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[[The Smallest Weird Number]] is track number 9 on the [[Geogaddi]] album. An excerpt of the track appears in the video portion of the [[Trans Canada Highway Microsite]].
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"[[The Smallest Weird Number]]" is track number 9 on the album ''[[Geogaddi]]''. An excerpt of the track appears in the video portion of the [[Trans Canada Highway Microsite]].
  
== Title ==
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== Comments ==
In mathematics, the smallest [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_number weird number] is 70. 70 is part of the name of the band's private label ([[music70]]); [[Sixtyten|sixtyten]] is another way of saying 70.
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* "[[The Smallest Weird Number]]" is 70. As in [[Music70]], [[Boards of Canada|BoC]]'s own label. A "weird number" is a number that is "abundant" but not "semi-perfect". Meaning? Take all the "proper divisors" of 70 (i.e. all the divisors of 70 except for 70 itself). They are 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 35. When the proper divisors add up to more than the original number, the original number is said to be abundant. For 70: 1+2+5+7+10+14+35 = 74 > 70, so 70 is "abundant". Now, if there was some SUBSET of these numbers 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 35 which added up to 70, then 70 would be said to be "semi-perfect" (or "pseudoperfect") But there isn't. Try it. You can make 71 by missing out the 1 and the 2, or you can make 69 by missing out the 5, but you can't make 70. I hope that explanation is clear. The first few weird numbers are: 70, 836, 4030, 5830, 7192, 7912, 9272, 10430, 10570, 10792. You can find a longer list of weird numbers  in the "online encyclopedia of integer sequences", from which my shorter listing was taken. This explanation of weird numbers by [DC].
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* Even though the track runs for 1:17, the melody cuts out at exactly 1:10 (70 seconds).
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== Samples / Lyrics ==
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*At 0:03, the ending of "When the Music Starts to Play" by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incredible_String_Band The Incredible String Band] is heard in reverse and at a lower speed. The sample seems to have been taken from an old phonograph record, as crackling is present. See [[The Smallest Weird Number#Videos|Videos]] and this [http://instagram.com/p/yFEgcOD8BH/ short clip] by [[wikipedia:Bibio|Bibio]].
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* From the beginning until around 0:24, the song samples birds singing in the documentary "On the Tracks of the Wild Otter (1983)". <ref>http://twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=244015#p244015</ref> <ref>http://www.wildfilmhistory.org/film/467/On+the+Tracks+of+the+Wild+Otter.html</ref> The sample can be heard at around 26:53. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVMh7r0LHW4&t=26m53s</ref>
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*"[[R35TT B10]]" appears in reverse at 0:11. Reverb has been applied to the last chord heard in the present track.
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== Trivia ==
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* In mathematics, the smallest [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_number weird number] is 70. 70 is part of the name of the band's private label ([[music70]]); "[[Sixtyten|sixtyten]]" is another way of saying 70.
  
== Samples/Lyrics ==
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== Videos ==
*At 0:03, the ending of "When the Music Starts to Play" by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incredible_String_Band The Incredible String Band] is heard in reverse and at a lower speed. The sample seems to have been taken from an old phonograph record, as crackling is present.
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*Track 10 from side B of [[Random 35 Tracks Tape]] appears in reverse at 0:11. Reverb has been applied to the last chord heard in the present track.
 
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== Comments ==
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* [[The Smallest Weird Number]] is 70. As in Music70, [[Boards of Canada|BoC]]'s own label. A "weird number" is a number that is "abundant" but not "semi-perfect". Meaning? Take all the "proper divisors" of 70 (i.e. all the divisors of 70 except for 70 itself). They are 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 35. When the proper divisors add up to more than the original number, the original number is said to be abundant. For 70: 1+2+5+7+10+14+35 = 74 > 70, so 70 is "abundant". Now, if there was some SUBSET of these numbers 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 35 which added up to 70, then 70 would be said to be "semi-perfect" (or "pseudoperfect") But there isn't. Try it. You can make 71 by missing out the 1 and the 2, or you can make 69 by missing out the 5, but you can't make 70. I hope that explanation is clear. The first few weird numbers are: 70, 836, 4030, 5830, 7192, 7912, 9272, 10430, 10570, 10792. You can find a longer list of weird numbers  in the "online encyclopedia of integer sequences", from which my shorter listing was taken. This explanation of weird numbers by [DC].
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* Even though the track runs for 1:17 minutes, the melody cuts out at exactly 1:10 (70 seconds).
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(skip to 26m53)
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== External links==
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== References ==
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Revision as of 02:42, 26 November 2017

The Smallest Weird Number
Running time 1:17
Appears on Geogaddi


"The Smallest Weird Number" is track number 9 on the album Geogaddi. An excerpt of the track appears in the video portion of the Trans Canada Highway Microsite.

Comments

  • "The Smallest Weird Number" is 70. As in Music70, BoC's own label. A "weird number" is a number that is "abundant" but not "semi-perfect". Meaning? Take all the "proper divisors" of 70 (i.e. all the divisors of 70 except for 70 itself). They are 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 35. When the proper divisors add up to more than the original number, the original number is said to be abundant. For 70: 1+2+5+7+10+14+35 = 74 > 70, so 70 is "abundant". Now, if there was some SUBSET of these numbers 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 35 which added up to 70, then 70 would be said to be "semi-perfect" (or "pseudoperfect") But there isn't. Try it. You can make 71 by missing out the 1 and the 2, or you can make 69 by missing out the 5, but you can't make 70. I hope that explanation is clear. The first few weird numbers are: 70, 836, 4030, 5830, 7192, 7912, 9272, 10430, 10570, 10792. You can find a longer list of weird numbers in the "online encyclopedia of integer sequences", from which my shorter listing was taken. This explanation of weird numbers by [DC].
  • Even though the track runs for 1:17, the melody cuts out at exactly 1:10 (70 seconds).

Samples / Lyrics

  • At 0:03, the ending of "When the Music Starts to Play" by The Incredible String Band is heard in reverse and at a lower speed. The sample seems to have been taken from an old phonograph record, as crackling is present. See Videos and this short clip by Bibio.
  • From the beginning until around 0:24, the song samples birds singing in the documentary "On the Tracks of the Wild Otter (1983)". [1] [2] The sample can be heard at around 26:53. [3]
  • "R35TT B10" appears in reverse at 0:11. Reverb has been applied to the last chord heard in the present track.

Trivia

  • In mathematics, the smallest weird number is 70. 70 is part of the name of the band's private label (music70); "sixtyten" is another way of saying 70.

Videos

(skip to 26m53)

External links

References

  1. http://twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=244015#p244015
  2. http://www.wildfilmhistory.org/film/467/On+the+Tracks+of+the+Wild+Otter.html
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVMh7r0LHW4&t=26m53s