October 12, 2022

VYS0008 | To Hellier and Back - Vayse to Face with Will Salmon

1 hour 35 minutes

VYS0008 - Show Notes

If there is one common experience in the life of both Hine and Buckley that could be said to have jump-started Vayse into existence, it was watching the TV series Hellier. If there is one person alive right now who could be said to have been directly responsible for both Hine and Buckley watching Hellier, that person is writer and journalist Will Salmon. In this episode Hine and Buckley talk to Will Salmon about Hellier, Penny Royal and whether these and other 'media viruses' can be responsible, consciously or unconsciously, for re-enchanting the lives of their audience - "I think we’re at the beginning of a global awakening man..." Recorded 5 October 2022.

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You can find more from Will Salmon here :

Twitter - https://twitter.com/evilrobotbill

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/evilrobotbill/

Modern Aviation - Will Salmon's record label

Essential Texts

Warning: This episode assumes that you have watched all of Hellier and listened to all of Penny Royal - it is heavy on spoilers and light on explainers.

Hellier - "One star, no Goblins."

Penny Royal – “I don’t really like to believe in all that paranormal shit but then again, this whole fucking reality that we live in could be made up as hell, so why not explore every range of it that you can”

Other References

SFX - The World's Number One, Science-fiction, Fantasy and Horror Magazine

Total Film - Excellent British movie magazine

Quietus - Rock music and pop culture website

Lost - Classic mystery series

Euphomet – Hellier Was Just a Symptom

Weird Studies – Goblins, Goat-Gods and Gates: On 'Hellier'

Passport to Magonia by Jacques Vallee

Occult Experiments in the Home by Duncan Barford

The Mothman Prophecies by John Keel

The Matrix - Some obscure movie about sunglasses or something

Something in the Dirt - Upcoming movie made by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead

The Endless - 2017 movie made by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead

Resolution - 2012

Somewhere in the Skies #138

Bigfoot and Beyond #146

Valis by Philip K Dick

Cosmic Trigger by Robert Anton Wilson

The Invisibles - Interesting article summarising the series

The Invisibles wank-a-thon

True Detective season 1

Twin Peaks

The Secret History of Twin Peaks

The X-Files

The Book of the Law

Unexplained - Excellent podcast by Richard MacLean Smith taking deep dives into classic and less well known paranormal encounters

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

The Leftovers

Bill and Ted - This is our second guest in a row to mention Bill and Ted of their own accord (100% of our guests) - is this a coincidence or a synchronicity...?

Special Guest: Will Salmon.

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