Office of Public Address
The Weekly Briefing — Complete Record of Proceedings
For Immediate Release
Tuesday Nights, Live
Stickam & Ustream
36 Briefings Held
24 Oct 2009 – 19 Jul 2010
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Ten kilowatts of dusty speakers and amplifiers, a warehouse in Los Angeles, and a Tuesday night. The Beat House convened live every week on Stickam and Ustream, and was captured as a podcast for the record.
Two standing officers opened each session and passed the floor to rotating guests, who made their case with the turntables and mixer. What follows is the order of proceedings, reconstructed from the recordings themselves.
The Standing Officers
Present at the podium every week. Neither appears in the filenames — the archive records only who was recognized from the floor.
Opener · Resident
HeadseTT
Also recognized as a guest at Briefing 31, alongside Mike Insane — the one occasion the record names him.
Opener · Resident
Octamarc
Named once in the record, at Briefing 02 with Sumbry, in the opening weeks before the convention settled.
Order of Proceedings
Guests recognized at each briefing, in sequence. Dates are the night the session was held, recovered from photograph timestamps; a black bar means no evidence survives.
| No. | Recognized from the Floor | Held |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | J Viz, Dustin ★the inaugural briefing · tbh_ep_1_inaugural_jviz_dustin.m4a | |
| 02 | Octamarc, Sumbrytbh_ep2_briefing_octamarc_sumbry.m4a | |
| 03 | Part Time Chiller, Mike Btbh_ep3_briefing_parttimechiller_mike_b.m4a | |
| 04 | Eva, Syrenatbh_ep4_briefing_eva_syrena.m4a | |
| 05 | Junior, J Discotbh_05_briefing_junior_jdisco.m4a | |
| 06 | Athena, Nattietbh_06_briefing_athena_nattie.m4a | |
| 07 | Frangelix, Bryantbh_07_briefing_frangelix_bryan.m4a | |
| 08 | Erik Nelson, Amber Reyntbh_08_briefing_eriknelson_amberreyn.m4a | |
| 09 | Leftmindedsole guest · tbh_09_briefing_leftminded.m4a | |
| 10 | Xsel, Skid, Admit One, Sati, Dope Labslargest floor of the run — five recognized · tbh_10_briefing_xsel_skid_admitone_sati_dopelabs.m4a | |
| 11 | Just Odd, Frank E Dan, Nathan Livelytbh_11_briefing_justodd_frankedan_nathanlively.m4a | |
| 12 | Frank E Dan, Paco HerteFrank E Dan returns, back to back · tbh_12_briefing_frankedan_pacoherte.m4a | |
| 13 | Lucas, Liquid Fishtbh_13_briefing_lucas_liquidfish.m4a | |
| 14 | Mikey V, Eddie Btbh_14_briefing_mikey_v_eddie_b.m4a | |
| 15 | Darwin, Douglas DelaFrescatbh_15_briefing_darwin_douglas_dela_fresca.m4a | |
| 16 | Felix K, Sam Hilltbh_16_briefing_felix_k_sam_hill.m4a | |
| 17 | Mike Magana, Gellytbh_17_briefing_mikemagana_gelly.m4a | Tue 2 Feb 2010 |
| 18 | Myndz III, Eye Q, Demon0nelast before the recess · tbh_18_briefing_myndz_iii_eyeq_demon0ne.m4a | |
| 19 | Faith D’Marco, Porter Tinsleyfirst after the 54-day recess · tbh_19_faith_dmarco_porter.m4a | |
| 20 | Onaquesttbh_20_onaquest_pete.m4a | Tue 16 Feb 2010 |
| 21 | Mike Nouveau, Justin Sloetbh_21_mikenouveau_justinsloe.m4a | |
| 22 | Jokton, Sparatiktbh_22_briefing_jokton_sparatik.m4a | Tue 9 Mar 2010 |
| 23 | Chuck Fry, Ramon Valdeztbh_23_briefing_chuckfry_ramonvaldez.m4a | Tue 16 Mar 2010 |
| 24 | Marlon, Rameentbh_24_briefing_marlon_rameen.m4a | Tue 23 Mar 2010 |
| 25 | Tomorrow's Brightest Mindssole guest · tbh_25_briefing_tomorrowsbrightestminds.m4a | Tue 30 Mar 2010 |
| 26 | Paris, Will Yardleytbh_26_briefing_paris_willyardley.m4a | Tue 6 Apr 2010 |
| 27 | Diva Danielle, Mark Zabalatbh_27_Briefing_Diva_MarkZabala.m4a | Tue 13 Apr 2010 |
| 28 | Pumpkin, Sowelutbh_28_briefing_pumpkin_sowelu.m4a | Tue 20 Apr 2010 |
| 29 | Eevil, Dark Matter, John Kelleylongest on record, 525 MB · tbh_29_briefing_eevil_darkmatter_johnkelley.m4a | Tue 27 Apr 2010 |
