I caught the Chris Cunningham retrospective at resfest last week in SF and I
would recommend it if you're a cunningham fan and its coming through near
you. It was fun to see all your favorite cunningham videos on the big
screen with really good sound; for instance the Aphex Twin windowlicker
video is awesome and I had previously only seen it in a small quicktime
window. Also they showed the Flex short film that I had always wanted to
see. plus you can get a free copy of that RES magazine! :p
-squiddity
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Meyers" <adm226@nyu.edu>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 10:17 AM
Subject: [idm] Casino vs. Japan / Chris Cunningham in RES
quoted 51 lines whatup idm-l,
> whatup idm-l,
>
> things have been kind of quiet lately so I just wanted to step in and
> proclaim the greatness of the recently released Casino vs. Japan album,
> Whole Numbers Plays the Basics. To quote a poorly translated Daewoo
> car stereo instruction manual, "its better than best ever!". Go Hawaii
> was rad and all, but sometimes it just didn't do quite enough for me.
> Like on the first track, I was all "Ok... this is cool... you've got
> that little melody and its kind of badass because the drums are all
> distorted, but what's going on here? Could this not be the same loop
> over and over again for 6 minutes?" Anyway, my issues have been
> totally resolved on Whole Numbers. There is a more evolved sense of
> dynamics going on here. There is this aptly titled song called
> "Aquarium" and its basically my favorite track on the album. But the
> whole album is filled with these really spacious sounds, echo-y and and
> warbly synthesizers that just transport you somewhere else (which is
> really nice for when you're sitting in an office like I am right now).
> So put that in your pipe and smoke it folks. Cheers to Casino vs.
> Japan. You done good, son.
>
> Also, I picked up RES magazine this weekend. I've seen it a couple
> times before and it seems pretty cool even if there is a bit too much
> for me on stuff like which DV camera has better progressive scan or
> someshit. Anyway, this new issue has a feature article on none other
> than Chris Cunningham. Very good interview that skims the surface on
> such topics as Cunningham's upcoming DVD for Warp (that includes things
> from Aphex and Tom J and others), the
> still-in-limbo-but-will-probably-never-be-made Neuromancer project, in
> addition to a few words about Cunningham's progress on adapting A
> Scanner Darkly (one of my all time favorite Philip K. Dick books) for
> film. Also included is a piece by piece commentary on most of the
> videos and things he's ever worked on. There is some other IDM
> relevant material scattered throughout the magazine but I don't feel
> like going there right now. Point is, if you are as nerdy about
> Cunningham as myself and the editors of RES, you should probably get
> down on this shit.
>
> Finally, my favorite IDM band, Melt Banana is touring the US! I'm
> seeing them tomorrow! Oh boy! You should see them when they come to
> your neck of the woods. Find out when:
> http://www.parkcity.ne.jp/~mltbanan/live_schedule.htm
>
> Maybe I'll tell you about it on wednesday.
>
> -Aaron
>
>
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