Fast Forty at El Pos. The finale

Fast Forty at El Pos, May 13, 2009

Fast Forty at El Pos, May 13, 2009

Performance by Fast Forty at The Electric Possible, May 13, 2009, at the DC Arts Center in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Also on the bill were the synth duo of Dave Vosh and Logan Mitchell Sr. and the turntable duo of Violet and BLK w / Bear.

Performance at The Electric Possible, May 13, 2009, at the DC Arts Center in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Also on the bill were the synth duo of Dave Vosh and Logan Mitchell Sr. and the turntable duo of Violet and BLK w / Bear.

Performance at The Electric Possible, May 13, 2009, at the DC Arts Center in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Also on the bill were the synth duo of Dave Vosh and Logan Mitchell Sr. and the turntable duo of Violet with BLK w / Bear.

Circuit-bent toy. The yellow device is a slide switch and electromagnet that controls the voices and the animation of the animal characters on the top part of the toy.

The circuit-bent Little Touch Leap Pad, through the board, with a loop of Jimi Hendrix talking about money.

After a bit of fooling around, I found this cool glitch that created random sounds beneath some gurgling water noise.

Another bent toy from the Goodwill, run through the mixer.

At the workbench, trying different bends before reassembly.

Another cheap Goodwill score, wired with six switches, an output jack and a 5K potentiometer. This was a first attempt at feeding it through the board.

I got this toy, called Sing Along Pals, for 90 cents at a thrift store. It didn't work at all. I took it apart, hooked up another power supply and started fooling around. Started getting some notes, then some tunes. As I was about to call it quits and go to bed, I found some genuine weirdness, almost like voices.

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Processed through Digitech RP-80 pedal and Behringer GM108 amp.

Continuous random loop playing through a circuit-bent "Blue Box" toy laptop purchased at Goodwill for $1.