{"id":5310,"date":"2008-03-11T16:57:10","date_gmt":"2008-03-11T16:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groonk.net\/blog\/?p=5310"},"modified":"2008-03-11T16:57:10","modified_gmt":"2008-03-11T16:57:10","slug":"the-buddha-machine-is-curious-confuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/2008\/03\/the-buddha-machine-is-curious-confuses\/","title":{"rendered":"The Buddha Machine is Curious, Confuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fm3buddhamachine.com\/\" class=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"homebuddha.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/images\/homebuddha.jpg\" width=\"470\" height=\"486\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a> <\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"blocked\"><p>The Buddha Machine is a little plastic box that plays music.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, FM3 constructed nine drones, varying from two seconds to 42 seconds, which repeat endlessly in the listener\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ear until the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153track\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is switched to the next drone (or the two AA batteries run out).<\/p>\n<p>The machine has its own built-in speaker, in case one would like to fill a room with the drones, but there is also a headphone jack for more personal meditative experiences. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a switch on the side that allows for traversal of the tracks, and a DC jack (though an adapter is not included) for those who would like the Buddha Machine experience be truly endless.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.popmatters.com\/music\/reviews\/f\/fm3-buddhamachine.shtml\" class=\"external external_icon\">In a way, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like the cheapest pre-loaded IPod you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll ever be able to buy<\/a>.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/warrenellis\/statuses\/770027450\" class=\"external external_icon\">Internet Jesus tweet<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popmatters.com\/music\/reviews\/f\/fm3-buddhamachine.shtml\" class=\"external external_icon\">pop matters<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fm3buddhamachine.com\/site\/?page_id=2\" class=\"external external_icon\">FM3<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Buddha Machine is a little plastic box that plays music. Specifically, FM3 constructed nine drones, varying from two seconds to 42 seconds, which repeat endlessly in the listener\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ear until the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153track\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is switched to the next drone (or the two AA batteries run out). The machine has its own built-in speaker, in case [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,60,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admin","category-art","category-music","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}