartoon (usually something relatively simple, given that >>these are rather small). They're horribly "simple," but their inevitable >>child-like quality makes it a key-in for Boards of Canada, who've made, >>essentially, a musical zoetrope. >> >>You can build one here: http://www.groeg.de/zoetrope.html >>or here: >>http://www.actf.com.au/learning_centre/interim_tol/online_res/anim2/anim2_zoetrope.html >>or here: http://www.freeweb.pdq.net/headstrong/zokit.htm which also >>contains an animation to show what they look like. >> >>cheers, >>/derek
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