National Cynical Network Archives

Webcast on March 25th, 2018. An 'event horizon' is the leading edge of a black hole. Black holes were studied by the late, acclaimed, bleeding-edge astrophysicist and intellectual giant Stephen Hawking who recently passed away on 3/14/2018 (Pi day). We include news of his life, and artistic and comedic treatments of Stephen Hawking in this (mostly) tribute to him and his work. Also some ancillary material about free will in an expanding and unfurling Universe, the Big Bang, feelings, mathematical pi, black holes and so on. Featuring the work of Al Newport, Negativland, Global Deejays, The Orb, Jerry Solomon, Midnight Voicejail, Ronald Redball, Don Joyce, Rocket 88, Melody Sheep, Big City Orchestra, Alan Watts, NCN, many many more.

Webcast on March 25th, 2018. An 'event horizon' is the leading edge of a black hole. Black holes were studied by the late, acclaimed, bleeding-edge astrophysicist and intellectual giant Stephen Hawking who recently passed away on 3/14/2018 (Pi day). We include news of his life, and artistic and comedic treatments of Stephen Hawking in this (mostly) tribute to him and his work. Also some ancillary material about free will in an expanding and unfurling Universe, the Big Bang, feelings, mathematical pi, black holes and so on. Featuring the work of Al Newport, Negativland, Global Deejays, The Orb, Jerry Solomon, Midnight Voicejail, Ronald Redball, Don Joyce, Rocket 88, Melody Sheep, Big City Orchestra, Alan Watts, NCN, many many more.

Originally webcast on March 4th, 2018 on Plundercast and DFM out of Amsterdam, this is a mix of remixes, versions, re-interpretations and mashups of the music of the late great classical composer Ludwig Van Beethoven which runs the gamut from dubstep to hip hop, from techno, EDM, Trance and even 8-bit. The last half hour of the program is unrelated material from the ambient show 'Industrial Nature' which was done by NCN and Big City Orchestra, TradeMark Gunderson and Wobbly and is available at the Bandcamp site. - 3 hour program

Originally webcast on March 4th, 2018 on Plundercast and DFM out of Amsterdam, this is a mix of remixes, versions, re-interpretations and mashups of the music of the late great classical composer Ludwig Van Beethoven which runs the gamut from dubstep to hip hop, from techno, EDM, Trance and even 8-bit. The last half hour of the program is unrelated material from the ambient show 'Industrial Nature' which was done by NCN and Big City Orchestra, TradeMark Gunderson and Wobbly and is available at the Bandcamp site. - 3 hour program

Webcast February 18, 2018 and revamped from for 2018 but originally conceived as a 2011 Puzzling Evidence Show tribute, this became partly about Unions, including the uprising in Wisconsin regarding union-busting by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and his cohort David Koch (who is impersonated in a crank call to Governor Walker by writer of The Buffalo Beast blog). Other portions are some multi-layered talking by Phineas mixed with music and almost all of the 'old Doktor' SubGenius hierarchy in yak tapes from yesteryear and modern-day news about Middle East uprisings from the NCN album 'Party in My Mind'. The result sounds very Puzzling Evidence type of mix you can zone out on and appreciate as background music or as something to listen to attentively. Also a prank call to Sarah Palin, Al Newport, Randy Rainbow, nerdcore remixes, George Carlin, Bill Hicks, much Doug Stanhope and somewhat irreverent takes on mass-shootings and gun control. Much more. A special 4hr. redux presentation.

Webcast February 18, 2018 and revamped from for 2018 but originally conceived as a 2011 Puzzling Evidence Show tribute, this became partly about Unions, including the uprising in Wisconsin regarding union-busting by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and his cohort David Koch (who is impersonated in a crank call to Governor Walker by writer of The Buffalo Beast blog). Other portions are some multi-layered talking by Phineas mixed with music and almost all of the 'old Doktor' SubGenius hierarchy in yak tapes from yesteryear and modern-day news about Middle East uprisings from the NCN album 'Party in My Mind'. The result sounds very Puzzling Evidence type of mix you can zone out on and appreciate as background music or as something to listen to attentively. Also a prank call to Sarah Palin, Al Newport, Randy Rainbow, nerdcore remixes, George Carlin, Bill Hicks, much Doug Stanhope and somewhat irreverent takes on mass-shootings and gun control. Much more. A special 4hr. redux presentation.

This was originally webcast on February 12th, 2018 and we peaked at around 27 listeners at that time. This is a straight up music and comedy mix all about immigration, immigrants and xenophobia: currently topical and yet universal and timeless subjects. There is some Trump-oriented material, but it's kept to a minimum. It is very U.S.A.-centric in its treatment of the subject matter, for the most part, although other portions of the program are more generalized in scope. It starts out with a collection of folk songs about immigration but starts to really rock around 20 minutes in. Some segments herein might be considered to be 'politically incorrect' or disturbing but are included as representation of some of the voices in this ongoing and important cultural conversation. Listener Discretion - A 3-hour program.

This was originally webcast on February 12th, 2018 and we peaked at around 27 listeners at that time. This is a straight up music and comedy mix all about immigration, immigrants and xenophobia: currently topical and yet universal and timeless subjects. There is some Trump-oriented material, but it's kept to a minimum. It is very U.S.A.-centric in its treatment of the subject matter, for the most part, although other portions of the program are more generalized in scope. It starts out with a collection of folk songs about immigration but starts to really rock around 20 minutes in. Some segments herein might be considered to be 'politically incorrect' or disturbing but are included as representation of some of the voices in this ongoing and important cultural conversation. Listener Discretion - A 3-hour program.

