One Down

Two years worth of precious collagen has packed up and fled my body since I first published ULTRAsomething magazine’s premier exorcism. Back then, my naive and grandiose intent was to follow the paper release with a digital vBook once the issue had sold out. Unfortunately, Exorcism 01 didn’t sell out, so I never bothered to create a video version. But now, at last, I’m pleased to finally announce that the premier issue has… well… OK… there are still two copies remaining as I write this. But screw it — I’m tired of waiting.

So here it is: the long awaited (if only by me) digital vBook of ULTRASOMETHING | EXORCISM 01. It’s mastered in 4K, so I encourage you to watch it fullscreen and through a quality audio system. Anyone watching on a smartphone will receive my virtual scorn.

Curiously, my original concept for the magazine was that it exist only as a digital vBook — but I knew I’d forever regret that decision. There’s just something so satisfying about large, printed photos bound together in a volume. The tactility invites engagement and begets value. Plus, 6 million ink dots per image simply annihilates the quality of 1 million glowing pixels on a panel. Six exorcisms later, and I’ve never once regretted that decision.

Though I can’t promise I won’t inconceivably achieve fame and notoriety, and thus one day order a re-print, I can promise that this first printing can, by nature, be the only first edition. So if you want one of the two remaining copies, please send me an email before ordering, so I can confirm actual availability. My shopping cart is way too rudimentary to track inventory and remove the “buy” button automatically. Such luxuries also require the aforementioned fame and notoriety.

And should you be reading this from the future, and feel saddened to have missed out on the first edition of ULTRAsomething EXORCISM 01, I’ll remind you there are subsequent first edition EXORCISMs still available for purchase. Unless, of course, you’re so far in the future that my flesh has long since followed my collagen, and exited my skeleton. In which case, I invite you to visit eBay and purchase a copy from one of my original customers at what, I assume, will be a vastly inflated price.

©2024 grEGORy simpson

ABOUT THE vBOOK : This vBook is sequenced in exactly the same order as the magazine, including the side-by-side pairings of single page photos. The accompanying soundtrack was realized mostly with a Buchla Music Easel and Moog Muse synthesizer, with additional contributions from a Sequential Pro-3, Oberheim OB-6, Novation Peak, and a tiny smattering of software bits to glue it all together for sequencing in Final Cut Pro.

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