Bistro Californium

Topic: Robert Pattinson in Catherine Hardwicke's Twilight (2008) + David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis (2012) + Josh and Benny Safdie's Good Time (2017) + Christopher Nolan's Tenet (2020) Guest: Scott Litts (@cafeviolenza [https://twitter.com/cafeviolenza]) An episode conceived in the notorious Dimes Square bar Clandestino, Scott Litts [https://twitter.com/cafeviolenza] joins the show for a comprehensive study of subtly unusual actor and part-time vampire, Robert Pattinson FOR FULL EPISODE, SUBSCRIBE TO https://www.patreon.com/BistroCalifornium [https://www.patreon.com/BistroCalifornium] "Then ask me the most basic question: What do we eat?" "This is a protest against the future. They wanna hold off the future. They want to normalize it. Keep it from overwhelming the present. The future is always a wholeness. A sameness." "Y-y-you're an ignorant fuck, bro! No one's better than any next man. You don't know me from Adam!"

Topic: Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vols. I and II Guest: Brad Kelly (@bradkelly [https://twitter.com/bradkelly]) FEAT. Logo Daedalus [https://twitter.com/Logo_Daedalus] reading WALL OF TEXT 6/6/23 [https://twitter.com/Logo_Daedalus/status/1666085769331752960] yeerk is joined by author and podcaster Brad Kelly [https://twitter.com/bradkelly] of the Art of Darkness Podcast to discuss Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's astonishing metafictional crossover epic, the LEAUGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN VOLS. I and II Listen to Art of Darkness here [https://www.patreon.com/artofdarkpod] Check out Brad Kelly's website [https://www.bradkellyesque.com/] Buy HOUSE OF SLEEP [https://www.amazon.com/House-Sleep-Brad-Kelly/dp/B08SLGF4W1] "The British Empire has always encountered difficulty in distinguishing between its heroes and its monsters." This episode is dedicated to Kevin O'Neill

Topic: Ari Aster's Beau Is Afraid (2023) Guest: abcdent (@abcdentminded [https://twitter.com/abcdentminded]) yeerk is joined by the charming and gregarious abcdent to discuss Ari Aster's 'Jewish Lord of the Rings', the tragi-comic comi-tragic surrealist horror masterpiece BEAU IS AFRAID Dismissing the temptation of reading the movie as 'seen through the eyes of Beau's anxiety', they explore a darker vein, in which the danger is real, and a new catastrophe lies around every corner Follow abcdent [https://twitter.com/abcdentminded] on twitter

Topics: Rock in Opposition: Henry Cow + Slapp Happy + Art Bears + John Greaves & Peter Blegvad's Kew. Rhone. (1977) + Romantic Warriors II: A Progressive Music Saga About Rock in Opposition (2012) Guest: Kerwin Fjøl (@zermatist [https://twitter.com/zermatist]) Media ecologist Kerwin joins yeerk for a discussion of ROCK IN OPPOSITION, and the principle RIO canon of HENRY COW, SLAPP HAPPY, ART BEARS, and HENRY COW & SLAPP HAPPY + John Greaves & Peter Blegvad's entirely fun KEW. RHONE. album, and the ROMANTIC WARRIORS II documentary They also discuss the American RIO wave (THINKING PLAGUE, 5uus, SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM) and where they're situated on the RIO SPECTRUM (Austere to Zany), and what exactly the Opposition in ROCK IN OPPOSITION is... 'at' Check out Kerwin's Medium page [https://zermatist.medium.com/] "They gut huts with gusto Pillage villages with verve War does what she has to People get what they deserve" "Holding forth on a topic of no worth A pissy myth about birth of WarAnd as for those "Hats" they're a bore Not amusing anymore Dare I ask myself what It's for?" "Peel's foe, not a set animal, laminates a tone of sleep"

Topics: Æon Flux (1991 - 1995) + Reign: The Conqueror (1996 - 1997) Guest: Reagan Lodge (@ReaganLodge [https://twitter.com/ReaganLodge]) Dieselpunk visionary Reagan Lodge joins yeerk to discuss two astonishing works of sf surrealist fantasy by Peter Chung, ÆON FLUX and Yoshinori Kanemori's REIGN: THE CONQUEROR (to which Chung contributed his unmistakeable visual aesthetic) Subscribe to Reagan's patreon [https://www.patreon.com/reaganlodge] and contribute to the ongoing progress of his graphic novel WYIT, 'a full-coloured epic-length graphic novel about a young fugitive and a rogue soldier on a journey for survival in a dark world.' And be sure to visit his personal website for more information here [https://reaganlodge.com/wyit] "My name's Æon Flux. I'm here on a mission to assassinate Trevor Goodchild. Is everybody listening? Do you believe me? Everybody happy now?" "Recklessness is speed beyond one's capacity to control. But might increased speed lead to increased capacity?"