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Why have I picked the most boring username imaginable?

Well, partly because I balk at the idea of trying to summarise myself in a single Deep And Interesting Word, partly because I quite like the idea of having a username that gives nothing away and looks like a leftover from a test run of the system, but mostly because of Laurie Anderson and Konstantin Raudive.

Konstantin Raudive was a slightly bonkers Latvian psychologist; he developed a method of listening to spirit voices by leaving a tape recorder running in an empty room. While nobody was around, the spirits would turn up in the room, whisper things into the mic and leave again -- LiveJournal from the Other Side, if you like.

His spirits, no matter how interesting and articulate they'd been in real life, had a habit of saying the most useless things to his recorder. For instance, Winston Churchill showed up and made possibly his least important speech ever: "Here, mark you, make believe my dear, yes".

Laurie Anderson is an American musician/songwriter/performance artist/storyteller who wrote most of my favourite music. She even wrote a song about Raudive voices; it's called "Example #22".

So there you have it.

Example22

Date: 2002-06-10 10:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cloudhigh.livejournal.com
Welcome to LJ, Example22! It's good to see you.
Now I understand!
I'm looking forward to your image appearing soon....

-Cloudhigh

Date: 2002-06-11 01:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tinyjo.livejournal.com
Thank goodness for that! I was sitting here thinking "why does that ring a bell?" - it's one of my Dad's faves. He keeps promising me he'll burn me a copy but not getting round to it.

Date: 2002-06-21 08:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] example22.livejournal.com
"one of my *Dad's* faves"?
Suddenly I feel a whole lot older...
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Date: 2002-06-21 08:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] example22.livejournal.com
Ping says hello back... we're heading out of London on Saturday, but I'm sure we'll see you somewhere soon. (Caption, maybe?)

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