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- 05 / 06 / 03 -
A "tour" of the radio station preceded the show, the Stony Brook Seawolves are victorious in baseball, Emmanuel wonders what a seawolf is, some history of old team names, progress is being made on encoding old episodes of "Brain Damage," the sounds of the old phone system, Emmanuel has a bad experience with an SUV every time he drives to the station, the confusion that reins at an intersection on campus, the advantage of getting BBC World, the popularity of Hummers, how SUVs keep getting bigger, a staffer has the ability to instantly recognize cars by their taillights, what Emmanuel is good at remembering, the Dixie Chicks controversy, how certain radio stations organized boycotts, Emmanuel's attempts to buy a Dixie Chicks CD at a retail outlet, how people have always traded music, Kenyon stops by, Noam Chomsky is giving another lecture at this very hour, the extremely high price for a CD at Borders, problems with the play button, a song by the Dixie Chicks, the Digicart machine crashes, Jimmy Cliff interrupts, May 1st is Loyalty Day, the absurdity of the record company position on music sharing, Emmanuel's experience with a counterfeit film.
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May 6
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- 05 / 13 / 03 -
A malfunctioning button causes dead air, an answer to the opening theme question, a PIN code for a Verizon teleconference goes out over the air, a playback of a Verizon conference call, Noam Chomsky is in town again, the new Wang Center on campus will be open tonight, Emmanuel's tradition of exploring every building on campus, how things have changed, an appeal for calls from on campus, "new broadband initiatives" from Verizon, a piece of the board falls off, trying to inject enthusiasm into the Verizon presentation, a profile of Port Jefferson, the confusing intersection at the heart of the town, the story of the disappearance of the Thomas Jefferson statue, why the left in this country never gets anywhere, Emmanuel's experience trying to get to the bottom of the statue question, trying to get the number for the Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce from directory assistance, attempting to get the same information from Tell Me, Emmanuel gets into a huge argument with the system when he tries to disconnect from it, Emmanuel gets stuck in the sports section, an eclipse is occurring this week, Emmanuel explains some basic astronomy, trying to get automated driving directions, Emmanuel won't get to see the eclipse because he's seeing "The Matrix" at that time, how people at the station aren't used to the phones ringing, listener feedback on what to do about the statue situation, how encoding old episodes of "Brain Damage" has turned into a weird experience, an update on the proposed Yaphank mall, an oxygen bar in Port Jefferson, comparing Port Jefferson to East Hampton, reading some of the press release from Verizon concerning today's big announcement, Verizon's habit of sabotaging DSL lines from other companies, the story of the Internet-ready toilet is revealed to be a hoax, trying to figure out what offends people, how CNN attempted to delete the story.
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May 13
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- 05 / 20 / 03 -
Another call to the Tell Me service, trying to find the number for WUSB, trying to get the number for a commercial station, leaving feedback, getting the WUSB phone number from Verizon, the condition alert has changed to orange, the WUSB listener line, appealing for calls, the concept of "intelligence chatter," an old "Brain Damage" caller, the 1990 episodes are about to go online, an appeal for a copy of a show that Emmanuel doesn't have, memories of Matt, the old teleconferences, what hasn't changed at the station since the nineties, calling the old number for "What's For Lunch?", Emmanuel's experience exploring the Wang Center during the Noam Chomsky lecture last week, an adventure cutting through various campus buildings during the ICON convention this spring, Stony Brook issues an alert because of the color change in the threat level, Tom Ridge claims the nation is safer now than 20 months ago, web filtering is installed at University Hospital that blocks 2600, a call from Edmonton, whether a color alert system exists in Canada, a contest to see which credit card company answers with a human first, information on outsourcing companies, a quirk involving prepaid calling cards, information about Vonage, time runs out suddenly, Noam Chomsky may be aired in this slot next week, a two hour fundraiser is scheduled for "Off The Hook" this week.
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May 20
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- 05 / 27 / 03 -
The show is on this week after all, Emmanuel expresses his feelings about all the rain during the Memorial Day weekend, saying goodbye to a very old friend, the story of The Cedars, the scarcity of old houses, Emmanuel's days as a typesetter, how the house was found, the way such an environment can affect people, how 2600 was affected, the Walter story, some of the animal adventures through the years, Hurricane Gloria's effect on the house, the noise of trees, the Strong family, some of the modern conveniences that residents had to do without, the people who didn't appreciate it, the group home experience, the Halloween parties at The Cedars, going through old books, an appeal for several million dollars to buy the house, a picture of Earth from Mars, talk of infiltrating places, a new company will allow average citizens to watch for terrorists on their computers, questions on landmark status for the house, the upcoming 2600 meetings, trying to get around web page blocking, the early days of 2600.
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May 27
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