Listener comments!

Thu. 7/16/09 2:05am From: Spencer

I'm sending this message into the vastness of space... hoping it might reach some other restless soul out there... in the expanse..

Thu. 7/16/09 2:07am From: Joshua K

NIGHT PING PONG

Thu. 7/16/09 2:09am From: Spencer

PING! Like a ping pong ball!

Thu. 7/16/09 2:13am From: Spencer

Yeah, I heard you on Seven Second Delay, Dave. Your phone voice is different than your radio voice... which doesn't really make sense, does it?

Thu. 7/16/09 2:16am From: Indiana Jordan

When I was younger, I saw a radio personality in real life who looked nothing like I'd imagined him. And I lost all faith in everything I had believed in up to that point. And that's a true story.

Thu. 7/16/09 2:16am From: Spencer

I'm going to keep commenting, even if I'm aaaaall alone... just so I don't doze off in front of my laptop with my headphones on, like last week.

Thu. 7/16/09 2:16am From: Ken From Hyde Park

SNAFU = Situation Normal, All Fouled Up. I don't know the source of that, though.

Thu. 7/16/09 2:18am From: Indiana Jordan

I missed Tax.

Thu. 7/16/09 2:19am From: Spencer

That's a sad story, Jordan. How did you ever rebuild your world after that?

Thu. 7/16/09 2:20am From: Indiana Jordan

Lots of therapy. And drugs. I basically funded the entire pharmaceutical industry for a while there.

Thu. 7/16/09 2:22am From: Spencer

So now that you've been through all that... what do you think would happen if you saw a picture of Dave and Sandy and they looked nothing like you expected? Are you in a place now where you'd be able to cope with that kind of shock?

Thu. 7/16/09 2:25am From: Jordan Eash

I'd like to think I could, but only because I've refrained from picturing them at all. To me, they're just disembodied voices floating around New Jersey somewhere.

Thu. 7/16/09 2:28am From: Spencer

Wow... well, then wouldn't finding out that they had a corporeal presence at all be an EVEN bigger shock? It seems you have yet to get to real root of your problems...

Thu. 7/16/09 2:29am From: Spencer

Good topic! It's the 40th anniversary this year :)

Thu. 7/16/09 2:30am From: Spencer

...and of course that's the first thing they mention...

Thu. 7/16/09 2:32am From: Joshua K

Laika was the russian dog

Thu. 7/16/09 2:33am From: Spencer

The Russians sent a dog named Laika... first earth-bound life-form to go into orbit.

Thu. 7/16/09 2:34am From: Spencer

Keep gettin beaten to the punch!

Thu. 7/16/09 2:35am From: Joshua K

The distance around the entire earth is longer than the distance to the moon. So thats not the furthest someone has gone... just the furtherest from the surface.

Thu. 7/16/09 2:35am From: Indiana Jordan

Laika was a stray dog. And she was lost out there in the darkness...

Thu. 7/16/09 2:36am From: Spencer

Good call Joshua.

Thu. 7/16/09 2:36am From: Joshua K

http://tinyurl.com/lhfeoe

Thu. 7/16/09 2:37am From: Joshua K

Oh wait I was wrong!!

Thu. 7/16/09 2:37am From: Joshua K

The decimal point they stuck in messed me up.

Thu. 7/16/09 2:38am From: Indiana Jordan

The moon wins again!

Thu. 7/16/09 2:39am From: Joshua K

There is a reflective property of the moon's surface which makes it look lit.

Thu. 7/16/09 2:39am From: Spencer

Well, has someone gone around the earth 10 times in a row? Cuz that would beat a moon-trip.

Thu. 7/16/09 2:41am From: Indiana Jordan

I think a seat on the Virgin Galactic costs around 500k.

Thu. 7/16/09 2:42am From: Joshua K

I think the space station orbits the earth.

Thu. 7/16/09 2:44am From: Indiana Jordan

Debunking the conspiracy theories: http://www.clavius.org/

Thu. 7/16/09 2:44am From: Spencer

Yes it does. So ... there you go!

Thu. 7/16/09 2:46am From: Spencer

Moons over my hammy...

Thu. 7/16/09 2:56am From: Joshua K

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/lroc_20090702_a.html

Thu. 7/16/09 2:57am From: Spencer

Those pictures are great... love the level of detail.

