Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (03/27/87)
Really-From: Jeff Dalton <jeff%aiva.edinburgh.ac.uk@Cs.Ucl.AC.UK> I just noticed that Chris and Cosey's Techno Primitive lp has the notation "This recording contains subliminals" on the back. Is that supposed to be a warning, or what? Does anyone know how this sort of thing is done, what the subliminals are saying, etc? I recall that it is supposed to be possible to put into films visual messages that are so brief that they are not noticed consciously but only subliminally (is that right?), and that this notion occasionally generates scare stories in the press; but even if it did work visually (where you can imagine seeing the whole image at once and then processing it unconsciously), would it work in sound, where the message must be spread out over time in order to be sound at all? Perhaps the messages are very quiet or altered in pitch instead? Backwards messages? Finally, why is this the only place where I've seen such a notice? I mean, can't you just see all these heavy metal records with big orange stickers on the front saying: WARNING: THIS RECORDING CONTAINS SUBLIMINALS AND BACKWARDS MESSAGES! And, of course, I've been listening to this record... -- Jeff
Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (04/15/87)
Really-From: Jeff Dalton <jeff%aiva.edinburgh.ac.uk@Cs.Ucl.AC.UK> Well, does anyone know anything about the "subliminals" on Chris and Cosey's Techno Primitive. I thought that one this list *everyone* would know... Will any of you say anything?