Bluffcosm.com News

Saturday 2/8/03 3:34 AM -- Okay, we're back! Wow, what a rotten trip for Bluffcosm... a year and a half of muddled confusion, failed experiments, etc. Well, the good news is, I finally got a decent plan for Obliviana. And instead of trying to fit Bluffcosm into the scheme of Obliviana, I have decided to make Bluffcosm a separate thing altogether.

It's gonna take some time to get things cleaned up and back up to speed. I just made a new Bluffcosm homepage. And I made it so that in a few days "www.bluffcosm.com" will go directly to the Bluffcosm homepage.

Live365.com, the site I was using to stream a lot of stuff, has instituted some new policies, and the bottom line is the old Bluffcosm streams are no longer available. Well... they are slightly available... I think some of them are still on, and if you have a premium subscription to Live365, I think you might be able to listen to them. But for all intents and purposes, the era of Bluffcosm on Live365 is over.

MP3.com... they have also changed things. Now there can only be 3 songs on the homepage of an artist. So what I did was create a "station" with all the tracks on it. It's actually a nicer, simpler page. So that's pretty good.

I don't think I'm gonna be adding new stuff to MP3.com. I want to host as much as possible on my own website. I'm trying to figure out the best bitrate. Right now I got some stereo 64kbps MP3's on there. Kind of a compromise between 24 and 128. But I am still working on it.

Here are the new Blufftoons since last time. I guess they are the February 2003 Wave... if indeed I am gonna keep on doing Waves...

Blufftoon 142: Obliviana Wander Radio Mini-Preview #1 -- (5:21)
Blufftoon 143: Obliviana Wander Radio Mini-Preview #2 -- (15:29)
Blufftoon 144: Blufftoon Time #2 -- (5:31:17)
Blufftoon 145: Blufftoon Time Dream -- (10:00)
Blufftoon 146: The Blufftoon Time Dream Minute -- (1:00)
Blufftoon 147: The Bluffcosm 5-Minute Vacation From Sanity #6 -- (5:00)

Monday 1/7/02 9:14 PM -- Hey. As you can see, Bluffcosm has fallen into another lengthy hibernation. And this is probably gonna be the last update for awhile. For updates on what's going on in Bluffcosm, check out Meta Obliviana.

Anyway, there is some good news. At the end of November 2001, I did produce the November 2001 Wave of Blufftoons. I did not add any of the Blufftoons to MP3.com, Live365.com, or Laser Hinterland, but they are done. Here's the list, without the descriptions, since I haven't written them yet.

Blufftoon 130: Classictronica #2 -- (45:47)
Blufftoon 131: Classictronica #2 (Distilled Highlights) -- (3:24)
Blufftoon 132: The Evil Farm (2-Minute Version) -- (2:00)
Blufftoon 133: Dear Courtney (2-Minute Version) -- (2:00)
Blufftoon 134: 50 Anniversity -- (5:56)
Blufftoon 135: Paul 6 Years -- (3:39)
Blufftoon 136: The Hot Kestrel (Remastered) -- (6:42)
Blufftoon 137: Xmas 1973 Mike -- (2:27)
Blufftoon 138: Matt Headroom -- (1:14)
Blufftoon 139: The Bluffcosm 5-Minute Vacation From Sanity #5 -- (5:00)
Blufftoon 140: Beta Stormtoon #1 -- (15:00)
Blufftoon 141: Beta Stormtoon #2 -- (15:00)

Several of these Blufftoons are available to listen to. Beta Stormtoom #1 and #2 can be downloaded here. These contain several other of these Blufftoons, including Classictronica #2 (Distilled Highlights), The Evil Farm (2-Minute Version), Dear Courtney (2-Minute Version), and The Bluffcosm 5-Minute Vacation From Sanity #5.

Now, if there is anyone out there who wants to hear any of the unavailable Blufftoons, email me and I'll see what I can do.

Things are quite screwed-up in Obliviana now, but I am definitely going to continue working on Bluffcosm. Check out Meta Obliviana for updates. Okay!

Saturday 7/28/01 7:28 PM -- Happy Obliviana Day! Today, Obliviana Phase Two starts, with a new website and a new focus. The new Obliviana is going to focus on the world of 209 and Stormjaunting... but Bluffcosm is still alive, and it'll keep on going. I am planning on releasing an August 2001 Wave of Blufftoons. Watch this space for further Bluffcosm developments.

