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Books, CD's and Digital Media by Phineas Narco & The National Cynical Network
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Download: $8.99 Primarily a psychedelic experimental 'gothi-comedy' album, this program pokes irreverent (and sometimes harsh) fun at traditional conceptions of God in a stream-of-consciousness often abstract format. Includes material from Alexander T. Newport, Don Joyce of Negativland, mashup excerpts from Nemozob, C.H.A.O.S Productions, Party Ben outrageous cut-ups of Dr. Laura, and also a song by Occupant. Includes also original music and spoken/written material by Phineas Narco. The Complete download package is in 4 large .zip files that contain the program, individually tracked and as long-playing highest quality mp3's, artwork, full ID3 tags, and .flac (lossless) quality singles and liner notes. This is episode 05 of the Needle in the Red collage radio series.
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Download: $10.00 This episode is all about zombies, and is in two parts. It is an audio collage program expressing the artists' impression of the zombie mythos.
This package includes the Director's Cut and Radio Safe versions of the Program, in two parts each, as well as artwork and singles in lossless .flac format. The mp3's are encoded with highest quality V0 settings and can be played as long playing mp3's or in individual tracks. Playlist .m3u and .pls playlist files are also included, with full artwork, information and credits in the ID3 tags of the mp3's. Playlist .m3u and .pls files are included which will play the file tracks in order when clicked. The Equivalent of four cd's.
Portions of this program were done live on the UB RADIO SALON show for DFM radio (Amsterdam) in Late August 2009 with Das and Ninah Pixie from Big City Orchestra. Also present were Phineas Narco and UNIVAC. Most of the program is the result of post-production work by Phineas Narco. The .zip files are very large.
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Download: $14.95 Remastered for 2009: A Super-obscure psychedelic trilogy following a somewhat non-linear narrative with various leitmotif's running through. The MP3's are in high quality V0 format with full info and artwork in ID3 tags. Some singles are .flac's.
Ronald Redball's amnesia is cured by Wobbly (as Mr. Chemistry Homework) who takes Ronald to the NCN Studios where many people from Ronald's past are broadcasting: Alexander T. Newport, Joe Sledgehammer, and Don Joyce. Ronald uncovers a sinister plot against him, masterminded by cult leader Brian Sloat who jams NCN's signal from a nearby volcanic island where the final scenes takes place.
Includes 'Director's Cut' of Program (4 hours), individually tracked and ordered and 'Radio Edit' of Program (3 hours) organized in same way. Also, playlist files to play tracks in order, the remastered music video for 'This is a Test' (.avi), singles and extras, Presented in 4 large .zip files with .txt liner notes. The equivalent of more than 7 cd's worth of material!
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Download: $7.95 'The Rest of Voicejail' 2 episode series utilizes recordings from the Voicejail scene that were not used in the original series. 'Voicejail' was a pre-internet 'scene' that sprung up on voicemail systems in Silicon Valley from 1985-1995. All recordings are used with the permission of their owners. 'The Rest of Voicejail' covers a lot of the recordings from the mid-nineties. 'Voicejail 2.0' is four episodes: 'Drugs', 'Getting Together', 'Helmut's Residence' and Episode 1 'What is Voicejail' that were either re-worked and/or expanded from 30 minutes to 60. Six 1-hour episodes in all in this package in high-quality (V0) .mp3 format. Available here for the first time.
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Download: $5.00 'Shelter' was originally created for 'Needle in the Red' and played on KFJC circa 2003. It is episode 02 of that series, and is presented in this Complete Download Package in a 60 min. radio edit form as well as the longer and uncensored 79 min. 'Director's Cut' form. Playlist files, individual tracks, and long-playing programs are provided. The sound files are all in high quality (V0) .mp3 format. Everything is in one easy to unpack .zip file.
This is a program of dark and darkly humorous stream of consciousness collage. Some of the audio may be disturbing and mesmerizing. Even beautiful. Caution should be exercised when listening to this during driving. Use headphones for best effect.
