The Autonomous Commie Republic, which is part of the Russian
Federation, is situated in the far northwest of Europe, and spreads up to
The Arctic part of the Ural Mountains. It's crossed by 9 northern
Parallels. Ten fair-sized European states could be placed on its
Territory. Besides indigenous residents (that is, the Commie people), there
Are also Russians, Ukranians, Nenetzes, Tchubashis, and Tartars.
And now, let's go back into history a little bit. (CLICK)
A boil lying on skins behind our backs was turning the knobs of a
Small transistor radio.
(".....making efforts to use radios as vehicles of the
Psychological warfare. A subversive....")
And the tent was suddenly filled with an announcer's voice speaking Commie.

(Jane Jane Jane....)
Then, with music from Moscow, followed by English and French speech.
("The recording was made at the Moscow Theatre of Musical Miniatures.")
Now, back to modern times.

YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE. AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL
TIME BUREAU, COMMENCING AT TWENTY-THREE (23) HOURS, FIFTY-NINE (59)
MINUTES, SIXTY (60) SECONDS UTC, AN EXTRA SECOND WILL BE INSERTED INTO
THE
NBS TIME SCALE. THIS ADJUSTMENT IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN
INTERNATIONALLY
COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME AS BROADCAST FROM THESE STATIONS, IN
CLOSE
Agreement WITH UT1, OR ASTRONOMICAL TIME.
("WA6ODB....with...a question....")
"and, uh ..."
"Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"and about power ..."
"d'you kn--"
"we got so much power now ..."
"Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"we got so much power now, that's ridiculous."
"d'you kn-- do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"power, and all that, that's power, we got so much power, that's
Ridiculous."
"We have--"
"power, power, power, power, power, power now, it's ridiculous. We
Got so much power now ..."
"Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"It's not even funny."
"D'you--"
"That's ridiculous."
"Do you know how many--"
"It'
S not even funny."
"D'you kn--"
"That's ridiculous."
"Do you know how many--"
"That's, that's ridiculous."
"Do you know how many time--"
"That's ridiculous. It's not even funny."
"D'you--"
"It's not even funny."
"D--"
"It's not even funny."
"Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"It's not even funny.
How many time zones?"
"Yeah. We have, we have four in this country, right?"
(Hello?)
"How many time zones?"
"Yeah."
(Hello? Yes.)
"1, 2, 3 ..."
"Four in this country, right?"
"Uh, yessir."
"Mm hm."
"Uh, four ... 1, 2, 3 ... yessir."
"Right."
"1, 2, 3 ... yessir."
"Mm hm."
("....radio station, Radio Moscow")
"Uh, four ... time zones?"
"Yeah. We have four in this country, right?"
"Uh, nosir."
"We have, we have--"
"Uh, yessir."
"Mm hm."
"And, uh ..."
"Do you know how many time zones they have?"
"Uh, yessir. Uh, four ... uh, nosir. I never really studied that up."
"Eleven."
"Eleven. It's not even funny."
"Eleven."
"Eleven. That's, that's ridiculous."
"Eleven."
"Eleven. Well, that's what we can do. We can go anywhere, because
We live here, we--"
"Yeah, but--"
"--anywhere else."
"But, not only, not only the right of free travel, I'm saying...eleven."
"Eleven. 1, 2, 3 ... yessir."
"Mm hm. Eleven."
"Eleve
N."
"That's how big they are."
"Yeah. Yeah. Eleven."
(What happened to my call?)
"That's how big they are."
"Yeah. Yeah. I, I can believe that, I'm a firm believer in that."
"Alright."
"1, 2, 3 ... uh, four ... yessir. 1, 2 ... yessir. Yessir."
"Mm hm."
(....Radio Moscow, 215 2101)
"The Soviet Union's the whole half side of the world."
"Yeah."
"And we're just a little, one little tenth of the globe."
"Yeah."
"They, uh, when you talk about fightin', we're a country that, uh,
We're a firm beli
Ever on pride, and it's called help thy neighbor,
Do not kill, do not, you know, steal, cheat, lie from everybody.
That's why we have to have computers, because man, nobody is perfect.
You know."
"Mm hm."
"It's not even funny."
"D'you--"
"and about p
Ower, man, nobody is perfect. You know."
"So what is your point?"
"Nobody is perfect. You know."
"So what is your point, Glen?"
"There's, there's, there's two things you don't talk about, one's
Politics, the other one's religion.
"D'you--"
"The reason
You don't talk about 'em is because they combine in
Each other. You know what I'm saying?"
"Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"You know what I'm saying?"
"Don't you kid yourself. Thanks, Glen, for the uh... well, just thanks for
The, the good thoughts."
THIS CONCLUDES OUR TRANSMISSION TO OCEANIA. HOWEVER, LISTENERS IN
EAST ASIA MAY CONTINUE LISTENING ON THE FOLLOWING SHORTWAVE
FREQUENCIES:
6110, 7230, 9565, 9760, 15160, AND 15425 KILOHERTZ.

Overall Meaning

The song Time Zones by Negativland is a collage of sound bites, music, and spoken word that addresses several topics including the size and diversity of the Autonomous Commie Republic, part of the Russian Federation, and the number of time zones in the Soviet Union. The song highlights how the republic is spread across nine northern parallels and its territory is equivalent to the size of ten European states combined. The lyrics mention that the republic is home to several different ethnic groups, including indigenous people, Russians, Ukrainians, Nenetzes, Tchubashis, and Tartars.

The song then transitions to a discussion about time zones, with a recording of a time announcement indicating that an extra second will be added to the NBS time scale in order to maintain international coordination of universal time. The discussion then turns to the number of time zones in the Soviet Union, with various voices speculating on the number before finally settling on eleven. The song ends with a message to listeners in East Asia, providing shortwave frequencies to continue listening to the broadcast.

The song Time Zones is a commentary on the absurdity of time and national boundaries. The song highlights how arbitrary and constructed these concepts are, and how they can be used to manipulate and control people. This was a recurring theme in Negativland's work, which often criticized mass media and political institutions.

Line by Line Meaning

".....making efforts to use radios as vehicles of the Psychological warfare. A subversive...."
Dan Rather reporting on the use of radios in psychological warfare.

And the tent was suddenly filled with an announcer's voice speaking Commie.
Sudden interruption of the radio broadcast by an announcer speaking in the commie language.

Then, with music from Moscow, followed by English and French speech.
Broadcast continues with music from Moscow followed by English and French speech.

"The recording was made at the Moscow Theatre of Musical Miniatures."
Announcement of the source of the broadcast recording.

YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE. AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL TIME BUREAU, COMMENCING AT TWENTY-THREE (23) HOURS, FIFTY-NINE (59) MINUTES, SIXTY (60) SECONDS UTC, AN EXTRA SECOND WILL BE INSERTED INTO THE NBS TIME SCALE. THIS ADJUSTMENT IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN INTERNATIONALLY COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME AS BROADCAST FROM THESE STATIONS, IN CLOSE Agreement WITH UT1, OR ASTRONOMICAL TIME.
The announcement of the international time bureau's decision to insert an extra second into the NBS time scale to maintain international coordinated universal time.

"WA6ODB....with...a question...."
A caller named WA6ODB poses a question to the radio host.