Thu. 7/16/09 2:59am From: Joshua K

NASA is supposed to make an announcement tomorrow, possibly about lost Apollo 11 tapes they have since found.

Thu. 7/16/09 3:02am From: Spencer

That would be great! Of course... they'd be fabricated... just like all the other "evidence" that man has gone to the moon. So really, this is just gonna be like "Apollo 11: Director's cut"

Thu. 7/16/09 3:04am From: Joshua K

They can release it on bluray with even better special effects

Thu. 7/16/09 3:06am From: Spencer

Maybe even toss in a CGI Jabba the Hut for good measure.

Thu. 7/16/09 3:09am From: Joshua K

http://wechoosethemoon.org/ is gonna have some "live" thing at the same exact times as 40 years ago

Thu. 7/16/09 3:10am From: Spencer

Buzz Aldrin punches out a moon-hoax theorist! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdZd30FHiBo

Thu. 7/16/09 3:11am From: Ken From Hyde Park

Evolution Control Committee - http://evolution-control.com/index.php has an mp3 file about the moon. It isn't FCC compliant, though (one or two swear words, used repeatedly). Ken has played their Star Spangled Bologna mashup before.

Thu. 7/16/09 3:11am From: Joshua K

I find it hard to believe those guys had to fake all that stuff for days straight without screwing up while people on earth sat there not knowing any better. Even the NASA employees.

Thu. 7/16/09 3:12am From: Spencer

Woah... that looks really interesting. I've bookmarked it for later... when my brain can process anything beyond Night People.

Thu. 7/16/09 3:14am From: Spencer

As with most conspiracies, the sheer amount of people that would need to be compliant make it totally unfeasible. It'd be easier to go to the moon and back than to trick the world into thinking you have.

Thu. 7/16/09 3:16am From: Joshua K

How about how he screwed up that quote and said "one small step for man" instead of "one small step for A man"

Thu. 7/16/09 3:18am From: jorge

hellos from spain, what about the flag ? i have listened to a couple of stories about how the america flag moves on the moon on that video, for some people that should prove that they neve go there, weird i guess

sorry for my CRAPPY english

Thu. 7/16/09 3:18am From: Spencer

Yeah... I have a hard time deciding which version I like better. "A man" makes more sense... but "man" seems more poetic somehow.

Thu. 7/16/09 3:20am From: Spencer

The flag moves because the astronaut moves it.

Thu. 7/16/09 3:20am From: Joshua K

There is solar wind up there that causes it to move. That was one of the things they were experimenting with.

Thu. 7/16/09 3:25am From: Spencer

I've never heard that before, Joshua K. I'm gonna need some source-citing pleeeease.

Thu. 7/16/09 3:27am From: Joshua K

OK solar wind has nothing to do with it, thats not actually wind. But I found this article about the flag:
http://astroprofspage.com/archives/162

Thu. 7/16/09 3:30am From: Spencer

Hey Joshua K... is this you?
http://treebeard31.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/calvin.gif

Thu. 7/16/09 3:35am From: joshua k

I'm a cartoon!

Thu. 7/16/09 3:43am From: Joshua K

Rent an air balloon

Thu. 7/16/09 3:43am From: Spencer

Broadcast from Everest.

Thu. 7/16/09 3:47am From: Spencer

Radio calisthenics is a real thing! Japan used to have it in the 60s... maybe they still do..

Thu. 7/16/09 3:53am From: Megan

There were two flies buzzing around, so I caught them in a plastic water bottle and now they are both laying eggs.

Thu. 7/16/09 3:53am From: Spencer

Man... so the actual 40th anniversary of the landing date is this upcoming Tuesday! I want to celebrate somehow... maybe with some sort of moon-admiring party in the park. Any ideas, night people?

Thu. 7/16/09 3:54am From: Spencer

That's both cool and gross, Megan. Keep us posted.

Thu. 7/16/09 3:55am From: Joshua K

I wonder what fly caviar tastes like

Thu. 7/16/09 3:56am From: Megan

The internet says that they'll hatch in a day.

Thu. 7/16/09 3:57am From: Spencer

"Maggoty"

Thu. 7/16/09 3:57am From: Megan

I'll have a bottle of maggots.

Thu. 7/16/09 3:58am From: Spencer

Hmm... I think they might need some food to survive though.

