Self Portraits As Other People

Eric Wargo - Willing To Time Travel

Eric Wargo, author of “Time Loops” and “Precognitive Dreamwork & the Long Self,” returns to Self Portraits As Other People to talk about his new book “From Nowhere: Artists, Writers, and the Precognitive Imagination.” We navigate the nebulous c-word and the various facets of its counterpart The Unconscious, the role the body plays in precognitive phenomena, themes of archetypal inversion, the need to strip away the time travel tropes that keep us from clear exploration, the implications of time travel trauma, and more. For those unfamiliar with Wargo’s work I recommend first checking out his previous appearance in ep 16: The Preciousness of The Prescient Present, for an entry level to his ideas. Find/follow Eric: www.thenightshirt.com X: @thenightshirt Preparatory viewing/listening: YT 🎥 catching precogs in a teacup SPAOP ep16: Eric Wargo - The Preciousness of The Prescient Present *** Video of our conversation: www.patreon.com/voiddenizen Eric Wargo's essay series: Becoming Timefaring (Part 1) The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, X, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen SUPPORT SPAOP: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) / paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com)

These Old Haunts

“My guest is the house that hosts me and I am the ghost that haunts it.” This bi-coastal episode is a meditation on the meaning of home as a locational vibration, from the nomadic vantage point of a perpetual “stranger passing through town.” The 1st half examines the subconscious sonic textures through which places speak to us. I recorded this segment while going through a deep emotional process, in Los Angeles, shortly after finishing my intense anti-leishmanial medicine cycle, and before leaving for New York. After a sonic interlude the 2nd half takes place in the insomniac city, where I quantum leap from sublet to sublet, and these temporary home-bodies I borrow from strangers—spaces “literally haunted by the absence of their presence”—become Self Portraits As Other People. In addition to my own compositions the episode features original musical contributions by Jeff Cravath and Brian Aspell. The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, Twitter, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen SUPPORT SPAOP: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) / paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com)

When I Met Werner Herzog (Akainst My Bettr Chudgment)

In this improvised walk-and-talk monoloque I reflect on (and atone for) the time I met Werner Herzog at the premiere of lan Cheney’s documentary film “Arc of Oblivion.” I use this anecdote as a jump off point to share thoughts about documentation, impersonation, Spiritualism as Proto-feminism, my time working as a photo double for the Riggs character in the Lethal Weapon TV show, the relative duration of objective vs subjective time, the parasocial reality of meeting celebrities, and the redemptive arc of self-esteem-punking oneself in order to give in to the humbling & the bumbling. Ft. music by @bohemiancristalinstrument, Live 🎶 excerpt from FORM from their upcoming debut album EntheoDjinn at the Alembic, 3.3.2024, ticket link and event description: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/entheodjinn-an-evening-with-the-ungoogleable-michaelangelo-tickets-836973619627?aff=oddtdtcreator The Philosophical Research Society: https://www.prs.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baschet_Brothers Thanks to Lenka for her PRS performance, and for letting me use the sound sample. Check out her @Bohemiancristalinstrument here: https://www.bohemiancristalinstrument.com/ The Best Werner Herzog Impression In The World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiUjYlYjYBI Arc of Oblivion, Q&A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFI5bL8yQnQ Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xl61of The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, Twitter, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen SUPPORT SPAOP: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) / paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com)

Jesse Jacobs - Place-as-Character

(Headphones recommended for optimal immersion in and enjoyment of the show's intro and outro ) Jesse Jacobs is an imaginative comic book writer and illustrator from Canada. His books include Crawl Space, Safari Honeymoon, By This Shall You Know Him, and New Pets. His compelling, cartoon worlds and their inhabitants call to mind the pataphysical taxonomies of works like the Codex Seraphinianus, Hieronymous Bosch, Hayao Myazaki, and Adventure Time. His work often contains ecological elements that deal with characters moving through and adapting to places that are alive, and the mysterious forces (big and small) that lord over them. We explore the trippy tropes of place-as-character, nature’s boundless beauty and dangers, and the sometimes-necessity of boarding-up-a-portal. Comparing notes on the creative process, psychedelic influences, and sharing recommendations of books, music, and films, we revel in a mutual admiration of each other’s work. I created audio play adaptations of scenes from his books Crawl Space and Safari Honeymoon for the intro and outro of the episode, musically assisted by Bear Glass and the voice talents of Taylor Stillwell and Kat Lakey. You'll soon be able to find these, as well as extended shownotes, on my IG, TikTok, YouTube, and Patreon (linked below) so follow along! Find/follow Jesse: www.jessejacobsart.com IG: @jacobs_comics Extended shownotes, links, pics, etc: www.patreon.com/voiddenizen Behind the scenes stuff: https://www.patreon.com/posts/analog-dialogue-98512429 The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, Twitter, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen SUPPORT SPAOP: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) / paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com)

Sophia Rokhlin - The PreScience of Animistic Worldviews

I attended Sophia’s psychedelic psundsay psermon recently, on an actual Sunday in an actual church, in Asheville, NC. She may be an anthropologist, but she is no anthro-apologist, for this talk regarded “inter-species dialogues & plant consciousness.” & so we met up later that week to talk tardigrades, Jericho roses & the death & resurrection of words. To ponder prayer, spin recursive meme-o-spheres, encounter scary English angels in the polyglot-o-sphere & stand in “Uhhh” before the “awefullsome” in the realm of the sphere-its. We exchanged notes about what she calls “stacked spirit science” & we honored the ANTcestors with fancy-antsy words like “stigmergy” & “formication”. Even though all things that look/sound similar are connected, we managed to tell Huni Kuin from Loony Toons & Shipibo-Conibo from Evil-Knievel. We traced the riverine roots of the milk-mustached Drunk Monkey People’s circuitous designs back to the anaconda choirs of their creation myth (scales for days). We sat, as if in ceremony, w the riddle of sickness & the serpent’s place in amazonian&Asclepius’ lore. Snake oil or serpent medicine? We weighed the value of dream-tending vs. analysis & as we wondered how to concoct a cure for loneliness I remembered the psycho-magical Dream Theatre I used to facilitate, where we would often transcend Joseph Conrad’s maxim “we live as we dream—alone.” &just as Sophia & I considered questions that refuse to be answered & answers that refuse to be questioned, our pod-cast spell was interrupted by a phone-call from our friend comedian Shane Mauss. Sophia co-wrote the book When Plants Dream w Daniel Pinchbeck & has a bouncing baby blog on substack called NUMA. Find/follow Sophia: www.sophiarokhlin.com IG: @sophiarokhlin The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen patreon.com/voiddenizen -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) / paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com)