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Archive for June, 2007

love to moon to television to bomb to poetry

by slappy on June 28th, 2007

dear friends,

this week’s Odd Preoccupation offers a cornucopia of audio delights, including (but NOT limited to) the following:

  • some meditations on love, including:
    • the idea of you
    • the sex life of the rattlebox moth, described by Dave McBride
    • the bed dance
    • the mysterious and voluptuous correspondence of one B. H. Khabouti
  • the latest episode of our ongoing radio adventure serial, Moon Over Morocco. this is episode 7 in the series.
  • the performance poetry of nuclear physicist and beat publisher Bern Porter

Slappy Pinchbottom’s Odd Preoccupation for June 28, 2007:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

preferring hot to cold and wet to dry until the night i pass and the day i die, i remain,

your humble host,

slappy pinchbottom

St. Idiot Collective: accidents of love and zoology

by slappy on June 21st, 2007

dear friends,

this week the Odd Preoccupation was pleased to welcome members of the St. Idiot Collective, a sharp, high-energy collaborative theatrical ensemble that’s one of the younger troupes in Austin. they were here to promote their all-improv show Is That Science? (which, alas, will be long over by the time you read this.) we chat about the history of the troupe, improv vs. traditional theater, the Austin theater scene, and MORE. the SIC also perform some very funny live improvisational comedy right there in the KOOP studio. (part 3 of the show is our regular radio adventure serial, Moon Over Morocco).

Slappy Pinchbottom’s Odd Preoccupation for June 21, 2007:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

note: you can and should still check out the mainstage production which Is That Science? was a fundraiser for: Rainbow Family of the Serendipitous Now, or the Orpheus Project. it runs from August 10 to August 19, six shows only, so get tickets while you can!

until next week, i’ll keep slappin’ if you will (and probably, even if you won’t),

love,

slappy

drug magic

by slappy on June 14th, 2007

dear friends,

so glad you could join us for another episode of the Odd Preoccupation. this week, scattered throughout the show, we feature several excerpts of a neocyberpsychedelimagickal rant by one of my favorite comic book writers, Grant Morrison, taken from conference thrown by the fine folks at Disinfo way back in 2000 — i mean in history, Patty, before they changed the water.

Part 1 also features a track called Tasmanian Pain Coaster, by pioneering indie hip hop artist El-P, formerly of Company Flow (thanks to Comfort Radio for that track.) we wrap up part 1 with a talk given by Mark Pesce at the Mindstates conference. (please note that i incorrectly state in the show that Mindstates is held every year in Jamaica; in fact, it skips around from one hedonistic playground of a tourist destination to another, from year to year.)

Part 2 begins with mr. morrison’s brief guide to creating magic sigils. we then move swiftly to an exploration by example of a number of regional American accents, followed by more morrison, and we wrap up this segment with episode 5 of our weekly adventure series, Moon Over Morocco.

Part 3 this week features the ever-sprightly medroxy progesterone acetate, followed by a bit by yet ANOTHER psychedelic guru, Terrence McKenna, this time talking about Jihad and the future of humanity. we finish up with a heartwarming chat between father and son, which begins with the son pummelling the father into sexual receptivity. (note: that may just be my interpretation.)

Slappy Pinchbottom’s Odd Preoccupation for June 14, 2007:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

until next week, friends, may all your truths mutate and all your mutations breed true. in the meantime, as ever, i shall remain,

your humble host,

slappy pinchbottom

on pleasure, prisoners, and permutational poetry

by slappy on June 7th, 2007

dear friends,

this week’s Odd Preoccupation starts with a Slappy reminiscence of a particularly pleasurable and introspective shave, followed by a chilled-down version of Sylvia Plath reading her poem Mushrooms. in Part 2, we present a re-remixed excerpt from the book Fourier Series, by Joshua Corey, published by the neo-Oulipean imprint Spineless Books. Part 3 is latest episode of our ongoing radio adventure Moon Over Morocco, and in Part 4 we hear a very topical interview with Sir Arthur Streed-Greebling on the horrors of life as a prisoner of war, followed by a sweet lil’ bit by the master of vocal resonance, Ken Nordine. as usual, the show finishes up with a segue into the Elk Mating Ritual, comprised of minute after long, long minute of absurdist banter between yours truly and the Elkmaster himself.

Slappy Pinchbottom’s Odd Preoccupation for June 7, 2007:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

until next time, keep your powder dry and your wit drier, and try to do a little better, won’t you? just generally?

muchas gracias por favores pequeños,

slappy