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Mike Patton: I got a couple of things going now that I’m really excited about and they’re a complete detour from what I’ve done in my past. But that’s all I can tell you.
What could “a complete detour” possibly mean for you? Haven’t you done everything?
MP: Trust me, it’s different. And it’s really cool and very exciting. But we made an agreement — at least for this first project — to not talk about it, so I can’t tell you what exactly what it is. But to me, it’s completely invigorating and came along right at the right time. This is what I needed. I didn’t seek it out. It just happened. I guess maybe I’m an opportunist in that way. It’s not like I conceive all of these things; they happen around me. And then I go, “Oh, maybe I can jump in that pool? Or maybe not.” That’s just the way my mind works.
- It’s like, ‘You don’t need me. You need my voice. That’s it.’”
Bernhard Leitner, Diagrams for Soundcube, 1969
A room composed of 64 loudspeakers, the Soundcube allowed for the sounds to travel from one side to another, circling, spiraling, changing in pitch and direction.
“Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!”
—Anarcho-syndicalist peasant, “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”
UNRECORDED NIGHTS
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All sorts of vintage book imagery is here in my virtual stacks.