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2009-03-23T08:49:00.000-07:00

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Semioteque (audio from Umberto Eco's lecture in Tartu May 2009)

Featured voices: Alar Karis (rector at University of Tartu), Morten Tønnessen, Umberto Eco

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MT: And I would like you to say something about what role fiction can be said to play within natural science...

Eco: No... No, I missed ... the real question.

MT: Let me finish. Um…

(MT: And I would like you to say something about what role fiction can be said to play within natural science... )

(Eco: No... No, I missed ... the real question.)

MT: And often in applied science, we start out with imagining something that does not exist – it’s totally mind-dependent; and then we carry it into life. … Isn’t that the work of fiction?

Eco: No! I... Take, for instance the cold fusion. Typical example of a scientific hoax.

Eco: I don’t say that it’s a fiction – it’s a mistake, which is different.

Eco: I say that there is fiction when the author pretends to say the truth, and asks you to pretend that you are believing it.

Eco: If not, it’s a lie. If I tell you there is an elephant outside… and you naively go out to see whether it is there or not, that is not a case of fiction, I am only a *** liar... And you are too naive, hehe.

Eco: Except, you are not Thomas Aquinas! His comrades told him… 'Thomas, there is an ass flying on the skies', and he went out … (to) look. Hehe…

MT: Isn’t that the work of fiction?

COVER SONGS

Bookends Theme (SIMON & GARFUNKEL)

Time it was, and what a time it was, it was

A time of innocence, a time of confidences

Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph

Preserve your memories, they're all that's left you

The Face of Love (EDDIE VEDDER & NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN) !VIDEO!

Jeena kaisa Pyar bina

Is Duniya Mein Aaye ho to

Ek Duje se pyar karo

Jeena kaisa Pyar bina

Is Duniya Mein Aaye ho to

Ek Duje se pyar karo

Look in the eyes

Of the face of love

Look in her eyes

Oh, there is peace

No nothing dies

Within pure light

Only one hour

Of this pure love

To last a life

Of thirty years

Only one hour

So come and go

Jeena kaisa Pyar bina ...

Look in the eyes ...

The Great Event (LEONARD COHEN)

It’s going to happen very soon. The great event which will end the horror. Which will end the sorrow. Next tuesday, when the sun goes down, I will play the moonlight sonata backwards. This will reverse the effects of the world’s mad plunge into suffering, for the last 200 million years. What a lovely night that would be. What a sigh of relief, as the senile robins become bright red again, and the retired nightingales, pick up their dusty tails, and assert the majesty of creation!

Harrowdown Hill (THOM YORKE)

Don't walk the plank like I did

You will be dispensed with

When you've become inconvenient

In the harrowdown hill

Where you went to school

That's where I am

That's where I'm lying down

Did I fall or was I pushed?

And where's the blood?

I'm coming home

To make it all right

So dry your eyes

We think the same things at the same time

We just cant do anything about it

So don't ask me

Ask the ministry

Don't ask me

Ask the ministry

We think the same things at the same time

There are so many of us

So you can't count

We think the same things at the same time

There are too many of us

So you can't count

Can you see me when I'm running?

Away from them

I can't take their pressure

No one cares if you live or die

They just want me gone

They want me gone

I'm coming home

To make it all right

So dry your eyes

We think the same things at the same time

We just cant do anything about it

We think the same things at the same time

There are too many of us

So you can't count

It was a slippery slippery slippery slope

I feel me slipping in and out of consciousness

I didn’t Understand (ELLIOTT SMITH)

Thought you'd be looking for the next in line to love

Then ignore, put out, and put away

And so you'd soon be leaving me alone like I'm supposed to be

Tonight, tomorrow, and every day

There's nothing here that you'll miss

I can guarantee you this is a cloud of smoke

Trying to occupy space

What a fucking joke

I waited for a bus to separate the both of us

And take me off, far away from you

'Cos my feelings never change a bit

I always feel like shit

I don't know why, I guess that I just do

You once talked to me about love

And you painted pictures of a never never land

And I could have gone to that place

But I didn't understand

I didn't understand

I will (No Man’s Land) (RADIOHEAD)

I will

Lay me down

In a bunker

Underground

I won't let this happen to my children

Meet the real world coming out of your shell

With white elephants

Sitting ducks

I will

Rise up

Little babies eyes eyes eyes eyes

Little babies eyes eyes eyes

Minute Prologue (LEONARD COHEN)

I've been listening

to all the dissention.

