In an effort to capture the development in and around the Greater Lafayette community, we are starting to archive animated GIFs of the area. Are these the types of structures we want impacting our existence now? Will they help create a sustainable and vibrant future?
If you would like to contribute, please use the hashtag: #dmlala
These were taken on Veteran’s Memorial Parkway in Lafayette.
Wow. It’s been too long. Life has gotten in the way of pursuits.
However, we did recently post some audio on Soundcloud to explore that social network.
You can hear a sample track from an upcoming release, Thank You Ron Rivest. For everything.
UPDATE: Apparently, we already had a post called, We’re Not Dead. From 2007. At least it has been 6 or so years since that last one.
Be on the lookout for more audio, art, and theatricality.
As stated in Forty Years of Fluxus, let’s incorporate these ideas into experiment of 2014:
As I see it, Fluxus was a laboratory. The research program of the Fluxus laboratory is characterized by twelve ideas:
globalism, the unity of art and life, intermedia, experimentalism, chance, playfulness, simplicity, implicativeness, exemplativism,
specificity, presence in time, and musicality.
We managed to capture a rare performance by the (Heart) Rokita Band, a three piece band from the Greater Lafayette area, at last night’s (October 4th, 2013) Vienna Open Mic. This bootleg is a censored version due to a request of the employees. Apparently there were children present.
Don’t worry. Rumor has it that a complete, uncensored, polished studio version will be released soon.
You Gotta Be More Like Todd Rokita: (5:21) MP3 | OGG
MP3:
[audio:http://themediacollective.org/wp-content/uploads/hosted/music/themediacollective.org-You%20Gotta%20Be%20More%20Like%20Todd%20Rokita.mp3]
Ogg:
Lyrics:
You’re spectacular, but you gotta be frugal.
You’re beautiful, but you got to be honest.
You gotta be more like Todd Rokita!
Mother fucker don’t never do no wrong!
You always do what’s best for us.
3/5 of the 4th District got your back.
You gotta be more like Todd Rokita!
Mother fucker don’t never do no wrong!
Insidious people write insidious laws.
Don’t worry Congressman, we gerrymandered for the cause.
We should all be more like Todd Rokita!
Mother fucker don’t never do no wrong!
A tradition we have is to interview the campus patrons on the Friday before the Monday classes start. It is a magical and enchanting evening filled with stories of the summer, serendipitous encounters, and the hope that this semester will be more positive than the previous.
This particular year, we focused on asking people why they were in the Greater Lafayette area, why they chose Purdue University, and their impressions of the urbanscape.
A few things we learned while conducting these interviews:
We hope you enjoy the meanderings we had throughout the evening as much as we did.
Friday Before the Monday Interviews 2013-08-16: (35:50) MP3 | OGG
MP3: [audio:http://themediacollective.org/wp-content/uploads/newschannelinternet/2013-Interviews/themediacollective.org-Friday%20Before%20Classes%202013-08-16.mp3]
Ogg:
It was a humid July evening. Downtown Lafayette. The stairs by the Buttery Shelf. Mosey Down Main Street. Throughout the course of the evening, over 70 people have cheered for The Next Columbine (Tyrant Trent, D-Block Derek, Blakey Too Tall) publicly.
Described as “bad ass, kick ass, pretty much the best”, this stoop-metal band has played more than a few concrete slabs in their day.
On this particular occasion, they chose to play the July 13th Mosey Down Main Street due to the “millions” of captive audience members they could subject to their noise. After our ears bled (we forgot our plugs), we tried to encourage them to allow fill-ins, explore side projects, and get as many people involved in their artistic circle.
Enjoy the interview and bootleg of their single, Charybdis Deep.
The Next Columbine Interview 2013-07-13: (7:07) MP3 | OGG
MP3: [audio:http://themediacollective.org/wp-content/uploads/hosted/music/bootlegs/The%20Next%20Columbine%20-%20Interview%20with%20The%20Media%20Collective%20-%202013-07-13.mp3]
Ogg:
The Next Columbine – Charybdis Deep bootleg: (3:33) MP3 | OGG
MP3: [audio:http://themediacollective.org/wp-content/uploads/hosted/music/bootlegs/The%20Next%20Columbine%20-%20Charybdis%20Deep%20-%202013-07-13.mp3]
Ogg: