Right Where You Are Sitting Now is a podcast that explores the esoteric and offbeat side of the world. From fringe thinkers and The Occult, to UFOs and Cyber mysteries...basically, if it’s coming from a fresh, funny or different perspective, we are interested in it! Check us out on the web at http://sittingnow.co.uk
Episodes
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
After the most month-shaped week in history, we return to game with a great new episode of SittingNowish delights. This weeks guest, the fantastic Rodney Orpheus, gives us a great interview about the infamous Aleister Crowley. Discussed: Magick, The Abbey of the Thelema, The Ordo Templi Orientis, The A∴A∴, why Crowley is still so revered, Doing thou will, and our plot for a strange Victorian porn film.
Hyde to Kim's Jekyll, Daddytank, returns with a nostalgic, but great MySpace Heroes. This weeks Musikal weapons:
Twiggy and the K-Mesons : Preset Love
Yellow Then Blue : The Black Rose
Raleigh St Clair : Alphabet
Books recomended by Rodney:
Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley & The Eye in the Triangle: Interpretation of Aleister Crowley
Rodney's own fantastic book:
Abrahadabra: Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thelemic Magick
Don't forget to give us a review on iTunes when you have a spare 2 minutes, we'd really appreciate it.
Enjoy!
Rodney Orpheus' (impressive) Biography:
Rodney Orpheus was born in Northern Ireland, and in the past years has lived in Hamburg, Germany and Los Angeles, California. He currently lives in The Cotswolds in England.
For the past twenty years Rodney has been well-known as a musician, record producer, and author. He lectures frequently at colleges and music business events, where his ability to present highly technical matters in an entertaining, understandable style has made him very much in demand.
Rodney has acted as a consultant with many of the top companies in the music instrument industry in the past years, most notably with Steinberg and DTS, as well as writing a regular monthly column for Computer Music magazine and running the ground-breaking musicians community at mi7.com
After the release of his seminal band, The Cassandra Complex's first records Orpheus spent several years touring Europe, originally basing himself in Aachen, Germany, where he joined Ordo Templi Orientis. Orpheus had been studying the works of Aleister Crowleyand other occult authors since his teenage years, and previously had been founder and editor of the UK occult newspaper Pagan News along with Phil Hine. While in Aachen he began work on the book Abrahadabra, published originally by Looking Glass Press in Sweden, later republished by Weiser Books. The book has been described as "a significant contribution to the field of thelemic, or Crowleyan if you will, magick." and "one of the very few competent and readable introductory texts to Thelemic magick."
He still also occasionally gets time to play with The Cassandra Complex on stage and in the studio. He is currently completing work on his second book.
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
Just when you thought we were 'pod-fading' (whatever the hell that means), we return with a BANG! Back in the early 1990's a strange thing occurred: fringe-culture exploded. Not only did we see shows like The X-Files take centre stage; but also the apparent rise of a new fringe-community online. But, like all really cool things, it seemed to evaporate at the begining of the new Millennium.
In this weeks bumper episode, we talk to three 'fringe-savants', all of whom were major contributors to this scene (and continue to innovate to this day):Douglas Rushkoff,Richard MetzgerandR.U.Sirius, to find out what happened to the Counterculture. Discussed: Pre-millennium tension, Countercultural-personalities, Made culture, defining counterculture and loads more.
Joining me in the ever expanding co-host chair is Kim 'Daddytank' Monaghan, who draws some rather profound inspiration from, of all places, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Of course, no episode of SittingNow would be complete without some fine musical selections from the Interwebs, this week taking the form of:
Gypsum- Bonaissance
Daemien Frost- Slut Style
Cabbage- Industrial Tourism
Adventure Fiddler Daevid Bragger- My Four Reasons
We'll be back next week with the Rev. Ivan Stang (praise "Bob")!
enjoy!
Douglas Rushkoff has a fantastic new book imminent, check it outhere
R.U.Sirius also has a great new book outhere, and check out his amazingH+ magazine
Richard Metzger is about to launch a great new site, until then check out his new web-show'Dangerous Minds'
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
BACK IN THE SADDLE! We finally return to the world of audio podcasting after a few weeks of video capture and training (coming June 2009). This week we dream of android-sheep, with cultural critic and social theorist Erik Davis. In this (the first of many we hope) interview, we decided to focus on Erik's study of visionary-author Phillip K. Dick, as well as a brief look at Davis' own 'Techgnosis' studies. In this episode, we discuss Phillip K. Dick's bizarre life, the 'pink laser' experience, the Valis-trilogy, Dick's exegesis, Technosis and much more.
While our first-officer, Claire Lumiere, remains aurally-absent again this week; our sub-mariner, Daddytank, and his navy of musical vessels, defend our shores of the alternative once again with his excellent 'Myspace Heroes'. This week's high-yield torpedoes come in the shape of:
Migration - They Said That Committed Suicide
action world ! - am i paranoia
Dotted Fielda - rainDance
Xela - Beatae Immortalitatis
Join us next week, and we mean next week this time, with an amazing interview with returning guests Douglas Rushkoff and Richard Metzger!
Erik Davis Biog:
Erik Davis is a San Franciso-based writer, culture critic, and independent scholar. His book TechGnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information was released by Harmony Books in the fall of 1998. It has been translated into five languages, and has achieved, in certain circles, the vaguely enviable status of a "cult classic." Davis is a contributing writer for Wired magazines, and wrote "The Posthuman Condition" column for the sadly departed online magazine Feed. His essays have appeared in over half a dozen books, including Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics (Chronicle), The Disinformation Book of Lies (Disinfo), Prefiguring Cyberculture (MIT Press) and Paul "DJ Spooky" Miller's Sound Unbound (MIT). He has contributed articles and essays to a wide variety of publications, including Bookforum, The Wire, ArtByte, the LA Weekly, Gnosis, and the Village Voice. His articles have been translated for publication in countries ranging from Japan to Brazil to Hungary.
Davis has taught at the California Institute of Integral Studies, the New York Open Center, and Esalen, and was one of the organizers of Planetwork, a conference on information technology and global ecology held in San Francisco in 2000. He has been interviewed by CNN, has popped up on radio shows internationally, and appeared prominently in Craig Baldwin's underground film, the SciFi media critique Specters of the Spectrum. His in-depth studies of the science fiction author Philip K. Dick have been acknowledged by the New Yorker. Davis has also lectured internationally on topics relating to media arts, contemporary electronic music, and spirituality in the postmodern world.
Davis is a fifth-generation Californian, and is currently working with the photographer Michael Rauner on California Visions, a photo-essay travelogue through the Golden State's landscape of alternative spirituality. He is also at work on a short book about Led Zeppelin, and various fragments of bardo fiction.
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
This week we chat with author Jim Elvidge about our assumptions of reality. Jim is the author of the excellent 'The Universe Solved'. In this weeks episode, we discuss alternate realities, living in a programmed reality, Quantum and String theories, existence, and over-clocking time and space.
Claire remains absent for now, however, DaddyTank fires a barrage of musical excellence from his secret bunker. This week's heavy artillery is:
DJ Lobsterdust - It's Fun To Smoke Dust www.myspace.com/djlobsterdust
Xicana Machete - A Sordid Flavour www.myspace.com/xicanamachete
Under Embellished - Pill Farm www.myspace.com/filmtape
Ars Dada - Butcher www.myspace.com/arsdada
We return next Friday with 'Behind Closed Doors - Broadcast #002' and Saturday with Episode 26 of SittingNow!
Enjoy
Jim Elvidge bio from his excellent http://theuniversesolved.com
Jim Elvidge holds a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. He has applied his training in the high-tech world as a leader in technology and enterprise management, including many years in executive roles for various companies and entrepreneurial ventures. He also holds 4 patents in digital signal processing and has written articles for publications as diverse as Monitoring Times and the IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. Beyond the high-tech realm, however, Elvidge has years of experience as a musician, writer, and truth seeker. He merged his technology skills with his love of music, developed one of the first PC-based digital music samplers, and co-founded RadioAMP, the first private-label online streaming-radio company. For many years, Elvidge has kept pace with the latest research, theories, and discoveries in the varied fields of subatomic physics, cosmology, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and the paranormal. This unique knowledge base has provided the foundation for his first full-length book, “The Universe-Solved!”
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
This week we hook-up with author Andrieh Vitimus abut all things Chaos Magick. In this weeks episode, we delve deep into the practice of Chaos Magick, How going for a dump can be of use, Haitian Voodoo, the joys and head-f*cks of Astral work and much more. Andrieh has just authored and released a great new book 'Hands-On Chaos Magick', published by the great Llewellyn Books.
Again, we are Claire-less this week, but never fear, DaddyTank is here with another great MySpace Heroes:
Bab - My Sea Life www.myspace.com/babexperimental
made out of wool - ghjjjjjjjjjj www.myspace.com/madeoutofwool
Yatsumiki Diturimoto - Uptake Cynical www.myspace.com/yatsumikiditurimoto
Andrieh Vitimus Biog:
Andrieh Vitimus has been a practicing magician for over 15 years in multiple systems. He holds the highest initiatory rank in Haitian Vodou, that of Houngan asogwe. He is an initiate of the Roots Without End Society, initiatory son of Mambo Racine Sans Bout. He has taught metaphysical classes at Alchemy Arts in Chicago for the last 6 years. He has had several store appearances through out the Midwest and has taught at conventions including Aeonfest, Ancient Ways, Convocation, and Sirius Rising. Andrieh Vitimus's magical career, however, began with a undergraduate degree in psychology with a strong emphasis on cognitive science. He is a Usui and Karuna Reiki Master Teacher, and is a licensed hypnotherapist. In addition to the formal training as a Reiki master and Qigong practitioner, Andrieh Vitimus comes from a line of magically inclined individuals whose lineage include Asowge level Haitian Voodoo priests, Jesuit priests, psychics, and natural healers. He is a member of the prestigious Illuminates of Thanateros, which is one of the most difficult magical organizations to enter.
Enjoy!
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
HAIL ERIS!!! This week we present you with a BUMPER two hour Robert Anton Wilson tribute spectacular! Joining me, amongst a plethora of guests, is the host of the Disinformation Companies Podcast Joe McFall (Mort also joins us for one section). In this weeks episode, we jump into the enlightening concepts of Discordianism, Magick, Conspiracy Theories, Subgenius, General Semantics, The CounterCulture old and new amongst other Wilsonian subjects. Also check out the chance to win a copy of the amazing Maybe Logic DVD, courtesy of the amazing Deep Leaf Productions.
We are joined in our discussion by returning guests Rev. Ivan Stang from the Church of the Subgenius, Thelemic author and all-round Magickal chap Lon Milo Duquette, co-founder of the Disinformation Company Richard Metzger and Experimental Magician Taylor Ellwood.
Of course, no episode of SittingNow would be complete without the infinite musical wisdom of DaddyTank, who this week presents us with:
Yeknom Susej - Monkey Pickle
Yellow Then Blue - C Mass
Beta Central - Massacre Component
Youngdental - Full and Empty Country
Clips used in the show are used courtesy of Deep Leaf Productions, and Sounds True Audio.
Check out both of these recordings, I would recommend them to anyone!
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
This week we mark the end of our holiday break by discussing some of our 'favorite bits' of 2008. Topics covered in this show include Anonymous, The end of Neo-Paganism as we know it?, Patriots and the Georgia Guidestones and of course Obama (or in this case OBAWWWWMA).
Joining me for this episodes banter is Sir Raymond Wiley and Lord Austin Gandy from ye olde Out There Radio and the all new Disinformation The Podcast.
Of course Lady Claire Lumiere delivers us the latest Weekly Weird News and the Nobleman that is Daddytank serves up another great MySpace Heroes in the shape of:
District Of Evolution - New Paper Crusader
Magnetic Stripper - set 5a
Zabutom - Leningrad Vodka Rush
A Boy And His Recorder - Ice Cream Chuck
The episode of Out There Radio that Raymond plugs with no shame throughout the show can be found at www.outthereradio.net
Join us weekly again from now, as we examine counterculture, the Occult, underground and all the usual good stuff...so you don't have to.
Enjoy
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
This week we talk to one of my all time favourite writers and thinkers Douglas Rushkoff. In this episode we discuss, Obama's potential to tap into bottom-up politics, what happens if we stop believing in the economy, Conspiracy Cultre, hacking reality, what the next renaissance might look like, writing comics, why advertising doesn't work and Magick. I really hope you enjoy this special 20th episode of the show. I'm a HUGE fan of Mr Rushkoff making this a very special episode for me!
Joining me in the examiners chair this week is Media-Underground's George Mortimer and FINALLY our very own Claire Lumiere!
Daddytank hits in with another baby killingly (this will make sense if you listen) awesome 'Myspace Heroes', featuring:
Babies In A Woodchipper
Klam
Made For Chickens By Robots
The Battery Davis
Zano Bathroom
Enjoy!
Douglas Rushkoff Bio (pinched from Wired.com)
Douglas Rushkoff is an author, professor, media theorist, journalist, as well as a keyboardist for the industrial band PsychicTV. His books include Media Virus, Coercion, Nothing Sacred: The Truth About Judaism (a book which opened up the question of Open Source Judaism), Exit Strategy (an online collaborative novel), and a monthly comic book, Testament. He founded the Narrative Lab at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program, a space which seeks to explore the relationship of narrative to media in an age of interactive technology.
