"Ideas once but no longer liberating. Ideas like fruits have moments of peak ripeness when they are best consumed and later moments when their taste is less fresh and wholesome" Brainstorming for Ulterior Design: creativity in the shadows of time Northern Voice , weblogging and social media conference, June 14-15 Wampire : "Trains" Graham Harman - Everything is not connected Radio Aporee : a global sound-mapping project Finn Loxbo & Lee Noyes : "time is its instrument" & "forewarned is f...
May 09, 2013•1 hr 7 min
Exotic Tropical Island Adventures Exotic Sounds of Tiki Gardens (South Sea Island Paradise in Florida) Tiny and his Hawaiian Bubbles : "Hawaiian Luau Party" The Midnight Serenaders : "Hawaiian War Chant" Hawaiian Adventures : The Island of Hawaii Learn to Speak Hawaiian Anita O'Day & Cal Tjader : "An Occasional Man" Gregg Oliver and Lois Cooper : "Seduction! (Act Two - Scene One)" Sammy Davis Jr.: " Begin the Beguine " [Edited excerpt from] Terry Hunt, Carl Lipo “The Statues Walked - What Re...
Mar 31, 2013•1 hr 38 min
"Radio comes to us ostensibly with person to person directness that is private and intimate, while in more urgent fact, it is really a subliminal echo chamber of magic power to touch remote and forgotten chords." ~ Marshall McLuhan Episode 200: Is this radio or podcasting? Why are you listening? Do you want your mind to be fucked with? TM Productions - Tomorrow Radio Selections from 250 Discojingles People Like Us: " All Together Now " & " People Like Us & Friends " Firesign Theatre : "D...
Mar 19, 2013•1 hr 20 min
Post-Valentine's Day exploration of the depth and breadth of love RocketLaura: " Harp Ostinato Number 2" Six.By Seven : "IOU Love" Alan Watts : "The Spectrum Of Love" Bob Tavis " Aether " Connor Helms : "Harp Suite No. 1 Nite Jewel : " One Second Of Love " Beck: " I Only Have Eyes For You (The Flamingos Cover) " Andy Akiho : " No One To Know One" Samuel Taylor Coleridge : "Love" Manly P Hall: " New Commandment Love Thine Enemies " Frank Ocean & Outkast – “Pink Matter” (remix) Ralph Waldo Eme...
Feb 14, 2013•1 hr 12 min
Massaging the muse, trying to jumpstart the creative engine School of Seven Bells : "Heart Is Strange (Active Child Remix)" Scott Walker : "Screams and Shout (Britney Spears/Will.I.Am Cover)" Manly P. Hall excepts from The Mystery of the Transcendental Personality Scott Walker : "The Day The Conducator Died" & "Jackie" The Rose Garden is for the one who loves the Roses Shad : "Rose Garden" (Remix) f. Von Pea & Donwill Subscribe to my YouTube channel: transpondency Subscribe to transponde...
Feb 06, 2013•1 hr 5 min
"The trick is to combine your waking rational abilities with the infinite possibilities of your dreams. Because, if you can do that, you can do anything." H+ Nano transhuman implant Dead Times : "Future Selves" Tatsuro Kojima : "16g" Vicki Bennett, People Like Us : "Jean Baudrillard - Le Xerox et L'Infini" Adrian Moore : "Superstrings1644" Sleeping On Lotus Ashes : "Regurgitating Pulverized Strings" Bobbotov : "Multiverse" Momus : "Virtual Reality" Clips from Satoshi Kon's " Paprika (English Dub...
Dec 09, 2012•1 hr 21 min
"Infinite" from the movie Dead Man (music by Neil Young, William Blake read by Johnny Depp) Daniel Pinchbeck : " 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl" BitToryn : "Pharaoh's Awakening" WOOM : "Quetzalcoatl's ship" The Itzamna Collective : "we are united in defeat [ft terence mckenna ]" Medwyn Goodall : "The Time Keepers" Kishi Bashi : “It All Began With a Burst” Pond : "Fantastic Explosion Of Time" iON remarks on 2012 Kev Hopper : "Whispering Foils" Native Flute Ensemble : "Temple of the Dream Jaguar...
