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...and now for something completely different...

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Hits: 1630
Comments: 18
Fans: 4
Plays: 219
Downloads: 55
Votes: 6
Uploaded: Jun 20, 2006 - 11:17:22 AM
Last Updated: Jun 20, 2006 - 11:24:47 AM Last Played: Jul 11, 2009 - 05:19:35 PM
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Hardware:
my voice, the carpet, videocamera (for recording sound), G4 and G5
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iMovie, Wiretap, Garageband 3.0
Comments
datafunk said 1237 days ago (June 20th, 2006)
magic carpet ride
and underfloor trip, I can feel the dust.
this was different for sure but it's still you.
and you are unique.
Mcboy said 1237 days ago (June 20th, 2006)
hehhehhe.....
is there nothing safe from u playing it as an instrument........the universe
is your instrument.......u mad sound sculptor.......
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Parichayaka said 1237 days ago (June 20th, 2006)
better than Monty Python
or at least it caught me off guard and really made me laugh!!! glad you posted this!
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said 1237 days ago (June 20th, 2006)
Enjoyed it.
Great stuff. as usual. Enjoyed it.
perceptualvortex said 1237 days ago (June 20th, 2006)
Ha!
Well, I saw 'spoken word' and thought uh-oh. But now I'm laughing my ass off. Jeez, where do you come up with this?? I don't even know how to evaluate this, except to say that I found it compelling, absurd and hilarious. Like Negativland from Escape From Noise, but better production, more nuance.
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Stun Nutz said 1233 days ago (June 24th, 2006)
Ha!
This piece was just one of those impulse ideas that you get... and just feel compelled to act upon it.

Whispering can be very effective sometimes. Sometimes we become so de-sensitized to noise that whispering takes us off guard. I often whisper when my kids are screaming to try and get them to calm down.

Henry Jacobs and Ken Nordine have done some great spoken word tracks in the 60s using whispering. Trent Reznor likes to whisper a lot in his music, as a matter of fact.

Probably the main thing that influenced this, however, was Dr. Suess' "Vug under the Rug"... that image stuck with me ever since I was a young whipper snapper.
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said 1234 days ago (June 24th, 2006)
LOL
I get rug burn just listening to this.
I think I woke up the neighbors laughing at "micro-spirit".
SpasmodicMan said 1233 days ago (June 24th, 2006)
Nightie
I can just imagine the bedtime stories you tell your kids... This has Maurice Sendak written all over it. You could make a mint marketing these things to the pre-school crowd. I know I would have eaten it up when I was 5. (I havent changed much.)
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Stun Nutz said 1233 days ago (June 24th, 2006)
Nightie
my kids do like this, in fact... they ask for me to play it often... !!!
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Macaudion said 1230 days ago (June 27th, 2006)
How do ya tune a carpet...
...LOL I've heard of beating rugs, but not for their percussive qualities... LOL - I'm back a few days after my first listen and I came back just to see if it was me..., but I'm getting that what's extremely odd about this transaction, it has nothing to do w/ me - 'Micro spririts' LOL - I'm loven ya, but get some help dude - Really - I'll sponser a 'stoned nuts' walk or somethin - LOLOL!!! - God... - xxxxxxx - Cyd
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allsaints said 1230 days ago (June 28th, 2006)
title
pure nutz. i laughed throughout. you really do use anything and
everything as your musical tool. this is one of the reasons your
compositions are so enjoyable.
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pooey said 1227 days ago (June 30th, 2006)
Eureka!
If music is my amusement park, then the amusement park is your
music. I like the spontaneity of this work. You got this idea of
recording yourself whispering on the carpet and you just did it. Many
of my compositions are done this way. Don't overthink it--just do it.
But then of course you polish and prime and add that Stun Nutz touch,
which I love by the way. It's very subtle indeed here, but very effective.

The ending of the song rocks. I wouldn't have guessed in a thousand
minutes that you would go mystical or whatever. A real thrill.

Damn I want to see the video of this. You ever feel tempted to make
vids Stun?
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Ms Miss said 1219 days ago (July 9th, 2006)
AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!
I love this! I totally want to know what's under the carpet! I'd love to
hang out with you on a Saturday evening after a few drinks. . .
You are priceless Stun. Keep doing what you're doing because it's so
amazingly entertaining!
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stacey said 1195 days ago (August 1st, 2006)
Micro Spirit
Dude. Is this the first of your songs that I've heard? I'll have to go check
out your other stuff to see.

I LOVE it. It is sooooo... ODD!

Yeah. Micro Spirit. That is the BEST!

Stacey
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stacey said 1195 days ago (August 1st, 2006)
Micro Spirit
Dude. Is this the first of your songs that I've heard? I'll have to go check
out your other stuff to see.

I LOVE it. It is sooooo... ODD!

Yeah. Micro Spirit. That is the BEST!

Stacey
Check out my latest song called tick tock
fosod said 1090 days ago (November 15th, 2006)
Dingleberries
i like your style, bro. i didn't ne'er listen to yer stuff before until now before. This is good. I mean: bad--but GREAT!
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_nderscore said 902 days ago (May 21st, 2007)
hey! it's me!
let me out from _nder the rug, will ya?

i was just farting around on MJ, ended up here & now my day seems really, really weird! :D


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tammyisinlove said 573 days ago (April 15th, 2008)
wow
i loved your storytelling...daddy!
(i had to download this, thanks :))
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