Gas Giants

With fake news very much in the...ahem..need, we look at one of the great media upsets of history... Subscribe to Gas Giants This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

"The most persistently individualistic Portuguese filmmaker" sits down with us to talk about Pessoa, Lovecraft, poetry, film making and the subtle art of manipulating the algorithm. Subscribe to Gas Giants RSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack....

John Zorn's 1989 homage to Ornette Coleman's Oeuvre is still available, if you look hard enough. We tell you why it's worth the effort Subscribe to Gas Giants RSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Tom & Gav chat about a green drink, a 5000 dollar bill, and the great American novel This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Neatly attired in fetching Hi-Vis yellow Vests, the Gas Giants enter the world of Michael Houellebecq This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

The Gas Giants sit down to chat co-creator of one of the most underrated albums of the 1980's Subscribe to Gas Giants RSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Ghost Dog was apparently the moment when Jim Jarmusch achieved “Mainstream Recognition”, but what does this fundamentally mournful reflection on the end of things have to tell us? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

"If you want a vision of the future, imagine classrooms of teenagers being made to read Orwell's 1984 forever". Other Dystopian Fiction is available. Subscribe to Gas Giants RSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Keeping abreast of current events as always, Tom & Gav look at a film from 1970, based on a novel from 1951. Subscribe to Gas Giants RSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

With Eric Dolphy's landmark album celebrating 60 years this year, Tom& Gav decide on Birthday cake for lunch. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Before plunging into the cultural maelstrom of 2025, our heroes pause to cast their eyes over the rapidly receding landscape of 2024. Subscribe to Gas Giants RSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

One of the first things that Luca turned up was this rarity, which features the father of Jamiroquai’s Jay Kay….but which one of those masked men is he? The Businesses * 8mm Records itself is all over Instagram and you can see their Discogs page HERE . * Fiasco Porto is a Tokyo Jazz Kissaten in the Heroismo quarter of Porto. HERE is an article from a Portuguese lifestyle magazine, which has some g...

It's not every day you get and invitation to "the Savage Interzone at the heart of contemporary music", so Tom & Gav set off to investigate Subscribe to Gas Giants RSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Which medium should you use to decode messages from outer space? Tom & Gav review the options Subscribe to Gas Giants RSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Could I get a definition of Podcast here? Tom and Gav sit down for a portion of Alphabet soup with Donald Rumsfeld in Errol Morris's movie "Unknown Known" Subscribe to Gas Giants RSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Tom & Gav begin an examination of Narcissistic Psychopathy with a look at Hitchcock's 1948 classic Subscribe to Gas Giants RSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Our Easter Special; for all those planning on getting struck by lightning this weekend, stay at home and listen to this instead. People have actually started Podcasts specifically to talk about how much they hate this movie, but we like it. Are we the only ones? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.subst...

Subscribe on Spotify ∙ Stitcher ∙ Apple ∙ Pocket Casts ∙ Google ∙ TuneIn ∙ RSS Nucleus finally talk about it… ….later. How does this all work? Annoying people is fun ! Sam Kriss noted that “something annoying is both fascinating and unbearable,” in I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves ( Damage 2021 ). “But it’s interesting how it seems to be impossible to object to something annoying simp...

Where to start with Sun Ra's massive discography? Tom & Gav have a suggestion... This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Taking arms against a sea of mithering, Gav tries to convince a sceptical Tom of the worth of John Updike's 1981 novel. Did you read it? Write in and tell us how you got on! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Exposure - The Album * Before we even get started, massive respect is due to Eric Tamm, whose exhaustive work “Robert Fripp - From King Crimson to Guitar Craft” is available online HERE and was a big help in preparing this episode. As we explain in more detail, there are several versions of this album, but this is basically what the listener was presented with in 1979 About the lyricist on Exposur...

Somewhere in a galaxy far away, there is a man behind the counter of a convenience store...join us for a jointly curated double bill of whacky comedy movies! * Subscribe to Gas Giants RSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Tom & Gav look back in bewilderment at a year full of STUFF and ask what it all meant This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Join us for the round-up of Gav's 2023 Vinyl Haul! An annual Festive special for the record nerds amongst our listeners. Subscribe to Gas Giants RSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Before the Matrix came The World on a Wire. Tom & Gav opt for a couple of quiet nights in with some mind-bending 70's television This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com