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Last weekend, Josh hosted a party at his little apartment complex featuring my pals in Numbers on the Mast. As NOTM were spreading their ambient cheer, a few kids were shouting and engaging in horseplay, I scolded,

"Hey guys, this is like ambient nerd church. You're supposed to be quiet!"
NOTM member Trey added, "This is ambient nerd church! Shhhh!"

When I lived in West Philly, a local organization the Philadelphia Ambient Consortium - Music and Noise (PAC-MAN) used to put on monthly shows at the Rotunda, a deconsecrated church owned by UPenn. In emails, I used to related glowing accounts of the "ambient nerds" and their "services." Although Josh' party lacked the ambience of PAC-MAN, here are a few shots from the Austin version of Ambient Nerd Church: