This weeks guest, Mitch Horowitz , is the author of the excellent new book ' Occult America: How Mysticism Shaped our Nation '. Mitch has held a lifelong interest in the Occult and Supernatural, and after pursuing the subject for as long, naturally, became the editor of one of the largest publishers of Occult and Supernatural works Tarcher/Penguin . In this weeks episodes we discuss: Freemasons, Mesmirism, Theosophy, Astrology and the dark side of American occultism. Daddytank and his army of fl...
May 25, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 30
We finally did it, we reached episode 30! To celebrate the 'big 3 0' we decided to invite back co-hosts Raymond Wiley and Austin Gandy to get the proceedings in full swing, and booked a guest that we've been hankering after for a while now. To top this off, we also recorded the show live (something we plan to do from now on), and our audience gave us some great questions! The guest in question, Isaac Bonewits , has had a fantastically rich career in occultism. From becoming the ArchDruid of the ...
May 25, 2020•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Praise 'Bob', We return in a week shaped week (for a change), and who better to fill your sound cavity for this weeks show than this weeks guest? BEHOLD! High Weirdness by email, in which we, together with the most holy Rev. Ivan Stang , discuss cults, pagans and other weirdness. BE TURNED ON! by possibly the first ever mating call of the Subgenius captured on a earthly recording device. PRAISE 'BOB'! as we discuss, X-Day , The Starwood Festival , no-good-no-Bob-niks, 9/11 truthers, Isaac Bonewi...
May 25, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 28
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 wee...
May 25, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 27
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 thi...
May 25, 2020•1 hr 53 min•Season 1Ep. 26
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,...
May 25, 2020•1 hr 39 min•Season 1Ep. 25
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/djlob...
May 25, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 24
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 L...
May 25, 2020•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 23
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 amaz...
May 25, 2020•2 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 22
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 t...
May 25, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 21