Modern Rubbish

The first part of our rambling discussion of the “grunge” moment in culture. Notes: Modern Rubbish on Discord! Music by David Paha Support us on Patreon or Ko-Fi !

A 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 Gavin The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage The Magick of A Dark S...

Although 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 Covenant Black Rain (film) Ridley Scott’s Apple commercial Budweiser frogs commercial Wassup commercial Tootsie Pop co...

This week we tackle Ridley Scott’s 1979 “haunted house in space” masterpiece, Alien . Notes: Alien by Ridley Scott Slit-scan photography Handsome Squidward Prometheus aliens Ripley cat lady meme NASA facility with its own weather system William Gibson’s Alien 3 Dark Star (film) Galaxy of Terror (film) Barry Schrader Metroid (video game series) Modern Rubbish on Discord! Intro & outro by Anneli...

One 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.

Steven Warwick returns! This time we talk Hellraiser, Nine Inch Nails & Carl Jung! Notes: Steven Warwick Hellraiser by Clive Barker The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails Trent Reznor interview re: Sharon Tate’s sister Challengers (film) Time Will Crawl by David Bowie Love Lies Bleeding (film) Drive film NON / Boyd Rice Come To Daddy by Aphex Twin DeForrest Brown Jr. Mike Kelley Birth (film) B...

We 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 Party Ravenous (film) Wendigo Achewood Oregon Trail comics Gilles Deleuze “Body without organs” Grimdark Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (anime) Racket (expression) Fabergé egg Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher...

Wyatt reads an excerpt from Mark Fisher's Ghosts of My Life , while Dave provides the drones.

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 Kojima P.T. conspiracy video Not Like Us by Kendrick Lamar Milhouse’s dad getting fired Old Boy (film) The Pick-Axe Murders by Cannibal Corpse Kitsune Homo Ludens by Johan Huizinga Death Stranding (gam...

To close out our month of anime, we’re joined by Justin Sevakis to discuss 1987 anthology film Robot Carnival ! Notes: Robot Carnival Anime News Network A-Ha Take On Me music video Seiko Matsuda NFB animation Heavy Metal (film) Streets of Fire (film) The Power Station (band) South Park “Major Boobage” episode Yukihiro Takahashi Katamari Damacy (game) The Adventures of Naughty Monkey Mezzo Forte (f...

Akira, 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 Otomo Akira (manga) by Katsuhiro Otomo Kazuo Umezu Junji Ito C. Spencer Yeh Weeb Kaneda bike slide compilation Brought to L...

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 Kawai Age Of by Oneohtrix Point Never The Ghost of a Flea by William Blake Nick Land Weird Studies Episode 36: On Hyperstition Paul Erdos Meltdown by Nick Land (video by Orphan Drift) No Maps For These Territories (William Gibson documenta...

We begin our protracted anime reverie with stone-cold classic Ghost in the Shell . Notes: Ghost in the Shell (anime) by Mamoru Oshii Ghost in the Shell (manga) by Shirow Masamune Rationalizing Brutality: The Cultural Legacy of the Headshot by Jacob Geller Banana extinction Clear by Cybotron Kowloon Walled City Suffering, Misery, Death by Hoofwerk Intro & outro by Annelise Baer Music by David P...

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 Gibson Agrippa gallery Music by David Paha Support us on Patreon or Ko-Fi !

Four-time guest Sam Jones returns to the podcast to discuss Frank Henenlotter’s 1982 exploitation masterpiece, Basket Case ! Notes: Basket Case (film) Sam Jones Hotel Broslin site The photo Sam is describing Simpsons evil twin episode Tony Harrison (Mighty Boosh character) Eagleman commercial Mia Goth screaming clip Xasthur - Prison of Mirrors Sunn O))) - It Took the Night to Believe Belial Vampir...

This week, Wyatt gets the rundown (in-person) on the ‘Saw’ series from guests Arden Stern and Casey Anderson . Notes: Saw (film series) Arden Stern Casey Anderson The whiteboard picture British Saw podcast? Buffalo Gals song NIN Broken movie Cube (film) “Death panel” Retro: The Culture of Revival by Elizabeth Guffey Kode9 on “deconstructed club” music The Beast (film) ogrish.com (this is a wiki li...

This week we turn our gaze to the first season of paranormal documentary series, Hellier . Notes: Hellier by Karl Pfeiffer Episode Eight: Something in the Dirt Supplement Eleven: “Best” of 2023 The Unbinding by Karl Pfeiffer Ghost Adventures (series) Cosmic Trigger by Robert Anton Wilson Heaven by Talking Heads Hunt for the Skinwalker by Colm A. Kelleher and George Knapp The Game by David Fincher...

Wyatt reads Thomas Ligotti's "The Consolations of Horror" over suitably ominous music by Dave. Music by David Paha Support us on Patreon or Ko-Fi !

2016’s Personal Shopper by Olivier Assayas. Notes: Personal Shopper by Olivier Assayas Spiritualism Theosophy How To See Fairies by Ramsey Dukes Jandek Pulse by Kiyoshi Kurosawa Bart Simpson has no soul clip Hilma Af Klint Hilma Af Klint: Occult Painter and Abstract Pioneer by Åke Fant Psychometry Seinfeld “golden boy” shirt clip Enochian Vision Magick by Lon Milo DuQuette Intro & outro by Ann...

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 Eggers Annelise Baer Are You A Big Jazz Boy Or A Little Jazz Boy? Leeches in modern medicine The Great Gazoo Metaphor by Hoofwerk Noncomprehending mem...

It’s a Wyatt solo ramble about his current favourite author, Lynda E. Rucker! Notes: Lynda E. Rucker John Coulthart Swan River Press Music by David Paha Support us on Patreon or Ko-Fi !

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 White The Exorcist III by William Peter Blatty Tom of Finland (artist) Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Neuromancer by William Gibson Satani...

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 Lynch Room To Dream by David Lynch & Kristine McKenna Fairplex in Pomona Dredd (film) Enter the Void (film) Bardo A Family Finds Entertainment by Ryan Trecartin The Guitar Circle by Robert Fripp Toyah & Robert’s...

This 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 Żuławski Video Cat Vancouver Hive Mind Trainspotting withdrawal scene The Astronaut’s Wife (film) Hellraiser (film) Phantoms in the Brain by V.S. Ramachandran The Stendhal Syndrome (film) Standhal syndrome Jerusalem syndrome Capgras syndrome Jason Brown’s Paran...

Steven 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 Harvey The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli Pinhead’s appearance clip Music by David Paha Support us on Patreon or Ko-Fi !