Fredericks MIND Thing

This one took forever. Don't know whether it was the topic or the timing, but I felt like i was looking for water in the middle of the ocean. It was everywhere and, frankly, overwhelming.   What the hell is going on?        The expanding topic.          Infopocalypse.           Computer generated opinions.     Russian bots/trolls.         M.I.T. study Twitterbots.          Humans prefer the inaccu...

The dog's name is Max. He recently became a member of the clan. He is big, rambunctious and not very well trained. I take some chances.       Say "hello", Max.        The Elk Antler.            Opening the package.              If I die, thanks for listening.         Grateful and disappointed?       You can break your teeth.   Didn't chew my face off.     Coulda made podcast history.          When...

This collage started out playful, but took a rather dark turn sonically. I just followed it. Featuring: Spanish records, steamboats, fruitflies, sirens, stools, snores, a door and more.     Listen carefully.       Fruitfly drum.        Donde esta Juanita? Repeata.           Cleaning out the van.       Steamboat. Ambulance passing.      Digital glitch.     The Stool. The door.

Been collecting and mixing this stuff for months. Finally had time to put it all together.   You have messages.    Get matter resolved.   You're sick.    Matter resolved. Walk electric.     We have thousands of dollars.      I have rainbows.        Simple ideas.      On other line.      Andy New Port Richey.        What he left?      Health problems.      Ummmmm.       Heads up.       I gotta rain...

This year, Richard Thaler won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. His research points to the fact that humans are economically irrational. Homo Economicus is a simplifying construct that has, for years, been the basis of economic theory. It assumes all economic actors are "rational" and only interested in maximizing personal utility. That is not true.   There's this guy...           Ric...

Admittedly didactic and dark, this episode examines the ongoing attempts to dismantle signs of African-America success, thoughout American history. Next one will be lighter, it has to be.   GENTILE.        Undoing Obama's actions.      Dismantling African-Americam accomplishment.   Black Wall Street destroyed.        Rosewood, Florida.     Bad logic.   Good guy goes bad.         Infidel Gun & Gear...

We thought Irma was going to hit us as a Category 4 turned out to be a weak 2. I had planned on this podcast being a little more exciting. However, I'm not complaining, really.   Emergency.    What we're expecting.         It's only stuff.          Pasco alert: Fear of looting.          My cat Byron's is outside.      Final boarding up.        The morning after with Clay Pigeon on WFMU.   Tired an...

The Right unites to fight to protect a statue of Robert E. Lee  that he wouldn't have wanted. Antifascists use violence to resist those promoting violence. Sure punching Nazis seems like fun, it is not very creative. Absurdism and satire may be a better approach.     Robert E. Lee on Civil War monuments.         Trump and the White-Nationalist code.   Sean Patrick Nielsen (WVTF/Radio IQ).        ...

It is disturbing to feel the pull of the impending political crisis on one’s attention. Every attempt to turn one's attention away for any  length of time fails. It seems like we’ve entered a transitional time and the outcome(s) could be dire. Looking away feels like complicity. Russian interference: not just smoke. Comey's firing. Putin’s disinformation technique. Trump and Russians. Trump’s attr...

Foundscape #8.  IRS Scammers, wrong numbers, marketers, soundboard girls and confused women provided the grist for the Foundscape mill.   Get arrested on serious charges.       Call from Mom: my bowels.          I'm not sorry.   Don't be a statistic.         Don't get arrested.            Press 9.        Siri: the Third Density.       I am a real live person.         Hang up.

One of the greatest benefits of doing this podcast is I get to take potentially annoying data from ordinary life, be it political phone calls or -as in this case- a need for some technical support, and play with it. It goes from being an irritation to a source of inspiration.   Report a problem.        Support.            Need a new battery.            Verify.          Fredericks Inc..       Hear...

Everytime I post an episode, I feel like I'm abandoning it rather than finishing it. This one in particular. Trumpian intrigue seems unending. Sure, he's president and we should be paying attention to what he says, but what he is saying is mostly absurd. What are the tweets and Sean Spicer distracting us from. Today, Spicer labeled Propublica, one of the best investigative groups working in the En...

