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March 11, 2015 · 2:24 pm

Messiaen

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Part ii of baker b.’s personal journey through the golden age of synching. Part i can be found here now… link up for several days more on that one. https://bakerbloch.wordpress.com/2015/03/10/23204/ Regarding the newest batch, we have two movies dubbed by the late music of 20th Century composer Olivier Messiaen. Classical music synchs were rather uncommon in 2000 and 2001, when these were created. Messiaen is one of the giants of the last century, and ranks pretty high on the list, I would assume, among all composers by now.

Messiaen Trek starts out with an accessible piece from Concert à quatre called Vocalise, akin more to Messiaen’s early work. This is overlapped with the Enterprise entering the gargantuan V-jer cloud in Star Trek The Movie. As Kirk then roars out an additional command to go further into the cloud after some debate with others (mainly visiting Comm. Decker) we ride along accompanied by Un Sourire (A Smile) from 1989, composed by Messiaen for the bicentenary of Mozart’s death. The track is suppose to run unbroken in the synch. However, two pieces of the movie are employed here, with the second starting right as Spock’s stolen jetpack fires, flinging him toward the heart of the cloud and the encounter with an emotionless deity.

MessiaenSphere is the natural counterpart to Messiaen Trek. It’s not one I’d recommend for introducing an outsider to the world of synchronicity. It’s not as openly synchy as Messiaen Trek either (which *might* be a good introduction). But MessiaenSphere’s the complement nonetheless. At about 42 minutes it’s almost triple the time of MT. We also travel through water instead of space, but in each there is a critical and climatic encounter with an alien being, a sentient golden sphere from the future in the case of MessiaenSphere. MSphere also involves just one cue, but with some added tricks. The music is Illuminations from the Beyond (1994). Only tracks 1-2, 4-5, and 7-8 are used in the synch, with 3 and 6 cut away. The second trick is the bleeding through of 6 stretches of dialog, with the music still playing in the background.

I’ll leave it at that — see what you think. I’d definitely start with M Trek here, and then move on to MSphere if you enjoy the music and find the concept interesting. Otherwise I’d save your eyes for other synchs — don’t force the enjoyment. smile emoticon This will be up for about 7 days, once more. Enjoy if you can and if you wish!

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March 11, 2015 · 5:21 am

Carrcasses 08

(joined in progress)

Carr.:

It’s too risky right not [sic?] to proceed with Operation Reveal All. You could stop at level 1, but that wouldn’t be telling the whole truth. It would be just like before.

bb:

I could simply give one example during the podcast… set up a diff. [delete name] account. Maybe ESBUM.

Carr.:

Let’s see (checks notes), that would be Carrcass+0 and Carrcass-0 together.

bb:

Correct.

(Carrcassonnee goes back to her notes to check more)

Carr.:

That might work. A selection of works. Like [P-Twisters]. Pick out landmark works like the first synch to cover a whole movie, and the first 2 movie synch. Put the archive in a separate place, out of reach.

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bb:

I know who you are.

Carr.:

Yes, I am her.

bb:

When you married Perch, then you became her.

Carr.:

Yes (pause).

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It was an interesting visit with Carrcassonnee, per usual. Slowly I’m formulating a new plan regarding the protection of Carrcassess… her after all. Regarding Drink Lake, I asked about Straw Hole. She responded that the hole is not the whole[ town]. I asked her about the skunk. She said the skunk and Straw Hole are tied. She said to focus instead, for now, on Ditchlandia. Figure out what that’s all about. The TILE Temple is the lake, she said. We are all here to help you. Then it ended.

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The upper floor of the Red Umbrella is empty, just waiting around patiently for new collages. But now they might not come until the summer or autumn. Shoot, I forgot to ask Carr. about a visitor named Umbrellastar. I tracked him to Heterocera’s Pond District. Another spy?