Thursday 14 June 2007

Soon enough I'll figure out how to balance Journal and Forum. Been three weeks since I last put up an entry here, (I might cheat and stick in a few records hit since) but in those three weeks, the Forum has grown into such a beautiful baby. We're proud mamas. Wanna play it's first step?

13 Jun 2007 10:47 pm
THE WORD ASSOCIATION GAME GAVE BIRTH!

hi guys:
i don't know if everyone has been keeping up with PickleBlossom's WORD ASSOCIATION GAME... which is highly unlikely considering the number of posts it has received. On Monday, June 11, 2007 a person by the name of schooladdict created this wonderful thing. a concoction of words that were posted by us. a talented stringing of words that came from all of us into a crazy, beautiful, awesome blurb of writing. i felt that this thing deserved its own post. i felt that everyone on this forum needed to see it, lest it get lost in the WORD ASSOCIATION GAME. it's a perfect example of what i think hitrecord is all about.
For your reading pleasure... i give you...

schooladdict wrote:

“Spelling (of) grammar (describing) grimoire, (is the) granule (of) sugar (in the) bed game (of) bad llamas. Two (up), yea dagny! (says rand), apples to apples, dust to dust, (and voila) I see dead people, (but in life we are all visitors, so the) guest equals me” (said the bar dude). “Oops” (he said, “I shouldn’t have told you all those universal truths, so with the eggs that were) splattered (around, the bar dude said “the) egg yolk is on me.” (so they) baptized (the bar with yolk… but then)”aaahhh! Aaahhh! Aaahhh!” (and a) burning man (burst forth) running (and) dancing (and) singing (and)… chanting (a) calypso beat. (He was the drummer from the) drum set (and he had a great) pair (of) shoes; converse, puma, (all are worthy at the) jungle gym playground (of my) childhood. (I spent my) summertime counting numbers (on the) letters (in the) mail. (My) penpal (from) Minnesota, Duluth, (showed me how to do a) google search (on) lurch (the) butler (from the) alfred hitchcock movies (or maybe I’m thinking of those) pants. (What were they…) denim? (The way) cowboys (had them, kinda) frayed. (A) crappy band (called) the killers (were in) agreement (with) Justin (timberlake about) music. “Wicked english” (said Justin about this) royalty (of music).

(The) king (of) denmark (is in a) tree (made of) wood, Buddha (looked upon him and said) “don ho (is the king of) Waikiki sand (and) sea shells. Pearl jewel (is my favourite because it has a) sparkle (like a) star (at) night. (cos we can) party (like a) communist (with a) red heart beat (of a) generation. (The) energy (is) light (but) heavy. Weight Watchers Spy (with) Binoculars (which) enhance clarity (of) John mayer (and his) Ugly girlfriend, (with her) Face Zits (of) Acne Oily Skin. (Not) Soft (like) Baby, (skin, with it’s) Blanket (of) Comfort. (I’m in the) Zone Boundary Line (of the) Tiger Jungle Fever (which makes me) Quiver (with the) Cold Snow. Winter green (in its) brown wood fire; (a) torch blow out (of) cloud dust, (but the) unclean filthy language (of the) flag wave, undulate (like a) danse (macabre). King (with) wealth (so) hollow, (he is a) village idiot (of all) people, (even with the) over population. (the) crowd (at the) festival (of) faeries (are very) beautiful (spread like lovelies in a) flower garden (the action is a) butterfly flutter…(not) bat crazy (but straight like a) train railroad. (The) Tunnel brick (combined in the) build (with) mortar, (like a) medieval knight (with the) armour (fit for a) battle. (The) meatpacking slaughter (of) cattle herd, (but not) Seen (in the) scene (of) Death, (we) grieve (and) give (if only to) receive (a) take. (we) fake (with a) mask. (the) task (of a) flask (we) gasp (to) pirate. (it is the) music (of ) silent noise (or a) traffic vehicle (creating) Road (kill, it’s a) skunk (which gives me) nausea, a bad feeling, (like a) needle (full of) drugs.” (all this and more said the buddha/bartender dude)