Webcast originally on January 14th, 2018: this is a show done 'by any memes necessary' or at least a couple of memes including our collage take on the whole Trump/'shithole'/stable genius controversy and many variations on the Eaton Centre 'Why Are You Closed?!' meme including our's ('It's an older meme, sir, but it checks out'). Along with treatments of Republican Phil Davison's Stark County exasperated yet enthusiastic election bid speech. With collages, covers, mashups, parodies and remixes from the likes of Traffic Experiment, Swede Mason, Super Deluxe, Wax Audio, Randy Rainbow, Rev. Fidd Chewley, Anonymous, DJ Cummerbund, DJ Twobeans, The Evolution Control Committee, Stephen McQuillen, among many others! Perhaps a symbolically prescient program since the U.S. Government closed its doors to the public a week after this program aired! - 3 hour program.

Webcast originally on January 14th, 2018: this is a show done 'by any memes necessary' or at least a couple of memes including our collage take on the whole Trump/'shithole'/stable genius controversy and many variations on the Eaton Centre 'Why Are You Closed?!' meme including our's ('It's an older meme, sir, but it checks out'). Along with treatments of Republican Phil Davison's Stark County exasperated yet enthusiastic election bid speech. With collages, covers, mashups, parodies and remixes from the likes of Traffic Experiment, Swede Mason, Super Deluxe, Wax Audio, Randy Rainbow, Rev. Fidd Chewley, Anonymous, DJ Cummerbund, DJ Twobeans, The Evolution Control Committee, Stephen McQuillen, among many others! Perhaps a symbolically prescient program since the U.S. Government closed its doors to the public a week after this program aired! - 3 hour program.

Just a show! As webcast on December 3rd, 2017 on Plundercast and DFM out of Amsterdam. The third in a short series, loosely about the future in which we Visit the World of the Future via Ivan Stang of the Church of the SubGenius. We also bring on plenty of mash-ups and Plunderphonia with a lot from Stephen McQuillen (aka the PISs) as well as some obscure songs and comedy pieces. - 3 hours.

Just a show! As webcast on December 3rd, 2017 on Plundercast and DFM out of Amsterdam. The third in a short series, loosely about the future in which we Visit the World of the Future via Ivan Stang of the Church of the SubGenius. We also bring on plenty of mash-ups and Plunderphonia with a lot from Stephen McQuillen (aka the PISs) as well as some obscure songs and comedy pieces. - 3 hours.

This was originally webcast on November 19th, 2017. The basic concept is making a mix of prank phone call recordings set against a backdrop of changing (more or less) ambient music sound bed. The effect is both soothing and outrageous. **Note--much of this program is NSFW (Use listener discretion)**. We did four 3-hour shows, years ago, (Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4), about this which we listened back to recently and discovered many parts needed work or paring down, which we have done for this 4-hour ultra-megamix, a digest or distillation of sorts of the whole epic run: in a much more wieldy half the listening time format! With a bit more new material to boot. Includes remixed and excerpted work by inimitable Longmont Potion Castle, Touch-tone Terrorists, Jerky Boys, Crank Yankers, Richard Christie and Sal from the Howard Stern Show, Crank Yankers, celebrity soundboard recording pranks, Jerky Boys (of course) and excerpts from Lucius Tate, the classic 'Red' (Tube Bar) recordings as well as Ivan Stang telling the story of the Binney/Arny (Al White Motors) calls with excerpts from those as well. A special musical 4-hour phony phone call megamix.

This was originally webcast on November 19th, 2017. The basic concept is making a mix of prank phone call recordings set against a backdrop of changing (more or less) ambient music sound bed. The effect is both soothing and outrageous. **Note--much of this program is NSFW (Use listener discretion)**. We did four 3-hour shows, years ago, (Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4), about this which we listened back to recently and discovered many parts needed work or paring down, which we have done for this 4-hour ultra-megamix, a digest or distillation of sorts of the whole epic run: in a much more wieldy half the listening time format! With a bit more new material to boot. Includes remixed and excerpted work by inimitable Longmont Potion Castle, Touch-tone Terrorists, Jerky Boys, Crank Yankers, Richard Christie and Sal from the Howard Stern Show, Crank Yankers, celebrity soundboard recording pranks, Jerky Boys (of course) and excerpts from Lucius Tate, the classic 'Red' (Tube Bar) recordings as well as Ivan Stang telling the story of the Binney/Arny (Al White Motors) calls with excerpts from those as well. A special musical 4-hour phony phone call megamix.

Or musical tribute, and our way of saying goodbye, to our old high school best friend, Monty Montgomery, who we learned, only recently, has passed away after a year-long battle with brain cancer at the age of 51. We mourn and miss Monty and remember him and his excellent and wonderful musical tastes with this special mix of music that he introduced us to and was very much into when we knew him and when we hung out together, 1982 being a key year. This is essentially a mainstream New Wave music mix, but for Monty--including many of the groups he followed and admired. In respectful remembrance, we share our memories and the music which defined and inspired Monty as well as being a key period in our early lives as well as in the history of music in general (circa 1982). - 3 hours. Originally webcast on September 3rd, 2017.