Clipped (Proof of Concept)

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/likingit.gif" alt="c_tc1" /> <break> (live: 2s)[''Clipped.''] <break> (live: 4s)[A game by Rochambeau.] <break> (live: 6s)+(text-style:"fade-in-out")[[[Start.|Monday1]]]

apt: ./audio/apartment.mp3 arc: ./audio/architecture.mp3 cck: ./audio/chickenman.mp3 cvn: ./audio/covenchasm.mp3 dfr: ./audio/dancingfree.mp3 clk: ./audio/click.mp3 rcl: ./audio/rollcall.mp3 3p6: ./audio/threepointsix.mp3 ttl: ./audio/titlemusic.mp3 cal: ./audio/transition.mp3

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/lastwaltz.png" alt="pp1" /> <break> (live: 4s)[This game should be played LOUD.] (live:6s)[Don your headphones and //punish// your ears.] <break> (live:8s)[(However, volume controls are on the left should you need them.)] <break> (live: 12s) [[[Give it a whirl.|Title Card]]] { (track: 'ttl', 'play') (track: 'ttl', 'playwhenpossible') }

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/monday1.png" alt=here /> <break> (live: 2s)[Monday morning.] (live:5s)[Rise early, for the day is the bounty of those who meet it first.] <break> (live: 9s)["Dancing Free" by Littlehat.] <break> (live: 11s)[[[Have a listen.|Monday2]]] { (track: 'ttl', 'stop') (track: 'clk', 'play') }

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/hatingit.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 4s)[[[Music.|m1]] | [[Lyrics.|l1]] | [[Cover.|c1]] | [[Decide.|d1]]] { (track: 'dfr', 'play') (track: 'clk', 'play') }

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/hatingit.gif" alt=here /> <break> Music. | [[Lyrics.|l1]] | [[Cover.|c1]] | [[Decide.|d1]] <break> (live:2s)[It's peppy.] (live:4s)[Insistently so.] (live:7s)[When you were younger they called this "summer music" and you were never a fan.] <break> (live:11s)[Now that the synths have moved in and coursed electric through everything, it feels both thin //and// overwhelming.] <break> (live:16s)[Maybe you're just showing your age...]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/l1.png" alt=here /> <break> [[Music.|m1]] | Lyrics. | [[Cover.|c1]] | [[Decide.|d1]] <break> (live:2s)[Nothing to get in a twist about.] (live:5s)[Lots of "baby" and "driving to pick you up" and drinking Pulitzz, a popular carbonated drink among the youths.] <break> (live:8s)[Chorus is catchy enough.] (live:11s)[You'll hum it later without realising...]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/littlehat.png" alt=here /> <break> [[[Music.|m1]] | [[Lyrics.|l1]] | Cover. | [[Decide.|d1]]] <break> (live:2s)[A little red hat on a purple background.] (live:5s)[Lyrics are written in a swirling pattern on the sleeve.] <break> (live:8s)[The cover's the best thing they've got going on...]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/approved.png" alt=here /> <break> (live:1s)[You approve the song and add it to the pool for rotation.] <break> (live:4s)[You brace for the flood of listener requests that are sure to follow...] <break> (live:7s)[[[Take lunch.|Monday3]]] { (track: 'dfr', 'stop') (track: 'clk', 'play') }

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/denied.png" alt=here /> <break> (live:1s)[You reject the song and petition a Warning Consequence for the artist.] <break> (live:4s)[At the very least you can preserve good taste...] <break> (live:7s)[[[Take lunch.|Monday3]]] { (track: 'dfr', 'stop') (track: 'clk', 'play') }

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/monday1.png" alt=here /> <break> (live: 2s)[Monday afternoon.] <break> (live: 4s)[Interview with Aesthetic Immersion Quarterly.] <break> (live: 6s)[[[Greet the journalist.|int1]]] { (track: 'apt', 'play') }

