Friday, October 04, 2002

the grooves in the blacktop

the grooves in the blacktop can set up vibrations that run through the chassis and sound like a drone.  I’d like to design something - have someone do it - that would carve those grooves with a little shimmy, lumber along leaving ripples behind, the shorebreak of a zen garden, stretching a mile, or more, the sky’s the limit, anyway these grooves would be carved with precise modulations so cars driving over them pick up vibrations that make their cars speak to them: ‘put down the phone’ or ‘i’m thinking of touching you,’ ‘destroy mommy’ or ‘john 3:16’ - we could make the road say anything.  The only drawback is that we couldn’t see people’s faces as they gaped in wonder, seeking the source of the disembodied voice, so beset with confusion they just plow into a schoolbus full of kids in wheelchairs. 

it would be groovy.