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Modern RubbishEpisode Sixty-Five: 28 Years Later (Part One)Notes:28 Years Later by Danny BoyleModern Rubbish on Discord!Music by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2025-08-041h 02Modern RubbishEpisode Sixty-Four: The MonkeyNotes:The Monkey by Osgood PerkinsModern Rubbish on Discord!Music by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2025-07-211h 11Modern RubbishEpisode Sixty-Three: The People Under the StairsThe People Under the Stairs by Wes Craven2025-07-141h 42Modern RubbishEpisode Sixty-Two: StalkerNotes:Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky2025-07-071h 24Modern RubbishEpisode Sixty-One: In the Mouth of MadnessWe wrap up John Carpenter’s “apocalypse trilogy” with this episode on 1994’s In the Mouth of Madness.Notes:Modern Rubbish on Discord!Music by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2025-05-192h 05Modern RubbishEpisode Sixty: Prince of DarknessWe follow up our earlier episode on The Thing with this second installment John Carpenter’s “Apocalypse Trilogy”, Price of Darkness.Notes:Prince of DarknessRevelations by Elaine PagelsBart D. EhrmanHenry CorbinAnnie Hall “the universe is expanding” clipKitaro NishidaJoel BirocoProvidence by Alan MooreHalf-Life (game)Modern Rubbish on Discord!Music by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2025-05-051h 42Modern RubbishEpisode Fifty-Nine: The Stone TapeWe return to the BBC’s Plays For Today with Nigel Kneale’s legendary The Stone Tape.Notes:The Stone TapeQuatermassHalloween III: Season of the WitchBBC Radiophonic WorkshopDoctor Who theme songPepper’s ghostSteve RoachMatt Damon clipM.R. JamesThe VorrhYuval Noah HarariModern Rubbish on Discord!Music by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2025-04-141h 54Modern RubbishEpisode Fifty-Eight: Dracula (in general)Many-time guest Sam Jones returns to the podcast to talk about Dracula and his varied appearances in cinema.Notes:Sam’s Venn diagramVenture Bros. Blackula hunter clipModern Rubbish on Discord!Music by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2025-04-071h 33Modern RubbishEpisode Fifty-Seven: The CellDave’s still sick, but we’re still talkin’, this time about arch-millennial stylefest, The Cell.Notes:The CellNIN Closer videoMark RomanekThe Knick (series)Sehnsucht (Rammstein album)The Thirteenth FloorWorld on a WirePaprika (anime)Paprika (novel)Blood and Mistletoe by Ronald HuttonBerserk (manga)Paranoia Agent (anime)Deep ForestPure MoodsReturn to Innocence by EnigmaDark WatersImmacul...2025-03-311h 19Modern RubbishEpisode Fifty-Six: Smile 2Dave was sick and had an existential panic while watching Smile 2, so Wyatt watched it too, and we talked it out.Notes:Smile 2Kyle GallnerInsomniac with Dave AttellBarbarianA History of ViolenceAphex Twin’s smileModern Rubbish Episode Twenty-One: PossessionSaul BassTruth or DareThey Look Like PeopleFootwork dance battleIma Dog by DJ NateGantz Graf by AutechreThe SubstanceTrap2025-03-241h 14Modern RubbishEpisode Fifty-Five: CandymanIf you heard we’re lookin’ for Candyman, you heard right. This week we get sweet with this 1992 Clive Barker adaptation. We also get into the regrettable 2021 legasequel...but don’t hold that against us.Notes:Candyman (1992)The Forbidden by Clive BarkerCandyman (2021)Cabrini-GreenPruitt-IgoeKoyaanisqatsiCyberpunk 2077EgregoreThe Midnight Meat TrainTed RaimiBernard RoseClive Barker’s Books of BloodThirty Helens AgreeGuy Fawkes NightRyuichi...2025-03-171h 40Modern RubbishEpisode Fifty-Four: Jacob's LadderThis week, we discuss a thoroughly wonderful (and thoroughly horrifying) film, Adrian Lyne’s massively-influential Jacob’s LadderNotes:Jacob’s LadderHow Did This Get Made? (podcast)Rabbit In Your Headlights by U.N.K.L.E. feat. Thom YorkeMeister EckhartEmanuel Swedenborg13 AssassinsYukio MishimaOvidMagick (Book 4) by Aleister CrowleySpace Is The Place by Sun RaPsychopompThe Nice GuysVatican ShadowModern Rubbish on Dis...2025-03-101h 32Modern RubbishEpisode Fifty-Three: FlatlinersIt’s a good day to die on this episode, as we come up with some stuff to say about Joel Schumacher’s 1990...film?...Flatliners.Notes:FlatlinersThe CellWhat Dreams May ComeHatoful BoyfriendCandymanModern Rubbish on Discord!Music by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2025-03-031h 07Modern RubbishEpisode Fifty-Two: Altered StatesThis week, we trip balls along with Ken Russell’s psychedelic body horror touchstone, Altered States!Notes:Altered StatesFleischer StudiosCab Calloway’s “Minnie the Moocher” from Betty BoopJohn C. LillyGunbuster (anime)Joel BirocoPattern Recognition by William GibsonEpigeneticsRupert SheldrakeModern Rubbish on Discord!Music by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2025-02-241h 37Modern RubbishEpisode Fifty-One: Don Hertzfeldt's Simpsons Couch GagWe return from our hiatus with this episode on Don Hertzfeldt’s couch gag for long-running animated series, The Simpsons!Notes:Don Hertzfeldt’s Simpsons couch gagSadness Sets Me Free by Gruff RhysSmashing Pumpkins 1979 music videoTeam America Everyone Has AIDS songRejected by Don HertzfeldtHomer’s