Episode Thirty-Six: A Dark Song
A Dark Song is both a wonderfully effective horror film and also an uncommonly realistic representation of the actual occult experience.It’s been a while since we’ve done an explicitly occult-oriented...
26 Aug 20242h 14min
Episode Thirty-Five: Alien Covenant
Although we generally try to stick to the high ground and only talk about things we love, our Alien episode brought up a lot of negative thoughts about 2017’s irredeemably bad series entry, Alien: Cov...
19 Aug 20242h 1min
Episode Thirty-Four: Alien
This week we tackle Ridley Scott’s 1979 “haunted house in space” masterpiece, Alien.Notes:Alien by Ridley ScottSlit-scan photographyHandsome Squidward Prometheus aliensRipley cat lady memeNASA facilit...
12 Aug 20241h 33min
Supplement Twenty-Two: Trust & Art
One of our usual pre-topic warm-ups decided to take us on a journey, through which we discuss the importance of trust in art, via podcast favourites Alan Moore, Hideo Kojima, Thomas Ligotti & more!Mus...
5 Aug 20241h 19min
Episode Thirty-Three: Hellraiser (with Steven Warwick)
Steven Warwick returns! This time we talk Hellraiser, Nine Inch Nails & Carl Jung!Notes:Steven WarwickHellraiser by Clive BarkerThe Downward Spiral by Nine Inch NailsTrent Reznor interview re: Sharon...
29 Juli 20241h 20min
Episode Thirty-Two: 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 Juli 20242h 8min
Supplement Twenty-One: Mark Fisher on Joy Division
Wyatt reads an excerpt from Mark Fisher's Ghosts of My Life, while Dave provides the drones.
15 Juli 202434min
Supplement Twenty: 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 Juli 20241h 12min
