Museum of Techno Sherry Sessions 2 - Spiders

In our Sherry Sessions, the Technicians of the Museum of Techno take time out of their hectic daily schedule to discuss diverse topics relating to science, philosophy, music and current affairs. This week: spiders.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• technicians
• techno
• spiders
• club
• dance
• sherry
• drink
• museum

[frunkwort]

I am also from the colonies. What is the proper term to use for the place from which the colonizers arise? Maybe the "colon"?

So, to you denizens of the colon, many many kudos and props for a fine philosophical discussion. Occasionally a rather fuzzy centipede will climb out of my kitchen sink, causing me to drop my spoon in alarm, resulting in a tinkly percussion. I should, in a future event, commandeer said centipede and employ it in the creation of a frenetic beat swarm.

[museumoftechno]

May there one day be marble statues, thrice life-size, commissioned in honour of the man who coined, on this very comments list, the phrase "frenetic beat swarm."

Kind regards

Mr Braidy

Technician, Museum of Techno

[D0Cdet]

If I may be so bold, I believe you gentlemen may have overlooked another possible opportunity one would have with 8 legs. One's ability to manipulate the perimeters of a synth would be increased 4 fold with an 8 pedal midi foot controller. However I believe this entire topic may be completely irrelevant. I have personally attempted to train spiders, centipedes, and several bee's to perform electronic music, with only mixed results.

[museumoftechno]

That was my original point to Cornwell: 8 legs, fine, but their entire nervous system consists of fewer than 10000 neurons, so it's not like they're ever going to write progressive house.

Kind regards

Mr Braidy

Technician, Museum of Techno

[andysquirrell]

i, likewise, would be inclined to catch a fly or two, perhaps more! maybe more than three. i don`t like flies but, well, i am not yet a spider. actually i hope not to become spider due to the compulsion of old women to swallow them and further ingest avian predators in order to catch them/me. so, errrr, yes.

[museumoftechno]

I went to a museum of bee-keeping once in Cornwall. But because it was winter, all the bees - literally all of them - were dead. We spent an hour looking at bee corpse husks, then had a cup of tea in their cafe.

The technicians there were boring twats, too, as I recall.

Kind regards

Mr Braidy

Technician, Museum of Techno

[D0Cdet]

Progressive house no, but I would venture to say that 10,000 is a generous amount of neurons to program a Trance buildup.

I look forward to future installments sir.

Best,

Doc

Focus Media

[D0Cdet]

Not to worry, the parrot seemed into it. The bee's on the other hand proved to be less interested in the world of music.

[museumoftechno]

Laboratory-based animal abuse in the pursuit of music: callings literally don't get higher than that.

I hope you were wearing your labcoat sir.

Kind regards

Mr Braidy

Technician, Museum of Techno

[museumoftechno]

Well done then sir - it blew my head apart. Can't find the file any more, still can't get the first cow shot out of my head. I thought, "Jesus, this is literally something They hide from the Kids". Jaw-dropping.

Apparently I have relatives in British Columbia... if I ever get enough money to go on holiday in Canada, maybe I'll drop by. Well, if I get enough money for a holiday and a long-distance teleportation system.

Kind regards

Mr Braidy

Technician, Museum of Techno

[D0Cdet]

Might I suggest the next topic of Sherry Sessions be on the implications of parrot mic'ing. The common parrot being much more ample at squawking than a spider is at tweaking synth parameters. If you're interested in knowing which compressor and EQ modules can most efficiently enhance the innate bass frequencies from a moderately drunk parrot, I have done much research on that as well.