The 6 Train Louse

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The 6 Train Louse

I'm Nate, the louse. I live in NYC and ride the 6 train. Since November 2012, I've begged for imaginary money in exchange for my art ideas. This is new, unedited audio.

  1. 117

    10/28/13

    1. Rodeo clowns (1 per block) overlooking violent neighborhoods breaking up fights with their traditional tactics. 2. Catch a fish in the East River and run it to the Hudson before it dies.

  2. 116

    10/26/13

    1. Stand in front of a parked Porsche at night to see how the light feels. 2. Bleed into the sewer at the top of Manhattan, and let the drops flow to the bottom.

  3. 115

    10/22/13

    1. An app where I let my phone listen to a toilet, and it translates a message to me. 2. Neck brace that fixes your head looking at the sky.

  4. 114

    10/21/13

    1. Glass bottom boat rides on the East River. No visibility, so build aquarium under the boat. 2. Make a balloon costume big enough for me to fit in, but I just get stuck in a tree.

  5. 113

    10/18/13

    1. Rodeo clowns (1 per block) overlooking violent neighborhoods breaking up fights with their traditional tactics. 2. Catch a fish in the East River and run it to the Hudson before it dies.

  6. 112

    10/16/13

    1. Attach helium balloons with strings to mousetraps in way that triggered trap frees balloons and lifts dead mouse to ceiling. 2. Wear garbage man uniform, run alongside truck, picking up loose items they ignore like one of those fish with shark.

  7. 111

    10/14/13

    1. Secretly increase the thermostat more each day while ramping up the prosthetic wolf hairs you add to your face daily. 2. Only look at the floor all day, no mirrors, and after a time, see if when you imagine your face, you only see the floor.

  8. 110

    10/10/13

    1. Dressed as Superman, lie face first over a sidewalk subway grate, and let the air lift your cape a little. 2. Dress like a bird, sit in a tree over a sidewalk, call yourself Poop Bird.

  9. 109

    10/9/13

    1. Walk around pretending you're too tall for ceilings and doorways always bending down unnecessarily. 2. Hand out your manifesto next to a garbage can, when someone refuses it, put it directly in the trash.

  10. 108

    10/7/13

    1. Put a cat in a tree, and bring a community together. 2. Sit in a closed box, people put things in a hole at the top of the box, you make something in the box, then slide it out the bottom of the box.

  11. 107

    10/5/13

    1. Bleed into the sewer at the top of Manhattan, and let the drops flow to the bottom. 2. Character who comes to your house to help you find clean underwear.

  12. 106

    10/3/13

    1. Stand in front of a parked Porsche at night to see how the light feels. 2. Wear a paper bag on my head that says, "I'm ugly."

  13. 105

    10/1/13

    1. Inflatable puffy coat that inflates and deflates depending on how close you want to get to someone. 2. Neck brace that fixes your head looking at the sky.

  14. 104

    9/27/13

    1. An app where I let my phone listen to a toilet, and it translates a message to me. 2. Get hired to sit atop a radio tower, and operate the red light manually.

  15. 103

    9/25/13

    1. Mount a spotlight on a truck, and order it to follow you around all night. 2. Make a balloon costume big enough for me to fit in, but I just get stuck in a tree.

  16. 102

    9/23/13

    1. Glass bottom boat rides on the East River. No visibility, so build aquarium under the boat. 2. Hire 10 people to surround you, and when asked tell you that you're flying.

  17. 101

    9/21/13

    1. Rodeo clowns (1 per block) overlooking violent neighborhoods breaking up fights with their traditional tactics. 2. Catch a fish in the East River and run it to the Hudson before it dies.

  18. 100

    9/19/13

    1. Organize a convention of self-identified uncool black people. 2. Close a door on yourself, but still try to accomplish what you wanted to do in that room.

  19. 99

    9/17/13

    1. Show off your strength by wearing some wall around your wrist, where you punched through the wall. 2. Put a fortune on toilet paper cardboard rolls like the cookie.

  20. 98

    9/15/13

    1. Attach helium balloons with strings to mousetraps in way that triggered trap frees balloons and lifts dead mouse to ceiling. 2. Wear garbage man uniform, run alongside truck, picking up loose items they ignore like one of those fish with shark.

  21. 97

    9/13/13

    1. Secretly increase the thermostat more each day while ramping up the prosthetic wolf hairs you add to your face daily. 2. Only look at the floor all day, no mirrors, and after a time, see if when you imagine your face, you only see the floor.

  22. 96

    9/11/13

    1. Call someone on your cell, put it on speaker, drop it in a cereal box, eat to their voice, work together. 2. Put on a dog sock puppet, hang it out a bus window.

  23. 95

    9/9/13

    1. Dressed as Superman, lie face first over a sidewalk subway grate, and let the air lift your cape a little. 2. Dress like a bird, sit in a tree over a sidewalk, call yourself Poop Bird.

  24. 94

    9/6/13

    1. Organize a full auditorium of clapping actors for anyone willing to pay a fee for a standing ovation. 2. Make a Barbie pinata filled with drugs only a Barbie would like.

  25. 93

    9/4/13

    1. Walk around pretending you're too tall for ceilings and doorways always bending down unnecessarily. 2. Hand out your manifesto next to a garbage can, when someone refuses it, put it directly in the trash.

  26. 92

    9/2/13

    1. Put a cat in a tree, and bring a community together. 2. Sit in a closed box, people put things in a hole at the top of the box, you make something in the box, then slide it out the bottom of the box.

  27. 91

    8/31/13

    1. Bleed into the sewer at the top of Manhattan, and let the drops flow to the bottom. 2. Character who comes to your house to help you find clean underwear.

  28. 90

    8/29/13

    1. Stand in front of a parked Porsche at night to see how the light feels. 2. Wear a paper bag on my head that says, "I'm ugly."

  29. 89

    8/27/13

    1. Inflatable puffy coat that inflates and deflates depending on how close you want to get to someone. 2. Neck brace that fixes your head looking at the sky.

  30. 88

    8/25/13

    1. An app where I let my phone listen to a toilet, and it translates a message to me. 2. Get hired to sit atop a radio tower, and operate the red light manually.

  31. 87

    8/23/13

    1. Mount a spotlight on a truck, and order it to follow you around all night. 2. Make a balloon costume big enough for me to fit in, but I just get stuck in a tree.

  32. 86

    8/21/13

    1. Glass bottom boat rides on the East River. No visibility, so build aquarium under the boat. 2. Hire 10 people to surround you, and when asked tell you that you're flying.

  33. 85

    8/19/13

    1. Rodeo clowns (1 per block) overlooking violent neighborhoods breaking up fights with their traditional tactics. 2. Catch a fish in the East River and run it to the Hudson before it dies.

  34. 84

    8/17/13

    1. Organize a convention of self-identified uncool black people. 2. Close a door on yourself, but still try to accomplish what you wanted to do in that room.

  35. 83

    8/15/13

    1. Show off your strength by wearing some wall around your wrist, where you punched through the wall. 2. Put a fortune on toilet paper cardboard rolls like the cookie.

  36. 82

    8/13/13

    1. Attach helium balloons with strings to mousetraps in way that triggered trap frees balloons and lifts dead mouse to ceiling. 2. Wear garbage man uniform, run alongside truck, picking up loose items they ignore like one of those fish with shark.

  37. 81

    8/6/13

    1. Secretly increase the thermostat more each day while ramping up the prosthetic wolf hairs you add to your face daily. 2. Only look at the floor all day, no mirrors, and after a time, see if when you imagine your face, you only see the floor.

  38. 80

    8/4/13

    1. Call someone on your cell, put it on speaker, drop it in a cereal box, eat to their voice, work together. 2. Put on a dog sock puppet, hang it out a bus window.

  39. 79

    8/2/13

    1. Dressed as Superman, lie face first over a sidewalk subway grate, and let the air lift your cape a little. 2. Dress like a bird, sit in a tree over a sidewalk, call yourself Poop Bird.

  40. 78

    7/31/13

    1. Organize a full auditorium of clapping actors for anyone willing to pay a fee for a standing ovation. 2. Make a Barbie pinata filled with drugs only a Barbie would like.

  41. 77

    7/29/13

    1. Walk around pretending you're too tall for ceilings and doorways always bending down unnecessarily. 2. Hand out your manifesto next to a garbage can, when someone refuses it, put it directly in the trash.

  42. 76

    7/27/13

    1. Put a cat in a tree, and bring a community together. 2. Sit in a closed box, people put things in a hole at the top of the box, you make something in the box, then slide it out the bottom of the box.

  43. 75

    7/25/13

    1. Bleed into the sewer at the top of Manhattan, and let the drops flow to the bottom. 2. Character who comes to your house to help you find clean underwear.

  44. 74

    7/15/13

    1. Stand in front of a parked Porsche at night to see how the light feels. 2. Wear a paper bag on my head that says, "I'm ugly."

  45. 73

    7/13/13

    1. Inflatable puffy coat that inflates and deflates depending on how close you want to get to someone. 2. Neck brace that fixes your head looking at the sky.

  46. 72

    7/11/13

    1. An app where I let my phone listen to a toilet, and it translates a message to me. 2. Get hired to sit atop a radio tower, and operate the red light manually.

  47. 71

    7/9/13

    1. Mount a spotlight on a truck, and order it to follow you around all night. 2. Make a balloon costume big enough for me to fit in, but I just get stuck in a tree.

  48. 70

    7/7/13

    1. Glass bottom boat rides on the East River. No visibility, so build aquarium under the boat. 2. Hire 10 people to surround you, and when asked tell you that you're flying.

  49. 69

    7/4/13

    1. Rodeo clowns (1 per block) overlooking violent neighborhoods breaking up fights with their traditional tactics. 2. Catch a fish in the East River and run it to the Hudson before it dies.

  50. 68

    7/2/13

    1. Organize a convention of self-identified uncool black people. 2. Close a door on yourself, but still try to accomplish what you wanted to do in that room.

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I'm Nate, the louse. I live in NYC and ride the 6 train. Since November 2012, I've begged for imaginary money in exchange for my art ideas. This is new, unedited audio.

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