Bob Moog interview and documentary

[Bunnyboy]

http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/fea ... 35,00.html

the doc looks quite good as well

[Wicker Man]

I liked this bit...

"Look, my wife is a retired philosophy lecturer, and she says that the notion that machinery doesn't have consciousness is a crock of shit. Everything has some consciousness, and we tap into that. It is about energy at its most basic level.

"There are confirmed stories of people who can break instruments and cause them to fail by walking in a room. I'm the opposite - I can walk into a room and something will work better than it is supposed to.

"I'll give you an example. I once had to give a major address at a conference in Nagoya. It was a big damn thing, 3,000 people. They were flying me over to give a 45-minute talk, and I didn't have the time to plan until I got on the plane.

"I had an ageing laptop, and it was faulty. I just had a conversation with it. I said, 'You can't do this to me. You gotta stay in one piece until I get off the plane so I can finish this damn thing.'

"It was fine. But as soon as I got off the plane and handed over the disc, it died. Now, you can't tell me that's just a fluke."

[toine6]

I think he sounds pretty out there.

Sorry but my laptop does not have it's own consiousness. When I talk to my car as I'm trying to make it up a hill, it doesn't have any sense that I'm there.

Can't wait to see the documentary, but do I really have to really listen to him talk about how Teddy Ruxspin was his best friend?

[peejunk]

I liked this bit...

"Look, my wife is a retired philosophy lecturer, and she says that the notion that machinery doesn't have consciousness is a crock of shit. Everything has some consciousness, and we tap into that. It is about energy at its most basic level.

"There are confirmed stories of people who can break instruments and cause them to fail by walking in a room. I'm the opposite - I can walk into a room and something will work better than it is supposed to.

"I'll give you an example. I once had to give a major address at a conference in Nagoya. It was a big damn thing, 3,000 people. They were flying me over to give a 45-minute talk, and I didn't have the time to plan until I got on the plane.

"I had an ageing laptop, and it was faulty. I just had a conversation with it. I said, 'You can't do this to me. You gotta stay in one piece until I get off the plane so I can finish this damn thing.'

"It was fine. But as soon as I got off the plane and handed over the disc, it died. Now, you can't tell me that's just a fluke."

Even coming from Bob Moog it's too much

[The Chase]

LOL i did a report On Robert Moog in 9th grade. I emphisized on how he has effected popular music today and I had audio examples of just about every genre of music containing synthesis (including some sick DnB). It was fun stuff.

EDIT- I also found that that guy is a f**king nutjob!

[PaulSC]

Bob Moog is a hero, but the new documentary is a snooze I thought. Best moments: the old Schaefer Beer commercial (for comedy) and the footage of step by step assembly of the Voyagers (for coolness). Moog himself has some interesting things to say; most of the other interviewees don't, and they're not helped by the banal questions/topics.