#opus 4

November

Art of Noise

Peter Patau

Some November moodiness for all the Scorpios with November birthdays. Art of Noise, "Opus 4" -- lyrics drawn from the 1844 poem, "No!," by Thomas Hood. They stripped away some of the 19th century ornateness. 

Here's what they kept: 

No sun - no moon! 

No morn - no noon - 

No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day. 

No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,

No comfortable feel in any member - 

No shade, no shine, no butterflies, 

no bees, No fruits, no flowers, 

no leaves, no birds! - 

November!

Song: Opus 4

Artist: Art of Noise

Album: The Best Of The Art Of Noise

Writers: Anne Dudley, Gary Langan, J.J. Jeczalik 

Art of Noise - Opus 4 (live 1986)

Favorite Silent Animation #7 - Lichtspiel (1921-1925)

By the late 1910s, some European artists were beginning to incorporate animation into their art.  Walter Ruttmann’s Lichtspiel series, produced in four separate opuses, allowed his groundbreaking abstract art to come beautifully to life.  I love these images--true living paintings!  And I was thrilled to see them show up in the wonderful recent German TV series, Babylon Berlin.  Ruttman wasn’t too proud to apply his art to advertisements either, and these are stunning works of art in themselves, such as his advertisement for Excelsior-Reifen (1922), Kantorowicz-Liköre (1922), and the GeSoLei trade fair (1926).

18 FFTCG Opus IV singles packs later, my FFTA collection is almost complete! I'm just missing Mewt and Cid. Feat. shiny Marche and Shara (I also have non-shiny ones of these and also around 4 Babuses). Determined to get them all, traded games in to a value of £42 to fund some of this collection obsession. Oops? Once I have them all, they'll be neatly displayed next to a cool little FFTA poster I have on my wall.