The STRANGEST Thing I've Ever Been Sent

[@brianstones6234]

Just found out I have cancer throughout my body & time is running out. So I been coming to terms with the past & accepting the future. This is a balm for my present existence. Thank you!

[@diggingthegreats]

My friend, I am so sorry to hear this - sending all the good vibes your way ❤️

[@Sneakycat1971]

Do you take cholesterol medicine? If so stop. Then try raw bitter apricot seeds also known as B17

[@louispconstant6624]

@@Sneakycat1971 That's fair disrespectful of you tbh. Someone mentions something personal that is as important as it gets and you found a way to make it about you. smh

[@louispconstant6624]

brianstones6234 Wish you the best brother, and you have some rad taste by your reaction to this clip! ✌ Hope you get pleasantly surprised by your estimation regarding time also! All the best and sending the most positive vibes and strength to you that I can muster my dude! Everything in it's right place. Much love x

[@CLOYO]

Giving info isn't about oneselve imo. ​@@louispconstant6624

[@Hamalmac]

Absolutely loved this. Not enough people are willing to commit to something so avant-garde. The music is like an audio dose of psilocybin.

[@K4E4D]

Yeah, this is one of my favorite episodes that in the MF Doom episode

[@jmm8476]

I’m not trying to be a hater. I like this channel. And I get what yr saying. But this just isn’t avant garde. It’s vapor wave with an elaborate marketing plan.

[@CantTellYou]

Shit I'm surprised the "Solutions" book didn't come with a few grams of mushrooms in a slot right next to the MPEG-layer-3 player.

[@sub-jec-tiv]

@@jmm8476 Agree. This is interesting as marketing but if we’re going to consider this ‘avant garde,’ it’s nowhere near as deep as classic avant-garde stuff like Negativland, or avant-pop stuff like Laurie Anderson, etc. The idea is cool, and the music is okay, but it’s pretty shallow.

[@jmm8476]

@@sub-jec-tivglad I’m not just old and yelling at clouds. Or maybe it’s both. But I’ve been this way since I was a youf anyway. Ha ha. But hey, that’s art criticism.

[@mariovelasquez1243]

The editing on this is legit incredible. Such a great way to segue from the uneasiness of the mystery tape into the love of the craft and then making it clear in the end that it had an effect with that last glitch. Chef's kiss, top notch stuff. You're this close to forcing me into Patreon lmao

[@diggingthegreats]

🙏 working on the patreon director's commentary now

[@GeneralSorrow]

Interesting that you mentioned love...craft.

[@henryvirgil8188]

The Takeaway : This is a masterclass in marketing.

[@johndescy7904]

I'd argue it's also a masterclass in art.

[@henryvirgil8188]

@@johndescy7904 That too!!!

[@johnobrien8773]

Some of the best art is advertising. My favorite poster is for a movie I'll probably never see.

[@LookDeeper]

Agreed.

[@henrybemis9956]

I never thought I would see MLM Vaporwave. It's usually a critique of consumerism, not a soundtrack for cult induction, but I guess it tracks.

[@realityisfake]

mlm is kind of consumerism gone extra haywire, if you think about it. this is my new fav vaporwave thoughj

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Yep. They’re just aware of Boards of Canada’s marketing through Warp Records. That’s all it is.

[@epicparkourdewd]

@@realityisfake we're all subjects inducted into MLM society schemes supporting extraction economies

[@brawndothethirstmutilator9848]

I think it’s likely performance art, working in the Vaporwave aesthetic.

[@EduardoMano]

Had to pause to comment on this. The first part of the video was simply superb. I have never seen anything like it. So much so that I instantly subbed. This is a project so out there that it makes me happy to know it exists, even if I never get to do anything even remotely similar to it with my music and art. It inspires me to see so much creativity and drive. This is on another level. This is absolutely incredible. I have never seen any of your videos, but I'm so glad the good ol' algorithm worked for the best once again.

[@infectedgoat7775]

I agree just supberp and inspiring. Visuals and the subject matter on another level. “Why didn’t they release it on Spotify?” That’s the point! I love it. Excellent video and editing. I used to work in Long Island City and lived in NYC for 15 years until Covid. Brought tears to my eyes. The creative energy and drive.

