From teddy salad Sent Sat, Jan 24th 1998, 15:05
From teddy salad Sent Sat, Jan 24th 1998, 15:05
morse code: a * - b - * * c - * - * d - * * e * f * * - * g - - * h * * * * i * * j * - - - k - * - l * - * * m - - n - * o - - - p * - - * q - - * - r * - * s * * * t - u * * - v * * * - w * - - x - * * - y - * - - z - - * * also, the promo 12" of 9:25 is a one sided jobbie with another message etched on the flip side. UR's "codebreaker" also incorporated morse code. there was actually a bit of a scandal involving it 'cos someone cracked the code (which was a morse code sequence in the track that gave a URL for a web page containing a briefing on a certain clandestine operation that deciphering the code made you elegible for) and promptly exposed the whole operation by posting to a bunch of mail lists the information and for anybody who digs rush the little drum solo thingie that is the intro to yyz is morse code for yyz, which itself is the international code for the toronto airport jonathan "direct descendent" morse >Will Global Communication please stand up ? >There seems to be a slight lack of *communication* here ... > >Are these Messrs. Middleton & Pritchard aka Jedi Knights? >Henceforth to be known as J-Knights, apparently? > >What gives? I have bought a CD which pleases me enormously, >but for a while there I was totally lost in space as to who or what >this was. It now transpires that what I'm looking at is Global >Communication's "76:14". Does this title refer to its running time? >On my Marantz it shows up as 76:17 [nevermind, this is a small >matter...] > >What I'm curious about is : along the spine of this CD all I can see >is "Dedicated" and a catalogue number and - ? - er, some morse >code dots and stripes. What is it with Morse? As in Coldcut's >Timber, suddenly these bleeps and bloops seem to be in fashion. > >For those of us unfamiliar with what must be said to be an uncommon >means of communication, this does _not_ instantly spell out "GLOBAL >COMMUNICATION". Nor does the ear-shaped coverart GC help very much >for the uninitiated. Hey - I'm in South Africa, dammit. I'm not >exposed to the teaser campaign that might have alerted me to this >logo in the past. > >Then, once arrived at the folded out inside of the sleeve, we are >confronted by a series of numbers... somewhere in the shadowy >recesses there lurks "76:14". Jeez [sigh] talk about arcane. > >Slap on the CD however, and this is just simply *the* most gorgeous >sweeping soundscape ever ever. Overawed with warm one-ness >and glowy gratitude to the makers of all this beauty, I carefully >read ALL the small print and see that I am urged to "interact now". > >! ::: hey yeah, I would love to swamp you with "poetry, scupture, >recipes and aromas" (NOT !!! ) if only you'd plug into the world's, >er... may I call it "global communication" network provided by the >internet :-) Here is only a c/o Dedicated paper post snail mail >address. Are we out of touch? > >Oh - and to display my TOTAL ignorance: >what does "ob - selon mi - nos" mean? > >Carping aside ~~ I really LOVE this album. > >I >* >And a year's supply of glow-sticks to all of you :-) > >"Incomplete without surface noise" > - Autechre