Sunday 7/15/01 11:39 PM -- Here's a Bluffcosm update. On 6/9/01, I recorded "Classictronica #2", which I am still editing. On 7/2/01, I went to 17 malls in one day and recorded "Tap-a-Mall #1" (no production work done yet). Later on today, I am planning on recording "Blufftoon Time #2".

There will be no Blufftoon Waves for June or July 2001. I've been working on the future of Obliviana over the past few weeks, trying to come up with a new direction for Obliviana Day, July 28. I have developed some very interesting ideas, but I'm not sure exactly what the new direction is gonna be.

All this development work will be revealed once I get caught up with OsoaWeek (which has fallen way behind). So don't worry... Bluffcosm and Obliviana are still alive!

Monday 6/4/01 10:31 PM -- I added "The New Computerized Audio Entertainment" to the homepage, both in the title and as a graphic under the grid.

Thursday 5/31/01 11:16 PM -- The May 2001 Wave of Blufftoon has finally arrived! May has been a really fucked-up month here at Bluffcosm... but I managed to produce a dazzling array of little audio gems for ya!

With this new stuff, there is now 29 hours and 39 minutes of sound in Bluffcosm. Isn't it time you got some of that good stuff into your ears? Come on! Let's go!

In this Wave, there are a number of Blufftoons that I decided not to put on MP3.com... they're ones that I would have, in the past, put into Laser Hinterland... but I'm trying to figure out what I'm gonna do with that damn vague Hinterland, that "Major Junkway Plain". If ya wanna hear any of the stream-only Blufftoons, and you don't wanna wait for the stream to cycle, drop me an email and we'll just see if we can work something out!

Here's a list of the new Blufftoons...

Blufftoon 116: Blufftoon Time #1 -- (3:23:28) Imagine listening to a radio station where they played Blufftoons instead of music... and here ya go! Frank, Pete, and Jay play your favorite audio masterpieces... semi-live on tape from lovely Howell, NJ! (On Blufftoon TIme stream only)

Blufftoon 117: Weird October Beast -- (2:20) It's a Weird October at Weird University... and there's something wrong with Will! And whatever happened to Maureen...? (On MP3.com and Blufftoon Shuffle stream)

Blufftoon 118: Weird October Dreamer -- (4:31) It's a Weird October at Weird University... and why does Rob keep having these strange dreams...? (On MP3.com and Blufftoon Shuffle Stream)

Blufftoon 119: Weird October Hitchhiker -- (8:06)It's a Weird October at Weird University... and John's a waiter who gets abused by customers, and then has to hitchhike home one day... (On MP3.com and Blufftoon Shuffle stream)

Blufftoon 120: Weird October Spirit -- (1:58) It's a Weird October at Weird University... and Will, Rob, and John meet a mysterious stranger that they could all swear they've seen before... (On MP3.com and Blufftoon Shuffle stream)

Blufftoon 121: Beublin 21: Anthony and Hazy -- (11:37) The last of the early '90s Beublin outtakes! Hear Melter Pluto guitarist Hazy Nopperty complain about Beublin! Hear additional footage from the Halloween party! Hear Anthony Neuro... um... talk about Beublin! (On Beublin Stream only)

Blufftoon 122: Beublin 22: All My Helicopters -- (11:00) A brand new episode! Beublin A. Richardson gets thrown in jail and meets his old friend Horace Doom and ice-cream-store-bomber Gene Bossel. (On Beublin Stream only)

Blufftoon 123: All My Helicopters (Radio Edit) -- (4:34) A streamlined version of Beublin 22. Beublin A. Richardson gets thrown in jail and meets his old friend Horace Doom and ice-cream-store-bomber Gene Bossel. (On MP3.com and Blufftoon Shuffle stream)

Blufftoon 124: The Famous Cameracorder -- (1:45) Now that you got your car started, can I have some food? Listen, this world runs on a capitalistic sort of system. You are an alms beggar. I have no need for you. (On MP3.com and Blufftoon Shuffle stream)

Blufftoon 125: The Arkanoid Player -- (1:59) Step back in time to Drew University in October 1986... the campus arcade... with Galaga and Eight Ball Deluxe in the background... Bryan is playing... playing Arkanoid! (On Blufftoon Shuffle stream only)