[@futureghost77]

That is music inspired by Vaporwave, a genre you should definitely cover. I never in a thousand years would have imagined that you would do an online mystery game on this channel. This is great content.

[@t3amtomahawk]

Someone really heard muzak and thought, "Imma compose this for listening instead of background noise." I applaud them for it tbh

[@PeterJnicol]

Is it inspired by VW, or are they both pulling from the same 80s nostalgia?

[@sub-jec-tiv]

They studied Boards of Canada’s marketing.

[@nikibordeaux]

​@PeterJnicol I would say the latter, as for me from what I heard and saw in the video, it all had an 80s, early 90s vibe. It reminded me of Muzak, jingles an TV ads from that time. Though I have to add, Muzak was invented in the 50s.

[@AlSwearengen4]

The music was definitely more recently composed.

[@chrisjohnson4386]

This was great. That disappearing hydrant was like a smack to the face! Oddest thing though, I feel like I've seen your post a year or two ago. It was so familiar that I had to double check the upload date.

[@dansplaylists1]

As a total fan of Dispatches from Elsewhere and the story behind and to see this beautiful project makes me happy and my day 😊 Thank you for sharing! 💖

[@amitadar]

This is one of the best produced videos I’ve ever seen about a musical project. Wow

[@ChuckLeeMBM]

This was such a fun ride! Loved this vid and edit from beginning to end! Thanks dude!

[@BENJAMIN-nz6nd]

Amazing

[@AlcoholidayHHH]

Dude, there's an entire episode of Cowboy Bebop covering this. Brain Scratch - episode 23

[@kwullums]

how bout the new shizzz kzbin.info/aero/PLbvoM48s1AlarvAB8Y675SPd0dRXqKCYv

[@biggwillbeats4384]

Hold up‼️ what⁉️😃

[@kwullums]

@@biggwillbeats4384 check it

[@frenizoned3051]

Yes ! Hahahaha I thought this as well.

[@infectedgoat7775]

WHAAAAAA!!! CHECKING IT OUT NOW THANKS!

[@michaelmadcat]

Man, I'm gonna be thinking about this for a while. Thank you for taking risks and doing beautifully weird little side quests with this channel. Appreciate what ya do!

[@noiztalk]

Radiolab + Digging the Greats? I couldn't ask for more! This video essay is among your finest works, Brian. Thank you so much for this.

[@JaySellers]

Yesterday, I was at a park in Brunswick, GA (halfway between Savannah and Jacksonville) and was passed by a guy wearing a sweatshirt with the Windstar Enterprises logo. This is going super weirdly viral.

[@AtheistLuvXmas]

I understand why you specify Brunswick so succinctly, because it’s such a random place for something on this frequency to materialize at in the flesh. *Edit - what’s up with the water down there? It’s smells and taste …different. Or am I cr6@zy$?

[@JaySellers]

@AtheistLuvXmas you're not crazy. I actually work for the water utility. We have a high natural sulfur level that's reduced by aeration but not enough to remove the odor. We also use all groundwater wells, and very little treatment is necessary....chlorine to inhibit bacterial growth and phosphate to reduce scaling in the pipes. Almost 100% of the time when somebody mentions the taste, I find that they're from an area that has surface water plants where a lot of treament and filtering takes place, or they have a shallow private well that doesn't have the same mineral content.

[@AtheistLuvXmas]

@@JaySellers Wow. When I asked that I genuinely didn’t expect such a detailed and professional explanation. Awesome 👏 🏆

[@JaySellers]

@AtheistLuvXmas my pleasure. I'm the Public Information Officer for the utility, so it's what I do! Take care.

[@MrEazyE357]

The water tastes that way in a lot of FL too. It's sulphur from the groundwater.

[@timleftthebuilding]

You should really consider directing film. Excellent video. You had me hooked.

[@keepitmovin23]

Loved the lengths you went for this one!