| 30 | Held — audio not recovered143 photographs survive, dated 10 May 2010 · no recording in the archive | Tue 4 May 2010 |
| 31 | HeadseTT, Mike Insane ★the chair takes the floor · tbh_31_briefing_headsett_mikeinsane.m4a | Tue 11 May 2010 |
| 32 | Brooke Would, Mike Balancetbh_32_briefing_brookewould_mikebalance.m4a | Tue 18 May 2010 |
| 33 | Hush Crewsole guest · tbh_33_briefing_hushcrew.m4a | Tue 25 May 2010 |
| 34 | Red Sonya, Alien Tomtbh_34_briefing_redsonya_alientom.m4a | Tue 1 Jun 2010 |
| 35 | Derrick Wize, Drack Musetbh_35_briefing_derrickwize_drackmuse.m4a | Tue 8 Jun 2010 |
| 36 | Justin Marin, Thirteentbh_36_briefing_justinmarin_thirteen.m4a | Tue 15 Jun 2010 |
| 37 | Alex Castillo, Landothe final briefing · tbh_37_briefing_alexcastillo_lando.m4a | Tue 22 Jun 2010 |
| 38 | Broadway Barvenue moved off the warehouse floor · no recording in the archive | Tue 29 Jun 2010 |
| 39 | Broadway Barlast session on record · no recording in the archive | Tue 6 Jul 2010 |
Notes to the Record
i.Dates are taken from the photographers'
cameras, not from the filenames. The camera clocks ran on UTC; subtract seven hours for
Pacific and every dated session falls on a Tuesday night, most of them running past
midnight. From briefing 22 onward the run is strictly weekly, so undated sessions in that
stretch are projected forward a week at a time and shown with a dotted underline.
ii.A black bar marks a session for which
no photographic or recording evidence has been recovered. The date was never written down
anywhere that survives.
iii.Briefing 30 was the election. Eight
candidates stood, each with printed campaign signage —
DISTRICT ONE REP,
paid for and approved by friends of — and 143 photographs were taken on the
night of 4 May 2010. The recording is the only one in the entire run that never reached
the archive.iv.Briefings 38 and 39 were held at
Broadway Bar rather than the warehouse. Neither was ever published. The archive stops at
37 because the room stopped being the room.
v.The camera that shot briefings 25 to 29 was running exactly 31 days slow — every one of those five folders is off by the same constant, which is also why they appear to fall on Saturdays: 31 days shifts a Tuesday three weekdays back. Correcting for it puts all five back on the weekly Tuesday sequence. Earlier folder numbering remains unreliable: the folder labelled 4 holds photographs captioned EP3, and the one labelled 10 holds an unrelated shoot.
★Marks the two briefings at which a standing
officer was himself recognized from the floor.
Requests for the Record
Outstanding queries. The archive cannot answer these; the people who were in the room can.
1.The result of Briefing 30. Eight
candidates stood on 4 May 2010. The signage survives; the outcome was never entered anywhere
we can find. Who won?
2.The Briefing 30 recording. 143
photographs were made that night and no audio reached the archive. Did a recording exist, and
who held the rig?
3.Guests at 38 and 39. Both sessions
were held at Broadway Bar, on 29 June and 6 July 2010. Neither was published and neither
lineup is recorded.
4.Twenty-six missing dates. Every
black bar in the record above. Photographs survive for only a fraction of the run.
5.Dates before briefing 22. The weekly sequence can be projected back only as far as 22. Everything earlier is still a black bar — twenty-one sessions with no date.
6.The masters. No original session
recordings survive on any drive, image or cloud store searched. Only the 36 published podcast
files remain. Where did the masters live?
7.Did it end at 39? The last session on record is 6 July 2010. Were there further nights at Broadway Bar, or did it stop there?