silence

[Ben Freeman <bfreeman_85@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

yeah, the ghost've john cage'll be getting pretty testy about this whole 
silence thread for sure, just hoping it turns out right, mumbling undead 
about anechoic chambers and the like. my 2cents along these lines is that 
eventually i'm sure we or our kid'sll be able to be altered so that our 
hearing can be temporarily suspended... making performances of that song by 
old mr. c much more interesting/realistic... would be funny to see the 
hipsters watching that show, all of them standing completely still in 
anxious anticipation... of NOTHING...

"ahh," sez my indie-bitter friend standing next to me, though i can only 
read his lips... "they'll never quite be able to stand PERFECTLY still... 
it's ALL RELATIVE" and even though we're just reading lips the sarcasm in 
those last two words will actually perforce *knock out* the guy next to us, 
the respiritualized whiteboy who's taken this silent opportunity to 
spasmodically dance as if possessed... the one i last saw left front by the 
stage at the (great?) "high on fire" show at maritime hall 2 weeks back...  
when the guy wakes up he'll have song 1 off of camilo sesto's greatest hits 
in his head for 2 weeks straight.

maybe they could make a silence pill for avante druggies... reverse hearing 
aids for the retros... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz i wish i could play "stoner 
rock," girls actually go to those shows... :)


-ben


> could very well be wrong about this.. but a digital "silent waveform" is 
> simply a soundfile with nothing there... 00000000. and, would seem to 
> reason that YES.. it is true silence.. not counting of course the hiss or 
> hum coming out of your amplification system upon playback or whatever..

> i'm sure there are silence purists out there who will find fault in what 
> i'm saying.. but that's the way i perceive it anyway... but i'm not an 
> expert..


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