Re: Vinyl... sorry, but the material is suspect

["Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com>]

A while back we used Vinyl for scratching in an art performance.
Taking an LP with both hands, braking it into smaller pieced and
scratching them against each other.

I made a flash animation video to document the gig:
http://www.boysen.se/df/

Per



On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 7:01 AM, Krispen Hartung <info@krispenhartung.com> 
wrote:
> I didn't know this about vinyl. Thanks for sharing, Hal.
>
> Kris
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> Lest someone leap immediately to the conclusion that what I'm about to 
>say
> is too simple, I'll preface it by saying that any holistic analysis of 
>the
> environmental effects of our choices is inevitably very complex and
> ultimately requires multiple qualifications and copious research.  That 
>out
> of the way... just about the entire life cycle of polyvinyl chloride is
> really injurious to the planet and its living creatures.
>
> If you don't  know what I mean, see the film Blue Vinyl.
>
> I too love LPs as physical objects, but much of what we've been doing 
>needs
> to change.On balance, sans the copious research admittedy, I have 
>concluded
> that I cannot support the resurgence of vinyl LPs.
>
> Hal Dean
> ________________________________
> From: Michael Billow [mailto:mbillow@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wed 12/31/2008 5:52 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: Vinyl
>
> I woulda thought that too, since the same applies for reel to reel tape
> technology. But even though their not made anymore, those tape recorders
> remain beloved by many, and rather expensive on Ebay.
>
>>
>>     Vinyl is so out of style that chances are pretty good one could find
>> old cutting lathes etc. somewhere sitting in a 
>warehouse,basement,fleamarket
>> for cheap. I wonder how much of that gear has gone to the dump.
>
>