Thu. 7/16/09 4:00am From: Megan

I have spagetti.

Thu. 7/16/09 4:02am From: Joshua K

Give them some honey

Thu. 7/16/09 4:02am From: Megan

I'll have a bottle of maggots and meat sauce.

Thu. 7/16/09 4:02am From: Spencer

Do maggots like spaghetti? Just don't give them rice or you won't be able to tell them apart.

Thu. 7/16/09 4:03am From: Ken From Hyde Park

Nixon won the 1968 election and went into office in March, 1969. About five months before Apollo 11 took off.

Thu. 7/16/09 4:11am From: Joshua K

I recently watched a special about the soviet dolphins they trained for military purposes. Now they use them for swimming with children with disorders.

Thu. 7/16/09 4:12am From: Spencer

That's... very beautiful actually!

Thu. 7/16/09 4:15am From: Spencer

Those darn satanic entities! Always keepin us organics down...

Thu. 7/16/09 4:17am From: Joshua K

No outside horses?

Thu. 7/16/09 4:18am From: Spencer

Aw, they should've kept that guy on. He was cool.

Thu. 7/16/09 4:22am From: Joshua K

The moon orbit isn't a circle so it depends when you went.

Thu. 7/16/09 4:23am From: Indiana Jordan

Good night, everybody!

Thu. 7/16/09 4:24am From: Spencer

I've never listened to the show live this far in! This is pretty neat. I'm accomplishing my goal for the night. Just can't fall asleep!

Thu. 7/16/09 4:24am From: Indiana Jordan

Good night, moon!

Thu. 7/16/09 4:25am From: The moon

Good night, Indiana Jordan

Thu. 7/16/09 4:26am From: Joshua K

Frank Edward Nora thinks the moon landing was staged, so tune in to the rampler Friday night/Saturday morning and he will probably talk about it from that perspective.

Thu. 7/16/09 4:27am From: thomas

has risen from sleep

Thu. 7/16/09 4:28am From: thomas

moon tastes like cheese

Thu. 7/16/09 4:28am From: Joshua K

You can't spell thomas without om

Thu. 7/16/09 4:28am From: thomas

hmm creepy muzik

Thu. 7/16/09 4:30am From: Joshua K

They should get the soundtrack to the movie solaris. it rules.

Thu. 7/16/09 4:31am From: Spencer

This music reminds me of the scores those old NFB educational films had

Thu. 7/16/09 4:31am From: thomas

definitly a good idea

Thu. 7/16/09 4:36am From: Spencer

I can feel my body starting to shift into sleep mode... but I shall resist! I'm resorting to washing my room mates' dishes as a means to stay awake and alert. This music is too dreamy!

Thu. 7/16/09 4:50am From: Joshua K

3 more hours of work, I wish I could be asleep.

Thu. 7/16/09 4:52am From: Joshua K

http://www27.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=night+people

Thu. 7/16/09 4:52am From: Spencer

One man wishes for sleep, while another simply refuses to sleep for no good reason.

Thu. 7/16/09 4:56am From: Spencer

What's with the link Joshua?

Thu. 7/16/09 4:56am From: Joshua K

I put in night people and it gave me the info for that movie

Thu. 7/16/09 4:59am From: Spencer

yeah but WHY?

Thu. 7/16/09 5:02am From: Joshua K

I guess thats an alternate title for the movie.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:05am From: Ken From Hyde Park

I'm normally asleep at this hour, but there was some leftover pizza and a 2-liter of Mountain Dew in the break room at work late yesterday. I kind of dozed off between 12:30 to 2:00, but awake as can be now. Good thing I didn't slam too much of that Dew. I may need to find some more caffeine later today if I expect to stay awake. Hoo boy.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:05am From: Spencer

Interesting... that story has had a lot of titles!

Thu. 7/16/09 5:08am From: Spencer

How much longer do you have to stay awake, Ken From Hyde Park?

Thu. 7/16/09 5:10am From: Megan

I'm from the west coast

Thu. 7/16/09 5:10am From: Spencer

I don't know if I'm a fan of the pre-recorded idea... part of the magic of the show comes from the fact that everyone on it has the Midnight Madness going on.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:10am From: Joshua K

Of america?

