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Archive 81

04 - A Collection of Disparate Strangeness

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Science Fiction, Fiction

4.62.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2016

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Carlos Rolando finds more than he bargained for during his meditations. Dan encounters a strange new friend. And the collection of Ms. Cassandra Wall is made available for viewing. Please consider rating and reviewing this show on iTunes. Twitter: https://twitter.com/Archive81 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Archive81/ Website: archive81.com Email: [email protected] Patreon: patreon.com/archive81

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0:00.0

Okay, okay, we're good.

0:07.4

Uh, hi, Tanya.

0:09.0

So you wanted to get a sense of what my day is like and, well, here's the video you asked

0:13.2

for because FaceTime is the worst and it always craps out.

0:17.6

And yes, if you're wondering, it is awkward to shoot video and carry this recorder around,

0:21.6

but you shouldn't worry about it, even though I know you're going to.

0:25.6

So this is the library where the magic happens as they say on cribs.

0:32.0

Most of it is just tapes, tapes and tapes.

0:34.8

They're only having me archive a handful relatively, the shelves over there, but there's

0:38.6

just an insane amount of audio here.

0:41.1

And it's all audio, no VHS, DVDs, books or hard drives, just tapes.

0:45.3

I was bored a couple days ago and I tried to calculate how many tapes there were here.

0:49.6

I gave up.

0:51.4

It's all just so happy, hazard.

0:52.9

There are a few columns that only have one tape and then there are shelves that are

0:55.7

just filled to the brim whenever I roll them a dozen or so fall out of it.

0:59.2

They should have a team of people doing this.

1:01.2

Anyway, over here is the Otari 5050.

1:06.3

This is where I listen to and digitize the tapes.

1:09.4

The Atari is actually a really interesting beast, but I'm guessing you probably wouldn't

1:12.6

like to hear about that audio nerd stuff moving on.

1:18.1

It isn't a big place, but it feels that way sometimes.

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