Phobia (Simpsons episode)The Cartridge Family (Simpsons episode)City of Quartz by Mike DavisThe World of Tomorrow by Don HertzfeldtKo Un (poet)Modern Rubbish...2025-02-171h 36Modern RubbishEpisode Fifty: Saw X (with Arden Stern & Casey Anderson)Wyatt joined Arden & Casey at their art space / venue, Trade School, in Altadena, California, for a screening of Saw X!Notes:Modern Rubbish on Discord!Music by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2025-01-061h 18Modern RubbishEpisode Forty-Nine: Jose Chung's From Outer SpaceAnd on this, the last day of X-Mas, we discuss another Darin Morgan classic, the wonderfully absurd Jose Chung’s From Outer Space!Notes:Modern Rubbish on Discord!Music by HoofwerkSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2024-12-301h 51Modern RubbishEpisode Forty-Eight: ToomsFor the fourth week of X-Mas, we give you our favourite cicadaman, Eugene Tooms!This one begins with a long (but fun) preamble on other topics, so if you’re itching for X-Files content, skip to around 30 minutes in.Notes:ToomsSqueezeDave’s paintingFélix Labisse (painter)Simpsons Australia coffee/beer bitWyatt hates OPNThe Lillywhite Sessions by Ryley WalkerIt’s My Life by Talk TalkDonal Logue (actor)Dandadan (anime)Th...2024-12-231h 46Modern RubbishEpisode Forty-Seven: Die Hand Die VerletztX-Mas continues with this satanic panic classic.Notes:Die Hand Die VerletztSatanic panicIlluminatus!Rain of animalsBart vs. AustraliaMichelle Remembers by Lawrence Pazder & Michelle SmithSatan Wants You (documentary)Pennyroyal (podcast)Hellier (TV Series)Heaven’s GatePan’s Labyrinth (film)Modern Rubbish on Discord!Music by HoofwerkSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2024-12-1652 minModern RubbishEpisode Forty-Six: Home (with Steven Warwick)Podcast patron saint Steven Warwick returns for a lovely chat about infamous X-Files episode Home. Merry X-Mas to us all!Notes:HomeSteven WarwickFear Indexing the X-Files by Nora Khan and Steven WarwickControl (video game)Child of God by Cormac McCarthyAll the Beauty and the Bloodshed by Nan GoldinA Modest Proposal by Jonathan SwiftChris MorrisSutcliffe Jugend (band)Modern Rubbish on Discord!Music by HoofwerkSupport us on...2024-12-091h 29Modern RubbishEpisode Forty-Five: Clyde Bruckman's Final ReposeWe’re kicking off “X-Mas”, our all-December-long celebration of all things X-Files! First up is legendary season 3 episode, Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose.Notes:Clyde Bruckman’s Final ReposeSplit (film)The Exorcist (TV show)Darin MorganJerusalem by Alan MooreMama (film)Whitest Kids U Know auto-erotic asphyxiation sketchModern Rubbish on Discord!Music by HoofwerkSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2024-12-021h 56Modern RubbishEpisode Forty-Four: Audition (with Sam Jones)Five-time guest Sam Jones returns to the show to talk about infamous j-horror nightmare, Takashi Miike’s Audition.Audio notes: Dave was sick, Sam’s cleaner was present, and Wyatt’s heater was (still is) broken, so he was huddled in a closet for the duration. Apologies for any auditory oddness.Notes:Audition by Takashi MiikeArrested Development “and that’s why you always leave a note” bitThe Care and Keeping of the Male Slave (Kids in the Hall sketch)Agitator: The Cinema of Takashi Miike by Tom Mes2024-11-252h 12Modern RubbishEpisode Forty-Three: October Stories DebriefAll 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 MeerModern Rubbish on Discord!Music by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2024-11-112h 35Modern RubbishEpisode Forty-Two: The HitcherJoin us for a somewhat disorienting and delirious chat about a disorienting and delirious movie, 1986’s thriller/killer/road movie, The Hitcher.Notes:The Hitcher by Robert HarmonWolf Creek by Greg McLeanRoadgames by Richard FranklinJoy Ride by John DahlBlood Meridian by Cormac McCarthyC. Thomas Howell as the ‘Soul Man’ by BotchBatman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore / Brian BollandMark IshamWindham Hill (record label)Desert Solitaire by Steve Roach / Kevin Braheny...2024-11-041h 49Modern RubbishStorytime: The Function of Dream Sleep by Harlan EllisonAll 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.2024-10-291h 05Modern RubbishEpisode Forty-One: A Field In EnglandThis week we discuss Ben Wheatley’s 2013 period psychedelic trip, A Field In England.Notes:A Field In England by Ben WheatleyGarth Marenghi’s DarkplaceThe Mighty BooshThe League of GentlemenValhalla Rising by Nicolas Winding RefnModern Rubbish on Discord!Intro & outro by Annelise BaerMusic by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2024-10-281h 23Modern RubbishStorytime: The Séance by Lynda E. RuckerAll 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.2024-10-2234 minModern RubbishSupplement Twenty-Five: Sampling, Fame & Our Dark PlacesIn 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.Notes:John OswaldThe HubNegativland - U2Burroughs Nike adBritney Spears South Park episodeEarwig by Brian CatlingJon RonsonModern Rubbish on Discord!Music by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2024-10-211h 15Modern RubbishStorytime: