Mon May 16, 2022 10:22 pm
Orbited insanitarium wrote:rodox_head wrote:A new instalment in the Silent Hill series may have been confirmed to be in the works, so I guess anything's possible I guess. I honestly would have expected a new BoC release before that.
I take this topic as a kind of offhand mentioned entertainment newsletter sometimes.
For example: I had no idea Arcade Fire had announced an album until Echelon mentioned it about a month back.
Ironic that I'm brought to the attention of so many new upcoming projects/albums/films, from just being casually mentioned here. And yet, the only announcement we're all waiting for is *something* related to Boards of Canada.
Mon May 16, 2022 10:50 pm
Echelon wrote:I'm happy that my mention of Arcade Fire helped you remember them haha Even if they're not musically related, they share the whole "grand statement for the ages" vibe. I'm sure after TH BOC aren't going to shirk their narrative they continued with that album. It'll be the next musical blockbuster from them. As a friend of mine mentioned, BOC albums are a lot like the original six star wars films where everything was analyzed to death by the fans. I can't wait to do that with the next one
Tue May 17, 2022 1:15 am
hexagonFox wrote:rodox_head wrote:A new instalment in the Silent Hill series may have been confirmed to be in the works, so I guess anything's possible I guess. I honestly would have expected a new BoC release before that.
im gonna go search now about it, but all I wanted was Hideo Kojima to be working on it.
Tue May 17, 2022 4:36 am
Orbited insanitarium wrote:Echelon wrote:I'm happy that my mention of Arcade Fire helped you remember them haha Even if they're not musically related, they share the whole "grand statement for the ages" vibe. I'm sure after TH BOC aren't going to shirk their narrative they continued with that album. It'll be the next musical blockbuster from them. As a friend of mine mentioned, BOC albums are a lot like the original six star wars films where everything was analyzed to death by the fans. I can't wait to do that with the next one
Truth be told, I haven't listened to the new Arcade Fire yet. I'm trying not to be influenced by the opinions of Fantano and Pitchfork, luckily, they'll both be focusing on Kendrick Lamar's recent big Musical blockbuster release!
Actually 'Musical blockbuster' is a riveting way of describing BoC's discography. Makes sense that they would build upon the grandeur scope of Tomorrow's Harvest going forward.
All we need now is for George Lucas to produce another space-based cinematic soap opera, but this time with BoC's psychedelic synth noodling to blissfully accompany it.
Tue May 17, 2022 9:29 am
antennaria05 wrote:ColinWallis wrote:it's easy for everything to seem bad in current times because we have never had the ability to be aware of (and stream live from a device we keep in our pockets) all the insanity occurring around the globe.
i'm not saying there is any shortage of negativity or bad shit happening, but i will say i believe there is more positivity in the world than there ever has been, and more and more people become aware of it every day.
sure, the war between awareness, truth and censorship can be frightening, but that is just inevitable human nature playing out. chimp-like tribalism.
just because things are chaotic and overwhelming doesn't mean they aren't getting better.
As much as I'm baffled by this kind of statements I have to agree.
I don't live in a first world country, but each time I talk to or conceive my elders' lives I am amazed by the persistence of conjoined human effort and how far we have reached in improving our conditions, physical and spiritual and what not. Many of their lives were crushed through work since childhood and useless warfare. They wouldn't dream of spending time with friends or partners, reading books, going to concerts, travelling around, much less think about it. Idleness was a myth at best.
And yet there is a mystification of decadence hard not to fall into. I would consider myself fairly neurotypical. I go through my share of illusions and troubles as much as the dude next door. But often (e. g. yesterday when I was strolling across the city (no, I wasn't listening to BoC) and looking at passers-by's expressions) I can't evade a certain vibe of pervading gloom. Is it due to the downfall of religion and moral values? Or am I projecting my own morbidity into otherness and the world?
Anyhow, I always appreciate these posts; they lift me up. It might well be that, as Leibniz said, we live in the best of all possible worlds. Thank you.
