[Its grandeur does not consist in one thing
but in the unique assemblage of all things.]
Not one thing,
all things.
from Ned Ludd down to Kasparov
we've learned alot, but not enough
from shearing frames to Deep Blue
still the answer's "42"
The living tide rolls on
with a deep hum.
written and produced by Becknell and LucasLyrics after Charlotte Bronte's comments in reflecting on her visit to the Crystal Palace.
With chess World Champion Gary Kasparov's comments made shortly after he defeated Deep Blue, urging us to use our relationship with computers constructively, to help unlock our underutilized brain power.
And with an excerpt from H.H. the Dalai Lama's address to the National Press Club.
The closing section is a dub of the Internet Railroad theme, created by Ctrl-Z as a soundtrack for our CD-ROM's opening animated sequence (animation by Rob Pierce).
Train enthusiasts may be interested to know that our train whistle, performed on a vintage Korg Monopoly analogue synth, is modeled on the sound of a 1970's American passenger train. The piece is tuned to this simultaneously startling and yet romantic sound which, as it turns out, is a half diminished chord. We leave you with that alone to remind you that the fair is gone, but like Eiffel's tower, the Internet Railroad remains. [ml]
Recorded 1997 at Big Eastern studio