"Tasteful Triphop (2009 Remix)" [mp3 removed]
Shuddered when I saw how this was mixed 3 years ago. No one explained the concept of "headroom" to me. The most interesting sound here results from a drastically clipping note, however, so ignorance has its uses. This version replaces the one originally posted. A "steady state" piece.
"What's this man's crime?"
"Distributing his own demo."
"Defense?"
"Says the record company mispromoted him with an excessively loud CD and bad Photoshopped images of him jumping up in the air."
"Was he under contract?"
"Yes."
"Prison and a $200,000 fine."
Internet and Non-Internet: Below are shots of my show at Telic Arts Exchange's Distributed Gallery, consisting of four locations in Los Angeles' Chinatown neighborhood. Many thanks to Sean Dockray for the photos, interview, and curating. Below, each photo is preceded by the GIF on the monitor in the photo. A map with the location names is here. [Update, Nov. 2020: All of the dg.telic.info links are dead. The text of the interview is here.]
"What's this man's crime?"
"Busking near the the town fountain."
"Singing what?"
"'When You Wish Upon a Star.'"
"Without paying royalties?"
"Correct."
"Prison and a $200,000 fine. And if he's homeless, taser him."
A thin smile played across the face of the record company executive seated in the back of the courtroom.
