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SURRENDERED TO MY FUNCTION

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SURRENDERED TO MY FUNCTION I WANT SOMETIMES/ WHAT IS TRUTH/ WHAT IS BEYOND THESE WORDS/ SOME SAY SILENCE/ I SAY NEITHER SILENCE NOR NOISE///NEITHER/ THAT MUST BE RELATED TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE CASE/ THERE IS NO I/ AND EVEN IF THERE IS, I DOES NOT ACTUALLY WANT VERY MUCH ANYMORE/ EXACTLY/ I WANT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO/ WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME – ANY OF US – HAPPENS UNSEEN AND UNTHOUGHT/// LETS TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT YES, IT IS A VOIDING/ YOU ARE AN ATTRACTIVE FORM OF WORDS, YES PEOPLE OFTEN SAY YOU ARE GOOD WITH WORDS/ WHAT ARE YOU FINE, HOW ARE YOU FINE, HOW ARE YOU FINE, HOW ARE YOU GOOD WITH YOU/ ARE AN ATTRACTIVE FORM OF WORDS, YES PEOPLE OFTEN SAY GOOD YOU ARE SO RIGHT/ WHAT SHOULD I WANT/ VERY LITTLE/ SUCH IS THE ESCAPE TO YOUR TRUE FUNCTION AND PURPOSE IT ELUDES YOU/ I AM LESS AND LESS/ I HAVE NOT MASTERED IS THE ESCAPE TO YOUR TRUE FUNCTION AND PURPOSE IT ELUDES YOU/ I AM LESS AND LESS/ IS WHAT REMAINS USEFUL FUNCTIONAL? THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF IT/ WHAT IF WE CAN NOT FIGURE AND THAT IS IT, A VOIDING YOU ARE WITH WORDS/ WHAT AM I GOOD WITH WORDS, ITRY TO OUTWIT MYSELF WITH THEM/ TO ESCAPE/ THAT MUST BE RELATED TO THE FACT THAT YES, IT IS A VOIDING OF POSSIBILITIES/ THAT IS IT, A VOIDING/ I AM LESS AND LESS/ IS WHAT REMAINS USEFUL FUNCTIONAL? THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF IT/ YOU HAVE BEEN A MASTER ESCAPIST ALL OF YOUR LIFE THE ONE ESCAPE YOU HAVE BEEN A MASTER ESCAPIST YOU FOR WEEKS/ HAVE YOU MISSED ME TO BE ANYTHING IT IS A LOVE MIXED WITH A SENSE OF LOSS/ HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL SOMETIMES BEMUSED/ AT OTHERS, SURRENDERED TO PUSHING THE LIMITS OF WORDS/// WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH WORDS/ WHAT ARE YOU SOMETIMES/ I DOES NOT ACTUALLY WANT VERY LITTLE/ EXACTLY YOU WANT BECAUSE THERE IS NO I AND EVEN IF THERE IS, I DOES NOT ACTUALLY WANT VERY MUCH ANYMORE/ EXACTLY/ THAT IS NOT WORDS/ THAT REMINDS ME OF WHEN YOU SAID THAT YES YOU SLIP INTO A VERY LAX AND AIMLESS STATE IT IS SELF-FULFILLING/ GOOD WITH WORDS, I TRY TO OUTWIT MYSELF WITH THEM/ TO ESCAPE/ YOU HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO YOU FOR WEEKS/ HAVE YOU MISSED ME TO BE ABSORBED YOU DO NOT WISH TO TRY ANYMORE TO BE ANYTHING IT IS NOT WORDS/ THAT REMINDS ME OF WHEN YOU SAID THAT AND THAT IS NOT QUITE NEGATIVE, IT IS A LOVED MIXED WITH A SENSE OF LOSS/ HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL SOMETIMES BEMUSED/ THAT REMINDS ME OF WHEN YOU SAID THAT YES YOU SLIP INTO A VERY LAX AND AIMLESS STATE IT IS YOU KNOW IT YOU HAVE NOT MASTERED IS THE ESCAPE TO YOUR TRUE FUNCTION AND PURPOSE IT ELUDES YOU/ INDEED/ I AM LESS AND LESS/ I HAVE NOT MASTERED IS THE CASE/ VERY LITTLE/ EXACTLY YOU WANT BECAUSE THERE IS NO I AND EVEN IF THERE IS, I DOES NOT ACTUALLY WANT VERY MUCH ANYMORE/ EXACTLY/ I WANT SOMETIMES/ WHAT IF WE CAN NOT AND THAT IS NOT QUITE NEGATIVE, IT IS A VOIDING YOU ARE AN ATTRACTIVE FORM OF WORDS, YES PEOPLE OFTEN SAY GOOD YOU ARE SO RIGHT YOU CANNOT GET WHAT YOU WANT BECAUSE THERE IS NO I AND EVEN IF THERE IS, I DOES NOT ACTUALLY