#network 23

[fancoloredglasses]

M-M-M-Max Head-Head-Head-Headroom

(Thanks to Keltik Danger)

[All images are owned by Lorimar-Telepictures. Please don’t sue or cancel me]

First, a bit of history...

In the early 80s, a sub-genre of science fiction known as “cyberpunk” was created. The overall theme of the genre was a dystopian future where corporations have more authority than the government (why does that sound eerily familiar?). Most of the more popular source material includes a world where all computers are connected via a nebulous network known as “cyberspace” (OK, this is getting a bit too close to home...) where artificially intelligent entities evolve and potentially begin to take over (Now hang on a minute!). Most stories revolve around a street-level “hero” struggling against the status quo to try to give some power back to the little guys.

Over the next few years, it started becoming more mainstream, including the films Blade Runner and The Terminator.

Which brings us to this review...after a bit of backstory.

The British network Channel Four wanted to create a music video show starring the first-ever “computer-generated host” known as Max Headroom (played by Matt Frewer, who would later play Moloch in Watchmen), but first they had to explain where this entity came from. So they produced a TV movie called Max Headroom, 20 Minuted Into the Future, where Frewer played Edison Carter, a reporter who was comatose after running his motorcycle into a sign labelled “max. headoom 2.3 meters” (in the UK, the use “maximum headroom” as opposed to “maximum height” in the US) The network uploaded his brainwave patterns in an attempt to gain whatever information Edison nearly died to obtain, and those brainwaves created...

Max Headroom (whose program glitches frequently, making his seem like he has a stutter and, despite being the intellectual property of whatever network created him, is very anti-establishment, often insulting the very sponsors who pay for his continued existence. Ironically, his image was heavily merchandised and he was the spokes-being for “New Coke” (nowadays known as “Coke II”)

After The Max Headroom Show was cancelled in the UK, US producers were eager to bring the concept to an American audience. However, instead of Max being a DJ, the producers decided to create a series around the concept of 20 Minutes Into the Future.

Max Headroom is set, naturally...

It is a world where there are a huge number of television stations, all vying for as big a slice of the rating pie as possible, keeping the masses as entertained so they stay docile (Now hang on!) while buying things their sponsors pay big money to advertise.

Frewer returns as Edison Carter, an investigative reporter for “Network 23″. Edison exposes social injustice on a daily basis on the Network 23 news, as well as his own show. His reports uncover a great deal and make many powerful entities nervous...yes Network 23 refuses to silence him (No, Network 23 isn’t morally better than the others; Edison’s broadcasts bring huge ratings (and huge ad dollars) so they give him a lot of leeway) Edison is constantly going out into the field to get his reports only armed with his video camera (and not even a cameraman for backup) In the pilot episode, Edison pissed off the wrong people and ran into a certain sign while escaping, which led to the chain of events that created Max.

Edison’s handler is Theora Jones (played by Amanda Pays, who would later play Tina McGee in the 90s version on The Flash.

Edison’s producer is Murray (not sure if that’s his first or last name), played by Jeffrey Tambor, who played the Director of the BPRD in Hellboy. Murray is constantly pushing Edison to get to the bottom of whatever story he’s chasing while trying to keep the Network execs off of Edison.

Speaking of Network execs...

The Chairman of the Network is Ben Cheviot. Unlike the rest of the Board, Cheviot tries to do the right thing, but ratings (and profits) are still a priority for him.

Bryce Lynch is a prodigy who is the head of R&D for Network 23 and the person responsible for creating Max after Edison’s accident.

The show tackles subject matter that is a cross between pure science fiction (advertisements that could make viewers explode) and totally plausible (terrorist organizations selling exclusive broadcast contracts to TV networks) to relevant even today (TV editing content to fit their narrative...

(Thanks to BRND MYR)

As always, if you would like to see an episode reviewed, please let me know!

[selfdestructiveart]

A few snapshots - raw - dirty - unedited. Late upload here - but hey, never say never. Our deepest thanks belong to all the participating artists on Day 1 & 2. Cardinal SIN's still ringing in our ears, it was legendary - local and most probably international event history has been written here - either directly or indirectly, consciously or unconsciously, and that was due to the always-outstanding SIN crowd. It was an honor for FLUCC and its whole team to have the founding fathers of the Free Tek / Free Soundsystems Party movement at our venue. Moreover the Cardinal SIN outlined another important and often overlooked aspect (over and over again): The real cherry on top were not only the international heavyweights & headliners on Day 1 and 2, furthermore especially the true Austrian TEK / Hard Techno / Mental Tribe / Industrial - archangels underscored again the so called - almost 'spiritual' - cultural impact of Vienna & Rest-Austria onto the rest of the planetary TEK & Techno-Memplex, when it comes to cutting edge underground trends - and artistically developing them for the next dancefloor generation...

... cuz in the end ... Industrial Music is not only for Industrial PPL- SIN bridges the dusty echochambers and genre dogmas: Industrial will always remain within the 'Real Underground Event Horizons' to bondage the normie-sphere from time to time.

