Modern Rubbish

Part two of our chat with musician/author/artist Steven Warwick. We get into Alan Clarke’s 1974 film Penda’s Fen, but don’t worry, there’s still plenty of riffing.Notes:Steven WarwickPenda’s Fen by Al...

11 Mar 202454min

This week, we sit down for a chat with musician/author/artist Steven Warwick who also has the (perhaps dubious) honour of being the origin of this podcast's name!This is the first installment of our c...

4 Mar 20241h 11min

This week we tackle a stone-cold classic, a massively influential and Important™ film that (somehow) neither of us had ever seen before: it’s Night of the Hunter!Notes:Night of the Hunter by Charles L...

26 Feb 20241h 39min

Some thoughts cut from last week's episode on Censor. Riffing on changing tastes, fashion, the question of progress and what being "ahead of the curve" really gets you.Music by Sam Jones & Wyatt Keusc...

19 Feb 202417min

2021’s Censor is set in the world of British film censorship and the video nasty era, which was covered in last week’s episode. This week, we get into the perils of single vision while talking our way...

12 Feb 20241h 49min

Our episode on Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond brought up the “video nasties” list, which was part of a particularly absurd media censorship situation in the United Kingdom, starting in the 1980s. This week,...

5 Feb 20241h 13min

As a preview of the kind of thing happening over on our Patreon, here's an excerpt from our recent discussion on the oft-maligned musical genre, nu-metal! Become a patron on Patreon to hear the full t...

29 Jan 202411min

Following on from last week’s supplement, it’s our full discussion of Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond!Notes:The Beyond by Lucio FulciIn Praise of Shadows by Junichiro TanizakiStupid Fuck by Sonny Sharrock“Th...

22 Jan 20242h 17min