Probably the final part of this series within a series exploring many facets of this eternal question and how it relates to babbling on an internet broadcast! Bix is here, too, so the amusement factor is high!

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If you thought that part one was an exercise in futility, just wait until you try and follow the honorable Dr PQ Ribber of the Rubber Room Entertainment Laboratory and Institute on this second attempt to draw deep meaning from the senseless wastes of the internet, made safe again with a tasty track with Bix Beiderbecke, 'I Like That'.

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Dr PQ Ribber of the Rubber Room Institute begins a mini-series using the latest methods to attempt to determine this 'meaning'. Another landmark in podcasting!

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PQ babbles about Dave Sim's epic sequential graphics achievement, Cerebus and plays the Dorsey Brothers and stuff.

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The theme song from Rudy Ray Moore's "The Human Torpedo" and Bix Beiderbeck contributes (unwittingly, or destiny, you decide) "The Love Nest" to combine along with PQ's trivia-tone babblement into a podcast worthy of your amusement time listening!

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PQ thinks aloud about horror films, plays a fun track from Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards, and picks up a strand from Frank Nora's podcasts by talking a bit about The Bowery Boys! Another babbleriffic episode!! Note: the art in the associated image w/ PQ attached to this episode is the work of our friend Q of Gallery Orbit and the band Almost Orange as well as the annual Telemagica Festivals!

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PQ reminisces about his youth working in an arcade and video games of the late 70's and 80s! A new song/piece from the Conspiracy Labs that is sure to amuse is presented and good ol Eddie Cantor gets a shot at performing this episode's sappy song! Your favorite podcast keeps the fun coming!

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Not one, but TWO classic and copyright-clear, old, love songs, (oh that sappy PQ) and more of the babbling that has made the Conspiracy of the Insignificant, YOUR favorite podcast, once again!! PQ also reccomends the OVERNIGHTSCAPE and RAMPLER, two other podcasts that very well might interest you!

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Conspiracy Black Tie Teaser backgrounds! Talk of the couple of shows sans Panasofkee, a sappy song, as PQ is sappy, from Ukulele Ike and the breaking news and a mini tribute to Avenging Disco Godfather, Rudy Ray Moore, (1937-2008)! Another fun filled podcast!

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PQ hopefully steers you to the right favorites on youtube so the fun can be visual, too!! More fun 'nitrous oxide music' from the M Gallery show and some Heap Big Smoke and video talk, too!! Correct info Subscribe to pqribber favorites!

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PQ reboots the Conspiracy of the Insignificant Podcast with some quick and no doubt, later to be elaborated-upon updates, gives you a healthy dose of the band's recent show at Gallery M,and tells you how best to be 'in the know' as far as our new YouTube features. Subscribe to pqribber (no period or dot in middle as I mistakedly insist in the actual podcast!) 's favorites and join the mischief and be in touch, too!! Stay tuned, this podcast is going back to regular release with lotsa fun and surprises!!

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A mostly musical episode with Fruitcake and PQ, from a live appearence as 'I Like Food', from 6/7/08! They are accompanied by an anonymous pedal-steel guitarist on 2 tracks featured on this podcast, "The Sun Machine" and a take of the Phydeaux III standard, "Waiting For a War"! To make this show even better, you also get PQ performing Shel Silverstein/Doctor Hook's classic "Sylvia's Mother'! What a spiffy show!

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The wonderful Plunderphonic sounds of the Hamburglers are the focus of this show! Another fine and fun time with your host, PQ Ribber and his Cluttered Mind!

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The legendary Moms Mabley is saluted with LOTS of great, vintage comedy!! The golden age of show business comes alive! She even starts off by SINGING!! Don't miss this episode!

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The Conspiracy of the Insignificant, live, from Dorky's show, 5/24/08, live reading from the obscure 'Forgotten News' manuscript, which eventually you will be hearing more from and about!

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The first half of 'New Trial" , a brand-new Conspiracy of the Insignificant performance, captured live at Dorky's on May 24, 2008! Turn it up and enjoy the sonic scintillations!!

