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melafesto 14....

2010-02-03T16:42:00.001-08:00

....... heartland.

all those sentences that are written down and almost forgotten. and then all of a sudden. i rip them apart and put them together in a weird way. again. so enjoy this melafesto.

music by nine inch nails. from the ghost album.

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home sweet home

2009-12-09T13:40:00.000-08:00

Thanks to wonderful Orange 94.0! From today on the melafestos have a new home....
up to now only melafesto 13 is up... and i am not sure whether or not to upload the old ones... if you desperatly need one.. just let me know.

stay happy......

medienarchiv... is down

2009-11-27T11:37:00.000-08:00

dear people...

i am currently searching for a new home for the melafesto podcasts.

please. be patient.

... finally... eventually...

2009-05-13T16:37:00.000-07:00

melafesto 13

sometimes some songs get stuck in my head. and then they seem to change their meaning and direction with my voice attached.

hopefully depeche mode, jimmy webb, jay-z and bob dylan aren't too mad at me for quoting their songs in a very idiosyncratic way. twisting and merging their lyrics into something else. the 'there is a hole ...' parts date back to april last year and are out of my notebook.. kind of waited there for the right moment to be released.

Amazing composer and musician Marzo did the soundtrack for this melafesto exclusively.
Please visit his myspace: http://www.myspace.com/marzosounds

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.... watch this place ....

2008-03-09T14:27:00.000-07:00

things are going on in the melafesto world.

stay prepared for an exhibition in may 2008 at the QDK in vienna.

Melafesto 12

2007-09-19T13:37:00.001-07:00

sorry that it took that long. but the heatwave was setting in late spring.. and well.. here it is .

Melafesto 12.

Music by cloudscapes. Thank you very much etienne!

this melafesto is about excitment and dedication. it is about the nothingness and the somethingness of very important things. as you might see i am still trying to explore the possibilities of what i want to do and i am still not right there but i felt like another 11x is not what i should do.

feedback is very much welcome

x

Despite all my Rage .....

2007-04-12T14:42:00.001-07:00

What is a good line to start a plot? Sometimes you can see all that will happen in a movie in the first 5 to 10 minutes. That sequence is like a Freudian 'original trauma'. Right.. that's a bit heavy to start a plot isn't it? Today I on my way to work I saw two guys acting like Mary Poppins dancing on a roof. That's a scary thing to watch, out of a bus at a busy intersection.

On my way home I saw a broken window. The window as in a building right next to the street. The street my bus goes along is pretty much filled with tristesse. It is a very ugly area with a lot of shabby old buildings. Somehow casual 1950'ies architecture is making me sad.

It has the odour of a Godard movie attached. Any moment some one could be shot. Or drop dead out of boredom. Somehow smashed windows act desperately. A piece of curtain was showing. In my mind a bunch of future designer will take pictures of it and put it on artsy websites illustrating romanticism. A flickr group will vote said window picture into the web2.0 listings. There goes 1990'ies aesthetics. Nan Golding photo-alike pictures capturing long gone hedonism. The 90s turned into the new 80s. None would wear that clothes anymore. Please lets keep 1990s theory for a little longer though. We could hide the hideous cover art in grey paper. Lets just keep reading.

While being at it lets invent some new guidelines for kitsch. A new camp is needed. Now that everybody has his/her self imported plastic Jesus in the living room. Pack the coloured lamps away, Technicolor has gone mainstream baby, it doesn't glow no more. The FAQs should contain a line that pointing at something isn't allowed unless it is the opposite direction of where you look at.

In the meanwhile until the paint dries shake all polka dots out of your wardrobe and burn your converse in public. They're not making you an individual baby, not more than the guy over there. He is pretty cool, that little tomboy.

Another question raising up could be why 1968 pedagogy went all wrong? Why did participation turn into a foul creativity, where everybody is painting with finger-paint on glass, taking pictures of said sad windows and playing the same Joy Division chords again and again? When did activity start to be equalized with restless actions? At which point did NLP hit in? Are you having pictures of ice skating girls on your mind whenever you listen to Mozart?

Someone is running a 'cuteness' attack against my daily life. The united forces of former Mickey Mouse Club Members are working on a take over. Tick, Trick and Track are getting their 'Fähnlein Fieselschweif' Book out. It is an evil Version of Wikipedia with no editing allowed. One Day we'll all wake up having huge, teary Manga eyes. Some Synthie-Euro-Trash-Dance-Trance Playlist will be used to introduce the last minutes until the Lobotomy gets effective. Eventually that's FMMCMUs Plan B but how should I know.

