@pluralistic I have a fun mystery for the Cory-nauts.
Don Joyce of Negativland liked to tape Art Bell. I found a show where Art is talking to Whitley Streiber (“Communion”) and taking calls when something strange happens: every 45 seconds, they start hearing a phone auto-dialer.
Art is flummoxed: “Somebody's breaking in on our line…this last half hour is the most puzzling I've ever done on radio.”
I checked the phone tones and the number is: 1-800-468-3445
@SidFudd@pluralistic
When I see that someone else in the fediverse knows who Don Joyce is, it makes me happy. I listened to his show, Over the Edge, on KPFA from the 80s through the late 90s. When you say you “found a show”, was it an episode of Over the Edge; and was it one of his UFO-themed shows?
@garygouldsberry@pluralistic It's actually an open reel, from a giant collection of open reels that as their archivist I am now digitizing. These reels mostly contain raw material Don taped off radio & TV which later appeard on "Over the Edge" or the albums. There's about 250 reels & after four months I'm almost half done
@SidFudd@pluralistic
You are their archivist! Excellent! I am glad you are doing this. I know most of the Over the Edge shows are on archive.org and I listen to them quite a lot. Are the reels you are archiving now going to be available publicly?
@garygouldsberry@pluralistic These are primarily for Negativland to spelunk for use in upcoming live shows & albums, but they may be released publicly at some point. And I must give a shout-out to Tim Maloney, Negativland's OTHER archivist, who digitized the complete Over the Edge archive and is the reason it's on Internet Archive today!
@garygouldsberry@SidFudd@pluralistic I mean, the Fediverse is the most likely place to find a Negativeland-head. Both require arcane rituals and esoteric appreciation to enjoy. I got to see them play in 2017 or so in Oakland. The whole set was done on a machine of lights, cables, and tubes that looked straight out of a steam punk pulp.