Brian Eno, or as he is known to many in my office, "God," has released his second iPhone App. A followup to Bloom, this one is called Trope and supposedly creates darker music. You create music by drawing shapes on the iPhone's screen.
I second this. I do like Here Come the Warm Jets and Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy, but his last (non-ambient)album and those awful Coldplay and U2 albums he helped produce really just make me want to listen to old 801 stuff.... As a matter of fact, I am going to put on TKN from 801 Live right now...
You might be interested in the following books about God by Oolon Colluphid: - Where God Went Wrong - Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes - Who Is This God Person Anyway? - Well That About Wraps It Up for God
Customers who bought these items also bought: - Everything You Never Wanted To Know About Sex But Have Been Forced To Find Out - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Guilt But Were Too Ashamed To Find Out
While I'm open to try to give most anything a try listen once...I'm guessing I'd not find his 'ambient music' (what is that, muzak?) similar to my favorite style of music (blues based guitar driven rock).
No, but you'd probably like "Baby's on Fire" from his first album, or "Third Uncle" or "The True Wheel" from his second.
Please leave me out of this. Most of the stuff I like doesn't cost money.
So, what, you got your computer, network, internet connection, music player, digital camera, video games, television/DVDs, and cell phone all for free?
Good job shooting yourself in the foot. Bought a product, started a thread complaining about it. Then continued by complaining that no other program replaces the fake functionality created by the LOCK-IN you are trapped in. I'm sure you were amused when iTunes updates install browsers and if you ever try to leave remember that ipod updates will still fuck up the interaction with non itunes aps until they fix it.
Suggestion? Get out now! Leave every apple product you can while you still have the chance. If y
Since I'm not a fan of Apple, its over-priced, locked-in and locked-down douchebaggery, though... it's all no use to me, except to wish i could get Bloom, Trope and AIR for my PC.
It has to be said, though that Eno's definitely nerd-newsworthy in himself; his involvement in the Long Now foundation, his interest in cybernetics - generative methods of creating art and music - all seem fairly relevant. (Not to mention his awesome music).
Much of the discussion in this thread seems very similar to what I used to hear from my friends when I was younger, regarding my appreciation of the Eno, though (my friends were a little politer in their dismissiveness, but the sentiment was the same). It's really worth remembering to reign in the fanboism, Rob! XD
Kinda - Air was created by Peter Chilvers (who co-authored the application Bloom with Eno) and vocalist Sandra O'Neill. Brian Eno is credited because the app is "based on concepts" he created, but I don't think he was directly involved at all.
Didn't care for Air, by the way. Bloom is definitely nicer. I'll check out Trope
It has to be said, though that Eno's definitely nerd-newsworthy in himself; his involvement in the Long Now foundation, his interest in cybernetics - generative methods of creating art and music - all seem fairly relevant.
This is where the so-called Slashdot "editors" actually do some "editing". Slashdot always was "What Rob Malda Thinks Is Cool," so I'm not bothered by stuff like this. Editors help to establish a publication's flavor, and part of Slashdot's flavor is Brian Eno and The Who.
I just wish they'd also take on the editor's duty to unfuck some of the more idiotic summaries as well.
I suppose, if you overlook all the work he has done producing other people's stuff (David Bowie, U2, Talking Heads, Devo , Depeche Mode, etc.). I think he gets more props as a producer than as a musician.
Yet he's still done much many many more important things than you*, so I guess that makes you less than nobody.
*e.g., pretty much created the genre called ambient music; being largely responsible for some of David Bowie's best albums; both producing mega-sellers by bands such as U2 and adding a completely unique touch to lesser-known but highly-regarded albums such as Nico's The End. I definitely don't think he's god -- he's not even on my radar as far as favorite musicians -- but you're either a fool or a
I'd rather not be responsible for causing you to read that Roach Motel of a book. Just that you reminded me of the incantatory line from AS, "Who is John Galt?"
Please, read the Illuminatus! Trilogy instead, or Iain M Banks, or Charles Stross' Singularity Sky, or Ken MacLeod's The Stone Canal, anything that has a sense of joy in it instead of an ex-totalitarian's exaltation of order. Maybe I'm just doing the universe's work, and my offhand remark is meant somehow to change your life despite my beliefs, and
Err, an extensive collection of breast bondage literature in the bathroom isn't normal? Perhaps that's why whenever I let my spare room the tenant normally quits after a week. Either that or it's the guy in the gimp suit I employ as a cleaner that's putting them off.
