The Overnightscape 1674 – The Church Air Conditioner Remote Control (2/4/20)
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3:14:03 – Frank in New Jersey and New York City, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Transit meltdown, air conditioning units, mind control, Iowa Caucus meltdown, soapsuds, alternate timelines merging, Grateful Dead, economic concepts, Zoogz Rift – Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course (1979), Robin George – Dangerous Music (1985), maddening recycling, the owl scultpure larger than expected, Quarks of the Snout, protest update, Vessel incident, Super Bowl LIV, Mister Peanut, Mister Salty, Doctor Who, Jethro Tull, Raymond Scott: The Chesterfield Arrangements: 1937-38 – The Metropole Orchestra featuring The Beau Hunks Saxtette (1999), Quibi, Mrs. Doubtfire, album review – Right Around the Bend EP by A Fraction of a Dot (2018), Harley Quinn event in Times Square, lame celebrity sighting (Margot Robbie), Jersey Strong, Obi-Wan Kenobi, interdimensional protection, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:33:19)… This Place by Wead [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Games of Starcade – Moon Patrol [YouTube], Katie Morey by Roger McGuinn [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Congrizzle 4evzzz by The Very Most [EardrumsPop, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Clara Bow Breakfast Scene (Dangerous Curves, 1929) [YouTube], LV Nuova (fake Boards of Canada song, origin unknown) [collection], Porcho Patcho 4 (1/11/20) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Apollo 11 Launch [collection], Sunrise on the Meadows by Doug Rice [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], WPWR Channel 60 – “The Beatles Cartoon” (Commercial Break #1, 1984?) [FuzzyMemories.TV], In Extremis by George Sterling [LibriVox, public domain], Rodgers: Circus on Parade (The Grand Finale) by Bensenville Municipal Band [Archive.org, CC BY 3.0 US], The Famous Cameracorder [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0].
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at TheOvernightscape.com
RBE – Resource based economy is a fools errand.
It wants to replace a simple single abstraction “money” with a nearly infinite amount of undefined abstractions involving all possible “resources, labour” etc.
It’s a very complex solution proposed to replace a very simple solution to the exact same problem.
The dream that this will somehow eliminate all of the natural hierarchy’s which are inherit in any value, judgement, decision, endeavor, desire, mortal limits on time, greed, etc, is naive and foolish.
Before you critique the single abstraction solution of currency, you have to understand why it developed in the first place. It is the best solution we have come up with to solve the same problem you are trying to solve.
There is nothing one can do to eliminate the finite nature of life and the desire to maximize the success of your offspring. You would need to conquer mortality before this would have any chance. We aren’t even close to having unlimited power, water, food, health, or any other resource you can imagine.
Comment by Chad Bowers — February 5, 2020 @ 9:02 am
Thanks so much for the awesome review Frank! You almost had my name pronunciation right (will have to tell you when we ever talk in person). Also, yes… Carl Sagan most certainly had something to do with the name. The original idea for this project was under the name “Momentary Masters Of A Fraction Of A Dot” (and there is an FB page separate for that one too)! Note, the other band with the name Fraction of a Dot was one I found out about well after I chose this one. But they were a hardcore/Screamo band from Sweden who are no longer together. And yes I did copyright the e.p., but have no problem sharing! Again, thanks for your review… I was honored to hear this finally! 🙂
Comment by Smidge Kurdlebaum — April 5, 2020 @ 12:25 pm
I also forgot to mention that when I saw all the talk of “Meltdowns†here, I really thought there was a planned tie-in with my recording! Truly a case of Synchronicity! 😉
Comment by Smidge Kurdlebaum — April 6, 2020 @ 10:31 am