How many levels does it need for a good plot? How many times do they have to cross, come close or reject each other? Does a good plot have a self referential history? Something like a memory of its contents. What would be a level anyway? There is nothing but surface and tension.

When did you learn about the ways to act like a novel character? How did you apply artists egocentric behaviour to your minimalist mainstream smile? My first memory about that might be listening to 'Cinderella' at the age of 4 feeling that I might be all princess style. Thankfully my Winnetou attitude was harmonizing along.

Did we know that it might be wrong to write essays for contests, jump on the Lomo hype taking pictures of fruit and street signs? Anybody can be an artist. Fuck you Beuys. Fuck you Adorno too. Fuck you Garamond 8pt Web Designers. Fuck you Usabilty Managers and Tracking Cookies. My rage has not even reached the break even point. Therefore this might be continued.

Stay happy.

Melafesto 11 [c]

2007-03-08T14:29:00.000-08:00

it seems like it will take a while till number 12. hopfefully you'll enjoy listening to melafesto 11 [c] meanwhile.

there is not much about it to say so far. please let me know what you think about it.

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Melafesto 11 [b]

2007-01-22T16:41:00.000-08:00

no, je ne regrette rien. this melafesto is another short one. if i'd had to chose a title then the edith piaf song would it be.

what is regret? how does it work. and why does the german word "bedauern" literally mean, to endure something, or to hang on to something?

not that i am answering any of those questions. of course not. regret is something that makes me think a lot.
for me it is one of those moments where time and space are interacting in a very strange and complex way. it is one of that moments where the focus is not really on actual events. but the things in question are interacting a lot with past and future. those two times that seem to have more presence than the present.
enough rambling.

a quick poll on my favourite internet tollhouse about songs related to this issue would make the following playlist:
No Regrets by Robbie Williams
something by Low
ben folds five - regrets
'mistakes and regrets' by the Trail of Dead
Stand Inside Your Love" - Smashing Pumpkins
Eulogy To Kenny Bruce by Nico
Pop is Dead
Animal Collective - Banshee Beat
Joni Mitchell - Little Green
something off no need to argue
50 Cent - In Da Club

... i'd also recommend fake plastic tree by radiohead.

Melafesto Reload 11 a

2006-11-12T14:31:00.000-08:00

... long time no melafesto. well i still have my old computer but now it is cold enough to do sound
stuff again.

here it is. melafesto 11 [a] ... it works slightly different than the others. it may be the consequence from working different now, recent events, upcoming events and maybe none of that all made me do this one the way it is.

if there is a title for it than it has to be interruptions.

the music used in this melafesto is once again from tanya and the albatros conspiracy. thank you very much.

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Collaborations

2006-07-20T00:20:00.000-07:00

last week i got an email from joel that he might use melafesto 10 as inspiration for a vlog.. and well.. today i got an email with a link.

You can see the vlog here.

hm.. once i have a new computer.. or it gets a bit cooler than now.. new melafesto's will be online..

stay happy.

Melafesto # 11

2006-06-05T14:03:00.000-07:00

... for once there is a quick update... but dont get used to.. it.. as i dont know when the next will.. be done....

a melafesto against happiness

why that? well.. i was thinking about what happiness is .. and what sense it makes to search for happiness. this term is confused with other mind states way too often. this is the second melafesto ever that is against something. in that case it makes sense. at least i hope that. but i dont want to write too much about it here. as.. well that would be spoiling.

Credits:

the albatross conspiracy ... any time

edwin starr's h.a.p.p.y radio

a tiny sample from the pixies song where is my mind

and another sample... on a loop of peter licht's sonnendeck

... i was quoting the corous of depeche mode's happiest girl

well.... stay happy

x

Melafesto #10

2006-05-31T16:18:00.000-07:00

... this melafesto was written at the airport in heathrow on the 22nd of may 2006.

a melafesto for waiting rooms

this places are the most bizarre and obscure spaces. filled with lots of distractions or marked by a significant leak of them. waiting is something that is immanent and not really that explicit that often. or maybe it is. i mean i spend quite a lot of time each day.. waiting. for something to happen, finish... for something.. ..... tick tack.. tick tack.. anyway.. i hope you enjoy listening to that one.