"and, uh ..." "Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?" "and about power ..." "d'you kn--" "we got so much power now ..." "Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?" "we got so much power now, that's ridiculous." "d'you kn-- do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?" "power, and all that, that's power, we got so much power, that's Ridiculous." "We have--" "power, power, power, power, power, power now, it's ridiculous. We Got so much power now ..." "Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?" "It's not even funny." "D'you--" "That's ridiculous." "Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?" "That's, that's ridiculous." "Do you know how many time--" "That's ridiculous. It's not even funny." "D'you--" "It's not even funny." "D--" "It's not even funny." "Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?" "It's not even funny. How many time zones?" "Yeah. We have, we have four in this country, right?" (Hello?) "How many time zones?" "Yeah." (Hello? Yes.) "1, 2, 3 ..." "Four in this country, right?" "Uh, yessir." "Mm hm." "Uh, four ... 1, 2, 3 ... yessir." "Right." "1, 2, 3 ... yessir." "Mm hm." ("....radio station, Radio Moscow") "Uh, four ... time zones?" "Yeah. We have four in this country, right?" "Uh, nosir." "We have, we have--" "Uh, yessir." "Mm hm." "And, uh ..." "Do you know how many time zones they have?" "Uh, yessir. Uh, four ... uh, nosir. I never really studied that up." "Eleven." "Eleven. It's not even funny." "Eleven." "Eleven. That's, that's ridiculous." "Eleven." "Eleven. Well, that's what we can do. We can go anywhere, because We live here, we--" "Yeah, but--" "--anywhere else." "But, not only, not only the right of free travel, I'm saying...eleven." "Eleven. 1, 2, 3 ... yessir." "Mm hm. Eleven." "Eleven." "That's how big they are." "Yeah. Yeah. Eleven." (What happened to my call?) "That's how big they are." "Yeah. Yeah. I, I can believe that, I'm a firm believer in that." "Alright." "1, 2, 3 ... uh, four ... yessir. 1, 2 ... yessir. Yessir." "Mm hm." (....Radio Moscow, 215 2101) "The Soviet Union's the whole half side of the world." "Yeah." "And we're just a little, one little tenth of the globe." "Yeah." "They, uh, when you talk about fightin', we're a country that, uh, We're a firm beli Ever on pride, and it's called help thy neighbor, Do not kill, do not, you know, steal, cheat, lie from everybody. That's why we have to have computers, because man, nobody is perfect. You know." "Mm hm." "It's not even funny." "D'you--" "and about p Ower, man, nobody is perfect. You know." "So what is your point?" "Nobody is perfect. You know." "So what is your point, Glen?" "There's, there's, there's two things you don't talk about, one's Politics, the other one's religion. "D'you--" "The reason You don't talk about 'em is because they combine in Each other. You know what I'm saying?" "Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?" "You know what I'm saying?" "Don't you kid yourself. Thanks, Glen, for the uh... well, just thanks for The, the good thoughts." THIS CONCLUDES OUR TRANSMISSION TO OCEANIA. HOWEVER, LISTENERS IN EAST ASIA MAY CONTINUE LISTENING ON THE FOLLOWING SHORTWAVE FREQUENCIES: 6110, 7230, 9565, 9760, 15160, AND 15425 KILOHERTZ.
Multiple repetitions of a conversation about the number of time zones in the Soviet Union amidst a radio broadcast, followed by commentary about politics and religion that should not be discussed, ending with information about radio frequency for listeners in East Asia.

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@requiredfieldcannotbeleftb9746

5y↑59

The Autonomous Komi Republic, which is part of the Russian
Federation, is situated in the far northwest of Europe, and spreads up to the Arctic part of the Ural Mountains. It's crossed by 9 northern parallels. Ten fair-sized European states could be placed on its territory. Besides indigenous residents--that is, the Komi people--there are also Russians, Ukranians, Nenetzes, Chuvashis, and Tartars

And now, let's go back into history a little bit. (shortwave radio turns on) A boy lying on skins behind our backs was turning the knobs of a small transistor radio(".....making efforts to use radios as vehicles of the psychological warfare. A subversive....") and the tent was suddenly filled with an announcer's voice speaking Komi. ("Jam, jam, jam, jam, jam, jam...") Then, with music from Moscow, followed by English and French speech. ("The recording was made at the Moscow Theatre of Musical Miniatures.")
Now, back to modern times

(beep)
"Your attention, please: At the Recommendation of the international time bureau, commencing at 23 hours 59 minutes 60 seconds UTC, an extra second will be inserted into the NBS time scale. This adjustment is required to maintain internationally coordinated universal time, as broadcast from this station, in close agreement with UT1, or astronomical time."
("WA6O-DB, with a question....")

