Comments for Not Easily Amused http://noteasilyamused.com Thoughts on avant media culture and its effect upon discourse, thought patterns, social behavior and the taste of beer. NEVER links to YouTube, kittens, or Pr0n (go ask a 12 yr old)... and, NEVER EVER telling you it's chocolate when it's not. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:57:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 Comment on Brian Eno Wants To Alter Your Concept of “Now” by College Grad Job Search http://noteasilyamused.com/2007/08/20/brian-eno-concept-of-now/#comment-54 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:31:22 +0000 http://noteasilyamused.com/2007/08/20/brian-eno-concept-of-now/#comment-54 <strong>Job Search Tips for Hispanic Job Seekers...</strong> Finding a job has become much more of a challenge in recent years. Using the Internet as an additional resource will increase your options to find many great job opportunities, which are not always advertised in the newspaper.... Job Search Tips for Hispanic Job Seekers…

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]]> Comment on Brian Eno Wants To Alter Your Concept of “Now” by Troy http://noteasilyamused.com/2007/08/20/brian-eno-concept-of-now/#comment-15 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:12:15 +0000 http://noteasilyamused.com/2007/08/20/brian-eno-concept-of-now/#comment-15 Brilliant as always, JMcD. I'm fascinated with the idea of the Long Now. I would localize however to the Long Week. You know, like "there are 07 days in this week. I've got plenty of time to get that project done. Wait a minute what day is it now? Aw, 0crap." Brilliant as always, JMcD.

I’m fascinated with the idea of the Long Now. I would localize however to the Long Week. You know, like “there are 07 days in this week. I’ve got plenty of time to get that project done. Wait a minute what day is it now? Aw, 0crap.”

]]> Comment on Brian Eno Wants To Alter Your Concept of “Now” by John McDaniel http://noteasilyamused.com/2007/08/20/brian-eno-concept-of-now/#comment-14 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:17:07 +0000 http://noteasilyamused.com/2007/08/20/brian-eno-concept-of-now/#comment-14 Getting into Eno's music and how it relates to concepts of time would be a great followup --and likely as daunting as a dissertation (grad students, anyone?). Terry Riley, Steve Reich, La Monte Young, Philip Glass, etc. all deserve mention as does Erik Satie when getting into music and stretching perceived time or throwing out any cares about time and focusing on process (Of course Satie's Furniture Music is a pre-echo of Music for Airports, et al). Satie's Vexations can take nearly 24 hrs to perform its 840 repetitions depending upon the tempo. I listened to part of a performance of it years ago. You have to get to a point where you let go and just get lost in the repetition and then you start to hear variations within the cycles and slowly a larger view comes into focus. Cultural perceptions of time is a subject that goes WAY beyond the differences between New Yorkers and Europeans. My recent experience working with Native Americans introduced me to the idea that because there's an endless supply of time stretching far off into the distant future, there's no need to worry about getting something done by a certain date --it will eventually get done because there's no such thing as "running out of time." Hard to explain to construction contractors and project installers, but the serene delivery of the concept by a tribal member leaves one rather speechless. OK, my work is finished and has been waiting for two years to be delivered. I guess I've got the time! The Long Now Foundation projects take a similar view: there is no deadline; there's plenty of time; it will get done. Thanks for reading! Getting into Eno’s music and how it relates to concepts of time would be a great followup –and likely as daunting as a dissertation (grad students, anyone?). Terry Riley, Steve Reich, La Monte Young, Philip Glass, etc. all deserve mention as does Erik Satie when getting into music and stretching perceived time or throwing out any cares about time and focusing on process (Of course Satie’s Furniture Music is a pre-echo of Music for Airports, et al). Satie’s Vexations can take nearly 24 hrs to perform its 840 repetitions depending upon the tempo. I listened to part of a performance of it years ago. You have to get to a point where you let go and just get lost in the repetition and then you start to hear variations within the cycles and slowly a larger view comes into focus.

Cultural perceptions of time is a subject that goes WAY beyond the differences between New Yorkers and Europeans. My recent experience working with Native Americans introduced me to the idea that because there’s an endless supply of time stretching far off into the distant future, there’s no need to worry about getting something done by a certain date –it will eventually get done because there’s no such thing as “running out of time.” Hard to explain to construction contractors and project installers, but the serene delivery of the concept by a tribal member leaves one rather speechless. OK, my work is finished and has been waiting for two years to be delivered. I guess I’ve got the time! The Long Now Foundation projects take a similar view: there is no deadline; there’s plenty of time; it will get done.

Thanks for reading!

]]> Comment on Brian Eno Wants To Alter Your Concept of “Now” by officer buckle http://noteasilyamused.com/2007/08/20/brian-eno-concept-of-now/#comment-13 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:52:37 +0000 http://noteasilyamused.com/2007/08/20/brian-eno-concept-of-now/#comment-13 So many of the world's, and certainly our country's problems are the result of short-sightedness. Any effort to prolong now would seem to be a step in the right direction. It does make me wonder if some of The Long Now Foundation's members are too future-centric. Are we only interested in prolonging "this" now forward? Are traditionalists and historians ahead of the game by connecting the past to now and the future? And to James' point (that fugu-eating madman), I expected a reference to Eno's Discreet Music, in which he takes Pachelbel's Canon and slowly devolves the piece by assigning longer and longer note values to the various instruments. One last anecdote- I recently read an article by Oliver Sacks in the New Yorker that explored the connections between the neuropsychological effects of Catatonia and Tourette's Syndrome and the experience of time. Catatonics are apparently the masters of the long now, whereas sufferers of Tourette's Syndrome, some experts believe, are experiencing time faster than they can properly filter. Amazing stuff... So many of the world’s, and certainly our country’s problems are the result of short-sightedness. Any effort to prolong now would seem to be a step in the right direction.