(salvador) dali (said to the) llama, “ahahahah”, (with the) drama (of) Razzle (dazzle) jazz hands. (like) High school study notes, (the) Music (is a) whistle (from his) mouth (through his) teeth, White (with) bleech, smells like (the) teen spirit (of) Jesus freaks (which is) crazy making. (like making) Pies (with the) jam (from) toes (of a) foot. (like a) mouth (with a) kiss (from) lips moist (with the) damp fog. (A) mist (was cast over the) game (that) coby (dude played, the) scandal (caused was as big as) Howard Hughes’ texas Tequila Worm. (the) Earth planet (has a) death star (and a) black star (as described by) Radiohead (in) Fantastrinomical Nonsense (i.e their particular brand of angsty folktronica progrock). (a protagonist from way back,) nancy grace, (knew how to) emasculate (the) Feminine (even more). (it was the) Skirt Monroe (the) blonde Bombshell (wore that made) Anjelina jolie Smile, (a) Happy Puppy (kind of smile). (not an) ex boyfriend smelly (kind of smile). (a) Copycat mime (nancy, put on) face paint (with) colours (similar to) rainbow brite – of the 80’s (fame – not the movie). (nancy was) Gem precious, (because her) Grandma (who was totally) hip, (had a recent) replacement (of her) Football pigskin, (with a) hotdog.

(the) Copycat mimic (was a) character Actor (from that) movie (where the guy has a) vision (in a) dream. (he’s wearing) Pajamas, (you know,) sleeping. (in a) Slow breath, (he says) “it was me actually”. (he wakes with a jolt and says) “Relax, (stay) calm, (it’s not like the) sea (at) night” (he said), “(I am a) Party animal, wild (and) warlike, (like the) Valkyrie mythology. (I am a shield maiden with) Fantastic divine celestial Power.” (he said), “(I have the) domination (of a) dictator (in an) Autocratic theocracy, (which in effect is a) Medieval castle (with) walls (of) Brick (combined with) mortar, (and a) thatched roof.” (the man, played by nancy grace lived in a) Cottage (warm with) human heat. (nancy would) Burp (after having a) barbie, (she like to barbecue) shrimp. (which nancy found) delicious, (not like) shellfish, (from that she got no) Pleasure (as one would find in) sex, (but rather a rash like you find in mangy) dogs (but not) Puppies. (nancy thought) 101 binary robot (would be a great name for her) Cold snow Lapland (she was creating for all those) Naptime santas (with such ostentatious names as) magical Trevor.

Pajama, Slippers (and) Socks (for) Puppets (all packed). (Nancy decided to begin her novel which began with the line). “High on a hill lived a lonely goat herd.” (she felt this was a) Loquacious (beginning. She was originally going to start with an) Equation, (like one finds in) mathematics. (but the thought of this made her) Snore. (she needed some)Cocaine (from Tulsa, better find) Jj cale (in) person, (because that whole) flawed glass invisibility (was way too) transparent (not too mention) clear. (so on this) bright (and) shiny day, (nancy was dreaming about) catching (a) robber, (despite the) alarm, (only the) morning drool (from a) sleep (induced by a) pillow (sized) valium (could waker her). (but still nancy was) numb. (numb like when she listened to) linkin park. (numb like when she listened to) korn. (the chords) twisted (in her mind, taking her back to) iowa. (that) middle (land where resided her) triplets, huey, dewey and louie. (she named them after the father, he worked at the) the boondocks. (ah those) saints. (no, he was no) priest (with) rosary (coloured glasses, that) religious (spectacle only created) atheism. (it was a game of) invisible hide (and) seek. (or as they call it in iowa), “(the) search (and) found (game)”. (it was a) known (game made) famous (by that) singer (who used to sing that) song, (it was on nancy’s) mp3 player.

(she downloaded the) record (from a website called) hitrecord, (hosted by some guy called) joe. (he had thought nancy) gifted (and found her) inspiring, (especially when) painting (on)canvas (with) oil (from a) car. (but she didn’t make much art, cos nancy only used a) tricycle (she stole from a) child (when she was a) teenager. (she had so much) angst, (she was worthy of the) emo label, (but as someone who was a) maker (of) shoes (and generally) sport footwear, (nancy could) walk (the) talk (like a sixties game) showhost. (even despite being a) carrier (for an) alien, Foreign (to earth). (she decided to) film (and) edit, (the gruesome) cut (the doctor made that took the alien from her stomach). “hit record” (she said to the nurse, who said “but how does it”) turn on?. (“this is not) television (this is) reality” (meanwhile the media) bites (advertise a) brownie (made of) weed, grass (from) Coachella, California, (where the) sun (is always in the) sky (and the) rain (never) drops the baby cries. (nancy had a) mary Magdalene (kind of a ) history. (from when she was a copy cat mime in) rome. (“Oh the) eternity (of those) ephemeral instant ramen noodles, (the noodles) swimming (like) sharks”. (To nancy’s dismay, the alien turned out to be a) robot, (that was from when nancy had an) artificial limb (made out of) oak, (and stuck to her with) sap (combined with) sticky goo (that one normally uses for) shoe (repair).

