It's just so weird that they would cover that lovely lawn with that black thing. What does the landlord say about all this stuff on his/her property. Send them all the pictures!
I hope you find a way to be somewhat at peace with it tonight. Maybe buy yourself some noise-cancelling headphones, mine are great hooked up to the TV
I use a ROKU to access internet TV, and the ROKU has a plug-in for my headphones right on its remote. Very handy.