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Sleng Teng Riddim (Entry 1172.PS3303)

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🗓️ 28 April 2022

⏱️ 79 minutes

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In which the first ever all-electronic groove revolutionizes Jamaican music, and Ken thinks there should be more songs about baptism. Certificate #52239.

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We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can

0:16.0

only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

0:21.3

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental

0:26.2

reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

0:28.8

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

0:35.0

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

0:41.0

this is our legacy to you.

0:43.4

This is our time capsule.

0:45.4

This is the omnibus. Okay. You have accessed entry 1172.

1:16.6

P.S. 3303.

1:19.3

Certificate number 52239. Sl. Slang-King Riddham.

1:25.0

Can I know you love reggae music.

1:36.0

Ian, you always see me in a variety of reggae t-shirts when I come to your house.

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I do.

1:41.0

Sometimes that big, um, a big rasta hat with the with the

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the fake dreads. Like the one you're wearing right now. Yeah, well that says

1:50.8

uh, Jamaican Bob's lead team on the front.

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Yeah.

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But no, seriously, how do you feel about reggae?

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And I mean, I want you to, you don't have to tiptoe around it.

2:01.0

Reggae is weirdly, for some reason, a controversial music

2:06.6

genre, at least in our time, because there are all these people that are like, I don't

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