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David Woodard is an American writer and conductor. During the 1990s he coined the term prequiem, a portmanteau of preemptive and requiem, to describe his Buddhist practice of composing dedicated music to be rendered during or slightly before the death of its subject.Los Angeles memorial services at which Woodard has served as conductor or music director include a 2001 civic ceremony held at the now defunct Angels Flight funicular railway honoring mishap casualty Leon Praport and his injured widow Lola. He has conducted wildlife requiems, including for a California Brown Pelican on the berm crest of a beach where the animal had fallen.Woodard is known for his replicas of the Dreamachine, a mildly psychoactive lamp, which have been exhibited in art museums throughout the world. In Germany and Nepal he is known for contributions to the literary journal Der Freund, including writings on interspecies karma, plant consciousness and the Paraguayan settlement Nueva Germania.

✵ 6. April 1964
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Famous David Woodard Quotes

“Unless I am dashing off a snippy reply to a stalker (for instance), my correspondence tends to strive for the spirit of Nietzsche’s gangasrotogati.”

David Woodard

Five Years (2011)

“It is inappropriate to have Tim listening to the triangle and then have a deejay come on and... go into Radiohead or something.”

David Woodard

Los Angeles Times (May 9, 2001)

“The Feraliminal Lycanthropizer is a low frequency thanato-auric wave generator. Known for its use by the Nazis and for its animalizing effects on human subjects tested within measurable vibratory proximity, the machine electrically generates two subsonic sinewaves—one 3hz, the other 9hz. Together, these two frequencies (one acting as carrier, the other as program) generate a lower third,.56hz. In addition to these sinewave generators, the machine contains four tape loops of unduplicable lengths, each containing textual material. Two of these loops operate below the threshold of decipherability (one forward, the other backward), and two operate far beyond the opposite threshold (also one forward, the other backward). The effect of the subsonic sinewaves on the sound of these human voice recordings is one of organic ululation.”

David Woodard

"Feraliminal Lycanthropizer" (San Francisco: Plecid Foundation, 1990)

“The Italian Nerd does not exist (Nerd in the style of Gary Numan and Kraftwerk, of The Feelies and Devo). The Italian male does not feel / recognize the relevance of nerddom. This was felt at the Milan airport as a patrician black-clad gentleman moved the croissant into his mouth with gusto. The nerds, or what was left of them, were offered American coffee.”

David Woodard

with Christian Kracht
Five Years (2011)

“Initially I observed, in sweeping, panoramic vision, a perpetually metamorphosing Persian rug. A few minutes later these patterns segued into cinematic images from childhood—it was kind of like watching home movies.”

David Woodard

LA Weekly (Jul. 26 - Aug. 1, 1996)

David Woodard Quotes

“The secret is the secret. Sincerity is the word.”

David Woodard

Breed the Unmentioned (1985)

“A bride burns her bridges, having fallen in love, and drowns in marriage.”

David Woodard

Breed the Unmentioned (1985)

“With the reopening of the school and church, and the building of an opera house, the spirit of these people would have a new light. I think it would please me to see a light at the end of the tunnel after 125 years.”

David Woodard

San Francisco Chronicle (Mar. 13, 2005)

“The Master Great Cultural Figure cannot be communicated with, at all.”

David Woodard

Breed the Unmentioned (1985)

“I think I can understand El Serruchito’s dismay. Imagine troubling yourself to attend some infant’s funeral, only to find dashed your modest poetic hopes.”

David Woodard

Five Years (2011)

“I immediately recognized the nearly finished score as incidental music destined by an unlikely congress of muses, including the pre-ghost of Jack Kevorkian, to accompany the death of Tim McVeigh, as his inexplicable circumstances resoundingly invoke the symbols, shapes and numbers found on these pages.”

David Woodard

The Pitch (Apr. 12, 2001)

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