Webcast originally on the NCN webcast stream on June 25, 2023, this is a collage / compilation / media mix having to do with the Oceangate submersible craft maritime tragedy that took place in June of 2023 at the site of the original sinking of the ocean liner the RMS Titanic which originally took place in April of 1912.

5 lives were lost, including that of the CEO of the Oceangate company hosting the tour, Stockton Rush, in sightseeing deepsea dive tour to the original Titanic wreck on the ocean floor due to catastrophic decompression of the experimental submersible craft, a ship that some say was unsafe. Much controversy surrounds the company at the time of this mix's creation in the wake of this tragedy.

The (technically a) 'submersible' was missing at sea for some days garnering much attention, some of it cynical, before it was discovered, or revealed, what had happened.

The mix also, in part, takes a look at the practice of 'disaster tourism' in general which the ill-fated mission could be said to be a part.

The mix documents a lot of the media controversies surrounding this incident at the time it happened and includes related cultural touchstones such as remixes of the Thomas Dolby techno-pop song from 1982 titled 'One of Our Submarines (Is Missing)' as well as sequential segments of the radio play 'A Sound of Thunder' based on a science-fiction short story by Ray Bradbury. A lot of excerpts of the dark comedy from the show of comedian Tim Dillon (some musically remixed by NCN) are also presented in the mix, particularly in the final hour.

The Tim Dillon Show is on Youtube at:

www.youtube.com/@TimDillonShow

On a personal note, this mix is the result of my artistically working out my thoughts and feelings about this tragedy at the time it has happened.

The total running time of this album/mix program is: 5 hours, 50 minutes and 8 seconds.


This show also exists at our (National Cynical Network/Phineas Network) SoundCloud, archive.org and Mixcloud:

The Soundcloud version differs from other online versions in that a spoken word piece by Jim Morrison, appearing early on is disincluded.


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