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GORDON FAQ:
q: where does gordon like to poop?
a: he is very picky about where he likes to poop. he tends to choose a different area everytime, about a mile away from the house on a walk. sometimes the person walking gordon will be able to suggest spots for him. bear in mind there is no template for a good spot-sometimes the area is grassy, sometimes he like to poop in a bush. mostly, he likes the poop to be out of the way. we think this comes from when he was a young puppy, and the people at the farm where he used to live would throw things at the giant pack of rotweiler puppies when they started to poop somewhere where they could see.
q: why does gordon act like he\\\'s been abused?
a: we\\\'ve been trying to figure that one out forever. ariel\\\'s had him since he was 6 weeks old, and she doesn\\\'t hit animals. probably it has something to do with him being a runt in the litter-all his brothers were big dopey rots, and he has a more slender lab appearance, so he probably got his share of beatings in the womb. he\\\'s mercurial.
q: why does gordon \\"do bitings\\"?
a: we think that\\\'s his nervous response to everything. although, it may have its root from when ariel was in college, living with a bunch of dirty hippies with fleas.
q: why does gordon get \\"stinkface\\"?
a: he likes to diguise himself from bigger dogs. he thinks \\"i\\\'ll just smell like a nice dead bird and nobody\\\'ll know i\\\'m here\\".
q: what are some ways to address gordon?
a: \\"best boy\\" sometimes pronounced \\"bist buwey\\" as in \\"he IS bist buueey\\". \\"speak boy,\\" \\"stink face,\\" \\"peanutbutter eyebrows,\\" \\"dancing peanutbutter,\\" \\"puppycakes,\\" \\"best swimming boy,\\" and \\"a real best boy\\" are also acceptable.
q: why does \\"his lip get all messed up\\"?
a: sometimes, when he\\\'s very focused, like on \\"some fishes\\" or a nice work of art, he\\\'ll close his mouth carelessly and get a hanglip.
q: what are some of the grammamtical subtleties i need to know to communicate with gordon?
a: he can spell, but only a few words like \\"w-a-l-k\\" and \\"l-e-a-s-h\\". also, present tense and third person are usually prefered such as \\"gordon goes to the puppy park\\" and \\"gordon wants a treat\\". however, the grammar is always in dispute.
q: what kinds of music does gordon like?
a: the more off-the-wall, the better. he especially likes conlon nancarrow and karlheinz stockhausen. seriously.
OLIVER FAQ:
q: why is he so goddamn cute?
a: because he has no soul.
q: why doesn\\\'t he have a soul?
a: because he\\\'s so goddamn cute.
q: is he a girl? is he a miniature lassie? OMF HE\\\'S SOOOO CUTE
a: no, kind of, he\\\'s the devil.
q: where does oliver like to poop?
a: in the same spot in the neighbor\\\'s ivy every day.
q: why does he get up all indignant when i sit next to him?
a: because he\\\'s a little bastard.
q: what kinds of music does oliver like?
a: pop music, like kelly clarkson and ashlee simpson.
q: can i pet him?
a: you can try.
q: is he really that cute?
a: you\\\'d want to drop an anvil on him.
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Written August 03 2006 , Tags: jazz, electro-math, wank prog
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so, here's one of the first results of my experiments to play astroid power-up! type electro-jazz live.
what's happening, if it's not fairly obvious, is that every other bass drum hit is triggering the bass (which is being sent through my g2 and out to the evolver). The wankings on top of it are from a bunch of lfos, sample and holds, and triggers, routed semi-cleverly together, and then fixed into the chord changes by a quantizer which keeps pace with the bass notes.
what am i playing? i have my sweaty grips on a series of 16 sliders which control which algorithm is being played, the tone of the leads, and a bunch of other stuff. i have better control over the bass and the overall tone of the piece, too, but i didn't show that here. too busy wankin'!
so, be gentle, i know it's long and doesn't really pick up until about 3 minutes. it's been a long time since i've thought about live music, and i haven't gotten too much of a chance to make this very "musical" yet.
the drummer on this is Nate Wood-he recorded this on another track and then i re-appropriated it here.
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astroid
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jdg
lol, john coltrain just got out of his grave, hit me, then told me to pass it on.
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astroid
yeah for spelling his name wrong!
bastard. well i'm excited. me and about four other dorks will be very happy.
08/04/06
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jdg
LOL. I WIN THE AWRD.
this hits me in a place that the other assface powersnap didn't. in a good way.
im excited. its visually noticable too.
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astroid
i'm still crying.
astroid power-cry
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jdg
LOL HHA..
tell me, what kinda math was needed for this?
what makes u a math hero?
i think u should call this:
astriod maff hero.
i have to listen now on headfons.. i wonder what your lowend is doing. i hope its big.
the last 1/5th is great. BTW.
DUH.. NAH.. NUH neeeenensnodrollllllllxlllxxlxl DUHHHHHHH NEEEEEEE
like that..
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astroid
not so much math.
coupla lfo's.
yeah the last 1/5th is the best. i know. haven't really had much time to practice before i did this one, but got too excited and splurted it out all over here.
it's totally unmixed. no mix.
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jdg
sounds great. tho. mixed or not.
its want more.
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pierlu
giant steps.... AGAIN?????? i'm at work now, i can't waìt to listen properly to this
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pierlu
ok, lunch break (shitty display speakers tho)
I think it's a good formula to play those things live, the trick of synching bass and kick is cool to keep things tight. i guess that in front of an auidence this thing can get pretty exciting, expecially if the drummer can pick up room's feelings (well, not room=david i mean!).... this session doesn't sound much different from the recorded version on googleplex
just a question: how are you playing that giant steps melody? i cannot believe is only algorithmic programming and lfo's...
i think that you can add one more player to this set, just to give it more variety and interact with another "feeling picker" player, if you understand what i mean.
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tbeals79
i agree with pierlu.. but i think it also holds on it own. Im impressed with the bass triggering concept... i think it works well.
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Doorchaser
It's amazing, but O so technical! I totally dig the idea behind it! I have a love/hate relationship with it. There are amazing excerpts and real bad excerpts so generally speaking i cannot give you an overall opinion. What I can say is: The drummer kicks ass! The Bass-sound that goes along too! The main synth on top has sometimes too much LFO's where it is rambling on like a madman! (Just found out that LFOs is an anagram of FSOL) !
I sometimes like the rambling and sometimes not! So you got my attention here and I really like the Idea behind it so it has a tendecie to go really good!
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electrodan
dood, runs at ~1:30 are so Bru... and awesome. I like the synth wanking stuff sounding sort of church organish in a way, I love those tones.
Its wankarific for sure. THis Nate Wood sounds a lot like D'Addario Parks.
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mlbot
OMG I can just picture you, in your wankariffic glory, tweaking sliders in your wifebeater t-shirt, biting your upper lip and closing your eyes, and straddling your controller in a perfect white-boy in-the-groove posture.
This is rad. Love the fast/slow dynamics-- i think this is more dynamic than your sequenced material. Good buildup of energy.
Bleeeeeeeeeeep fun.
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astroid
thanks!
yeah i have all the same criticisms-too many lfo arp runs (of course) and it kind of drags on and on, no real interaction from drummer back to computer. i'm dreaming of more algorithms now-ones which have more melodic/scalar material. this is really just a kernel of an idea-i don't want the whole project to be sine wave jazz, either. other material is gonna sound way more autechre, and have the drum tones be processed, too.
pierlu-that's what made me so excited. it does sound just like the version of giant steps on googleplex to me.
the giant step melody was programmed note for note on a different sequencer which i switch to at the beginning and end.
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