18/03/2007

elmer takes the corner and it's...it's...it's gone into the back the net off hughes' head!!! :)

bugger. i just wrote a nice literate, in-depth reply, then had a computer crash and lost it all. let's see if i can remember...

the naming of an album is a peculiar thing. what i mostly don't like is earnestness and seriousness in a title. i much prefer oddness, ambiguousness (in a non-earnest manner) or just silliness (without being tacky), but things that will be memorable because of this. i like 'morpheme' and 'pop songs for edith metzger' for those reasons. 'we float around these days' has the potential to be read as earnest, though i don't think it is. 'i saw this and thought of you' is good. another title i had kicked around for a possible compilation, though for various reasons i've never used, but quite like and think it could work for telafonica, is '3 minute laptop solos' (possibly with 'a collection of' in front of it).

o.k.. discipline in the visual department. let's get some boundaries down now. it worked for the music, let's try it. did you have anything in mind? my only real inclination at the moment is to stay away from pure computer generation. i like the look of paint and printing ink etc. i have no problem with computers as such (obviously), but, as re: our conversation on design last night, vector imagery and flat slickness just aren't really doing much for me at the moment. of course, i'd happily be talked out of that position by some great work...

so what are the boundaries?

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i too, would like to play some music in the garage. though it does take a certain discipline to play songs which telafonica doesn't really seem to have displayed any real aptitude towards (i.e., writing first, practising etc). or are we imagining pure improvisation?

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i said i'd put up a list of possible bands to play with. i have to say, it's been rather difficult. i've generally kept to relatively local bands who we could possibly have a chance of reaching, or definitely have a chance of reaching, but there's a couple of dream ones in there too...

architecture in helsinki
gelbison
cloud control
ollo
the detours (? - would we go down with a detours crowd if they weren't all mutual friends?)
telemetry orchestra
deepchild (in live mode, not dj-ing)
don meers (though i haven't seen him listed as playing live for a long time)
the paper scissors
tooth
the crayon fields (yeah, they're from melbourne, but i really like them)

ummm...that's about it at the moment. this really is tough. i think we just need to play every month or so and hopefully each time a couple of people see us that hadn't before, like last thursday.

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