the color of Chiba Sky
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“He closed his eyes. Found the ridged face of the power stud. And in the bloodlit dark behind his eyes, silver phosphenes boiled in from the edge of space, hypnagogic images jerking past like a film compiled from random frames. Symbols, figures, faces, a blurred, fragmented mandala of visual information. Please, he prayed, *now* — A gray disk, the color of Chiba sky. *Now* — Disk beginning to rotate, faster, becoming a sphere of paler gray. Expanding — And flowed, flowered for him, fluid neon origami trick, the unfolding of his distanceless home, his country, transparent 3D chessboard extending to infinity. Inner eye opening to the stepped scarlet pyramid of the Eastern Seaboard Fission Authority burning beyond the green cubes of Mitsubishi Bank of America, and high and very far away he saw the spiral arms of military systems, forever beyond his reach. And somewhere he was laughing, in a white-painted loft, distant fingers caressing the deck, tears of release on his face. ” -from NEUROMANCER, by William Gibson
If you haven’t already, GO READ IT! (and listen to this mix while you’re reading ;-) )
Tracks
1. Nature Boy - David Bowie & Massive Attack
2. I Want to Kill You Like They Do In The Movies - Marilyn Manson
3. I Wanna be Your Dog - The Stooges
4. All The Things She Said - t.A.T.u.
5. Lulled By Numbers - IAMX
6. Gemini Syringes - The Flaming Lips
7. Strict Machine - Goldfrapp
8. L’air Du Temps - Amanda Woodward
9. Metabolism - The Strokes
10. The Drive-bye - Tweaker
11. Is This Real - Lisa Hall
12. Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of) - The Mars Volta
13. Fade Away and Radiate - Blondie
14. I Luv I Jah - Bad Brains
15. Beautiful Machine Parts 3-4 - The Apples in Stereo
16. Close to You - Mirrormask Original Soundtrack
