depression (new digital debris)

[fingertrouble]

I go back to 1929 via 78. 2(00)9 recurring, as we crash, crash, crash. Crunch.

OK a lot of you may not even have heard of Radio Clash's shy sibling, the arts/experimental podcast digital debris.

Well finally got to the 3rd proper episode 'depression'.

Loads of classic Great Depression-themed 78rpm records (quite a few that everyone will have heard at some point, maybe not in the original versions here), readings from novels of the time, and maybe an inkling, crackly messages from '29, of ways of coping during the 2009 recession? Interspersed with bits from the 1935 novel by Horace McCoy and 1969 film, They Shoot Horses Don't They? to even up the happy happy sunshine score.

I can't say in words how much I love 1920s and 1930s music, a lot seems as current today as then, and I set up digital debris in part to play out of copyright 78's - so here is a show dedicated to them, at a time when economic uncertainty in the songs echoes through the years and resonates today. Or is that just the knitting needle stylus buzzing? I don't know...

Comments

[zbear20.livejournal.com]

I've just downloaded the podcast and will start to listen to it now, but both links when I clicked on them got McAffee popping up saying it repaired a trojan in the file.

[fingertrouble.livejournal.com]

both links? You mean to the website or just the MP3?

It scans fine with a recently updated AVG Free...trying Housecall.

Also my copy of Vista and my XP box are locked down totally - I'm paranoid about Trojans, nothing can run without my say-so. Literally. A real pain sometimes, but I had one of those a year back and it was nasty - also I regularly scan with AdAware and Spybot, and always have Spybot resident as well as Vista's security.

So if a trojan had slipped in, I'd be surprised...must be someting new I installed...there is one new program, I'll check.

[zbear20.livejournal.com]

Couldn't have been too bad, McAffee fixed it instead of blocking the sites. It was both the links. Once I got to the website I was able to download the mp3. Listening to it now, it's great, though I feel like I should be wearing a dinner jacket so I could look like Gig Young while I listen to it.

[fingertrouble.livejournal.com]

Hmm there is nothing in the code.

I suspect it's falsely identifying the Spam Karma Javascript anti-spamming payload as a 'trojan'. Or the Anarchy Media Player, which uses javascript too.

I have the same plugins on Radio Clash - do you get that there too?

[zbear20.livejournal.com]

Yep, got it on the radio clash link to depresssion, but not on the radio clash page. Here's what I got:

McAfee has automatically repaired an infected file.

About this Trojan
Detected: JS/Tenia.d (Trojan)
Location: C:\Users\Steve\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\CAJK73CJ\depression[1].htm

Trojans appear as legitimate programs but can damage valuable files, disrupt performance, and allow unauthorized access to your computer.

[fingertrouble.livejournal.com]

htm? eh? It's a php site...weird it doesn't appear on Radio Clash - same host, same blog almost, same plugins...

Downloading and checking the whole site...

[fingertrouble.livejournal.com]

Ouch you're right...just ran the Wordpress Exploit plugin, red alarm bells everywhere.

How the feck did they get in?

[zbear20.livejournal.com]

Don't know, but while you are stressing over that, I'm really enjoying this. This music seems to have been lost, no one I know even knows this music anymore. I used to listen to all this when I was in University. Just listened to you reading Day of the Locust, good job. I see a double feature of that and They Shoot Horses in my movie queue soon. I like the picture you've used, but it's not connecting with the music for me. Now it's Bessie, I'm in heaven, this is not bringing me down. If Shane wasn't sitting next to me playing Halo, I'd shim sham shimmy till the sun comes up, but then I'd have to take the headphones off to try to explain it to him.

[fingertrouble.livejournal.com]

Glad you're enjoying it! I love this music. They Shoot Horses is a brilliant film, I've read the novel and seen the film, and read Day of the Locust book - not seen the film yet.

The picture is one of contemplation.

And if you're broke you spend a lot of time on benches ;-)

Digital debris pictures only abstractly link to the show, it's intentional, they form a common theme with themselves, but not the shows...

And if you're broke you spend a lot of time on benches

[ursine1.livejournal.com]

Or if you're old like me.

Chuck

[fingertrouble.livejournal.com]

All fixed - hopefully.

That was nasty...had to change passwords too.

[zbear20.livejournal.com]

That did the trick, I just tried the links, no more problems

[holy13nation.livejournal.com]

Glad I came on this at this stage. Will be downloading later on. Excited about the music too. I need liberating from beats and barre chords.
Incidentally Tim...one alternative to sitting on benches. Once I leave this place (less than three weeks) and am footloose and fancy free during the day if you fancy hitting any galleries and the like as an alternative to a night out at a bar...I also have just rejoined the Tate and made sure I got the membership deal that gets two in for free...

[fingertrouble.livejournal.com]

ooh definitely on for that.

I amazingly have work for the rest of this week, but next week, it will probably go away :-) Would like to see some art.

[why-a-duck.livejournal.com]

For those of us who have subscribed to DD since show zero, it's coming in fine. ;-)

Thank you Tim.

[fingertrouble.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

And thanks for the donation...:-)

[shaggycub.livejournal.com]

I enjoy music of that period too. I have a stack of 78's that I haven't listened to since my 4 speed turntable died. I really liked "They Shoot Horses" and I have seen (and read) "Locust". It was years ago, but I recall the film stacking up fairly well to the book-Donald Sutherland and Karen Black were very effective. The film that stuns me and is still amazingly relevant is "Golddiggers of 1933"-especially that finale "Remember My Forgotten Man."

[fingertrouble.livejournal.com]

Yes that's one of the songs that was on my maybe list, didn't find a reasonable copy though. Must watch 'Locust' film and Golddiggers of 1933.