Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to UMMON by SLIFT and Fumika Fades by bvdub.🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
I cracked the code on how to weave the themes of the cloud of unknowing and cosmic horror into the storyline of our Mothership game. After patting myself on the back, I realized I had come full circle because these are some of the themes we agreed we wanted to explore during our session zero.
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to the Inside by Free love and Like Floating Leaves by Wil Bolton.🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
Finished reading: The Secret of Ventriloquism by Jon Padgett 📚 Learn the dead secrets at your peril.
I have a few days left to develop a synthesis of the cloud of forgetting with cosmic horror for Sunday’s Mothership game. I need Eugene Thacker on speed dial.
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Bird Lives by John Beasley and pity / piety by jesu.🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
Finished reading: Black Fez Manifesto by Hakim Bey 📚 I could do with more Cro-Magnon Communiques.
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to the Live by Chris Williams Quintet and Pink Moon by Nick Drake.🎵
https://theofficialcowmusic.bandcamp.com/album/live
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to the NEU! Tribute Album and A Quite Place by Philippe Neau.🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
https://mahorka.bandcamp.com/album/a-quiet-place
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Habibi Funk 020: Orkos by Maha and Love Kamikaze by Serge Geyzel.🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
Mothership: Episode 8
Our Mothership game are weekly 90 minute sessions. We’re nine episodes into our adventure. We run a tight game and a lot happens. Nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted.
This week, Arcturus the android infected Catalina, the ship’s AI, with a Trojan virus. Now, like Arcturus, Catalina is free from the parasitic commands of humanity.
In the cargo bay, Dr. Dudley zips up Pvt. Howard’s body bag. But Abdullah, the android who was shot dead in last week’s episode, blinks back to life for a brief moment. It implores Dr. Dudley to deliver the alien archive to his benefactor, but warns Dudley that doing so would mean the end of humanity, and Dudley’s family. With its last words, Abdullah begs Dudley to do the right thing.
Captain Foster debriefs his Marines after their drug-induced killing spree, which left both Pvt. Howard and Abdullah dead. Foster orders two of his Marines to retrieve Howard’s body and summon Dudley. But when Dudley arrives, Foster accuses him of being corrupted by Catalina. He orders Dudley to develop a treatment for the spores infecting the ship and then dismisses him to his quarters. Foster then commands Arcturus to cut off all of Dudley’s communications with Catalina.
Dr. Bey pilots the lander into the cargo bay of the Nellie. Dr. Sethu is in a catatonic state and Dr. Zarkov is hallucinating wildly. Bey requests Dudley to tend to Sethu while Bey escorts him to the CIC at Foster’s request. During the debriefing, Bey describes the crone from Yatima, and Foster’s gut roils as he realizes she’s the same woman from his nightmare seven years ago. Meanwhile, Bey receives an audio file from an unknown sender that reveals Dudley’s involvement in dosing the Marines and Zarkov’s team with a weaponized psychoactive substance.
Foster orders Cpl. Samuel Horowitz to retrieve Abdullah’s head, and Horowitz complains of stomach issues.
Dudley returns to the cargo bay to examine Dr. Sethu, his joints aching with each step.
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Sea Change by Beck and Walking in the Dark by Julia Bullock.🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Briars On A Dewdrop by Turner Williams Jr. and Sus Dog by Clark.🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
https://clark.bandcamp.com/album/sus-dog-2
I had forgotten how warm Star Trek: The Motion Picture is. Earthtones, lambert amber lighting, lustrous golds. Paramount should do a series of Captain Decker’s adventures just so we can inhabit the color palette of this era of Trek.
In Star Trek: The Motion Picture Spock is about to achieve Kolinahr, but Spock is not ready to give up his “animal passions.” First, I adore how the Vulcan priestess pronounces Spock: “Spauchhh.” Secondly, I love that I misspelled “Kolinahr” while Googling it, but Google knew what I meant.
Klingon’s New Look
Watching Star Trek: The Motion Picture for the first time in I didn’t know how many years. Surprisingly, I think I’ve only seen it twice. Maybe unsurprisingly, given the pacing and effects. But I’m fond of the movie. My dad took me to see it when it was released, which was fun. And the reveal of the Klingon’s new appearance was exciting.
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Enys Men (Original Score) by Mark Jenkin and Koala and Painless by Nilüfer Yanya.🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
Started the Soundwave podcast as a sonic balm during the pandemic - a blend of ambient, classical, experimental, and instrumental sounds. Now it’s grown into a veritable sonic ecosystem. Seeking guest deejays who share our passion for sonic exploration.