I would like to create a video tour of Collagesity sometime. Perhaps go up and down the forest Diagonal.
Thanks again!
Example:
Not Tronesis but Biotronesis
I will be discussing the a/v synch Tronesis soon.
Filed under **VIRTUAL SL
Early Floyd
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Okay, here’s the first batch of historic synchs by baker b. during his journey through our golden age of synching. I’ll leave the links up for about a week at a time. Again, I post these for EDUCATIONAL purposes only… I’ve NEVER made a cent off of the synching hobby that I recall. It’s a labor of luv.
To disappoint some, perhaps, I’m going to leave out the DSotR/Rainbow Sphere tension story that takes place at the beginning of my synching experience in the later 90’s, and jump into the next century with…
Piper’s Nightmare Christmas, Full of Secrets (2000, 2001)
These were created about 8 months apart as I recall, but yet they can be treated as a set. PNC is one of the first synchs that I knew about using early Floyd for the audio, in this case the Piper at the Gates of Dawn album, their first and also Syd Barrett’s showcase work. We start not at track one, however, but five: Pow R. Toc. H. This synchs quite nicely with the opening of the film. This is, in Randy T.’s words, a one drop synch in that you cue the audio and video together at a certain spot and just sit back and enjoy. You’re finished with the manipulation aspect. Let the album just play till it’s ended, through tracks 6-11. Now this is a bit different from DSotR in that I used an internal cue where the movie shifts in focus during the bridged transition between tracks 7, the fabulous Interstellar Overdrive, and track 8, The Gnome. The tracks on the far side of this are lyrics oriented, and music slanted on the near side, so the tone of the synch changes considerably as well at this midpoint.
I watched PNC yesterday again for the first time in quite a while. Like I said track 5 still works pretty great, but track 6 doesn’t have much to match with in the video. We rebound in track 7 with a nice opening, and I think that one works all the way through if you imagine that we are continually following Jack during his journey toward and into Christmastown. I personally see Jack Pumpkinhead, the star of the movie, as a Syd Barrett figure, successful as an underground star in The Pink Floyd Sound but falling into the traps opened up by more commercial success with Pink Floyd. Jack’s crazy attempts to merge Xmas and Halloween mirrors Barrett’s inability to blend fame with creative purity.
I see Full of Secrets as a direct follow up/culmination, with Twin Peaks Black Lodge as the place of descent. Like doppleganger “bad” Agent Cooper catches and replaces the good Cooper at the end of the synch/video, so Barrett loses the battle with sanity at the end, mirrored in the strange structure of “Jugband Blues” from the Saucerful of Secrets album. The center of Full of Secrets, however, is the superb title song from this 2nd Floyd album, the followup to Piper but with limited Barrett input. Again we do not start at track 1 for the synch, but 4 in this case (Corp. Clegg), and also skip track 6, See Saw, to reach the end of the synch and the album and the tv series.
See what you think. Keep in mind again this is a rip from a VHS Tape and also any editing is done the old fashion analog way.
You should be able to see both synchs in full using “previews” with this link:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/m7bmp31zy42ozwl/AACNj8gBlbnH83_YTQu8UETXa?dl=0
Let me know if these don’t work for anyone and I’ll attempt another route.
Filed under Carrcass Artists, Sink Floyd/Roger Pine Ridge, Twin Peaks
Back Outdoors (!) 02
Heading toward Head Lake from the west, passing through the northern fringe of Boulder (town).
Interesting landscaping along the way on private property. I’m taking notes on stuff like this for potential future landscaping around our Middletown home we plan to build about 7-10 years down the road.
Barrier trees fronting a pond complete with 2 actual and functional swans.
I startled these matching black and brown dogs while hiking past them, unnoticed for a minute. They were busy playing in a pile of mulch. But boy did they became more interested in me and what I was doing in a heartbeat! Dogs are kind of fun at times. And funny.
This is an orange leech stream oozing from Head Lake Dam.
This is the falls caused by the spillover of same. Quite pretty. I don’t have a name for the water drop yet. How about Head Falls? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsL_JDtVbww
Lone island of Head Lake. There’s a story there as well. A kind of spooky one, if my memory is to be at all trusted.
