3. TMI

“A street person on a street corner is screaming street words—words that aren’t words, though they come into sharper focus whenever someone walks by.”

00:00 —TMI

01:46 —A sci-fi writer and a scientist disagree about dystopias…

03:55 —TMI

05:42 —A broken TV (signs of reality at the electronics store)…

07:59: —TMI

09:36 —A noise coming from the news anchor’s ear piece…

10:45 —Street Words

15:03 —TMI

16:27 —Stranger’s MacGuffin and the coming of the Roboroach…

21:20 —TMI

24:30 minutes

“Disintegration Loops” by William Basinki

2. Plato’s Cave-In

I watch the novice robot mimicking his mentor’s demonstration of this glitchy dance from the near future of our distant past . . .

00:00 —Intro

00:59 —An early morning tongue bath…

03:13 —On the balcony with the Mummy and Shadow…

09:40 —Plato’s Cave-In…

18:17 —A dream of fire wood and ancient skulls…

19:30 minutes

“Gymnopédie No. 1” by Erik Satie and “Pathologically Bored” by Deru

1. Somewhere in the Distant Present

“My personal space has been invaded by a man looking for an invasion by an insect that practices an invasive form of procreation…”

0:00 —The bug-man…

04:15 —Do you ever suspect that the world actually did end in 2012 and we’ve simply failed to notice? …

04:56 —An elevator glitch leads to a staring contest with a stranger in the 4th floor mirror…

12:31 —Another glitch leads to a case of mistaken birthday…

16:41 minutes

“Poa Alpina” by Biosphere, “Unseen Forces” by Justin Walter