Nov 28, 2012•1 hr 29 min
Dan Warren : " Son of Strelka, Son of God " Black Star (Talib Kweli & Yasiin Bey) : "You Already Knew" Ab-Soul (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) : "Illuminate" Serengeti : "Amnesia" Vortx Of Distorsun : "Don't Fail" Sole : "Jungle of the Real", "End Times", "No President", "The Untouchables" Legit : "Soul of Revelations" Bill Ortiz : "I Still Believe Feat. Zumbi And Linda Tillery (Phoenix Black Remix)" T he Hood Internet : "Wont Fuck Us Over (ft BBU Annie Hart) Son of Strelka, Son of God - Audio odyssey ...
Nov 08, 2012•1 hr 12 min
" Away in the sky, beyond the clouds, live 4 or 5 magicians ..." You Can't Mash That Volume 31 : Beatleween (Beatles Halloween Mashup) Nightfall (excerpts) : "Hypnotised" & "The Book Of Hell" Robert Anton Wilson on Aleister Crowley & The Book Of The Law Alan Moore : "Art (Snakes & Ladders)" Bobby Ocean & Radio KGB : "Is Paul Dead?" The Winged Beatle : "Beetle with an A, Magic with a K" Vincent Price: "Hitler and Witchcraft" Occult "expert" Caryl Matrisciana: "Harry Potter: Witchc...
Oct 25, 2012•1 hr 21 min
TransCanada Transpondency an audio travelogue of sorts Once Adam, Ron, and Christopher settle into a camping routine, they head over to Ron's old campsite to search for tracks that could belong to the elusive Sasquatch. Things get a little intense when the guys investigate strange sounds outside the trailer. Is something out there, in the dark, stalking the camp? Christopher smokes Salvia divinorum, a hallucinagenic plant. Adam takes magic mushrooms and gets in touch with the universe. Music: Ja...
Oct 11, 2012•1 hr 34 min
TransCanada Transpondency an audio travelogue of sorts Adam, Ron, Christopher head east of Chilliwack, BC on a two week camping trip. They make a unsuccessful attempt at crossing a washout in the dirt road which forces them to back the trailer down the mountain. Once safely turned around, the boys find the right location along the creek to land the trailer and set up camp. With a fire blazing, they finally enjoy some relaxation in the great outdoors. Music: Jason Shaw "Autumn Sunset" & "Back...
Oct 07, 2012•1 hr 22 min
There Is Nothing To Understand... U.G. Krishnamurti “What I say is not born out of my thinking” No One Talking Environments Disc 7 : "Innotation" & "Summer Cornfield" Dirty Projectors : "About To Die" U.G. Krishnamurti conversation with Barbara Schuler KAZU Radio (May 1989) My Brightest Diamond : "Reaching Through To The Other Side" Young Galaxy : "Peripheral Visionaries" David Byrne and St. Vincent : "Who" Tennis : "My Better Self" Limerick Woods: " Binaural forest soundscape " Marconi Unio...
Sep 07, 2012•1 hr 8 min
Positive Attitude Meditation : Guided meditation to help develop and maintain a positive attitude Ben Folds Five : "Do It Anyway" Dinowalrus : "Happy (Rolling Stones cover)" Aldous Huxley : "The Ultimate Revolution" Coleman R. Brice : "Brave New World" Cadence Weapong : "Conditioning" Jim Rohn: " Philosophies to wealth and happiness " Podington Bear : "Happiness Is" Gorillaz : "Do Ya Thing (ft. Andre 3000, James Murphy) & "Feel Good Inc. (Professor Kliq Remix)" Sam Binkley: " Happiness as En...
Aug 28, 2012•1 hr 6 min
"The suddenness of the leap from hardware to software cannot but produce a period of anarchy and collapse, especially in the developed countries." Marshall McLuhan Mr. Harper's BBQ, Pride Parade, Anarchists Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks : "Senator" Media Ecology, Internet Ecstasy, Global Carnival Lo-Fi-Fnk: " Shut The World Out (LFF Re-Fnk) " The Limousines: " Internet Killed The Video Star " Buttress O'Kneel : "The New Masters of the Universe" Das Racist x Talib Kweli: " The Actual (Prod. Ama...
