Negativland Time Zones Letras:
The Autonomous Komi Republic,
which is part of the Russian
Federation, is situated in the
far northwest of Europe, and
spreads up to
the Arctic part of the Ural Mountains.
It's crossed by 9 northern
parallels. Ten fair-sized European
states could be placed on its
territory. Besides indigenous
residents (that is, the Komi people), there
are also Russians, Ukranians,
Nenetzes, Tchubashis, and Tartars.
And now, let's go back into
history a little bit. (CLICK)
A boil lying on skins behind our backs
was turning the knobs of a
small transistor radio.
(".....making efforts to use
radios as vehicles of the
psychological warfare. A subversive....")
And the tent was suddenly filled
with an announcer's voice
speaking Komi.

(Jane Jane Jane....)
Then, with music from Moscow,
followed by English and French
speech.
("The recording was made at
the Moscow Theatre of Musical
Miniatures.")
Now, back to modern times.

YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE. AT THE
RECOMMENDATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL
TIME BUREAU, COMMENCING AT TWENTY-THREE
(23) HOURS, FIFTY-NINE (59)
MINUTES, SIXTY (60) SECONDS
UTC, AN EXTRA SECOND WILL BE
INSERTED INTO
THE
NBS TIME SCALE. THIS ADJUSTMENT
IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN
INTERNATIONALLY
COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME AS
BROADCAST FROM THESE STATIONS, IN
CLOSE
AGGREEMENT WITH UT1, OR ASTRONOMICAL TIME.
("WA6ODB....with...a question....")
"and, uh ..."
"Do you know how many time zones there
are in the Soviet Union?"
"and about power ..."
"d'you kn--"
"we got so much power now ..."
"Do you know how many time zones there
are in the Soviet Union?"
"we got so much power now, that's ridiculous."
"d'you kn-- do you know how many
time zones there are in the
Soviet Union?"
"power, and all that, that's power, we
got so much power, that's
ridiculous."
"We have--"
"power, power, power, power, power,
power now, it's ridiculous. We
got so much power now ..."
"Do you know how many time zones there
are in the Soviet Union?"
"It's not even funny."
"D'you--"
"That's ridiculous."
"Do you know how many--"
"It'
s not even funny."
"D'you kn--"
"That's ridiculous."
"Do you know how many--"
"That's, that's ridiculous."
"Do you know how many time--"
"That's ridiculous. It's not even funny."
"D'you--"
"It's not even funny."
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"D--"
"It's not even funny."
"Do you know how many time zones there
are in the Soviet Union?"
"It's not even funny.
How many time zones?"
"Yeah. We have, we have four in
this country, right?"
(Hello?)
"How many time zones?"
"Yeah."
(Hello? Yes.)
"1, 2, 3 ..."
"Four in this country, right?"
"Uh, yessir."
"Mm hm."
"Uh, four ... 1, 2, 3 ... yessir."
"Right."
"1, 2, 3 ... yessir."
"Mm hm."
("....radio station, Radio Moscow")
"Uh, four ... time zones?"
"Yeah. We have four in this country, right?"
"Uh, nosir."
"We have, we have--"
"Uh, yessir."
"Mm hm."
"And, uh ..."
"Do you know how many time zones they have?"
"Uh, yessir. Uh, four ... uh,
nosir. I never really studied
that up."
"Eleven."
"Eleven. It's not even funny."
"Eleven."
"Eleven. That's, that's ridiculous."
"Eleven."
"Eleven. Well, that's what we can do.
We can go anywhere, because
we live here, we--"
"Yeah, but--"
"--anywhere else."
"But, not only, not only the
right of free travel, I'm
saying...eleven."
"Eleven. 1, 2, 3 ... yessir."
"Mm hm. Eleven."
"Eleve
n."
"That's how big they are."
"Yeah. Yeah. Eleven."
(What happened to my call?)
"That's how big they are."
"Yeah. Yeah. I, I can believe that, I'm
a firm believer in that."
"Alright."
"1, 2, 3 ... uh, four ... yessir.
1, 2 ... yessir. Yessir."
"Mm hm."
(....Radio Moscow, 215 2101)
"The Soviet Union's the whole
half side of the world."
"Yeah."
"And we're just a little, one
little tenth of the globe."
"Yeah."
"They, uh, when you talk about
fightin', we're a country that, uh,
we're a firm beli
ever on pride, and it's called help thy neighbor,
do not kill, do not, you know, steal,
cheat, lie from everybody.
That's why we have to have
computers, because man, nobody
is perfect.
You know."
"Mm hm."
"It's not even funny."
"D'you--"
"and about p
ower, man, nobody is perfect. You know."
"So what is your point?"
"Nobody is perfect. You know."
"So what is your point, Glen?"
"There's, there's, there's two things
you don't talk about, one's
politics, the other one's religion.
"D'you--"
"The reason
you don't talk about 'em is
because they combine in
each other. You know what I'm saying?"
"Do you know how many time zones there
are in the Soviet Union?"
"You know what I'm saying?"
"Don't you kid yourself. Thanks,
Glen, for the uh... well, just
thanks for
the, the good thoughts."
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