Zompist Bboard Again

Travis B. wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2026 11:07 pm Geburt Einer Nation by Laibach

Now I'm curious - what is a song whose title is a German translation of the title of a notorious pro-Klan propaganda movie like?

Raphael wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2026 3:28 am

Travis B. wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2026 11:07 pm Geburt Einer Nation by Laibach

Now I'm curious - what is a song whose title is a German translation of the title of a notorious pro-Klan propaganda movie like?

In the 80s, the Slovenian avant-garde band Laibach did covers of pop songs as fascist anthems. (As an art statement.)
Geburt einer Nation is a cover of One Vision sung in ominous German, and the trick works very well. The lyrics of One Vision, when taken outside context, have disturbing implications.
You can check the video on YouTube, I can't really do justice to it. If you like that kind of disturbing humor (it'd definitely not for everyone), my favorite is Opus Dei (Life is Life)

Laibach is still active. Last I heard they were doing the Song of Music. They don't just do covers; one of their projects I liked was Also sprach Zarathustra as industrial metal.

Raphael wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2026 3:28 am

Travis B. wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2026 11:07 pm Geburt Einer Nation by Laibach

Now I'm curious - what is a song whose title is a German translation of the title of a notorious pro-Klan propaganda movie like?

Like an ad for light beer, obviously.

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Bossa Nova (non-English): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlox ... BFUjyH-T59

Ares Land wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2026 4:41 am

Raphael wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2026 3:28 am
Now I'm curious - what is a song whose title is a German translation of the title of a notorious pro-Klan propaganda movie like?

In the 80s, the Slovenian avant-garde band Laibach did covers of pop songs as fascist anthems. (As an art statement.)
Geburt einer Nation is a cover of One Vision sung in ominous German, and the trick works very well. The lyrics of One Vision, when taken outside context, have disturbing implications.
You can check the video on YouTube, I can't really do justice to it. If you like that kind of disturbing humor (it'd definitely not for everyone), my favorite is Opus Dei (Life is Life)

Laibach is still active. Last I heard they were doing the Song of Music. They don't just do covers; one of their projects I liked was Also sprach Zarathustra as industrial metal.

Thank you, interesting! Probably not for me, though.

Atlantic City by The Band

City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Anime:

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: https://youtu.be/_3_dBxBi84I

Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk. I love this show so much, or at least the couple episodes I've seen.

Kino's Journey is interesting. It's like Invisible Cities with speculative fiction elements. Occasionally pretentious if you ask me, but nothing outrageous.

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Central planning: https://youtu.be/c4BWDusyCOM

Unlearning Economics: https://youtu.be/X9E7QAHJF0w

Spent a lot more of this afternoon than I should have watching and listening to this almost two hour long Youtube conversation between Flint Dibble* and Bret Devereaux: https://www.youtube.com/live/mfA8uwx4dkg

*Yes, that's his actual name. And in what may or may not be a coincidence, he works in a profession that might well sometimes involve dibbling with flints.

Gods of the Upper Air by Charles King. In this book, Margaret Mead says the Bukiyip people traditionally had no sexual hangups. I'm reading An Outline of Bukiyip grammar. I've previously read it's in a famility of gendered languages where the genders are saner than what Eurasians are used to.

I've already traced all of it, but I'm still reading and re-reading the Orpheus code when I get the time. Hopefully, I can get a beta release out in a few months. I'm hoping to use it to create a (free) course on the fundamentals of algorithms from first principles. A few years ago, I gained experience teaching undergrads how to write an interpreter in C++ for 3 years, including helping them debug the issues they ran into. The language was randomized every semester.

Raphael wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2026 8:25 am Hm, judging from what I've heard about that crowd, they might have trouble applying what they know in that regard to their own thought processes, though.

The only absolute prohibition Yudkowsky insisted on is to stop buying lottery tickets. However, he is a monetarist libertarian. He has attended dinners associated with Thiel.

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Also reading Behave by Sapolsky.

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Some songs of Nazrul:

The song with the most views on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9c1NIrAqXe4 (Edit: I noticed this has a translation in the subtitles.)

Biggest Islamic song: https://youtu.be/oA03cLkNEsg

Biggest Hindu song: https://youtu.be/DLGvA6VVaGs

You can tell Nazrul's songs were closer to the classical Hindustani style than the simpler, popular Bengali Renaissance style of Tagore: https://youtu.be/aB8Wa_SkX1M

PS. My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh. Warning: Depressing.

Traditional performance of Nazrul Geeti: https://youtu.be/WrfGiyH-2zc

The Historical Atlas of Almea.

alice wrote: ↑Tue Jun 16, 2026 2:29 pm The Historical Atlas of Almea.

Only now?

Raphael wrote: ↑Tue Jun 16, 2026 2:34 pm

alice wrote: ↑Tue Jun 16, 2026 2:29 pm The Historical Atlas of Almea.

Only now?

Well, I haven’t yet read the new one either…

rotting bones wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2026 11:35 pm You can tell Nazrul's songs were closer to the classical Hindustani style than the simpler, popular Bengali Renaissance style of Tagore: https://youtu.be/aB8Wa_SkX1M

The word for "beseecher" in the sub translation literally means beggar woman. I vaguely recall Badiou mentioning that a French poet wrote a line like, "beggar woman at my side". I'm guessing it's Mallarmé. That's whom all these postmodernist-adjacent philosophers love.

Should I actually read Mallarmé at some point?

Planning to re-read:

The Power Elite by C. Wright Mills
The Interpretation of Cultures by Clifford Geertz
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by Keynes

I must stop hate-reading political texts written by people whose politics I can't stand during times when I could and should do something productive instead. I must stop hate-reading political texts written by people whose politics I can't stand during times when I could and should do something productive instead. I must stop hate-reading political texts written by people whose politics I can't stand during times when I could and should do something productive instead. I must stop hate-reading political texts written by people whose politics I can't stand during times when I could and should do something productive instead...

No, I'm not talking about anything here or anything written by anyone on this forum.

rotting bones wrote: ↑Tue Jun 16, 2026 8:14 pm Should I actually read Mallarmé at some point?

Mallarmé is really great though I wish they'd translate him into French .

Raphael wrote: ↑Tue Jun 16, 2026 2:34 pm

alice wrote: ↑Tue Jun 16, 2026 2:29 pm The Historical Atlas of Almea.

Only now?

It's not the first time.

True Faith by New Order

The Ganymedan, R.T. Ester

Only on p 68, I think it's been pretty tedious so far. But I'll keep going for now