Platonic Polyamory (fka Undressing Underground)

10 years ago I filmed a "documentary" about a noise festival being held in the community center of a 4H fairgrounds in the middle of nowhere, I Indiana and attended by no one. The organizer of that event, Laura Squirrel, wanted to come back on to mark the 10th anniversary of that show no one witnessed but the artists, me, my girlfriend at the time, and another friend of mine from grad sc...

Good Hello, Today we present part two of our talk with musician, radio playwright, zine maker, postcard sender, plunderphonicser, former centrist, and the host of WFMU's Mid-Valley Mutations, Dimestore Radio Theater, and occasional other programs, Austin Rich! We talked a little about his work at the beginning, but then the majority of this is just us talking about noise and other stuff we all...

Good Hello, Today we talked to musician, radio playwright, zine maker, postcard sender, plunderphonicser, former centrist, and the host of WFMU's Mid-Valley Mutations, Dimestore Radio Theater, and occasional other programs, Austin Rich! How he even has time to talk to us for a couple hours, I forgot to ask. We talk about all these things, his influences, more. I'm not even sure what to wri...

We recorded this a month ago but then I had to go to a bunch of midwestern noise shows and meet Jennifer in New Mexico to go to the Lightning Field. But now I'm back and I've edited part two in Jennifer's living room. Today we have part two of our talk with Jennifer's friend from her days at Uproxx, Christian. Today we mostly move away from his writing and begin with the conclusion...

We recorded this a month ago but then I had to go to a bunch of midwestern noise shows and meet Jennifer in New Mexico to go to the Lightning Field. But now I'm back and this is edited and... it's online as soon as I hit the purple or mauve button on the right side of my screen. Today we talked to Jennifer's friend from her days at Uproxx, Christian . He's mostly out of the game, f...

Part two of our conversation with Jazmin, this time more focused on her own story and artwork. We learn about the origins of some of her recurring characters, her highly personal work with her father, and what it's like teaching art to elementary school kids these days. Be sure to check out Jazmin's work on her Instagram , but also please do stop by her fundraiser for Palestine if you'...

We talk to artist Jazmin about her Fundraiser for Palestine set to take place at the Matilija Lending Library in El Monte, CA (near LA) on Saturday 4/27. We focus almost entirely on the fundraiser in this episode. Next week we'll have more about Jazmin's background as an artist and the usual bullshit about reality shows, Jennifer's weird life, etc. For more info on the fundraiser, chec...

Part two of our conversation with Anthony Thomas Lombardi in which we delve more into how he got into poetry, rap music, God, and his involvement with different facets of the Free Palestine movement. For more on the latter, check out the Google Doc he references in the episode . For more on his poetry and Anthony in general, check out his Instagram. For more on us, subscribe or listen to old episo...

Today is the first part of our talk with an old friend of mine, the poet Anthony Lombardi. We've known each other for about 16 or 17 years (he takes poetic license to claim 20) but have lost touch several times, only for him to reemerge in a completely different stage of his life. Now he's a poet, sober, and thriving (if you ask me, not him). He regularly performs around New York, teaches...

The second half of our conversation with esteemed noise musician Leslie Keffer. In this part we talk about noise music (of course), touring, stained glass, and spend a good chunk talking about AI. Nothing anti-AI this time. Sorry. Same opening and closing tracks as last time since I've got a lot going on and didn't have time. But still be sure to check out Leslie's Bandcamp page , No P...

We finally had just enough of a break from all the horrible, complicated, and annoying things in our lives to sit down and talk to esteemed noise musician, and mutual friend of Arvo Zylo, Leslie Keffer. We talk about how she got into noise music, touring, and some about her process, but the Zoom's AI that Jennifer discovered probably gives a good of a synopsis of the overall conversation as I...

Not really sure how to title this because we don't want to give his name considering the stuff we discuss. But this is one of my oldest friends, someone I used to travel around with to festivals and to see the Dead, but who has lived a much more interesting life than me. He notes that he's seen the Disco Biscuits live more times than there are days in a year. Following bands is a bizarre a...

Just like evolution will inevitably lead to crabs, our conversations will inevitably lead to breast milk and cannibalism. We discussed cell steaks, again, but also veggie burgers, idiosyncratic small towns across America, the Pacific Northwest, and Brandon and I both got incredibly excited by the mention of the old Hentai theater in Portland. If you enjoy hearing from Kelly and find yourself curio...

