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Omnibus

The Grey Album (Entry 550.MT1906)

Omnibus

Omnibus

Society & Culture, History

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

In which a future music megastar bridges the gap between rock and hip-hop with one ambitious, illegal remix album, and John is such a good ally that he listened to Suzanne Vega. Certificate #19205.

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0:00.0

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

0:25.5

monumental 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. Oh, You have accessed entry 550.

1:17.0

1,906.

1:19.5

Certificate number 1-9252-05. The Gray Album.

1:25.0

What what can I say for you?

1:28.0

You heard it all I see.

1:31.0

You already know what I'm about flying birds down south. We have put rock music into the omnibus.

1:37.0

Even the Beatles, I guess.

1:39.0

Sure.

1:40.0

I don't know.

1:41.0

What are the Beatles related shows?

1:42.0

One about their Lord of the Rings stuff right I can't remember what else the most important stuff about the Beatles we did that they did not make a Lord of the Rings movie that's the number one most important fact about them like many other guitar bands in the period they did not make

1:53.7

an adaptation of Lord of the Rings for Hollywood. Yeah, which seems like an oversight given that all of Led Zeppelin's records but you know

2:04.4

Patty Boyd we did an episode on Patty Boyd that's right part of the Beatles story she's part of the Beatles

2:10.6

Canon to what degree has hip-hop been in the omnibus? Maybe even less than you'd think

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