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Episode 1: The Fourteenth Floor · 14 August 1986 · recovered archive recording · 42:34 Recovered from the 1986 broadcast archive. Audio quality reflects the age of the tape. · download MP3
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0:00 You're listening to 82.11 FM, Pacific Leisure Radio.
0:06 Morning, morning, morning, morning.
0:08 Yes, it is that time again, unfortunately for some of you.
0:11 Wonderfully for others, I like to think of this show as a coin flip.
0:16 And you've just found out which side you landed on.
0:20 You are locked in, whether you like it or not, with me on Pacific Leisure FM.
0:25 And we've got a full one for you today.
0:27 A properly full one.
0:30 I say that every day, and then I look at the sheet in front of me, and there's like four things on it.
0:34 But they're good things.
0:36 Quality over quantity.
0:39 That's the whole philosophy of this show, really.
0:41 And possibly also the reason I still have this job.
0:44 It's a lovely one out there this morning, by the way.
0:46 For those of you on the water already, I salute you.
0:49 I'm deeply jealous.
0:50 And I will be joining you the moment this microphone lets me go.
0:54 For everyone stuck in traffic or stuck in a meeting they're pretending to listen to while this plays quietly in the background.
1:01 Solidarity.
1:03 Genuinely.
1:03 I see you.
1:05 I'm basically doing the audio equivalent of a wave right now.
1:08 So here's what's coming.
1:10 Some music to ease you in.
1:12 A couple of messages from the fine people who make this whole operation possible, whether we like it or not.
1:17 And general chaos in between, as usual.
1:20 But first, let's get into it properly.
1:50 Thank you.
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5:22 even those facing inland.
5:26 Join us for a complimentary midnight swim.
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5:52 Reader 30s
6:10 Where the evening
6:13 Maybe it's time to
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6:17 Thank you.
6:47 Okay.
7:17 vers 9
7:47 big
8:02 am
8:05 tell
8:09 make
8:12 mess
8:15 I'm watching the same sky.
8:24 I'm watching the same sky.
8:27 I'm watching the same sky.
8:36 Pacific Major FM.
8:39 Yeah, no, that's okay.
8:41 That's not great, is it?
8:42 I don't know who signed off on that one.
8:44 Someone in production heard Pacific and just typed in the first Asian adjacent sound they could find and away we went.
8:53 And look, before anyone writes in, I know, I know, that's not even the right country's gong, if we're being honest, which we should be, because apparently nobody else in this building is this morning.
9:06 That sounded Chinese to me, not Japanese.
9:09 So we've somehow managed to be offensive and geographically wrong, which, I mean, that takes a special kind of effort, doesn't it?
9:18 I'm not, look, I'm not trying to make a whole thing of this.
9:23 I just think if you're going to reach for a stereotype, you could at least reach for the right one.
9:30 That's all I'm, that's all I'm saying.
9:34 Someone's getting a stern email, possibly from me, possibly this afternoon, once I've had a coffee and calmed down about it.
9:43 Anyway, moving on and moving up, because that intro deserved much better company than it got.
9:50 Welcome back.
9:51 It's the show.
9:52 You're stuck with me till midday.
9:54 We're going to ease you into the morning properly now with a little city pop.
10:00 Some real classics.
10:01 A bit of Kaori Minamo.
10:03 Some Shinji Wakatabe.
10:05 Maybe a little Yumeko Aihara, if the mood holds.
10:10 Sunny, glossy, a little nostalgic for a Tokyo none of us actually lived in.
10:16 Lovely stuff.
10:18 Exactly what this morning needs, honestly, after that start.
10:22 But before we get into all that, check out this important message, Pacific Leisure FM, back after this.
10:29 Pacific Air Flight 702 to Bellwether Island is now ready for boarding.
10:35 Some holidays begin when you arrive.
10:38 With Pacific Air, yours begins the moment you step aboard.
10:41 Settle into spacious comfort.
10:42 Enjoy a complimentary Pasanarelia, New Catalina, and the Outer Island.
