9:73 (Patreon)

Wow everybody! You might not think we are doing capitalism yet because no money has been exchanged, but you can tell we are doing a lot of capitalism because people are already mad about it! Selected comments on 9:73:"I get paid less unloading trucks for a day than this video made... this series just got depressing.""how to steal money from Patreon""I wish I could have been born a relatively attractive woman so I can make videos like this for actual real life money. This girl just made $65 for 10 minutes of absolute effortless bullshit.""A comeback for the microwave countdown videos but perhaps not the one we expected. The overall impression of the video I got was one of weariness. A sighing defeat which I interpret as a tiredness with this series and perhaps YouTube as a whole but that's a bit presumptuous. Perhaps as an artistic choice she didn't want the return of these videos to be celebratory, in part because of how controversial they are and in part because it's probably not easy to count down a microwave with great enthusiasm. The video thus sets into a sort of drone with the minute numbers becoming an anchor and the numbers. Like beat poetry with vi railing against moloch, in a more subdued way than Allen Gunsberg ever would have. There's never much real emphasis behind the numbers and they more float away, impersonal and ultimately swallowed up by the rhythmic drumming of the minute numbers. The most interesting part was deffinatly around the 5:30 mark when the microwave itself stops. Vi continues briefly, slowing and waiting for somethign to happen. Her muttered "interesting" is disconcerting, a lonely word in a sea of forlorn numbers. A word which ironically is expressed with a lack of interest that actually fits quite nicely with the worn out delivery of the numbers.I'm glad they're back but this isn't a joyful return. I don't know why I expected it to be happy but I did. I'm not disappointed though, vi had an aesthetic in mind and delivers that to us admirably. I'd have liked a bit more light and shade but like Nick Drake's Pink Moon there is a lot to be said here. Even if there is a lack of dinamic variance. I don't feel it ever falls into monotony though perhaps the brief break in the middle aided that. I'm excited to she where she brings this series next in 9:72. "Yaaaaaaay capitalism!! :DThis has been a secret special post for Secret Microwave Club members. I HOPE YOU LIKED IT