Cordial thx again to R-Zac aka Crystal distortioN x 69db [SP23 | Network23recordings], see you soon again in Vienna. @ Simon Carter & Sebastian Vaughan - nothing of your LEGO Soundsystem legacy (@ Arena Vienna - mid 90s to 2000s) was ever lost here - as we were able to witness first hand - it was imprinted into the city's epigenetic party & dancefloor code (therefore encoded also within the collective spirit?).

The Shirin & KeTon shots were shamelessly re-upped from their accounts - sorry for that (the motive was to keep this teaser post compact) - as an excuse I will provide more close-ups of your day 1 performance at a later point.

Please note: A much better vid with an overview on both days will be released soon (hopefully, time's the soul of things..).

Next SIN: Friday 13th Oct 2023 - LineUp t.b.a. soon.

[isthisasin]

The increase of the conventional SIN is naturally the CARDINAL SIN

Advanced adepts of the higher spiral demonology must first of all be able to master the prehistoric history of the Babylonian spiral galaxies and their deadly sins in their sleep, in order to be able to adequately assess contemporary Deja Vus, as well as relevant new underground currents or to exorcise their individual Poltergeist perpetually. The highest form of spiral demonology knows no higher order structure anymore and borders liquefy to acid reality pixel mush. Playing with Babylonian druids is certainly fully illuminating - but also fraught with Faustian risks, it is a transgressive procedure, in the midst of the spiral dance floor. To be able to fully grasp this eons-old cycle, we have invited the archpopes - or rather - the primordial gods of all Past/Present & Future Spiral Revolutions to FLUCC: R-Zac aka Crystal Distortion & 69db, who with the legendary Spiral Tribe 23 Soundsystem laid the foundation for all varieties of the current TEKnoid interstellar time travel and thus both are also an elementary part of the contemporary Techno Memplex of this planet.

DAY 1: Friday 1/9/2023 - starting at 22:00 - FLUCC Deck (upstairs) & starting at 23:00 - Wanne (downstairs):

FWD THE MENTAL TRIBE EVOLUTION

The first day of the two-day head worlds ceremony at FLUCC is entirely dedicated to the all-encompassing Mental Tribe Dancefloor Head Kino, we are here in the midst of the far-flung TEK-verse of introverted dance legs. For this, the spearhead of the domestic arch-magic of all surrounding spiral lands was invited: Shirin & Keton, Illtek, as well as Symbiotik Sound Crew from faraway Linz and of course Audiopirat.

Day 2: Saturday 2/9/2023 - from 22:00 - FLUCC Deck (upstairs) & from 23:00 - Wanne (downstairs):

FWD THE SPIRAL TRIBE 23 [R]EVOLUTION:

The last duo LIVE performance of R-Zac in Vienna is already a while back - 2006 in the Arena - the more we are looking forward to their commitment to rewrite a piece of local event history at FLUCC. With R-Zac, the 2nd day of the Cardinal Sins Orgy leaves no genre dogma untouched and catapults us straight off the event horizon of the spiral galaxies we know. Basically, we’re talking about an improvised Babylonian Futura Demon Casino, and these elusive entities mostly reside in the haze of Post-Modern Limbo Portal Number 23. The credo here is: Sirius 23 Channeling is nowadays an evergreen, all the more it is nowadays a more than sought-after state of mind or memetic knowledge transfer on an interstellar level and therefore this two-day head trip can also only be advanced to the all-encompassing CARDINAL SIN for body & soul with the native rocks in the surf - namely - TingelTangelTek LIVE, SoDa, as well as Gesindel der Nacht.

… each on 2 floors on both days.

LineUp - Day 1 - FR 1/9/2023:

FWD the Mental Tribe Evolution

Wanne - 23:00:

👅 Shirin & Keton LIVE 100% Hardware Duo LIVE-Set [Multiplan Kollektiv]

👅 Illtek LIVE 1.5 hours LIVE-Set [Mazatek Soundsystem | V.I.E.S. Productions]

👅 Toxictribe LIVE [Symbiotik Sound Crew | Linz]

👅 Audiopirat (Vinyl-Set) [Independent]

Deck (Upstairs) - 22:00:

Advanced Mental Tribe Floor hosted by:

👅 Symbiotik Sound Crew LIVE & DJ-Sets

LineUp - Day 2 - SA 2/9/2023:

FWD the Spiral Tribe 23 [R]Evolution

Wanne - 23:00:

👅 R-Zac LIVE aka Crystal Distortion x 69db 2 hours Duo LIVE-Set [Spiral Tribe 23 | SP23 | Network 23 | UK/FR/GER]

👅 TingelTangelTek LIVE [S.B.S. Soundsystem]

👅 SoDa (DJ-Set) [Paxnicht Club | X!ndl Sound]

👅 … and more Suprise Artists, stay tuned

Deck (Upstairs) - 22:00:

Hard Techno Floor hosted by:

👅 Gesindel der Nacht

Event Artworks & Visuals:

👅 Glowie [Top Secret International]

Links:

FLUCC Homepage Entry Day 1 FLUCC Homepage Entry Day 2 Facebook Invite Day 1 Facebook Invite Day 2 Artwork Hi Res Day 1 Artwork Hi Res Day 2

Day 1 Media Embeds:

Day 2 Media Embeds:

Free Tekno History with Crystal Distortion, 69db, Spiral Tribe 23 Soundsystem:

[ivrket]

Happy 423!

