A Lifer in Death Rap with Necro
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Necro is a true legend of underground rap, pioneer of the death rap sub-genre, renown producer, and inspiring entrepreneur. We talk about his new metal track, being white in rap, Metallica's note choices, jails in Europe, fake Hasidic crackheads, and his complex relationship with his Uncle Howie. 👉 Many thanks to my patrons! Consider becoming one here: patreon.com/lastthingspodcast 👉 If you'd like to join my Discord server, you can request an invitation here: 👉 If you'd like to subscribe to the monthly Last Things newsletter, sign up here:
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Of Runes and Love with Sean Ragon
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Sean Ragon has been active in industrial, and experimental music communities for over fifteen years, and in DIY punk in general going back to the 90s. He’s primarily known as the frontman of neofolk collective Cult of Youth, which triumphantly returned from a long hiatus last year. Sean also makes electronic music as Venerence. He’s deep in the culture, and his contributions over the years have been truly original and widely respected. Sean and I talk about runic yoga, Asatru, attempting to remain apolitical in polarized scenes, being married by Genesis P-Orridge , Cult of Youth’s...
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Magick and Melodic Morality
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Kavus Torabi is a British guitarist, vocalist, and composer, with a long and prolific career in the world of avant-garde rock music. He is known for his collaborative work in the 90s with Monsoon Bassoon, and the 00s with cult math-rock heroes Cardiacs, as well as his solo work as Knifeworld, and under his own name. He's also a member of the current line-up of legendary psych rock band Gong. Kavus and I have been fans of each other’s musics for years. Our fun conversation gets into the vibrant artistic family surrounding Cardiacs, melodies that make us angry, psychedelia, autism, and...
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Aesthetics of Annoyance with Justin Pearson (the Locust, Deaf Club)
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Justin Pearson has been a vital and prolific force in underground music since the 90s. His many bands, including the Locust, Dead Cross, Head Wound City, and Retox, have made an indelible mark on the canon of heavy music, and his long-running label, Three One G, has been an important platform for numerous like-minded experimentalists. We talk about “Annoying” as a genre, healthy inter-band competition on tour, the uniqueness of the 90s San Diego hardcore scene, and our different experiences at the same Marilyn Manson afterparty. 👉 Many thanks to my patrons! Consider becoming one...
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Parenthetical Girls' 'Safe As Houses' with Sophie Leetmaa
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Musician, visual artist, and actress, Sophie Leetmaa joins me to talk about Parenthetical Girls’ art-damaged baroque pop cult classic, ‘Safe as Houses’ (2006). We get into bloodletting, the Tumblr era, listening to Tori in the bath, music from Popeye, and lore from the unsung 00s micro-scene that spawned P Grrrls. 👉 Many thanks to my patrons! Consider becoming one here: . 👉 If you'd like to join my Discord server, you can request an invitation here: 👉 If you'd like to subscribe to the monthly Last Things newsletter, sign up here:
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Hydrating the Desiccated Legions in Phonographic Evaluation with Wyattxhim
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Wyattxhim's YouTube channel is a rich, one-of-a-kind resource for commentary on black metal, death metal, and all related genres of heavy music. From his album reviews, to iceberg charts, to nuanced video essays, Wyatt’s depth of knowledge, humor, and elite taste have been attracting a rapidly-growing following of extreme music cognoscenti. Wyatt and I talk about crying to Peter Sotos, left-wing black metal that's actually good, the purity of old-school YouTubing, and the importance of challenging one’s own beliefs. 👉 Many thanks to my patrons! Consider becoming one here: 👉...
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Practicing Loss with Nick Podgurski
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Nick Podgurski is a musician, artist, educator, and contemplative mentor interested in transformation and the nature of creativity. Since the 00s, he has been growing a truly unique body of work and thought, with his own projects Feast of the Epiphany and New Firmament, and as a collaborator with GRID, Lydia Lunch, Extra Life, and Yukon. Nick and I go way back, to the original line-up of Extra Life. Nick and I talk about practicing loss, George Gurdjieff, and the importance of Something Else. 👉 Many thanks to my PATREON patrons! Consider becoming one here: . 👉 If you'd like...
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The Possessed Synthesizer with Heinali
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Heinali is the moniker of Oleh Shpudeiko, a composer from Kyiv, Ukraine, whose work reimagines Medieval music with a modular synthesizer, borrowing techniques from contemporary analog synthesis, generative music, and improvisation. His recent activities have been a highly acclaimed live performance from inside a bomb shelter, and a new Heinali record, Kyiv Eternal. His past projects have included installations and collaborations around the world, and the award-winning music for the video game BOUND. We talk about the hollowed-out sacred, Ukrainian artistic identity, possessed...
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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, with Sam Mickens
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Sam Mickens is a singer, guitarist, composer, and performance artist based in Los Angeles, whose powerful, idiosyncratic work brings together sweet soul, glam rock, classical music, comic books, and professional wrestling. His many projects include The Sam Mickens Ecstatic Showband & Revue, his ‘00s art-rock band, The Dead Science, the theater piece “Kayfabe: Game of Death”, and his many recent solo records. Sam and I go deep here on one of our favorite books, Yukio Mishima’s “The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea", grappling with death, glory, being a touring musician,...
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Social Death with Patrick Higgins
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Patrick Higgins is a composer of experimental music, including works for chamber orchestra, string quartet, percussion ensemble, and his own virtuosic and unique language on guitar and electronic processing. He’s been a member of the classic New York avant-garde band ZS since 2012, and his music has been performed around the world. Our conversation gets into Pat’s amazing string quartets, the meaning of narrative in instrumental music, opening up space to think differently, his concept of “social death”, and the moral valence of making experimental music. 👉 Many thanks...
info_outlineSe'nam Palmer describes himself as a 29-year-old black person, musician and faux-losopher. His main band is Crispin Wah. He came by to talk about Kendrick Lamar's 2015 chart-topper, 'To Pimp a Butterfly', which takes us through issues of inner conflict, hoteps, and the joys of being a session musician.