Time-Stretch as Social Commentary

Randomly came across this video & was equal parts deeply disturbed & provoked to thought:



If there was ever a more clear window into the damaged psychology of stage mothers I'm not sure I'd want to see it. This is one of those rare occasions in which the warping of the media (the slight slowing of the video) is actually less warped than the real-life occurrence it documented!
Note the disturbed looks on some of the hosts' faces, as well as the utter cluelessness of the possessed stage-mom clapping in misguided, vicarious ecstasy.

Amplified Cactus, Redux

Here at Sweet Gams! we like being self-referential. Not that we get mired in ouroboric meaninglessness, but it's just fun sometimes.

So, in light of all that, let us revisit the Amplified Cactus. This time, lion of the avant-garde John Cage can be found tinkering on the prickly thermophilic flora with some feathers:



For the curious, this is an excerpt from Nam June Paik's work called "Good Morning, Mr. Orwell."