Credist for the Music:

a loop out of the first seconds of Radiohead's Talkshow Host
and another sample out of the song.. right before the m'festo finishes

another loop ... out of Fugazi's Waiting Room

also... Beethoven's Moonshine Sonata

i'd be happy about any feedback.. thanks...

stay happy
x

Melafesto #9

2006-05-13T14:42:00.000-07:00

.. sorry.. for the delay.. but well.. there was a problem with the id3 tags. and i decided to upload it now.. without them. but soon you'll get the melafesto's with pretty id3 tags.

a melafesto for limited perspectives is online now

this one was inspired once again by my friend mikki... the music used is by

tanya byrne and the albatross conspiracy

and a friend from my digital living room... scratchy photo... which.. well.. doesnt want to have a link .. to his stuff....

i hope the next melafesto will be up soon.... and it will be produced in london.. so.. lets see what this trip inspires me to...

stay happy

... ERROR Message

2006-04-25T13:37:00.000-07:00

hm...

the songs.. improv love.. from melafesto number 8... and the ones from melafesto 6 and 8

are from... East Side Soul .. and not as.. stated incorrectly from my.. from Dj aka Jack Wilson.

Sorry for that misinformation.. i'll take care with that things in the future...

Melafesto # 8

2006-04-24T15:21:00.000-07:00

a melafesto for applied knowledge

this melafesto was written in a park... sitting in the sunshine... there is no other text than mine used ... like in the last one.

not that there are not enough articles.. books... texts.. written about that topic.. but there was nothing that fitted really good.. nothing i had at my hands quick too.

A main inspiration to this melafesto are my conversations with my friend mikki.. who is teaching at the university to a rather similar topic at the moment. thank you for that.

credits for the music:

the track in the background is from The Albatross Conspiracy called any time

the firstsong is by East Side Soul called alright seriously

the second one is by The Archives called making perfect sense

for your inspiration...

Donna Haraway - Situated Knowledge

Gilles Deleuze - The Logic of the Sense

other than that...

stay happy

Melafesto #7

2006-04-16T12:47:00.000-07:00

... as you had to wait long for the last one.. it didnt take that long for this one...

a melafesto for imaginary friends

it was quite fun to do that one.. and from this melafesto on i will also give credits on here for the stuff i used...

the tune in the background is the begin of "white rabbit" by jefferson airplane...

the song in the middle is "places" by the archives

all the text was written by me...

.....another thing i was thinking about is.. that this blog should not be the meta position to explain why i do the melafestos.. etc... i think it should be the place where i post links that inspired me.. or give credits... but i would really love if you people... write me about your expiriences while listening to that.. or about things you get inspired by it.. if so.... it would be great to.. have them here on this blog.....

links i came across while searching for inspiration....

wikipedia

a website for proving that your imaginary friend is real

film tipps:

Harvey

Donnie Darko

Alice

stay happy

Melafesto #6

2006-04-13T12:16:00.000-07:00

thanks to the lovely people of medienarchiv st poelten....

finally number 6 made to the upload

..... get yourself together and perform ugliness.

stay happy

something went wrong....

2006-04-12T03:43:00.000-07:00

i hope that software bug is soon cleared....

so.. delay again

Melafesto # 5

2006-04-03T17:39:00.000-07:00

finally...

it is online...

this one was hard to produce.. specially the topic was a challenge.. and i am not sure if i like it or not...

hm.... maybe i tell you more here.. about it.. maybe not

stay happy

delay delay delay

2006-03-28T14:48:00.000-08:00

sorry.. there will be a new melafesto.. online by saturday....

some serious hard work.. kinda delayed the delay .. even more

:(

alright then

Melafesto #4

2006-03-09T11:06:00.000-08:00

is online

it is about partial identities... hm

well.. give me a little time til i figure out what to write on here to make it interesting for you...

alright then

stay happy....

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2006-03-04T08:42:00.000-08:00

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... stay happy...

Melafesto # 2

2006-03-04T08:33:00.000-08:00

a melafesto for re-invented memories....

credits to

the albatross conspiracy for the track tanya fears.. the piano... one...

jack wilson for the song "jaques costeau"....

... i was quoting "the movie will beginn in five minutes...." out of jim morrisons poem collection far arden.....

and.. "i have so often dreamed of you" by robert desnos... mixed with the beginning of the song of the cures .. pictures of you..

end of melafesto #2

melafesto No 1

2006-02-28T03:12:00.000-08:00

first podcast... online

enjoy.. more info soon......

stay happy