Funny you should use that expression as the laptop that went had a "Ghostly International" sticker on it.
I smell a saboteur. Mr Valenti IV, do you know anything about this? :) From: "Placid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 9:48 AM Subject: Re: (313) ? re: Akufen set at SONAR > His laptop broke down... Probably due to the heat.. He had 2 and one of > them completely gave up the ghost.... > > On 23/6/03 10:12 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Just watched the video of Akufen at SONAR. A question > > for those who were there to witness his set: What > > happened at the end? At the 33minute mark the sound > > drops out and Marc looks frustrated; he appears to try > > things with both laptops (he had two), yet no sound. > > He then walks over to the side of the stage, talks to a > > guy, then back to his laptops where it looks like he > > was trying things before stopping; he then waves to the > > crowd and then walks off the stage. There's 4 minutes > > of video with no sound (ie 33 minutes to 37 minutes > > where the file ends). Is there a problem with the > > audio in the video for the last 4 minutes or did his > > setup crash and he aborted his set at the 33minute > > mark? What strikes me as strange is that if he had two > > laptops, if one had crashed, why did he not reboot that > > and continue at the same time with the other laptop? I > > can't see how both could have crashed at the same time. > > And rebooting only takes about 2 minutes, whereas > > there were 4 minutes of silence. So maybe he intended > > to do a 33 minute set and I just saw things > > differently? Anyway, if someone who was there for the > > actual set could clear this up, would be interested to > > know what happened. Thanks. Andrew > > > > out now: Environmental Politics http://and-oar.org > > Take Nothing For Granted http://acidfake.tk > > Sprung http://bip-hop.com > > http://warprecords.com/mart/music/release.php? > > cat=BLEEP12&fc_type=CD > > *Canadian electronica album of the year nominee* > > More Destructive Than Organized http://staalplaat.com > > Highest Common Denominator http://pieheadrecords.com > > Physical and Mental Health http://dialrecords.com > > 74'02 (split with Hypo) http://tsunami-addiction.com > > Waveforms: Halifax Electronic Music Compilation > > http://techno.ca/cognition >