It does make me wonder if some of The Long Now Foundation’s members are too future-centric. Are we only interested in prolonging “this” now forward? Are traditionalists and historians ahead of the game by connecting the past to now and the future?

And to James’ point (that fugu-eating madman), I expected a reference to Eno’s Discreet Music, in which he takes Pachelbel’s Canon and slowly devolves the piece by assigning longer and longer note values to the various instruments.

One last anecdote- I recently read an article by Oliver Sacks in the New Yorker that explored the connections between the neuropsychological effects of Catatonia and Tourette’s Syndrome and the experience of time. Catatonics are apparently the masters of the long now, whereas sufferers of Tourette’s Syndrome, some experts believe, are experiencing time faster than they can properly filter. Amazing stuff…

]]> Comment on Brian Eno Wants To Alter Your Concept of “Now” by James http://noteasilyamused.com/2007/08/20/brian-eno-concept-of-now/#comment-12 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:10:50 +0000 http://noteasilyamused.com/2007/08/20/brian-eno-concept-of-now/#comment-12 Great stuff here JM! I expected you to reference Music for Airports or Here Come the Warm Jets so was pleasantly surprised by the Long Now inclusion. Although not quite as well stated, John Cage and Cornelius Cardew pre-dated Eno on this sense of here and now. Best case in point was John's "Organ 2" which is as far as I know the longest concert work in history still being performed in Germany. Guess that European aesthetic does a better job of dealing with time than us quick fix Americans, eh? Nice to see your writing licks! best ,jdr Great stuff here JM! I expected you to reference Music for Airports or Here Come the Warm Jets so was pleasantly surprised by the Long Now inclusion. Although not quite as well stated, John Cage and Cornelius Cardew pre-dated Eno on this sense of here and now. Best case in point was John’s “Organ 2″ which is as far as I know the longest concert work in history still being performed in Germany. Guess that European aesthetic does a better job of dealing with time than us quick fix Americans, eh? Nice to see your writing licks! best ,jdr

]]> Comment on MyDamnChannel.com Joins The Fray by Jay Mack http://noteasilyamused.com/2007/08/02/my-damn-channel-joins-the-fray/#comment-10 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:26:46 +0000 http://noteasilyamused.com/2007/08/02/my-damn-channel-joins-the-fray/#comment-10 I should have written "groundling" (references to Elizabethan theater don't affect the PCRQ). Thanks for reading. I should have written “groundling” (references to Elizabethan theater don’t affect the PCRQ). Thanks for reading.

]]> Comment on MyDamnChannel.com Joins The Fray by Rob's Brain http://noteasilyamused.com/2007/08/02/my-damn-channel-joins-the-fray/#comment-9 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 13:30:05 +0000 http://noteasilyamused.com/2007/08/02/my-damn-channel-joins-the-fray/#comment-9 we ARE underlings we ARE underlings

]]> Comment on MyDamnChannel.com Joins The Fray by Rob's Brain http://noteasilyamused.com/2007/08/02/my-damn-channel-joins-the-fray/#comment-8 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 13:29:34 +0000 http://noteasilyamused.com/2007/08/02/my-damn-channel-joins-the-fray/#comment-8 best feedback we've seen so far - keep it coming - we're reading - thinking - still not sleeping....rob's brain best feedback we’ve seen so far - keep it coming - we’re reading - thinking - still not sleeping….rob’s brain

]]> Comment on MyDamnChannel.com Joins The Fray by Alan Abbey http://noteasilyamused.com/2007/08/02/my-damn-channel-joins-the-fray/#comment-7 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:10:59 +0000 http://noteasilyamused.com/2007/08/02/my-damn-channel-joins-the-fray/#comment-7 Agreed! See our overlapping post on TVMama.com - Was IS the best part - so far. I'm counting on Harry Shearer to pick up the slack. David Wain? Dunno, yet. Agreed! See our overlapping post on TVMama.com - Was IS the best part - so far. I’m counting on Harry Shearer to pick up the slack. David Wain? Dunno, yet.

]]> Comment on How White and Male is the Web? by Mark http://noteasilyamused.com/2007/08/01/how-white-male-is-the-web/#comment-6 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:55:53 +0000 http://noteasilyamused.com/2007/08/01/how-white-male-is-the-web/#comment-6 Interesting observations. We've come a long way since the 60's but in many ways as you point we haven't Were all those articles a few months back about whether America would elect a woman or a black male to president ...mainly written by white men? It could be more that cultural attitudes have indeed changed but the system and structure have not. What it takes to get to elected office, who has more free time in working families....maybe that could be something that still needs to catch up with changing views of diversity. Good article! Interesting observations. We’ve come a long way since the 60’s but in many ways as you point we haven’t Were all those articles a few months back about whether America would elect a woman or a black male to president …mainly written by white men?

It could be more that cultural attitudes have indeed changed but the system and structure have not. What it takes to get to elected office, who has more free time in working families….maybe that could be something that still needs to catch up with changing views of diversity.

Good article!

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