I've been listening

to all the pain.

And I feel that no matter

what I do for you,

it's going to come back again.

But I think that I can heal it,

but I think that I can heal it,

I'm a fool, but I think I can heal it

with this song.

Skip Divided (THOM YORKE)

I'm in a skip divided malfunction

I flap around and dive bomb

Frantically around your light

Enveloped in a sad distraction

I got your voice repeating endlessly

Could you guide me in?

Could you smother me?

I swoop around your head

But I never hit

I'm blinded by your daylight

Electric veins pass through me

I thought there was this big connection

I only got my name I only got the situation

I just need a number and location

Without appropriate papers or permissions

I'm known to bite in tight situations

And I head into your french windows

I thought there was a big connection

I only got my name I only got my situation

I just need my number and location

And my mum keeps telling me

Hey hey hey hey hey hey

The devil may

Hey hey hey hey hey hey

You are a fool [x2]

For sticking round [x2]

Yeah you are a fool [x2]

For sticking round [x2]

I tried every trick in the book

I tried to look and knew

Every trick in the book

But how come I look?

No more common dress or elliptical caress

Don't look into your eyes cause I'm desperately in love

In love

When you walk in the room everything disappears

When you walk in the room it's a terrible mess

When you walk in the room I start to melt

When you walk in the room I follow you round

Like a dog, I'm a dog, I'm a dog, I'm a lapdog

I'm your lapdog, yeah

I just got a number and location

I just need my number and location

Strangest Tribe (PEARL JAM)

It's five below in evidence.

The winded eves and sideways snow.

His eminence has yet to show.

Follow the ageless tide.

Follow the angled light.

Follow the strangest tribe.

I... I... I...

It's 6:00 AM. You're waiting for...

You've had your feast. You're wanting more.

Follow the wayward mile.

Follow the distant high.

Follow the strangest tribe.

I... I... I...

Follow the ancient stride.

Follow the angels try.

Follow the strangest tribe.

I... I... I...

Street Spirit (Fade Out) (RADIOHEAD)

Rows of houses, all bearing down on me

I can feel their blue hands touching me

All these things into position

All these things we'll one day swallow whole

And fade out again and fade out

This machine will, will not communicate

These thoughts and the strain I am under

Be a world child, form a circle

Before we all go under

And fade out again and fade out again

Cracked eggs, dead birds

Scream as they fight for life

I can feel death, can see its beady eyes

All these things into position

All these things we'll one day swallow whole

And fade out again and fade out again

Immerse your soul in love

IMMERSE YOUR SOUL IN LOVE

ORIGINAL SONGS, WITH LYRICS AND VOICE

Alene (På en Stein i Mørket) AMPLIFY MUSIC - NEWGROUNDS

Alene

på en stein

i mørket

sitter du

og skriker

ut din smerte

til et univers

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med skrikets hastighet

Atmos

Just breathe with me

I can only be your breath for so long

Breathe with me, just breathe with me

You breathe at me, I breathe at you

You breathe in me, I breathe in you (repeat)

Pressure builds up, builds up, builds up

And I am not a ventilator

You breathe at me, I breathe at you

You breathe in me, I breathe in you (repeat)

You breathe at me, I breathe at you

You breathe in me, you breathe in me

You breathe at me, I breathe at you

You breathe in me, I breathe in you

You breathe at me, I breathe at you

I breathe at you, I breathe at you

Just breathe with me

I can only be your breath for so long

Breathe with me, just breathe with me

Pressure builds up, builds up, builds up

And I am not a ventilator

Atomic

Affectionate

Tender

Caring

Affectionate

Tender

Overtly

Mischievous

Idle

Caring

Affectionate

Touchy

Obstructive

Miserable

Imagined

Caring

Affectionate

Tender

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En Knott i Havet (Grønt Så Langt)

En knott i havet

som langsomt vokser seg stor

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Grønt så langt øyet

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av regnet som pisker

Heartbeat

My heart, by heart

It beats, it beats

Don’t slap, don’t slap

Listen to your heartbeat, listen in and admit defeat

It’s all my treat, it’s all my meat

Pay attention, don’t cheat, this is my body heat

I have come to take you away

My heart, my heart

It beats, it beats

Slow down, slow down

Listen to your heartbeat ...