The Belonging Kind by William Gibson & John ShirleyAll 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.2024-10-1530 minModern RubbishEpisode Forty: Dawn of the DeadThis 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. RomeroWhere Were U in ‘92? by Zomby“Six million ways to die” sampleThe Arts of Death in Albion by Wyatt KeuschVesica piscisE2-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 g...2024-10-142h 14Modern RubbishStorytime: The Specialist's Hat by Kelly LinkAll 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.2024-10-0833 minModern RubbishEpisode Thirty-Nine: OccultThis week we get into another Koji Shiraishi found-footage / mockumentary experiment, 2009’s Occult.Notes:Occult (film) by Koji ShiraishiDandadan (manga) by Yukinobu TatsuOccult word etymologyNotes on Evil by Steven WarwickHeaven’s Gate (space death cult)Eno hammocksFrom Beyond (film) by Stuart GordonFrom Beyond (story) by H.P. LovecraftModern Rubbish on Discord!Intro & outro by Annelise BaerMusic by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2024-10-071h 38Modern RubbishStorytime: A Redress For Andromeda by Caitlín R. KiernanAll October long, we're narrating some of our favourite Weird stories, and sharing them with you each Tuesday! This week's story is the wonderfully eerie maritime tale, A Redress For Andromeda, by Caitlín R. Kiernan.Narrated by Wyatt Keusch, with brand new music by David Paha.2024-10-0128 minModern RubbishEpisode Thirty-Eight: The ThingThis week we talk about Dave’s favorite horror movie, John Carpenter’s 1982 masterpiece of cosmic-polar horror, The Thing!Notes:The Thing by John CarpenterWho Goes There? by John W. CampbellThe Thing From Another World by Christian NybyAt the Mountains of Madness by H.P. LovecraftSimpsons “Lenny’s brain coin” gagMichel Foucault & AIDSKenneth Grant (occultist)KAOS 14 (including Alan Moore’s Kenneth Grant article)Modern Rubbish on Discord!Intro & outro by Annelise BaerMu...2024-09-301h 56Modern RubbishSupplement Twenty-Four: Thoughts on Grunge, Part TwoPart two of our rambling discussion of the “grunge” moment in culture.Notes:Modern Rubbish on Discord!Music by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2024-09-231h 06Modern RubbishEpisode Thirty-Seven: Pulse (with Casey Anderson)Casey Anderson returns to the show to discuss Wyatt’s favorite movie, Pulse!Notes:Pulse by Kiyoshi KurosawaCasey AndersonChime by Kiyoshi Kurosawa“J-Horror”Conway’s Game of LifeFuture Shock by Alvin TofflerJapanese economic miracleDeath Stranding (game)“Siloing”Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott AbbottHuman Shadow Etched In StoneHibakushaMemoria by Apichatpong WeerasethakulButoh (dance)Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky2024-09-162h 08Modern RubbishSupplement Twenty-Three: Thoughts on Grunge, Part OneThe first part of our rambling discussion of the “grunge” moment in culture.Notes:Modern Rubbish on Discord!Music by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2024-09-091h 19Modern RubbishEpisode Thirty-Six: A Dark SongA Dark Song is both a wonderfully effective horror film and also an uncommonly realistic representation of the actual occult experience.It’s been a while since we’ve done an explicitly occult-oriented film, so we hope it’s understandable that we go a bit hard on the magick talk for this one.Notes:A Dark Song by Liam GavinThe Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the MageThe Magick of A Dark Song by Duncan BarfordThe Abramelin Diaries by Ramsey DukesModern...2024-08-262h 14Modern RubbishEpisode Thirty-Five: Alien CovenantAlthough we generally try to stick to the high ground and only talk about things we love, our Alien episode brought up a lot of negative thoughts about 2017’s irredeemably bad series entry, Alien: Covenant, so we thought it would be fun to indulge those for a change.Notes:Alien CovenantBlack Rain (film)Ridley Scott’s Apple commercialBudweiser frogs commercialWassup commercialTootsie Pop commercialMark TrayleNoel Gallagher’s Oasis DVD commentaryThe Counselor (film)Whit...2024-08-192h 01Modern RubbishEpisode Thirty-Four: AlienThis week we tackle Ridley Scott’s 1979 “haunted house in space” masterpiece, Alien.Notes:Alien by Ridley ScottSlit-scan photographyHandsome Squidward Prometheus aliensRipley cat lady memeNASA facility with its own weather systemWilliam Gibson’s Alien 3Dark Star (film)Galaxy of Terror (film)Barry SchraderMetroid (video game series)Modern Rubbish on Discord!Intro & outro by Annelise BaerMusic by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi2024-08-121h 33Modern RubbishSupplement Twenty-Two: Trust & ArtOne of our usual pre-topic warm-ups decided to take us on a journey, through which we discuss the importance of trust in art, via podcast favourites Alan Moore, Hideo Kojima, Thomas Ligotti & more!Music by David Paha.2024-08-051h 19Modern RubbishEpisode Thirty-Three: Hellraiser (with Steven Warwick)Steven Warwick returns! This time we talk Hellraiser, Nine Inch Nails & Carl Jung!Notes:Steven WarwickHellraiser by Clive BarkerThe Downward Spiral by Nine Inch NailsTrent Reznor interview re: Sharon Tate’s sisterChallengers (film)Time Will Crawl by David BowieLove Lies Bleeding (film)Drive filmNON / Boyd RiceCome To Daddy by Aphex TwinDeForrest Brown Jr.Mike KelleyBirth (film)Borg (Star Trek)S...2024-07-291h 20Modern RubbishEpisode Thirty-Two: The Oregon Trail, Capitalist Realism & The Gnostic DemiurgeWe realized that, improbably, we’ve been doing this show for a year! In celebration, enjoy this classic ramble on culture, high, low and everything in between.Notes:The Oregon Trail (game)Donner PartyRavenous (film)WendigoAchewood Oregon Trail comicsGilles Deleuze“Body without organs”GrimdarkCyberpunk: Edgerunners (anime)Racket (expression)Fabergé eggCapitalist Realism by Mark FisherReniform Puls by AutechreCharli XCXUlrich Krieger On the...2024-07-222h 08Modern RubbishSupplement Twenty-One: Mark Fisher on Joy DivisionWyatt reads an excerpt from Mark Fisher's Ghosts of My Life, while Dave provides the drones.2024-07-1534 minModern RubbishSupplement Twenty: P.T.We watched a playthrough of video game auteur Hideo Kojima’s lost vision, P.T., and used that as a jumping-off point for some impassioned rambling about the state of media.Notes:P.T. (game)Hideo KojimaP.T. conspiracy videoNot Like Us by Kendrick LamarMilhouse’s dad getting firedOld Boy (film)The Pick-Axe Murders by Cannibal CorpseKitsuneHomo Ludens by Johan HuizingaDeath Stranding (game)AOS tarot deckThot...2024-07-081h 12Modern RubbishEpisode Thirty-One: Robot Carnival (with Justin Sevakis)To close out our month of anime, we’re joined by Justin Sevakis to discuss 1987 anthology film Robot Carnival!Notes:Robot CarnivalAnime News NetworkA-Ha Take On Me music videoSeiko MatsudaNFB animationHeavy Metal (film)Streets of Fire (film)The Power Station (band)South Park “Major Boobage” episodeYukihiro TakahashiKatamari Damacy (game)The Adventures of Naughty MonkeyMezzo Forte (film)Fantasia Czernobog sequenceFist o...2024-07-011h 58Modern RubbishEpisode Thirty: AkiraAkira, Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 dystopian sci-fi / body horror extravaganza, is rightly regarded as one of (if not the) best anime films of all time. With that in mind, how much more do we really think there is to say about it? Two hours more!Notes:Akira (anime) by Katsuhiro OtomoAkira (manga) by Katsuhiro OtomoKazuo UmezuJunji ItoC. Spencer YehWeebKaneda bike slide compilationBrought to Light by Alan MoorePaprika by Satoshi Konkn...2024-06-242h 18Modern RubbishSupplement Nineteen: OPN. CCRU. STFU. GTFO.An addendum to our Ghost in the Shell episode, wherein Wyatt extolls the healing powers of Kenji Kawai’s score.Notes:M01 Chant One - Making of Cyborg by Kenji KawaiAge Of by Oneohtrix Point NeverThe Ghost of a Flea by William BlakeNick LandWeird Studies Episode 36: On HyperstitionPaul ErdosMeltdown by Nick Land (video by Orphan Drift)No Maps For These Territories (William Gibson documentary)Music by HoofwerkSupport us on Patreon or...2024-06-171h 02Modern RubbishEpisode Twenty-Nine: Ghost in the ShellWe begin our protracted anime reverie with stone-cold classic Ghost in the Shell. Notes:Ghost in the Shell (anime) by Mamoru OshiiGhost in the Shell (manga) by Shirow MasamuneRationalizing Brutality: The Cultural Legacy of the Headshot by Jacob GellerBanana extinctionClear by CybotronKowloon Walled CitySuffering, Misery, Death by HoofwerkIntro & outro by Annelise BaerMusic by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2024-06-102h 07Modern RubbishSupplement Eighteen: Agrippa (A Book of the Dead)Story time again! Wyatt reads William Gibson’s Agrippa (A Book of the Dead), once more over Dave’s darkest drones.Notes:Agrippa (A Book of the Dead) by William GibsonAgrippa galleryMusic by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2024-06-0320 minModern RubbishEpisode Twenty-Eight: Basket Case (with Sam Jones)Four-time guest Sam Jones returns to the podcast to discuss Frank Henenlotter’s 1982 exploitation masterpiece, Basket Case!Notes:Basket Case (film)Sam JonesHotel Broslin siteThe photo Sam is describingSimpsons evil twin episodeTony Harrison (Mighty Boosh character)Eagleman commercialMia Goth screaming clipXasthur - Prison of MirrorsSunn O))) - It Took the Night to BelieveBelialVampire’s Kiss Nic Cage sceneDeep-voiced cat videoIn...2024-05-271h 34Modern RubbishEpisode Twenty-Seven: The 'Saw' Series (with Arden Stern and Casey Anderson)This week, Wyatt gets the rundown (in-person) on the ‘Saw’ series from guests Arden Stern and Casey Anderson.Notes:Saw (film series)Arden SternCasey AndersonThe whiteboard pictureBritish Saw podcast?Buffalo Gals songNIN Broken movieCube (film)“Death panel”Retro: The Culture of Revival by Elizabeth GuffeyKode9 on “deconstructed club” musicThe Beast (film)ogrish.com (this is a wiki link for information, visiting the actual site is not recom...2024-05-202h 27Modern RubbishEpisode Twenty-Six: Hellier Season OneThis week we turn our gaze to the first season of paranormal documentary series, Hellier.Notes:Hellier by Karl PfeifferEpisode Eight: Something in the DirtSupplement Eleven: “Best” of 2023The Unbinding by Karl PfeifferGhost Adventures (series)Cosmic Trigger by Robert Anton WilsonHeaven by Talking