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May 08, 2003
absent minded musical map help requested
in the spirit of the hot summer of psychogeography;
I WANT THE SONGS IN YOUR HEAD.
As part of the Cartographic Congress[0] / Collaborative Mapping Week[1], I am compiling a location-based musical-mind-wander, but for that I need branes.
I would like people to record the random music that enters conciousness, including time and place. This will, in the first instance, be plotted (anonymously) on a map, but will turn into something interactive, with a goal of created some kind of location-based iPod, that lets you enjoy the contents of other's heads as you walk around.
Whilst respondents in the UK/London are most useful, everyone is welcome to take part - the more data the better. I'll even buy extra maps for the other countries.
Start today - start tommorrow, but start. Send logs to me whenever you want - c[at]deaddodo.com.
Rules:
Songs that are heard playing through normal recorded and distributed means do not count. Unless they pop in your head at some other time to when you heard them.
Please give date, time, place (postcode/number and street, and GPS readings if you have them), song title and artist. If you want to record why you think it popped in your head, that's great, but won't be used for the initial map.
Having tried this out, it's hard to realise that you've got a new song in your head, and to remember the song and context after the event. I'm carrying round pencil and paper and jotting them down, and whilst I don't expect others to, the songs that are most interesting to me are those whilst travelling, not just in home/work.
To show what I mean, here's yesterday's log for me:
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7/5/2003 (all London)
8:00 on a rope - Rocket From The Crypt home, SE1 0TJ
8:45 agado - tom ze outside estate, southwark st
9:00 you can leave your hat on - tom jones in bond street tube
10:15 is this the way to amarillo?-tony cristie at work/desk (wigmore st,w1)
10:45 fawlty towers theme at work/desk
13:15 clarks shoes ad oxford street (hsbc)
(Tony Avlon & The Belairs - Sexy Coffee Pot)
15:15 the grid - koyaanisquatsi - Glas at desk/work
17:00 7 nation army - White Stripes at desk/work
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apologies to the song in my head mailing list for ignominiously ripping off the title; I couldn't think of anything better or more fitting. Please take part :)
Thank you!
Chris Heathcote
c[at]deaddodo.com
[0] http://twenteenthcentury.com/uo/index.php/CartographicCongress
[1] http://twenteenthcentury.com/uo/index.php/CcSemanticMappingWeek
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