http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/by/jmatheny/sort-published/up/ The latest ten episodes in Alterati: The Inside Scoop on the Outside Culture 60 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:37:50 EST en-us http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/by/jmatheny/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/episode/Cup-of-TNB-Episode-3-Nick-Belardes/ Cup of TNB is a podcast hosted by Joseph Matheny. Every few weeks, Matheny interviews authors who contribute to The Nervous Breakdown. In this episode, he talks to Nick Belardes, whose book of bizarre trivia, Random Obsessions, is now out in paperback from Viva Editions. (Also, check out TNB in the LA Times). Listen below or at http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/podcasts/ Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:37:50 EST http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/by/jmatheny/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/episode/Cup-of-TNB-Episode-3-Nick-Belardes/ http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/by/jmatheny/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/episode/Special-GSpot-Interlude-Nothing-Is-Sacred-MTW-in-the-studio/ James Curcio takes over for an episode and brings you into the studio with MTW for 30 minutes of hilarious obscenities. MTW, Inc is a musical jihad against corporate thoughtforms. We'll use their tools against them, and drink tequila as the old guard crumbles and topples from its own weight. We are currently in the studio preparing a completely overwhelming sensory experience: our first album, Nothing Is Sacred. This is a taxing process that involves copious amounts of drugs and self-abuse, so bear with us and check out the album when it's released if we don't all OD on cough syrup and fermented yak semen, or invoke a wrathful demon that replaces all of our bodily fluids with nutella. (Thankfully we got most of our drummer's material before he left this Earth. RIP Thor Thorsson, you weren't good for much else, but you sure could play them drums.) Music in this episode by Marz233, Scott Landes, James Curcio, Iron Will.nbsp; Additional music by Gordon Bash and Nate Sampsel. Listen to or download show below Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:37:33 EST http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/by/jmatheny/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/episode/Special-GSpot-Interlude-Nothing-Is-Sacred-MTW-in-the-studio/ http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/by/jmatheny/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/episode/19-Nocturne-Boulevard-Bride-of-the-Minotaur/ In Victorian England, cults and secret organizations abound...nbsp; but only for the rich and powerful.nbsp; Less fortunates were more often victims. Listen or download below Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:36:51 EST http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/by/jmatheny/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/episode/19-Nocturne-Boulevard-Bride-of-the-Minotaur/ http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/by/jmatheny/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/episode/Robert-Anton-Wilson-The-Lost-Studio-Session-and-other-remasters/ Robert Anton Wilson: The Lost Studio Session By Robert Anton Wilson and Joseph Matheny First recorded in Chicago in 1994, this previously unreleased audio session with the renowned Robert Anton Wilson has been stored away for fifteen years...and almost lost entirely. If Bob knew how many synchronicities surround the rediscovery and release of this "lost" studio session, he would be chuckling in that half jolly, half mischievous way of his. If you believe in any kind of afterlife, maybe you can imagine him laughing right now. I like that image: Bob the laughing Buddha, still having one over on us from the great beyond. -Joseph Matheny (from the liner notes) For all you remixers out there: The RAW track "Namu Amida Buddha" is licensed to allow remixes, distribution, etc: http://tinyurl.com/2zpg8y. You may download this track below. Complete album currently available for digital download from iTunes here, from Amazon here, Napster here and eMusic here.nbsp; Will be available from ,nbsp; and Myspace very soon. The "Lost Studio Session" liner notes T.A.Z. liner notes New: You can win one of three copies of The Lost Studio Session by writing your most inspired homage to R.A.W. in the comments section at Reality Sandwich. (Contest ends February 8th.) CD Available from Original Falcon Also a special offer Get More "Bang For Your Buck"... Remastered from the original tapes Buy The "I" in the Triangle #38; Robert Anton Wilson: The Lost Studio Session #38; TAZ: Temporary Autonomous Zone at a specially packaged price List Price: $66.85 Your Price: $53.85 (20% discount!!) CLICK HERE TO GET THIS DEAL!!! For a limited time when you buy this package we will include a FREE copy of An Insider's Guide to Robert Anton Wilson by Eric Wagner Download your free track below! Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:36:42 EST http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/by/jmatheny/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/episode/Robert-Anton-Wilson-The-Lost-Studio-Session-and-other-remasters/ http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/by/jmatheny/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/episode/Cup-of-TNB-Episode-4-Lenore-Zion/ Cup of TNB is a podcast hosted by Joseph Matheny. Every few weeks, Matheny interviews authors who contribute to The Nervous Breakdown. In this episode, he talks to Lenore Zion, about writing that first novel and what comes next once you have it written. For more information about The Nervous Breakdown check out TNB in the LA Times. Listen below or at http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/podcasts/ Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:36:35 EST http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/by/jmatheny/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/episode/Cup-of-TNB-Episode-4-Lenore-Zion/ http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/by/jmatheny/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/episode/the-SmallWORLD-Steampunk/ Steampunk combines science fiction elements from the Victoria era with the edginess of Cyberpunk of the 19980s. So why is Steampunk exploding in popular culture in the 21st century? To find out, today on the Small World, we'll talk with Bruce Sterling who, along with William Gibson, wrote The Difference Engine, the book that first pushed Steampunk into mainstream culture. Photo credit: Kyle Cassidy. This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. We'll also talk with David Simkins, a writer and executive producer for Syfy's Warehouse 13 has been described as "part The X-Files, part Raiders of the Lost Ark and part Moonlighting." Finally, we'll talk with Steampunk Tales Evelyn Kriete, a penny dreadful you can read on your iPhone. Steampunk was originally a blend of 19th century science fiction from writers like H.G. Wells and Jules Verne and the 20th century Cyberpunk themes of rebellion and dystopianism. Steampunk has steadily been growing in popularity. Some people modify their laptops or cellphone with polished brass, iron, and wood while some musicians are incorporating Steampunk elements into their music. There are even Steampunk conventions where people can gather and display their wares or dress in pseudo Victorian fashions. My introduction to Steampunk was The Difference Engine, a novel by Bruce Sterling and William Gibson, back in the early 1990s. The Difference Engine explored an alternate history where computers existed in the 19th century and the impact they had on that world. What better place to begin today's show than talking with Bruce Sterling? Bruce not only co-wrote The Difference Engine with William Gibson, but he also put Cyberpunk on the map with the Mirrorshades anthology. Bruce has also written Zeitgeist, which is one of my favorite novels, as well as The Zenith Angle, and his most recent book, The Caryatids. Warehouse 13 is a mashup of the The X-Files and Indiana Jones with our heroes Peter Lattimer and Myka Bering hunting supernatural objects. I really enjoy the bickering and bantering on Warehouse 13 but what first got me interested in the show were the artifacts and devices that appeared on the show. There are gadgets like Tesla guns and archaic looking communication devices and supernatural objects like Lewis Carroll's mirror Harry Houdini's wallet. All of which is steeped of Steampunk. You know, I almost hate to admit this, but I love my iPhone. I listen to music and podcasts on my iPhone, I play games on my iPhone, I read blogs and books on my iPhone and sometimes I even call people on my iPhone. The iPhone is such a 21st century device that I was surprised and charmed to find an application for the iPhone called Steampunk Tales. Steampunk Tales describes itself as a penny dreadful for the iPhone and features Steampunk stories that you can read on Apple's nearly ubiquitous device. Evelyn has been kind enough to give away a copy of the latest Steampunk Tales. Send me an email at smallworldpodcast@gmail.com for your chance to win a copy of Steampunk Tales for your iPhone. The music heard on today's show is "Mr. Soot's Little Black Book" by the Unextraordinary Gentlemen and Hannah Fury's "No Man Alive." The incidental music heard on today's show was "Sucirc;rement" by Ez3kiel, "Cold Fuzzies" by Skerror, "Landlost" by In the Nursery, "Arcanum" by Ben Houge and "Yeesharsquo;s Joyride" by Jack Wall. Join us next time on the Small World when we'll talk with singer/song writer Michael Hayes about his retrospective album, Diamonds Down the Drain. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:36:21 EST http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/by/jmatheny/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/episode/the-SmallWORLD-Steampunk/ http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/by/jmatheny/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/episode/19-Nocturne-Boulevard-The-Picture-in-the-House/ A tale of a weird encounter with a strange old man. [From the story by H.P. Lovecraft] Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:35:45 EST http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/by/jmatheny/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/episode/19-Nocturne-Boulevard-The-Picture-in-the-House/ http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/by/jmatheny/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/episode/The-GSpot-P-Emerson-Williams/ Joseph Matheny in conversation with P. Emerson Williams and a new episode of In Your Ear, in which Psuke reviews Transpondency. ==== P. Emerson Williams is a visionary artist and illustrator, whose work has been displayed in galleries and events in Norway, Scotland, Boston, New Orleans, Salt Lake City, Florida and London. His illustrations have also appeared in countless publications, as the artist in residence at Ghastly magazine and as the illustrator for many other Goth and occult publications from California to Virginia, and Lithuania, England and Finland to Colombia, as well as covers for sevel titles from Original Falcon and Leilah Wendell's book laquo;Necromanceraquo;. His art can be seen on the front cover of SLEEPCHAMBER'S return to action release "Socery, Spellls, and Serpent Charms", as well as the Zewizz tribute releases "That's Romance" (both part 1 and 2). He is a core member of FoolishPeople starting from London productions of Cirxus and The Abattoir Pages and continuing with the forthcoming A Red Threatening Sky on other projects in the works. Williams' experimental Gothic.Industrial act VEIL OF THORNS is approaching the twenty year mark in their career, and they continue to build on an ever expanding palette with laquo;salon Apocalypseraquo; and laquo;Necrofuturistraquo;. Veil Of Thorns began as a Goth band in the early 90's club scene in Boston but steadily moved toward a more eclectic sound. Not afraid to use any influence - you will hear styling's of goth, hip hop, industrial, classical, and just about the whole kitchen sink. In 2009, VEIL OF THORNS formed a creative alliance with Inner-X-Musick, the label and music distributor run by the infamous John Zewizz of SLEEPCHAMBER fame. Coming to fruition in 2010 are two releases from CHORONZON, P. Emerson Williams' chaotic project whose twin roots lie in industrial and black metal music. CHORONZON, began as two separate and entirely unrelated projects with the same name: the eastern half was a Boston/Florida based black metal-styled band formed in 1986 by P. Emerson Williams, while its western counterpart was the San Francisco old school industrial project of Demimonde Mesila Thraam. In 2002, the two respective CHORONZONs became aware of each other via the internet, and agreed to share use of the name, before going still further and collaborating musically. Prior to the merging of CHORONZONs, the East Coast CHORONZON released of a series of self produced cassettes before being signed to the record label Nocturnal Art Productions in 1998, and released the album laquo;Magog Agograquo;. Three more albums followed, in which the sound moved further away from conventional black metal into industrial and experimental territories. The first release from the conjoined CHORONZON was the double album New World Chaos, produced in 2005. If that is not enough, P. Emerson Williams has more bubbling under the surface. Keep an eye out for renewed and exponential activity from kkoagulaa and Mythos Media in the coming year and the move of Necrofuturist {TRANS}_Mission, his radio show on Radio Nightbreed from web streaming to Sirius/XM sattelite radio. Links: Choronzon.org Veilofthorns.com FoolishPeople.com Mythosmedia.net kkoagulaa.wordpress.com Innerxmusick.com praysilence.org/page/radio-nightbreed discogs.com/artist/P.+Emerson+Williams Listen to or download show below Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:35:24 EST http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/by/jmatheny/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/episode/The-GSpot-P-Emerson-Williams/ http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/by/jmatheny/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/episode/Cup-of-TNB-Episode-5-Rich-Ferguson/ Cup of TNB host Joseph Matheny talks to TNB contributor, poet and author Rich Ferguson. For more information about The Nervous Breakdown check out TNB in the LA Times. Listen below or at http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/podcasts/ Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:34:38 EST http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/by/jmatheny/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/episode/Cup-of-TNB-Episode-5-Rich-Ferguson/ http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/by/jmatheny/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/episode/Michael-Hayes-singersongwriter/ Today's guest on the Small World is singer/songwriter Michael Hayes. I met Michael back when we both worked in the design team producing presentations for an investment company. Looking back, that team was the best group of people I've ever worked with. We were a tight knit group not only because each person's strengths made up for another person's weaknesses but because we all really liked each other and hung out with each other outside of work. As you might imagine, because we were the design team we were all very creative people. Some of us were DJs, some of us were actors and some of us, like Michael, were musicians. Since then we've gone different directions with our lives and careers and moved to different locations around the country and around the globe. Michael has been in several bands such as the Vinyl Skyway and Lemonpeeler and released several albums and recently put out a 22 song retrospective album called Diamonds Down the Drain. When I found out about Michael's retrospective album I wanted to have him on the show not just as an excuse to catch up with him but also because the idea of a retrospective album intrigued me. A retrospective album by its very nature means looking back on his career as a musician and acts as a kind of summation of who he is as an artist today. And, of course, Michael's past is going to inform his future in many different ways. Like most musicians Michael has a day job. He's also a husband and a father of two children. How does that influence how he sees the world and by extension, the songs he writes? And on a personal note I wanted to talk to Michael about his experiences because as I get older I can't help but reflect on my own life. What have I done? Where am I going? What is the meaning of my life? These are universal questions we all ask ourselves at various points in our lives. Neither of us have any answers but it's good to talk about these things. It was great to talk with Michael and I know you will enjoy his music. See you in two weeks! Songs featured on today's show are: "Hangin' On" "Rich Blood" "Symphony" Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:34:19 EST http://play.callisto.fm/podcasts/by/jmatheny/in/Alterati-The-Inside-Scoop-on-the-Outside-Culture/episode/Michael-Hayes-singersongwriter/