Comments on: break it down like this

break it down like this

loquacious — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:48:17 -0800

Can I get an amen? An installation featuring an acetate pressing of a well worded spoken piece about copyright law, creative commons, culture and even advertising from the perspective of the history of the now ubiquitous Amen Break featuring audio samples of songs and artists from the well known to the unusual. Please feel free to use this archive.org mirror of the video indicated on the project description page with the entirety of the audio of the acetate at archive.org. (34MB MP4/Quicktime, majority of video portion consists of various views of the turntable, but the audio is quite good.)

By: loquacious

loquacious — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:01:51 -0800

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By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:53:36 -0800

Really interesting. Thanks for posting this here, and I hope you don't get a lot of "it was on boing boing" naysayers.

By: beerbajay

beerbajay — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 02:17:09 -0800

Agreed. A friend sent this to me yesterday (I don't read BB kthx) and I found it fascinating.

By: gsb

gsb — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 02:43:57 -0800

By: drill_here_fore_seismics

drill_here_fore_seismics — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 03:09:00 -0800

The same artist was responsible for Bassline Bassline (previously posted), which is well worth a watch. I'm surprised no one mentioned Can I Get An Amen? in that thread, as it's the reason I stumbled across it, but I guess I'm not the only one who forgot. The audio does work really well on it's own, I'm surprised there isn't an MP3 of it floating around.

By: RubberHen

RubberHen — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:56:50 -0800

A fantastic early morning listen - thanks!

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 05:14:24 -0800

This is truly great, interesting stuff, loquacious. thank you for posting it here. I'm going to send it to about 20 people. I love the aesthetic of the Quicktime focused on the disk, then the room. The narrator made me think of This American Life. Thanks!

By: Grangousier

Grangousier — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:11:04 -0800

It's a bit like being backed up against the wall at a party-from-hell by a very dull man. I keep looking over his shoulder in hopes that I spot someone I just have to say hello to, but there's no escape. It's quite funny how he sneers at "chinstroking intellectual self-indulgence", though. Hmm.

By: everichon

everichon — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:23:42 -0800

[this is good]

By: jann

jann — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:42:11 -0800

I saw this back in November. Doesn't change the fact that it is way way good.

By: jefbla

jefbla — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:05:13 -0800

Saw this the other day, and I agree with everyone else. It is really interesting.

By: Outlawyr

Outlawyr — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:52:27 -0800

Thanks for the post

By: oats

oats — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:59:30 -0800

LOL Stanton 500 cartridge+stylus. And he even talks about how short the life of an acetate is. When you play it with a nail through a board it is...