From the Machine

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From the Machine episodes

  • Superhero Ultraviolence

    Spoiler warning. 

    The Boys † Invincible † Spectacular violence † 4 body genres † infrastructure † formula † Super † paratext † The Suicide Squad

    Words by Zac Strum & Conner Tomlinson

    Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

    34 min
  • Zeal & Ardor

    Unpublished review of Zeal & Ardor's 2022 self-titled album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

    25 min
  • Addendum to music as spec fic

    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 Whitman

    Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

    15 min
  • Music as spec fic

    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

    21 min
  • Sci-fi / fantasy

    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 Whitman

    Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

    23 min
  • Speculative fiction

    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

    18 min
  • Music & fear

    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 Tomlinson

    Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

    21 min
  • Horrorcore

    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 Tomlinson

    Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris & Impulse Machine

    21 min
  • Dream logic

    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

    17 min
  • Some disturbing books

    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 Winters

    Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

    20 min

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