System of a Disorder

in Julien's shadow making mocking gestures when no one's looking

right behind Nullus Tachonis no matter which way he turns, Bugs Bunny-style

trapped in a gem (classic)

hiding in a tree in the Golden Orchard

at the bottom of Olbalad's coffin hanging out with Termina and Lady Cormoray

Each of the lyrics comes from an old-time hickory song for fiddles, and is a lyric from that corresponding song.

"Fire on the Mountain" --> "Fire on the Mountain, run boys run"

Fire On The Mountain - Fiddle Player POV

"The House of the Rising Sun" --> "The Devil's in the house of the rising sun"

House of the Rising Sun

"Ida Red" --> "Chicken in the bread pan peckin' out dough"

Ida Red - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

"Granny Will Your Dog Bite" --> "Granny does your dog bite? 'No child, no'."

FTC #149 Granny Will Your Dog Bite

And for your furthered education, The Mountain Whipporwill.

in a time before things like radios and record players, every time you heard music was because there was somebody in the room with you playing an instrument. and many, many, many social events involved dancing, which requires music. so, if you're planning any kind of gathering in the american south or appalachia, you need to find a fiddler. and the fiddler's job is to play music that everybody knows and likes and can dance to.

the mistake The Devil makes in his bet with Johnny is that he misinterprets the contest as being about technical ability, so he has this big flashy song. he plays fast and impressively with a band of demons playing unfamiliar instruments in unfamiliar rhythms. he's definitely more skilled at playing than Johnny, and thinks he has it in the bag.

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

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I would be interested in an exhibit about information technology, computer science, and cultural perceptions on such things that includes limited use of generative AI for the purpose of example or demonstration. Likewise an artistic performance or exhibit comparing AI to an Oracle (known for huffing toxic fumes in that distant cave) or other such figures in history and myth could be cool.

ROS: "This is a sorry sight." Hey, what's that from? "This is a sorry sight."

GUIL: How would I know what...

ROS: Aw, come on! What's it from? You know...

GUIL: Rosencrantz...

ROS: WHAT'S IT FROM, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE?

GUIL: What's what from?

ROS: I just told you, I just did it. "This is a sorry sight." Hunh? What's it from?

GUIL: I haven't the faintest idea what...