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I finally caught up because I've been driving the car to work since it's been getting colder and it's finally dark enough in the morning that I feel it is acceptable to listen to Night Vale. Been listening since the beginning but I didn't listen to any the entire freaking summer. I can't listen to these podcasts unless it's dark out (or at least dawn/dusk), it just doesn't feel right.
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Cassette is one of the most legitimately creepy things I have heard in a long time and it's also an incredible example of the worldbuilding. I always wondered what was behind the Ralph's. And Cecil's first words after he stops the tape for the last time are chilling beyond belief... I might use that episode to introduce people to the show this halloween.
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Oct 21, 2013 21:35
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I think I need to listen to "Cassette" a few more times for it to grow on me, like "Summer Reading Program"; the delivery just sounds, I dunno, not quite as natural as other episodes do. That might just be me, though. This story is *so* beautifully creepy and awesome, and raises *so* many questions, and and and... 
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Oct 21, 2013 21:52
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For you guys listening to the broadcast, I'd like to mention that I got a donation! Starting tonight power output goes up from 100 watts to 500 watts! However, on Tuesday night I'll be off the air but I'll be back on Wednesday transmitting from a new location with a new (hopefully more efficient) antenna as well! Thanks for all the feedback by the way guys, most of it has been awesome to read, some of it has been hilarious and a few have been downright disturbing (awesomely so). For the QRZ jihadists, go ahead. I'm mobile with a portable generator, good luck triangulating that poo poo, bitches. I can't say it enough either, this poo poo is SO MUCH FUN! It's like reliving a fun part of my childhood. Thank you so VERY VERY much to the creators for allowing me to do this, thanks to everyone for listening (and again, whoever has been playing the part of Kevin from Desert Bluffs I love you so very much) and for understanding that this has been a really spit and bailing wire affair, but I've learned a lot and in the future (because gently caress no, I'm not stopping at Halloween, this is too much fun) it'll just be improved and have better coverage!
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Oct 21, 2013 22:21
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dj_clawson posted:I was at a LARP this weekend (yes, I know, I'm totally dropping in your esteem) and someone came up to me in the pre-game and said that he saw I posted from the live show theater. He said, "This teenage girl basically assaulted me at a wedding because she said I looked just like Cecil." He knew what Night Vale was, vaguely, but he had to ask around. I've seen the wedding photo, and to be fair he was tall and in a sweater vet and hipster glasses, but he's not, you know, bald, so I showed him a picture of the real Cecil he was very confused. I love that there's skinny bookish nerds out there getting laid because of a podcast they've never heard of.
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Oct 21, 2013 22:54
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I'm thinking of going as Cecil for Halloween. Get hold of a refrigerator box, some translucent plastic for windows then wire up some speakers and an on air light. I just don't know if I've got the time to set it up.
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Oct 21, 2013 23:29
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I'm doing student observations in Alaska at a K-12 school, and one of the students passed me a copy of the student paper. On the back, there was a full page article devoted to "Welcome to Night Vale," written with much obvious love and passion by some student fan, encouraging other kids to check out. Now, I don't know much about the program - I'm actually going to give it a listen for the first time later tonight - but I recognized it as a thread in GBS. Always a wonder to me when I see something pop up in real life, so to speak. So I thought you guys might get a kick out of that. Night Vale is not only internet famous - it is famous enough to warrant a write-up in a student paper. (To clarify a bit on that, I just think it is oddly endearing. Some student thought Night Vale was cool enough to want to share with all their friends and family.) Von Humboldt fucked around with this message at 00:03 on Oct 22, 2013 |
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Oct 21, 2013 23:58
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Von Humboldt posted:I'm doing student observations in Alaska at a K-12 school, and one of the students passed me a copy of the student paper. On the back, there was a full page article devoted to "Welcome to Night Vale," written with much obvious love and passion by some student fan, encouraging other kids to check out. Now, I don't know much about the program - I'm actually going to give it a listen for the first time later tonight - but I recognized it as a thread in GBS. Always a wonder to me when I see something pop up in real life, so to speak. Welcome to Night Vale is one of the most popular podcasts in the world right now. It's famous enough outside of Internet circles that a student paper about it doesn't surprise me.
