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"ROMANCE OF THE COLONY"

CYBORG MEMOIRS

Release Date: 05/11/2024

"ROMANCE OF THE COLONY"

CYBORG MEMOIRS

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Timestamps

00:00:00 episode title
00:00:13 Romance of the Colony
00:27:03 our leaders are cowards remix
00:47:53 cool down chat interlude
01:06:07 The Screwfly Solution (1977) by Raccoona Sheldon
02:02:30 parting words & bendiciones

Greetings from a long chronic pain flare.

This episode of the CM podcast was recorded slowly and painfully over the past 6 months.

It features a sample-heavy recording of my essay ROMANCE OF THE COLONY, a 2017 narrative about the persistent imperialist romance myth of “the colony” in sci-fi, and the dreams of The Colony’s extension into outerspace/surveillance state as seen thru lens of Hollywood blockbusters and anime.

It's followed by something of a news/noise collage that I'm calling the OUR LEADERS ARE COWARDS REMIX, featuring backing tracks (used w/permission) from madam data's DEAD GENERALS / DOLLAR GENERAL album, the proceeds of which are matched with their own funds and sent to support Palestinian liberation.

After the remix, we take it easy for a sec with a brief chat from yours truly.

Then we round out the 2nd half of the episode with a throwback from an earlier podcast attempt (before my voice dropped) of James Tiptree Jr/Raccoona Sheldon's wicked story, THE SCREWFLY SOLUTION, ft music & mixing by Paul Walker.

I'm in a lot of pain rn, so keeping typing brief.

As always, if you like what I'm doing, you can join my fan club on Patreon or buy something from my shop or subscribe to my Substack (altho fr the 'stack is just a repost of what I put here, but still). OR you can just send me a message that you like what I'm doing, that is more than enough sometimes.

 

Samples Used

(in order of appearance)

Keith Courage in Alpha Zones Music – Title Screen | YouTube user OceanBlueKirby

Romance of the Colony

  • The Running Man (1987) opening scene excerpt
  • Total Recall (1990) ending scene excerpt
  • Ghost in the Shell ARISE : Border 4 (2014) scene excerpt
  • Ghosts of Mars (2001) scene excerpt
  • Black Power Mixtape (2011) scene excerpt
  • Interstellar (2014) scene excerpt
  • NASA Social Goes Behind the Scenes of our Journey to Mars panel (2016) excerpt
  • ARMITAGE III OVA (1995) scene excerpt
  • Soylent Green (1973) scene excerpt

our leaders are coward remix

The Screwfly Solution ~ all music original by Paul Walker

Outro feat Wii Shopping Channel music =)