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A sure-to-be classic episode features a reading of a Julesworks 'Chelsea and Clarence' Story and you get to hear a rare tape recording from the 1960s of PQ Ribber's very own Dad playing the guitar and singing a song for you!

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The main broadcast computer is down (anyone wanna buy us a PC?), but PQ gets you some great tunes from Arthur Lee's LOVE and Porter Waggoner, too!!

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A breezy fun-for-all of an episode with some music from King Crimson and classic laughs with Bob and Ray. Latest conspiracy news and drivelation with PQ Ribber, your host, as well!!

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We induct Hedviga Golik into the Conspiracy of the Insignificant Hall of the Something or Others, introduce you to Wilf Carter and the Double Yodel Method and finish you off with a classic chunk of Jean Shepherd from 1965 which has come to be known as 'Man as Machine'.

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The long lost Shocking Baby Secrets Orchestra presents their first new completed works since 1997! A new sure-to-be-hit called 'Nobody' and they provide a soundscape backdrop for the reading of Juleswork's story, 'Hidden'! All this and Maurice Chevalier, too!!

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Another thrill packed episode!! You get more from the one-off trio of Toothpaste, Bernstein & Snakk: an informative piece they call 'Coil Springs', a snappy rendition of Tiptoe Thru The Tulips and a School Band gone wrong!!

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The inimitable Boswell Sisters' rendition of Crazy People, then those conspiringly crazy Toothpaste, Bernstein and Snakk come to you in another piece from the 5/10 show at Dorky's, 'Surface Lap'. Hosted and presented by PQ Ribber.

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A special episode with a selection from a live performance by Toothpaste, Bernstein and Snakk!! Fruitcake Toothpaste: Theramin, Electronics, Sound Dreamings // Bernstein: Electrified String Instruments // Snoop Doggy Snakk (PQ): Educational Lecturing. The piece presented is titled 'Earthquake 1900'.

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More great music with PQ and Doctor Panasofkee!! A not-often-heard song dating back to the Phydeaux III era, 'Eternal Youth' starts us off, then PQ tells you how to get ALL of Jean Shepherd in a rare and unsolicited testimonial endorsement! Then we finish you off with an experimental production we call: 'Mandostumbler'!

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After being away for a couple of days attending the Truth or Consequences Fiesta, PQ checks in and plays you some Blind Willie MacTell, Bob and Ray and The Conspiracy of the Insignificant's own version of Porter Wagoner's 'The Rubber Room'! Nothing that requires too much thought, just nice fun!

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Master of cheesy, double-entendre novelty records, Benny Bell is the focus of this episode! 3 tunes by the maestro and PQ Ribber, too!!

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A hit song from a bygone era of serious incongruousity is examined and some spiffy examples are cited including a WW2 German Propaganda Parody! As ever, a unique, brief, entertaining and informative program!

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You get an Otis Career mini-story, "Otis in Love', by Julesworks and PQ babbling about hating elections and Sun Ra! All in all a great waste of about 13 minutes of your life, direct from the Conspiracy of the Insignificant Sound Annex!

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A quick one with PQ updating Conspiracy of the Insignificant happenings, including the tale of the Buzzing Amplifier!! Truth or Consequences 2008 Fiesta information and Mr. Ribber's usual babble!!

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PQ has an internet outage, briefly, but manages to bring you a new member of the Hall of Insignificance! Take it Like a Man!!

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After an even longer hiatus, PQ Ribber returns with Jean Shepherd's theme music, a spiffy demo as he covers a Magnetic Fields tune and even some Hong Kong Pop!!

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PQ watches cartoons and you are invited in to join the fun!!

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PQ shares his fascination with the Mexican Msked Wrestler (lucha Libre) genre of film, popular in the 1950-70s!!

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The 7 Cities of Gold Musicollage as well as a Remade Remaking featuring Dr Panasofkee on Noodletoner!! Festive Fun!!

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PQ reads a fine short story by Kanishka Gupta! Another fiction first from the ever-spreading Conspiracy of the Insignificant!!

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3 more tunes from 7/15 sessionette as well as a new nominee for whatever the Conspiracy of the Insignificant Hall of Fame winds up being called (if anything). Your favorite podcast does it again!!

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