Quotidian Chronicles Podcast

Content:
I am picking up on something that was mentioned last time: The artist/musician Chilly Gonzales. I talk about the concepts of "benevolent pressure," talk about professional wrestling and Godzilla movies, and consider the question of why people might make things.

Referenced:
Last episode
Chilly Gonzales, in general
Pondercast with Chilly Gonzales

Content:
A silly remark about my kid being a hypoallergenic kid leads into a silly story about something a former roommate said regarding hypoallergenic dogs. This leads to a little bit of paranoia, a comparison of the Internet now to the Internet that existed from about 2000-2010.

A discussion of a great album that relaxes and allows for great thinking as opposed to being relaxing in a sedating sort of way.

Referenced:
- My former roommate, who shall remain nameless. (You know who you are!)
- Plastikman's Consumed (Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music)
- Plastikman & Chilly Gonzales's wonderful Consumed (in Key) (Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music)

Content:
I try to describe the ephemeral phenomena of retroactively recognizing that I just identified with a younger version of me more than the current version of "me."

Referenced:
- WWE (Formerly WWF)
- The Ultimate Warrior beating the Honky Talk man  

Content:
I talk about what is top of mind... the ways that I'd like my life to be... a sort of relaxed seriousness.

Referenced:
- Biran Eno
- Adam Phillips
- Jim Schmidt 

Content: 

This episode is me talking about reading a great book that captures how our quotidian lives can be astonishingly beautiful and the way real (mundane) human drama is more interesting than Hollywood blockbusters. 

Referenced:
- My wife
- My book collection
- The Vulnerables, by Stigrid Nunez

Writing about things that he would like to have more of in 2024, Marc Wiedenbaum of Disquiet named “liminality.

Two things:

1. In general, I think that having more time/space between things is a good idea. I say this is somebody who is not unfamiliar with being scheduled back-to-back several days in a row. When there is space in between things, I think I do much better work.
2. The second thing has to do with psychoanalysis in particular, back in the “before times,” when screen, mediated therapy was this thing that only existed in the future, this kind of liminal “interstitial space” always existed before analysand would come to a session. Today, when all the person needs to do to get to their session is open their laptop, this transitional space is missing…

This episode is me talking about trying to make some intro sounds/music for the podcast and getting carried away.
 
Referenced:
- Ghost Busters
- The Flash Season 3, Episode 22
- Hal Hartley
- Trust
- Surviving Desire
- Henry Fool
- Tár

Audio Log 13th January 2024. It's a cold, overcast day, and I'm feeling nostalgic...