HeadsHunt for the Skinwalker by Colm A. Kelleher and George KnappThe Game by David FincherPierre Teilhard de ChardinNoosphereAsclepiusThe Shape...2024-05-131h 44Modern RubbishSupplement Seventeen: The Consolations of HorrorWyatt reads Thomas Ligotti's "The Consolations of Horror" over suitably ominous music by Dave.Music by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2024-05-0634 minModern RubbishEpisode Twenty-Five: Personal Shopper2016’s Personal Shopper by Olivier Assayas.Notes:Personal Shopper by Olivier AssayasSpiritualismTheosophyHow To See Fairies by Ramsey DukesJandekPulse by Kiyoshi KurosawaBart Simpson has no soul clipHilma Af KlintHilma Af Klint: Occult Painter and Abstract Pioneer by Åke FantPsychometrySeinfeld “golden boy” shirt clipEnochian Vision Magick by Lon Milo DuQuetteIntro & outro by Annelise BaerMusic by David P...2024-04-291h 53Modern RubbishEpisode Twenty-Four: The VVitch (with Annelise Baer)This week we’re joined by archaeologist and TV producer Annelise Baer! We discuss 2015’s runaway hit The VVitch from our usual occultist's angle, with the welcome addition of “an actual archaeologist” to the conversation!Notes:The VVitch by Robert EggersAnnelise BaerAre You A Big Jazz Boy Or A Little Jazz Boy?Leeches in modern medicineThe Great GazooMetaphor by HoofwerkNoncomprehending meme“Squid guy” memeOctopodes are “aliens”Annelise’s drawing of wrong-CthulhuBlack Phillip...2024-04-222h 11Modern RubbishSupplement Sixteen: Lynda E. RuckerIt’s a Wyatt solo ramble about his current favourite author, Lynda E. Rucker!Notes:Lynda E. RuckerJohn CoulthartSwan River PressMusic by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2024-04-1515 minModern RubbishEpisode Twenty-Three: The Exorcist III (with Malissa White)This week we were graced by Malissa White’s presence for an incredibly fun conversation about The Exorcist III! This is a very silly episode about a movie that’s only moderately silly, while still being thoroughly creepy and frequently sorrowful.Notes:Malissa WhiteThe Exorcist III by William Peter BlattyTom of Finland (artist)Snow Crash by Neal StephensonNeuromancer by William GibsonSatanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend by Jeffrey S. VictorSkinwalker RanchZak BagansKi...2024-04-081h 59Modern RubbishEpisode Twenty-Two: Inland Empire (with Sam Jones)Returning guest Sam Jones makes his third appearance in The Rubbish Bin™ for this semi-in-person discussion of David Lynch’s 2006 film Inland Empire!Notes:Inland Empire by David LynchRoom To Dream by David Lynch & Kristine McKennaFairplex in PomonaDredd (film)Enter the Void (film)BardoA Family Finds Entertainment by Ryan TrecartinThe Guitar Circle by Robert FrippToyah & Robert’s Sunday LunchWitold LutosławskiNidanaValis by Philip K. Dick2024-04-012h 10Modern RubbishEpisode Twenty-One: PossessionThis week’s episode is a long one, but we had a lot to say about Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 classic Possession.Notes:Possession by Andrzej ŻuławskiVideo Cat VancouverHive MindTrainspotting withdrawal sceneThe Astronaut’s Wife (film)Hellraiser (film)Phantoms in the Brain by V.S. RamachandranThe Stendhal Syndrome (film)Standhal syndromeJerusalem syndromeCapgras syndromeJason Brown’s Paranoid MachinesDark City (film)On the Silver...2024-03-252h 18Modern RubbishSupplement Fifteen: Steven Warwick's Commentary on Penda's FenSteven Warwick was kind enough to record some live commentary while watching Penda’s Fen, which we’re passing along to you.Notes:Carnival of Souls by Herk HarveyThe Nightmare by Henry FuseliPinhead’s appearance clipMusic by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2024-03-1818 minModern RubbishEpisode Twenty: Penda's Fen (with Steven Warwick)Part two of our chat with musician/author/artist Steven Warwick. We get into Alan Clarke’s 1974 film Penda’s Fen, but don’t worry, there’s still plenty of riffing.Notes:Steven WarwickPenda’s Fen by Alan ClarkeOf Mud and Flame: A Penda’s Fen SourcebookThe Zone of Interest by Jonathan GlazerBig Brother (series)2000AD (comic imprint)Play For Today (series)Red Shift by Alan GarnerRobin RedbreastPlay For Today by The Cure2024-03-1154 minModern RubbishEpisode Nineteen: A Chat with Steven WarwickThis week, we sit down for a chat with musician/author/artist Steven Warwick who also has the (perhaps dubious) honour of being the origin of this podcast's name!This is the first installment of our conversation with Steven, where we talk about his latest book, Notes On Evil, get into the idea of weirdness in art and slowly drift towards Alan Clarke’s 1974 film Penda’s Fen. Be sure to stay tuned for the second part, where we get more into Penda, and lots of other stuff besides!Notes:Steven WarwickNo...2024-03-041h 11Modern RubbishEpisode Eighteen: Night of the HunterThis week we tackle a stone-cold classic, a massively influential and Important™ film that (somehow) neither of us had ever seen before: it’s Night of the Hunter!Notes:Night of the Hunter by Charles LaughtonNight of the Hunter (novel) by Davis GrubbPremonitions Following an Evil Deed by David LynchDavid GrubbsHarry Powers (serial killer)Bort / BartCarnivàle (series)Bart D. EhrmanThe Best of Youth by Marco Tullio GiordanaPhill NiblockInt...2024-02-261h 39Modern RubbishSupplement Fourteen: Fashion & ProgressSome thoughts cut from last week's episode on Censor. Riffing on changing tastes, fashion, the question of progress and what being "ahead of the curve" really gets you.Music by Sam Jones & Wyatt KeuschSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2024-02-1917 minModern RubbishEpisode Seventeen: Censor2021’s Censor is set in the world of British film censorship and the video nasty era, which was covered in last week’s episode. This week, we get into the perils of single vision while talking our way through the film.Notes:Censor by Prano Bailey-BondThe Turn of the Screw by Henry JamesArthur Machen quote on evilWilliam Blake vs. the World by John HiggsPrano-Bailey Bond BFI interviewPodcast: The RideMichael TaylorUnexplained podcast epis...2024-02-121h 49Modern RubbishEpisode Sixteen: Video NastiesOur episode on Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond brought up the “video nasties” list, which was part of a particularly absurd media censorship situation in the United Kingdom, starting in the 1980s. This week, we dig into what the “video nasties” were, and why they’re relevant to the type of thing we like to talk about here on our show. This also serves as an intro to next week’s episode, on 2021’s Censor, a Welsh film dealing directly with the “video nasties” era.Notes:“Video Nasties”Mary WhitehouseWhitehouse (band)Red Asphalt2024-02-051h 13Modern RubbishSupplement Thirteen: Patreon PreviewAs a preview of the kind of thing happening over on our Patreon, here's an excerpt from our recent discussion on the oft-maligned musical genre, nu-metal! Become a patron on Patreon to hear the full two-hour episode.2024-01-2911 minModern RubbishEpisode Fifteen: The BeyondFollowing on from last week’s supplement, it’s our full discussion of Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond!Notes:The Beyond by Lucio FulciIn Praise of Shadows by Junichiro TanizakiStupid Fuck by Sonny Sharrock“This is fine” meme“Won’t somebody please think of the cildren?!”Elephant (1989) by Alan ClarkeClark Ashton SmithZdzisław Beksiński (painter)Kur (ancient Mesopotamian underworld)Grandpa Simpson tattooIntro & outro by Annelise BaerMusic by David Paha2024-01-222h 17Modern RubbishSupplement Twelve: Stephen Thrower On ViolenceWyatt reads an excerpt from Stephen Thrower’s book, Beyond Terror: the Films of Lucio Fulci, in advance of next week’s episode on Fulci’s The Beyond.Notes:Beyond Terror: the Films of Lucio Fulci by Stephen Thrower“Video nasty”Music by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2024-01-1515 minModern RubbishEpisode Fourteen: Cure (with Casey Anderson)Casey Anderson returns for our first episode of 2024! We discuss Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s 1997 classic Cure.Notes:Cure by Kiyoshi KurosawaTokyo subway sarin attackUnderground by Haruki MurakamiThomas Ligotti’s Crampton part one and twoSeven by David FincherStalker by Andrei TarkovskyFranz MesmerEdward BernaysJames EllroyClosure by Wyatt KeuschBirthday Boys “Baby Hitler” sketchPeter WattsEmbassytown by China MievilleMoby Dick by Herman Melville...2024-01-081h 43Modern RubbishEpisode Thirteen: Suspiria [2018] (with Michael Keusch)Wyatt was visiting his dad in Berlin, so we conscripted him into this discussion of 2018’s Suspiria remake!Notes:Suspiria (2018) by Luca GuadagninoPsychometryWilliam Friedkin curseBaader-Meinhof Group (Red Army Faction)“Deutscher Herbst”Perfume: the Story of a Murderer, by Patrick SüskindNight Man (TV series)Intro & outro by Annelise BaerMusic by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2024-01-011h 53Modern RubbishSupplement Eleven: "Best" of 2023 (with Annelise Baer)Annelise Baer joins Wyatt for a quick roundup of some films he watched in 2023, that weren’t featured in episodes of the show.Notes:Talk to Me by Danny & Michael PhilippouGlorious by Rebekah McKendryThe Menu by Mark MylodCobweb by Samuel BodinThe Unbinding by Karl PfeifferFoamy the Squirrel, “Amityville Toaster”Music by Wyatt KeuschSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2023-12-2545 minModern RubbishEpisode Twelve: UnearthingThis week, we cover Alan Moore’s multimedia work Unearthing.Notes:Unearthing by Alan Moore & Mitch JenkinsUnearthing by Alan Moore & Mitch Jenkins (photo book)Unearthing by Alan Moore & Mitch Jenkins (album)London: City of Disappearances, edited by Iain SinclairDave McKean (artist)Doseone (musician)Anticon (record label)Dead Dogs Two by cLOUDDEADSeven Souls by Material & William S. BurroughsMud & Starlight by Pádraig Ó MéalóidEnochian magicThe Mindscape of Alan M...2023-12-181h 32Modern RubbishEpisode Eleven: The CanalThis week we use 2014’s The Canal as a launchpad for a discussion of what the reality of ghosts might look like, with our usual melange of tangents along the way!Notes:The Canal by Ivan KavanaghVideotape by RadioheadNot Yet Remembered by Harold Budd & Brian Eno“In flagrante delicto”Charlie Day connections wall memeEcology of Souls by Joshua CutchinThe Stone Tape