@Gwynbleidd I'm 20 years late but... to put it simplistically, digital signals operate on the principle of binary states: they are either 1 ("on") or 0 ("off"). In my mind, there is an obvious parallel between "day in, day out, day in, day out" with "on, off, on, off" or "0, 1, 0, 1"... the protagonist's reality has been reduced to a series of binary states. There are no shades of grey in this life he's living, everything is polarized between two extremes. Whether you want to interpret that as "at work, at home" or "depressed, manic" or "anticipating a...
@Gwynbleidd I'm 20 years late but... to put it simplistically, digital signals operate on the principle of binary states: they are either 1 ("on") or 0 ("off"). In my mind, there is an obvious parallel between "day in, day out, day in, day out" with "on, off, on, off" or "0, 1, 0, 1"... the protagonist's reality has been reduced to a series of binary states. There are no shades of grey in this life he's living, everything is polarized between two extremes. Whether you want to interpret that as "at work, at home" or "depressed, manic" or "anticipating a seizure, having a seizure" is up to you. But that seems to be the gist of it.
Why "Digital"?
named after the recording equipment hannett used sort of a homage i guess
named after the recording equipment hannett used sort of a homage i guess
@Gwynbleidd I'm 20 years late but... to put it simplistically, digital signals operate on the principle of binary states: they are either 1 ("on") or 0 ("off"). In my mind, there is an obvious parallel between "day in, day out, day in, day out" with "on, off, on, off" or "0, 1, 0, 1"... the protagonist's reality has been reduced to a series of binary states. There are no shades of grey in this life he's living, everything is polarized between two extremes. Whether you want to interpret that as "at work, at home" or "depressed, manic" or "anticipating a...
@Gwynbleidd I'm 20 years late but... to put it simplistically, digital signals operate on the principle of binary states: they are either 1 ("on") or 0 ("off"). In my mind, there is an obvious parallel between "day in, day out, day in, day out" with "on, off, on, off" or "0, 1, 0, 1"... the protagonist's reality has been reduced to a series of binary states. There are no shades of grey in this life he's living, everything is polarized between two extremes. Whether you want to interpret that as "at work, at home" or "depressed, manic" or "anticipating a seizure, having a seizure" is up to you. But that seems to be the gist of it.