Filed under Boulder, Herman Park
Back Outdoors (!)
Eastern side of Drink Lake in the background, and doggy bowl with frozen water in the foreground. The cold is yielding to warmth finally, however. Spring has sprung!
Drink Lake looking east, with Pencilinsula in the center, former home of the Quadrobeavs. In the Collagesity Temple, Pencilinsula *might* be represented by the alcove containing Carrcassonnee, chief town deity. She does not have a sticky out rock, however, but a pet: Spider (dog). In 12 Oz Mouse, Spider screams when Roostre asks if he’s playing Hayes. To remind, Rutherford “Booger” Hayes is the first president of the United States to never be the president of the United States.
Pencilinsula from the opposite shore, rock pointed straight toward us. The rock has also been referred to as The Point of The Wall. If Carrcassonnee = Pencilinsula, then this position would stand for The Bobs of Collagesity Temple. Interesting.
Still moving along the south side of the lake in a westward direction, I soon encountered, judging by the smell, what I’m pretty sure is a skunk hole, as seen through the fence surrounding Drink Lake. I will obviously be avoiding this opening in the future.
And this is nearby *Straw* Hole, like a straw inserted in a drink. You can even seen Drink Lake (Aqua) within. This seems to connect to the insane machinations of Kerchal countering those of calm Carrcassonnee. Insanoflex… defeated by Drink in Carrcass-0. “Keep playing your dumb ass song.” And this has something to do with a more internal battle between Shake and Jesus for control of this alcove inside the Collagesity Temple. Does Jesus respect or accept the TILE religion? A question to be asking.
Hole is accompanied by Hill… well, a rock. This is the site of some kind of future TILE Temple fer sure.
Sort of pathway into this central area containing the hole.
Eastside, Straw Hole — which is apparently also the name of the community surrounding the hole. Appropriate. (note: Hucka Doobie states this is incorrect, and that he will give out an official name in due time) There’s another rock.
You have to cross this tangle of limbs to reach Straw Hole from the east.
Western side of Drink Lake, with its earthen dam to the right. Great Meadow is in the background.
Filed under Drink Lake, Herman Park, Tile Creek
Cypher/Puzzle
My friend Veyot has aided in the decyphering of AlexandreLois1 and his fractal inspired music. Thanks former neighbor!
http://veyot.tumblr.com/tagged/MusicShake
Also:
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And a beautiful little picture with a poem…
Filed under **VIRTUAL SL
Pictures
VHC (Virtual Hotel Chelsea) City, Lanestris
Kerchal Forest, Kerchal
Filed under **VIRTUAL SL, Heterocera, Sansara, VHC City
Carrcasses 07
“The cat’s out of the bag, Carrcassonnee.”
Carr.:
Partially. I am the 3rd. 3 in 1 and 1 in 3. I am…
bb:
Inland Empire.
Carr.:
Yes.
bb:
A woman in trouble.
Carr.:
Yes? Where’s my cow?
bb:
But you’re 12 Oz Mouse also.
Carr.:
Yeah. Kerch keeps calling me. He’s declared war in essence. Forest against forest. Woods pitted against woods. Alice tells me just to ignore him and he’ll calm down. I say to start giving him his medicine again, but she says that decreases his sex drive and she doesn’t like that. I say well what about this war. That’s what it is Alice, I say. War I reinforce. Battles and war. Alice admits that he conceived the idea of Norubi and sent the tank. Turtle… tank. Skillet was a bomb. Your dream was true even though it was false.
bb:
Carrcassonnee, if this is war, what is the reason? Jealousy?
Carr.:
Insanity. Kerchal is insane. Has been for a long time. Mainland madness. It affects[ all of us deities] eventually. I’m next. That’s why it was so important to get married to a good head. I have a head now and can see pretty well… one eye. I see you. I see Spider. Who’s a good Spider, *who’s* a good Spider?
(Carrcassonnee leans over and pets Spider, then, surprisingly, pets me on the head through Baker Bloch.)
bb:
So Alice is married to Kerchal and you are married to Perch. But you’re not named after a sim[ like Alice and Kerchal]. You’re not Rubi.
Carr.:
Am I not? And is Perch not Minoa? I think it is similar.
bb:
So you are the woods… the woods bordering the town.
