My OperaDirty Neighborhood (Electronically )
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 3:23:23 PM
Living downtown is different from living in the country. There is a great deal more electronic interference from an unknown number of sources. Out on the farm, you might notice the tractor starting as static on you AM radio. Downtown, it could be apartment's air conditioner starting, someone using a circular saw to fix up some loft, an electrically noisy truck passing by, and whatever else.
When the President stops by the Convention Center, only the most powerful, clear channel AM radio stations are listenable. Funny.
What brings this up is that we record Poker After Dark from 2:00am to 3:00am every Tuesday through Saturday mornings. On a VCR. With rabbit ears. Normally, it's clear as normal evening television. Last Tuesday and Wednesday mornings there was a consistent on/off interference of some electrical kind. Not a power tool, probably, as the frequency was higher. Sort of tailed off toward the end of the week. Never there before.
Makes one guess at the nefarious things going on in the neighborhood. Perhaps aliens on top of the Convention Center. Given some of the other rumors floating around, that's quite reasonable.
When the President stops by the Convention Center, only the most powerful, clear channel AM radio stations are listenable. Funny.
What brings this up is that we record Poker After Dark from 2:00am to 3:00am every Tuesday through Saturday mornings. On a VCR. With rabbit ears. Normally, it's clear as normal evening television. Last Tuesday and Wednesday mornings there was a consistent on/off interference of some electrical kind. Not a power tool, probably, as the frequency was higher. Sort of tailed off toward the end of the week. Never there before.
Makes one guess at the nefarious things going on in the neighborhood. Perhaps aliens on top of the Convention Center. Given some of the other rumors floating around, that's quite reasonable.