[@Roger-r7s]

Lost, the church of the subgenius, the Monroe Insitute, the avant garde art group the Residents all got together and decided to do this uncategorizable experiment in constructing a new human experiential reality hacking.

[@johnobrien8773]

Did Bob Dobbs really die in Dallas?

[@LookDeeper]

⁠The spirit lives on.

[@moreagain5628]

Praise "Bob"!

[@kryptv7770]

Why did you bring this up I'm confused how this relates

[@johnobrien8773]

@@kryptv7770 Buy the books... It's important that you buy them but less important that you read them. If you can give them away or lose them then buy them again, even better. I found mine at a now torn down discount bookstore that had been a Family Fitness Center before becoming a haunted house but any book seller should be able to procure copies of the aforementioned subject.

[@TheHENpp]

At 3:23, I was like "well, he uploaded the video... so I guess he's okay?"

[@SpiderDan2099]

Haha same!

[@SmallBlogV8]

When the song-and-artist captions started appearing in the corner as new songs played, I thought "Okay, so this is an album and not a weird cult, then. It'll be fine!"

[@AdamFraserTv]

This is special . All of it . Thank you.

[@Dan__S]

This sounds a LOT like the Monroe institute remote viewing audio, with a side of meow wolf and urantia thrown in. I love it. Excellent find

[@JCSAXON]

Glad I stumbled upon this. The editing is truly superb. Fun run, thanks

[@sdotcire2574]

Amazing video! Very black mirror vibes with the editing and music.. kept me at the edge of my seat, as I waited for the veil to be removed haha.

[@Denver_Risley]

Reminds me of the Jejune Institute art project if anyone from SF remembers that.

[@danielpirone8028]

Seems VERY similar - I can’t help but think they are inspired by it

[@endlessawareness]

Really looking forward to the interview, we need more experimental "projects" like this!

[@infectedgoat7775]

“You are the consequence of memories.” Whoa I really liked that line

[@DarthPunk]

Hauntology - nostalgia for a future that never happened. Boards of Canada vibes

[@jodown5584]

I came to the comments expecting loads of people to mention BoC, but yours is surprisingly the only one I've found.

[@MLElf]

Yes same! Was thinking BoC promo vibes :)

[@biggwillbeats4384]

Now I’ve encountered Boards of Canada in my ‘net travels… Interesting to say the least.

[@psychnstatstutor]

12:09 Where'd the yellow hydrant in the photo go?

[@jeffbakalar1535]

That was fun and clever.... this reminds me of when i was a volunteer at a community radio station in the 80s-90s. Lots of recorded material came in all the time and some of it was odd concept stuff like the Church of the SubGenius. It was perfect for late night programming, make everybody scratch their heads a bit. Also, as a child in the 70s i vividly recall walking through shopping centers with my parents to the ghostly strains of Muzak...Montovani pumped in everywhere. Was it all a dream?

[@loggert]

No fire hydrant in the picture 12 min in.. Spooky.. yeah.. spooky

[@olybears57]

Came to the comments for this

[@blutheproducer9888]

Yeah idk

[@theexistentialtigers]

Also came for this comment! Rewound the video to the initial photo to make sure I wasn’t crazy

[@CitizenLane-]

I was thinking that even this video is part of a whole. Clever, if so. Ridiculous production, nonetheless.

[@gregorymessimer5728]

​@@theexistentialtigers He even mentioned it specifically. He got you to rewatch! 😊

[@ESJ_27]

This is so freaking sick man, creativity is still alive

[@jimstar9954]

Sound like Aphex Twin but in a vaporwave way.... and the way it's presented like a seminar thing is just genious!! Rewatching just to be sure i get it all!!! This art project is the most creative and innovative i've seen in a long time!!! Wow!! Thank you for bringing this to us!!!! Love the way you integrated your video editing in the concept of the art piece you are presenting!!!! Edit : Read the comments and i agree with the guy linking this to RJD2's work it has some similar vibes

[@hygro9625]

That video transition from the acting meetup to the real interview was profoundly artistic

[@alisterfolson]

"Is this a cult? Because that's how you join a cult." - Archer

[@Hermitthecog]

Do you think that's wiiise?