[northgazaupdates]

23 March 2024

A displaced woman named Jamila Al-Hisi, held captive inside Al-Shifa Hospital, has informed Al-Jazeera that occupation is reportedly raping and killing women inside Al-Shifa Hospital complex. They have burned entire families alive. They attempted to burn more people alive by setting the building in which they were held on fire. People inside the complex have been denied food and water for six days. Resistance News Network summarizes Jamila’s statement below:

🚨 Palestinian woman Jamila Al-Hisi, besieged in Al-Shifa Medical Complex, to Al-Jazeera:

Occupation forces raped women and then killed them.

We haven't found food or water for 6 days.

We appeal to the Red Cross to provide water for the children and the sick.

The occupation forced 65 families to leave the area around the Complex.

Occupation forces burned and killed entire families.

Occupation forces burned the building we were barricaded in.

We don’t even have water to break our fast and we don’t know where to go.

All of these atrocities are well-documented in genocides within Palestine and throughout the world. Rape in particular is used to traumatize their targets, fracture their identities, and destabilize families and communities, paralyzing their ability to support each other. Live burning is a method of mass murder intended to inflict severe terror or the surviving population, making them even more vulnerable.

The so-called international community is infamous for failing to stop these types of massacres. It seems no one with power has the will to intervene, and would rather say “never again” after the fact.

Please, spread the word and keep fighting for Gaza!

[drowned-hubris]

Here are some pfps for Ben Drowned’s birthday !!!!

YIPPEE

[nctsboodle]

A KND error I recently noticed...

In Operation I.T., Virginia is seen tagging other KND operatives after being "It" herself (the term used for the Supreme Leader candidate in the KND's version of Tag).

Yet, several moments earlier, we see her in a dogpile of operatives tackling Numbuh 13 after he becomes "It".

Either she has teleportation powers, effectively rendering her a stealth GKND operative, or it's just an error on the animators' part. Or she can make decoys of herself, which also renders her a GKND operative. Or it's just a coincidence.

BUT HEY! THAT'S JUST A THEORY! A KND THEORY!

[active-mind-15]

Just had a thought about all the fancy business functions Akashi's father must drag him to and wondered how many times Akashi has been relegated to the "kid's table".

[gh0stfactory]

And Then There Was Ben

[tietoonsartblog]

My gift for the Villains' Night Out Secret Santa 2023 exchange! This is my first time drawing shadmax, but man did it feel good drawing voxman after so long :D

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[nyanthenyan]

Funguary day 23: mycorrhizal network

[russellius]

How often do you think about the Roman Empire?

featuring the men of Mercedes

[punkedsolar]

Funguary Feb 23 - Cryptic Mycorrhizal Network

Honestly wanted to do something a little different with this one, and managed to get some biblically accurate angel vibes despite it not really being...embodied? I downloaded some brushes and went for it, and I think it shows the nature of those networks pretty well.

[jocia92]

David Fights The Time Eaters

[crawlincreepz]

Hey do you have any behavioral event network head cannon’s?

Ah yes, everyone’s favorite goblin! I’ve been dying to talk about BEN for so long, thank you for requesting!

BEN, in my headcannon, does not have a physical form. While they can project a sort of.. hallucination of themselves, it cannot be in a solid state. If you tried to touch BEN, your hand would fall right through them. And.. it would also probably try to kill you for trying.

THIS GUY IS COMPETITIVE. Never play videogames with BEN, they’ll cheat until they win and laugh at your frustration. God help if you manage to beat them. Insults will be thrown, and it’ll be hard to tell if it’s playful or not… It might be, but in their own twisted way.

They manage to seem sociable while hating everyone at the same time. It’s weird. You could think it’s your friend but in reality, it’s only trying to find ways to blackmail you. It's observant and will use it to its advantage. I told you, they're little shits.

It definitely keeps a small stuffed animal in its room from one of the now ascended Moon Children. It brings a sense of comfort while being bittersweet, a reminder of the kid(s) it used to be.

Ben is.. iffy around them.

Dude has a weird thing against cats, and no one knows why. It’s like two cats meeting for the first time when BEN encounters one of them. Ben loves the little fuckers, though.

I believe the spirits that make up BEN weren’t all willing to ascend. None of them wanted this. It explains why BEN acts out aggressively, feeling betrayed by a figure they trusted. BEN is just a group of children who are traumatized and hurt, angry at the terrible fate that has been decided for them. They can’t control the being they’ve become, so they chase that control with others. It makes you feel bad until BEN blackmails you with trauma you never even them.

Whenever they enter a body of water, their form begins to become unstable. More than it already is, anyway. Textures missing, bits of them melting/glitching, speech becoming a static mess, etc. They sound like a speaker when you get water in it. It looks like it hurts, but BEN doesn’t seem to care.

They are definitely the type to wait until your distracted, and stand RIGHT behind you until you notice their breath against your neck. Staring at you like 0v0 while an inch away from your face, it’s terrifying.

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