TRIPLE DOWN SALOON at the PUNK ROCK MUSEUM
THE SIGNAL
SIGNAL../..NOISE is one night for people who build../..break../..solder../..patch../..press record. No keynotes. No cover. Vibe with humans. Trade what you made for what they made.
The theme this year: the moment the scene got a modem. 1985 to 1994, when a local phone number could be a venue and the whole net felt like a show about to start. every homepage was a zine. every download was a dub. everybody you met was building something wild and nobody had asked permission to build it. people will tell you that feeling was naive. wrong. it was a spec, and we are still implementing it.
we still believe: anyone can publish../..everyone gets a stage../..distance is dead../..information wants a mosh pit../..the best copy is the one you hand to somebody../..UNDER CONSTRUCTION is a promise, not an apology
Fig. 1: carrier detected. interlaced GIF, 8-bit, 39K. good things take 14 seconds.
THE BILL
WANNA CYBERS
KERMIT & THE PROTOCOLS ../.. PING OF DEATH ../.. CARRIER LOST
CTRL-ALT-DEFIANCE ../.. THE BAUD RATS ../.. ZMODEM OVERDRIVE
BUSY SIGNAL ../.. SYSOP & THE BANNEDWIDTH ../.. THE UNDER CONSTRUCTIONS
TRANSMISSION DETAILS
| DATE | AUG 5, 2026. 2-6pm Vegas time, hacker summer camp week. |
| NODE | Triple Down Saloon at the Punk Rock Museum, Las Vegas NV |
| BAUD | All speeds welcome../..300 to 28,800. Lurkers become posters here. |
| COVER | None. It never had one. It never will. Some protocols are sacred. |
NAME THAT BAUD
Four carriers, recorded off real phone lines, serial numbers filed off. If you ever waited on one of these songs, it's in your bones. Match each mystery handshake to its speed../..in the deck: 300, 2400, 14400, 28800.
handshakes from Gough Lui's Sound of Modems archive. real modems, real lines, copied with gratitude. mixtape rules: attribution is a courtesy, so here it is. fine print: the fastest one actually syncs at 33.6. same V.34 song, luckier phone line.
BRING YOUR OWN
Demos and talks are DIY. carried in by attendees, like every good show. five minutes or fifty../..hardware or holler. if you can explain it in a hallway you can demo it here. some seeds:
- first hack, first show. the origin story set
- tools of rebellion. what you build with, and why
- local echo. what your corner of the scene is making that nobody's heard yet
- analog heart, digital soul. anything with tape, wire, or solder in it
- the future we were promised. bring a piece of it, working or not
THE EXCHANGE
Stickers../..patches../..zines../..tools../..tracks. Bring a stack, leave with a different stack. The exchange runs on mixtape rules: everything is for sharing, attribution is a courtesy, and the best copy is the one you hand to somebody.
NEW! The wall file, GUESTBOOK.TXT. Leave word for people you haven't met yet. brb building the future../..ask me about my zine../..if you can read this, we're already friends. mail yours to the sysop. entries are appended by hand, most sunday nights.
SIGN THE GUESTBOOK
Sign GUESTBOOK.TXT. one paragraph to the sysop: who you are../..where you dial in from../..what you're bringing../..what band name you're claiming. greetz section included and encouraged. added by hand. no edits, no algorithm. the order is the order.
Questions, demo pitches, or ANSI art submissions: sysop@mohawklesstalk.org
STEAL THIS SITE
"Copy this page. Give it to a friend." was never a metaphor. the whole node is public source. take it, swap in your own show, put it somewhere we can dial. mail your mirror's address to the sysop and we'll add it to the list.
loud nodes, linked in a circle. no algorithm, just neighbors. want in? contact us to be added to the ring.