When I got in my car to go to the post office, I accidentally switched over from one set of FM stations to another. What happened to come up was a radio broadcast (simulcast, if you want to get fancy) of the local PBS station. Now, if you've never seen Teletubbies, it's pretty heavy on the visual cues, not so much on the audio.
What came over the airwaves was a bizarre collection of ambient Foley. The sound of grass blowing in the wind was augmented by the soft chuckle of a baby, an organic sounding motor noise, and a tinny announcer repeating, "Time for Teletubbies!" over and over. Then, fading in after weird cat-walking-on-a-piano music was a thick British voice murmuring, "Tinky. Winky. Tinky Winky."
It's like they hired Pink Floyd to do a children's show, and the kids from "The Wall" found the acid stash before work started. Super creepy, but excellent if treated as experimental music. It was more entertaining than whatever Chili Peppers song was on the rock station, that's for sure.
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