Inferno (Boards of Canada)

Holy crap. I would never expect HN to be the place where I learned about an awesome new musical release.

Boards of Canada's "Music Had the Right to Children" was playing when a friend gave me a ride to the airport ~20 years ago. I had to know what CD was playing. She said her BF left it in the player. Thank goodness he did! I love their music.

HN readers will appreciate this: "One Very Important Thought"[0]

0. https://youtu.be/DXSlxKAo4mI?si=08HuNu9hDYKYaThu&t=15

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It's better if you play the short video and listen to the message (more impact, IMO), but here it is for those who don't want to click through:

"Now that the show is over, and we have jointly exercised our constitutional rights, we would like to leave you with one very important thought: Some time in the future, you may have the opportunity to serve as a juror in a censorship case or a so-called obscenity case.

"It would be wise to remember that the same people who would stop you from listening to Boards of Canada may be back next year to complain about a book, or even a TV program. If you can be told what you can see or read, then it follows that you can be told what to say or think. Defend your constitutionally protected rights - no one else will do it for you. Thank you."

> A day prior to the release of the album on 28 May, the social media accounts for the White House posted a video incorporating a segment of "Deep Time" (initially released as "Tape 05") with grainy visuals featuring nationalist imagery of helicopters, the White House, detention centres, a United States Border Patrol boat, and United States flags.Public reaction to this was widely negative.Following the outpour of negative public response, an official response from Warp Records was made regarding the video and its copyright infringement, stating that neither the label nor the duo "condone the unauthorised use of their music for political messaging".

Sigh

thanks totally missed it!!

Great news