[-empyre-] "(E)MOTION FREQUENCY - rpm" / pink floyd

[Johannes Birringer]

dear all

thanks for the lyrics to the Beatles song and the eye-opening comments you made on the installation-viewing of the song/video, Michèle.



"There is no dark side of the moon really.....as a matter of fact, it’s all dark.”

i just read this at the end of an obituary, well, a string of obituaries appearing in the german press yesterday, after media philosopher Friedrich Kittler passed on.

I heard from Dee, one of our discussants, this morning that she also is held back from posting by an un-timely death;  This  alwas makes one pause,  i am not sure whether death is ever timely and yet
one wants it to be. I want mine to be timely.



The obituaries on Kittler, who wished to play with Pink Floyd, were very moving, if you like to read the german versions, they are at: 
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/zum-tod-von-friedrich-kittler-jede-liebe-war-eine-auf-den-ersten-blick-11497216.html
&
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/geisteswissenschaften/erinnerung-an-friedrich-kittler-jedem-satz-wohnte-ein-zauber-inne-11497561.html

i also found an english-language reflection on Kittler's work on the  "Machinology" site /
"Machines, noise, and some media archaeology"  ( Jussi Parikka)


http://jussiparikka.net/2011/10/18/friedrich-kittler-1943-2011/



ad plures ire


Johannes