Synecdoche

“Sus” from Pjusk‘s Sval album.

One of the benefits I’m getting from posting tracks to the Song of the Day section of my blog is that it’s forcing me to watch videos, which is always been something of an&emdash;ahem&emdash;a blind spot for me. I don’t know why but I’ve nevber really gotten into music videos. Maybe it’s because I never had MTV as a kid and hencenever developed a taste for videos. Or maybe it’s because music videos require my rapt attention, which means I can’t do anything else, and that makes me fidgety. Nonetheless, this is a beautiful video and had me pretty much fromt he first frame.

“Spider Toupet” by Port-Royal from Tympanik Audio‘s Emerging Organisms vol. 4 compilation album.

I’ve been thinking about this video for days. It felt like something lifted out of a fairy tale but really, this idea is so rich and so true that it’s been told again and again. I can’t help but think it has a special relevance for us as we enter the post-scarcity economy, at least n the digital sense. There is so much free media (music, literature, movies, etc) out there that it devalues itself. I’m sure we’ll reach equilibrium at some point but in the here and now it’s unsettling and unsatisfying.

Click here to hear music from Tympanik Audio and my interview with the label’s founder, Paul Nielsen.