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/journo_cu.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 2s)[He's a fan: you can tell that immediately.] (live: 6s)[He smiles at you in between questions and answers, comfortable enough in the silence to just enjoy being there.] <break> (live:10s)[//"I expected the studio to be messier."//] <break> (live:13s)[[[//"Why is that?"//|int2]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/pc_cu.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[//"I remember seeing photos of your studio in the Coven days.//] (live: 4s)[//Like a bomb had gone off!//"] <break> (live:7s)[[[//"Well... it's only Monday."//|int4]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/desk.png" alt=here /> <break> [[Music.|m1]] | [[Lyrics.|l1]] | [[Cover.|c1]] | Decide. <break> (live:1s)[Are you sure?] <break> (live:3s)[[[Yes. Approve.|a1]] | [[Yes. Deny.|z1]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/recorder.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[//"Anyway: how has your morning been?//] (live:4s)[//Listened to anything good today?"//] <break> (live:7s)[(if: (history:) contains "a1")[[[//"Calling it "good" might be a stretch..."//|int5]]] (else:)[[[//"Not yet."//|int5]]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/journo_cu.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[//"What is it that you listen for in a song?"//] <break> (live: 5s)[You pause: all sage and wisdom.] <break> (live:8s)[[[//"I listen for music that connects with people."//|int6]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/pc_cu.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[//"Anything aspiring musicians can do to get themselves airplay?"//] <break> (live: 4s)[Yep. Don't mention the riots or the food shortage.] <break> (live:7s)[[[//"A strong chorus is always a plus. And keep your songs tight: two minutes is the sweet spot."//|int7]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/journo_cu.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[//"Is that why we never hear any Coven on the N.B.?//] (live:4s)[//Your shows ran into the early mornings back in the day!"//] <break> (live: 7s)[Back in the day, sure...] <break> (live: 10s)[[[//"I prefer to keep the airwaves clear for younger artists."//|int9]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/journo_cu.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[He gives you a look.] (live:3s)[Like a true fan.] (live:6s) [One who still remembers the old days.] <break> (live:10s) [//"You've never been tempted to slip something on late one night?//] (live:14s)[//Cause a little mayhem with an early hit?"//] <break> (live: 18s)[[[...|int10]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/recorder.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[It's a mighty stupid question to ask in a State building.] <break> (live: 5s)[Especially in a room filled with recording and transmitting equipment.] <break> (live: 11s)[[[//"Never tempted."//|int11]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/pc_cu.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[//"Pity.//] (live:3s)[//Bit of Coven wisdom would go a long way these days."//] <break> (live:7s)[He smiles. He understands.] <break> (live: 10s)[[[//"I- Yeah. Never tempted."//|Monday4]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/monday1.png" alt=here /> <break> (live: 2s)[Monday night.] <break> (live: 4s)[National Broadcast C11487/6] <break> (live: 6s)[[[Break it down.|Monday5]]] { (track: 'apt', 'stop') (track: 'clk', 'play') }

