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Sun Jun 30, 2013 8:39 pm

re-phaelam-ed wrote:
TaoTapeTao wrote:
Tehlivingpencil wrote:It's on the rim of my CD too.

I think I've cottoned on to something I don't think anyone else in this thread has mentioned - it seems obvious to me now, though.

The implied apocalyptic themes.


So you're saying no one else seems to have caught on to implied apocalyptic themes? :lol:

It's an anagram for the Owl of Minerva.


but why not on the vinyl? just as easy to print it there too.


Idk? Because more people probably bought the cd? There probably isn't any real significant reason honestly.

Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:32 am

TaoTapeTao wrote:
Tehlivingpencil wrote:It's on the rim of my CD too.

I think I've cottoned on to something I don't think anyone else in this thread has mentioned - it seems obvious to me now, though.

The implied apocalyptic themes.


So you're saying no one else seems to have caught on to implied apocalyptic themes? :lol:

It's an anagram for the Owl of Minerva.


... Yeah, "implied" was a bad choice of words. I'd rather have said "blatant"; will fix it.
I've also cleaned up some ambiguous bits that make it seem like I was being a bit of an (insert naughty word here) to the forumgoers; I wasn't saying I didn't think people had caught on to said themes - I was saying that those themes were what lead me to the point that I reached; it was only the point I reached that I said I didn't think had been mentioned already.

Mon Jul 01, 2013 1:31 pm

TaoTapeTao wrote:There probably isn't any real significant reason honestly.


Doesn't sound like boc at all tbh.

Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:15 pm

TaoTapeTao wrote:
re-phaelam-ed wrote:
TaoTapeTao wrote:
Tehlivingpencil wrote:It's on the rim of my CD too.

I think I've cottoned on to something I don't think anyone else in this thread has mentioned - it seems obvious to me now, though.

The implied apocalyptic themes.


So you're saying no one else seems to have caught on to implied apocalyptic themes? :lol:

It's an anagram for the Owl of Minerva.


but why not on the vinyl? just as easy to print it there too.


Idk? Because more people probably bought the cd? There probably isn't any real significant reason honestly.


those labels are made before they go to press. so it was a conscious decision to do one not the other. im pretty sure it has 0% to do with volume of pre orders. :|

Wed Jul 03, 2013 7:46 pm

Scyye wrote:Evil Fan Mr Woo

Apparently some crazy fan is stalking them and this is their cry for help.
So, what are we waiting for? Let's go find Mr. Woo!

thats my last name :lol:

Wed Jul 03, 2013 8:34 pm

Re: 'I OVERFLOW MAN' printed on cds but not on vinyl
It's possibly a reference to cds themselves. We know from the infamous pre-Twoism catalog that BOC like to limit releases, maybe for art's sake or maybe for the sake of resources. Vinyl versions of albums are done in small runs anyway because of limited demand and high manufacturing costs. Given the themes on TH and the boys' distaste for mass-production............. :? worth a thought...

Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:14 am

mc10101 wrote:Re: 'I OVERFLOW MAN' printed on cds but not on vinyl
It's possibly a reference to cds themselves. We know from the infamous pre-Twoism catalog that BOC like to limit releases, maybe for art's sake or maybe for the sake of resources. Vinyl versions of albums are done in small runs anyway because of limited demand and high manufacturing costs. Given the themes on TH and the boys' distaste for mass-production............. :? worth a thought...


They're saying don't buy the CD basically…

Thu Jul 04, 2013 2:29 am

purgruv wrote:
mc10101 wrote:Re: 'I OVERFLOW MAN' printed on cds but not on vinyl
It's possibly a reference to cds themselves. We know from the infamous pre-Twoism catalog that BOC like to limit releases, maybe for art's sake or maybe for the sake of resources. Vinyl versions of albums are done in small runs anyway because of limited demand and high manufacturing costs. Given the themes on TH and the boys' distaste for mass-production............. :? worth a thought...


They're saying don't buy the CD basically…


and you get that from?