BBC filmMagick / Liber ABA / Book 4 by Aleister CrowleyIntro & outro by Annelise BaerMus...2023-12-111h 13Modern RubbishSupplement Ten: Dave Miscalculates His DosageDave talks about his recent trip to a LaMonte Young concert, and the inward “Trip” that followed.Support us on Patreon & Ko-Fi, or send us a message at modernrubbishpodcast@gmail.com.Notes:LaMonte YoungMarian Zazeela5-MeO-DMTAlex GreyMOCA Geffen ContemporaryEcstasy: In and About Altered StatesEcology of Souls by Joshua CutchinHipgnosisMagic & Mystery in Tibet, by Alexandra David-NéelVenture Bros. “Hot Dolphin!” clipMusic by David PahaSupport...2023-12-0454 minModern RubbishEpisode Ten: Society (with Sam Jones and Ang Wilson)Wyatt was in Los Angeles, and was able to record our first in-person episode with Ang Wilson and returning guest Sam Jones! We watched Society by Brian Yuzna, and had a lot of fun discussing it afterwards.Notes:Society by Brian YuznaBrian Yuzna interview Part 1Brian Yuzna interview Part 2Oral history of SocietyAudition by Takashi MiikeWarm Bodies (the Nicholas Hoult zombie movie)Uzumaki by Junji ItoProvidence by Alan Moore & Jacen BurrowsLists of Note by...2023-11-271h 23Modern RubbishSupplement Nine: More CramptonThe second half of our discussion on/about/around/adjacent to Crampton by Thomas Ligotti & Brandon Trenz.Notes:Millennium (TV series)The Lone Gunmen (TV series)Global Consciousness ProjectUlam spiralTime Loops by Eric WargoMichael Richards (sculptor)David MandellJoe PrestonHaunted Universe by Steven NorquistThe Universe is a Haunted House by CoilMastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha by Daniel IngramJacob’s Ladder by Adrian Lyne...2023-11-201h 00Modern RubbishEpisode Nine: Noroi - The Curse (with Casey Anderson)Our good friend Casey Anderson stops by for a chat about the best found footage film of all time, 2005’s Noroi: The Curse!Notes:Casey AndersonNoroi: The Curse by Kōji ShiraishiFrom Beyond by H.P. LovecraftKami (Shinto)Spirit of placeThe Blair Witch Project by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo SánchezOccult by Kōji ShiraishiGrave Encounters by The Vicious BrothersUnfriended: Dark Web by Stephen SuscoParanormal Activity by Oren Peli...2023-11-131h 40Modern RubbishSupplement Eight: Thomas Ligotti's CramptonOur first episode with a content warning! This week’s episode uses the unproduced X-Files script Crampton by Thomas Ligotti and Brandon Trenz as an entry point for a discussion on some very dark themes. Nothing too harsh, but we do feel it’s worth mentioning that if you’re not in a great headspace, maybe avoid Ligotti and our discussion of his work and ideas.Notes:Crampton by Thomas Ligotti & Brandon TrenzThe Clown Puppet by Thomas LigottiMatt CardinThe Thomas Ligotti Reader, edited by Darrell Schweitzer1...2023-11-061h 37Modern RubbishEpisode Eight: Something in the DirtFollowing directly on from our mad ravings on art and prophecy in the Radiohead episode, this week we get deeper into the weeds with Justin Benson’s and Aaron Moorhead’s schizoid mockumentary Something in the Dirt.Notes:Something in the Dirt by Justin Benson and Aaron MoorheadThe Endless by Justin Benson and Aaron MoorheadHenry KaiserHellierCreating Christ by James S. Valliant & Warren FahyBlood and Mistletoe by Ronald HuttonRandy Quaid conspiracySupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi...2023-10-301h 16Modern RubbishSupplement Seven: Radiohead & ProphecyA freewheeling ride through the LA noise music scene, hot takes on beloved Scottish comics writers, the utter failure of Google Glass and the weight of prophecy.Notes:Old Town PasadenaJohn WieseMasonnaRadioheadWeatherhouse by Philip SelwayIn Limbo by RadioheadKid A Mnesia bookHumour by Stanley DonwoodGrant MorrisonHypersigilBinahSimpsons Monkey’s PawJoel BirocoKenneth GrantThe Red Book by C.G...2023-10-2358 minModern RubbishEpisode Seven: Night of the CometDue to some technical difficulties, the episode scheduled for this week isn’t ready - while we’re sorting that out, please enjoy this unreleased conversation which was originally intended to be our second episode. We’re surprised that we didn’t feel our discussion of 1984’s Night of the Comet was worth releasing at the time of recording, but here we are.Notes:Night of the Comet (1984) by Thom EberhardtAutechreBurbank, California“If you have to ask, you’ll never know”Comet Hale-BoppHalley’s Comet2023-10-162h 11Modern RubbishSupplement Six: Formative Horror ExperiencesThe farce continues! It’s another “mini” episode that’s over an hour long!In this one, we discuss some of our formative experiences with horror media and list our biggest early influences.Notes:Natural Born Killers by Oliver StoneCity of the Living Dead by Lucio FulciTetsuo: the Iron Man by Shinya TsukamotoUlver (band)Terrestrials by Sunn O))) & UlverScary Muzak by UlverPoltergeist II: The Other Side by Brian Gibson (with effects by H.R. Giger!)Phantas...2023-10-091h 14Modern RubbishEpisode Six: eXistenZ (with Sam Jones)Our first episode with a guest! We welcome our friend Sam Jones to the Rubbish Bin™, and together we discuss David Cronenberg’s 1999 oft-overlooked