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
This week we chat once again to the amazing Lon Milo Duquette! In this weeks episode we discuss the interesting topic of John Dee and Edward Kelly's Enochian Magick, the controlled-schizophrenia of Magick, how angels give you Ferrari's and 'why Magick?'
Joining me in the co-host dungeon this week is our newest initiate in the mystery-school that is SittingNow, Adrian Dobbie, who you may remember has written some great articles and reviews for the site. Once again, Mort of the fabulous Media Underground returns to aid us in our endeavours.
Claire provides yet another great Weekly Weird News, in which she bemoans the loss of the worlds ugliest dog, and DaddyTank's amazing 'Myspace Heroes' returns for its second week, you can check the featured artists here:
Vicsid - http://www.myspace.com/vicsid
Kramer V Kramer V Godzilla - http://www.myspace.com/kvkvg
Twiggy and the K-Mesons - http://www.myspace.com/twiggyandthekmesons
Next week we interview the Social Philosopher and Media Theorist Douglas Rushkoff, a personal hero of mine, about all things open-source, so keep em peeled for that!
Enjoy!
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
This week we chat to the amazing Jonathan Downes, the director of the Centre of Fortean Zoology. Jonathan is a real-life monster hunter and has uncovered many mysteries surrounding bizarre and weird sightings of unknown and unidentified creatures. In this weeks episode we discuss The Owlman and the decline of education, The Chupacabra and tiny goats, Hitler's Koi Carp and many other weird and wonderful topics.
My new co-host is George Mortimer of the amazing Media Underground, who's been adding the great new 'Armchair Anarchy' feature to the site. As is usual, Claire brings us this weeks Weekly Weird news.
Our new music feature comes from DaddyTanks 'MySpace Heroes' music picks:
Pang - http://www.myspace.com/pangmusic
Disolved - http://www.myspace.com/dissolvedamberrooms
Raleigh St. Clair - http://www.myspace.com/raleighstclair
Background music comes courtesy of the amazing Martin Denny, and even Mark Snow (if you listen to the interview closely).
We'll be back next week with Lon Milo Duquette, who you'll remember from episode 5 of the show.
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Jonathan Downes is a cryptozoologist, author, film-maker, journalist, composer and singer-songwriter, with a background in radical politics and mental health care. His father, the explorer and Colonial Service Officer J. T. Downes, authored several books on wide range of subjects, such as African history, theology and Devonshire dialect. His mother Mary Downes was a broadcaster and author who published several collections of Nigerian folklore under the pen-name `Yar Kunama`.
He is currently the editor of Animals & Men; the journal of the Centre for Fortean Zoology, the editor of Exotic Pets - a magazine published by CFZ Press, and until August 2007 was and the Deputy Editor of Tropical World magazine, a tropical fish magazine published in the UK. He has also edited and contributed to several other publications over the years.
According to his autobiography and other writings, as a child he lived in Nigeria, and then Hong Kong (then a British Crown Colony), and returned to the UK in 1971, when his father was 'invalided out' of the Hong Kong government. He was educated at Bideford Grammar School, (1971-6) and later West Buckland School from which he was expelled. He worked as a psychiatric nurse between 1981-90 and between 1990 and 1994 ran the fan club for Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel.
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
In this weeks show we chat with the fantastic Austin Gandy about the basics of Magick. Austin knows his subject and delivers the goods this week in another great interview. Fans of our friends Out There Radio will know Mr Gandy from his work on the 'Invisible College' episode of the show, as well as being their guest for some of the best episodes. In this episode we look at the real basics of magick, as if the listener was a would-be adept, walking through their local occult bookstore, pondering where to get stuck in!
Claire delivers once again with her awesome Weekly Weird News, and we make a desperate plea for attention from our fans! Next week we'll hopefully be heading back into the paranormal world with an interview about Crypto-Zoology!
Music this week comes in the shape of Kid606, you can download this track for free here, background music this week comes from Earth and Don Cab!
See you next time!
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
In this weeks show we chat to everyones favourite magician and seeker of paranormal-proof, 'The Amazing' James Randi. James is well known throughout the United States for shedding light on con-men and women that claim to posses paranormal gifts. One of his most famous cases, of which he has written a book, is Uri Geller who, as you'll hear in the show, still manages to maintain a successful career even after numerous 'outings' by the likes of James.
