funk carioca

I’ve just been alerted to a sub-genre of funk that I was unaware of, funk carioca. I’m reading through this article on wikipedia, and it is quite interesting. As I have been all about Brazilian music lately, this falls right into my current interests. Perhaps I can find some more influences for my Cobdorgian Gerstrupletriz album?

All television programming is advertisment…

…and that high pitched whine in the signal is absolutely intentional.

Do you hear that teeth grinding, brain melting sound when you watch television? Do you ignore it? Have you in your old age lost your ability to perceive that  frequency range? If you haven’t yet become aware of it, try recording audio from a television signal and adjusting the pitch. You’ll notice it, it isn’t slightly subtle. Why, in our age of modern technology, would this be broadcast on our national video feeds? I can’t think when I hear it. I can’t pay attention to anything else. It is both mind-numbing and commanding of my attention. Is that your experience too?

[ this is a long one, the rest after the jump]