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HVI: EPISODE 01
00:00 - Announcement
00:15 - Shortwave 'scream' sound
00:16 - Shortwave 'drone' sound
00:18 - Clip from song Nefarious
00:21 - First song ever
00:25 - Hopey voicemail
00:31 - HVI Commercial: This ain't your mother's virus / The persona of tomorrow today
01:07 - That we might be right / damnit - live clip
01:14 - Shortwave 'stutter' sound
01:16 - None of this is real
01:27 - You should know - live in studio clip
01:45 - Radio static interlude
01:55 - Vespa Says: Tell someone that you love them
02:09 - The girl from the fire station motel
03:49 - Shortwave clip with two tone bells followed by noise drone
03:54 - Shortwave slip with sci-fi frequency and Walla voices
03:57 - The Pest: short commercial
04:01 - ETP commercial
04:10 - Tracy laughing
04:12 - The 22nd Room
06:09 - Young Ken in his bedroom strumming rock chords on guitar
06:15 - April & Laurie screaming hello
06:17 - Young Ken bedroom work: drone on left, guitar noises on right
06:21 - Young Ken bedroom work: breathing sounds to copy Depeche Mode
06:27 - Young Ken bedroom work: low drone sound / 'you know I can't help but believe that this is wrong'
06:33 - The Monolith
08:25 - Young Ken bedroom work: sounds from the telephone 01, stutter
08:30 - Young Ken bedroom work: sounds from the telephone 02, noises
08:33 - Vespa Says: Try to lick your own elbow
08:41 - The Pest: long commercial
08:58 - End Of Drought
10:02 - Poe Poem, Lenore, to the music of the Elegy version of Baby's Symphony from Sixty Seconds Till Dawn
13:21 - The Understanding of SonicParlor13
14:52 - The beginning of Obsession & Desire with the buzz saw
14:58 - Shortwave: Sci-fi eerie drone
15:00 - ETP commercial
15:09 - Ken in studio: 'And the crowd goes wild'
15:15 - The end of The Holder of Dreams immersive audio: The red, the tower, the dragon that never dies
15:25 - CYBER_SPACE_SONICS: 'I know you despise me'
16:07 - Shortwave: noise
16:09 - Tracy backwards from original Shed My Skin
16:11 - None of this is real
16:25 - CYBER_SPACE_SONICS: 'I am not, letting you have control' device remix song
17:09 - Shortwave noise in 4 parts
17:11 - Shortwave talking in foreign language 01
17:14 - Shortwave talking in foreign language 02
17:15 - Young Ken bedroom work: Cowbell drum song with Radio Shack delay
17:23 - Thank you, goodnight and kiss my German Dutch ass. You are now all well rounded individuals
17:40 - End
HVI: EPISODE 02
00:00 - Announcement
00:15 - Train noises
00:15 - Hopey: 'Use your wisdom, yo'
00:20 - Ballarat theme song intro
00:24 - Sabrina: 'Ladies & gentlemen, I present'
00:27 - Previous option for start of the song, 'The Machine' by ballarat60
00:31 - Synthesized Self Via Abstraction
01:31 - Sample of metal door opening then footsteps
01:34 - Elfie the cat / The Lioness
01:38 - None of this is real
01:48 - Scot: 'How was your debate Kathleen?', Kathleen: 'Killer'
01:50 - Early practice of Stagnant Man, Pat on guitar & TR-505
01:53 - Jenny's 17th birthday party
01:57 - Two tones from the Korg Monologue and then Hopey's tongue roll
02:00 - Vespa Says: 'Tell someone that that they are beautiful'
02:15 - Hope Rises From Our Dreams
03:48 - Old catalog sound from band archives: drone
04:01 - Camera shutter sound and reverse snares from beginning of 'Whisper Bloody Murder'
04:05 - Pound sounds from beginning of 'Whisper Bloody Murder'
04:09 - The voicemail box of ballarat60 with message from the girl from the Micro Center company picnic
04:39 - The Girl From The Movie Theater Ticket Booth
07:11 - Ken Screaming in studio: 'Woo'
07:13 - Ken's answering machine blues song outgoing message
07:29 - Music Box Interlude song #1 w/ samples from me talking with my Mom
08:22 - The 'growl' I recorded from when I had the flu that was used in original version of 'Shed My Skin'
08:25 - Ballarat theme song - 'Music emotion sound motion noise'
08:29 - The samples from the end of the song 'Move' with Scot saying 'Move' & Ken saying, 'She said'
08:32 - ETP commercial
08:42 - Old catalog sound from band archives: Peavey amplifier hit to make spring reverb noise
08:44 - May There Always Be Sunshine / May There Always Be Blue Sky
10:42 - Collective13 Project: Indication Number
11:11 - Ken speaking really fast at band practice #1 followed by drums from 'Pariahs'
11:16 - Ken speaking really fast at band practice #2
11:20 - You have a message from the Monolith
12:00 - Laughter with Tracy & her niece
12:07 - Early practice of Stagnant Man, TR-505 & synth
12:11 - Live concert: 'Well, we'd like to personally dedicate this performance to all the bastards we know!'
12:19 - Early practice of Stagnant Man, percussion
12:24 - None of this is real
12:35 - I've Got A Band (w/ Hopey's words from voicemail message)
13:52 - Vespa Says: 'Go kiss someone that you love'
14:06 - Do You Even Know I'm Here?
15:16 - Girl voicemail message #1: Tracy
15:20 - Girl voicemail message #1: June
15:28 - Girl voicemail message #1: Kathleen
15:36 - Girl voicemail message #1: Hopey
15:44 - Possess (the short version with Ken & Rain)
17:00 - ETP commercial
17:09 - Stagnant man sample in original direction #1, 'The Answer Will Come To You'
17:15 - Stagnant man sample in original direction #2, 'Plastic Fear'
17:20 - Plastic Fear: short version of the song Aurora Cyan
18:24 - 1,2,3... okay, we can do a lot better than that. Everybody 1,2,3... thank you very much
18:34 - 'That's it, thanks for sticking around' from live performance
18:41 - End
