The Future of History is the fifth film clip from Tropical Fuck Storm’s debut album A LAUGHING DEATH IN MEATSPACE. Yet another low budget, high art, masterclass in dystopic portension masterminded by Chris Matthews of Defero Productions.
Witness protagonist Gary Kasparov’s historic 1997 chess confrontation with IBM Supercomputer Deep Blue. The stakes are high. Kasparov is thrust head long through the aeons into the unavoidable hell of 2020. There he faces the repercussions of his frankly lackadaisical efforts in the subjugation of IBM’s glorified calculator. Can he absolve himself of this blunder? Or is the future of history itself at stake?
THE FUTURE OF HISTORY
yeah you know that algorithm weren’t relying on chance
when Deep Blue eyed the champion like a charlatan
his name was Kasparov, the one that all the girls loved
and in the USSSSSSSR he was a god
Deep Blue was a 64bit lightning war
he was a data crushing viking of a Commodore
he was the mongol horde of the checker board
he was shock and awe with an intel core
and a thing for the extinction of the dinosaurs
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Chuck Norris vs Boris in the Valley of Death
a sky without a world
a shore without a sea
a sun without heat
shining light you can’t see
i used to worry one day they’d have feelings too
but these days i’m more worried that that is not true
Kasparov staked his prowess on his claim to life
and he wasn’t about to lose it to a traffic light
but machines don’t cry, they don’t concede
like the shogun with the grogan you’re about to eat
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Chuck Norris vs Boris in the Valley of Death
a sky without a world
a shore without a sea
a sun without heat
shining a light you can’t see
if silicone is prone to make your dreams come true
you could probably say the same thing about nightmares too
programmed for the pogrom, RAM set to shock
all the veins in Garry’s forehead went POP POP POP
if IBM is here to make your dreams come true
it can probably do the same thing for your nightmares too
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Chuck Norris vs Boris in the Valley of Death
a sky without a world
a shore without a sea
a sun without heat
shining a light you can’t see
if you ain’t worried they’re gonna to do your work for you
you’ll recall they said the same thing about farming too
Kasparov saw our fate and cried out in despair
“we are commanded by the monsters we have brought to bear!
and nobody does the dishes, the turkeys vote for Christmas,
gaslighted by the telephone that put Steve Jobs in business
and no one in the future plays chess, or cares!”
30 RS 6000 SP thin
One-Twenty Mega Hertz P2SC
VLSI Running AIX
Chuck Norris vs Boris in the Valley of Death
a sky without a world
a shore without a sea
a sun without heat
shining a light you can’t see
if IBM is here to make your dreams come true
you can probably say the same thing about nightmares too