techno-thriller/body-horror gem, eXistenZ.Notes:Louis ColePodcast The RideTetsuo: The Iron ManEinstürzende NeubautenMy Life With the Spirits by Lon Milo DuQuetteNight hagSimpsons Naked Lunch jokeYorgos LanthimosRoom To Dream by David Lynch Superhot (VR game)Tech-gnosticPhantoms in the Brain by V.S. R...2023-10-021h 52Modern RubbishSupplement Five: Categories & ClassificationsAnother supplemental episode that’s almost as long as a proper episode! This time it’s an extended riff on categories / classifications of horror and their uses / abuses.Notes:A History of Heavy Metal by Andrew O’Neill"Get a hobby"Music by Wyatt KeuschSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2023-09-2757 minModern RubbishEpisode Five: GozuWe cover a lot of ground in this discussion of Takashi Miike’s 2003 film Gozu, from “is Gozu a horror movie” to “who played Robocop?”, with stops at “John Waters loves his freaks” and “what you saw was the planet Venus” along the way!Apologies for the quality of Wyatt’s audio in this one. He’s doing his penance with the Minotaur now.Notes:Gozu by Takashi MiikeFolk horrorNagoya, JapanIchi the Killer by Takashi MiikeAudition by Takashi MiikeWilliam S. Burroughs2023-09-181h 46Modern RubbishSupplement Four: Short-Form Horror RecommendationsA quick list of 6 examples of short-form horror Wyatt would suggest checking out.Notes:The Thing on the Fourble Board (episode of Quiet Please, 1948)The Town Manager by Thomas Ligotti (from Teatro Grottesco, 2003)The Weird (short-story anthology, 2011)Box by Takashi Miike (from 3 Extremes collection, 2004)The Moons at Your Door EP by Current 93 (2015)The Moons at Your Door (short-story collection 2016)Inside (video game, 2016)The Enigma of Amigara Fault by Junji Ito (appendix to Gyo, 2002)Music by David PahaSup...2023-09-1507 minModern RubbishSupplement Three: The End of IronyMusings on accepting your own bad taste, rejecting irony and the cultural darkness that was the hipster era.Notes:Frank ZappaWeird AlFlight of the ConchordsMike PattonJohn ZornCaptain Ahab“The Cobrasnake”Dov CharneyCreepy American Apparel adsThe CIA (nightclub)Luther BurbankBlue Monday (original by New Order)Blue Monday (cover by Orgy)“Presence by Led Zeppelin is an underrated album”Music by Wyatt Ke...2023-09-0821 minModern RubbishEpisode Four: My House WalkthroughWe initially meant for this to be a mini episode on 12 minute YouTube short My House Walkthrough, but as seems to happen with us, it blossomed into a full-length episode.Lots of tangents and metaphysical speculation in this one, though we do eventually get around to the film itself, right around around the 13 minute mark.Notes:My House Walkthrough by nana825763My House.WAD game playthroughHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiErgodic literatureOctet by David Foster WallaceHafler Trio...2023-09-041h 12Modern RubbishSupplement Two: The Indeterminacy of CryptidsA few thoughts that didn’t quite fit into our discussion of Lake Mungo.Notes:Daimonic Reality by Patrick HarpurDa’athMusic by Wyatt KeuschSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2023-09-0108 minModern RubbishEpisode Three: The Ninth GateEpisode three uses Roman Polanski’s 1999 thriller The Ninth Gate as a jumping-off point for our most explicitly magick-oriented discussion yet. We’re very sorry for the lack of Autechre. We’ll try to do better. We hope you can forgive us.Notes:The Ninth Gate by Roman PolanskiThe Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-ReverteThe Cardinal & The Corpse by Iain Sinclair & Chris PetitSatanist SketchersThe Unknown God by Martin P. StarrThe Pepsi-Cola Addict by June-Alison GibbonsGrimoiresGarth B...2023-08-281h 55Modern RubbishSupplement One: The Name of the PodcastIt’s like Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose, but the rose is a podcast.Notes:Re-Engineering by HeatsickModern Life Is Rubbish by Blur“Would that it were so simple”Ari Aster doesn't make horror filmsA24Music by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi!2023-08-1507 minModern RubbishEpisode Two: Lake MungoEpisode number two concerns Australian independent supernatural mockumentary Lake Mungo. We go further into the occulty / woo-woo / disreputable area of our shared interests in this one, but don’t worry, there’s still plenty of anecdotal rambling, references to the LA noise scene and, of course, Autechre.Lake Mungo by Joel AndersonParked Out By the Lake by Dean SummerwindThe unfortunate / inaccurate release posterThe GoetiaAn Accidental Christ by Lon Milo DuQuetteFrom Hell by Alan MooreThe Charlatan and the Magus by Rams...2023-08-141h 33Modern RubbishEpisode One: It FollowsIn this, our inaugural episode, we discuss David Robert Mitchell’s 2015 curse film It Follows. Is it ‘just an STD allegory’? Does the soundtrack hold up in a post-synthwave world? Is Lars (von) Trier just a Gen-X edgelord? How much do we talk about Autechre? You’ll just have to listen and find out!Notes:It Follows by David Robert MitchellAutechreHyper Light DrifterWilliam Blake vs the World by John HiggsThe “Final Girl” conceptMen, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film...2023-07-312h 12