Carr.:
Yes. In a manner. (she winks at me, or is she just blinking her one eye?)
bb:
Marriage( between Carrcassonnee and Perch) solidified the place of Collagesity next to this forest.
Carr.:
Yes. The forest is alive. Lucas numbers.
bb:
But before I was warned not to focus on the forest, and that I might become a Frozen Head( because of it) like Jack at the end of The Shining.
Carr.:
Correct. (pause) Balance.
bb:
Outdoors is coming up soon, Carrcassonnee. I plan to refocus on Tile Creek over in Herman Park.
Carr.:
That is swell well.
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Carr.:
I have no one waiting outside tonight to share wisdom with next so I’ll allot you more time, baker b. Baker Bloch, I mean. Are you in there baker b.?
bb:
Yes. I’ve been speaking to you (through Bloch) all of this time. That’s the only way he can talk.
Carr.:
I remember. I forgot and then I remembered. Memory. A thing to be happening all the time.
bb:
About Tile Creek…
Carr.:
The hole?
bb:
Well… maybe.
Carr.:
The Ditch? I know all about these things, baker b. Baker Bloch. They are extensions of here. They are extensions of me.
bb:
Does Kerchal know about Tile Creek?
Carr.:
Not really. He’s not that far ranging. That gives me a decided edge. In fact a total edge. I know this( Second Life?) is not real. He’s stuck here. I can get out. I can go the super market over in Frogtown and purchase green tea tonight if I wished. I can take the oldsmobile out to Liar’s Leap and tell tales with the best of ’em. Old man tales. I am 417 years old tomorrow. Saturday, I mean.
bb:
Well happy birthday Carrcassonnee. It’s my mother’s birthday Saturday as well.
Carr.:
No, I meant Friday. Friday’s my birthday. Not Saturday.
bb:
My mother’s pretty old as well.
Carr.:
The bug beats the bird.
bb:
How old’s Perch?
Carr.:
55. Kerchal is 243. Alice is 929. There’s a deity over in Frogtown — I mean, Nautilus — oh, I can’t remember… memory. Rememory. You better go now young man.
bb:
Thank you.
Filed under **VIRTUAL SL, Heterocera, Rubi
Carrcasses 06
I deleted my last post about The Rainbow Sphere, SID’s 1st Oz, etc. (I saved it to my blog, however). I’m going to attempt to tie theories more into information from existing posts here, and also material in the newer podcasts. Karl has the most exhaustive theories and reviews so far. Thank you Karl for continuing to be such a strong supporter for the film/album synchronicity phenomenon. It seems we kind of have a shared canon of works coming from the early 2000’s. I would definitely include Being Geddy Lee in this mix even though it is highly manipulated, and I’m looking forward to Dave’s upcoming, reshaped podcast as previously stated.
I was going to make a couple of comments about Karl’s “Simultaneity II” post, but I don’t think we can progress much further than we already have until some future podcasts are cleared. Afterwards we might have a better perspective for moving forward. I would greatly urge Karl to create a new podcast as well — it would help shape and refine his theories on a/v synching, allowing others to better understand what he’s attempting to convey.
An idea popped in my head while thinking about this whole synchronicity vs. synchronization debate: a “looking glass” particle linking the two. On one side you have the viewer and on the other side the creator. But there’s a blend or continuum between the two; they’re not separate entities. And the viewer can shape what is being viewed — become part of the creator — and visa versa. How about that theory? Any thoughts? What do you think Karl Tune, Mirror Living? This would be akin to the quantum physics idea of viewer/viewed interaction on a sub-atomic level. The basis would be heightened emotions. It’s very interesting how strongly we are affected by certain synchronicities. This would apply to group viewings (of the same synch) and group creations as well. We must better define the creator, the created, and the viewer.
Some of the speculation on this would sound a little crazy. I’ll give an example. Is it possible that Randy and I were subconsciously affecting each other across time through a “shared” synch involving “Sing’n in the Rain”? Look at the components, and how we were drawn to similar, matching tracks for similar reasons. We both found “wow moments” and backtracked to a beginning cue. We both let it stand as is otherwise (the “1 drop synch” — great term again!). Was it fate at this point in time that this matching was found? What is it saying; what are the deeper implications? Or is this just a randomly occurring confluence, deserving no additional attention?
