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From:
Bill Wright
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Date:
Thu, 15 Mar 2001 00:57:30 -0500
Subject:
Re: [idm] One Very Important Thought About Boards Of Canada
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<5.0.2.1.2.20010315005701.01849200@mail.clemson.edu>
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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:
quoted 45 lines A real definition is at>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 > > >At 09:40 PM 3/14/2001 -0600, ±³§x„Þ wrote: >> > I do think it's funny how so many IDM'ers are quite removed from the title >> > playing a role in the song that they don't understand Zoetrope... like >> > they've forgotten what a zoetrope is. >> >>enlighten us >>my paperback oxford has no such entry >>-- >>{{{5x}}} >>:::frontin' so you don't have to::: >>:::http://24.108.117.188 ::: >> >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >>For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >
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