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Thursday, October 25, 2007
Announcements
Firstly, thanks to Vinay for THIS. It's a short little flash game which anyone can play and ENJOY. Apparently there are three endings, though I've only managed to get one. It was a good one though! Highly recommended. Those attentive to myspace will have noticed a new gig added. December 4th will find me and my faitful ally Max "It's in the Sky" Jones at The Hideaway, which is in Archway in North London. You should definitely come. Why? Because you get discounted admission if you bring a TOY INSTRUMENT! Now this is the kind of gig I'm talking about!Raid your local early learning centre and we'll see you there!
Posted at 12:00 am by faceometer
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
If I Had a Calcifer / Things Would Be Different
Shaking Sabres, a song which I've been mentioning for a while, is now available on the myspace page. Check it out, and note the appearance of the Hectic Eclectic Folk Choir, credited in full here! Trivia: the picture that pops up (should pop up) when you listen to this song is more or less of the exact moment the song was initially written! So that's inspiration you're looking at. See if you can spot the Vibe in the picture anywhere...
Posted at 11:42 pm by faceometer
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Monday, October 22, 2007
YouTube can be so cruel sometimes
My username is faceometer if you want to bail me out.
Posted at 5:27 pm by faceometer
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Thursday, October 18, 2007
Deeper we go
At the request of Vincent Ibe himself (see earlier comments), I offer you three fake extracts from the Vible.
NB. I SAY FAKE BECAUSE THERE IS NO VIBLE, OUR SECULAR ORTHODOXY IS VERY SELF-CONCSIOUSLY FOUNDED UPON AN ORAL TRADITION IN ORDER TO PREVENT JIHADS IN 2,000 YEARS. THANK YOU
1. and lo, the vibe did say "hmm, can we, you know, dim the lights very slightly? ooo, you don't have dimmers. awkward" 2. and so they went and looked for dimmers 3. but they couldn't find any 4. but while they were out looking they had a crazy adventure involving a tramp on ecstasy, four cans of carling, a bozouki and an attractive girl aged about 20 who was really into films, and they wrote a song about it 5. and the vibe was well pleased.
CHAPTER TWO
"The Return of the Iron Chapter"
8. And the Drill said to the Vibe, "safe" 9. And the vibe was all like "worrrrd", like, in the drill's face, you know? 10. but that was okay, because they were mates. 11. and then, up came the Nmountebank 12. "What the hell is going dowwwwwwwwwntown?" inquired the Nmountebank 13. "Who the crutch are you?", rejoined the other two. 14. "I'm the shiver down your spine on a cold day, and so on" 15. "Well", said the Drill to the Vibe, privately, "Our Holy Text is only ten minutes old and it's already pretty fucked"
CHAPTER NINE
"In which our heroes encounter a singular experience"
14. who begat Xnsadm, who lived to be 976, 15. who begat Gmblhn, who lived to be 456, 16. who begat 17. "Stop this madness", cried the VIBE 18. For lo, in he burst, like some metatextual thing 19. "Run in the sand, play with dogs, keep t he beer cold and your beats colder, but keep your love burning hott like FIYAHHH" 20. And so they did.
Posted at 9:09 pm by faceometer
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007
"Glop" is not a noise which milk sould ever make
So yeah, I know it's an aesthetic rather than factual decision, and I wish to interrogate it on aesthetic rather than factual terms... I'm just thinking, Fruit and Nut? I mean, I'm not saying raisins aren't fruit, but what are the chances of you finding some pineapple in there? I know, I know. I just think the title raises false expectations! I traced this today as being behind the reason I've always felt uneasy about Fruit and Nut. I'm not saying it doesn't taste good, I'm not saying the title isn't technically correct, I'm not saying it would need to be if it wasn't, I'm just saying... what am I saying? I guess I'm saying that if fruit and nut MACHINES only had raisins and hazel nuts we'd all be very rich. AS RICH AS THE SINEWY TASTE OF CADBUR- okay I'm off
Posted at 12:08 pm by faceometer
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Ahoy
So once again, while I should be working, I find myself immersed in another MMO. But this one is an indie Flash MMO called Skyrates! RPS readers will already know it but it has a great feel and works off good old fashioned IE-fire and forget gameplay instead of the tradition high graphics grind which MMOing has become recently. It's early days for me and my character Ginger McBiggles so far, but we've already sold some bread and fish, shot down three bastards, and upgraded the engines in our old Junker. Happy times.
In case that wasn't clear, Skyrates is a game where you pretend to be an air pirate and fly between floating islands in the sky trading, shooting, and being variously awesome. Chillgasmic.
Posted at 10:56 am by faceometer
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Sunday, October 14, 2007
What's your favourite Ampersand?
Greetings sports fans, I return from a sojourn in London which included the second ever convening of the Hectic Eclectic Folk Choir! Fun times were had, "whacky" times, great times, SUCH GREAT TIMES. The results of the recordings will be seen on Myspace within the next few, but given that the results of the first iteration of the HEFC have yet to see daylight, I wouldn't exactly wait by your computer. Each dolphin's flipper's five-fingered.
THE CHOIR THIS TIME consisted of Dhalsim Shahban III, Rames O'Jiley, Fudge Wentworth, Heloise, Al Vybz, Imogen "Pintsize" Bryan, Thomas Guy Jackson, 2 $haÿ, and the Dapper Swindler. Thanks again to all of them!
Posted at 3:56 pm by faceometer
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Monday, October 08, 2007
CHECK this
Okay, linkgasm.
I draw you attention especially to the phrase "It was completely primeval". Now not that I want to say I fucking called it, but this reminds me of a song called 'Mellow Drama'. And such a great pun in the title! I wonder who wrote such a brilliant piece of &c.
Posted at 10:32 am by faceometer
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Sunday, October 07, 2007
Speaking of the Vibe, I love it when the Vibe gets into my iTunes' "shuffle" button
Actually, the crazy old fart has been around here most of the last 24 hours. I deeply love him and his many ways, for they are mighty. Amen.
Posted at 5:48 pm by faceometer
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Saturday, October 06, 2007
Vible explained
Here's a conversation extract for you.
Emily: No. Do explain.
Will: basically
Will: within our pseudo religion of the vibe there are two pillars
Will: proximity to the vibe, which is controlled by the vibe
Will: and proximity to the drill
Will: which is controlled by you
Will: knowing the drill is essential to reaping the vibe
Will: but the vibe's presence isn't guaranteed by drill knowledge
Will: his absence does however, generally suggest a lack of drill
Will: either in the room
Will: or within YOURSELF
Will: because the drill is easy to forget
Emily: Um.
Posted at 1:40 am by faceometer
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