MUSIC IN PHASE SPACE

Month: August 2020

  • The Medium is the Paycheck

    In the realm of communication, the interaction between the medium and the message it conveys often goes overlooked. A crucial observation in understanding this dynamic is recognizing that the medium—whether it be print, digital, or spoken word—functions not merely as a conduit but as a shaping force in the transmission and reception of knowledge. This…

  • There will be no new art til deadbeats…

    There will be no new art til deadbeats can hang around in close to zero rent, and zero debt situations. The idea that artists need to be in close to zero rent and zero debt situations in order to create new art is not a new one. In fact, it has been a recurring theme…

  • Deadbeats

    Deadbeats of the Soul: A Cut-Up Manifesto They crawl out of the fetid alleys of existence, these word-slingers, these paint-drenched maniacs. Society calls them deadbeats, wasters, men and women with holes in their shoes and existential dread clinging to their trench coats like yesterday’s smog. But burrow deeper, past the pawn shop trinkets and ramen…

  • Monopoly and Monopsony

    The economic concepts of monopoly and monopsony share some similarities, as they both involve a single entity having control over a market. While a monopoly is a situation where one company has exclusive control over the supply of a good or service, a monopsony is a situation where a single buyer has exclusive control over…

  • The Medium in 1984 and Brave New World

    George Orwell’s novel 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World both depict dystopian societies where technology and government control have drastically altered the human experience. In both novels, characters struggle with adapting to the new medium of communication and information dissemination, which is a central theme in the works of Marshall McLuhan, a prominent media…

  • The Future Is Cool

    The concept of cool has been around for decades, and it has taken on many different meanings over time. From a state of being collected and composed to a sense of countercultural rebellion, cool has come to represent a way of living that is both distinct and desirable. In the modern era, the ability to…

  • BREAD AND BUTTERFLY: THE DOUBLE BIND

    MUSIC IN PHASE SPACE EPISODE 49 BREAD AND BUTTER FLY Bateson used the fictional Bread and Butter Fly (from Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There) to illustrate the double bind in terms of natural selection. The gnat points out that the insect would be doomed if he found his food (which would…

  • Save the Streamer: The Brutally Honest Guide to Algorithm-Driven Screenwriting

    Introduction: Why Write a Script When You Could Optimize a Snack Break? Welcome to the brave new world of storytelling, where your protagonist’s journey matters as much as the viewer’s bathroom habits. This isn’t your mom’s screenwriting manual; it’s the algorithm-approved guide to crafting stories that survive Amazon Prime’s “Next Episode in 5 Seconds” countdown…

  • Exhalation

    https://g.co/kgs/AFawC3 I can see a lot SciFi I like going the Orbis Tertius way. It was a retro-Hugo finalist in 2016. Someone should write a Buster Crabbe kind of version of it First pass at Exhalation: A scientist’s journal from a member of a race of air-driven mechanical beings. The race obtains air from swappable…

  • In Praise of Deadbeats

    There will be no new art until deadbeats can once again haunt the cracked and peeling apartments of society’s underbelly, where rent is a laughable afterthought and debt is someone else’s problem. Art doesn’t thrive under fluorescent lights and installment plans; it’s born in the claustrophobic haze of unpaid bills and sticky bar tops, in…