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With my big 20-hour alternate-reality radio project* in the can, finally got out there for a decent 40-mile ride today, helped by temps near 60F. Better yet, nothing bad happened, so my grumpys took the day off for a change ... which means you get an unspicy selfie.
(* "Try it, you'll like it!")
(* "Try it, you'll like it!")
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
With my big 20-hour alternate-reality radio project* in the can, finally got out there for a decent 40-mile ride today, helped by temps near 60F. Better yet, nothing bad happened, so my grumpys took the day off for a change ... which means you get an unspicy selfie.
(* "Try it, you'll like it!")
(* "Try it, you'll like it!")
Alternate media reality from the ridewithchris Format Lab: WSDM 2000, the small Indiana station that almost existed in 1985 jumps 15 years into an eclectic adult-alt format.
Complete 20hr day (6am-2am), handcrafted. 1.1GB.
drive.google.com/file/d/1tTCe...
1hr chunks:
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Complete 20hr day (6am-2am), handcrafted. 1.1GB.
drive.google.com/file/d/1tTCe...
1hr chunks:
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
December 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Alternate media reality from the ridewithchris Format Lab: WSDM 2000, the small Indiana station that almost existed in 1985 jumps 15 years into an eclectic adult-alt format.
Complete 20hr day (6am-2am), handcrafted. 1.1GB.
drive.google.com/file/d/1tTCe...
1hr chunks:
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Complete 20hr day (6am-2am), handcrafted. 1.1GB.
drive.google.com/file/d/1tTCe...
1hr chunks:
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
You haven't lived (and probably taken a nap partway through?) till you've rendered a nearly 20-hour audio file. As the file says partway through, "Stand by for awesome." 🎙️💽
December 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
You haven't lived (and probably taken a nap partway through?) till you've rendered a nearly 20-hour audio file. As the file says partway through, "Stand by for awesome." 🎙️💽
The research I do! Trying to find the specific 12" mix of Strangelove that I once owned on vinyl and played on actual radio; apparently there are *145 releases* of it!? Finally found "my" version, but only buried in a 30-minute vinyl-to-mp3 copy of the whole 12-inch -- but that's good enough for me!
December 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The research I do! Trying to find the specific 12" mix of Strangelove that I once owned on vinyl and played on actual radio; apparently there are *145 releases* of it!? Finally found "my" version, but only buried in a 30-minute vinyl-to-mp3 copy of the whole 12-inch -- but that's good enough for me!
It's a luxury loo only if it has a bacon dispenser. Otherwise, it's just a sparkling toilet.
December 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It's a luxury loo only if it has a bacon dispenser. Otherwise, it's just a sparkling toilet.
A good excuse to reach back into the ridewithchris Format Lab ("Better Content Through Science") archives to see the alternate reality in which MCTYW is instead a *game show* theme. ⚛️
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A good excuse to reach back into the ridewithchris Format Lab ("Better Content Through Science") archives to see the alternate reality in which MCTYW is instead a *game show* theme. ⚛️
Woke up to a wonderfully delightful shock/surprise: ABC AU have early-released the 2025 Christmas episode of ... yes ... Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee! Check your Usual Sources. 😉
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Woke up to a wonderfully delightful shock/surprise: ABC AU have early-released the 2025 Christmas episode of ... yes ... Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee! Check your Usual Sources. 😉
Took advantage of the holiday to explore the long-awaited new road to Tech Ridge (former StG airport) and got a big surprise when I found it's now fully paved. Despite another crappy sleep night, this was a suitably robust *and fun* ride!
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Took advantage of the holiday to explore the long-awaited new road to Tech Ridge (former StG airport) and got a big surprise when I found it's now fully paved. Despite another crappy sleep night, this was a suitably robust *and fun* ride!
A new Guardian survey of "the best" dystopian TV dramas about AI gives some love to Years and Years, which has become uncomfortably prophetic in the years since RTD wrote it. An excellent miniseries that doesn't get nearly enough attention.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A new Guardian survey of "the best" dystopian TV dramas about AI gives some love to Years and Years, which has become uncomfortably prophetic in the years since RTD wrote it. An excellent miniseries that doesn't get nearly enough attention.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
With near-perfect cycling weather, had my "best" ride in many weeks. After the emotional rollercoaster of the past week (mostly self-inflicted, I might add), this weekend has had a "healing" vibe, and I can feel a new project starting to take shape in my weird (but cute and huggable!) head.
November 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
With near-perfect cycling weather, had my "best" ride in many weeks. After the emotional rollercoaster of the past week (mostly self-inflicted, I might add), this weekend has had a "healing" vibe, and I can feel a new project starting to take shape in my weird (but cute and huggable!) head.
For fans of student-produced TV news, and/or of SW Wisconsin history, here's the first 3 minutes from April 1987 of a local news broadcast on the TV station of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, covering the destructive fire at historic Rountree Hall.
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
For fans of student-produced TV news, and/or of SW Wisconsin history, here's the first 3 minutes from April 1987 of a local news broadcast on the TV station of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, covering the destructive fire at historic Rountree Hall.