Full information, and artwork is in the ID3 tags. This re-mastering was created in 2009 by Phineas Narco & The National Cynical Network. All proceeds go toward the operation costs of our home site and are not for profit.
Includes the re-worked piece 'Incoherency' by NCN as well as 'Come Closer' by DJ Zebra.
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Download: $5.00 A post-produced version of a broadcast on KPFA 94.1 in Berkeley, CA on July 3rd, 2009. This was a week after Michael Jackson had died, and 2 days before the Subgenius Church Event X-Day. Present were Puzzling Evidence (Doug Wellman), Phineas Narco, and Philo Drummond of the Subgenius Church. The entire show was 5 hours, originally but has been condensed down to 4 hours of the best stuff, and post-produced by Phineas Narco. Some material did not appear on the original broadcast. This program is not safe to broadcast on terrestrial radio unless it is in safe harbor. Please contact producer at voicejail@yahoo.com if you want to re-broadcast.
This package includes one large .zip file with the following items:
- Liner notes in .txt file
- The show, separated into highest quality .mp3 tracks with, .m3u playlists to play them in order
- Cover art and full information in the ID3 tags of the sound files.
Keep in mind that the overall .zip file is rather large.
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Download: $6.25 This Complete Download Package for the Needle in the Red episode 'Illusions' has the 79 min.'Director's Cut' as well as the 60 min. Radio Edit both in long-playing and individual tracked format; .m3u playlist files, stand-alone singles, artwork and full ID3 tags are included in one ordered .zip file. This is the official version from NCN. All files are encoded as high-quality V0 mp3's. This 2009 remastering re-interpretively draws from Negativland's 'Over the Edge' radio show episode titled 'The Edge of Illusion' and features many impassioned post-produced rants by Alexander T. Newport about society, 'the illusion', conformity, Generation X and finding peace of mind in a post-modern, disillusioned and cynical world. These rants are interspersed with frenetic, dense, dramatic and energetic media collages in a somewhat dissociated, stream-of-consciousness format. Check out sample tracks at the off-site Last.FM page for this particular program.
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Download: $6.00 Pilot episode package for the dark 'gothi-comedy' psychedelic collage series "Needle in the Red". Broadcast on KFJC in 2003, now re-mastered for 2009.
Features original NCN members, and many unwitting 'voicejailers' from the pre-internet voicemail community in Silicon Valley in the 80's. This 3hr. pilot for the long-running 'Needle in the Red' collage radio series is the Official Release from NCN.
This package includes:
- Full liner notes.
MP3's in v0 quality:
- HQ Radio-Safe edits of the Pilot.
- The episode as it was broadcast originally.
Singles in .flac (lossless) format:
- All the Stupid People
- Creep
- Highway 237
- My Favorite Stuff
- Numbers Stations
- 74. min. Behind the Scenes Outtake mp3
- Cover art of the original show flyer in .jpg format, and embedded in full info ID3 tags.
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Disc: $11.75 Schizophrenia, an audio journey, from a subjective perspective. This was originally a bonus hour addendum for the 'needle in the red' series pilot, but reworked years later for this release. Taken from digital .wav files of the original master recordings. Includes the tracks 'now here', 'ideas of reference' and 'crabs'.
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Download: $5.00 The complete digital package for this unique collage compilation, originally broadcast in April of 2009. Explores the many facets of the Jesus mythos, past and present.
Includes NCN pieces such as 'Those Last Moments' from 'Stop' and 'Cauldron of Agony' as well as a rare live version of Negativland's 'Christianity is Stupid' from 1993.
High V0 Quality mp3's of:
- The Original 3 hour Version of the program
- The 79 min. Director's cut
- The 60 min. Radio Edit
- 3 singles from the program (also in .flac format)
Almost a dozen high quality files in all! Full artwork and information in ID3 tags.
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