300th

last night i went to an event at the lo pub, it. was. amazing. a bunch of local filmmakers got together and made 4 screen videos for each combined track of the flaming lips album zaireeka. if you haven't heard of this, it's a really cool idea. i'll let wikipedia explain:
"Zaireeka is the eighth studio album by the alternative rock band The Flaming Lips. Released on October 28, 1997, the experimental rock album consists of four compact discs. Each of its eight songs consists of four stereo tracks, one from each CD. The album was designed so that when played simultaneously on four separate audio systems, the four CDs would produce a harmonic or juxtaposed sound. The discs may be included in different combinations, omitting one, two or three discs. The album's title is a portmanteau of two words: Zaire, chosen as a symbol of anarchy after Wayne Coyne heard a radio news story about the political instability of the African nation, and eureka (literally: "I have found it"), an expression of joyous discovery."
last night was the first time i'd ever heard it all as the one mega album and it was insane. i loved it, loved it, loved it. the filmmakers did an excellent job with the videos, but i bet i had my eyes closed for over half of them; the music just took over. such a cool experience.

i'm going to hunt down a version of the cds combined, because it'd be difficult to gather four cd players every time i wanted to listen to the album. if anyone knows where i could find this, hook a girl up!



"People think dreams aren’t real just because they aren’t made of matter, of particles. Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories and puns and lost hopes. "
-Neil Gaiman