Pictured: Hmm. Going in or coming out?
The Blythe Archives tend to come across as a free-flowing string of Chad Matheny’s consciousness. Just his thoughts, one after another, held together by electronic noises and an aggressive brand of folk-pop that can’t quite be called freaky. Even made up words become obsessions throughout the two volume set. “Where’s my spieltier?,” asks Matheny in Spieltier. “No, I do not want to see you uncrippled and unwed.” Later he assures us that “Spieltiers don’t die,” and in the song Go Captain and Pinlighter, “Unmarried spieltiers don’t have eyes.” I feel like he’s playing a joke on me, because I’m almost desperately searching for a definition.
Listen to Spieltier, then go download the entire second volume of The Blythe Archives for free at EmperorX.net.
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Posted 18 Jul 2009 at 8:06 am ¶is this site dead.
Posted 29 Aug 2009 at 7:51 pm ¶“Spieltier” is term invented by science-fiction author Cordwainer Smith. It is German for “toy animal”, and is apparently a kind of artificial (but living) pet that can be transformed in various ways (furry or not, big ears or small) as its owner desires.
Posted 04 Nov 2009 at 12:16 am ¶I found this site after listening to spieltier and looked for some kind of definition. fred, I love you.
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