Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Can People Read the Little Black Notes?

The kids today:
I have a tattoo which is made up of the sheet music to my favourite Boyzone song - Isn't It A Wonder? - around my right ankle. People think I'm mad, but I point out that if I want to I can tell them it's Bach or the Rolling Stones instead of the actual truth.
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16 comments:

  1. truculentandunreliableOctober 5, 2011 at 9:12 PM

    And it would *still* be a fugly tattoo.

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  2. Hamish MackOctober 6, 2011 at 1:35 AM

    Naughty tatooist who put the sheet music to "The Good Ship Venus" on the ankle.

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  3. Smut ClydeOctober 6, 2011 at 1:48 AM

    Where would be the right place to tattoo the Crab Canon? AFAF.

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  4. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©October 6, 2011 at 5:45 AM

    I find the concept of tattoos silly.

    Unless you get one made from magic marker.
    ~

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  5. Dragon-King WangchuckOctober 6, 2011 at 6:21 AM

    I have a tattoo which is made up of the sheet music,,,

    How does this work? Do you grind up the paper and make ink out of it, or do you just insert the sheets subcutaneously?

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  6. tigrisOctober 6, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    People think I'm mad, but I point out that if I want to I can tell them it's Bach or the Rolling Stones instead of the actual truth.

    Because NO ONE can read music.

    Better.

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  7. Smut ClydeOctober 6, 2011 at 12:45 PM

    Unless you get one made from magic marker.

    My extensive tattoos are all in invisible ink so they will only show up in the crematorium.

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  8. Substance McGravitasOctober 6, 2011 at 12:53 PM

    This is why we in the office have the special machine that takes pictures in all sorts of different wavelengths.

    Please place your arm in the machine. See your doctor once the skin cancer develops, but in the meantime ENJOY the partial tan.

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  9. Big Bad Bald BastardOctober 6, 2011 at 1:39 PM

    I have a regrettable tattoo on my forehead.

    Enticing!

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  10. Smut ClydeOctober 6, 2011 at 4:02 PM

    if I want to I can tell them it's Bach or the Rolling Stones instead of the actual truth

    This is not so easy with Stockhausen score.

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  11. tigrisOctober 6, 2011 at 5:25 PM

    There a couple Varese scores that would also be quite nice if one were the type who enjoyed hypodermic ink injections, or the post-facto visual score somebody did for Artikulation. Or, best idea EVER: soundwave of someone misprouncing ama-ar-gi... FOR FREEDOM!

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  12. Substance McGravitasOctober 6, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    Glenn Branca had a swastika score...

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  13. Dragon-King WangchuckOctober 7, 2011 at 6:04 AM

    Because NO ONE can read music.

    In her defense, NO ONE can both read music AND recognize that it's from a Boyzone song.

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  14. Smut ClydeOctober 7, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    Lots of musical tattoo ideas here.

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  15. Substance McGravitasOctober 7, 2011 at 1:57 PM

    A commenter at that link mentions Anthony Braxton, who's done some pretty awesome notation. There's a pic at that very blog somewhere.

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  16. Smut ClydeOctober 7, 2011 at 3:46 PM

    For tigris: Humour in Cuneiform.

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