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# Antistatic
- URL: https://www.jamesreeves.co/antistatic/
- Published: 2022-09-25T19:02:19.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-15T03:48:53.000Z
- Author: James A. Reeves

A jumbotron flashed above an overpass, and I held my breath. Lately there’s been a shiver in my nerves whenever I see an illuminated screen, a reflexive bracing for scenes from another disaster, the latest inhuman act. Someone could tell me everyone in Nebraska disappeared last night, and I would believe it. I’ve become accustomed to the suspension of disbelief. But it was just the weather report. Dust, more dust, and probably smoke.

For years, I inhaled the news until I heard myself screaming. Then I began to understand the relief she had found in radio static, those flecks and dots like listening to an abstract painting. Driving to the crackle of an untuned station, I found peace in noise without meaning, a hum that boxed in my mind and prevented it from wandering too far. I jotted down the stations that played my favorite static, noting them as plush or brittle, warm or cool, a codex for the textures that matched my mood.

#### [Vainqueur – Antistatic](http://jamesreeves.co/radio/Antistatic.mp3?ref=jamesreeves.co)

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[http://jamesreeves.co/radio/Antistatic.mp3](http://jamesreeves.co/radio/Antistatic.mp3?ref=jamesreeves.co)

*This is the thirteenth episode of [Interstate Scenes](http://jamesreeves.co/notes/interstate-scenes/?ref=jamesreeves.co), a fictional collection of homeless paragraphs, remixed and upcycled bits from the past, and bloopers from the stories I’m writing.*