I'd like the Motown Philly to Win, in the 6th

The men who were boys once are now, firmly entrenched as men. Men II Men is not as formidable of a concept as the prospect of Boys II Men. They are men: are we not men? Why are they no longer held as top RnB currency in a world of American Idols who may or may not be able to sing as well as 4 men who are men. They are not eligible.

They are poison, much like that girl. The name of this song is apparently "under pressure". I don't think it is a David Bowie cover, but it is perhaps an interesting coincidence that both DB in his hit "Major Tom" and BIIM in their not quite hit, both utilize a countdown. Which, as you may know, is something of a fascination for me at the moment. The act of counting down, in song, is one which carries with it the same narrative punch as counting down with a clock (say, at a rocket launch), but without the constraints of time to get in the way of a funky beat. Because a countdown that rejects seconds as a unit is a countdown that I can get behind.

Enjoy this countdown, it is on me. The rest of the song, meh.

	Boyz II Men - Countdown Interlude: Under Pressure [Dallas Austin Mix]/Sympin' Interlu .mp3
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Surround Sound comes to Hollywood

The movies. Brought to you in Surround Sound. It sounds like a kid is crying behind you, but yet when you look, there is no kid. This happens before the movie starts and shows off the power of the cinema's surround sound system.

When the movie starts, this same system of sound which surrounds is nowhere to be found. The cars whoosh by, the buildings topple, the bullets blaze, but at no point is the viewer confused about where the sound is coming from. It is not coming from the empty space in the theater, it is coming from the movie projected immediately in front of her.

Now there are surround sound systems for the home. When these are engaged, the sounds they produce are the sounds of the periphery. Not the main sounds of the program being watched, but the birds cawing, the crowds murmuring. The fundamental driving sounds of the film, television program, sporting event are being produced from the front of the viewer. The surrounding sound is all noise.
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Broom Hilda Rides Again (on her own)

Here I go again (on my own). For once in my life I going to finish what I started 3 years ago. I am going to create a visual, audial, and literal Glossary of the 20th Century. The goal of this project is to provide future generations with the history of the 20th Century told with a definitive narrative voice that traditional encyclopedic sources cannot provide. Enjoy this bon mot from Broom Hilda that accurately sums up the mindframe of this blogragator: