Five-time guest Sam Jones returns to the show to talk about infamous j-horror nightmare, Takashi Miike’s Audition.

Audio notes: Dave was sick, Sam’s cleaner was present, and Wyatt’s heater was (still is) broken, so he was huddled in a closet for the duration. Apologies for any auditory oddness.

Notes:

Audition by Takashi Miike

Arrested Development “and that’s why you always leave a note” bit

The Care and Keeping of the Male Slave (Kids in the Hall sketch)

Agitator: The Cinema of Takashi Miike by Tom Mes

Modern Rubbish Episode Five: Gozu

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans by Werner Herzog

Conny Plank

Steve Albini

Modern Rubbish on Discord!

Music by David Paha

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All October, we released extra episodes wherein we narrated some of our favourite Weird stories, and now that it’s November, we thought we’d set aside some time to discuss those stories in greater detail.

Notes:

The Weird, edited by Jeff & Ann van der Meer

Modern Rubbish on Discord!

Music by David Paha

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Join us for a somewhat disorienting and delirious chat about a disorienting and delirious movie, 1986’s thriller/killer/road movie, The Hitcher.

Notes:

The Hitcher by Robert Harmon

Wolf Creek by Greg McLean

Roadgames by Richard Franklin

Joy Ride by John Dahl

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

C. Thomas Howell as the ‘Soul Man’ by Botch

Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore / Brian Bolland

Mark Isham

Windham Hill (record label)

Desert Solitaire by Steve Roach / Kevin Braheny / Michael Stearns

Near Dark by Kathryn Bigelow

Modern Rubbish on Discord!

Intro & outro by Annelise Baer

Music by David Paha

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All October long, we've been narrating some of our favourite Weird stories, and sharing them with you each Tuesday! For our final entry in this series, Wyatt reads Harlan Ellison's The Function of Dream Sleep. If, as we've said in an earlier episode, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Pulse is a perfect depiction of depression, then this story is a similarly perfect depiction of grief. Enjoy!

Narrated by Wyatt Keusch, with music by David Paha.

This week we discuss Ben Wheatley’s 2013 period psychedelic trip, A Field In England.

Notes:

A Field In England by Ben Wheatley

Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace

The Mighty Boosh

The League of Gentlemen

Valhalla Rising by Nicolas Winding Refn

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Intro & outro by Annelise Baer

Music by David Paha

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All October long, we're narrating some of our favourite Weird stories, and sharing them with you each Tuesday! This week's story is the brilliantly terrifying The Séance by Lynda E. Rucker.

Narrated by Wyatt Keusch, with music by David Paha.

In this “mini” episode, we take a stroll through the legality of sampling, the inevitability of madness in the pursuit of fame, and end up at the darkness that dwells in all mankind. So, overall, a fun little chat.

Notes:

John Oswald

The Hub

Negativland - U2

Burroughs Nike ad

Britney Spears South Park episode

Earwig by Brian Catling

Jon Ronson

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Music by David Paha

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All October long, we're narrating some of our favourite Weird stories, and sharing them with you each Tuesday! This week's story is a classic of the uncanny, The Belonging Kind, by William Gibson & John Shirley.

Narration and music by David Paha.