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This isn't the first time he's invoked the Nazis to make his point, but this is brilliantly delusional. I love how he conveniently overlooks, for example, the fact that Hitler defined the Nazis. Churchill calling Hitler a Nazi is no different than me calling Paul Martin a Liberal; neither labelling would shame the target into any action, because he relishes in the label (being the leader of the group in question.)
More than that, though, is that Mr. Thompson identifies himself with the slogging soldier, doing the dirty work in the crusade against the gaming industry (who are, apparently, as bad as the Nazis. I don't think I'll ever understand how anything short of methodically and systematically killing millions of people could make anyone equivalent to the Nazis, but that's neither here nor there.) Would that I had the knowledge to describe the kind of superiority complex that makes you the underappreciated World War II hero fighting against the machinations of the most vile personification of systematic evil in every battle you face. It almost sounds like he's trapped in a video ga...
I still may not like this guy much, but I have to admit, the correspondence is entertaining. I look forward to more. He reinforces for me that epiphanous day, before which I thought that, with sound, calm logic and a solid backing of facts, you could convince someone that they're completely turned around from reality. Oh, for those blissful days of naïveté.
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October 18, 2005 -- 10:13 PM
posted by nobody knows my face
speaking of things coming full circle...
remember I used to have that pin on my backpack that said "vitamin" on top and "sforyou" at the bottom? It was just black and white and had and arrow on it. I always thought it was hilarious because it didn't make any sense and it was totally retarded... and I just happened to find it on the floor one day.
Turns out "vitaminsforyou" is a pretty damn good electronic act from montreal... I'm an idiot!
vitaminsforyou at new music canada
edit: NMC says vitaminsforyou is from Toronto... but stylus said otherwise! Who do I believe!??
October 18, 2005 -- 9:50 PM
posted by nobody knows my face
whoa... it's weird how everything connects in some way and how you manage to discover it all at the same time.
For example, today I was reading up on Nico; she had an album out a while ago called Marble Index and I thought to myself "man, so that's where that shitty band on the radio got their name...".
And then today I discovered avant-noise composer Olivia Block. I'm totally in love with her stuff. I heard the entire 27 minutes of Pure Gaze and was immediately hooked from there. So I looked her up on the internet and found an interview with her... turns out she used to play in a band called... the Marble Index.
Fucked up.
October 18, 2005 -- 8:46 PM
posted by nobody knows my face
And in the wake of such awesome news, I have some unfortunate news: HOLY FUCK cancels edmonton tour date. They'll supposedly be here in Spring 2006 however...
October 18, 2005 -- 8:43 PM
posted by nobody knows my face
This is fucking surreal:
I am Damo Suzuki
presents
Damo Suzuki - www.DAMOSUZUKI.COM
with
Ron DeJong (Vertrek Ensemble) - Drums & percussion
Kris Burwash (No Hands) - samples/ mixing board
Gavin Dunn (Vernois Constellation) - guitar/ pedal steel guitar
Lane Arndt (Cups/ AA Sound System) - bass/guitar/laptop
Nick Johnson (Field & Stream) - guitar/bass
plus, DJs Mittens & Bob Crane (I am Damo Suzuki)
Thursday October 20
$12 advance tickets, $15 day of show
Show Time: 8PM to Midnight
Sidetrack Cafe
Advance tickets available at Blackbyrd, Megatunes, Listen & the Sidetrack
For those of you who don't know... I am Damo Suzuki is the collaborative name of 2 local DJs... Damo Suzuki however is the name of an actual person who is most famous for having fronted the band Can. At this show here in Edmonton he's going to be backed by a lineup of Edmonton musicians who have NOT at this point ever jammed with him. This might be one of the most fucking crazy shows of the year...
THIS THURSDAY!!!!!??? Fuck me...
October 18, 2005 -- 8:31 PM
posted by nobody knows my face
yeah, I've heard some pretty good stuff about MADE magazine. They're always cited as "the magazine to get" in other magazines. LODOWN in specific has cited them in the past... and I'm not sure but I think they were featured in VICE once. Anyway, I think it's pretty sweet that they're featuring NECKFACE in the current issue... he's the hottest ugly-artist in the lowlight right now. Everything he draws is the ugliest shit you've ever seen... which makes it totally sweet.
October 18, 2005 -- 7:00 PM
posted by Al
Alrighty Par I'll head down to trivia night if you want us there. I'll be there around 9ish, got to see Lost.
October 17, 2005 -- 4:54 PM
posted by Par
Are we doing Trivia Tuesday Tomorrow?
Fuck that; that's not a question. I'm gonna go.
October 17, 2005 -- 4:52 PM
posted by Par
Ok, this may require some backstory. Jack Thompson (everyone's favourite hysterical video-games-cause-genocide lawyer) issued a challenge to the gaming industry to make a game following his proposed storyline, whereupon he would donate $10 000 to charity. The challenge, described here and entitled A Modest Video Game Proposal (but lacking any hint of Swift's subtlety) involved a parent who's son had been killed by a video-game-induced psychopath. The parent subsequently kills everyone involved in the gaming industry.
In any case, the proposal drew a lot of flak, and included some interesting back-and-forth involving Gabe from Penny Arcade. Mr. Thompson has since withdrawn the challenge. Penny Arcade has responded to his claims that the whole thing (including the charity offer) was a satire by donating $10 000 to charity in the name of Jack Thompson.
So that's the backstory. I'll admit I'm not a fan of this guy (I may have railed on him once or twice in the past.) It turns out that this incident, though, has soured the National Institute on Media and the Family on Mr. Thompson as well. Our hysterical lawyer responded to NIMF's dissociation from Mr. Thompson with a gem of a letter to the head of NIMF (which you can read in that last link.) My favorite part of the whole thing, however, is this paragraph:
Liberals, like you, love to label things and then think that the labeling has accomplished something. If that had been the case, then Churchill's calling Hitler a Nazi would have ended the war. But no, people like me had to get into the trenches and stop the Nazis. And there were always those tut-tutting back home about what a nasty business it is to stop the bad people, and can't we all just "get along."
This isn't the first time he's invoked the Nazis to make his point, but this is brilliantly delusional. I love how he conveniently overlooks, for example, the fact that Hitler defined the Nazis. Churchill calling Hitler a Nazi is no different than me calling Paul Martin a Liberal; neither labelling would shame the target into any action, because he relishes in the label (being the leader of the group in question.)
More than that, though, is that Mr. Thompson identifies himself with the slogging soldier, doing the dirty work in the crusade against the gaming industry (who are, apparently, as bad as the Nazis. I don't think I'll ever understand how anything short of methodically and systematically killing millions of people could make anyone equivalent to the Nazis, but that's neither here nor there.) Would that I had the knowledge to describe the kind of superiority complex that makes you the underappreciated World War II hero fighting against the machinations of the most vile personification of systematic evil in every battle you face. It almost sounds like he's trapped in a video ga...
I still may not like this guy much, but I have to admit, the correspondence is entertaining. I look forward to more. He reinforces for me that epiphanous day, before which I thought that, with sound, calm logic and a solid backing of facts, you could convince someone that they're completely turned around from reality. Oh, for those blissful days of naïveté.
October 16, 2005 -- 3:46 PM
posted by nobody knows my face
yeah, I'm definitely gonna try to see Holy Fuck. Especially since I've been so adamant on the idea of getting keyboard-loops happening in the last few weeks. Karlin is going shopping for a new bass amp next week and I'm gonna bring my shitty casio and test out guitar pedals...
It's time to bring the noise.
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