Episodes
14 hours ago
Beer frequencies
14 hours ago
14 hours ago
Outtake from our conversation about music taste
Sonic metaphors for flavor † embodied cognition † the world of sound
Words by Ethan Bowen, Douglas Stephens, Zac Strum, & Conner TomlinsonMusic by Under the Catacombs of Paris
Friday Apr 18, 2025
Dream interpretation
Friday Apr 18, 2025
Friday Apr 18, 2025
Part 3/3 of our conversation about dream mechanism & analysis
Dream work † self-interpretation † elaboration & memory † the ego(s)
Words by Conner Tomlinson, Alli Winters, & Joshua Zamarron Music by Pithy Docco
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Neural network unconscious
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Part 2/3 of our conversation about dream mechanism & analysis
Weighting & continuity † AI & dream logic † dreams, science, & occultism
Words by Conner Tomlinson, Alli Winters, & Joshua Zamarron Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris
Friday Apr 04, 2025
On dreams
Friday Apr 04, 2025
Friday Apr 04, 2025
Part 1/3 of our conversation about dream mechanism & analysis
Meaning † lucid dreaming † abstraction † solipsism † unconscious agency † theories on dreaming
Words by Conner Tomlinson, Alli Winters, & Joshua Zamarron Music by Pithy Docco
Friday Mar 28, 2025
Superhero Ultraviolence
Friday Mar 28, 2025
Friday Mar 28, 2025
Spoiler warning.
The Boys † Invincible † Spectacular violence † 4 body genres † infrastructure † formula † Super † paratext † The Suicide Squad
Words by Zac Strum & Conner TomlinsonMusic by Under the Catacombs of Paris
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Zeal & Ardor
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Unpublished review of Zeal & Ardor's 2022 self-titled album
Metal and evil † revisionist history † alternative present † speculative future
Words by Conner Tomlinson Music by Impulse Machine
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Addendum to music as spec fic
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Part 4/4 of our conversation about sci-fi & fantasy
Fantasy music? † spec-fic semiotics † look at this new graph
Words by Ethan Bowen, Conner Tomlinson, & Ethan WhitmanMusic by Under the Catacombs of Paris
Friday Feb 28, 2025
Music as spec fic
Friday Feb 28, 2025
Friday Feb 28, 2025
Part 3/4 of our conversation about sci-fi & fantasy
Fantasy music † industrial as sci-fi † alternative history † sound weapons † more examples
Words by Ethan Bowen, Zac Strum, Conner Tomlinson, Ethan Whitman Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris & Pithy Docco
Friday Feb 21, 2025
Sci-fi / fantasy
Friday Feb 21, 2025
Friday Feb 21, 2025
Part 2/3 of our conversation about sci-fi & fantasy
Why draw distinctions? † edge cases † look at this graph † sci-fi horror
Words by Ethan Bowen, Zac Strum, Conner Tomlinson, Ethan WhitmanMusic by Under the Catacombs of Paris
Friday Feb 14, 2025
Speculative fiction
Friday Feb 14, 2025
Friday Feb 14, 2025
Part 1/3 of our conversation about sci-fi & fantasy
What if…? † speculative evolution † escapism vs analogy † human nature † capitalist realism in science & fiction † termination
Words by Ethan Bowen, Zac Strum, Conner Tomlinson, Ethan Whitman Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris