Strange Soup/The Thrift Store Tape Discussion

[Electronaldmcdonald2]

https://voca.ro/1cAs5lKZvI0Z

[Electronaldmcdonald2]

There's a voice at the beginning and at the end. I've cut the middle out and tried to EQ it a bit. I can't tell what the hell it's saying?!

"something something L 2 K M"

[Frindia]

There's a voice at the beginning and at the end. I've cut the middle out and tried to EQ it a bit. I can't tell what the hell it's saying?!

"something something L 2 K M"

0 8 5 1
2 12 8 (B?) - M L 2 K M

[Eliotsworld1985]

Has anyone else found anymore luck or are we at a dead-end in this easter egg hunt? I wanted to start a facebook group for this exact topic. I watched this all unfold last year when it was posted in a non-BoC fb group.
i did some digging in to it myself and my reader gives these codes up: Sure, Fred, In. At the beginning of the clip the female voice says: "fill in the blanks". That's what I have so far. Anyone with anymore info, please share.

[Frindia]

Has anyone else found anymore luck or are we at a dead-end in this easter egg hunt? I wanted to start a facebook group for this exact topic. I watched this all unfold last year when it was posted in a non-BoC fb group.
i did some digging in to it myself and my reader gives these codes up: Sure, Fred, In. At the beginning of the clip the female voice says: "fill in the blanks". That's what I have so far. Anyone with anymore info, please share.

I've slowed and isolated the vocals and still have nothing. The ending definitely sounds like M L 2 K M for sure. If the first set are numbers, (which sound like 8 5 1 2 12 to me) that spells out HELL but I'm probably way off here. I've tried every URL iteration I can think of on YouTube. I believe we're at a dead end unless someone can figure out what the voice is definitively saying.

[Frindia]

"fill in the blanks".

Definitely. Should've known considering the numbers at the bottom of Channel B spell that out.

Fill in the blanks (something something something) hyphen M L 2 K M.

[Eliotsworld1985]

I GOT IT!!! youtube.com/@surefredin-ml2km it all makes sense now. My buddy helped me by EQing all the other noise out and running it through his speech-to-text program. Now we have to solve this next one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwrBqvExsZU

[Frindia]

I GOT IT!!! youtube.com/@surefredin-ml2km it all makes sense now. My buddy helped me by EQing all the other noise out and running it through his speech-to-text program. Now we have to solve this next one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwrBqvExsZU

Nice work!

in the description 1 6 15 21 18 4 9 7 9 20 14 21 13 2 5 18 . afourdigitnumber

the binary in the description translates to - nine times eighthundred and fiftyseven equals

I pulled the numbers from the video which are 18 1 14 4 15 13 19 20 18 1 14 7 5 18 (randomstranger) same as the Tumblr page.

https://youtube.com/@_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (there are 18 spaces after "@")

Sounds like there is some reversed vocals in there too so I will get on that rn.

There are also numbers in the about me section of sUre Fred in channel.

20 5 14 16 12 21 19 14 9 14 5 5 17 21 1 12 19 20 8 18 5 5 16 12 21 19 20 23 15 5 17 21 1 12 19 15 14 5 20 9 13 5 15 14 5 5 17 21 1 12 19 20 5 14 16 12 21 19 6 15 21 18 16 12 21 19 6 15 21 18 13 15 18 5 5 17 21 1 12 19 15 14 5 1 14 4 20 23 15 13 1 11 5 20 23 15 24 6 15 21 18 9 19 - tenplusnineequalsthreeplustwoequalsonetimeoneequalstenplusfourplusfourmoreequalsoneandtwomaketwoxfouris

[Frindia]

9x857= 7713

ten plus nine equals three plus two equals one time one equals ten plus four plus four more equals one and two make two x four is

10+9=19
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3+2=5
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1x1=1
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10+4+4=18
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2+1=3
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2x4=8 = SEARCH

https://www.youtube.com/@randomstranger7713

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[Eliotsworld1985]

Holy shit! You beat me to it. Thank you! I would've been up all night trying to figure this out.

