stolen from Ro.

[apiphile]

1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen. [I've only read this and Sense & Sensibility after a silly childhood hatred of Austen; I really liked both, and have picked up a couple of other Austens for the glorious Time When]
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR. Tolkien. I cannot describe how much I hated this book, and I probably shouldn't because I know how

Comments

[coniferous_you]

I always feel strange when I see one more commercially successfully but otherwise dubious contemporary book for every time this list makes the rounds. Same number of books, though. Nice to see a few Canadian authors (that aren't Atwood) though!

Also, I wonder if Ulysses is purposefully right above Bell Jar...

[coniferous_you]

PS - Someone did graintable synthesis using Finnegan's Wake as inspiration. Does it too sound like a box falling down a staircase? I don't know. I haven't listened to it, but it seemed relevant to your studies.

http://www.sfu.ca/~truax/river.html

[apiphile]

WE HAVEN't GOT TO GRANULAR SYNTHS YET.

Apart from watching a couple of Autachre vids, I mean.

[coniferous_you]

I remember you mentioned that on Facebook! How's buying their whole discography going? Based on this one fact, it sounds like an amazing class! I've never been told to listen to anything but Billy Bragg for a class.

[apiphile]

Computer music systems is aces, we are learning about how subtractive synthesis works at the moment, but later we're doing FM and additive and granular. Should be interesting! Have also watched Tangerine Dream, Jean Michel Jarre, Wendy Carlos, Kraftwerk, etc...

Hahah "buying". I need someone to point me at downloads. My money is reserved for these:

[coniferous_you]

Ah! THIS SOUNDS LIKE AN AMAZING CLASS

FM Synthesis? Synthesizer says, "Oooooooooooooooooooooo"

Granular is fun, and the most easily grasped on a conceptual level by me, stupid manipulator of sound.

[coniferous_you]

PS - Nice headphones. I used to have a nice pair, but I always seem to destroy them so now I just use earbuds.

[apiphile]

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. Basically when they've split the class we will be wanking around with Logic and Pro-Tools and some various input devices and one of our end-of-year projects is either "soundscape" or "Foley some shit". I AM EXCITE.

That is reassuring. :D

[apiphile]

ahah I wonder if they're Proper Canadian Novels...