Fugue Chat

Matt reflects on his paranoia about whether the lollipop people near his work like him or not.

It’s a hot day. Matt talks about a job interview and then gets distracted by global politics.

Matt and Ross chat about whether vibe is a young person word anymore and what different people might mean when they say it. Then they talk about being middle aged for a while. There’s also a high pitched screeching noise for a bit which is less present on the recording than it was in real life.

Matt talks about turning 40, getting sentimental and the meaning of milestones.

Matt walks through Hendon in the rain, talking about resentment and the far right, and how resentment is a performance that constitutes the hierarchy that the far right uses to justify it’s political programme(s). He mentions Richard Seymour's new book 'Disaster Nationalism'.

Matt talks about sweetness, ‘Americans’ on TikTok and how capitalism can’t capture the feeling of eating a McDonalds in a steamed up car in the carpark of the Sydenham Sainsbury’s with all the crows.

Matt phones up Ross and tries out a conversational fugue chat. We talk about conversations with your parents, Ross comes up with some productivity hacks and we have a conversation about what being middle class means, based on Matt watching Joanna Hogg’s 2019 film The Souvenir. (Apologies for the audio quality, I’m working on it)

Matt talks about thinking out loud, clarity and the difference between strong and weak theory. He also almost gets run over by a Tesla.

Matt walks through the city talking about tooth pain, verrucas and nostalgia: all private experiences that can be very intense for the person experiencing them, but hard to communicate to other people.

Matt talks about listening to old songs, Philip Guston and how sometimes art isn’t made for an audience. There's also a bit about gendered icks.