Modern Rubbish

Due to some technical difficulties, the episode scheduled for this week isn’t ready - while we’re sorting that out, please enjoy this unreleased conversation which was originally intended to be our se...

16 Loka 20232h 11min

The farce continues! It’s another “mini” episode that’s over an hour long!In this one, we discuss some of our formative experiences with horror media and list our biggest early influences.Notes:Natura...

9 Loka 20231h 14min

Our first episode with a guest! We welcome our friend Sam Jones to the Rubbish Bin™, and together we discuss David Cronenberg’s 1999 oft-overlooked techno-thriller/body-horror gem, eXistenZ.Notes:Loui...

2 Loka 20231h 52min

Another supplemental episode that’s almost as long as a proper episode! This time it’s an extended riff on categories / classifications of horror and their uses / abuses.Notes:A History of Heavy Metal...

27 Syys 202357min

We cover a lot of ground in this discussion of Takashi Miike’s 2003 film Gozu, from “is Gozu a horror movie” to “who played Robocop?”, with stops at “John Waters loves his freaks” and “what you saw wa...

18 Syys 20231h 46min

A quick list of 6 examples of short-form horror Wyatt would suggest checking out.Notes:The Thing on the Fourble Board (episode of Quiet Please, 1948)The Town Manager by Thomas Ligotti (from Teatro Gro...

15 Syys 20237min

Musings on accepting your own bad taste, rejecting irony and the cultural darkness that was the hipster era.Notes:Frank ZappaWeird AlFlight of the ConchordsMike PattonJohn ZornCaptain Ahab“The Cobrasn...

8 Syys 202321min

We initially meant for this to be a mini episode on 12 minute YouTube short My House Walkthrough, but as seems to happen with us, it blossomed into a full-length episode.Lots of tangents and metaphysi...

4 Syys 20231h 12min