[Frindia]

Holy shit! You beat me to it. Thank you! I would've been up all night trying to figure this out.

You helped me tremendously so thank you! What an appropriate Pi Day!

[Orbited insanitarium]

Well what can I say? This is a grand day! I've got myself some new (or random ) tunes to enjoy before sleep. Thank you both so much for cracking the code!!

Off to listen... toodle-pip.

[Frindia]

20 8 9 19 3 8 1 14 14 5 12 19 5 12 6 4 5 19 20 18 21 3 20 thischannelselfdestruct



Going to ride the wave until it's gone. Love how there are elements from the original VHS tracks and reiterations of boc tracks sprinkled throughout. R35TT reminiscing.

Edit: I would like to add how SEEK played a major role in this. I remember in one of the hint videos from the previous ARG titled 19 5 5 11 iirc. In this video, there was a lady sleeping on the couch and behind her, you could see a random stranger breaking in through the window. Mind=blown more times today than I can count. This was fun.

[Electronaldmcdonald2]

Amazing! I would have been stuck on that forever. More awesome tunes! I’ve nearly worn out all the old rips from last time

[Sky and Trails]

Holy shit, this is amazing to see!

And everyone feels confident that this is not BOC?

Part of me still feels this is a way of parting out old stuff to fans, but another part of me says that someone else out there (in here) has discovered the secret sauce and ran with it. Kudos!

[Sky and Trails]

The only thing I could surmise was ML 2 KM would mean 'miles to kilometers' but I'm new to this one.

I'm not on the Discord, but does anyone know if there is a relationship between this stuff and the people on the Discord server? Seems that some pretty prime stuff comes from that direction sometimes.

Also, I miss you all. Work has blocked this domain and work has been busy, so I get very little time to check in.

[Frindia]

does anyone know if there is a relationship between this stuff and the people on the Discord server?

This is a good question. I have not seen anything on there mentioning this new set of tunes.

The top right corner of Random Tunes has some dates on it. If true, these tracks go back to the 80s. They may have been re-worked.

Track 4. Library rehearsal 1988
Track 8. rehearsal tapes Live 1988
Track 11. X-mas week Live Rehearsal
Track 14. After school library 1988
Track 17. Live rehearsal 1988
Track 21. X-mas Gathering Home Recording

[Eliotsworld1985]

Going to leave this review right here. Might be pretty long so bare with me. Listening to this album gave me chills. My hairs stood straight up . As I lay there and listen with full attention, it dawned on me that it could be in the realm of possibility that these are tapes that were found at the Edinburgh library in Scotland. If any of you recall, I believe it was Mike Sandison that used to work there and the brothers did record some material there. Correct me if I'm wrong. Now, I'm not claiming this is at all the case, but after all, it's not like we're talking about quantum physics. So many of the tracks on here have been clearly modeled from existing tracks of their's. at 34:35 into the album there's the live rehearsal track with the piano, bass and drums. Then at 35:57 there is this synth that slides right in and my stomach dropped because not only is it the same synth heard in the track 'Skimming Stones' from one of the 35RTT, but it also is the same melody. I think this could very well be the origins of that particular track. I think many of these tracks could be the origins of their music. The last track certainly sounds like the brothers sitting around at home during the holidays gathered around the living room with Mike on acoustic and Marc on piano or vise versa. You can hear a voice that is clearly Scottish saying something along the lines of "Shut the door". Sure I thinks it's unlikely, but how can anyone really know? No one from Warp, that MGD guy or whatever his name is has confirmed any of this stuff to be fake as of yet. You'd think we'd know by now. Just my two cents.

[Frindia]

this could very well be the origins of that particular track. I think many of these tracks could be the origins of their music.

Excellent review. I don't believe it is out of the realm of possibilities either.

[Biznasty]

And everyone feels confident that this is not BOC? !

We debunked it day one...