Modern Rubbish

All October, we released extra episodes wherein we narrated some of our favourite Weird stories, and now that it’s November, we thought we’d set aside some time to discuss those stories in greater detail.

Notes:

The Weird, edited by Jeff & Ann van der Meer

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Music by David Paha

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Join us for a somewhat disorienting and delirious chat about a disorienting and delirious movie, 1986’s thriller/killer/road movie, The Hitcher.

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The Hitcher by Robert Harmon

Wolf Creek by Greg McLean

Roadgames by Richard Franklin

Joy Ride by John Dahl

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

C. Thomas Howell as the ‘Soul Man’ by Botch

Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore / Brian Bolland

Mark Isham

Windham Hill (record label)

Desert Solitaire by Steve Roach / Kevin Braheny / Michael Stearns

Near Dark by Kathryn Bigelow

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Intro & outro by Annelise Baer

Music by David Paha

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All October long, we've been narrating some of our favourite Weird stories, and sharing them with you each Tuesday! For our final entry in this series, Wyatt reads Harlan Ellison's The Function of Dream Sleep. If, as we've said in an earlier episode, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Pulse is a perfect depiction of depression, then this story is a similarly perfect depiction of grief. Enjoy!

Narrated by Wyatt Keusch, with music by David Paha.

This week we discuss Ben Wheatley’s 2013 period psychedelic trip, A Field In England.

Notes:

A Field In England by Ben Wheatley

Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace

The Mighty Boosh

The League of Gentlemen

Valhalla Rising by Nicolas Winding Refn

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Intro & outro by Annelise Baer

Music by David Paha

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All October long, we're narrating some of our favourite Weird stories, and sharing them with you each Tuesday! This week's story is the brilliantly terrifying The Séance by Lynda E. Rucker.

Narrated by Wyatt Keusch, with music by David Paha.

In this “mini” episode, we take a stroll through the legality of sampling, the inevitability of madness in the pursuit of fame, and end up at the darkness that dwells in all mankind. So, overall, a fun little chat.

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John Oswald

The Hub

Negativland - U2

Burroughs Nike ad

Britney Spears South Park episode

Earwig by Brian Catling

Jon Ronson

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Music by David Paha

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All October long, we're narrating some of our favourite Weird stories, and sharing them with you each Tuesday! This week's story is a classic of the uncanny, The Belonging Kind, by William Gibson & John Shirley.

Narration and music by David Paha.

This week we fawn over what is unquestionably the greatest zombie movie of all time, George Romero’s 1978 masterpiece, Dawn of the Dead!

Notes:

Dawn of the Dead by George A. Romero

Where Were U in ‘92? by Zomby

“Six million ways to die” sample

The Arts of Death in Albion by Wyatt Keusch

Vesica piscis

E2-E4 by Manuel Göttsching

“Yangmaxxing”

The Joy of the Worm by Drew Daniel

“That’s a problem for future Homer. Boy, I don’t envy that guy.”

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Intro & outro by Annelise Baer

Music by David Paha

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All October long, we're narrating some of our favourite Weird stories, and sharing them with you each Tuesday! This week's story is an ominous and dread-filled drift through childhood, The Specialist's Hat, by Kelly Link.

Narrated by Wyatt Keusch, with brand new music by David Paha.

This week we get into another Koji Shiraishi found-footage / mockumentary experiment, 2009’s Occult.

Notes:

Occult (film) by Koji Shiraishi

Dandadan (manga) by Yukinobu Tatsu

Occult word etymology

Notes on Evil by Steven Warwick

Heaven’s Gate (space death cult)

Eno hammocks

From Beyond (film) by Stuart Gordon

From Beyond (story) by H.P. Lovecraft

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Intro & outro by Annelise Baer

Music by David Paha

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