14:06 You know, your children really don't need to see you every day.
14:16 That's honestly what we're here for.
14:23 At Kokushi Corporation's On-Site Nursery,
14:27 your little ones stay right here,
14:30 on-site, close by,
14:32 and, well,
14:34 completely out of your way.
14:36 Breakfast through to lights out.
14:39 Seven days a week.
14:41 For however long your schedule needs.
14:46 And don't worry, we record all the milestones for you.
14:50 First steps,
14:52 first words.
14:54 We're there to see it, so you don't have to be.
14:58 It's really no trouble.
15:01 Kokushi Corporation.
15:03 We'll raise them right.
15:04 Pacific Leisure FM.
15:09 Owned and operated by the Kokushi Corporation.
15:12 There we go.
15:14 That's three down.
15:15 And if you were swaying gently at your kitchen counter just now,
15:18 no judgment.
15:19 I was doing the same thing in here.
15:22 Now, this next one,
15:23 this one's a bit older.
15:25 We're going back to the 70s for this one.
15:27 So, for some of you,
15:29 this is a genuine memory.
15:31 And for the rest of you,
15:33 this is just a very pleasant history lesson.
15:36 Either way,
15:36 I want you to enjoy it.
15:38 Because apparently,
15:39 I'm legally required to say the phrase,
15:42 before my time,
15:43 at least once per show.
15:45 So, there it is.
15:47 Before my time.
15:49 Moving on.
15:50 This is a proper classic.
15:52 One of the ones that started the whole sound we've been playing this morning.
15:57 So, credit where it's due.
15:58 And look,
15:59 while that one's playing,
16:01 get your fingers ready.
16:02 Because after this,
16:03 we're opening the lines.
16:05 I want to hear from you this morning.
16:07 Doesn't matter what about.
16:09 Could be the weather.
16:10 Could be your thoughts on that gong from earlier.
16:12 I will take all complaints,
16:14 compliments,
16:15 and completely unrelated stories
16:17 about your neighbor's dog.
16:19 That's genuinely how low the bar is on this show.
16:24 So, stick around.
16:25 Song first.
16:26 Chaos After.
16:41 Song first.
16:48 Song first.
16:50 Song first.
16:52 Thank you.
17:22 Thank you.
17:52 Thank you.
18:22 Thank you.
18:52 Thank you.
19:22 Right.
19:23 Lines are open.
19:24 Let's see who we've got.
19:26 Go ahead, caller.
19:27 You're on Pacific Leisure FM.
19:28 Oh, yeah.
19:29 I'm going to call you.
19:32 Oh, yeah.
19:34 Sorry.
19:36 Is something burning?
19:37 That sounds like a fire.
19:39 Oh, yeah.
19:40 Don't worry about that.
19:41 That's fine.
19:41 That's handled.
19:43 What's not fine is that was my early pressing.
19:47 1972.
19:48 Original sleeve.
19:50 Took me four years to track that down.
19:52 And it's currently on fire, apparently.
19:55 So do you know how hard those are to find?
20:00 Impossible.
20:01 That's the word.
20:02 Impossible to find.
20:05 And now it's...
20:05 It's gone.
20:09 It's just...
20:11 Gone.
20:11 Anyway.
20:13 Anyway.
20:14 What can I do for you this morning?
20:15 Oh, hi.
20:16 Um...
20:17 Yes.
20:17 Hello.
20:18 First time calling in.
20:20 I...
20:21 I work at Kokushi Corporation.
20:23 Human resources side.
20:24 And I wanted to talk about something that happened to me this week.
20:28 Oh, lovely.
20:29 HR.
20:29 HR.
20:30 The people who keep the rest of us in line.
20:32 What's going on?
20:33 So, a colleague of mine was crying at her desk on Tuesday.
20:37 Just having a hard day.
20:39 And I sat with her for a few minutes.
20:41 Held her hand, you know, just being a person.
20:44 And I got a notice afterwards saying it was logged as unauthorized empathy.
20:49 Well, I mean, that's very thorough of them, isn't it?
