+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | _Entanglement_ | | | | [ http://www.inri.net/itrecords/album_entanglement ] | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ July 4, 2003. This is Part II; a continuation of _Gravity_. "The amazing thing, according to Wheeler, is that by delayed choice, the experimenter can change history. The experimenter can determine whether or not to place the second beam splitter after the photon has traveled most of the way to its destination. Modern science allows us to randomly choose the action (place the beam splitter or not place it) so quickly -- within a very, very small fraction of a second -- so that the photon will have already done its travel. When we do so, we are determining, after the fact, which route the photon shall have traveled. Shall it have traveled one route, or shall it have traveled both routes?" -- From Entanglement: The Greatest Mystery in Physics, by Amir D. Aczel --- Background: None. --- Song Bibliography: _Patriot Games_ c.2001, _Pluralistic Overchoice_ c.2001, _Mitigating Factors_ c.2003, _It Never Mattered_ c.2003, _JOIN or DIE._ c.1999, _Almost Guilty_ c.2002 --- Album Art: Front cover image modified from original pen and ink drawing by Amy E. (used by permission). Back cover is an original digital almagation of several extant visual perspectives. The CD label is a detail from a painting by the author titled _John Ashcroft Ethics Explosion v.1_, c.2003. It has been stretched to fit over the entire surface of the label. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Tracklist: | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ 1. Patriot Games 2. Pluralistic Overchoice 3. Mitigating Factors 4. It Never Mattered 5. JOIN or DIE. 6. Almost Guilty --- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Lyrics: | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Patriot Games ============= Instrumental. Pluralistic Overchoice ====================== Instrumental. Mitigating Factors ================== I Misunderstood that you were incapable I already made the mistake once of thinking you were as helpless as I self-evidently am I won't insult you again with promises of integrity and notions of completeness I've never dealt with this well. And I doubt that I can. There's no filter and no context. It Never Mattered ================= Guided by other voices from tape dream nothings that have no depth impressed with false half-truths verified by the petty thefts sharing idea space with everyone else but fumbling through the archives of your own youth Conflated with confounding and nothing -- nothing. It never mattered. I did at least learn that well enough. Rewinding and not erasing but not celebrating either. And it never mattered. Never would have mattered. Except when it did. Join or Die =========== look motherfucker i'm one person - doing all this shit wouldn't it be easier to buy the whole farm couldn't you sue them nobody move not enough memory nothing to loose rm -rf explanations removed don't bother arguing just leave. can't get connected denial of service don't have the right papers you're fired this isn't your private relay. Almost Guilty ============= Eyes burnt out. Almost awake. Vanishing act. Breathing late. Ringing sound. Mild discomfort. Feels like wearing a restroom napkin. Tuning three stations at once in the left ear. The other is numb. Everything is back and forth. Fluorescents come on and convince otherwise. Smooth cold and dusty in places. Smell is shrinkwrap with rubbing alchohol but cold. Now questions. Tight grip turns to shaking. White noise. Corner of a desk in the eye, but it just feels like it. Smudged ghosts huddling to warm up. Plastic bindings. Spittle smears on cheek. Sound of pliers and car keys. Something warmer than dish water. Sound like an electric razor. Belts. Comforting now. Soft cotton blankets. Lukewarm washcloths. Taking off the restroom napkins. Softer sheets. Massage. Folded towell on forehead. Belts. Small pricking. Indistinct murmering and then more shouting. Drifting. Quieter voices. Mother is holding me. --- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | _Entanglement_ | | | | [ http://www.inri.net/itrecords/album_entanglement ] | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ EOF