Comments on: The awesomest beatnik

The awesomest beatnik

gilgamix — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:42:31 -0800

Henry Jacobs is, a unique and mostly forgotten (but recently reissued) sound artist and humorist, an inventor of surround sound and, apparently, really really good at left handed ping-pong.

By: malusmoriendumest

malusmoriendumest — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 03:59:21 -0800

Though there should be a tremendous amount of enthusiastic prose to write about a man who both organises sound engineering and plays ping-pong, I can only think- "Oh, so that's who helped invent that." In fact, I didn't even think that. I think. What a useless waste of a post. I don't know why I'm still writing this. Mongoose.

By: misteraitch

misteraitch — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 04:17:31 -0800

On the contrary, I thought this was an interesting post—I'd never heard of Jacobs before &, even though his work isn't quite my cup of tea, I was glad to make this brief acquaintance with it.

By: malusmoriendumest

malusmoriendumest — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 06:38:17 -0800

I said that MINE was a useless waste of a post, not the link.

By: Sidthecat

Sidthecat — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:28:39 -0800

I highly recommend Electronic Kabuki Mambo, recently released on Locust in 2002.

By: peacay

peacay — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:29:17 -0800

No, you only 'meant' "mine". You didn't say it. That's not how it read at all. But...it's clarified now.

By: derangedlarid

derangedlarid — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:08:01 -0800

Great post. I am amazed at the number of forgotten artists and thrilled when new dvds/cds come out.