Audio Files: Audiobook, Soundtrack and more


Preface: 2019




Introduction – Read by Lee Altermatt, my father in law


VOLUME ONE


Episode 1: Rescue Flash Meridian




Episode 2: Meet Crystal Weightless



Episode 3: Slingshot



Episode 4: Waking Nebula X



Episode 5: Don’t Drink The Water



Episode 6: Gravity



Episode 7: Space Dreams



Episode 8: Transmissions



Episode 9: I Need You



Episode 10: Your Friend Is Wise



Episode 11: Directory



Episode 12: Vigil



Episode 13: I Was There



Episode 14: Goodbye



Episode 15: I Hope She’s OK

VOLUME TWO


Episodes 16-30




Episode 31: It’s Time To Go Home



Episode 32: Identify Yourself



Episode 33: Finally Home



Episode 34: A Change Of Heart

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF FLASH MERIDIAN


Episode 35: Transition




Episode 36: Auto Start



Episode 37: Recycle



Episode 38: Rendezvous



Episode 39: Interface



Episode 40: Rearranged



Episode 41: Dog Star



Episode 42: Laika



Episode 43: I Know Who You Are



Episode 44: Jettison Pod



Episode 45: The Stars Are Calling



Episode 46: The Mora Nebula



Episode 47: Shepherd Of The Stars



Episode 48: Black Hole



Episode 49: Splash



Episode 50: Kaleidoscope



Episode 51: The Chromatic Sea



Episode 52: Silent Night



Episode 53: Converge



Episode 54: No Footprints



Episode 55: Hello



Episode 56: It’s For You



Episode 57: The Rulebook Forbids It



Episode 58: Departure



Episode 59: Troubadour



Episode 60: Building Blocks



Episode 61: Caves



Episode 62: Someone



Episode 63: The Hunt



Episode 64: Hide



Episode 65: One Of Them



Episode 66: Warm Planet



Episode 67: Cup



Episode 68: Rainbow



Episode 69: Spires



Episode 70: Offering



Episode 71: Tailored



Episode 72: Murmur



Episode 73: Cosmos



Episode 74: I Am In The Universe



Episode 75: The Blue Planet



Episode 76: The Queen Of Olo



Episode 77: Transmutation



Episode 78: Enough



Episode 79: Your Heart Was Open



Episode 80: Happy Dream



Episode 81: Wait



Episode 82: Ancestors



Episode 83: Arc



Episode 84: Ino



Episode 85: Cardiomyocytes



Episode 86: Mad



Episode 87: Fanfare



Episode 88: Welcome Home



Episode 89: A Sudden Joy



Episode 90: Where The Skies Turn Blue



Episode 91: Rest



Episode 92: OK, Let’s Go



Episode 93: Careful



Episode 94: Journey



Episode 95: Arriving At Destination



Episode 96: Home



Episode 97: Magenta



Episode 98: Someday, Somewhere



Mr. Pumpkinhead: An Aside



Episode 99: Fish In A Tree



Episode 100: Anything Is Possible



Episode 101: Microcosm



Episode 102: Poikani



Episode 103: The Whales Grew Feet



Episode 104: Cool Boredom



Episode 105: Wonder



Episode 106: Vessel



Episode 107: Vitrification



Episode 108: I Hold Things



Episode 109: Ruby



Episode 110: Phantom



Episode 111: Unanimous



Episode 112: Fractal



Episode 113: Colorless



Episode 114: I Think It’s True



Episode 115: Everything Is Alive



Episode 116: Ready



Episode 117: Homecoming



Episode 118: Peal



Episode 119: Rose



Episode 120: In Bucket



Episode 121: Guide



Episode 122: Unobstructed



Episode 123: Be There



Episode 124: Trust

LIFE ON OLO


Episode 125: Flowers For Aino




Episode 126: Festival Day



Episode 127: Liberated



Episode 128: Keystone



Episode 129: Sunset



Episode 130: Golden



Episode 131: Unencumbered



Episode 132: Refreshment



Episode 133: Gallery



Episode 134: Euphoric



Episode 135: Eternal Now



Episode 136: Yes
For my great-grandfather, Archie Robbins Miner, 1876-1942, and all of my ancestors



Episode 137: Jukka



Episode 138: Solitude



Episode 139: Facets



Episode 140: A Royal Visit



Episode 141: Validated



Episode 142: Pumpkin Dreams



Episode 143: Cake



Episode 144: A Special Gift



Episode 145: Imagine That



Episode 146: Historical Documents



Episode 147: Why Not?



Episode 148: Halo



Episode 149: Anything Else?



Episode 150: Spark



Episode 151: Angel Tree



Episode 152: Nightmare



Episode 153: Fireworks



Episode 154: Shoal



Episode 155: There Is Nothing To Fear



Episode 156: Shattered



Episode 157: Safekeeping



Episode 158: Savor



Episode 159: Bubbles Of Love



Episode 160: Present



An Epilogue: 1/1/12


Everything Is Alive


Studio version

The hands that placed the stones
in the castle wall
were invisible hands
if they were hands at all

Maybe the same hands
that created Bucket
back at the beginning
as a special gift for Flash.