Tue May 17, 2022 12:35 pm
Tue May 17, 2022 3:48 pm
Tue May 17, 2022 3:59 pm
Myc wrote:antennaria05 wrote:ColinWallis wrote:it's easy for everything to seem bad in current times because we have never had the ability to be aware of (and stream live from a device we keep in our pockets) all the insanity occurring around the globe.
i'm not saying there is any shortage of negativity or bad shit happening, but i will say i believe there is more positivity in the world than there ever has been, and more and more people become aware of it every day.
sure, the war between awareness, truth and censorship can be frightening, but that is just inevitable human nature playing out. chimp-like tribalism.
just because things are chaotic and overwhelming doesn't mean they aren't getting better.
As much as I'm baffled by this kind of statements I have to agree.
I don't live in a first world country, but each time I talk to or conceive my elders' lives I am amazed by the persistence of conjoined human effort and how far we have reached in improving our conditions, physical and spiritual and what not. Many of their lives were crushed through work since childhood and useless warfare. They wouldn't dream of spending time with friends or partners, reading books, going to concerts, travelling around, much less think about it. Idleness was a myth at best.
And yet there is a mystification of decadence hard not to fall into. I would consider myself fairly neurotypical. I go through my share of illusions and troubles as much as the dude next door. But often (e. g. yesterday when I was strolling across the city (no, I wasn't listening to BoC) and looking at passers-by's expressions) I can't evade a certain vibe of pervading gloom. Is it due to the downfall of religion and moral values? Or am I projecting my own morbidity into otherness and the world?
Anyhow, I always appreciate these posts; they lift me up. It might well be that, as Leibniz said, we live in the best of all possible worlds. Thank you.
Our folks might have had it bad. But at least they had it. The Earth magnetic field is weakening. We have a very fragile future. Our folks may have had their petty differences, but they never faced this. The collapse is going to be sudden and hard. Many will wish for death. Governments have plans to put their populations out of misery should it become too difficult.
Tue May 17, 2022 4:05 pm
ColinWallis wrote:our future has always been "fragile"
still, doesn't mean things are worse now than they were in the dark ages.
open your eyes. humanity is expanding beyond earth. we are curing diseases, poverty has never been lower....
personally i find it hard to understand how anyone could dwell in the gloominess so much.
especially when we're seemingly so close to finding out some crazy shit about UFOs lol
Tue May 17, 2022 4:06 pm
Tue May 17, 2022 4:14 pm
Tue May 17, 2022 4:16 pm
rodox_head wrote:This thread is impressive; we can transition from talking about Silent Hill and Arcade Fire to societal collapse and government sanctioned culling in a single post. I don't know if I find that fucking hilarious or fucking depressing.
Tue May 17, 2022 4:23 pm
NorthSaturnian wrote:im starting to think warp isnt gearing up for boc, but for a new aphex release instead
Tue May 17, 2022 4:34 pm
Biznasty wrote:NorthSaturnian wrote:im starting to think warp isnt gearing up for boc, but for a new aphex release instead
Do you have any reasoning behind this? I'd love a new afx drop!
Tue May 17, 2022 4:47 pm
NorthSaturnian wrote:Biznasty wrote:NorthSaturnian wrote:im starting to think warp isnt gearing up for boc, but for a new aphex release instead
Do you have any reasoning behind this? I'd love a new afx drop!
of course not
warp is probably too busy signing new artists
but one can dream, right?
Tue May 17, 2022 5:29 pm
Tue May 17, 2022 5:43 pm
Biznasty wrote:Personally, I think Warp are actually gearing up for a new [your favourite artist] release.
Tue May 17, 2022 5:53 pm
Biznasty wrote:Personally, I think Warp are actually gearing up for a new [your favourite artist] release.
Tue May 17, 2022 5:56 pm
Orbited insanitarium wrote:Biznasty wrote:Personally, I think Warp are actually gearing up for a new [your favourite artist] release.
Woah! Back up there. [the flaming lips] moved to warp records?! Wayne Coyne and his major label antics.
Tue May 17, 2022 6:04 pm
NorthSaturnian wrote:Orbited insanitarium wrote:Biznasty wrote:Personally, I think Warp are actually gearing up for a new [your favourite artist] release.
Woah! Back up there. [the flaming lips] moved to warp records?! Wayne Coyne and his major label antics.
warp are always trying to push boundaries. releasing an album from an artist they never signed? its actually genius and works well with the warp records philosophy