[@fleshtonegolem]

The detail I find the most entertaining is they used a widescreen in the book, and filmed/filtered it to look like it should be on a 4:3 ratio screen. I caught you folks :)

[@marcstewart3839]

Great video! Loved the whole concept and creativity the editing EVERYTHING! Good job and thank you for your efforts.

[@RaziAvel]

This was so well put together Brandon, fantastic vid bro

[@bobbysnaxx]

There is usually many videos in my feed which are about ARG and Vaporwave. Since I’m old as I am and lived the nineties, I love the same hiphop as Digging the greats. So this video was sandwiched between ARG and Vaporwave videos for me. It was nice to have a fresh reaction to Simon Adler project. But like many piece of art, it didn’t appear out of nothing. In this case, even though this is new, his influences are really apparent. That said, the music seems really cool.

[@blairelton]

This is Aesop Rock's "ITS" if Donald Glover was the marketing guy.

[@raphaelbruegger]

Huge shoutout from Switzerland! That vapowave‘ish feelin throughout this musical experience is just so great and catchy. And you, willing to cover this in your style is just pure KZbin gold!

[@corywithout]

A masterpiece, all of this. The music, the marketing, and especially your video.

[@admin-BareInk231]

This reminds me of Dispatches From Elsewhere, The Institute and In Bright Axiom. Great job on this video!

[@ikepigott]

11:36 am I the only one yelling about the lack of a fire hydrant?

[@customjohnny]

This was simply top-notch, Brandon. So cool. This is exactly the type of experience I like associated with my consumption of good music 😊👍🏼

[@BudoReflex]

Halfway through, subbed. Don’t care what is about to happen, the story telling and nostalgia are brilliant. So glad this is a real unreal product. 🤪 I grew up in the eighties, and this is so spot on. It’s even better than.

[@Redlox70]

Same here 😄

[@CoffeeMapachi]

I knew from the beginning this had to be a music project, but you managed to sell the idea of being dragged into some occult reality bending stuff so well that I almost thought it was real. I love your videos!

[@stickierbuds]

bruh i love your videos so much normally but ive never felt like i had to comment until this one. amazingly well done. production 11/10 blown away

[@diggingthegreats]

🙏🙏

[@OldCrowCS80]

This is like a Black Mirror take on Wayne Dyer. “Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.”

[@2YLITE22]

was getting Justified Ancients of Mumu vibes.

[@jollyrott3nn]

Love the Ancients!!

[@kingklank6732]

You know what time is love.

[@thomasceneri867]

“They called me up in Tennessee, and they said,’Tammy, stand by the jams!’l

[@ne7andyL]

what a bloody great vid. gave me serious Beyond the Black Rainbow vibes. always love your stuff, but this is next level creative brilliance: you should totally make an episodic podcast/vidpodcast and do more of this sort of thing imho :D

[@eliamilanaccio5842]

You watched that movie? Love it!

[@meesalikeu]

dafuq u say? it wasnt bloody or violent at all 😮

[@ne7andyL]

@@meesalikeu haha bless ya, I'm from the UK; in slang over here it's like saying 'really' \o_ like what a really great vid... and it is :)

[@Foulon0215]

Wait a minute, I’m at 11:49; what happened to the fire hydrant?? Ok, you got me! LOL

[@FOSSIL13drums]

It was by design, and it was beautifully executed! When I didn’t see it I was just like “ahhhh, this is cool as fuck” lol

[@SpiderDan2099]

Yeah got me good! I was yelling at my phone "Hey where's the hydrant?!"

[@scotdotwtf]

LOL SAME

[@jburnsrph]

This is fantastic, immersive and hit me on so many levels. Thank you for this.

[@AfferbeckBeats]

I had this kind of idea several years ago, but never got around to it. Lofi synths and drum machines sounding like hold music for some lost 80s finance bro spiritual enlightenment cult. Starting with basic health and wealth platitudes, culminating in ascending beyond your physical form (leaving all your net worth to the cult to help others achieve ascension, of course). But this guy really pulled it off way beyond what I imagined!

