June 17, 2004

Feedback's A Bitch

.... or, as one of my emails said this morning, "Now, THIS is a good use of technology..."

After Dave Winer killed off 3,000 blogs by taking them down and redirecting their urls to his own stumbling experiment in audioblogging... a NINE MINUTE JESUS WEPT DAVE WINER BLATHERFEST! *** , I saw it as just another in a long line of cries for help from Dave. And, since Dave's cries for help inevitably come to resemble a large carbuncle festering on your prefrontal lobes, I determined to avoid commenting and thus, hopefully, reduce the size of said carbuncle. .

Still, like carbuncles, you just can't leave some things alone. Then again, what can one say above Uncle Dave that hasn't been said a million times before? Zero. Nada. Niente. Bubkis.

Alas, as usual, I lack imagination. Fortunately, others do not. It only took a few days for the audio mixes to show up. : Waxy.org: Daily Log: Dave Winer Remix Contest

Yes, in audioblogging it is true that feedback's a bitch. The best example, so far, is Dan Dickinson's mini-masterpiece "I'm Sorry Dave Winer Remix."

Another one is Brian Dear's People Just Love to Jump Up and Down.

Heres my transcription which is itself a remix to the two remixes above:

My feeling is that people just don't read these days...
So if you want to present a subtle idea,
that's just not a good way to do it....

Formats and protocol is just a deadly combination for me....
Formats and protocol is just a deadly combination for me....

But what can I do for people...
(I'm sorry)
But what can I do for people...
(I'm sorry)
But what can I do for people...
(I'm sorry)


I understand that people
Would like to have their site
But I couldn't work that out....
(I'm sorry)
(I'm sorry)

People just love to jump up and down
And people just love to jump up and down
And basically certain things happen
And people will jump up and down
And just accept that....

It was very clear that like smoking cigarettes
(Hack..... cough)
I guess what I'm saying is

Anyway so that's about it.
That's about it
That's about it
That's about it

Good night.

Good night, Dave. Sweet Dreams.

*** For the sake of your sanity, the admirable Jeneane Sessum has actually transcribed Winer's Lament.

Posted by Vanderleun at June 17, 2004 9:57 AM
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I'm flattered at the transcription, although the second half seems oddly disconnected from the samples I had used. :)

Posted by: Dan Dickinson at June 17, 2004 10:03 AM

Oops, sorry.... I started one and then hit yours. An unfortunate or fortunate melding of the two.

Posted by: Gerard Van der Leun at June 17, 2004 10:17 AM

Okay fixed now.

Posted by: Gerard Van der Leun at June 17, 2004 10:23 AM
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