20:52 Very hands-on approach to workplace comfort.
20:57 They took 11 minutes out of my break allowance.
21:00 Because apparently, comforting people is outside my role scope of authorized interpersonal support.
21:06 Sure, sure.
21:06 But, look, in fairness, that probably means wellness has got someone whose actual job that is, right?
21:12 So, really, you were just, uh, stepping on someone else's toes.
21:16 In a caring sort of way.
21:18 That's not better.
21:19 That's worse.
21:20 Now I feel bad for being nice to her.
21:22 And I'm 11 minutes short this month.
21:25 Well, sounds like a real compassionate workplace.
21:28 And hey, that's the Kakushi spirit.
21:31 People who care.
21:33 Within scope.
21:35 Though, how'd they even catch it out of interest?
21:38 Someone walk past, or...
21:39 That's just it.
21:41 Nobody walked past.
21:42 I just held her hand for a few minutes.
21:44 I didn't file a report or anything.
21:46 I don't even know how they logged it.
21:48 Um, sorry, I...
21:50 Give me a second.
21:51 Um...
21:51 They said the desk recorded it.
21:53 Not a person.
21:54 The desk.
21:55 Apparently, it's been doing that for a while now.
21:57 Logging things.
21:59 Nobody told us when that started.
22:00 Ha!
22:01 Well, smart desk, huh?
22:03 Thanks so much for calling in, Yuki.
22:05 Get back to it safe, and, uh...
22:07 Maybe route your empathy through the proper channels next time, eh?
22:11 Right.
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24:45 Thank you.
25:15 Thank you.
25:45 Thank you.
26:15 Thank you.
26:45 Thank you.
26:47 Thank you.
26:49 Thank you.
26:51 Thank you.
26:53 Thank you.
26:55 Thank you.
27:27 Thank you.
27:29 Thank you.
27:31 Thank you.
28:01 Thank you.
28:03 Thank you.
28:05 Thank you.
28:07 Thank you.
28:09 Thank you.
28:11 Thank you.
28:13 Thank you.
28:15 Thank you.
28:45 Thank you.
28:48 Thank you.
28:51 Today is a smile.
28:53 Good morning.
28:59 The company is a family.
29:01 The family is a company.
29:03 The voice of the company is in the heart.
29:07 The stage is a magical.
29:09 The show is a friend.
29:11 The company is a永遠.
29:13 I am a company.
29:15 It's not even used to use it.
29:21 As it isn't used to do that,
29:23 It's all for your culture.
29:25 All that people who find out are world music.
29:29 This is the dream.
29:31 This is the dream.
29:33 This is the dream.
29:35 This is the dream.
29:37 This is the dream.
29:39 This is the dream.
29:41 This is the dream.
29:43 Is this your job?
30:13 Oh, I love you
30:18 I love you
30:20 I love you
30:25 Oh, I love you
30:40 I love you
31:10 I love you
31:40 I love you
31:42 I love you
31:44 I love you
31:46 I love you
31:48 I love you
31:50 I love you
31:52 I love you
31:54 I love you
31:56 I love you
31:58 I love you
32:00 I love you
32:02 I love you
32:04 I love you
32:06 I love you
32:08 I love you
32:10 I love you
32:12 I love you
32:14 I love you
32:16 I love you
32:18 I love you
32:20 I love you
32:22 I love you
32:24 I love you
32:26 I love you
32:28 I love you
32:30 I love you
32:32 laminated card. It's got our usual sign-off on it. We own the music. We own the airwaves, which
32:39 fine. Fair enough. That's just branding. But then underneath that in smaller print, it just says,
32:46 and we own you too, which I mean, that's a bold choice for a laminated card, isn't it?
32:55 That's not really a jingle. That's more of a, it's more of a legal document. If I'm honest,
33:00 anyway, I'm sure that's just a printing error. Oh, hold on. Oh, okay. We've, uh, we've actually
33:15 got an urgent message coming through from the chairman's office live right now. Okay. Here
33:22 we go. Right. Okay.
33:29 Okay.