[@infectedgoat7775]

Whoa man your idea sounds great too! I would totally dig that. Hope you develop it more.

[@Zero-is-infinite]

Your memory is a collection of experiences and provides the foundation to your perspective. Your perspective is DEFINITELY how you view and interact with things.

[@joshhardin666]

right up until the 16 minute mark, I thought that this was an alternate reality game. it captures the notes that I'd be looking for with one of those... but where the media and the place you'd go would contain puzzles to continue.

[@dakotafletcher3996]

Your passion for the art comes through so well in your videos. This was a fun watch!

[@shadowmn]

Any art that shifts or makes us think deeper about our perception of reality is a good thing. I've always buried easter eggs in my dj mixes. I'm all for an artpiece like this, causing deep thought, wonder, whimsy and scepticism.

[@charleymarkson]

Thank you Dr.Richard Stillwell. I have been reprogrammed! I will never be the same again!!!

[@swampfirerecords]

Immediately took notice to the track "oakwood" and the mailing address, eau claire, wi. I grew up there and this grabbed my attention. Kind of a full circle moment seeing my hometown on this channel. Very cool. Just ordered the tape.

[@Gambit-Lobo]

11:57 , 🤔 Where did the YELLOW FIRE HYDRANT GO!? It was there when you first showed the photo?

[@georgemyoung1467]

Curtis MacDonald recorded and arranged this genius album with tons of various artists, (Including Adler), according to credits on Bandcamp.

[@lez0n]

Now that’s what I call a limited edition box set.

[@Special-Delivery57]

I just found out about this awesome project. Your video here was the best way for me to be introduced to Windstar Enterprises and I’m happy about it. I’m glad I found out through your video and not something misleading. Your video rocks!👍🏻🍻🔥 Thank you

[@brandontylerburt]

This has perhaps the highest production value of any original video I've seen on KZbin.

[@WilliamHELLHASEYIS]

Ariel Pink and Animal Collective Must be on Windstar’s playlist

[@museovations]

Fantastic video about an amazing project. Kudos to you and to Windstar!!

[@polymorphic59]

This is so great, didn't believe it was possible to make me excited for a MUSIC project from a VIDEO. Wow

[@metalhead2theEnd]

Thank you very much for showing me this. Instantly ordered, I love such unique approaches.

[@Mike28625]

It reminds me of the movie Beyond the Black Rainbow

[@FlyinEye]

That was something else. I've always loved concept albums but this takes it to a whole new level. It's so unique and original. It makes me want to sit down and get out some old synthesizers create something different. In a world full of copies and this is genius.

[@robdobson4193]

Wonderful. Thank you man

[@banksofchaos93]

Clocked that crosby/stills/nash ticket lol This reminds me of the late 80s/early 90s, taking hallucinogens regularly, reading Robert Anton Wilson and Wm. S. Burroughs and Alesteir Crowley and Derrida, Listening to Throbbing Gristle and Temple ov Psychic Youth and mixtapes, looking for that unifying theory of everything. Oh, and watching lots of X Files and anything David Lynch had anything to do with. Love the nostalgic vibe and this was ace storytelling. If there is a way to rewrite reality, this is probably it. An ARG with 80s infomercials chopped and screwed. Cool.

[@mixit313]

The “If you could see me now” and “Best is yet to come” chops are awesome!!!

[@All_Things_Band]

This is SUPER COOL! Thank you for the incredible effort to tell this story

[@jgbailar]

The part I love the most about this approach to blurring the boundaries of reality and fiction, is how it makes any debate about “AI replacing artists” instantly irrelevant. Well done.

[@awakennow5852]

This is very cool it's true creativity. It's like you said at the end it's learning and allowing your project to be what it's trying to tell you that it is no matter how strange it might seem❤

[@James-qo3xf]

Haha! High weirdness by mail!

[@luisbeckett1]

Enjoy your videos so much, this one's superb. The fire hydrant disappearing was a great touch, really made me scratch my head. Beautifully put together. Thank you for a quality film. .

