Saturday 22 June 2013

3D printing powered by thought

An interview with Holger Czukay

...And you were responsible for all the editing?

I was a bass player - I thought being the bass player of Can nobody will listen to the bass. I could hide myself quite good because I was afraid I was not good enough. So I could with one hand mix everything straight away and with the other one I can play bass. And if something was not right we cut out the mistakes like that. We did not need any multi-track machine and actually it was the best time of Can as everyone was responsible for the whole result. If someone was getting too loud - and there were no limiters or nothing - and disturbed the balance he has destroyed the upcoming album somehow. A special responsibility was required. And therefore I say it was more of a church or a place of rituals than it was a normal tone studio.
After a while we got a little bit successful, we had a hit and we bought a multi-track machine. It was 1975. More or less this was the beginning of the end of Can. Because of the multi-track the musicians thought they want to avoid any mistakes they want to get the best output they are able to do. That means it was not any more this sort of 'underground' idea. No, now suddenly a different programme started...

Damn! Wish I'd seen this jacket back at the time (tho I suspect it was way outta my price range!)

Edward Snowden charged with espionage

Why Snowden was smart to choose Hong Kong. Very smart

♪♫ Steve Earle Live on KEXP (18/4/13)

http://KEXP.ORG presents Steve Earle performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded April 18, 2013.
Songs:
The Low Highway
Burnin' It Down
Invisible
Remember Me
Host: Stevie Zoom
Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Shelly Corbett & Scott Holpainen
Editor: Scott Holpainen
http://kexp.org
http://steveearle.com

Australia's $7b drug splurge

New Zealand law permits 'low risk' designer drugs

Legally high

National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec, Mexico

Moroccan Tape Stash

Rare photo of a famous Springsteen moment in London in 1975 surfaces

Via
As Chalkie just posted on Facebook:

These negatives were so underexposed that I was unable to make a decent print from them back in 1975, but modern scanning technology brought out all the detail, I was going to wait the full 40 years but decided as he's in London right now this was as good a time as any...