Charles Bellonzi & Robert Viger – Structures Percussions
Various – Clavecins Et Claviers D’Hier Et D’Aujourd’Hui
08.06.11
Absolute Past – Now – Absolute Future
31.05.11
The John Carter sleeve reminded me of Pointillism. The best thing in pointillism is that they didn’t mix the paint but let the brain of the viewer do this. So looking at the work, the act itself is part of the work. Then I stumbled on Micro-montage, micro-montage is compared with the pointillistic paintings, especially because they both take a lot of time and patience to be realized. So the image you see or the sound you here may not be that complex but it reveals a bit of the complexity in the way our body handles these impressions. It reveals it because you are finishing a part of it.
30.05.11
Yesterday I found this record at a local record shop and was happily surprised by his sleeve. Especially when I discovered the ‘real’ hole. Really intriguing. The records itself is a real joy, except for the hectic parts.
29.05.11
04. The Future is Near – Worship the Bomb Mixtape ( For Jorn his 32 Birthday)
TheWorship.mp3
21.05.11
21.05.2011
12.05.11
There Ain’t No Such Thing As a Free Lunch
TANSTAAFL demonstrates opportunity cost. Greg Mankiw described the concept as: “To get one thing that we like, we usually have to give up another thing that we like. Making decisions requires trading off one goal against another.” The idea that there is no free lunch at the societal level applies only when all resources are being used completely and appropriately, i.e., when economic efficiency prevails. If not, a ‘free lunch’ can be had through a more efficient utilisation of resources. If one individual or group gets something at no cost, somebody else ends up paying for it. If there appears to be no direct cost to any single individual, there is a social cost. Similarly, someone can benefit for “free” from an externality or from a public good, but someone has to pay the cost of producing these benefits.
In the sciences, TANSTAAFL means that the universe as a whole is ultimately a closed system—there is no magic source of matter, energy, light, or indeed lunch, that does not draw resources from something else, and will not eventually be exhausted. Therefore the TANSTAAFL argument may also be applied to natural physical processes in a closed system (either the universe as a whole, or any system that does not receive energy or matter from outside). (See Second law of thermodynamics.)