''Greedy Baby'' is a
CD/
DVD
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with music by
Plaid
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Fabric
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* A synonym for tartan in North America
* A plaid shirt, typically of flannel and worn d ...
and visuals by Bob Jaroc, released on 26 June 2006 on
Warp Records
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. The release was the culmination of years of work, and was shown in full in a series of very successful
IMAX
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Graem ...
shows. Initial copies ordered directly from Warp included a piece of
Super 8 film taken by Jaroc for an upcoming project.
CD track listing
#"War Dialer" – 3:50
#"I Citizen The Loathsome" – 5:19
#"The Launching of Big Face" – 4:14
#"ZN Zero" – 7:18
#"The Return of Super Barrio" - Instrumental – 6:51
#"The Return of Super Barrio" - End Credits – 1:28
#"E.M.R." – 10:22
#"Super Positions" – 7:02
#"To" – 5:10
DVD segments
In addition to videos for each of the songs from ''Greedy Baby'', the DVD has four bonus videos from Jaroc, set to tracks from other Plaid albums and used on tour. Included below are brief descriptions of Jaroc's visuals for each track.
#"
War Dialer"
#*Visual representation of the titular device, using a modem generating random number combinations to find real phone numbers for
hacking purposes.
#"I Citizen The Loathsome"
#*Seamlessly sequenced footage of various streets at night. As the music
crescendo
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s, the footage moves increasingly faster and blurs together.
#"The Launching of Big Face"
#*An animated drawing of a face-like creature.
#"ZN Zero"
#*Various footage taken in
Tokyo
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,
Japan, including elevators, a homeless man, a surgery, and a busy street.
#"The Return of Super Barrio"
#*A cartoon based on real-life political personalit
Super Barrio In the cartoon, Super Barrio faces off against the six enemies of the
Mexican
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** People
*** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants
*** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ...
people in a wrestling ring: Bud Patriot (representing America), El Official Corrupto (official corruption, represented by a corrupt
police officer
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), Mediatron (a robot representing the spin and hypnotic hold of the
media
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), Las Grandes Corporaciones Unidas (united
corporations
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), Pacheco (a
junkie), and, finally, El General (a Mexican
general
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). Additional work on this film was done b
Andy Ward#"E.M.R."
#*Various footage concerning light.
#"Super Positions"
#*A morphing, flashing circular object.
#"To"
#*Scenes of birds in
migration
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* Human migration, physical movement by humans from one region to another
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patterns.
Bonus segments
#"Crumax Rins"
#*
Time-lapse
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d footage of the
Iraq War
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, partof = the Iraq conflict and the War on terror
, image ...
from
CNN. The track is from ''Spokes''.
#"Assault on Precinct Zero"
#*Footage from Plaid and Jaroc's tour together. The track is from ''Double Figure''.
#"Zala"
#*A
surreal setup including a building with a rotating sky, various objects falling in the sky, and an odd-looking man slowly approaching the front of the screen. The track is from ''Double Figure''.
#"New Family"
#*Footage suggesting American
patriotism
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and
militarism
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is intercut with questions from the
Oxford Capacity Analysis, a
personality test
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used by the
Church of Scientology
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to recruit members. The track is from ''Double Figure''.
References
External links
Bob Jaroc's website, including links to free audio/visual samplesPlaid's websiteWarp's site for ''Greedy Baby''Warp promo page for ''Greedy Baby''"Super Positions" video
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2006 albums
Ambient techno albums
Plaid (band) albums
Warp (record label) albums