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SalTheBard posted:Welcome to Night Vale is one of the most popular podcasts in the world right now. It's famous enough outside of Internet circles that a student paper about it doesn't surprise me. 
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Oct 22, 2013 04:05
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I just started listening to this after having it praised by my friends, and the Pilot is a little bit.. different. Not bad, in fact it is fantastic and quickly growing on me, but it is unlike anything I've listened to before- so my study weary brain is taking a few minutes to adapt to this. I for one approve of the waterfront and would like to invest in it.
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Oct 22, 2013 04:15
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Rapdawg posted:I just started listening to this after having it praised by my friends, and the Pilot is a little bit.. different. Not bad, in fact it is fantastic and quickly growing on me, but it is unlike anything I've listened to before- so my study weary brain is taking a few minutes to adapt to this. First: Good choice! Second: Do not read this thread until you're caught up.
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Oct 22, 2013 04:17
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Ariong posted:First: Good choice! Second: Do not read this thread until you're caught up. I will now go into exile because there appears to be some sort of coherent plot or meta-physics I would not want spoiled to me. I'll be back in a few days then, and hopefully Carlos will remain perfect and beautiful. Such a strong jaw.
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Oct 22, 2013 04:24
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"Cecil Baldwin the actor talking about how he pictures Carlos the Scientist"
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Oct 22, 2013 04:33
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Von Humboldt posted:Oh, I know that it is popular. (I delved into it some after I made the connection.) I know it has a broad fan base, and has even been featured on NPR. It has gotten a lot of fame, and I figure rightfully so. But I also thought an article in a student paper is something simple and nice, you know? Sorry I didn't mean to sound like I was attacking you because that was not my intent. Anyway you could scan the article for us?
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Oct 22, 2013 15:10
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Maxmona, Are we allowed to re-sell merchandise that we bought from Topaco? My limited-edition shirt from September finally arrived and it doesn't even BEGIN to fit me.
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Oct 23, 2013 15:50
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dj_clawson posted:Maxmona, As far as I know, TopatoCo does exchanges. Contact them directly. Also, interview with Slate Culture Gabfest: http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/culturegabfest/2013/10/slate_s_culture_gabfest_on_steve_mcqueen_s_oscar_front_runner_12_years_a.html
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Oct 23, 2013 16:24
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I get that there are plot lines throughout this whole thing, but I'm still enjoying listening to episodes in order but without a set schedule so I forget some of the things that go on. I like to listen to batches when I have to drive at night since it makes the atmosphere better.
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Oct 23, 2013 17:19
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maxnmona posted:As far as I know, TopatoCo does exchanges. Contact them directly. They were willing to do a trade if I paid return shipping and a restock fee, and I really want that shirt, so thanks.
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Oct 23, 2013 19:22
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All these nerds dressing up as Cecil for Halloween...make a Station Management costume, scrubs!
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Oct 23, 2013 19:29
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Look Under The Rock posted:All these nerds dressing up as Cecil for Halloween...make a Station Management costume, scrubs!
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Oct 23, 2013 20:24
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I'd like to see a costume of John Peters. You know, the farmer? I'm curious how one would differentiate it from a generic farmer costume.
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Oct 23, 2013 20:48
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Ariong posted:I'd like to see a costume of John Peters. You know, the farmer? I'm curious how one would differentiate it from a generic farmer costume. Carry a picture of a window and a translucent corn stalk.
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Oct 23, 2013 20:52
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Pfft you just need to go as a Hooded Figure. Sure, nobody will look at you or speak to you and the Secret Police will arrest you, but you'll definitely win Best Costume!
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Oct 23, 2013 21:08
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Speaking of which, here are some pics from our San Francisco shows that feature many a costume https://www.facebook.com/booksmith/media_set?set=a.10202587756042032.1073741837.1440675030&type=1
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Oct 23, 2013 21:18
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at the Brooklyn early show a couple weeks ago my cellist said he saw someone cosplaying as the Apache Tracker. I didn't see that but I did see someone with awesome angel wings full of eyes
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Oct 23, 2013 21:23
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Ariong posted:I'd like to see a costume of John Peters. You know, the farmer? I'm curious how one would differentiate it from a generic farmer costume. I'm only three episodes in and have come back here blinding my eyes from spoilers but I would dress like a normal guy, not even particularly like what pop culture tells us farmers look like, and just go around casually introducing yourself or having your friends introduce you as "I'm John Peters, you know, the farmer?". If you want ultra bonus points- gently caress I may steal this idea -get buisiness cards that simply have: John Peters The Farmer "John Peters, you know, the farmer?" The company slogan part of course would be centered and presented in the same way an actually one would be.
