Shout out to bocpages @boctransmission Twitter

wmarsh · Post by **wmarsh** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 8:29 am

hexagonLife wrote:
wmarsh wrote:The tower is some sort of radome, but I don't know where from. Menwith Hill has some good ones (you might recognise it if you've seen Look Around You).

How god damn eerie are those things? I actually walked up to a massive electric tower in a field last weekend and even though it was broad daylight felt totally intimidated by the structure and the wierd humming noise.

Yeah, I love that stuff. As a kid I used to be in awe of anything like that. I loved the ridged boxes at the top of some telegraph poles, etc., particularly as I didn't really know what they were. I still have that awe as an adult, although it's slightly less magical now that I know how things work a bit better. I felt the same way about things like Teletext and radio and transmitters. I still get that wonderful feeling, like it's all eerie magic (even after I did some technical work on Teletext as an adult).

My favourite BoC instills those feelings!

Mark Geranium · Post by **Mark Geranium** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:39 pm

Yes, Teletext and Ceefax were amazing, I remember when I first saw it I thought that the PC and TV had combined. Unfortunately I was pretty wrong.

Anyway, brilliant summary of a core component of BoC's sound.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:56 pm

Can't be arsed making a new thread...

Just noticed the BOCtransmission page on Twitter is now 'verified'. Doesn't mean a huge amount of course, but in the interests of completeness I thought I'd mention it.

bluesky · Post by **Fredd-E** » Sat Dec 22, 2012 2:34 pm

Mexicola wrote:Can't be arsed making a new thread...

Just noticed the BOCtransmission page on Twitter is now 'verified'. Doesn't mean a huge amount of course, but in the interests of completeness I thought I'd mention it.

Thanks 4 sharing. Hadn't noticed it before. Shared it on bocpages. ;-)

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 2:54 pm

Anybody else just get a Twitter update text from BOCtransmission??

Received 14:48 GMT - looks like a blank update though??? Nothing showing on the actual Twitter page itself either. Wonder if showing went up and was then deleted???

Strange.... :?:

Kamas009 · Post by **Kamas009** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:34 pm

Mexicola wrote:Anybody else just get a Twitter update text from BOCtransmission??

Received 14:48 GMT - looks like a blank update though??? Nothing showing on the actual Twitter page itself either. Wonder if showing went up and was then deleted???

Strange....

Quite strange.

portiss · Post by **portiss** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:40 pm

Can't see it.

thepastinsidepressant · Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:01 pm

Mexicola wrote:Anybody else just get a Twitter update text from BOCtransmission??

Received 14:48 GMT - looks like a blank update though??? Nothing showing on the actual Twitter page itself either. Wonder if showing went up and was then deleted???

Strange....

you should call the police for false alarm

don't see anything on my side, they're two teasers them, getting a bit stale though now.
they may not have anyone buying the damn thing by the time it gets released.

Diadhaidh · Post by **Diadhaidh** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:15 pm

If there was an update, it's long gone. I don't suppose you took a screenshot of it?

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:30 pm

It was a text, which I still have. I get updates by text from half a dozen different Twitter feeds, including BOCtransmission. I had an update from BOCtransmission at 14:48 this afternoon. It literally reads:

@boctransmission: _

ie. something was posted by BOCtransmission, but I'm buggered if I know what it was.

Diadhaidh · Post by **Diadhaidh** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:11 pm

Interesting. I wonder if it's a glitch, or a mistake by whoever it is running the account.

Twoist · Post by **Twoist** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:29 pm

Definitely happened. Half a dozen others on Twitter registered their disappointment in reply to the now-deleted tweet. https://twitter.com/search?q=boctransmission&src=typd

Diadhaidh · Post by **Diadhaidh** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:39 pm

Maybe someone from Hexagon Sun will clear it up; then again, maybe not.

seanandcandy · Post by **seanandcandy** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 11:38 pm

there is nothing more unsettling than waking up to twitter notifications of boctransmission activity

Julian Candy · Post by **Julian Candy** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 11:53 pm

Diadhaidh wrote:Maybe someone from Hexagon Sun will clear it up; then again, maybe not.

...And maybe scallops are flyin' outta me pants!

TaoTapeTao · Post by **TaoTapeTao** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:40 am

lol I seriously hope someone just accidentally tweeted something. That would be funny :lol:

Vostok · Post by **Vostok** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 1:54 am

TaoTapeTao wrote:lol I seriously hope someone just accidentally tweeted something. That would be funny

How could someone just accidentally tweet something?

TaoTapeTao · Post by **TaoTapeTao** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 3:14 am

That's the funny part ^

seanandcandy · Post by **seanandcandy** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 3:22 am

habitual shit stirrers they are

deadfly · Post by **deadfly** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 11:13 am

Twoist wrote:Definitely happened. Half a dozen others on Twitter registered their disappointment in reply to the now-deleted tweet. https://twitter.com/search?q=boctransmission&src=typd

I've been looking at that for a couple of minutes and it's nice to see all the different messages about BoC. I like the idea that there are people all over the world listening to BoC right now.

Re the mysterious Twitter message - probably just something mundane like a Warp employee logging into the wrong band's Twitter account.