[@jack79]

If it were a movie, it would all end in a tub full of ice, a scar on the side and one missing kidney. 😂

[@rugbybeef]

Worse, in a bland conference room downtown in your closest regional city with about 150-200 of your closest strangers with a seminar leader in a director's chair spending your entire weekend trying to make you "pop"

[@djflipside33]

This was super cinematic. Amazing job editing. Felt like a Jordan Peele Sam Esmali movie. Definitely should get made.

[@bingobrownable]

So enjoyed this. Brilliantly done.

[@trevor2001]

there’s more to music than Spotify.

[@daddiofilms1540]

This was absolutely awesome, so cool, thanks for this. It made me think of my past and old friends growing up, amazing stuff!

[@kirkstate]

This is the future of music merch and getting off of DSPs, artist coming out with exclusive content and hard tangible content that a fan couldn’t get anywhere else but from the artist. Similar to what MachHommy done with his exclusive backwards vinyl

[@Hermitthecog]

Charles Manson called and, dude, has he got an album for you.

[@jayfoster]

Absolutely brilliant. Thanks brother

[@Dane565]

😂 IDK why I'm getting *Monroe Institute & Gateway Process* vibes mixed in with bits of *Alan Watts quotes*

[@kevinpaige5746]

Great job! I can't sum up in a few words, the coolness of this video.

[@talldarkstrangerpr]

Very Cronenberg (father and son), Cosmatos, Negativland, Burroughs. Love it! ARG for sure!

[@Hermitthecog]

Took a while to find but I knew there had to be a Negativland reference in here somewhere. 👍

[@ken.adhitya]

Loved this. This is so good man! Bravo

[@justinr5989]

If you haven’t watched the Netflix show Maniac with Jonah Hill and Emma Stone, please do!

[@nurik]

Big 80s Cronenberg movie energy!

[@infectedgoat7775]

Long live the new flesh…

[@tecpaocelotl]

You're good at experiences. This is proof. Great job.

[@kristenbouwman3494]

Have you seen one of his subscriber milestone party videos? THOSE are also an experience!

[@bryanbalment7993]

Something about the vibes here remind me of Chris Morris's "Blue Jam" radio work. If less overtly sinister. It's worth looking up if you like surreal monologues and strange ambient sounds.

[@salturpasta6204]

Jaaaaaam 😉

[@annanordhaus7523]

Thank you, Dr. Richard Stillwell!

[@stevelk1329]

This seems more ridiculous than anything else. Now I've seen some of it and heard some of it let's see it change my reality and then I'll be interested...

[@MrEazyE357]

You knocked this one out of the park.

[@CLOYO]

Somehow you stopped me from drinking an energy drink for breakfast. Thanks.

[@GreatestAuthorinFlorida]

This comment is remote in the best way possible.

[@denniszipps1202]

Love this

[@thetruemorg]

So in 1984 my dad got himself involved with audio cassette, cult stuff. Not as good as the gateway program but basically benign emotional well-being that fits directly into a subcategory of new age religion. When I started watching this the packaging instantly reminded me of when my dad would get new cassettes. And the whole way that they did things and packaged things and the whole feel of this video reminded me of exactly the kind of seminar thing that you would sign up for in the late '80s and early '90s. Having been a 10-year-old when my dad started doing this in a real kind of way and getting the mail order catalogs. He passed away a couple years ago and I inherited all of that stuff. It's a weird project that I have to go through sometime or other and now is a 45-year-old man looking at a video about a cult like the way my dad was involved with on KZbin has given me some very distinct feels. Thank you radiolab and thank you this new KZbin channel

[@Wowjustwow37]

I knew a man who is also now an angel. He used to play me those metaphysical tapes at the park. I did enjoy them. He was a bit of a perv, but also a great teacher. lol.

[@franzouse6364]

That was amazing. A pretty enthralling experience. Many thanks for this moment

[@AroundTheBlockAgain]

The anachronism of including an iPod Shuffle and a Cassette Tape instantly set me on edge. But uh hey. If it gets me another iPod Shuffle, those things were indestructible. I'm talking "going through the washing machine and living in the car" indestructible. I'm in.