An Omni Magazine Themed Podcast
We continue our talk with Nathan Moody and we all vibe at the same frequency as we discuss a short story by Orson Scott Card, from the July 1979 episode of Omni.
Please check out all of Nathan’s amazing music at nathanmoody.bandcamp.com.
Omni magazine is a trademark of Penthouse Global Media. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
In this episode, Chad and Jason commandeer musician and digital sorcerer Nathan Moody to talk about his stellar work providing underscores for the entire HyperLab Omni podcast. This is the first part of a two-part interview. Like what you’ve been hearing? Please check out more at nathanmoody.bandcamp.com.
Omni magazine is a trademark of Penthouse Global Media. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
In this episode, Chad and Jason row their dinghy back into the turbulent surf of our grim present, and wonder if their #hopepunk lamp can keep them off the rocks.
Omni magazine is a trademark of Penthouse Global Media. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
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This episode, Jason and Chad put on their Hyperlab Coats ™ and concoct their own indeterminacy recipe loosely based on John Cage’s experimental work, Roaratorio, an Irish circus on Finnegans Wake.
A suggested title of our piece: Bibliomantis, a Dub Circus on Beowulf.
This is a weird ride. Hope you all enjoy, and please send us your sound experiments if you want to play along.
Sound files from Freesound used in this episode include:
G: “General”: Caida(General).wav by Viliguis | License: Creative Commons 0
R: “Reproach”: Reproach yell by joseppujol | License: Creative Commons 0
E: “Enhearten”: Heartbeat, Regular, Single, 01-01, LOOP.wav by InspectorJ | License: Attribution
N: “Nightlong”: night_long01.flac by Aiyumi | License: Attribution
D: “Determined”: birdance.WAV by NoiseCollector | License: Attribution
E: “Earth”: HellCenterOfTheEarth.wav by tc630 | License: Creative Commons 0
L: “Lord”: Dirty Dubstep Drumloop (127BPM) by Freakshitor669 | License: Creative Commons 0
One of the first things that Chad and I agreed upon when we first started this project was how important sound and music is to our process of discovery. An essential ingredient to that process is the amazing music made by Nathan Moody. Nathan’s music is this rippling and rolling sonic river that transports you to another headspace as you listen to Chad describe his first UFO encounter or Jason’s memories of hunting for bigfoot.
That’s why we here at HLO are beyond excited to share Nathan’s release of the HyperLab Omni soundtrack. Please go and check it out (as well as his other fantastic work) and show him some love and support.
Excelsior!
Strap on your ear goggles and follow along as the crew of HLO explores the minimalist soundscapes of John Cage. Chad and Jason ponder the challenges and joys of experimental music and avante-garde art as well as learning Chad’s hard rules for eating snacks in the theatre (Hint – DON’T!) and Jason’s simple wish for a magical algorithmic soundscape generator.
Omni magazine is a trademark of Penthouse Global Media. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
Some audio elements in this episode are under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Read the full audio credits and learn how to support this podcast at our Patreon page.
In this episode of HLO, Chad and Jason pull back the curtain for frank discussion on how the current state of US politics is affecting the direction of the podcast and how embracing a theme of #hopepunk might be a viable way to help us navigate our uncertain future.
Omni magazine is a trademark of Penthouse Global Media. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
Some audio elements in this episode are under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Read the full audio credits and learn how to support this podcast at our Patreon page.
#HopePunk links and resources –
Great article on the origins and background in this Vox article.
The brilliant David Byrne created this newsletter/website called “Reasons to be Cheerful” as a “tonic for tumultuous times.”
Cory Doctorow reads his essay “Disasters Don’t Have to End In Dystopias”
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STAFF AND RESIDENTS OF INTERDIMENSIONAL NODESPACE RESEARCH VESSEL KNOWN AS HYPERLAB OMNI SEND THEIR REASSURANCES AND APOLOGIES FOR TEMPORAL INTERRUPTIONS <<STOP>>
RUMOURS OF XENOMORPH INFESTATION AND SUBSEQUENT SELF DESTRUCTION CLEANSING PROTOCOLS HAVE BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED <<STOP>>
PLEASE ACCEPT THIS FUN JOHN CAGE THEMED TEASER AS PROOF OF COMMITMENT TO HLO EXPLORATION OF WEIRDSPACE <<STOP>>
ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS, EXCEPT PENNSYLVANIA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE
USE THEM TOGETHER
USE THEM IN PEACE
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Omni magazine is a trademark of Penthouse Global Media. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
Some audio elements in this episode are under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Read the full audio credits and learn how to support this podcast at our Patreon page.
In this episode, Chad and Jason chase psychedelic rabbits through a warren dug by Gregory Bateson, whose article “Mind and Nature” drills heady passages though verbal alchemy, entropy, sacrament, weaponized anthropology, CIA black propaganda ops, Karl Jung, Bob Dobbs, schizogenesis, cybernetics, and the epistemology of dead crabs.
Content warning: While generally a fun and trippy discussion, there is a dark reference at the end of the episode to a mass pet cemetery for some beloved farm animals (nothing nefarious, but farm life can be rough), so be forewarned.
This episode was recorded sometime last year.
Omni magazine is a trademark of Penthouse Global Media. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
Some audio elements in this episode are under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
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Jason chaos fact addendum –
In this episode I passed on a story about noted Discordian Kerry Thornley’s girfriend working for JFK assassination investigator, Jim Garrison.
After doing some more research, I discovered that it might have been Lane Caplinger, the girlfriend of the other author of the Principia Discorida, Greg Hill who worked for JG.
Or maybe not…
This amazing post tries to unravel the crazy history of Discordianism and the connections with Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK and Jim Garrison.
I’m not sure it clarifies anything, but it’s a fun old school Illuminatus conspiracy ride.
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In this episode, the HLO crew takes a spooky nostalgic detour by inviting some special guests to talk about some fun personal memories of Halloweens past.
Enjoy!
Omni magazine is a trademark of Penthouse Global Media. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
Some audio elements in this episode are under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Read the full audio credits and learn how to support this podcast at our Patreon page.