The stones dictated the structure
based on how they fit together
In the case of the castle
this is how they settled

after the whales emerged
from beneath the planet’s crust
Olo was rearranged
every speck of dust

The planet was turned inside out
the castle grew from the plateau
its roots reaching
through the mantle to Olo’s core

Nobody argued
There was a castle
that towered above the cliff
Everyone could see it

That was all that mattered
they couldn’t explain it
any more than they could explain
The glasslike spires

or the crimson plain
or even the edifices
that their own hands
had made

Whales circled the castle
swimming in the air
and casting shadows on the walls
which brought the holograms to life

Everything is alive
the invisible hands
the bucket, the metal sphere
the holograms

everything is alive

Lyrics by Timo, 2026



House Concert



Everything Is Alive


House Concert version

The hands that placed the stones
in the castle wall
were invisible hands
if they were hands at all

Maybe the same hands
that created Bucket
back at the beginning
as a special gift for Flash.

The stones dictated the structure
based on how they fit together
In the case of the castle
this is how they settled

after the whales emerged
from beneath the planet’s crust
Olo was rearranged
every speck of dust

The planet was turned inside out
the castle grew from the plateau
its roots reaching
through the mantle to Olo’s core

Nobody argued
There was a castle
that towered above the cliff
Everyone could see it

That was all that mattered
they couldn’t explain it
any more than they could explain
The glasslike spires

or the crimson plain
or even the edifices
that their own hands
had made

Whales circled the castle
swimming in the air
and casting shadows on the walls
which brought the holograms to life

Everything is alive
the invisible hands
the bucket, the metal sphere
the holograms

everything is alive X4

Lyrics by Timo, 2026




One Day



I feel like a bystander
In the universe
Watching the events
Of my life
Fall into place.
If you pull the rug out from under me
I’ll get back up.
I’ll persevere.
Either way, I won’t worry
I know that never helps.
I’ll just realize
That I am a part of it all
Wordless fragments rise
From some ancient place
Their undulating shapes
Pass through me
And continue their ascent
Without labels
Without definitions
I’ll catch up with them.
Certain whales grew tired
Preferring a connection to the ground
They hover so close to the soil
That their flippers touch down
Leaving grooves in the dirt
They fight the tendency
To float any higher.
Eventually,
Over generations
Their limbs will transform into feet.
These few whales are content
Touching the ground.
Deep inside, they remember
That they once flew.
If you pull the rug out from under me
I’ll get back up.
I’ll persevere.
Either way, I won’t worry
I know that never helps.
One day
I will also surface.
(one day)
One day
I will also surface.
(one day)
One day
I will also surface.
(one day)

Lyrics by Timo, 2025


Unafraid (On My Way to Olo)

I’m on my way to Olo
Can’t wait to see the crystal plain
From my whaleback perch
I’ll wave to the crowds
Unafraid

Up the cliff to the castle door
To hug the king and queen once more
Where the colors converge
The cheers are loud
I’ll have it made

Meet me on the invisible bridge
If you can find it (if you can find it)
Let’s climb the angel tree
We’ll be reminded
Everything changes, nothing is wrong

When I get to Olo
I’ll cross the white whale flipper
Step onto the balcony
See the forest rise from the bedding
The colors come alive

I’m on my way to Olo
Can’t wait to see the crystal plain
From my whaleback perch
I’ll wave to the crowds
Unafraid

Lyrics by Timo, 2025


Safe

A painting of your life
We are here because of you.
The colors on the surface
flowed out of you
(Wait, there’s more)
The images you see
run deep to the planet’s core.
Olo is a painting of your life
past and future are safe
They still and already exist
Every moment.
Mistakes
Triumphs
Still here.
Everything you love
Everything you fear
you will find it here
What you love on Olo
is something lovable in you.
Going or not going
doesn’t change anything
except your understanding
A painting of your life
We are here because of you.
The colors on the surface
flowed out of you
(Wait, there’s more)
The images you see
run deep to the planet’s core.

Lyrics by Timo, 2025


MEDIA – Radio & TV


The Story Behind Flash Meridian Part 1 – Will Moore, WTIP




The Story Behind Flash Meridian Part 2 – Will Moore, WTIP



Flash Meridian and Mr. Pumpkinhead – Will Moore, WTIP



Flash Meridian on WTIP 90.7 FM – Tim and Jeremy interviewed in 2000



Flash Meridian on ABC TV KSTP Minneapolis – Audio portion



Flash Meridian Halloween promo on KISS FM



Flash Meridian at the Arrowhead Center For The Arts – Audio portion


Timo (Flash Meridian) interviewed by Jeremy Chase (Ash Lander)