Aug 11, 2012•1 hr 10 min
"The future is contained within the present, as the plant within the seed." ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley Cosmopolis , a Cronenburg Film, A protest against the future DRC: "Artifice-Future 40 (DRC Remix)" Transcoindentalism: moving beyond the speed of the thought Parts & Labor : Constant Future Cloud Nothings : No Future/No Past William S. Burroughs: "We See The Future Through The Binoculars Of The People " Ah Pook is Here : "Death needs Time for what it kills to grow in, for Ah Pook's sweet sake" ...
Jul 24, 2012•1 hr 15 min
TransCanada Transpondency an audio travelogue of sorts Adam talks with podcasters at PAB2012 conference in Ottawa. As twilight sets on his final PAB expedition, Adam reflects on his own personal growth and possible future gatherings. Before flying home, there is one more get together for drinks on a patio in Toronto. Music: Road Regrets (Live @ KEXP) by Dan Mangan...
Jun 28, 2012•1 hr 42 min
A fourth installment in the Finnegans Wake series -- show me how. Fourth power to her illpogue ! Happy Bloomsday June 16, 1904 Other episodes in the series: First (#125) , Second (#146) , Third (#169) Readings by Jim Norton, and Marcella Riordan Robert Anton Wilson on Finnegans Wake The Tallest Man on Earth : "1904" Robert Anton Wilson on FW, the Prankquean & psycho-archaeology Tom Waits : "Books of Moses" Bob Dobbs on FW & the Stages of Human Apprehension Warm Ghost : "Myths On Rotting ...
Jun 16, 2012•2 hr 2 min
TransCanada Transpondency an audio travelogue of sorts On the road to the final PAB conference, Adam contemplates on creativity and where he fits in across the nebulous expanse of media. Music: Road Regrets (Live @ KEXP) by Dan Mangan
Jun 11, 2012•59 min
"Sleep, passivity, rest — these are all things which are neglected due to a fear of Nothingness. " ~ Alan Watts Sound therapy - chakra crystal singing bowls with affirmations Sonic Youth : "The Empty Page" Alan Watts: " The State of Nothing " Nine Inch Nails : "Into The Void" Chromatics : "Into The Black" Alain Presencer : "The Singing Bowls of Tibet" Ghastly City Sleep : "Being; Or, What You Will" The Simple Carnival : "Nothing Will Ever Be As Good" Oblivian Substanshall : "A Little Of Nothing"...
May 04, 2012•1 hr 9 min
"All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume." ~ Noam Chomsky Edward Hunter on Brainwashing Pilachu : "MW Radio Tuning" Minlus : "Brainwash" Robert Anton Wilson on Operation Mindfuck Noam Chomsky on Propaganda and the Public Mind klmsound : "23brainwash" Jerry Coyle and the Nelsonics : "America...Land of Free Enterprise - The Fai...
Mar 28, 2012•57 min
Adam describes the Beat Generation to John What if Jack Kerouac walked into a modern underground Jazz scene? Youpidou : "Crisis generation game feat J. Kerouac" Hakim Bey: " Poetic Terrorism " Parrhesia Sound System : "Stealing Electricity (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)" Mega Toothpaste Mammals : "Kerouac" Hakim Bey: " The Power of Art " Parrhesia Sound System : "Sweets For Junky Seventeen (William S Burroughs)" Is a new Beat Generation possible? "All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties a...
Mar 01, 2012•1 hr 16 min
“Don't just survive while waiting for someone's revolution to clear your head.” ― Hakim Bey, TAZ: The Temporary Autonomous Zone A conversation with Ron & John about propaganda in society Blue Chandelier : "Join The Club" & "Off The Grid" Hakim Bey : "T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone " Si Matta: " Dreams Within Dreams " King Khan And The Shrines : "Bite My Tongue" “Those who understand history are condemned to watch other idiots repeat it.” ~ Peter Lamborn Wilson Subscribe to YouTube...