I agree that this really smacks of straight-up advertising, but I will say that Bloom really is a pretty cool app; my kids love playing with it to the point that I can't ever use the phone for, you know, making phone calls.
Calling Brian Eno god may also rub people the wrong way, for a lot of reasons. I will say that he has quite a significant body of amazing work. Personally, my favorite is "Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks".
Maybe I'm just different, but I think any man that made the windows 3.1 tada.wav sucks. It's like how Bob Dylan ruined himself for a decade of fans at Live Aid in the 1980s. Some things,you just don't do.
Sigh, bloom is/was better. This is ok, but honestly it's just the same thing without any real innovation as far as I can tell. Great, I can use a square or a triangle or a star to draw lines around... blah.
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Brian Eno? God? Please.
Anyone with a modicum of brain activity knows Lemmy is God! [youtube.com]
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I'm not really a rabid Eno fan... but 801 [wikipedia.org] was an amazing band.
(Please excuse me for posting on this ridiculous thread!)
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Censory redactionish! (Score:2)
Re:Correction. (Score:5, Funny)
You might be interested in the following books about God by Oolon Colluphid:
- Where God Went Wrong
- Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes
- Who Is This God Person Anyway?
- Well That About Wraps It Up for God
Customers who bought these items also bought:
- Everything You Never Wanted To Know About Sex But Have Been Forced To Find Out
- Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Guilt But Were Too Ashamed To Find Out
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While I'm open to try to give most anything a try listen once...I'm guessing I'd not find his 'ambient music' (what is that, muzak?) similar to my favorite style of music (blues based guitar driven rock).
No, but you'd probably like "Baby's on Fire" from his first album, or "Third Uncle" or "The True Wheel" from his second.
We really need a slashvertisement section (Score:5, Insightful)
We really need a slashvertisement section
Brian Eno? God? Wow... (Score:2)
I'll never complain about another fanboi pretentious Cory Doctorow story ever again, I promise!!
Re:Brian Eno? God? Wow... (Score:4, Funny)
I am constantly disturbed by how many people know who Maddona is but don't know who Jonas Salk was.
What style of music did he play ?
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How's that supposed to work? Most of the stuff we like costs money.
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Please leave me out of this. Most of the stuff I like doesn't cost money.
So, what, you got your computer, network, internet connection, music player, digital camera, video games, television/DVDs, and cell phone all for free?
Please.
Link Warning! (Score:5, Informative)
The "Trope" link goes directly to the iTunes Store.
Which means if you have iTunes installed, but it isn't open, it launches. Thanks Mr Taco.
10x worse than a PDF link.
Re:Link Warning! (Score:5, Insightful)
You're the one who installed iTunes...
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Because it's the best program (that I've found) for windows that actually does daap correctly and doesn't look horrible.
So when I OpenVPN home I can stream my music from home.
So if you'd like to offer any alternatives that don't look like shit, I'm open to suggestions.
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that actually does daap correctly and doesn't look horrible
what, you mean the closed, propeitary protocol [wikipedia.org] developed by apple for iTunes? what a shock.
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That firefly media server has no problem serving up?
It's a trap! (Score:3, Funny)
Suggestion? Get out now! Leave every apple product you can while you still have the chance. If y
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10x worse than a PDF link.
Why is a link to a PDF-document worse than a link to say an HTML-document? Seems there is little difference between the two to me.
Brian Eno? (Score:2)
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Yeah, but Eno isn't busy re-recording and ruining all his old albums and prohibiting the original versions from being released.
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Wrong. The only true God of electronic music is Jean Michel Jarre [wikipedia.org].
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Only when Didier Marouani is a semi-god of electronic music.
News? (Score:5, Insightful)
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News about new iPhone apps?
There's a website for that.
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It's news if you're a fan of Brian, not so much if you're not. Since I AM ... it's news to me ... I was under the impression that his newest app was something called AIR ( http://the-palm-sound.blogspot.com/2009/09/air-brian-enos-new-iphone-app.html [blogspot.com] ) and didn't know about this release.
Since I'm not a fan of Apple, its over-priced, locked-in and locked-down douchebaggery, though ... it's all no use to me, except to wish i could get Bloom, Trope and AIR for my PC.
It has to be said, though that Eno's definitely nerd-newsworthy in himself; his involvement in the Long Now foundation, his interest in cybernetics - generative methods of creating art and music - all seem fairly relevant. (Not to mention his awesome music).
