From the Machine

Skill appeal in popular metal † timbre & attack † humanity & blood

Words by Michael Hopkins, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Theorizing pop & rock † descriptive rules † language shapes perception

Words by Michael Hopkins, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Part 3/3 of our conversation about artistic creation and altered consciousness

Experiences in the pain cave † quitting † osu & limit experience † panic † mind/body dissolution

Words by Michael Hopkins, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Part 2/3 of our conversation about artistic creation and altered consciousness

Mindset toward content/expression † Neurochemical minmaxing

Words by Michael Hopkins, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Part 1/3 of our conversation about artistic creation and altered consciousness

Developing ideas † dark places † contrast † cliche

Words by Michael Hopkins, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Novelty & recognition † the concept of authorship † suggestions † kairotic moments

Words by Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Care † ethos † quality vs quantity time † obsession

Words by Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

(un)Cancelability † seriousness † response † justification

Words by Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Outtake from our conversation about music taste

Sonic metaphors for flavor † embodied cognition † the world of sound

Words by Ethan Bowen, Douglas Stephens, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Part 3/3 of our conversation about dream mechanism & analysis

Dream work † self-interpretation † elaboration & memory † the ego(s)

Words by Conner Tomlinson, Alli Winters, & Joshua Zamarron Music by Pithy Docco

Part 2/3 of our conversation about dream mechanism & analysis

Weighting & continuity † AI & dream logic † dreams, science, & occultism

Words by Conner Tomlinson, Alli Winters, & Joshua Zamarron Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Part 1/3 of our conversation about dream mechanism & analysis

Meaning † lucid dreaming † abstraction † solipsism † unconscious agency † theories on dreaming

Words by Conner Tomlinson, Alli Winters, & Joshua Zamarron Music by Pithy Docco

Spoiler warning. 

The Boys † Invincible † Spectacular violence † 4 body genres † infrastructure † formula † Super † paratext † The Suicide Squad

Words by Zac Strum & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Unpublished review of Zeal & Ardor's 2022 self-titled album

Metal and evil † revisionist history † alternative present † speculative future

Words by Conner Tomlinson Music by Impulse Machine

Part 4/4 of our conversation about sci-fi & fantasy

Fantasy music? † spec-fic semiotics † look at this new graph

Words by Ethan Bowen, Conner Tomlinson, & Ethan Whitman Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Part 3/4 of our conversation about sci-fi & fantasy

Fantasy music † industrial as sci-fi † alternative history † sound weapons † more examples

Words by Ethan Bowen, Zac Strum, Conner Tomlinson, Ethan Whitman Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris & Pithy Docco

Part 2/3 of our conversation about sci-fi & fantasy

Why draw distinctions? † edge cases † look at this graph † sci-fi horror

Words by Ethan Bowen, Zac Strum, Conner Tomlinson, Ethan Whitman Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Part 1/3 of our conversation about sci-fi & fantasy

What if…? † speculative evolution † escapism vs analogy † human nature † capitalist realism in science & fiction † termination

Words by Ethan Bowen, Zac Strum, Conner Tomlinson, Ethan Whitman Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Part 2/2 of our conversation about disturbing music, followup to our ongoing conversation about horror. Trigger & spoiler warning.

Musical horror † semiology † natural vs manmade sound † metal & trauma † industrial noise

Words by Mikhael-Angelo Gore, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris