The Oregon Trail, Capitalist Realism & The Gnostic Demiurge
We realized that, improbably, we’ve been doing this show for a year! In celebration, enjoy this classic ramble on culture, high, low and everything in between.Notes:The Oregon Trail (game)Donner Party...
22 Jul 20242h 8min
Mark Fisher on Joy Division
Wyatt reads an excerpt from Mark Fisher's Ghosts of My Life, while Dave provides the drones.
15 Jul 202434min
P.T.
We watched a playthrough of video game auteur Hideo Kojima’s lost vision, P.T., and used that as a jumping-off point for some impassioned rambling about the state of media.Notes:P.T. (game)Hideo Kojim...
8 Jul 20241h 12min
Robot Carnival (with Justin Sevakis)
To close out our month of anime, we’re joined by Justin Sevakis to discuss 1987 anthology film Robot Carnival!Notes:Robot CarnivalAnime News NetworkA-Ha Take On Me music videoSeiko MatsudaNFB animatio...
1 Jul 20241h 58min
Akira
Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 dystopian sci-fi / body horror extravaganza, is rightly regarded as one of (if not the) best anime films of all time. With that in mind, how much more do we really think ...
24 Jun 20242h 18min
OPN. CCRU. STFU. GTFO.
An addendum to our Ghost in the Shell episode, wherein Wyatt extolls the healing powers of Kenji Kawai’s score.Notes:M01 Chant One - Making of Cyborg by Kenji KawaiAge Of by Oneohtrix Point NeverThe G...
17 Jun 20241h 2min
Ghost in the Shell
We begin our protracted anime reverie with stone-cold classic Ghost in the Shell. Notes:Ghost in the Shell (anime) by Mamoru OshiiGhost in the Shell (manga) by Shirow MasamuneRationalizing Brutality: ...
10 Jun 20242h 7min
Agrippa (A Book of the Dead)
Story time again! Wyatt reads William Gibson’s Agrippa (A Book of the Dead), once more over Dave’s darkest drones.Notes:Agrippa (A Book of the Dead) by William GibsonAgrippa galleryMusic by David Paha...
3 Jun 202420min
