I want more and more and more and more and …

Trying to decipher the lyrics to I Want More by Can. They’re not online. Here’s what I can get:

(Thanks to Rachel P got the rest – ta Rach )

Everybody
Plays a game
We don’t have to
Say the name
If we take a
Summary
Boys say girls just aint the same

I don’t have to
Say no more
You know what I’m
Aiming for
Don’t care if I
Break a law
I want more and more and more

Everybody
Plays a game
Boys say girls just
Aint the same
You know what I’m
Aiming for
I want more and more and more and more and more and more and …

Bit (1) sounds something like “Ah-fré Descarte” (definitely not a “René”, and probably not a Descarte either – the vocals are badly cut up) and (2) sounds something like “Sanmoré”. Google is failing me. I want it to be the name of a funky author who’s going to say more about playing games (would fit well with Wittgenstein, Laing, and friends), but it’s probably just a cut up copy of some of the other lyrics.

Just had a nosy at Interpersonal Perception by Laing, Phillipson and Lee (1966). Pages 49-72 develop an epistemic logic (“he thinks she thinks he thinks…” type stuff) and use it to construct a questionnaire about dyadic relationships, the questions to be answered by both members of the pair. Refreshing to see such a detailed analysis of the sentences. More on that elsewhere soon, perhaps…

Big Brother: “Simplifying Passenger Travel”

If you’re flying on a Cathay Pacific flight to Hong Kong or an Emirates flight to Dubai, departing from Heathrow’s terminal 3, and returning before January 31st, then you’ll get the opportunity to use the new miSense biometrics system, “making travelling easier, while maintaining security” (BBC News). Apparently passengers will be “fast-tracked past queues through security and boarding controls” – wonderful! I wonder will those who choose not to volunteer to use the system be given special treatment?

Why these particular countries? The United Arab Emirates was the home of two of the 9/11 hijackers (allegedly) – perhaps they’ve been roped in to try to keep the US government happy? Hong Kong: perhaps because there’s still a huge British presence (and influence?) there? According to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Consulate General in Hong Kong is the largest British consulate in the world; also there are 3.6 million British passport holders. Also important, perhaps, is that it’s a major gateway into and (increasingly) out of China: are the Brits worried about who or what may be flown in?

Something to keep an eye on…

“A mind taut with pain”

Spotted this in the Times the other day: a moving first-person description of what it feels like to suffer from psychosis and depression.