In this interview we discuss James's million-dollar reward for proof of the paranormal, Oprah Winfrey's belief in 'The Secret' (or Magick for housewives, as it should be titled), rouge faith-healers, Johny Carson, the Large Hadron Collider and why people need to believe in quackery!
Also in this episode, Out There Radio and DisInfoCast host Raymond Wiley stops by to make an announcement, including some exciting news for some of the Sitting Now crew.
We finally get Claire on the show with her 'Weird Weekly News', and we discuss all the latest features and articles on the site.
Music this week comes courtesy of Kylesa and their amazing tune Hallow Severer from the album Time Will Fuse Its Worth, thanks to those guys for giving us permission to play the track and buy the album, it's great!
Enjoy!
Official James Randi Biography:
James Randi has an international reputation as a magician and escape artist, but today he is best known as the world's most tireless investigator and demystifier of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
Randi has pursued "psychic" spoonbenders, exposed the dirty tricks of faith healers, investigated homeopathic water "with a memory," and generally been a thorn in the sides of those who try to pull the wool over the public's eyes in the name of the supernatural.
He has received numerous awards and recognitions, including a Fellowship from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in 1986.
On October 19, 1993, the PBS-TV "NOVA" program broadcast a one-hour special dealing with Randi's life work, particularly with his investigations of Uri Geller and various occult and healing claims being made by scientists in Russia.
He is the author of numerous books, including The Truth About Uri Geller, The Faith Healers, Flim-Flam!, and An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural. His lectures and television appearances have delighted - and vexed - audiences around the world.
"We may disagree with Randi on certain points, but we ignore him at our peril."
-Carl Sagan
In 1996, the James Randi Education Foundation was established to further Randi's work. Randi's long-standing challenge to psychics now stands as a $1,000,000 prize administered by the Foundation. It remains unclaimed.
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
Bob's back! One of our favourite guests, and knowledgable chap when it comes to global folklore! In this episode, we build on our discussion in last interview by analysing ZOMBIES! Bob has a new book coming out soon entitled Zombies: A Field guide to the Walking Dead, so make sure you get your hands on that! Bob has some great tales that he picked up on his travels to research this latest book, so join us as we take a journey into the world of Zozobra's, undead-monks and more!
This weeks featured music comes in the shape of The Melvins, with the track The Kicking Machine from the album 'Nude with Boots'. You can download the track in MP3 form from the Southern Records site here.
Background music comes in the form of Nintendo's Super Smash Bros (no really!) played in Orchestra form!
We have some great guests coming up in the coming weeks so stay tuned for more Sitting Now oddness!
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
WE ARE BACK! After some hefty technical problems, a brief spell of sickness and some general booking of awesome new guests...and I mean awesome, we finally return!
This week me and our returning guest/co-host Raymond Wiley chat about The culture of Conspiracy belief! We decided the subject was so large that we would wax about some of our own experiences, some key theories and funny ones to boot!
There is no music this week, mainly because we have been rushing around to much to find anything in time.
Expect a total change of format in the coming weeks! We have sorted all the techy glitches and now we are adding a new audio version of the Weird Weekly News into the show. We've done a dummy run with Claire and it sounds cool, so that will start as of episode 15 next week!
Also, keep your eyes peeled to this site for a really cool announcement of a new show featuring some of Sitting Now's staff!
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
This week we cosy-up with our new pal, occult author Taylor Ellwood, to discuss the many and varied ways to approach magic/magick/chaos Magick...arrrrgh my head is exploding!! Taylor has authored many books on the subject of new and experimental approaches to magic, as well as being a professional life-coach...though, like us, he has still yet to figure out how to make fireballs come out of his hands!
Featured music this week is a cool live recording of the amazing Ma Meeshka Mow Skwoz by Mr Bungle.
Taylor Ellwood Biog:
Taylor Ellwood lives in Portland with his beautiful mate Lupa, and two cats. He’s a co-author of Creating Magickal Entities (with David Cunninghman and Amanda Wagener), and Kink Magic (with Lupa. He is the author of Pop Culture Magick, Space/Time Magic, Inner Alchemy, Multi-Media Magic and the editor of the Magick on the Edge Anthology, Manifesting Prosperity Anthology, and the Pop Culture Grimoire. When Taylor isn’t editing Non-fiction books for Immanion Press, or working on his latest work, he can be found gaming, reading, and enjoying the company of his lovely wife. For more information about Taylor, please go to The Green Wolf or visit Magical Experiments.
