Soundwave from JeanShin.com

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Sound Wave, 2007
Melted records on wooden armature
5.2 ft h x 9 ft w x 10.25 ft d

Installation at Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
Records were melted and sculpted to form a cascading wave, dotted with bursts of colorful labels. The resulting structure speaks to the inevitable waves of technology that render each successive generation of recordable media obsolete. The piece also aims to physically manifest the ephemerality of music as well as one man’s musical tastes, as represented by his personal record collection.

Sometimes I wish I could play the piano too.

[ editorial note: fans of Jeff will point out that he was the piano player at Momo's, a piano bar in Iowa. fans may or may not acknowlege that he had no idea what he was doing while he 'played'. he mainly wailed on the white keys while holding the sustain pedal. ]

I apologize to the artist because I forgot to make a note of where I originally found this image. In thinking about the economic events that have happened in the last couple weeks, I can’t help think that here we are again: eating potato chips in front of a tv which is telling us to give all our money to the guy in the suit.

I can’t take credit for the title of this post, that’s the original post’s title. That, at least, I remember.