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/onair.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 2s)[Not a bad show, you don't think.] (live:5s)[(if: (history:) contains "a1")[The inane bop of "Dancing Free" goes down a treat, as expected.] (else:)[You play a few faves - few of yours, a few of theirs.]] (live:10s)[(if: (history:) contains "a1")[[[Go on your break.|Monday6a]]] (else:)[[Go on your break.|Monday6z]]] (if: (history:) contains "a1")[{(track: 'dfr', 'play')}] (else:)[{(track: 'cck', 'play')}]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/chops1.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 2s)[You switch on the Nightly Edicts and swivel in your chair to go grab a smoke.] <break> (live: 5s)[Station chief Muttonchops is standing in your way, leaning against the doorframe.] <break> (live: 9s)[[[//"Anything the matter, boss?"//|Monday6a2]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/chops1.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[//"It can't have been easy, programming this shit."//] (live: 5s)[He points up at the monitor speaker and winces.)] <break> (live: 9s)[//"So I've come to thank you for putting taste aside for the good of the show."//] <break> (live: 14s)[[[//"As long as I can play something truly debauched on Wednesday."//|Monday6a3]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/chops1.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[//"Bit flat tonight, don't you think?//] (live: 5s)[//What happened to that boppy bullshit that came through earlier?"//] (live: 9s)[[[//"You mean Littlehat? I had a sudden attack of taste."//|Monday6z3]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/chops1.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[He laughs. You think.] <break> (live: 4s)[//"It's your name on the form, Colleague..."//] <break> (live: 8s)[[[//"Always an honour to serve the State."//|Monday7]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/littlehat.png" alt=here /> <break> (live:1s)[Muttonchops shrugs and walks off.] <break> (live:4s)[Littlehat.] (live:6s)[The zesty, goodweather sound of ... oblivion.] <break> (live: 10s)[[[Let it go.|Tuesday1]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/chops1.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[Deep beneath his moustache, his mouth contorts unhappily.] <break> (live: 4s)[//"Right.//] (live: 6s) [//So Colleague Romsen at Central?//] (live:9s) [//His idiot son is the bassist.//] (live:12s) [//Or trombone player.//] (live:14s) [//Something.//] (live:16s)[//We're going to need it on the air when you come back from break."//] <break> (live: 19s)[[[//"Shit. Really?"//|Monday6z4]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/chops1.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[//"Hey at least I caught it before the Warning Consequence was formally issued!//] (live: 4s)[//Romsen would have ... fired you probably."//] <break> (live: 7s)[[[//"Thanks for the heads up."//|Monday7]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/tuesday1.png" alt=here /> <break> (live: 2s)[Tuesday morning.] (live:5s)[We toil for greatness: its pursuit and preservation.] <break> (live: 9s)["Roll Call" by Crime.] (live: 11s) ["Architecture" by West Island.] <break> (live: 14s)[[[Start with the scary sounding one.|Tuesday1a]]] { (group: 'playing', 'stop') (track: 'clk', 'play') }

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/likingit.gif" alt=here /> <break> Music. | [[Lyrics.|l2]] | [[Cover.|c2]] | [[Decide.|d2]] <break> (live:1s)[Abrasive.] (live:3s)[Insistently so.] (live:5s)[A driving beat with strange, muted lyrics.] <break> (live:8s)[There's something arresting about it, but also something you can't quite...] <break> (live:12s)[They sound a bit like Coven did, when you first started out.]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/l2.png" alt=here /> <break> [[Music.|m2]] | Lyrics. | [[Cover.|c2]] | [[Decide.|d2]] <break> (live:1s)[The lyrics are odd.] (live:3s)[A list of names, some of which seem familiar.] <break> (live:7s)[You recognise some names as current and former politicians.] (live:11s)[(This could be a problem.)]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/crime.png" alt=here /> <break> [[Music.|m2]] | [[Lyrics.|l2]] | Cover. | [[Decide.|d2]] <break> (live:1s)[When you see the cover, things begin to make sense.] (live:4s)[It's a reproduction of the infamous "Class of '21": a school photo from the (now defunct) Walden Academy.] <break> (live:10s)[Depicted in it are the young, future heads of the Former Government, coddled at the Former Country's most prestigious school.] <break> (live:14s)[The band have thougthfully added bloody bullet holes, just in case anyone had forgotten what happened to these children in adulthood.]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/hatingit.gif" alt=here /> <break> [[Music.|m2]] | [[Lyrics.|l2]] | [[Cover.|c2]] | Decide. <break> (live:1s)[You stop nodding along.] (live:4s)[Honestly, you'd likely make a few helpful friends letting this one on the air.] <break> (live:7s)[Despite the heavy, pro-State message, it still sounds like a Gripe Tune.] (live:10s)[The people love a good Gripe Tune.] (live:13s)[(You used to be famous for them.)] <break> (live:16s)[[[Approve.|verify2]] | [[Deny.|verify2]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/approved.png" alt=here /> <break> (live:1s)[You approve the song and add it to the pool for rotation.] <break> (live:4s)[You flip the record cover over so the faces on it don't stare up at you.] <break> (live:7s)[[[Move onto "Architecture" by West Island.|arcland]]] { (track: 'rcl', 'stop') (track: 'clk', 'play') }