Listen ...

I have come to take you away ...

My heart, my heart

It beats, it beats

Oh, stop, oh stop

Listen to your heartbeat ...

Listen ...

I have come to take you away ...

Herfra til ingensteder

Det var her vi var.

Her. Hvor en verden dveler.

Herfra vi hastet av sted.

Herfra og hittil.

Bestandig på vei

til ingensteder.

Lengre kom vi ikke.

Enn her.

Hvor vi var fra.

Her.

Hvor vi ikke kunne bli værende.

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Hvor alle veier leder til døden.

Bestandig på vei

til ingensteder.

Hey, Thou

Thought I'd never call you mine

Thought I'd never say that line

And here I am now

Calling out hey, thou

Thought I'd never be this fine

Thought I wasn't of that kind

Hey, don't you see

I am still here with thee

Hey, thou (16x)

Thought I'd never be that blind

Thought I wasn't of that kind

Was it all a lie

Cause you don't call me thy

Thought I'd never call you mine

Thought I'd never say that line

But you don't call me thyne

Hey, thou (32x)

Hey, Thou (Tartu Remix) See above

Mist

Here I am

Feeling the heat

It is burning

in my soul

My soul is on fire

I can feel the heat

CHORUS

I can feel it

Bu-uu-uurn

I – I – ay

OCEANS APART

I’m tethered to the foam

I’m tethered to the phone

I’m tethered to the foam

I’m tethered to the bone

Oceans apart

Oceans

I’m battered and I moan

I’m battered to the bone

I’m battered and I moan

I’m battered so I roam

Heavens apart

I’m bothered to the bone

I’m bothered all alone

I’m bothered to the bone

I’m bothered

Oceans apart

Birds can fly

and so can I

I'm just not so good at the landing part

WHAT HE SAID

Hey man, whassup?
Whassup?

I am here ... I am HERE
I am here ... I am HERE

It is not like he said
No I’m not what he said
I am here, I am HERE

CHORUS:
Forgotten - rotten - begotten
Bondage - bandage - blossom
Besiege - bestow - betray
Beg - bend - bear

I am not
I am not
I am not
I am not
What he said
What he said
What he said
What he said

CHORUS:
Forgotten - rotten - begotten
Bondage - bandage - blossom
Besiege - bestow - betray
Beg - bend - bear

ORIGINAL SONGS, WITH MECHANICAL VOICE (AND LYRICS)

This is God Speaking (The Many Voices of God) – featuring MICROSOFT SAM

This is God speaking.

Or is it a piece of art?

Is he the one? you ask. Is she the one?

I am the word – not like you, thinking, acting.

I have no voice, but once you speak it is through me.

I have no eyes, but when you see it is through me.

Through you I speak, through you I act.

I speak six thousand languages and more.

Those which are gone, and those yet to come.

Some I bless with divine inspiration.

You ask for signs. The signs are there.

Is he the one? you ask. Is she the one?

You are the answers to my questions.

Who is the humblest one? Who is the truest one?

You can reach out for me, but you cannot grasp me.

Can you be as humble as the rain?

You both have a lot to learn, still.

Your views are incomplete, your vision clouded.

Teach each other. Be a blessing.

Can you be as humble as the rain?

This was a message from God.

Or art. Or both.

Troll Whisper

I am here night and day
Night and day are here with me
Night and die

I have lost my mind control
I have lost control, my mind
My mind, I have lost control

Cogito, ergo cogito

I am dead by being born
I am dead, am dead, am dead
Being dead is not OK

Oh, well, whatever, nevermind

ARTWORK

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