Greedy Baby
Encyclopedia
Greedy Baby is a CD/DVD
with music by Plaid
and visuals by Bob Jaroc, released on 26 June 2006 on Warp Records
. The release was the culmination of years of work, and was shown in full in a series of very successful IMAX
shows. Initial copies ordered directly from Warp included a piece of Super 8
film taken by Jaroc for an upcoming project.
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
with music by Plaid
Plaid (band)
Plaid is a London-based British electronic music duo comprising Andy Turner and Ed Handley. They are former members of The Black Dog and used many other names, such as Atypic and Balil , before settling on Plaid...
and visuals by Bob Jaroc, released on 26 June 2006 on Warp Records
Warp Records
Warp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music....
. The release was the culmination of years of work, and was shown in full in a series of very successful IMAX
IMAX
IMAX is a motion picture film format and a set of proprietary cinema projection standards created by the Canadian company IMAX Corporation. IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film systems...
shows. Initial copies ordered directly from Warp included a piece of Super 8
Super 8 mm film
Super 8 mm film is a motion picture film format released in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement of the older "Double" or "Regular" 8 mm home movie format....
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 DialerWar dialingWar dialing or wardialing is a technique of using a modem to automatically scan a list of telephone numbers, usually dialing every number in a local area code to search for computers, Bulletin board systems and fax machines...
"- Visual representation of the titular device, using a modem generating random number combinations to find real phone numbers for hackingHacker (computer security)In computer security and everyday language, a hacker is someone who breaks into computers and computer networks. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, including profit, protest, or because of the challenge...
purposes.
- Visual representation of the titular device, using a modem generating random number combinations to find real phone numbers for hacking
- "I Citizen The Loathsome"
- Seamlessly sequenced footage of various streets at night. As the music crescendoCrescendo-In music:*Crescendo, a passage of music during which the volume gradually increases, see Dynamics * Crescendo , a Liverpool-based electronic pop band* "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue", one of Duke Ellington's longer-form compositions...
s, the footage moves increasingly faster and blurs together.
- Seamlessly sequenced footage of various streets at night. As the music crescendo
- "The Launching of Big Face"
- An animated drawing of a face-like creature.
- "ZN Zero"
- Various footage taken in TokyoTokyo, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, including elevators, a homeless man, a surgery, and a busy street.
- Various footage taken in Tokyo
- "The Return of Super Barrio"
- A cartoon based on real-life political personality Super Barrio. In the cartoon, Super Barrio faces off against the six enemies of the MexicanMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
people in a wrestling rink: Bud Patriot (representing America), El Official Corrupto (official corruption, represented by a corrupt police officerPolice officerA police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...
), Mediatron (a robot representing the spin and hypnotic hold of the mediaMass mediaMass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...
), Las Grandes Corporaciones Unidas (united corporations), Pacheco (a junkieSubstance dependenceThe section about substance dependence in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders does not use the word addiction at all. It explains:...
), and, finally, El General (a Mexican generalGeneralA general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
). Additional work on this film was done by Andy Ward
- A cartoon based on real-life political personality Super Barrio. In the cartoon, Super Barrio faces off against the six enemies of the Mexican
- "E.M.R."
- Various footage concerning light.
- "Super Positions"
- A morphing, flashing circular object.
- "To"
- Scenes of birds in migrationBird migrationBird migration is the regular seasonal journey undertaken by many species of birds. Bird movements include those made in response to changes in food availability, habitat or weather. Sometimes, journeys are not termed "true migration" because they are irregular or in only one direction...
patterns.
- Scenes of birds in migration
Bonus segments
- "Crumax Rins"
- Time-lapseTime-lapseTime-lapse photography is a cinematography technique whereby the frequency at which film frames are captured is much lower than that which will be used to play the sequence back. When replayed at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and thus lapsing...
d footage of the Iraq War from CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
. The track is from Spokes.
- Time-lapse
- "Assault on Precinct Zero"
- Footage from Plaid and Jaroc's tour together. The track is from Double Figure.
- "Zala"
- A surrealSurrealismSurrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
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.
- A surreal
- "New Family"
- Footage suggesting American patriotismPatriotismPatriotism is a devotion to one's country, excluding differences caused by the dependencies of the term's meaning upon context, geography and philosophy...
and militarismMilitarismMilitarism is defined as: the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests....
is intercut with questions from the Oxford Capacity AnalysisOxford Capacity AnalysisThe Oxford Capacity Analysis , also known as the American Personality Analysis, is a list of questions which is advertised as being a personality test and that is administered for free by the Church of Scientology. The OCA test is offered by the Church of Scientology online, at its local churches,...
, a personality testPersonality test-Overview:There are many different types of personality tests. The most common type, the self-report inventory, involves the administration of many questions, or "items", to test-takers who respond by rating the degree to which each item reflects their behavior...
used by the Church of ScientologyChurch of ScientologyThe Church of Scientology is an organization devoted to the practice and the promotion of the Scientology belief system. The Church of Scientology International is the Church of Scientology's parent organization, and is responsible for the overall ecclesiastical management, dissemination and...
to recruit members. The track is from Double Figure.
- Footage suggesting American patriotism