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/denied.png" alt=here /> <break> (live:1s)[You reject the song and petition a Warning Consequence for the artist.] (live:4s)[Ultra-nationalist or not, the N.B. does not promote violence.] <break> (live:7s)[(Also, some remaining family members of these people have landed quite well in the State hierarchy.)] <break> (live:10s)[[[Move onto "Architecture" by West Island.|arcland]]] { (track: 'rcl', 'stop') (track: 'clk', 'play') }

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/likingit.gif" alt=here /> <break> Music. | [[Lyrics.|l3]] | [[Cover.|c3]] | [[Decide.|d3]] <break> (live:2s)[Maybe it's just the contrast with the previous track, but you find yourself oddly captivated by the soft loops of the song.] <break> (live:6s)[Not your usual vibe at all.] (live:9s)[And yet...] <break> (live:12s)[It makes you feel as if you're sitting in your home,] (live:15s)[and you're listening to rain fall on the roof,] (live:18s)[and you're cooking dinner,] (live:21s)[while the cat sleeps on the couch and where the hell is this coming from?!] (live:26s)[You don't even have a cat!]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/nla.png" alt=here /> <break> [[Music.|m3]] | Lyrics. | [[Cover.|c3]] | [[Decide.|d3]] <break> (live:2s)[No lyrics.] (live:4s)[Rare, given that most groups know a catchy lyric is where the airtime is.] <break> (live:8s)[At least it's not gleefully reciting a list of executed rich folk...]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/desk.png" alt=here /> <break> [[Music.|m3]] | [[Lyrics.|l3]] | [[Cover.|c3]] | Decide. <break> (live:1s)[Are you sure?] <break> (live:3s)[[[Yes. Approve.|a3]] | [[Yes. Deny.|z3]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/approved.png" alt=here /> <break> (live:1s)[You approve the song and add it to the pool for rotation.] (live:4s)[(And then tuck a copy of the album into your bag.)] (live:7s)[[[Take lunch.|Tuesday2]]] { (masteraudio: 'stopall') (track: 'arc', 'loop', false) (track: 'clk', 'play') }

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/denied.png" alt=here /> <break> (live:1s)[It's... it's just not N.B.] (live:5s)[People aren't looking to feel: not how this song makes you feel, anyway.] (live:9s)[(You tuck the album into your bag.)] (live:12s)[[[Take lunch.|Tuesday2]]] { (masteraudio: 'stopall') (track: 'arc', 'loop', false) (track: 'clk', 'play') }

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/bottleshop.png" alt=here /> <break> (live: 2s)[On your break, you stop at the bottle shop.] <break> (live: 6s)[You have an old friend coming by this evening.] <break> (live: 10s)[[[Head back to the station.|Tuesday 3]]] { (track: 'cal', 'play') }

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/desk.png" alt=here /> <break> [[Music.|m2]] | [[Lyrics.|l2]] | [[Cover.|c2]] | Decide. <break> (live:1s)[Are you sure?] <break> (live:3s)[[[Yes. Approve.|a2]] | [[Yes. Deny.|z2]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/likingit.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 2s)[[[Music.|m2]] | [[Lyrics.|l2]] | [[Cover.|c2]] | [[Decide.|d2]]] <break> (live:5s)[So far so, well, not too bad...] { (track: 'rcl', 'loop', true) (track: 'rcl', 'play') (track: 'clk', 'play') }

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/tuesday1.png" alt=here /> <break> (live: 2s)[Tuesday afternoon.] <break> (live: 5s)["Three Point Six" by M. a la Mode.] <break> (live: 8s)[[[You have no idea what to expect.|3p6land]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/hatingit.gif" alt=here /> <break> [[Music.|m3]] | [[Lyrics.|l3]] | [[Cover.|c3]] | [[Decide.|d3]] <break> (live:4s)[This is...] <break> (live:8s)[Huh.] <break> (live:11s)[What //is// this?] { (track: 'arc', 'loop', true) (track: 'arc', 'play') (track: 'clk', 'play') }

