30:11 – Yahweh recommends a contractor and a sub-contractor to build the tabernacle and its furniture, prescribes drastic punishment for anyone working on the Sabbath, and gives Moses two stone tables with something inscribed on them, though not necessarily the Ten Commandments. When Moses descends the mountain, he finds that leaving his brother Aaron in charge was a big mistake, so he turns big rocks into smaller rocks and proceeds to commit atrocities on a Biblical scale. What god did the golden calf represent, and why was dancing naked around it considered an appropriate form of worship? Dave in Kentucky thinks he has the answers.
Show art: The Israelites Dancing Around the Golden Calf (1899) by Henri-Paul Motte (1846-1922), Public Domain.
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Released January 2023 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel based on a freeform monologue style, presenting diverse and fascinating hosts who craft thought-provoking, unique transmissions for now, and all future times!
29:47 – More instructions for how Aaron and his sons are to conduct the high priest’s office, more specifications for furnishings for the tabernacle, and recipes for oils and perfumes that are so special they are considered intellectual property. While the original Creator Elohim were concerned with Big Ideas, the Yahweh Elohim tended to micro-manage everything, including the exact procedures for dispatching the countless animals who ended up on the Holy Barbecue Grill. What’s the difference between a “wave” offering and a “heave” offering? How much was the annual half-shekel tabernacle tax in today’s dollars? And if sacrificing a lamb twice a day was purely symbolic, how come bread and wine was served with it?
Show art: Illustration from Henry Davenport Northrop’s Treasures of the Bible (1894) showing the High Priest at the Altar of Incense, artist unknown, Public Domain.
30:54 – In addition to the Ark, the Holy Candelabra and the Holy Coffee Table, the Yahwelians order the construction of a curiously oversized barbecue grill, made to a godly scale yet tended at least part of the time by a priestly class headed up by Moses’ older brother Aaron, one of whose vestments is a twelve-gemstone breastplate of “Lights and Perfections” (Urim and Thummim) which in concert with the Ark of the Covenant provides a means of communication when the Yahwelians are not physically present in the Tabernacle. Dave in Kentucky speculates on the nature of the code they may have used.
Show art: Part of an illustration from the 1890 Holman Bible, artist unknown, Public Domain.
6:28:21 – A return to the experimental long-form variety idea from awhile back!! Includes: Vic and Sade!! Classic Jimbo!! Chad Bowers!! Bob Lassiter Special!! Speed Gibson!! The Experimental Art Show Audio!! Bob and Ray!! A whole lotta PQ Ribber drivelene!! Music from the Domain of the Public!! A Night Radio Extravaganza!!
Released December 2022 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel based on a freeform monologue style, presenting diverse and fascinating hosts who craft thought-provoking, unique transmissions for now, and all future times!
29:46 – This episode presents Chapter One of the prequel to Raiders, with more chapters to follow as we progress through the Old Testament, and also deals with the design and construction of the Tabernacle, the Menorah and the Holy Coffee Table. Why was the Tabernacle just a big tent, and why did all its furniture pieces have rings and poles for carrying them? Did the Yahweh Elohim suffer from yeast intolerance resulting inungodly flatulence? Why do churches traditionally have such high ceilings? Why was the Ark even called an ark, since all that gold made it far too heavy to float? As always, Dave in Kentucky leads the speculative investigation into our distant past.
Show art: Moses and Joshua in the Tabernacle (1896-1902) by James Tissot (1836-1902), Public Domain.
1:41:45 – Chad Bowers and Frank Edward Nora share their thoughts with interludes from your host, PQ Ribber!!
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Released November 2022 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel based on a freeform monologue style, presenting diverse and fascinating hosts who craft thought-provoking, unique transmissions for now, and all future times!
30:00 – The Top One Hundred Commandment Countdown finally concludes, as Dave in Kentucky discusses the Golden Rule and Kant’s Categorical Imperative, the practice of usury, the origin of the Divine Right of Kings, the physical urges of the gods, the different types of justice, the basics of agricultural land management, the suppression of inconvenient history, the origin of the patriarchy and much more, including whether Moses went up in a cloud of smoke. Grab yourself a Manna Ready to Eat and get ready for some edification.
Show art: Moses on Mount Sinai (1895-1900) by Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904), Public Domain.
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Released November 2022 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel based on a freeform monologue style, presenting diverse and fascinating hosts who craft thought-provoking, unique transmissions for now, and all future times!
30:06 – Less well-known than the Top Ten commandments, and perhaps rightly so, are the Top One Hundred or so that follow. Dave in Kentucky isn’t quite sure which of these deserve a bullet, but he will break them down for you, including the ones about animal control, witchcraft, and bestiality. While the Top Ten were composed by the Big Idea contingent of the Yahweh Elohim, the remaining laws were apparently developed by a committee of legalistic bureaucrats, with uneven results.
Show art: Inspecting New Arrivals (before 1917) by Giulio Rosati (1858-1917), Public Domain.
