Tiny Pictures Frankensound

This episode is greatly inspired by this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHZ48AE3TOI

Paraphrasing Yngwie Malmsteen…

You tell me something
that you perceive to be true
in good faith
for it is obvious to you
that I don't know
"Less" you say, "is more"

But how can less be more?
What form
of alien math
do you practice
to make this calculation?

For it makes no sense.
Only more is more, you fool
and one plus that
must always be
one more.

If less was more
A farmer might plant less seed
and grow more crops next season
or perhaps the heat of the fire
would be less
by adding more coals

So less can never be more
Unless by less
you mean to add
another special ingredient
which was not there before
In which case,
it's still more.

If less was more
A fisherman
might put less bait on a hook,
and expect to catch more fish
or maybe then he could just
throw away the fishing line altogether
and catch more fish
with his bare hands.
Then again, why even have hands?
He'll catch more fish if you chop his hands off.
But why then keep his arms? and so on.
So you see, eventually you are left
without even a person!

This philosophy
can only lead to nothing
And we all know, of course
that there is something,
even if we're unsure
of exactly what that is.

So less, can never be more
Only more is more
How can less by fucking more? you idiots.

I want to make a show for the Fringe Festival
With live theatre, but quite comedic
It will involve hand puppets
and some animatronics
It's also about sustainability
but not too woke

I want to make a show for the Fringe Festival
about electronic circuits
with contemporary dance.
There'll be some cool video projections
and an explosive door prize
entry is just 5 bucks

I want to make this show for the Fringe Festival
with maybe, a bit of magic and a few surprises
Instead of a rabbit coming out of a hat,
it's a koala!
And the audience sits in the trees
while the performers build a fire
 
But I want to make this show for the Fringe Festival
with a live band
and a sword-swallowing amputee
Picture belly dancers with reptiles
while members of the audience
recite anonymous stories
of disastrous first dates

Then, I want to make this show for the Fringe Festival
A kind of, burlesque science fiction
Dinner will be served on vinyl records
And there’s an upside-down DJ
and a children’s choir
live streamed, of course
 
But I really want to make this show for the Fringe Festival
with a naked lady covered in glitter,
who makes love to a transgender sex worker,
on James St,
in a box made of mirrors.

If buildings could speak
they'd have much to say
about their creaky concrete bones
and how sore they are
from the weight
of all the things
that happen inside them

They have so many belly aches
from mountains of documents
still in filing cabinets
and computer systems
and furniture
and floor coverings
and wall hangings

They'd probably tell you about the migraines
from all the footstepsthrough hallways
and talking
and shuffling
and coffee brewing
and business making

Maybe they'd be worried about the future
as their lungs filled up with stale air
through dirty air conditioner filters
and old machines with noisy fans
and stale cookingand breathing

Still, mostly at night
the buildings go to sleep
and sometimes, they dream
dream that they could speak

and for once, only in their dreams
everyone would listen
and understand their important musings
if buildings could speak

This week
I failed
Sorry

The quantum computer is coming
They're just trying to make
those little qubit things
immune to interference
from the big world

Because when the big world leaks in
the qubits stop working
and the solutions
are all wrong

Once they work out an answer
to this problem
they'll be able to calculate
bigger numbers
than we ever imagined

The big world
Is like the real world
The one that you and I can see
It's just a problem
That it keeps leaking in
to the little one

It makes that little qubit
sound a bit like
a nice dream
that you're fighting to stay inside
on the verge of waking up

and when you do wake up
you may be sad
because you can't fly
you don't have 600 million dollars
and the cat you tried putting in a box
with some radioactive material
is still dead

But recently, they discovered something else
Those little qubit things
Don't need to be completely isolated
from the big world
Because they can correct for the errors later

But even then,
there's a problem

The quantum computer
can calculate
so much information
that there is no computer
big enough
to test if the answer
Is correct

So as you can see
it's nice to dream
but there's really no point
in building a quantum computer

thank you

If only the way forward was clear
instead, it's like watching a movie
on a faulty monitor screen
that keeps flashing on and off

If only the way forward was clear
but it's like walking through a storm
and the wind is blowing you backwards
while the rain stings your face

If only the way forward was clear
but it's like trying to see a beautiful body
through glass bricks
in a bathroom

if only the way forward, could be clear
but it's like trying to play a game
that no-one ever taught you
where the rules are always changing

If only the way forward was clear
there'd be a sign, pointing clearly
in one direction
instead of spinning in the wind

If only the way forward was clear
there'd be trails of bodies
on the paths that shouldn't be taken
piling up and blocking the way

If only the way forward was clear
then the world wouldn't sound like an orchestra
forever tuning their instrumentswhile the first note of the concert is never played

(move forward
take a couple of steps
turn right
take two steps forward again
turn left)

If only the way forward was clear
but it's like someone whispering directions
in your left ear
while another voice recites poetry in your right

If only the way forward was clear...