Dexters (lab was the place that nancy realised that the) point (was not to) finger (the) tiramisu (but to observe the) wonderful bubbles (emanating from the) pop corn, (far tastier that that) corn (nancy had, she needed a) pedicure (that involved removing her) toes (and) fingers (and) knees (as the doctor had been humming that song and got carried away). (So nancy was covered in) scabs, (particularly around the alien) cut action (area). (The) gun (was) sssssmokin… (it was not) cancer, (it was) apoptosis, (a necessary) damage (said the doctor). (Is a) tornado (the same as a) twister (thought nancy, does a) hand jive, (make you part of the) grease (cast). (Does) lightning (always come with) thunder, (like a) boom (in) comics (sales, comes with its animated release). (The) graphic (is only) creative (when in) imaginative dreams. Oniric, surreal, unreal, hyperreal, ethereal, angelic (and) cherubic. (these are words in nancy’s personal) dictionary, (some are under the same entry in her) thesaurus. (Words are) dinosaur eggs (in a) nest (meant for) chicks. “Birds, birds” (nancy exclaims,) “bob marley (would have loved this) sunshine. (he may have needed a ) ray ban (like a) wayfarer (of) 33 (years might). (Nancy was) rolling (a cigarette when some) rock (music) began. (Wait, she thought, I need something) BEER! (but the) Bar (had) none. (the jukebox) records spin (and nancy wanders about the )Tornado (question again, with its implications of) Nature, rainforest (and) monkeys. (it was the theoretical) Banana Split Open Wide (in the) Valley (which was the new) low (that created a) down (ward spiral into) Depression. (Similar to that experienced by) Van gogh (when he cut off his) Ear (because of his hearts beating) drum, (the) Beat (strikes with) violence (creating) pulp (out of his heart, which no) band Aid (could cure, even a sexy) Groupie (could not drown out that) Music. (So nancy was a) Fan (of) china, (she liked to eat) rice (off its dainty) white (porcelain, with the son of the devil) Damien. Burn it, (he said in prayer) amen, (said nancy, quoting the) gospel. (Damien get out of your) funeral coffin, (Damien repeated) burn it. (nancy advised) breaks ups (are for) cousellors (in a) courtroom.

*sigh* wasn't that great?

Joe as well saw the brilliance of schooladdict and did a recording of a passage of those words. the ability of voice giving power to words always amazes me. he gave the record new life. beautiful...

Joe wrote:
holy shit dude. that's beautiful. ladies and gentlemen, i think with schooladdict's record of these records, our forum has recorded quite a hit.
Here listen to this: my record of your record of our records.
I'm sure it didn't take me one tenth of the time it took you to do what you did. But a small token of my gratitude. You're a hero.
Thanks...

Kate then created a record of her own, using our words, schooladdicts' writing, Joe's voice and some sweet music (Josh Pyke I believe). Beautifully done...

Kate wrote:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/78nv8t
A remix of your record of his record of our records.
With many thanks to Josh Pyke, 'Vibrations in Air'
Also, I've never used fileho.com before, and there's a million chances this won't work. Apologies.

i just thought that if you haven't seen it, see it!... or hear it! it definitely brightened my day, and this posts purpose is to brighten yours!
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Namaste,
michelle

But it didn't end there. Another HitRECordER (I didn't come up with that term, it was her fault =>) also did her own thing with our things...

Joe wrote:
Kate, your record made me so damn happy. Giddy, just listening to it over and over again. Schooladdict, thank you, Kate thank you. And michelle thank you for starting this thread about it. Now people: It's not done yet. What are you going to do to it?
It still needs a bit more-re--re---re

I've added a bit of jazz music by Cannonball Adderley to this new-born hit, I know it's a quite clumsy mix, but I liked Kate's mix so much I initiated myself in the audio mixes, this is the first time I've made something like this and it's been very fun for me, I hope you enjoy it too!: Wordassociation + jazz
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We're not up to feature film length yet. You want a real ending with plausible plot development.

And so it goes. Very much alive. Of course I think these paces are but preludes. Who knows with what we'll come up now that collaboration is so fastly facillitated? This kind of communication is indeed magic. And it is so powerful that it might be just enough to do the trick. Let's do it again...