Thu. 7/16/09 5:12am From: Joshua K

http://www10.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=caffeine+vs+meth

Thu. 7/16/09 5:13am From: Joshua K

I don't know what all this stuff means.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:13am From: Ken From Hyde Park

If I can swing it, until 10PM Thursday. I hope to catch part of Dave The Spazz's live show. Listening to it on radio...won't be at Lincoln Center.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:15am From: Megan

Do flies sleep?

Thu. 7/16/09 5:17am From: Joshua K

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/bio99/bio99169.htm

Thu. 7/16/09 5:18am From: Spencer

Ah, that's doable... it's MOUNTAIN DEWable

Thu. 7/16/09 5:20am From: Megan

I should name my flies.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:20am From: Spencer

Don't get too attached, Megan.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:22am From: Megan

I should build a house for my flies.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:22am From: Megan

Then I could get more files and build a city.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:23am From: Spencer

You should introduce them to your parents.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:24am From: Megan

"Mom, Dad. These are (name) and (name) and we're going to start a new life together."

Thu. 7/16/09 5:26am From: Spencer

Name them Dave and Sandy.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:26am From: Megan

"These are all of our maggot children."

Thu. 7/16/09 5:28am From: Megan

I could name the maggots after nightcallers.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:30am From: Spencer

You might end up with more maggots than there are listeners though...

Thu. 7/16/09 5:31am From: Megan

3 maggots to each caller.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:33am From: Spencer

Or divide them up according to the time they've spent on the air. It'd be a lot of work, but it'd be worth it.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:36am From: NS Andy

What work with insects? Do tell... I have a graduate degree in entomology

Thu. 7/16/09 5:38am From: Spencer

I'm celebrating making it through an entire show! Prematurely, of course... but I think I got it pretty locked down at this point.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:39am From: Megan

What are you doing to celebrate?

Thu. 7/16/09 5:41am From: Spencer

Making it through an entire live broadcast of Night People without interruption or falling asleep...

Thu. 7/16/09 5:42am From: Spencer

The celebration is to do what it is I'm celebrating... it's the best I can come up with.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:44am From: jonathan

kinda tempted to phone in from the uk. guys, start using skype!

Thu. 7/16/09 5:47am From: Megan

I'm going to celebrate my maggots' birthdaies (birthdays?). I will give them cake. Do maggots eat cake?

Thu. 7/16/09 5:47am From: Spencer

Hear hear, Jonathan. I'm in Canada and I'd like to call in sometime... but the long distance rates....

Thu. 7/16/09 5:48am From: Spencer

If it's made out of dead things, they will.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:49am From: Megan

Raw hambuger cake?

Thu. 7/16/09 5:49am From: jonathan

raw hamburger headset

Thu. 7/16/09 5:51am From: Spencer

My mom has a great recipe for raw hamburger cake.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:51am From: Spencer

You should call collect, Jonathan.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:51am From: Joshua K

Hawaii they walk around with ripped up shorts with a rope belt like the hulk

Thu. 7/16/09 5:55am From: jonathan

this is the first time i've listened to this show. i'm digging the awkward banter. you're all insomniacs.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:56am From: Spencer

PURPOSEFUL insomniacs.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:57am From: jonathan

are you spencer krug?

Thu. 7/16/09 5:58am From: Spencer

No... just another Canadian Spencer. I do like his music though!

Thu. 7/16/09 5:59am From: Joshua K

Night people has ended, the world can return to normal once again.

Thu. 7/16/09 5:59am From: jonathan

congratulations for being the most dedicated of the insomniacs. you should buy some sleeping pills as a little trophy.

Thu. 7/16/09 6:00am From: Spencer

And I can honor my body's requests for sleep.

Thu. 7/16/09 6:01am From: Spencer

Haha... well, I won't need them. I'll have them bronzed (I live across the street from a trophy shop!) and then fall asleep... but perhaps not in that order. Goodnight everyone! Same time next week?

Thu. 7/16/09 6:01am From: Megan

And I can honor my flies.

Thu. 7/16/09 6:01am From: Spencer

Goodnight you little maggots!

Thu. 7/16/09 6:02am From: Megan

Goodnight!

Thu. 7/16/09 6:03am From: Megan

That was the maggots.

Thu. 7/16/09 6:04am From: Spencer

They've learned to type! My how they grow up so fast...

Thu. 7/16/09 6:04am From: jonathan

goodnight all! (you've all put me in the mood for an 11am nap.)

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