trash (close encounters mix)

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11 responses to “trash (close encounters mix)”

1. 

   runran

   22nd April 2007

   one person’s trash is …

   sweet

   >:r

2. 

   runran

   22nd April 2007

   one person’s trash is …

   sweet

   >:r

3. 

   crissXross

   22nd April 2007

   hey, are you building up a great heap of muck in your living room too?

4. 

   crissXross

   22nd April 2007

   hey, are you building up a great heap of muck in your living room too?

5. 

   crissXross

   23rd April 2007

   mind you, i’m thinking of clearing mine up – those aliens don’t know whether they’re coming or going.

6. 

   crissXross

   23rd April 2007

   mind you, i’m thinking of clearing mine up – those aliens don’t know whether they’re coming or going.

7. 

   runran

   24th April 2007

   heya

   i just remembered a trip to manitoba about 15 years ago
   and something tangetically related to the close encounters
   trash mix … i don’t know if the containers still exist, but
   i remember the signs saying Put Your Trash Into Orbit,
   5 minutes, followed by others, 3 minutes, 20 seconds,
   and finally a spaceship-shaped, roadside trash container

   i can’t locate my photograph of the container and a google
   search was fruitless, but i did find a government document:

   HIGHWAY TRAFFIC H60 — M.R. 264/88

   Orbits (MI-23)
   11(1) An “Orbit” sign may be used on highways at selected locations to
   indicate the approximate time required to reach the location of a trash receptacle at
   maximum permitted highway speed.

   11(2) An “Orbit” sign shall

   (a) be rectangular in shape and erected so that the long dimension is horizontal;

   (b) be not less than 2700 mm in width and not less than 1200 mm in height;

   (c) be bordered in blue and divided by a diagonal line from top right to bottom
   left, colored white in the upper half and yellow in the lower half and displaying
   in blue characters not less than 60 mm in width and not less than 200 mm in
   height the words and figures “Put Your Trash Into ‘Orbit’ … 5 Minutes”;

   (d) be displayed so that the figure “5” referred to in clause (c) may be varied to
   indicate any other number in minutes;

   (e) be reflectorized so as to show the same color and shape by night as by day

   seems to me that there may be a business opportunity for the remix,
   creating musical icons on spaceships? or maybe on-screen alerts for
   trash receptacles in space?

   >:r

8. 

   crissxross

   24th April 2007

   i hear the siren call
   am drawn to “Orbit”
   bordered in blue and divided diagonally
   reflectorized trashily
   i exceed permitted speeds
   change my shape by day and night
   in width and height
   not less than the long dimension
   oh
   wayhigh receptacle

   5 minutes?

9. 

   matina

   24th April 2007

   Lovely sounds, mum-like trashcan hands, melancholic pixels.

10. 

    babel

    24th April 2007

    creating musical icons on spaceships… sign me up

    on-screen alerts for space trashcans sounds like a smelly business, though

11. 

    runran

    25th April 2007

    it seems space already “smells like burnt almond cookie” …

    >:r