"and, uh ..."
"Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"and about power ..."
"d'you kn--"
"we got so much power now ..."
"Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"we got so much power now, that's ridiculous."
"d'you kn-- do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"-power, and all that, that's power, we got so much power, that's
Ridiculous."
"We have--"
"power, power, power, power, power, power now, it's ridiculous. We got so much power now ..."
"Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"It's not even funny."
"D'you--"
"That's ridiculous."
"Do you know how many--"
"It's not even funny."
"D'you kn--"
"That's ridiculous."
"Do you know how many--"
"That's, that's ridiculous."
"Do you know how many time z--"
"That's ridiculous. It's not even funny."
"D'you--"
"It's not even funny."
"D--"
"It's not even funny."
"Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"It's not even funny. ...How many time zones?"
"Yeah. We have, we have four in this country, right?"
(Hello?)
"How many time zones?"
"Yeah."
(Hello? Yes.)
"1, 2, 3 ..."
"Four in this country, right?"
"Uh, yessir."
"Mm hm."
"Uh, four ... 1, 2, 3 ... yessir."
"Right."
"1, 2, 3 ... yessir."
"Mm hm."
("....radio station, Radio Moscow")
"Uh, four ... time zones?"
"Yeah. We have four in this country, right?"
"Uh, nosir."
"We have, we have--"
"Uh, yessir."
"Mm hm."
"And, uh ..."
"Do you know how many time zones they have?"
"Uh, yessir. Uh, four ... uh, nosir. I never really studied that up."
"Eleven."
"Eleven. It's not even funny."
"Eleven."
"Eleven. That's, that's ridiculous."
"Eleven."
"Eleven. Well, that's what we can do. We can go anywhere, because
We live here, we--"
"Yeah, but--"
"--anywhere else."
"But, not only, not only the right of free travel, I'm saying: Eleven."
"Eleven. 1, 2, 3 ... yessir."
"Mm hm. Eleven."
"Eleven."
"That's how big they are."
"Yeah. Yeah. Eleven."
(What happened to my call?)
"That's how big they are."
"Yeah. Yeah. I, I can believe that, I'm a firm believer in that."
"Alright."
"1, 2, 3 ... uh, four ... yessir. 1, 2 ... yessir. Yessir."
"Mm hm."
(I need Radio Moscow, 215 2101)
"The Soviet Union's the whole half side of the world."
"Yeah."
"And we're just a little, one little tenth of the globe."
"Yeah."
"They, uh, when you talk about fightin', we're a country that, uh, we're a firm believer on Christ, and it's called help thy neighbor, do not kill, do not, you know, steal, cheat, lie from everybody, that's why we have to have computers, because man--nobody is perfect, you know."
"Mm hm."
"It's not even funny."
"D'you--"
"and about power, man, nobody is perfect. You know."
"So what is your point?"
"Nobody is perfect. You know."
"So what is your point, Glen?"
"There's, there's, there's two things you don't talk about: one's politics, the other one's religion."
"D'you--"
"The reason you don't talk about 'em is because they combine in each other. You know what I'm saying?"
"Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"You know what I'm saying?"
"Don't you kid yourself. Thanks, Glen, for the uh... well, just thanks for the, the good thoughts."

This concludes our transmission to Oceania. However, listeners in East Asia may continue listening on the following shortwave frequencies:
6110, 7230, 9565, 9760, 15160, and 15425 kilohertz
(shortwave dial spinning)

@synergy67

2y↑2

I strongly suspect this may have been inspired by Nurse With Wound's "Duelling Banjos," a track originally appearing on a 1980 UK compilation record called Hoisting the Black Flag (and later reissued on CD on the NWW compilation album sourced here): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puyfESlxT7A

The piece was tweaked and released on a NWW compilation album again in 1986, one year before Negativland's album, with a percussive overlay.
Duelling Banjos (Un-natural Aesthetics) • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO7mcNZGOrE

The "song" was also released in a couple more variations as "Registered Nurse" around 1990.
Registered Nurse Second Coming. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2vOx9Njj-8

Nurse With Wound's piece consists of repetitive, hypnotic dadaist cut-ups of a classic Nichols and May improv record all about doctors and nurses. I encountered both this fantastically mind-warping and memorable Negativland piece and the NWW 1986 "Duelling Bajos" right about the same time and the striking similarity in form struck me then, as I recall even now.

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@Norogoth

4y↑116

I recorded this on a cassette tape as a kid when it was played on college radio and it is now in the most root potion of my memory. I will literally forget my mother's name before I forget the number of time zones in the Soviet Union.

@blankregistration7301

3y↑8

ELEVEN

@blankregistration7301

3y↑7

@Gregor Kerr that's not even funny it's ridiculous

@theficus

@@blankregistration7301 eleven

@MrJeffcoley1

3y↑2

my college roommate had the original 12 inch record he played this for me. Fucking awesome. By the way, update for 2021 there are zero time zones and the Soviet union because the Soviet union no longer exists

@MrJeffcoley1

@Gregor Kerr It’s ridiculous

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@paulcanis6297

7y↑333

If you are just finding this video, just be prepared. It's not even funny.

@fu705

6y↑37

That's ridiculous. That's not even funny

@aethelwyrnblack4918

5y↑10

Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?

@garyhosty

5y↑1

Not only is it not at all very funny - also no sex bits

@FirstLast-lz6cu

5y↑10

1, 2, 3, uh yes sir.

