The Red Lodge: Recent Episodes
The Red Lodge
Juggalo with a thing in a thing-a-thing; history is an angry snarling dog; orange you glad I didn't say banana; maybe petty drama is what is really important.
I took a serious hit and managed a saving roll, but I'm back. Here are some strange noises.
The best ICP album, dog geologists are everywhere, the beat of a dead horse, Memphis, Memphis, Memphis, you feel me?
Explosions in the distance; secret shit. Dogs are everywhere. Page 8, Part 2. Page 11, Part 3. Page 12, Part 4. Page 17, Part 5. 3rd Street Pack. Knock knock, bone thugs.
Sound artist d4n4 helps reconstruct my memories of a recent roleplaying game. The California wildfires, prescription sunglasses, and knock-knock jokes are all carefully examined. Hear d4n4's other projects at https://soundcloud.com/d4n4.
Aaron Franz from Uncle the Podcast, Themes & Memes, and Trans Resister Radio joins Winston for a discussion of the Illuminatus! trilogy. Check out Aaron's podcasts and products, including his book 'Revolve: Man's Scientific Rise to Godhood,' at theageoftransitions.com. Look for new episodes of the Red Lodge in an exciting new format coming soon.
Winston and Ephrat read J.G. Ballard's 1957 short story "The Concentration City." Both agree that Ballard does something remarkable in just a few short pages.
Winston and Ephrat read Ray Bradbury's 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451. The book gives us a chance to look back at the other dystopias for similarities and differences. We talk about genre fiction in the United States and argue that genre has given us our greatest writers.
Winston and Ephrat discuss George Orwell's 1949 novel 1984. Winston celebrates a less awkward structure. Ephrat wonders about practical application. Both discuss how the book should be presented to avoid robbing the book of its social criticism.
Winston and Ephrat read Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World." Winston thinks Aldous could have used an editor. Ephrat appreciates him conceptually but hates his sexism.
Winston and Ephrat read "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin, one of the first great dystopian satires of the modern age. Order and chaos, technological superheroes, and illusions of choice are discussed. Thanks to Michael Conrad for recommending this book. Check out his writing and link to his social media at mwconrad.com.
Winston and Ephrat read Jean Baudrillard's 1991 essay "Simulacra and Science Fiction" and talk Star Trek, Blade Runner and whether the kids have an imagination anymore.
Winston and Ephrat read "The Ethics of Ambiguity", Simone de Beauvoir's 1947 essay about existentialism and Marxism and try to deconstruct the work's social context and many references.
Winston and Ephrat discuss George Orwell's 1946 essay "Why I Write." Despite Winston's initial concern that they have chosen a grammar manual, Ephrat and George explain some of the philosophical reasons a person might write.
Winston and Ephrat read "The Discipline of DE", a 1973 essay by William S. Burroughs. A master of chaos and destruction reminds us to be mindful.
Winston and Ephrat discuss the last chapter of Albert Camus' 1942 essay "The Myth of Sisyphus." Notions are rolled up a hill only to come tumbling back down again.
Winston and Ephrat discuss Tristan Tzara's 1918 Dada Manifesto. ideal, ideal, ideal, knowledge, knowledge, knowledge, boomboom, boomboom, boomboom.
Winston and Ephrat decide Thoreau deserves a closer look. The Kardashians are briefly mentioned. Ephrat offers a chapter of her book by old fashioned post if you email her at el@ephratlivni.com.
Winston tells the story of Sun Tzu's Army of 360 Concubines. Ephrat asks whether it is wise to frame the world as a conflict.
Kill Emerson, diss Tolkein, question everything. Winston and Ephrat read Ralph Waldo Emerson's classic essay "Self-Reliance."
Ephrat and Winston discuss the Taoist parable "Three in the Morning." Ephrat finds usefulness in stories about uselessness and Winston opines at length about not having opinions.