• The Transportica Tapes

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The Transportica Tapes

著者: Ben Schifano
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  • The Transportica Tapes is a multi-media musical podcast. In the ”Transportica tapes” we listen to found-footage style audio recordings from an alternate dimension that are edited together by an unknown narrator. The audio recordings range from phone calls, to personal recordings, to drive thru windows, etc. Any form of sound that gets transformed into an electric current has been printed onto these tapes for reasons unknown. In the alternate dimension. The U.S. government was dissolved and a new government was formed in its place, called Transportica. In the 80s a war broke out between the automotive industry and the countries cyclists and pedestrians. The U.S. government backed the automotive industry, and lost. In it’s ashes a new country was formed called Transportica that banned cars, with a few regulated exceptions, and instated bike-centric infrastructure. The podcast follows a Phoenix punk band who writes a theme song for the department of bikes latest accomplishment, renovating route 66 into a super bikeway. An interstate tunnel made for long distance biking. Unknown to the band, the department of bike has decided, based off the merits of their song, to recruit the band to spy on the business dealings of car-loving CEO billionaire, Lonnie Muscle the Muskrat. There has been rumors that he has been making plans to destroy the nations bike-centric infrastructure to reinstate cars as the main form of travel. The band will be sent on an impromptu west coast tour as a guise to investigate these rumors and put a stop to Lonnies plans. Along with podcast, there is a companion zine made for each episode. It is called The Transportica File. https://substack.com/@thetransporticatapes?r=39ryln&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-page
    Copyright 2025 All Rights Reserved
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The Transportica Tapes is a multi-media musical podcast. In the ”Transportica tapes” we listen to found-footage style audio recordings from an alternate dimension that are edited together by an unknown narrator. The audio recordings range from phone calls, to personal recordings, to drive thru windows, etc. Any form of sound that gets transformed into an electric current has been printed onto these tapes for reasons unknown. In the alternate dimension. The U.S. government was dissolved and a new government was formed in its place, called Transportica. In the 80s a war broke out between the automotive industry and the countries cyclists and pedestrians. The U.S. government backed the automotive industry, and lost. In it’s ashes a new country was formed called Transportica that banned cars, with a few regulated exceptions, and instated bike-centric infrastructure. The podcast follows a Phoenix punk band who writes a theme song for the department of bikes latest accomplishment, renovating route 66 into a super bikeway. An interstate tunnel made for long distance biking. Unknown to the band, the department of bike has decided, based off the merits of their song, to recruit the band to spy on the business dealings of car-loving CEO billionaire, Lonnie Muscle the Muskrat. There has been rumors that he has been making plans to destroy the nations bike-centric infrastructure to reinstate cars as the main form of travel. The band will be sent on an impromptu west coast tour as a guise to investigate these rumors and put a stop to Lonnies plans. Along with podcast, there is a companion zine made for each episode. It is called The Transportica File. https://substack.com/@thetransporticatapes?r=39ryln&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-page
Copyright 2025 All Rights Reserved
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  • E2 The Lost Cat Show Part 2 Violas Day
    2025/01/05

    In the second episode of our podcast we get to see how Viola, the drummer of Vampire State Evacuation Plan (VSEP), spent her day leading up to the Lost Cat Show. Her day includes, banging on mailboxes, interviewing people to be her double, listening to interviews, and being interviewed herself! This episode is the second in a 5 episode arch that ends with the titular Lost Cat Show. Come along for a bizarre musical adventure! The Transportica Tapes are created and directed by Ben Schifano Sound mixing and mastering by Dean Simpson

    Cast:

    Camille - Viola

    Darian Lorrain - Lenny, Coquette

    Connor Franklin Rey - Stickburt Drums, Mailbox owner

    Dylan Blank - Chaz Schrader

    Ben Schifano - Narrator, random person, Interviewee 1, interviewee 2, Piper, The Kickflip, Lonnie Muscle the Muskrat, Dave, Blue

    Kylo Gun - Cog in a Hotdog Machine

    For the companion Zine to this episode, see our substack: https://thetransporticatapes.substack.com/p/the-transportica-file

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    25 分
  • E1 The Lost Cat Show Part 1: Blues Day
    2024/12/27

    In this premiere episode of the Transportica Tapes, we meet Blue, the front person to local Phoenix band Vampire State Evacuation Plan, as they get ready for their show that night. This episode is the first in a 5 episode arch that ends with the titular Lost Cat Show. Come along for a bizarre musical adventure! The Transportica Tapes are created and directed by Ben Schifano Sound mixing and mastering by Dean Simpson

    Cast:

    Ben Schifano - The narrator, Blue, Mr. Hardpress, JIF, Therapy Booth

    Tessa Ramirez Keough - Vanessa

    David Kaptur - drive thru attendant

    Dean Simpson - Spits

    Connor Franklin Rey - Printco Employee

    Ben Conley - Randy, Rick

    For the companion Zine to this episode, see our substack: https://thetransporticatapes.substack.com/p/the-transportica-file

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    36 分

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