We can see this particular configuration as a triangle:
Sing’n in the Rain (shared video segment; top of triangle) – Dancing with Myself (Randy’s audio) – Standing in the Rain (my audio).I’m going to add one more thing here. The concept of tiling as I’ve been practicing it for over a decade now absolutely *shatters* any a/v synching theory based exclusively on synchronization. There’s no turning back from this.
Then a follow up in the same thread:
Additional note: I’m on for a new podcast. Karl, like I said… just do it. I’ll have an example work to demonstrate the process of tiling and high oddness without possible “synchronization”. 🙂 If you would like to see this work, actually a 2 parter composed of 1 hour mixes each, let me know and I’ll drop you some links. This 1st part is called Empire Strikes Brak, and the second half is Uncle Meatwad. It’s a mixture of funny and tragic. I’ll also give out a blog post link on the subject soon. I’ll also catch up on all the podcasts asap. Look at websites, etc.
So the cats kind of out of the bag now. 🙂
Empire Strikes Brak = Carrcass+0
Uncle Meatwad = Carrcass-0
These audiovisual synchronicities work either together or as separate pieces. The second begins where the first ends (“into the light”). I’ll have more details about these works soon. They’ve been referred to quite a lot on this blog lately, and that’s why I thought they’d be good candidates as example synchronicities in my projected podcast coming up. Many characters from Collagesity also appear in the synchs (and visa versa of course), or, more specifically, Carrcass-0/Uncle Meatwad. Here are some pictures of what I’m talking about. Excitement!
Filed under **VIRTUAL SL, Carrcass-00, Heterocera, Rubi
Carrcasses 05
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Merk Coolie Brighton posted in Film Album Synchronicities.
I’m not sure I want to create the “posts” here but now that I understand you can preview 15 minutes of *any* synchronicity that’s on a DVD through dropbox, I can explain “tiling” in a much more comprehensive and understandable manner. I’ll soon share a link with one of the four sections of SID’s 1st Oz for demonstration, probably part 2 of 4, and perhaps contrast it with the neighboring part 3 of 4. At this point I would call SID a “historic” synch, since it is over 12 years old. It didn’t have quite the impact I imagined when I first found it, and part of this is that I don’t think about half of the tiles in part 1 of 4 were properly aligned — made a bad 1st impression on some — and also because it came after the demise of the Film/Album Synchronicity Board and members of the synching community were starting to really drift away from each other… creatively at the least. Tape trading was becoming increasingly rare. Also I think people were getting a little tired of Floyd based synchronicities in any shape and form, and that would include me (kind of ironically). And on top of this, Return to Oz is not a classic classic movie, although I would consider it the truest follow-up to The Wizard of Oz that we have. Still in looking back and analyzing our golden age of synching, or the period of maybe 1999-2003, I see SID as my most original if misunderstood synchronicity contribution, along with The Rainbow Sphere, which I also want to talk about somewhere soon… probably sooner than SID. Both of these works were mentioned in my 2007 podcast. According to the front to back flow of the Oz/Floyd Paradox document (2003), SID is a kind of logical output of The Rainbow Sphere seed idea — the alpha and omega of the delineated paradox.
I’ll begin with The Rainbow Sphere asap. TRS presents us with the seeming conundrum that The Wizard of Oz *synchs with itself* and does not need “outside” help from Dark Side of the Moon. This also seems to mirror the original album/audio vs. movie/video tension, and the question about which claims the upper hand (silver vs. gold tiling in other places). Dark Side of the Rainbow is an album oriented synch. An e.t., say, armed with just the 1 play version of DSotR, would have to guess about the remainder of The Wizard of Oz movie while having complete knowledge of the album. The Rainbow Sphere is purely a movie synch, since no album of any kind is involved. The same e.t. watching this and deciphering it as 2 signals fused into 1, would be able to understand the movie in a considerably more complete manner than even just with the unmixed, full video, I feel, and also would need no prerequisite knowledge of DSotM.
Does any of this sound interesting to others? 🙂
The Rainbow Sphere concept is about 17-18 years old.
Filed under SID's 1st Oz