Hello, we're back. I moved and my cat got cancer, Brandon got a job, and Jennifer quit hers, so... here we are. Now. Instead of earlier. This week we had Kelly from the podcast Indubitably talk to us about debating and how she does it without crying. And who wins if someone does cry. Honestly, I think we were all sort of surprised how interesting we found debate. It's become an easy topic...

Part two of our talk with Brandon Noel about his working class background, poetry, and Olney Magazine. Plus a little more about religion, but not much. We also talk about how reality TV is made. Olney recently released their fifth issue, which you can pick up on their website as a  $5 PDF  or the  print version for $17.99 . It's worth picking up just for our very own Jennifer C Martin's co...

We brought Brandon Noel on to talk about his working class background, poetry, and Olney Magazine, but our Brandon and I can't stop fucking talking about religion. So, in this part Brandon Noel speaks primarily about how he founded his own church in his early 20s, his amusingly pedantic theory on the "existence" of God, and then we talk a little about Hoarders before I have to cut it...

Hi, hello, sorry, yes, we're late again. I hope this edit makes sense because I'm still too busy to start from scratch. But this edit cuts out most of Ileana and leaves Melissa's answers intact for any bilingual listeners. I'm sure our reactions aren't going to really make sense. Sorry. If you skipped the last episode, here's a recap of the description, lightly edited becau...

Good hello again and sorry again for the delay. Life is hard, but it goes on, whether I want it to or not. Today on the show we talk to a mutual friend of former guests Ileana and Ernesto Bautista, Melissa Guevara. Her and Ernesto's work have a lot of overlaps (death, experimental video, large conceptual pieces, focus on El Salvadoran history and issues like immigration), but also we tried to...

We talked to Christian about a month ago about this book, The Carpenter's Son: A Proletarian Reconstruction of the Jesus of Nazareth . Afterward we talked for another 45 minutes about a bunch of bullshit, as we generally do. So, we've started recording that, cause, why not. The episode starts off where the last left off, with Jennifer and Christian's thoughts on the future of leftism in Christiani...

Happy Good Friday, if that's something I'm supposed to say. For our Easter special we've got Jennifer's friend, author Christian Chiakulas talking to us about the Jesus guy everyone's talking about right now. I'd offer a synopsis of his book, but the title The Carpenter's Son: A Proletarian Reconstruction of Jesus of Nazareth , seems to cover the basics. Needless to say...

Part 2 of our chat with El Salvadoran director, poet, musician, multimedia artist, etc. etc. etc., Ernesto Bautista. In this part he discusses his work with his old collective, organizing a soccer match between survivors of both sides in the El Salvadoran Civil War. He also digs a little deeper into the flourishing metal scene in El Salvador, including the effects of the president's current crackd...

Today on the show we talk to filmmaker, poet, and multimedia artist Ernesto Bautista, who I almost certainly mispronounce the name of in my introduction despite Ileana sending me a WhatsApp message with the correct pronunciation. I still can't say her name either, though. As I mention in the intro and we discuss a little later on in the episode, Ernesto was introduced to us by a mutual friend and...

First off, I had some internet issues, so the episode gets cut off at the end (like when we talked to Colin). Sorry! Second, I included some music cues to add context to a few points AJ and Brandon make (like when we talked to Laura and Tripp). Third, we talked to AJ. He's Brandon's friend going back to middle school when AJ'd tap on Brandon's window to ask him to skateboard. They&...

Today we talked to Julia Wright, one of those practical effect weirdos that bloodies and bruises the actors in horror films and creates dead defecating dogs out of weaves and PVC pipe for short films. She's also Jennifer C Martin's sister. Brandon and Rob probe about why practical effects are better and seek out horror recommendations (she's got a couple good ones, one of which from Japan in 2005...

Sara Century's back on this podcast feed for the umpteenth time. This time we talked to her about the inherent queerness of horror, the lack of queerness of some modern LGBT horror, getting drunk in movie theaters, queerness and emotion in punk, and a bunch of other stuff. Sara knows everything, so there's a lot to talk about. Except comic books, cause we don't really care about super heroes. I gu...