Feb 12, 2012•55 min
Is nostalgic sentimentality the condition of a self which in its distance has grown indifferent to things & is therefore only capable of the most superficial kind of emotion, only capable of being moved in the instant, only capable of cheap, theatrical sentimentality? ~ from Technology as symptom and dream by Robert Donald Romanyshyn New Year 2012, Nostalgic for Past Fantasies of the 19A0s Blouse : "Time Travel" & "Videotapes" Grimes : "Oblivion", "Vanessa", "Fragments of the Future" SLE...
Jan 06, 2012•1 hr 7 min
A Xmas Special Mashup Ecollage Special Ed : "The Story of the Naivete" People Like Us and Ergo Phizmiz Xmas Special Eddie Lawrence : The Merry Old Philosopher Jonathan Mitchell presents Kurt Andersen ’s Human Intelligence "The night of December 25, to which date the Nativity of Christ was ultimately assigned, was exactly that of the birth of the Persian savior Mithra, who, as an incarnation of eternal light, was born the night of the winter solstice (then dated December 25) at midnight, the inst...
Dec 25, 2011•1 hr 2 min
"If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you." Marcelo Ohara : "Travessia" David Lynch : "Pinky's Dream (ft. Karen O) Alfred Hitchcock Interview Shigeto : "Self-Compassion" Dr. Dog : "That Old Black Hole" Da Zool : "Letronew" An Evening with Quentin Crisp Of Montreal : "Wintered Debts" Abraham Hicks on Hilter Blind Physics : "Harp listenmix" & "practice+drumloop" Philip K...
Dec 15, 2011•1 hr 22 min
Remystifying McLuhan CBC's Demystifying McLuhan Mashup Contest McLuhan and Parker At The Vanishing Point Damien Jurado : "Nothing Is The News" DATAcloud : "The Future Leaks Out" Pictureplane : "Real Is A Feeling" micehal : "Marshall McRemix" Pictureplane : "Post-Physical" Jordan Mandel : "Buzz-Saw" Matt.ch4 : "Nude descending a staircase Op.2" [Video] McLuhan - commercial vs public media Subscribe to YouTube: transpondency Extra videos at transpondency.blip.tv Follow me on Twitter: @transpondenc...
Nov 22, 2011•55 min
“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” -- Edgar Allan Poe Nevermore Eleanor : "Invitation" Decomentarium : "Dementia" treeface0905 : "Caffeine" Boris Karloff : "Mirror of Death" Navid : "Physical Modelling" Sonic Youth : "Halloween" Mr Shadowchaser : "dunwich mash" Viraeson : "The Birds... Scream the... Birds Scream" The Fugs : "Exorcising The Evil Spirits From The Pentagon" The Secret Music of Ch...
Oct 31, 2011•54 min
The point is to make something new, something that doesn’t even remotely remind you of culture. Allan Kaprow : "How To Make A Happening" Zapnspark : "Quiet City" Maren Parusel: "Don't Take Your Eyes Away" Einzelganger : "West End Collected" Mattt : "Thunderstorm, Rain, Wind" Broken Poets: "Singularity" Mark Ty-Wharton : "Spoken Speakers Corner Hyde Park" iscape : "Wake Up!" Forget all the standard art forms—don’t paint pictures, don’t make poetry, don’t build architecture, don’t arrange dances, ...
Oct 23, 2011•58 min
“I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.” -- Alan Watts DanQ : "sur le toit de la cité industriel de la Jarry" & "à la Villette Sonique" St. LaRok : "Time/Leap" PHYZX : "Paradoxical Conspiracies" Bertrand Russell : "The Velocity of Light" [from ABC of Relativity: Understanding Einstein] Epstein Y El Conjunto (feat Matt Crum): "Timeless Form, Formless Time" Michael Kimaid : "Toward a Resistance of Co...
Sep 30, 2011•1 hr 8 min
R.E.M. call it quits Reflecting on my favourite band Awkward teenage moments Influencing & inspiring my creativity R.E.M.'s "It happened today" (Khmer Linga mix) revisioned by Ethnomite Pux R.E.M.'s "It Happened Today" (Lucid Dreamer Remix) by J.D. Casten Reading short story, "Chronic Town" written in high school A weird blend of poetry & prose, fragments of real life & song lyrics L'OraStrana : "Le città sottili" & "Via Pisana Minidub" You Say Party! We Say Die! covering R.E.M.'...
Sep 24, 2011•59 min
