“The point for electracy is not the music as such, or does not stop with the music. Rather, as our analogy shows, the electrate dimension is not the music but the mood it supports and evokes.” (Ulmer p. 220)
M 25-Oct Internet Invention Chp. 8 “The Bar (Street)” Online Discussion (see below)
- key topics: Atmosphere; “Liminality,” bar / street, performance;
» Music genres & moods {Blues, Jazz, “Funk synthesis (syncretism),” Samba, Tango}
» Inference, conduction, “choral word”; “interbody,” “liquid architecture” (cyberspace);
»Theorist — Agamben: whatever, spectacle / image; singularity, stanza, Irreparable
→ closely read: all “Comment” sub-sections & Office #2-5 (p.242)
Screening: Pulp Fiction (Dir. Tarantino, 1994)
W 27-Oct Internet Invention Chp. 8 “The Bar (Street)”
- Due: Weekly Blog Entry — Music Video / Song (embed); see prompt (#2)
F 29-Oct Jason Nelson: Dreamaphage Link 2 (2003-04) & Between Treacherous Objects (2006)
- Due: Exercise 4 Assignment (“Lyric” p. 223 & “Being Singular” p.241) — prompt here
- Due: Sat 30-Oct: Fakebook Update — Inventory