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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've got Laurie Anderson's 'Home of the Brave" on
VHS - in that, she uses the late William Burrough's voice on the violin.
He's saying "Listen to my heartbeat". Burrough's shows up in a number of
her recordings ("Sharkey's Day" for example), and of course was the source of
the title for "Language is a Virus".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As a side note, I caught Laurie's solo "Strange
Angels" tour in Lawrence, Kansas in the late 80's (early 90's(?)) in the fairly
small theater on the KU campus (which has since burned, sadly). It was an
absolutely stunning show - funny, quirky, moving all rolled up into one.
At the time, William Burroughs was living in Lawrence, and he actually came on
stage where they danced a waltz together. Chance of a lifetime for a
Kansas boy to see that.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No violin at that show, just a huge stack of
synth's, samplers and electronic percussion, as well as some pitch shifting
of the voice. "Strange Angels" wasn't as exotic as the
"Home of the Brave" tour. Que is mas macho?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Scott</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=CCartCat@aol.com href="mailto:CCartCat@aol.com">CCartCat@aol.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl
href="mailto:synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl">synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 25, 2004 6:24
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [sdiy] Tape head collage
(pretty much not synth DIY, sorry)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000
size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>In a message dated 11/25/04 9:36:27 AM, <A
href="mailto:richard@skydancer.com">richard@skydancer.com</A>
writes:<BR><BR><BR>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">At 08:58 25/11/2004 -0500, <A
href="mailto:CCartCat@aol.com">CCartCat@aol.com</A> wrote:<BR><BR>>If I
recall correctly from the film I saw 2 decades ago, Laurie
Anderson's<BR>>tape bows were loaded with recordings of short pithy
phrases like "Hi, how<BR>>are you?". I don't even recall any
randomness/extreme changes in the<BR>>speed or start point of her
playback.<BR><BR>I saw her live in the late 80s, and it was one of the
funniest and most<BR>interesting gigs I've ever seen.<BR><BR>She played the
'violin' as a sound effect, not an instrument. Mostly she'd<BR>slow down the
playback speed as she drew the bow to make the now-familiar<BR>pitch warp
sound.<BR><BR>I have no idea what the source recording
was.<BR><BR>Richard<BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT face=Geneva
color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR>Thanks for that--I was hoping
some folks would post their own more detailed, eyewitness recollections.
<BR><BR>Impressionable and even more technically challenged way back then, I
was very impressed by LA's tape bow but never saw much of it outside the film
clip.<BR><BR>K. Seward, lurking once more<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT
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