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/hatingit.gif" alt=here /> <break> [[Music.|m4]] | [[Lyrics.|l4]] | [[Cover.|c4]] | [[Decide.|d4]] <break> (live:6s)[Given that you're hoping to cut out early today, this track is a stroke of luck.] (live:10s)[This should be a clear-cut decision.] <break> (live:14s)[The State does //not// care for what it calls "alien music" - anything that sounds like it could have been produced beyond the border.] <break> (live:18s)[And it's a shame, as a lot of the best music you're stumbling across is either foreign, or influenced by extra-State culture.] { (track: '3p6', 'loop', true) (track: '3p6', 'play') (track: 'clk', 'play') }

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/likingit.gif" alt=here /> <break> Music. | [[Lyrics.|l4]] | [[Cover.|c4]] | [[Decide.|d4]] <break> (live:2s)[This style of production is rare in the State.] (live:6s)[It's a genre known as //"thorium disco"//,] (live:9s) [in which musicians are inspired to dance and play to the rhythmic click of a radiation detector.] <break> (live:14s)[(Actually, most musicians/critics/historians believe this origin story to be erroneous.)] <break> (live:18s)[(But it's a good story nonetheless.)]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/nla.png" alt=here /> <break> [[Music.|m4]] | Lyrics. | [[Cover.|c4]] | [[Decide.|d4]] <break> (live:2s)[The lyrics in French are a clear red flag.] (live:6s)[It also doesn't help that your poor French limits your comprehension to the words "love" and "radioactive".] <break> (live:10s)[Hardly supportive of the State's anti-nuclear stance.]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/rad.png" alt=here /> <break> [[Music.|m4]] | [[Lyrics.|l4]] | Cover. | [[Decide.|d4]] <break> (live:1s)[Second and final strike.] (live:4s)[Hard no.] <break> (live:7s)[Public display of this would be enough to throw you in jail.] <break> (live:11s)[(Who on earth printed this for them?)]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/denied.png" alt=here /> <break> (live:4s)[Can't be helped.] (live:6s)[You remind yourself it's one song of many.] <break> (live:10s)[[[Cut out early.|Tuesday4]]] { (masteraudio: 'stopall') (track: 'arc', 'loop', false) (track: 'clk', 'play') }

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/dance1.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live:2s)[It starts with a shimmy.] <break> (live:6s)[Your shoulders find the rhythm and leave your torso behind.] <break> (live:10s)[[[Step it up.|Dance2]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/dance2.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live:2s)[Suddenly, you're on your feet.] <break> (live:4s)[Feel it!] (live:6s)[Feel that radioactive love!] <break> (live:8s)[[[Really break it down.|Dance3]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/dance3.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live:2s)[You know what's funny?] (live:5s)[This was never your kind of music.] (live:8s)[There's no message, no grit, no danger.] <break> (live:13s)[But a good song is a good song.] (live:17s)[Music is like that: the great eqauliser,] (live:19s)[and the dancefloor,] (live:21s)[the record store,] (live:23s)[the pit at the greasiest stain of a club is where all great beauty is revealed.] <break> (live:28s)[[[Totally let go!!!|z4]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/tuesday1.png" alt=here /> <break> (live: 2s)[Tuesday night.] <break> (live: 5s)[Dinner with Esther.] (live:9s)[Long overdue.] <break> (live: 14s)[[[Retire to the couch.|couch1]]] { (track: 'apt', 'loop', true) (track: 'apt', 'play') }