@michaelwertz1072

5y↑3

Paul Canis Power.

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@xochxnax

4y↑55

Anon why did you recommend this to the person I’m following-

@mikaelasilva8550

4y↑1

i am trying to understand too

@dclefevre

10y↑100

"That's why we have to have computers because, man, nobody is perfect."

@jamespayne7977

6y↑5

Best part

@farkn0se

5y↑8

it's not even funny

@whimreaper8603

4y↑2

Read this right as he said it

@notaverygoodusername

49w↑1

@@whimreaper8603 that's why we have computers

@DZrache

9y↑165

11 times zones? That's ridiculous. It's not even funny.

@dewanevl

6y↑4

DZrache I never really studied that up.

@angryonion9550

5y↑3

Eleven

@Dandylion286

3y↑2

Do you play the Kingdom of Loathing

@requiredfieldcannotbeleftb9746

5y↑59

@Demendred

3y↑4

This deserves more upvotes

@howdoipickaname9815

@@Demendred r/foundtheredditor

@requiredfieldcannotbeleftb9746

@@howdoipickaname9815 ok

@jonq75

3y↑39

I remember putting this tape into my friend's Ford Fiesta, dropping acid, huffing whippets and driving through the car wash. Good times.

@howdoipickaname9815

2y↑2

What did THAT feel like?

@agit5270

Lmao

@onmysoul1241

2y↑1

i feel odd listening to this stone cold sober, cant imagine that

@hereintheyear

@@howdoipickaname9815 He wasn't the car!

@music4thedeaf

1y↑1

@@onmysoul1241 sounds terrible lol

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@pantone41

8y↑74

ELEVEN.

@alex42812ify

5y↑4

that's ridiculous

@neurosismancer

5y↑2

It’s not even funny.

@neurosismancer

5y↑1

@Josh Swann Uh, no, sir... I, uh, never really studied that up.

@theficus

@Josh Swann Eleven

@spiceaholic420

8y↑48

Thanks Glen for the, uh, well just thanks for the good thoughts.

@monkybunney

7y↑3

I think he really meant that to. Don't you kid yourself!

@howdoipickaname9815

2y↑1

This concludes our transmission to Oceania. However, listeners in East Asia may continue listening on the following shortwave frequencies: 6110, 7230, 9565, 9760, 15160 and 15425 kHz.

@JeffAnderson-jeffa

8y↑94

I like the part where they say "How many timezones?"

@MkeKen67

4y↑6

@WPLU572 Trunked Radio - It is heavily edited audio, though. So, we can't be sure how many times he asked about time zones. We can't be sure, the reason we can't be sure is that man, nobody's perfect. That's why we need computers.

@hahafunnyhaha4216

3y↑1

Not even funny.

@pubuapubua

I thought he was saying 'capital pewters' for all 30 yrs I've been listening to this...

@pubuapubua

3y↑1

It's not even funny...

@Stakker

2y↑1

I like it when he says ELEVEN, and the dude's reality collapses.

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@RileyKennerly

4y↑31

anonymous just posted this..

@MkeKen67

4y↑14

I love the part about adding a second to the time scale.

@ksol1460tv

@Gregor Kerr I used to sit up nights waiting for them to announce those.

@Stakker

2y↑14

after loving this for over 20years, when i played it to him, it took my Russian/Estonian friend to point out that the Commie Republic wasn't Satire. The Komi people are real.

@CriswellKOL

7y↑66

Wouldn't it make more sense to just go to ten time zones and make them wider?
But the Soviet Union goes to 11.

@FahlmanCascade

6y↑14

That's not even funny, Nigel.

@arnett23me58

6y↑1

That's rediculous

@farkn0se

5y↑1

There's no other possibility

@khaledalok1121

Man.. this is NOT spinal tap!!

@trenthink

Man, nobody is perfect. And i'm saying eleven.

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@brianmacdonald266

9y↑33

RIP Don Joyce :(

@TuddlesT

4y↑16

My dad said "11? That's ridiculous" and it took me way too long to get the joke

@MkeKen67

You have 11 likes, as of 11/3/22

@TuddlesT

@@MkeKen67 neeto! :)

@Vasily_dont_be_silly

It's not even funny

@blob537

11y↑16

I've always loved this track! I still remember the first time I heard the Escape from Noise album. Amazing.