Blufftoon 126: Pineapple -- (2:08) An alternate take from the original footage of the Blufftoon "Weird October Hitchhiker". John is a waiter who gets abused by his customers... (On Blufftoon Shuffle stream only)

Blufftoon 127: The Sophomore Bathroom -- (5:06) Shyboy, Mink, and Wolf tell their tales of trouble and narcotics. From the beginning of the tape that ends with the Blufftoon "Throat Ripper Scene". (On Blufftoon Shuffle stream only)

Blufftoon 128: The Interesting Man -- (16:44) Wolf, Shyboy, Lee, Mink, and Frank--five teenagers in approximately 1987. Hear Frank trying to be deep and artistic, and sounding like an absolute fool! From the middle of the tape that ends with the Blufftoon "Throat Ripper Scene". (On Blufftoon Shuffle stream only)

Blufftoon 129: The Bluffcosm 5-Minute Vacation From Sanity #4 -- (5:00) Get 'em on film. Uh-oh. Hey Robert. What's up? Get your underwear back? No. Damn! Damn the system! (On MP3.com and Blufftoon Shuffle stream)

Thursday 5/31/01 10:15 PM -- Okay. Like a day after I wrote that last update, the website went down again. It could be accessed via obliviana.com, but not bluffcosm.com. And, it reverted back to the early-April backup again.

So, after several attempts to reach the bad web host, I signed up with a different service, and today, Bluffcosm.com is back! Down for three weeks... man... that's at least 15 hits I lost...

Okay! Okay! I'll try not to be bitter about being so unsuccessful thus far! I'll just keep on tryin', man!

Thursday 5/17/01 10:40 AM -- Well, this site was down for about a week-and-a-half. It just came back on Tuesday, I think -- but they restored an old backup... from about a month ago... I just fixed the site, and everything should be back to normal.

This past Saturday (5/12/01) I did some recording down at Video Game Connections in Howell, NJ, with Peter Litkey and Jay Forman, along with a few other people. We recorded "Blufftoon Time #1" and a new epsiode of Beublin. It was quite awesome and insane.

And in other news, Bluffcosm was mentioned on a really cool show called Static Internet Radio, on the newest episode "Wax Job 5/13/01". Check it out! I love Static... it's definitely one of the best computerized audio entertainment productions out there.

Saturday 4/28/01 6:12 PM -- OsoaWeek is updated! Check it out!

Saturday 4/28/01 2:26 PM -- It's time for the April 2001 Wave of Blufftoons! Bluffcosm Year Two is starting off with 53 minutes and 7 seconds of pure Computerized Audio Entertainment insanity! Check it out!

Here's a list of the new Blufftoons...

Blufftoon 108: Hello Ginger -- (2:26) Summer 1985... VHS overdubbing on an ancient VCR... JIM! JIM!

Blufftoon 109: Beublin 19: Horrible Waters -- (10:02) A psychedelic saunter through a world of outtakes from the early '90s Beublin A. Richardson universe. Yes, you can tap into creativity, if you just let yourself "go".

Blufftoon 110: Beublin 20: Horace Doom -- (6:25) Controverial poet Horace Doom, a Beublin character you've heard about... and now you can hear him in this "deleted scene" from the original series!

Blufftoon 111: A Lovely Day in New York -- (6:22) The first nice day of Spring 2001 in NYC... and it bicyclist vs. cab driver in this amazing street conflict, caught on tape!

Blufftoon 112: A Hairy One -- (9:21) It's nighttime at college... and John is drunk! Hear his friends torment him in this mid-1980s classic!

Blufftoon 113: Birthday 1988 -- (4:14) October 3, 1988... the offices of Anything But Monday Magazine in Caldwell, NJ... Mike wishes Frank a happy birthday by hurling batteries at him...

Blufftoon 114: Shopping With Franco -- (8:41) Join Franco Wolfini and the mysterious cameraman "Willie" on a very wacky trip to the supermarket! Another audio masterpiece from "Weird University"... including an appearance by Iggy Szalzo!

Blufftoon 115: Weird Vice -- (5:36) The exciting adventures of Detective Goldberg on the campus of Weird University! Traffic violations, wild parties, drug deals... it's crazy crime action-adventure!

Saturday 4/28/01 2:20 PM -- Welcome to the Year Two Bluffcosm News page! The Year One Bluffcosm News Page is a great record of Bluffcosm's first year... now let's go with YEAR TWO!!!!!

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