{"id":2318,"date":"2011-12-09T19:58:26","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T23:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=2318"},"modified":"2011-12-09T20:16:16","modified_gmt":"2011-12-10T00:16:16","slug":"new-batman-teaser-uses-numbers-stations-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/new-batman-teaser-uses-numbers-stations-concept\/","title":{"rendered":"New Batman teaser uses numbers stations concept"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The new Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises<\/a><\/em>, is using a strange numbers station concept to lure people into the theatre via their theatrical teaser. The numbers station-like audio is complete with\u00a0eerie ident, simulated SSB, and hetrodyne sounds– evidence that the mysterious underworld character of numbers stations is permeating even pop culture. \u00a0Since their website<\/a> will most likely change soon, I’ve captured a screenshot and 7+ minutes of audio below:<\/p>\n

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Click here to view the screenshot of their website on 09 December 2011<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more history on the site and teaser, check out an article on MTV.<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks to buddy DK for the tip!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, is using a strange numbers station concept to lure people into the theatre via their theatrical teaser. The numbers station-like audio is complete with\u00a0eerie ident, simulated SSB, and hetrodyne sounds– evidence that the mysterious underworld character of numbers stations is permeating even pop culture. \u00a0Since their website […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[508,172],"tags":[710,4088,709,708],"class_list":["post-2318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-2","category-numbers-stations","tag-batman","tag-numbers-stations","tag-the-dark-night-rises","tag-the-dark-night-rises-numbers-station"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-Bo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5882,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/david-gorens-numbers-station-installation-audio\/","url_meta":{"origin":2318,"position":0},"title":"David Goren’s numbers station installation audio","author":"Thomas","date":"March 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Two months ago, I posted that David Goren, talented radio producer and shortwave radio artist, created a Numbers Station installation in the Secret Wars exhibition\u00a0at the Proteus Gowanus gallery in Brooklyn, NY. 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