Kaki King rocks out to "Playing with Pink Noise"

156,049 views ・ 2009-05-29

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I was thinking about my place in the universe,
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and about my first thought about what infinity might mean,
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when I was a child.
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And I thought that if time could reach
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forwards and backwards infinitely,
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doesn't that mean that
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every point in time is really infinitely small,
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and therefore somewhat meaningless.
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So we don't really have a place in the universe,
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as far as on a time line.
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But nothing else does either.
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Therefore every moment really is the most important moment
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that's ever happened, including this moment right now.
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And so therefore this music you're about to hear
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is maybe the most important music
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you'll ever hear in your life.
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(Laughter)
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(Applause)
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(Applause)
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Thank you.
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(Applause)
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(Applause)
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For those of you who I'll be fortunate enough to meet afterwards,
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you could please refrain from saying,
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"Oh my god, you're so much shorter in real life."
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(Laughter)
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Because it's like the stage is an optical illusion,
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for some reason.
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(Laughter)
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Somewhat like the curving of the universe.
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I don't know what it is. I get asked in interviews a lot,
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"My god, you're guitars are so gigantic!"
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(Laughter)
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"You must get them custom made -- special, humongous guitars."
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(Laughter)
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(Applause)
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Thank you very much.
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(Applause)
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