Much of the discussion in this thread seems very similar to what I used to hear from my friends when I was younger, regarding my appreciation of the Eno, though (my friends were a little politer in their dismissiveness, but the sentiment was the same). It's really worth remembering to reign in the fanboism, Rob! XD
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Kinda - Air was created by Peter Chilvers (who co-authored the application Bloom with Eno) and vocalist Sandra O'Neill. Brian Eno is credited because the app is "based on concepts" he created, but I don't think he was directly involved at all.
Didn't care for Air, by the way. Bloom is definitely nicer. I'll check out Trope
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It has to be said, though that Eno's definitely nerd-newsworthy in himself; his involvement in the Long Now foundation, his interest in cybernetics - generative methods of creating art and music - all seem fairly relevant.
Plus he composed the Windows 95 startup sound! [wikipedia.org] :-)
ill catch hell for posting it... (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:ill catch hell for posting it... (Score:5, Insightful)
This is where the so-called Slashdot "editors" actually do some "editing". Slashdot always was "What Rob Malda Thinks Is Cool," so I'm not bothered by stuff like this. Editors help to establish a publication's flavor, and part of Slashdot's flavor is Brian Eno and The Who.
I just wish they'd also take on the editor's duty to unfuck some of the more idiotic summaries as well.
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Who is Brian Eno? (Score:4, Insightful)
Who is Brian Eno?
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Brian Eno is a "well known" (in circles that might possibly care), experimental musician. In short, nobody.
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Yet he's still done much many many more important things than you*, so I guess that makes you less than nobody.
*e.g., pretty much created the genre called ambient music; being largely responsible for some of David Bowie's best albums; both producing mega-sellers by bands such as U2 and adding a completely unique touch to lesser-known but highly-regarded albums such as Nico's The End. I definitely don't think he's god -- he's not even on my radar as far as favorite musicians -- but you're either a fool or a
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You haven't read Atlas Shrugged?
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I'd rather not be responsible for causing you to read that Roach Motel of a book. Just that you reminded me of the incantatory line from AS, "Who is John Galt?"
Please, read the Illuminatus! Trilogy instead, or Iain M Banks, or Charles Stross' Singularity Sky, or Ken MacLeod's The Stone Canal, anything that has a sense of joy in it instead of an ex-totalitarian's exaltation of order. Maybe I'm just doing the universe's work, and my offhand remark is meant somehow to change your life despite my beliefs, and
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The guy who has designed the Windows 95 startup sound.
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Err, an extensive collection of breast bondage literature in the bathroom isn't normal? Perhaps that's why whenever I let my spare room the tenant normally quits after a week. Either that or it's the guy in the gimp suit I employ as a cleaner that's putting them off.
he may not be god... (Score:2, Interesting)
... but I saw his lecture last night on art and creativity "An evening with Brian Eno" and Long Beach State, and it was GREAT!
He tied art in with evolution and Copernicus, but mostly screwdrivers and haircuts.
A very well thought out, organized talk. I highly recommend it if you get the chance.
I also saw his digital kalaidscope "77 million paintings"
At the end he mentioned trope, but said it was more about the visual than his previous app.
Not being an apologist... (Score:4, Informative)
I agree that this really smacks of straight-up advertising, but I will say that Bloom really is a pretty cool app; my kids love playing with it to the point that I can't ever use the phone for, you know, making phone calls.
Calling Brian Eno god may also rub people the wrong way, for a lot of reasons. I will say that he has quite a significant body of amazing work. Personally, my favorite is "Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks".
Eno? (Score:5, Funny)
I don't care about his music but his antiacid [canadamedicineshop.com] works pretty good.
Great... the windows tada guy... (Score:2)
Maybe I'm just different, but I think any man that made the windows 3.1 tada.wav sucks. It's like how Bob Dylan ruined himself for a decade of fans at Live Aid in the 1980s. Some things,you just don't do.
So What We Have Here Is The Modern Digital... (Score:5, Insightful)
I just hope this guy isn't also a German spy who is stealing secrets off of your iPhone while you're playing with his toy.
just bought it, regret it. (Score:3, Informative)
Sigh, bloom is/was better. This is ok, but honestly it's just the same thing without any real innovation as far as I can tell. Great, I can use a square or a triangle or a star to draw lines around... blah.
Nothing new here, move along.
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Our old fridge lasted longer than the average rabbit.
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Re:God? Really? (Score:5, Funny)
Man shot the rabbit and bulldozed the tree, and said "WHERES YOUR GOD NOW BITCH?"
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Maybe the dingo ate your T-Rex. - Elaine
Re:Brian Eno to God (Score:4, Funny)
Specifications for the universe are very important! (Or did you mean speck?)
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