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/couch1.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 2s)[Esther was the third, final, and best bassist Coven ever had.] <break> (live: 5s)[It's been a few years since you last caught up, not since Esther left the City for a work opportunity east.] <break> (live: 10s)[[[//"How's work?"//|couch2]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/couch3.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[//"It's a fucken steel mill.//] (live: 4s)[//But it's also a payslip every two weeks, so."//] <break> (live: 8s)[[[//"Do they have any idea who you are?"//|couch4]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/couch3.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[She gives you a look both happy and sad.] <break> (live:5s)[//"I keep mostly to myself.//] (live:8s)[//I was gigging for a little while: a bar called Lorenzo's.//] (live:11s)[//But ... I find it hard to connect to music these days."//] <break> (live:15s)[[[//"I get that."//|couch6]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/couch2.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[//"Yeah but you're still adjacent to it all.//] (live:4s)[//You're on the N.B., you've got the job and the show..."//] <break> (live: 7s)[There's something she's not saying.] (live: 11s)[She's practically screaming it she's not saying it so loud.] <break> (live:15s)[[[//"You know: sometimes I need a cover; I could probably get my boss to bring you on some days."//|couch8]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/couch2.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[//"Ah.//] (live:4s)[//That's very kind of you."//] <break> (live: 7s)[[[//"What's the problem? You listen to songs and cut the crap! Easy!"//|couch9]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/couch1.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[//"I'm just not into censorship, that's all."//] <break> (live: 4s)[[[//"Hey. It's not censorship, it's stewarding taste."//|couch10]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/couch3.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[//"Maybe.//] (live:4s)[//But censorship is a part of it, right?//] (live:8s)[//State's not gonna put it on the National Broadcast unless a track's safe and clean."//] <break> (live:13s)[//"And I'm not coming for you: earn a crust however you need.//] (live:18s)[//But if it's not censorship, what do you call it?"//] <break> (live:21s)[[[//"I'm trying to lift people up, some."//|couch11]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/couch2.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[Esther swigs her drink to fill the silence.] (live:5s)[//"How come you never play Coven on the N.B.?"//] <break> (live:8s)[[[//"Because they hate us. They hate everything we stood for. I tried to play "Pickers" //once// and they sent me a Warning Consequence."//|couch12]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/couch1.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[//"So why are you there in the first place?"//] <break> (live:5s)[Fuck knows.] (live:7s)[No- that's a lie.] <break> (live:9s)[[[//"Because it makes them think they've "won". And it's comfy enough for me. Soul sickening, at times, but it's also a payslip every two weeks, so."//|couch13]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/couch2.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 2s)[Esther says nothing to this.] (live:5s)[She doesn't have to.] <break> (live:8s)[//"It's really nice to see you, Gordon.//] (live:11s)[//Do you mind if I ask you one more thing?"//] <break> (live:14s)[[["Shoot."|couch14]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/couch3.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 1s)[//"What the ever-loving fuck are we listening to?//] (live:5s)[//Do you live in an elevator, is that why we're hearing this looped, dial-tone monstrosity?"//] <break> (live:9s)[[[//"I happen to find it very calming."//|couch15]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/couch2.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 2s)[Esther stands.] (live:5s)[//"I am going to change the music; and after I do, you and I are going to drink until we forget the good old days are fucked and gone."//] <break> (live:10s)[[[//"Nothing too loud, my neighbour's a retired general-."//|couch16]]]

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/covenalbum.png" alt=here /> <break> (live: 2s)[Her choice is obvious.] <break> (live:5s)[Obvious and perfect.] <break> (live:9s)[[[It's been years since you've listened to it.|couch17]]] { (masteraudio: 'stopall') (track: 'apt', 'loop', false) (track: 'clk', 'play') }

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/couch1.gif" alt=here /> <break> (live: 4s)["Pickers" by Coven.] <break> (live:8s)[Recorded live at Chasm.] <break> (live:10s)[[[Get lost by way of drinks and memories.|mem1]]] { (track: 'cvn', 'play') (track: 'clk', 'play') }

<img class="fit-picture" src="./images/blk.png" alt=here /> <break> (live: 2s)[Thank you for playing the first two days of Clipped!] <break> (live:5s)[More to come.] <break> (live:10s)[So stay tuned...]