issue 6, track 13

Instructions for working out my body
recorded onto magnetic tape
iron dust glued to some polyester film and polarized so that, when passed over the playback head, the speaker cone squeezes and releases 
we join the program already in progress
I picture her in a recording booth in the early 80's, 
and she's trying to imagine herself moving while she's actually sitting still on a stool in the recording booth in the early 80's
it's the second day she's been sitting on that stool, 
trying to get enough good takes to piece together seamlessly 
to make this workout tape before the studio time runs out.
just as she's completing a good take for the buttocks strengthening exercise
the polarization of the iron dust suddenly changes direction 
an interruption
the instantaneous excitement of the full frequency band marks the transition
this transient noise introduces what sounds like...
a microphone check
hello...hold on... hello? just testing the equipment 
I picture this second person sitting on their bed with a friend in the early 90's
was the workout tape his mom's?
when they hit stop, the tape rejoins the workout program already in progress
but I continue hearing them talk
"rewind the tape and let's hear if I polarized that iron dust enough to hear me saying hello"
this last line of them talking on the bed is one I imagine, it's not on the recording, but that's what I hear them saying anyway
they listen back to their polarized section on the plastic-iron kinetic sculpture
a polarization that erased a previous one in adding to the exquisite corpse of recording history
recording history: an exquisite corpse already in progress, but ready to be interrupted and rejoined
continuing the exercise between the stitches   
an exquisite corpse already in the process of strengthening its buttocks in the 80's 
by dancing to music that sounds more like the 70's
then taking a break for a microphone check in the 90's