Comments on: iDosing: spot the difference between the Sun’s and the Mail’s stories

By: Mich Zimmerman

Mich Zimmerman — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:32:57 +0000

Yeah, I have to assume most of this is made by teenagers who have no clue what they're doing. This is nothing new (brainwave synchronization) and the reason most artists don't use it is because it doesn't sound very good. To properly utilize brainwave synchronization, it must occur over a decent amount of time and it requires an effect being placed over pretty much everything for the duration. Since it must be listened to headphones, it was particularly impractical before everyone had mp3 players. Regardless, I'm currently compiling an album with brainwave synchronization spread throughout, using precise changes to effect a trip of sorts. It should certainly be inspiring, though I can say without hesitation that it will not induce some sort of LSD trip parody that's captured the imaginations of America's youth.

By: SD

SD — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:08:33 +0000

Cake, it's a made up drug, but not as potentially dangerous as bomb dogs.

By: Freelance Unbound

Freelance Unbound — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:46:49 +0000

Let them eat Cake...

By: Lynne, Gresham, OR

Lynne, Gresham, OR — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:34:33 +0000

I arrived here courtesy of a link at synchronium.net. Thanks so much for the connection! And thanks to jc christian who pointed out the true relationship between Oklahoma and the USA population-at-large. I live in Portland, Oregon (home of the OHSU mentioned in the story). I'm thinking I should propose they experiment on me. At 55, I've got lots of experience with drugs as well as lots of experience with music, and if there was any music that could get me high, I'd wanna know about it if I didn't already. The closest I've ever come to getting high via a recording would have to be Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music." I know I ended up with quite the splitting headache after trying to listen to it. I'd think Brian Eno might have been working on this but Eno, like Charles Darwin, marinates his thoughts until the world forces him to produce. Synthesizer frequencies that lead to intoxication have been a sci fi/horror theme for decades. Eno probably has something in a vault that would lead to us all stripping down and behaving madly, but I digress... With fond memories of a few months in England and regular Page 3 Lassies...

By: SD

SD — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:03:42 +0000

"Marie says: So journalists from the Sun"

Oh Marie, Sun? Journalists? In the same sentence? I haven't laughed so much since Littlejohn mistook a litter of puppies in Rotherham for a single mum!

By: jc christian

jc christian — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:28:39 +0000

Oklahoma is not representative of the USA. It is viewed as a land of ignorance, superstition, & religious insanity by the rest if us. Their laws are used as fodder for jokes about about backwardness and gulibility.

By: Churnalism roundup | exclarotive

Churnalism roundup | exclarotive — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:27:15 +0000

[...] Churnalism roundup Posted on July 21, 2010 by Jamie Malcolm Coles compares the Sun and the Mail’s coverage of ‘i-dosing’ to the original US reports. They’re, uh, similar. [...]

By: Marie

Marie — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:41:19 +0000

So journalists from the Sun take the same approach as I did in my university days.
Take article, change a few words, submit, hope no one notices.
Unbelievable!

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:01:59 +0000

So listening to these tracks makes you "freak out", convulse or act as in extreme distress? Sounds like just another day at a rave:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2VBWD26Gac