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"In July of 1925, Heisenberg published a paper throwing out the old hotchpotch of ideas and half-theories, including Bohr’s model of the atom, and ushered in an entirely new approach to physics. He began: ‘In this paper it will be attempted to secure the foundations for a quantum theoretical mechanics which is exclusively based on relations between quantities which in principle are observable.’ This is an important step, because Heisenberg is saying that the underlying mathematics of quantum theory need not correspond to anything with which we are familiar. The job of quantum theory should be to predict directly observable things, such as the colour of the light emitted from hydrogen atoms. It should not be expected to provide some kind of satisfying mental picture for the internal workings of the atom, because this is not necessary and it may not even be possible. In one fell swoop, Heisenberg removed the conceit that the workings of Nature should necessarily accord with common sense. This is not to say that a theory of the subatomic world shouldn’t be expected to accord with our everyday experience when it comes to describing the motion of large objects, like tennis balls and aircraft. But we should be prepared to abandon the prejudice that small things behave like smaller versions of big things, if this is what our experimental observations dictate."
All mystery and geeky clue and code following games aside, we FINALLY, FINALLY, get to hear a brand new Boards of Canada track in full. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, then you’re no cult follower of the enigmatic, witty Scottish electronic music duo. After dropping 6 mysterious vinyls on Record Store Day that started a big long puzzle that involved everything from Adult Swim to Youtube fan videos to you name it, their fans finally figured out BoC’s message. Yes, they have a new record coming, their very first since 2005, and it’s titled Tomorrow’s Harvest! In more mysterious hoopla and dork satisfying promotion strategy, they first unveiled this first track, Reach For The Dead, in Tokyo. Now, we all get to hear the simmering, cinematic track. Yes. Thank you, Boards of Canada. They’ve always created some of the most incredible, textured soundscapes. Tomorrow’s Harvest looks to continue the trend. If you’re a huge dork like me, go ahead and google what happened with the mystery around Tomorrow’s Harvest and see if you can follow along the timeline of all the clues and codes. It was kind of fun. Told you, I’m a dork. To the fellas that obtained those vinyls: you are LUCKY DUCKS. One of them was selling for well over $5k on ebay the other day. What an RSD find. If you’re new to Boards of Canada, go ahead and Youtube some of their music from the past. And get lost in it.
John Murphy - In the House/In a Heartbeat
I fucking love this song!!! Even though I was convinced it was Godspeed You! Black Emperor for ages!!!
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