[note: kids of today dont even know what the 'record scratch sound' is. what makes you think theyd even consider buying vinyl?]

Thu Jul 04, 2013 3:03 am

Image

Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:25 am

re-phaelam-ed wrote:
purgruv wrote:
mc10101 wrote:Re: 'I OVERFLOW MAN' printed on cds but not on vinyl
It's possibly a reference to cds themselves. We know from the infamous pre-Twoism catalog that BOC like to limit releases, maybe for art's sake or maybe for the sake of resources. Vinyl versions of albums are done in small runs anyway because of limited demand and high manufacturing costs. Given the themes on TH and the boys' distaste for mass-production............. :? worth a thought...


They're saying don't buy the CD basically…


and you get that from?

[note: kids of today dont even know what the 'record scratch sound' is. what makes you think theyd even consider buying vinyl?]


I'm not saying that they are telling us not to buy the cd - you only see the message after you've bought it anyway! I just think given BOC's artistic and political stance it could be a reference to the obvious mass-marketing of cds as opposed to vinyl, OR download which ofcourse is the most resource-friendly option

Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:37 am

Could purely be some kind of small, mainly unnoticeable watermark to define official release from promo ones.

Fri Jul 05, 2013 5:52 am

lukalukaluka wrote:Could purely be some kind of small, mainly unnoticeable watermark to define official release from promo ones.


You could be right jawa

Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:46 am

Lens Larque wrote:Image

That's right love, hold your vinyl like a fucking dinner plate :D

Sat Jul 06, 2013 4:20 am

Tehlivingpencil wrote:
TaoTapeTao wrote:
Tehlivingpencil wrote:It's on the rim of my CD too.

I think I've cottoned on to something I don't think anyone else in this thread has mentioned - it seems obvious to me now, though.

The implied apocalyptic themes.


So you're saying no one else seems to have caught on to implied apocalyptic themes? :lol:

It's an anagram for the Owl of Minerva.


... Yeah, "implied" was a bad choice of words. I'd rather have said "blatant"; will fix it.
I've also cleaned up some ambiguous bits that make it seem like I was being a bit of an (insert naughty word here) to the forumgoers; I wasn't saying I didn't think people had caught on to said themes - I was saying that those themes were what lead me to the point that I reached; it was only the point I reached that I said I didn't think had been mentioned already.


ah no worries, I just thought the wording was silly :P

but maybe you folks are right, maybe it was deliberate to print on cds and not vinyl. If so, it's way too ambiguous of a clue to me and I'll never figure it out.

Sun Jul 07, 2013 5:01 am

23degreesdream wrote:
Lens Larque wrote:Image

That's right love, hold your vinyl like a fucking dinner plate :D


hahaha

Sun Jul 07, 2013 2:51 pm

zeitgeist wrote:
23degreesdream wrote:
Lens Larque wrote:Image

That's right love, hold your vinyl like a fucking dinner plate :D


hahaha


look at the record sleeve on the right......she's listening to julie and candy...hah!

Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:42 am

This continues to bug me..

Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:07 pm

kid wrote:
zeitgeist wrote:
23degreesdream wrote:
Lens Larque wrote:Image

That's right love, hold your vinyl like a fucking dinner plate :D


hahaha


look at the record sleeve on the right......she's listening to julie and candy...hah!

It's Julie Andrews :) I actually have that album.

Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:25 pm

My thoughts (I expect this has been mooted before but this thread is 12 pages long, soz).

There is an explanation here of the meaning of the philosopher Hegel's 'Owl of Minerva' quote: http://www.askphilosophers.org/question/1579

Of note is the line referring to the question of what someone meant when they wrote: "But that’s the perpetual tragedy of life: the owl of Minerva flies at dusk."

This is said to possibly mean: "that human beings tragically come to understand things fully only when it is too late."

Given Tomorrow's Harvest's apocalyptic theme this seems to makes some sense.
Last edited by irv on Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:22 pm

Quite a nice way of looking at it...
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