From the Machine
Conversations about music, art, and whatever else is on our minds. Hosted by Impulse Machine and friends.
Conversations about music, art, and whatever else is on our minds. Hosted by Impulse Machine and friends.
Episodes
Mar 28, 2025
Superhero Ultraviolence
Mar 28, 2025
Mar 28, 2025
33 min
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
Mar 28, 2025
33 min
Mar 21, 2025
Zeal & Ardor
Mar 21, 2025
Mar 21, 2025
24 min
Unpublished review of Zeal & Ardor's 2022 self-titled album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
Mar 21, 2025
24 min
Mar 7, 2025
Addendum to music as spec fic
Mar 7, 2025
Mar 7, 2025
14 min
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
Mar 7, 2025
14 min
Feb 28, 2025
Music as spec fic
Feb 28, 2025
Feb 28, 2025
20 min
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
Feb 28, 2025
20 min
Feb 21, 2025
Sci-fi / fantasy
Feb 21, 2025
Feb 21, 2025
22 min
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
Feb 21, 2025
22 min
Feb 14, 2025
Speculative fiction
Feb 14, 2025
Feb 14, 2025
17 min
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
Feb 14, 2025
17 min
Feb 7, 2025
Music & fear
Feb 7, 2025
Feb 7, 2025
20 min
Part 2/2 of our conversation about disturbing music, followup to our ongoing conversation about horror. Trigger & spoiler warning.
Musical horror † semiology † natural vs manmade sound † metal & trauma † industrial noise
Words by Mikhael-Angelo Gore, Zac Strum, & Conner TomlinsonMusic by Under the Catacombs of Paris
Feb 7, 2025
20 min
Jan 31, 2025
Horrorcore
Jan 31, 2025
Jan 31, 2025
20 min
Part 1/2 of our conversation about disturbing music, followup to our ongoing conversation about horror. Trigger & spoiler warning.
Insane Clown Posse † clipping. † Cannibal Corpse † Avenged Sevenfold † Eminem † Tyler, the Creator † Will Smith † Death Grips † Harley Poe † Napoleon XIV † Ice Nine Kills † Impulse Machine
Words by Mikhael-Angelo Gore, Zac Strum, & Conner TomlinsonMusic by Under the Catacombs of Paris & Impulse Machine
Jan 31, 2025
20 min
Jan 24, 2025
Dream logic
Jan 24, 2025
Jan 24, 2025
16 min
Outtakes on dreams & dreamers
Psychoanalysis † AI & humanism † ensoulment
Words by Jason Ronan, Zac Strum, Conner Tomlinson, & Joshua Zamarron Music by Udio Excerpts on dreams from Human, All Too Human by Friedrich Nietzsche
Jan 24, 2025
16 min
Jan 17, 2025
Some disturbing books
Jan 17, 2025
Jan 17, 2025
19 min
Part 2/2 of our conversation about disturbing media, followup to our conversation about horror. Trigger & spoiler warning.
Cosmic horror † slow motion & jumpscare † body horror † literary and visual display
Words by Mikhael-Angelo Gore, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson, & Alli WintersMusic by Under the Catacombs of Paris
Jan 17, 2025
19 min