Take disinformation, distractions and falsehoods run them through the Mind Thing and something resembling truth emerges.   Do your job.        Gotta work it.      Ranting and raving.         Good at sucking up people's money.   The leaks are real.       FOX and Friends: Good drug-dealers.         Incredible racist.   The "Fake People."      Gout.        Horrible agenda.         Nuclear weapons.   ...

Truth not Trump is the topic this episode. As the most ubiquitous member of Trump's lie machine, I'll focus on the Mistress of Misdirection Kellyanne Conway. There are some encouraging trends emerging and we'll take a brief look at some of them.   The victims of the Bowling Green Massacre.                  Truth.                Predictions from Fantasy World.         Tabloids: The Nation's Subcons...

Not as jaded as I feared, because when confronted by the introduction of a  blatant authoritarian kleptocracy, I do feel quite disappointed in many of my fellow Americans. More than likely we'll survive this final kick from the dying horse of amoral capitalism.   President Carnage.         The hypnotist's spinning wheel.        What the hell is going on?             Alternative facts and fake news...

During times of stress, there's a natural inclination to turn to God, religion, a higher power. I found Pastor John. Working on this did make me feel a little better. Praise him.       Pastor John Kilpatrick.            Glossolalia.           Revival, come to America.        God...man.           Shabababababbah.   Hey!         We are protected.             Yahyahyahyahyahya.        Help me.

Closing out on a low note. A look a the new reality confronting us in the upcoming year.     Too heavy and too disgusting.          Denial of facts.        A lack of information literacy.          Gimme a Little Spray.       Reason doesn't mean quite enough.       The post-logical era.         The lowest form of argument wins.             A new technique.           Trust in ego?    

I said no Trump talk until after the the election and I honored that. Now, however, I might have something to say.   Trump supporters yelling from the side of the road.     Drain The Swamp.       President-elect Trump's supporters and appointees.      Feeling sullied and dejected.       Alternate choices: an anti-vaxxr or an idiot?       St. Pete Protesters (thanks to Sean Kinane- WMNF)   Crush yo...

A Foundscape with a point or two to make. Communicator notification.       Try your call later.       Police lives matter.     Police helicopters matter.     Our party. Emergency message.       Remove yourself.     Help!        Incredibly excited.        End my father.      Undecided. Help the wealthiest.      Someone's trying to legalize pot in Florida.      Photo-ops with the governor.      Stop...

Camping in North Florida this weekend provided an abundance of material. I use it in roughly chronological order and end with a collage of some of the more interesting sounds. Way down upon the Ichetucknee river.         Hermine kindling.         Forest bath interrupted by an armadillo.         How do they shoot up all those road signs in Gun Country?           There will be beans.             Bir...

After this episode, I'm swearing off Trump as source material until after the election. Too easy and too disturbing.  I do get to talk about truth and bullshit, quote H.L. Mencken and explore man's contribution to climate change. Don't want to talk about Trump.      Some in the media care about truth.           My personal Trump history.           The Gullibles.    Simple Americans.           Pres...

I am a registered Republican and, this being primary season, I've been inundated by political phone calls.  I decided to take stuff that could have been annoying and turned it into a podcast. Scandal/Lie/Scandal.     Gary Democrat.     Help.     How stupid.     Rachel the Republican.     Didn't leave the right number. Sorry I'm not Nokia.      Tatyana.      Making a better zero.      Republicans F...

The Democratic National Convention gets run through the mind thing and comes out sounding quite similar to the Republican convention. Featuring John Allen, Hillary Clinton and Barack "Democrat" Obama. You will fear us.             President ISIS.              Unruly together we can all crash.             She knows criminals: Donald Trump. America has lost.          Fear Clinton's election.        ...

Reality denied at the Circle K.         Baseball bat deaths.           People kill people.           Suicide.         Fracking earthquakes (facts don’t matter). Denial of causation.         What ever happened to pollution?             Trump supporters true motivation.            Andrew Sullivan from New York Times interview July 29, 2016

I tried to avoid it, but the Republican National Convention was omnipresent. This is  one of my takes on it. Get on your knees.       Fighting.     Stop it!     Assured with violence.      LAW.     What difference does it make? Hillary Clinton must be punished.     America must be punished.      You're the problem.     No Hillary, no problem. Radical vision.     (Special thanks to Diamond Reynolds...