Patrick Murphy
02-03-2007, 02:53 PM
This article by Matt Price appeared in the online version of Paste magazine in January 2007. I don't know if it was in the print version as well.
http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article?article_id=3765
Here are the first four paragraphs:
Unglued: Why no LASER beam?
Sam Beam must already be thinking of this because, to me, nothing says huge light show like an Iron & Wine album. When cassettes replaced vinyl, I made mixtapes and moved on. When the iPod replaced the Discman, I threw the clunky silver oval in the trash.
But there’s one piece of my musical history that I cannot just watch disappear into thin air—the laser show.
Where has the laser show gone? Are we too isolated, sitting at home in the dark with our MP3 players? Are we too aloof, too cynical and just generally too proud to enjoy the synchronization of guitar riffs and millimeter-thin beams of blue light?
Well, I’m not proud. I’ve been wowed by many a light show in my day, and I’m on a mission to revive the once beloved pastime, to once again merge music and laser. Here are some of my fantastic suggestions.
[the rest of the article is online; follow the link above]
http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article?article_id=3765
Here are the first four paragraphs:
Unglued: Why no LASER beam?
Sam Beam must already be thinking of this because, to me, nothing says huge light show like an Iron & Wine album. When cassettes replaced vinyl, I made mixtapes and moved on. When the iPod replaced the Discman, I threw the clunky silver oval in the trash.
But there’s one piece of my musical history that I cannot just watch disappear into thin air—the laser show.
Where has the laser show gone? Are we too isolated, sitting at home in the dark with our MP3 players? Are we too aloof, too cynical and just generally too proud to enjoy the synchronization of guitar riffs and millimeter-thin beams of blue light?
Well, I’m not proud. I’ve been wowed by many a light show in my day, and I’m on a mission to revive the once beloved pastime, to once again merge music and laser. Here are some of my fantastic suggestions.
[the rest of the article is online; follow the link above]