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Disappimting

by Lambeth

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vie camerasba 00:38
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butehl°13inkes 02:42
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baell17 minds 00:45
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a home puter 05:10
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computer's ear 02:33
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violence spa 06:38
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kind of mindle 04:48
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about

the era of the home computer widely touted these days as the beginning of an electronics revolution may not turn out to be very revolutionary at all that's what dr joseph weizenbaum says and he's had a computer in his home for 15 years he's also a professor of computer science at the massachusetts institute of technology but no computer balances his checkbook for him it's nonsense to talk about this as a revolution he told a recent american association for the advancement of science meeting here home computers early models of which can now be purchased almost anywhere will suffer the same fate as the home movie camera he predicted 6 mi lions of people have movie cameras but most of them are probably gathering dust in closets' even though a home computer will give most people the computing power that many major laboratories didn't have until a few decades ago weizenbaum said most people won't know what to do with it ile finds that disappimting it's happened before he said look at radio we were told that it would expand our horizons to take in the finest speeches dramas and symphonies the technical promise of radio has been more than fulfilled but if you want to know about the cultural promise try driving imm here to los angeles with nothing but an am radio in the car look at television another invention that smne people thought marked the beginning of a revolution now day and night television broadcasts the most utter banalities unreasoned violence and almost everything else that is bad about our society the people who make home computers tell us that they will free our minds for more important things but look at what we are actually doing with these machines we play games some of them are innocent even fun but the games that are really selling are games of violence — space wars submarine strategy and target practice the same kind of mindless violence that you can see on tv -this is how the promise of the home computer revolution is going lobe realized he said the era of reasoned violence and al- kligin kidder senice mog utter bana en the home computer wide- most everything else that ly touted these days as the bad about our society is beginning of an electmn- 'the people who make ics revolution may not home computers tell us titurnonaouryt at baell7 minds for more important ry revolu- that they will free our 'actually doing with wenaizetnsbalhamt drsiyjsmeanpdh he 's had a computer in his thithearseigsactmabutehl°13inkes at what we home for 15 yearsile's al- we play games some so a professor of computer of them are innocent even science zit the massachu- fun setts ins! it ute of technol- but the games that are og y but no computer really selling are games of balances his checkbook violence - space wars for him submarine strategy and i nonsense to talk target practice the me t's sa about thus as a revolu- kind of mindless violence tion he told a recent that you can see on tv american association for is how t he the advancement of sci- pm s mise of the home corn- ence meeting here puter revolution is going home computers ear to be realized he said - k ty models of which can now oe' purchased almost speaer's anywhere will suffer the same fate as the home monicker movie camera he pre- dieted millions of people have movie camerasba but appropriate most of them are probly gathering dust in closets' pierre sd (ap1 - com even though a home puter will give most

Tracks 1-3 and 5-7 recorded September-November 2021, in preparation for a set at The Pharmacy in Philadelphia on November 20th. Digital piano is fed through pedals and eurorack and layered live at various simultaneous speeds.

Track 4 chopped up from guitars recorded in September 2021.

Play loud. The loud bits are loud and the quiet bits are quiet.

credits

released November 28, 2021

All music and artwork by Lambeth.

Text originally by Mike Toner for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, January 17 1979, "Computer Idea Not A Revolution", reinterpreted by newspapers.com's OCR, further dissected by Lambeth.

End-of-chain software written in Python, primarily using the pyo module (ajaxsoundstudio.com). Thanks always to Olivier.

Thank you Maeve, Arthur and Chai.

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