Got out there today between the storms for 26 quick miles so I could chalk up at least one ride and, let's hope, at least one attention. 😇
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Got out there today between the storms for 26 quick miles so I could chalk up at least one ride and, let's hope, at least one attention. 😇
Not linking to the FB post, because it’s revolting. AI shouldn’t be used to make disabled performers "do" things they never could, especially not Bill Cullen, whose entire career was shaped with deep care around his polio. As someone who grew up with Uncle Bill, this crosses a line you don’t cross.
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Not linking to the FB post, because it’s revolting. AI shouldn’t be used to make disabled performers "do" things they never could, especially not Bill Cullen, whose entire career was shaped with deep care around his polio. As someone who grew up with Uncle Bill, this crosses a line you don’t cross.
I'm told these might be of interest to some. Dead Can Dance, performing live at the Tower Ballroom in Birmingham, England, 6 August 1987.
November 15, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I'm told these might be of interest to some. Dead Can Dance, performing live at the Tower Ballroom in Birmingham, England, 6 August 1987.
Added a few more miles back today, despite the tummy still not being fully happy. Looks like I can probably squeeze in one more tomorrow morning before this atmospheric river begins to dump on us, as long as I start early enougzzzzz.... 🛌⛈️
November 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Added a few more miles back today, despite the tummy still not being fully happy. Looks like I can probably squeeze in one more tomorrow morning before this atmospheric river begins to dump on us, as long as I start early enougzzzzz.... 🛌⛈️
Did you watch this week's #HardQuiz? Tom gave us a tiny peek behind the curtain when he held up one of his question cards right after delivering the pre-written joke on it. Yes, of *course*, the gag is pre-written, and it's even helpfully labeled "GAG."
![A question card held up by Tom Gleeson on this week's Hard Quiz:
QUESTION 2
Described by the group as representing a pack of wolves playing music, the song "Wolfgang" takes its name from which Austrian composer?
(Wolfgang Amadeus) Mozart
GFX AFTER ANSWER: MOZART
• The band apparently write and produce their own songs, or at least, that's what their writers and producers tell them to say.
GAG: My writers told me [rest obscured by Tom's fingers on the card]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ox7pmwe7mpihrtznzcqbl7fb/bafkreidiws665a4gkyxkzcqyhmuzj6odhgage4bx4mfae4bjrpq7qjzb6u@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Did you watch this week's #HardQuiz? Tom gave us a tiny peek behind the curtain when he held up one of his question cards right after delivering the pre-written joke on it. Yes, of *course*, the gag is pre-written, and it's even helpfully labeled "GAG."
From 25 years ago this month, a playlist from the short-lived but fondly-remembered "radiomontana" internet stream in November 2000, hosted on Live365. It played a tasty mix of eclectic pop, rock, progressive, and more from the '70s to the '00s, with a dose of wild tracks for spice (Will Powers!).
November 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
From 25 years ago this month, a playlist from the short-lived but fondly-remembered "radiomontana" internet stream in November 2000, hosted on Live365. It played a tasty mix of eclectic pop, rock, progressive, and more from the '70s to the '00s, with a dose of wild tracks for spice (Will Powers!).
Five dentist visits in the past three days. Bills to match. Half my mouth still numb. Stomach churning with antibiotics. But barring any more emergencies, my next visit isn't until January 5. Despite the "realness" of this difficult week, the real work begins then. This calls for a celebration ride.
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Five dentist visits in the past three days. Bills to match. Half my mouth still numb. Stomach churning with antibiotics. But barring any more emergencies, my next visit isn't until January 5. Despite the "realness" of this difficult week, the real work begins then. This calls for a celebration ride.
From 41 years ago tonight, the playlist from 9-10:30pm on WMHD Terre Haute for November 12, 1984. A seriously awesome mix (if I say so myself!) of new wave, eurosynth, and altpop that holds up remarkably well (again, if I say so myself!) with some wild cards to keep 'em guessing. Now *that's* radio!
November 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
From 41 years ago tonight, the playlist from 9-10:30pm on WMHD Terre Haute for November 12, 1984. A seriously awesome mix (if I say so myself!) of new wave, eurosynth, and altpop that holds up remarkably well (again, if I say so myself!) with some wild cards to keep 'em guessing. Now *that's* radio!
And in an unexpected and unwelcome plot twist, the marathon session ended up doing only half the planned work, so I have to go back for more ... tomorrow at noon. Send nu-- no, send hugs. And maybe a nice large thick vanilla milkshake for tomorrow afternoon. 🍨
November 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
And in an unexpected and unwelcome plot twist, the marathon session ended up doing only half the planned work, so I have to go back for more ... tomorrow at noon. Send nu-- no, send hugs. And maybe a nice large thick vanilla milkshake for tomorrow afternoon. 🍨
Even though I'm still dealing with dental (and lots of other) crap, including a marathon drilling session coming up in 90 minutes, and with rain on the way, I got out there for what I could today. But it's really just an excuse to post a cute selfie in need of an attention. 😇
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Even though I'm still dealing with dental (and lots of other) crap, including a marathon drilling session coming up in 90 minutes, and with rain on the way, I got out there for what I could today. But it's really just an excuse to post a cute selfie in need of an attention. 😇