@QueenThrush

3y↑9

The edits on this thing are so clean...and mind you, they were not dealing with mag tape and razor blades back then...it's not even funny. It's ridiculous.

@Stakker

Not sure. by 86 the Akai was in play. for the cutting, but you're probably right about the long sections, as the samplers wouldn't have the capacity.

@notaverygoodusername

49w

And the tape reels were spun by hydro power.

@deauxj

3y↑8

The loudspeaker spoke up and said!

@orionmyth

37w↑1

30 years later still fresh

@Liquidmice9

32w↑1

I've had this on vinyl since the late 80s. One of my favorites.

@TheBoondoggler

7y↑22

WE CAN GO ANYWHERE, BECAUSE WE LIVE HERE

@farkn0se

5y↑3

is there any escape, from noise?

@brizla9280

9y↑8

awesome. thank you for everyone from the negativland crew and/or the video crew. have been enjoying your mayhem since the late 80s.
you guys rule

@sanfransardine

31w↑2

I was once asked how many time zones they have in Russia as a stumper question. Thank you Negativland.

@garlowe8565

3y↑7

Timeless classic.

@blairquinney214

7y↑31

Jesus Christ! Who composide/compiled this vid?!?!??!!

I remember hearing this in 1988 and I/we was/were SO BLOWN AWAY!

but who made these images?!?!?!?! Negativland ITSELF?

Geeeeeeeezus!

so sweet still

@sizone

6y↑3

yeah this track blew me away then too, it's still awesome. the video is so perfect.

@CH0MSKYH0NK

6y↑2

It has to be them

@Willypineapple

5y↑4

Miguel Soares made them! Check him out

@tr4424

9y↑25

finally seeing a video of this is kind of disappointing. I was so scared by this clip as a kid, as well as whatever I'd hear on a SW radio, ah the Cold War...

@Liquidmice9

8y↑17

RIP Richard Lyons,...

@TravisTarrant

6y↑5

I will never forget that voice from Radio Moscow as long as I live.

@Stakker

2y↑1

i was a child in southern england in the late 80s and picking up radio moscow made the distant world seem cool. When the net came along a few years later, I was ALL over that. :)

@landphilspecter

Thanks for the good thoughts.

@mafiawerbung

6y↑86

Political Juice has send me here, this if weird

@opim103

5y↑2

Me 2

@jimmyalison633

5y↑1

bro its Fukin gr8\

@braelinmichelus

5y↑4

I came here from that video as well. And I'm just watching this, thinking to myself "what the hell is this?"

@guysbeingdudes4385

5y↑1

Me 4

@kelvinosei6368

yep

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@buttership

11y↑2

Brilliant brilliant brilliant!

@uncinarynin

10y↑4

I heard this long ago and did not know what it was ... now someone else pointed it out to me again in a different context and I discovered Negativland, thanks!

@TheLivingSeven

2y↑2

An adventurer is you!

@Wingedpsyche

11y↑3

jesus so so beautiful how how??

@_GALLINA

one of my fav!

@dnamj

12y↑1

I love this

@Ickyus

I like it! Really digging this music video too.

@davec5613

2y↑1

Been in to negativland since the early '90s. Grew up during the cold war.

@kayciesielczyk6670

21w

Thank you for making thism

@toskatakoe

3y↑6

this is so strange I was just reading up about Yakutia and lake Lena and its the 11th longest river in the world and I was thinking about my time there and getting lost and I've somehow ended up here and there's 11 different timezones in the Soviet Union

@maurobrunosolavergara5041

It's not even funny!

@Vasily_dont_be_silly

@@maurobrunosolavergara5041 That's ridiculous

@pcaetano7527

3y↑4

Over the Edge OTE radio sent me here RIP Don Joyce

@drapeblind

9y↑9

RIP Don Joyce

@MsMiguel70

5y↑6

Well, just thanks, thanks for the, the good thoughts.

@howdoipickaname9815

2y↑1

This concludes our transmission to Oceania. However, listeners in East Asia may continue listening on the following shortwave frequencies: 6110, 7230, 9565, 9760, 15160 and 15425 kHz.

@gbernardwandel4174

2y↑1

I remember when this was released Andi just had to revisit it today

@juliawagner8552

10w

Woah. I've known this track for a long time and today is the first time I saw the video (Thanks for the reminder Alex Koenig). This is freaking amazing. Props to Miguel Soares. Crazy good.