33:30 That was, uh, that was a message from the chairman's office live as you heard. So not
33:41 a printing error then they own me and they own you. I don't have anything else written down
33:51 for this part. Here's, here's that song. The company is forever produced and paid for by
34:00 the Kokushi Corporation. Mandatory listening for all of us.
34:05 Pacific Leisure Radio. We own you.
34:11 All right. Thank you.
34:18 All right.
34:21 All right.
34:23 All right.
34:24 Thank you.
34:54 This work is making tomorrow
34:59 In the place where we are
35:03 We are connecting our dreams
35:07 The company is always
35:12 At the side of the day
35:15 The day of the day
35:18 The day of the day
35:22 The day of the day
35:25 The day of the day
35:28 We are keeping our future
35:31 The day of the day
35:35 Forever
35:41 Whenever
35:48 This year
35:52 our parents show us
35:55 We can play your favorite
35:57 Our parents
35:59 When we talk about
36:01 our families
36:03 My kids are holding my bags
36:09 We will walk up to the new morning
36:16 From one house to one town
36:23 That my dreams will come look up
36:27 Our company will become the future
36:32 Oh
36:38 Oh
36:52 Oh
36:58 Oh
37:02 Forever.
37:05 Before ever.
37:23 季節が巡り
37:26 子供が育ち
37:30 guys
37:43 how
37:47 did
37:52 being
37:57 ZANG EN MUZIEK
38:27 Family is forever our tomorrow heaven day
38:32 会社は永遠に僕らと共に
38:39 世界がどんなに変わっても
38:46 この光だけは消えはしない
38:52 Coxy Forever
38:56 いつまでも
38:59 Coxy Forever
39:03 永遠に
39:22 So, apparently today's my last day.
39:34 There isn't a next slot on the schedule, I checked.
39:37 There's just today, and then a name I don't recognize where mine usually is.
39:44 I don't think this is a scheduling thing.
39:46 I've done this show for a long time, long enough that I don't actually remember starting it.
39:53 Long enough that I stop noticing the studio smells like carpet and old coffee.
39:58 You get used to a place.
40:01 You stop asking why the door only locks from the outside.
40:05 I had, look, I had my suspicions early on about this place.
40:11 About the ads, about the memos, about the things we're asked to read out like they're nothing.
40:18 I told myself it wasn't my business.
40:20 I told myself I just read what's on the page, and the page isn't mine, and that's how you get through a day here.
40:28 You toe the line.
40:29 You don't ask what's underneath it.
40:31 But there's more wrong with this place than any of you listening have ever heard on air.
40:38 Most of it never makes it to a script.
40:41 Most of it I only ever heard secondhand in the corridor, in the lift, in the two floors below the warehouse nobody's supposed to ask about.
40:49 Kokushi Corporation owns this station, in case that was ever unclear.
40:56 I knew more than I said.
40:58 That's, I think that's just true of everyone who's ever worked here.
41:02 I used to think I'd know when it was ending.
41:06 Some kind of sign.
41:08 A party, maybe.
41:09 Someone bringing in a cake.
41:12 Instead, it's just a card.
41:15 And a name where mine used to be.
41:18 It's been...
41:20 It's been a good run.
41:23 Genuinely.
41:24 Thank you for listening.
41:27 All of you.
41:28 Even the ones who called in about the gong.
41:32 I hope whoever's got the name next takes care of you the way I tried to.
41:39 You know, I don't think I ever actually told you my name.
41:43 Not really.
41:45 Just Kirk.
41:47 That's...
41:47 That's the on-air name.
41:49 That's what's on the schedule.
41:51 That's what's on the card.
41:52 It's Daisuke.
41:56 My name's Daisuke.
41:59 Grew up in the States, actually.
42:01 In case any of you were ever wondering about the accent.
42:04 Moved back here for this job.
42:07 Funny thing to think about now.
42:10 I don't know why any of that feels like it matters right now.
42:15 But it does.
42:16 It's mine.
42:18 It's the one thing on that card they didn't write.