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
This week we chat about all things paranormal with Ben, Seth, and Rob, aka DK, Fizz and The Rob-father of Eerie Radio fame. Eagle-eared listeners will have heard us blasting the promo for this great show for many weeks now. We discuss the ups and downs of paranormal investigation, Oak-Island turf-wars, Ghost Hunting and the pit-falls of the 'scene'.
Featured song this week comes in the shape of Ennio Morricone's 'The Ecstasy of Gold', from the movie 'The Good, The Bad and the Ugly' (not a jab at our guests this week!). Background Music from Jagga Jazzist and Don Caballero.
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
This week we talk with historian, author and all-round great guy Dr Bob Curran about Vampires! Yes, that's right...VAMPIRES! ...sorry, got a little excited there. Bob is the author of 'Vampires: A field guide to the Creatures that Stalk the Night', so who better to talk to about my favourite mythological beasties! We discuss the many and varied Vampires myths around the globe, as well as the origins of our favourite blood suckers.
Featured song this week is a clip from 'Act II' by the awesome Sontaran Experiment, which is to be released soon, Expect chaos! Background music from Four Tet
Dr Bob Curran Biog:
Dr. Bob Curran is a native of Northern Ireland, born and raised in the Mourne
Mountains area of County Down, a region steeped in folklore and legend.
Throughout a varied life, he has worked in many fields—as a gravedigger,
professional musician, journalist, and civil servant. He is now a history teacher
and well known throughout Ireland and beyond as a writer and broadcaster. He
has written extensively, in English and several other languages, on various
aspects of history and folklore and acted as advisor to the Cultural Committee of
the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly. He currently lives in Coleraine,
County Derry, with his wife and family.
Enjoy!
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
This week we chat to one of our journalistic heroes, Jon Ronson, about: conspiracy theorists, 9/11 truthers, MI5 agents becoming the son of God and just why people believe silly things. We also witness Jon attempting to train his dog Woofy, which only furthers my belief that people really don't realise how much of a pain in the ass dogs actually are!...i'm a cat person.
Joining me this week to grill our guest is our re-occuring charecter, Raymond Wiley! For those studious listeners out there (no pun intended), Raymond appeared as our guest on episodes 1 and 6, and like me, is a big jon Ronson fan!
This weeks musical Interlude come courtesy of Mothboy's 'X in his Territory', background music from Amon Tobin!..sorry we didn't mention in the ep...our mistake.
Jon Ronson Biog:
Jon Ronson is a writer and documentary film maker. His books, Them: Adventures With Extremists and The Men Who Stare At Goats were international bestsellers. He's also the author of two collections, Out Of The Ordinary: True Tales of Everyday Craziness and What I Do: More True Tales of Everyday Craziness. For Channel 4, Jon has made a number of films including the acclaimed five part series the Secret Rulers of the World and the multi award-winning Tottenham Ayatollah. His most recent documentaries are Reverend Death (Channel 4) and Robbie Williams and Jon Ronson Journey to the Other Side (Radio 4).
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
This weeks guest, Dean Haglund, is probably best known for his character ‘Langly’ from the hit Fox show The X Files. He also starred in the spin-off show ‘The Lone Gunman’ which ended in mysterious circumstances. We ask Dean about this mystery, as well as chatting to him about crazy serial killer software, medical conspiracies, being an inventor, what he knows about the new X Files movie and a slew of other cool stuff!
I am joined this week by the latest edition to the Sittingnow staff, Jacob ‘JW’ Williams as we mourn the temporary loss of Paul as well as revealing JW’s previous experience with our last guest Nick Pope!
Music this week comes in the shape of Estradaphere and their brilliant track Mekapses Yitonisa from the album Quadropus available from our friends over at Mimicry Records
You can buy one of Dean’s excellent Lone Gunmen comics, as well as a Chill Pak from deanhaglund.com
Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
This weeks guest, Nick Pope, used to run the British Government's UFO project at the Ministry of Defence. Initially sceptical, his research and investigation into the UFO phenomenon and access to formerly classified government files on the subject soon convinced him that the phenomenon raised important defence and national security issues, especially when the witnesses were military pilots or where UFOs were tracked on radar. Nick also looked into other mysteries such as alien abductions, crop circles and ghosts. He now continues his research in a private capacity and is recognised as a leading authority on UFOs and the unexplained. He does extensive media work, lectures all around the world and has acted as consultant on numerous television documentaries.
Background music this week comes in the shape of Four Tet.
Featured Song this week is 'No Tech!' by Unwound
Check out Nick Pope on the web here and the National Archives UFO documents here