@markhower8986

10y↑1

Genius ! !

@pseudofox

8y↑14

Does anyone else strongly think of the Silent Hill video games music and noise when they listen to this?

@ForwardForwar

8y↑7

Yeah, and that hauntology stuff to.

@anthrocoon

3y↑2

Years ago my college station took part of this for a station ID. We have 130 watts which is not all that much. "We got so much power now--that it's ridiculous."

It's not even funny.

Ll

@PALACEKAV

9y↑13

R.I.P. Don Joyce #itsnotevenfunny

@brycepunk1

4y↑1

I can believe that. I'm a firm believer in that.

@rnsrp2

The r/OldElectronicMusic subreddit brought me here!
🔥 💣 💚

@brankozeljeznjak

yes sir !

@Natethesandman1

2y↑1

The narrator at the beginning sounds like when you need to sneeze but have to continue reading the script because you are on live TV.

@mselizabethsteel

26w

O M G this is soundworld

@spitegoblin1574

10y↑63

it's not even funny

@gregtamnel0576

7y↑8

Where it says NVS on the clock, it should be NBS, the National Bureau of Standards, who keep track of the Atomic Timescales with a battery of cesium atomic clocks.

@Rocket_scientist_88

I've always wondered who tbe radio host is on this. It sounds a little like Lou Dobbs but I know it isn't him. Any idea?

@Everfalling

2y↑1

this video and closed captions have finally clarified what the hell "a boil lying on skins behind our backs" was actually supposed to be and the visuals help further. I'm guessing "lying on skins" means something like kneeling.

@Stakker

2y↑3

I think it means just kneeling on animal skins. Like a native american or inuit may choose to do.

@Everfalling

@@Stakker ah that makes sense too. i guess it would be useful to hear the original audio this was taken from to get the context.

@Grandosco

1y↑1

I've played the Kingdom of Loathing for over 14 years and am just now actually finding out where all the "eleven" references come from XD

@killerskillet

7y↑2

It's not even funny how much I'm kidding myself.

@ScarlettBordeauxs

4y↑5

LMAO ANONYMOUS RLLY DID THAT

@BenInSeattle

Clock at 1:20 says "NVS" on it, but it should be "NBS" (National Bureau of Standards). The name changed to "NIST" the year after this album was released , but they still have a shortwave broadcast out of Boulder, CO which gives the time of their atomic clock.
https://www.nist.gov/time-distribution/radio-station-wwv

@jokingjoker4946

4y↑1

This creeps me out.... I like it

@anastasiadunbar5246

7y↑4

This was before there were comedic Gmod videos.

@VasilyMusic

6y↑1

What in the world does it have to do with Gmod?

@brizla9280

9y↑6

not only the right of free travel .. but eleven

@mateking4844

4y↑10

Im here from anonymous

@emswaglordsupreme

What do you mean?

@altrifrancobolli

So like. Does anyone know what the interview/call is from? I’m actually really interested in hearing it

@CharlesMartel-oh6dd

I have been looking at all these comments going back 10 years for this and not one person seems to know who the radio host is.....except me. I used to listen to him. No, it isn;t Art Bell. In fact, Art Bell took over his syndicated ABC radio time slot. At this point, I don't know if I should reveal it, or just keep the mystery. He was a late night L.A. institution.

@202d

38w

@@CharlesMartel-oh6dd Ray Breim

@CharlesMartel-oh6dd

38w

@202d You win the cigar! I actually used to listen to him years before it was released. I bought the LP on release and new exactly who it was.

@202d

38w

@@CharlesMartel-oh6dd i thought it was art bell spliced with someone else ( the other person talking) but i read somewhere that someone in the band said it was him

@slayerhuh404

wow. trippy.

@vincentcannata8340

7y↑2

Do you know how name Beatles songs were sung by Ringo?......
ELEVEN!

@urosstamenovic2954

5y↑6

You could make such a masterpiece of a techno set out of this.... Piece of art

@arfn1973

6y↑6

Juice boy?

@leljdam3189

6y↑5

ELEVEN

@VasilyMusic

*E-E-E-LEVEN

@VasilyMusic

@Gregor Kerr That's ridiculous.

@elizabethmccuan853

3y↑3

My husband said that this is what disorganized schizophrenia is like to him.

@thekidfromiowa

@lizscottamero6652

5y↑2

Do you know how many RBMK reactors there are in the Soviet Union?