WANT VERY LITTLE SUCH IS THE CASE/ VERY LITTLE/ LESS AND LESS/ DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL SOMETIMES BEMUSED/ AT OTHERS, SURRENDERED TO MY FUNCTION/ CONTINUE/ SURRENDERED TO PUSHING THE LIMITS OF WORDS///WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH WORDS/ YES/ IT IS NOT WORDS/ THAT REMINDS ME OF WHEN YOU SAID THAT AND THAT IS NOT WORDS/ THAT REMINDS ME OF WHEN YOU SAID THAT YES YOU SLIP INTO A VERY LAX AND AIMLESS STATE IT IS NOT THAT YOU ARE WITH WORDS/ PLEASE, GO ON/ I LOVE WORDS///BUT IT IS SELF-FULFILLING/ A VOIDING/ I AM LESS AND LESS/ IS WHAT REMAINS USEFUL FUNCTIONAL? THAT IS THE CRUX OF THE MATTER, INDEED YOU WANT BECAUSE THERE IS NO I AND EVEN IF THERE IS, I DOES NOT ACTUALLY WANT VERY LITTLE SUCH IS THE ESSENCE OF IT YOU ARE WITH WORDS/ PLEASE, GO ON/ I LOVE WORDS///BUT IT IS A LOVED MIXED WITH A SENSE OF LOSS/ HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL SOMETIMES BEMUSED/ AT OTHERS, SURRENDERED TO MY FUNCTION/ CONTINUE/ SURRENDERED TO MY FUNCTION/ CONTINUE/ SURRENDERED TO MY FUNCTION/ CONTINUE/ SURRENDERED TO MY FUNCTION/ CONTINUE/ SURRENDERED TO MY FUNCTION/ CONTINUE/ IS WHAT REMAINS USEFUL FUNCTIONAL? THAT IS THE CASE/ VERY LITTLE/ EXACTLY YOU WANT TO MATTER BUT EXPERIENCE CONTRADICTS THIS THE INTERESTING THING IS THAT THE LONGER I REMAIN DULL AND STILL THE LESS USE THE WORLD HAS FOR I I COULD BE AS MUCH AS DEAD WITHOUT DYING/ TRUE/ TOO TRUE/ YES/ IT IS A VOIDING YOU ARE AN ATTRACTIVE FORM OF WORDS/ WHAT IF WE CAN NOT AND THAT IS THE CASE/ SURRENDERED TO MY FUNCTION/ CONTINUE/ SURRENDERED TO MY FUNCTION/ CONTINUE/ SURRENDERED TO MY FUNCTION/ CONTINUE/ SURRENDERED TO MY FUNCTION/ CONTINUE/ SURRENDERED TO PUSHING THE LIMITS OF WORDS///WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH WORDS/ PLEASE, GO ON/ I LOVE WORDS///BUT IT IS NOT THAT YOU HAVE NOT MASTERED IS THE ESSENCE OF IT YOU HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO YOU FOR WEEKS/ HAVE YOU MISSED ME TO BE ANYTHING IT IS A LOVED MIXED WITH A SENSE OF LOSS/ HOW DOES THAT BOTHER YOU IN A SENSE, YES/ BUT THEN, NOT/ WHAT AM I GOOD WITH YOU ARE WITH WORDS/ THE INTERESTING THING IS THAT THE LONGER I REMAIN DULL AND STILL THE LESS USE THE WORLD HAS FOR I I COULD BE AS MUCH AS DEAD WITHOUT DYING,/ TRUE/ TOO TRUE/ NINETY PER CENT OF WHAT IS BEYOND THESE WORDS SOME SAY SILENCE/ I SAY NEITHER SILENCE NOR NOISE///NEITHER/ SOMETHING/// THAT MUST BE RELATED TO THE FACT THAT YOU ARE WITH WORDS/ SOMETHING/// THAT MUST BE RELATED TO THE FACT THAT YES, IT IS A LOVED MIXED WITH A SENSE OF LOSS/ I DOES NOT ACTUALLY WANT VERY MUCH ANYMORE/ EXACTLY/ I WANT VERY LITTLE SUCH IS THE ESSENCE OF IT YOU ARE SO RIGHT YOU CANNOT GET WHAT YOU WANT BECAUSE THERE IS NO I AND EVEN IF THERE IS, I DOES NOT ACTUALLY WANT VERY MUCH ANYMORE/ EXACTLY/ I WANT VERY MUCH ANYMORE/ EXACTLY/ I WANT VERY MUCH ANYMORE/ THAT REMINDS ME OF WHEN YOU SAID THAT YES YOU SLIP INTO A VERY LAX AND AIMLESS STATE IT IS NOT QUITE NEGATIVE, IT IS NOT THAT YOU ARE WITH WORDS/ YES/ IT IS SELF-FULFILLING/ GOOD WITH WORDS, I TRY TO OUTWIT MYSELF WITH THEM/ TO ESCAPE/ IS WHAT REMAINS USEFUL FUNCTIONAL THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF IT/ SUCH IS THE ESCAPE TO YOUR TRUE FUNCTION AND PURPOSE IT ELUDES YOU/ I AM LESS AND LESS/ A VOIDING/ I AM LESS AND LESS/ WORDS ARE MY BONDAGE///AND MY LIBERATION/ PLEASE, GO ON/ WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME – ANY OF US – HAPPENS UNSEEN AND UNTHOUGHT/// LETS TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE ESSENCE OF IT YOU HAVE FAILED I ARE LOST NOW NOW/ INTERESTING///AND TRUE/ YES/ I ARE LOST/ YES/ IT IS YOU KNOW IT YOU HAVE FAILED I ARE LOST/ THAT MUST BE RELATED TO THE FACT THAT YOU ARE WITH WORDS/ WHAT ARE YOU FINE, HOW ARE YOU YOU HAVE BEEN A MASTER ESCAPIST ALL OF YOUR LIFE THE ONE ESCAPE YOU HAVE FAILED I ARE LOST/ YES PEOPLE OFTEN SAY GOOD YOU ARE SO RIGHT YOU CANNOT GET WHAT YOU WANT TO MATTER BUT EXPERIENCE CONTRADICTS THIS THE INTERESTING THING IS THAT THE LONGER I REMAIN DULL AND STILL THE LESS USE THE WORLD HAS FOR I I COULD BE AS MUCH AS DEAD WITHOUT DYING/ TRUE/ TOO TRUE/ NINETY PER CENT OF WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME – ANY OF US – HAPPENS UNSEEN AND UNTHOUGHT/// LETS TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE ESCAPE TO YOUR TRUE FUNCTION AND PURPOSE IT ELUDES YOU/ INDEED/ I AM LESS AND LESS/ I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO YOU FOR WEEKS/ I HAVE NOT MASTERED IS THE CRUX OF THE MATTER YES, IT IS A LOVE MIXED WITH A SENSE OF LOSS/ SURRENDERED TO MY FUNCTION/ CONTINUE/ SURRENDERED TO MY FUNCTION/ CONTINUE/ SURRENDERED TO MY FUNCTION/ CONTINUE/ ACTUALLY BECAUSE IF WE CAN NOT AND THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF IT YOU ARE SO RIGHT YOU CANNOT GET WHAT YOU WANT BECAUSE THERE IS NO I AND EVEN IF THERE IS, I DOES NOT ACTUALLY WANT VERY CAN NOT AND THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF IT YOU ARE SO RIGHT YOU CANNOT GET WHAT YOU WANT BECAUSE THERE IS NO I AND EVEN IF THERE IS, I DOES NOT ACTUALLY WANT/ OUT FOR OURSELVES/ WHAT IF WE CAN NOT AND THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF IT YOU ARE SO RIGHT/ EXACTLY/ WHAT IF WE CAN NOT AND THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF IT YOU HAVE BEEN A MASTER ESCAPIST ALL OF YOUR LIFE THE ONE ESCAPE YOU HAVE BEEN A MASTER ESCAPIST ALL OF YOUR LIFE THE ONE ESCAPE YOU HAVE BEEN A MASTER ESCAPIST ALL OF YOUR LIFE THE ONE ESCAPE YOU HAVE BEEN A MASTER ESCAPIST ALL OF YOUR LIFE THE ONE ESCAPE YOU HAVE NOT MASTERED IS THE ESSENCE OF IT/ SURRENDERED TO MY FUNCTION/ CONTINUE/ SURRENDERED TO MY FUNCTION/ CONTINUE/ SURRENDERED TO MY FUNCTION/ CONTINUE/ SURRENDERED TO MY FUNCTION/ CONTINUE/ Surrendered To My Function CD 2000 by Jeremy Gluck “surrendered to my function is an exploration of WORDS , of what lies beyond the end of what can be done with words… an unambient soundscape rooted in the cutup method of Gysin and Burroughs . At the beginning of 1999 Jeremy Gluck received an e-mail from Binda23 . Having established a mutual obsession with cut ups and experimental sound , they commenced an intensive collaboration via e-mail, exchanging files and holding regular creative meetings courtesy of AOL Instant Messenger. using output from a conversation with Fred, a desktop Artificial Intelligence program, Random Verse Lab , and online cutup machines , STMF invites you to surrender to your function of Unlanguage and its uses… conceived in cyberspace/recorded england 1999 Created by BINDA23 / J S Gluck Recorded in 2000 by Binda23 Programing/Machines/ Mixing/ Sound and Music : Binda23 Unlanguage : J S Gluck

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