artists mentioned by Boards of Canada in their interviews
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== Comments == | == Comments == | ||
* "[[White Cyclosa]]" is highly reminiscent of, and possibly a homage to, music from the film Day of the Dead (1985). Suggested comparison - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwHQltabnxU the opening sequence of "The Dead Suite" on the soundtrack album, credited to John Harrison.] | * "[[White Cyclosa]]" is highly reminiscent of, and possibly a homage to, music from the film Day of the Dead (1985). Suggested comparison - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwHQltabnxU the opening sequence of "The Dead Suite" on the soundtrack album, credited to John Harrison.] | ||
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− | * | + | *The sound of a large helicopter's blades whirring plays throughout most of the track. |
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− | + | **At 2:12 the synth arpeggiations are heard in the machinery's overtones. | |
− | + | *** (speculation) The opening 9 seconds looks like the [http://www.peta2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Lolita-whale.jpg Lolita whale] image, but the sounds are the coal spiders in Spirited Away. Sea Shepherd's website has a [http://shopusd.seashepherd.org/store/p/1522-Cove-Guardian-Shirt-100-Organic-Cotton.aspx this] shirt about the Taiji (太地町) mass kill, and I think the point is that 太 (tài) highest, 地 (dì) terra, 町 (tǐng) border between fields, is slightly ironic, given their ancestors terraformed their islands to look like sperm whales, just like Cuba looks like a spawning blue whale, and Florida looks like a cresting blue whale with fin. Sea Shepherd has [http://shopusd.seashepherd.org/store/p/3942-Ladies-Sea-Shepherd-Classic-HoodLamb-Jacket.aspx these] jackets for sale which are made of 35% polyethylene terephthalate (recycled plastic bottles) (%3hite 5yclosa). | |
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
− | * Cyclosa is a | + | *Cyclosa is a species of spider that spins its silk into life-size decoys of itself to aid in hunting prey. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8135000/8135844.stm</ref> |
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== Videos == | == Videos == | ||
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== External links== | == External links== | ||
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