@pavlovsunhappydog

4y↑1

11?..eeek! that's ridiculous. I think we got em this time, General.

@spacetrucker2196

3y↑1

This was made before the internet. We all got our news this way back then.

@m648x

12w

after* internet existed in 1987

@jstanley4000

10y↑6

eleven.

@0000XXXX0000

Damn, ELEVEN

@warhawk638

4y↑6

damn dude, he just wants to know how many time zones there are in the soviet union

@maximumcaffeine6003

Eleven

@nicolasescobar9090

@@maximumcaffeine6003 that’s ridiculous

@leonardocarvalho7306

42w

@@nicolasescobar9090 It's not even funny

@kylehahn1654

4y↑3

Positiveland says there are actually...12.

@pavlovsunhappydog

4y↑2

Damn right! like a proper clock. Maybe that's too much power, it's ridiculous.

@Adrianovaz2007

It's definitely serious.

@m648x

12w↑1

2222th like.. i wonder if we divide them by 2..

@asresas01

7y↑2

Kenny Larkin - TimeZones Classic mx

@johnkirk.

this was on that mix?

@maximumcaffeine6003

Yup

@calumniate

2y↑1

Hello

@peterismyfirstname2872

2y↑3

The video is distracting from the amazing audio better to listen and not watch. Helter Stupid - Perfect Cut by Negativland is amazing as well. Right on Negativland.

@alexandrebonan5335

Yeah, don't need the vidéo (but thanks for putting it online).
I still remember the first time I heard it in 1987.
I was stoned and almost pissed myself !

@nigelseven8935

2y↑1

well thanks glenn, for the uhh.... the good thoughts.

@howdoipickaname9815

2y↑1

This concludes our transmission to Oceania. However, listeners in East Asia may continue listening on the following shortwave frequencies: 6110, 7230, 9565, 9760, 15160 and 15425 kHz.

@jimmoriarty1460

10y↑11

Thats ridiculous.

@HiVizCamo

Is there a redux of this for China yet?

@halfbakedchannel6065

26w

"We have four in this country, right?"
"Uh no sir."
"We hav- we have-"
"Uh, yes sir"
Nnmmyeh in agreement

Probably my favorite part

@synergy67

2y↑2

@mediapathic

1y↑1

Not to disagree, but this NWW to me sounds more like "Yellow, Black, And Rectangular", Which, honestly, just strengthens your point.

@synergy67

@@mediapathic Ah, yes, that cutup/dialog repetition is also present in this song too, which additionally helped convince me they had heard early NWW. The Automating Vol 1 record had come out right around this time, which has Duelling Banjos on it, so I was imagining Negativland had recently heard the piece, even though the "song" first appeared in 1980 without the percussions.

@notaverygoodusername

49w↑1

Not sure about your influence theory but I enjoyed listening thanks!

@geot4647

9y↑14

For dim listeners: The Komi people are NOT Communists. Research it.

@HerrStich

9y↑9

Geo T It's an obvious play on words, also known as a "joke."

@geot4647

9y↑4

Tim Stich That's an old archive recording, not word-play. There's a part of Russia named thusly. Most people hearing it might assume it's humor from the phonetics.

@monkybunney

9y↑5

+Geo T So what is you're point?

@MkeKen67

8y↑4

+Adam c There's two things you don't talk about . . .
(Obviously recorded way before the Fight Club movie ;-) )

@maxwellpalmer6855

7y↑6

The archive itself isn't wordplay but the collage presented here is, the "joke" emphasized by the other recordings which mentionin the Soviet Union and Russia....

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@ryanre103

Do you know how many timezones they have in the soviet union?

@farkn0se

5y↑2

so what is your point?

@sark76

10y↑8

Wa6odb with a question

@sizone

6y↑3

*wiff a question

@forgetyourlife

@@sizone now a silent key

@markhower8986

10y

1987

@loligrinder

3y↑1

Do not kill, you know, do not cheat, steal, lie from people...

@Fatima-wp4vw

4y↑3

Daddy why did u have to do this to us? #DaddyAnon

@CortoArmitage

11y

1988.

@elsewherehouse

I'm saying ...

11

That's RIDICULOUS.

@malcolmx2461

Beijing doesn't care about your ideas about time zones. There is only Beijing time. The center of the universe.

@steviedreadiohim6476

8y↑2

Don't U kid ur-self...!

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