MUSIC IN PHASE SPACE

Category: SYSTEMS IN PHASE SPACE

  • The Efficiency Con

    A scam with a side of grift-hustle, wrapped in a con stuffed inside a Ponzi-tier pyramid of multi-level marketing—served with a garnish of oligarch delusion. A bureaucracy exists to track things until the act of tracking becomes its own justification. Enter Elon Musk, who takes this dysfunction to the next level: tracking how you track…

  • Symbolic Warfare

    “Trout Mask Replica” stands as one of the most radical deconstructions of American music ever recorded. Released in 1969 on Frank Zappa’s Straight Records label, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band created a sonic landscape that defied every conventional notion of rhythm, harmony, and structure. Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) orchestrated a work that simultaneously…

  • Seppuku Scheduling

    Here’s how it happens. You sketch a plan. It’s airtight, bulletproof, a Swiss watch of efficiency. You will do A and B. Maybe, just maybe, if the stars align and the traffic lights are all green, you’ll do C. Then reality happens. You do A. You do B. And somewhere in the back of your…

  • I don’t believe in a spiritually led, military-manipulated UAP community

    I don’t buy the idea of a spiritually led, military-manipulated UAP community—a fragmented crew of hopeful mystics and starry-eyed believers, jerked around by the strings of men draped in medals and clearance badges. It’s too slick, too tidy, too perfectly packaged. This smells like a hustle, like a carnival barker luring suckers in with promises…

  • Veni, Vidi, Vichy

    I came, I saw, I folded like bad origami. A handshake under the table, fingers crossed behind the back, the perfect alibi for treason wrapped in the flag of survival. Opportunists slip through cracks, greased by the fat of the land they betray. One moment they’re fighting for freedom; the next, they’re filing your chains…

  • Entanglement theory is contrary to all libertarian tenets

    Entanglement theory spits in the face of libertarian delusions, shattering their fantasy of pristine individualism. Turns out, the universe doesn’t give a damn about your “personal autonomy”—everything’s tangled in an invisible web, whether you like it or not. While libertarians preach self-reliance, quantum mechanics laughs and reminds them that no one, not even a particle,…

  • Simulating Characters

    The notion that we must forever tether ourselves to the simulation of characters to extract meaning from some grand, elusive cognitive theory reeks of primitive superstition, like insisting that geometry is nothing without the spectacle of a spinning cube on a flickering screen. It’s the same old song and dance—plugging in variables, winding up the…

  • On Deluded Stars, Echo Chamber Enthusiasts, Selective Readers, and Positive Spin Masters:

    In the domain of cultural production and reception, the figure of the actor operates not merely as a vessel for artistic expression but as a complex node within a network of self-representation, critique, and ideology. This essay examines the archetypes of Deluded Stars, Echo Chamber Enthusiasts, Selective Readers, and Positive Spin Masters through a lens…

  • Never ending Upgrade

    In the parched psychic landscape of the American soul, a generation raised on the flickering, messianic glow of the cathode ray wanders, thirsting for a transcendent download. The old gods, dusty idols in the digital attic, offer no solace.They crave a higher bandwidth connection, a signal that pierces the static of everyday existence and whispers promises of escape velocity. This hunger pangs for…

  • Paradox of (digital) Literacy

    The human story is riddled with irony, and the rise of technology presents a particularly potent example. We celebrate progress, touting innovation and advancement as hallmarks of a superior society. Yet, upon closer examination, this narrative unravels, revealing a darker undercurrent: a pattern of exploiting periods of upheaval to consolidate power and rig the system…