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Oct 23, 2013 21:25
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A friend of mine is going as Cecil for halloween and is thinking about getting one of these so he has a Khoshekh to follow him around all night  
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Oct 23, 2013 22:30
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See, I always thought Khoshekh was a "cat*". The audio recording of him would seem to back this up. *note: the quotation marks EDIT: Maybe just have an amorphous balloon shape covered with fur wearing a collar and "Khoshekh" name tag. Phylodox fucked around with this message at 22:41 on Oct 23, 2013 |
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Oct 23, 2013 22:38
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Nah, Cecil makes it pretty clear that he is, in all respects, a perfectly normal cat save the fact that it is floating. Makes it even better for me when sometimes it's just weird oddities rather than everything being an eldritch horror beyond thought.
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I don't listen to podcasts at all and had no idea of the existence of this before today; while searching for some other stuff online I came across descriptions of what Night Vale was about and my interest was piqued. Downloaded the first two episodes and listened to them on the way home from work. I got to "Can you believe this guy said he used Indian magicks? What an rear end in a top hat" and cracked up. This stuff is great.
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Oct 24, 2013 01:53
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Anchors posted:Nah, Cecil makes it pretty clear that he is, in all respects, a perfectly normal cat save the fact that it is floating. This is Night Vale we're talking about. What we consider a "normal cat" probably bears no resemblance whatsoever to what Cecil does.
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Oct 24, 2013 02:19
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maxnmona posted:Speaking of which, here are some pics from our San Francisco shows that feature many a costume https://www.facebook.com/booksmith/media_set?set=a.10202587756042032.1073741837.1440675030&type=1 The best part of that is Satellite High's shirt.
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Oct 24, 2013 02:28
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Dr Pepper posted:Pfft you just need to go as a Hooded Figure. Talking about the secret police, I have an old surplus-store gas mask and it's pretty easy to get a flat Navy uniform with the surplus stores around base. Next year, a member of the NVSSP may be giving out candy to frightful, unknowing children.
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J.A.B.C. posted:Talking about the secret police, I have an old surplus-store gas mask and it's pretty easy to get a flat Navy uniform with the surplus stores around base. Next year, a member of the NVSSP may be giving out candy to frightful, unknowing children. I have an vaguely military styled A|X shirt with a velcro strip above the left breast pocket that, by default, goes with an A|X branded piece of Velcro that I don't wear because I don't like being a walking Fashion ad. I now need to find a way to get the night vale logo on a velcro back. Thank you goon sir for the inspiration.
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Oct 24, 2013 15:08
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The "Last photo" thread reminded me that I made this. I should probably go back and carve "WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE" on the bottom.
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Oct 24, 2013 16:57
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Earwicker posted:at the Brooklyn early show a couple weeks ago my cellist said he saw someone cosplaying as the Apache Tracker. Yeah, unfortunately we've had one of those at a few of our shows. Please don't do that everyone.
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Oct 24, 2013 19:47
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I found this on my Tumblr dashboard. An interview with Citizen Radio. I'm listening to it right now.
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Oct 24, 2013 20:10
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maxnmona posted:Yeah, unfortunately we've had one of those at a few of our shows. "But you see" said another man, who was wearing a fedora, "it's OK to wear a racist costume when you're cosplaying as a character, the major point of whom is that he wears a racist costume. Here, let me explain…” But the other fans moved a little ways up the sidewalk, so they could no longer hear the man.
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Oct 24, 2013 20:21
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maxnmona posted:Yeah, unfortunately we've had one of those at a few of our shows. Really now, they're just making us all look ignorant and racist.
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I so badly want to go back and read this entire thread, but won't. I just started listening to the podcast and am up to episode 6. this is amazing and beautiful. Keep it up! Otherwise, the Hooded Figures from the dog park may come for you!
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