Steven Wilson - Insurgentes (iPod Destruction part one)

As part of the Insurgentes film project (see www.insurgentes.org), Steven Wilson has been testing various ways to destroy an iPod.

Every week from the start of February until the release of the album we shall be posting snippets of the film here, showing a different method of destruction ranging from hammers to shotguns to woodchippers.

"My fear is that the current generation of kids who're being born into this information revolution, growing up with the Internet, cell phones, iPods, this download culture, 'American Idol,' reality TV, prescription drugs, PlayStations — all of these things kind of distract people from what's important about life, which is to develop a sense of curiosity about what's out there. (Steven Wilson, MTV News)

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[Astrolopitekos]

it's not that... He just hates that people listen to 128kbps or VBR lossy mp3 on their iPods and don't really care about the real work and production there is when making a CD. Like Insurgentes in 5.1 or Dark Side of the Moon in quadrophony. you just *can't* have that on some iPod. That's what he is symbolizing by destroying the iPods =) He loves the internet generation, but in a different way. If you bought his album you would understand his point (it has a small bit of the documentary)

[sonoflife74]

i like how each one of his ipod videos are slightly comical.

[DreamPurpleFloyd]

Next to come:

Steven Wilson on ipods (chainsaw)

Steven Wilson on ipods (tank)

Steven Wilson on ipods (C4)

...

Seriously.

[PSNBloodraid]

@helloweenarctico Pardon, is there a problem?

[NWG92]

@vuashke You're right, songs like Blackest Eyes and Wedding Nails are just Pink Floyd rip-offs.

[helloweenarctico]

Mr Wilson, how do you feel now that Steve Jobs is dead!? you fuck!, fuck you all fuck you, fuck you all , fuck you, i don't care, i don't care, , , anymore (8).....

[plasterofparisify]

@gibbsies Thelonious Monk boring?

what are you bonkers?

[MusicianJester1295]

@HeatSpecific Well, its hard to identify in the video, but it was a shotgun, pump action, but im afraid thats all i can tell by looking from this angle. Looks like a remington to me, but then again, i could be wrong.

Steven Wilson is aweosme XD

[gibbsies]

@vuashke I think Thelonious Monk is pretty boring, but I guess you're right since you're you.

[Timamz]

@vuashke Carbon copy of the 70's prog rock scene?! Have you heard the last 3 Porcupine Tree albums?

[tht707]

@vuashke: Maybe if you are anglocentric.

I assure you it's not that way if you look out there. ;)

[HeatSpecific]

awesome! what kind of rifle is that, does anyone know?