On Repeat- Casey

Reading Summary
Jessie describes two completely different scenarios that both involve loops. The first is between two comedians, Kristen and Kurt. The first time they dance and sing, respectively, the audience laughs and seems to enjoy it. As they continue to repeat the performance however, the audience grows more uninterested until they stop laughing completely. After a while of the same performance loop, the audience starts to laugh again, most likely due to the absurdity of the situation and because of how they felt if they had control of their laughter, it would become funny again. The second scenario she describes is about Christine’s mom, who suffers from Transient Global Amnesia. This condition causes sudden memory loss and prevents the creation of new memories for up to 24 hours. During that time, she would continuously recall past conversations in her head, effectively playing them on repeat and being a hostage to her mind.

Outside Example
Loops are instrumental to the construction of beats in DJing and certain forms of beatboxing. You start with a few rhythms and repeat them to form your base. You then build on that base in order to form more complex rhythms and songs. A great example of this sort of rhythm building is in the Grand Beatbox LOOPSTATION Battle semifinal between MB14 and SARO. I know admittedly little of beatboxing, but this was a very interesting and entertaining competition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U0AFQbfv88

Reading Connection
Loops can appear in many shapes and forms. Jessie talks about loops in performances and in neurological illnesses. For the audience, that being the mother and the actual audience during the performance, our brains can make us feel captive to the situations we find ourselves in. Though looping in the construction of beats in DJing and beatboxing is similar because of how an idea repeats itself, it is different in the sense that the person constructing the beat has total control over it. These aspects of looping show the amount of control, or lack thereof, that we have over our minds.