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From:
Solenoid
To:
Christopher Fahey
Cc:
Peter Becker , IDM
Date:
Thu, 3 Sep 1998 22:21:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:
Re: (idm) Infinite Record
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I'm sticking to the Ramp Theory, myself. You'd have to put tonearm weight instructions on the record sleeve in order to get the right trajectory; maybe a cone on the center label to block and guide the needle down to the outward-playing groove or something. ;-) On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Christopher Fahey wrote:
quoted 29 lines I have some Red Planet 12"s ( Detroit techno ) that go from start to> > I have some Red Planet 12"s ( Detroit techno ) that go from start to > finish > > and then play back, an infinite record. > > You are full of shit Peter! I'm sitting here drawing spirals and circles > and I can't figure it out. I'll have you know I can do that house-picture > thing without picking my pencil off the paper, so that means I'm a pretty > smart guy, MENSA caliber. ;) The groove has to cross itself at some point to > acheive this. Actually it has to cross itself many times. > > > Also, did'nt at least one of those "Environments" > > records from the 70's play in the same manner? > > I have all of those records and I haven't found that. I'll look later. > I heard that there's a Rush Record with SIX parallel grooves. And a > Monty Python album with "three sides", one side being paralell grooved. > > -Cf > ' - . _ . - ' ^ ' - . _ . - ' ^ ' - . _ . - > > c h r i s t ? p h e r f ? h e y > > . _ . - ' ^ ' - . _ . - ' ^ ' - . _ . - ' ^ > chris@raremedium.com > 2 1 2 - 6 3 4 - 6 9 5 0 x 2 5 8 > http://www.raremedium.com > - ' ^ ' - . _ . - ' ^ ' - . _ . - ' ^ ' - . > >
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