WYRD_SIGNAL

Lucy and Sean get up to speed on latest developments in the wider WYRD_SIGNAL artistic and political sphere, discussing the recent passing of Genesis P-Orridge of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, Richard Stanley's The Color out of Space and Robert Egger's The Lighthouse

[Artwork: The Hypnotist, Sascha Schneider (the 19th Century painter and scluptor whose name Lucy couldn't find during the podcast)]

Lucy and Sean return - spectre-like - to discuss the core WYRD_SIGNAL tenets of Hauntology, occult technology, fringe religious ideas and weird psychology in the ontological uncertainty of Reagan's America as they tackle everyone's favourite contentious rite-of-passage teen film: Donnie Darko

Sean and Lucy are joined by journalist Max [von] Feldman for the pre-hiatus/end of season wrap party in which we participate in the dissection of Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce and the career and mind of the author of its source material: Colin Wilson

Lucy and Sean are joined by Matt Colquhoun (@xenogothic) to discuss cannibalism, art, queerness and the mythological and psychosexual dimensions of serial killing through the lens of Thomas Harris's Hannibal Series!

[Apologies in advance - there are some instances of interference on the recording caused by having left the microphone next to a billowing curtain]

Lucy is joined by researcher Joe Ondrak to discuss the ontologically ambiguous history of the online fiction genre of the Creepypasta, exploring its status as literature, its various critical aspects and its uncertain future in a post-web 2.0 universe.

Lucy and Sean take take a deep dive into the queer themes present in the works of H.P. Lovecraft, exploring ideas of weirdness, degeneration, erotofascism, Freudian Narcissism and the world of Oscar Wilde and the decadents.

Lucy and Sean are joined by friend and fellow scholar of the weird, Richard Havell (@FolkParanoia) to discuss recent happenings in the world of science fiction, fantasy and the hotly anticipated adaptations of Dune and Michael Moorock's History of the Runestaff, as well as the works and legacy of Gene Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019)

Lucy and Sean make their first excursion outside of the Anglophone sphere* to explore the world of malevolent ghosts, cruel theatrics, hyperrealistic violence and the spectres of nuclear conflagration in Nobuhiko Obayashi's psychedelic fantasy horror film House/ハウス(1977)

*Nosferatu doesn't count because it didn't have sound

Sean chats with YouTuber Cuck Philosophy about Mark Fisher, Joy Division and the politics of pessimism and depression.

[Episode available only to our INDIGO tier Patreon subscribers]

Sean and Lucy discuss nuclear eschatology in the Age of Sin, the speculative prehistory of 17th Century UFO culture, and the peregrinations of the prophet Daniel in this first, proper inaugural Encrypted Transmission of WYRD_SIGNAL