Pogo

[Gemini Cricket]

Gardyn (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBN-CAhOYQ0)

[Alex]

I've looked at several of his pieces in the last week because they're using some of his stuff in the Glow thing going on at DCA.

I must acknowledge the dedication, skill, and impressiveness of the result.

However, rarely before have I seen dedication, skill, and impressiveness combine to produce something I find so annoying. Every piece gives me a headache and I bail before it is over. It reminds me of a 90 minute white noice "concert" done by an avant garde computer I had to attend back in college when my first wife was taking a music appreciation easy A course.

[Gemini Cricket]

I have the complete opposite response. I love his stuff. Total earworms for me.

[Alex]

I know, AVP and I talked about him last week for a bit since we so completely disagree. Like I said, I can see the skill that goes into making it. But I can also appreciated the skill that would go into Mike Tyson punching me in the nose.

But I feel like I've been audibly assaulted. When I tune away it is just such a sense of relief that the noise has stopped. Interestingly (or coincidentally anyway) that's the second time in a week that's happened since I've had the same response to the vuvuzelas during what little World Cup I've watched.

[Alex]

Question, what role do you think the accompanying visual plays? If that were to just play on the radio would you respond differently?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Something about either the way they're being used in South Africa or the ABC/ESPN audio setup is making the vuvuzelas even more annoying than the usual horn/whistle drone of soccer matches.

Pogo's hit and miss for me. Love the Alice one, and the Up one. Most of the others don't really captivate me.

[Chernabog]

Eh, Bjork did it way better in 2004's Medulla album. But I'm biased like that :D

[Gemini Cricket]

Question, what role do you think the accompanying visual plays? If that were to just play on the radio would you respond differently?
Good questions. I was just listening to it now without the video playing while I was working on an Excel project. I like it without. But I wonder if it's because I watched the video first. So, I guess the answer is the video is important. I don't think I would like it if I just heard it first without the visual. But I guess the draw of his stuff is knowing what he made the audio from...
I don't know if that makes any sense...

[flippyshark]

And here I thought we were going to have a thread about Walt Kelley's classic comic strip.

I enjoy this stuff more without looking at it. I find that sort of redundant visual staccato stultifying, but the sounds are pretty cool.

I did something a bit like this with tape loops about 24 years ago, and I used samples from Snow White in a very naughty way. I've lost the result somewhere along the way.

[Gemini Cricket]

Pogo presents Toyz Noize (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6j0gev29MA).
The footage looks like it's only TS1 and TS2 so no TS3 I think. But it has been awhile since I've seen those two films...

[Melonballer]

Dont miss his other new track, Buzzwing. (http://www.youtube.com/user/DisneyPixar#p/u/3/m4zqVrrqSTI)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Wishery (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs1bG6BIYlo)

[Gemini Cricket]

Wishery (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs1bG6BIYlo)
I liked that one. Wished he used more of the hag laughing. That was my favorite part.

[Alex]

Wishery set a land speed record for giving me a headache.