Dystopia Can Be A Little Depressing

On today’s show we chat with Lisa Ronson about her new album, Emperors of Medieval Japan. Brent talks about his affection for the 90s revival sound and Vaporwave. TLR talks about creating a Choose Your Own Adventure audio drama.

Lisa Ronson‘s Emperors of Medieval Japan

The Secret History, New York-based indie pop/art rock group

Holy Holy, a supergroup which exists to perform the musical works of David Bowie

Lisa Ronson “Je Déteste“

Lisa Ronson’s label, Maniac Squat

My Favorite, indie pop band formed in Long Island, New York in the early 1990s, later of Brooklyn and Queens

Geek culture

DJ Fresh‘s album, How Love Begins

Vaporwave, a musical micro-genre characterized by a nostalgic fascination with retro (typically that of the 1980s, 1990s, and early-mid 2000s) cultural aesthetic, video games, technology and advertising, and often involves the fusion of modern popular music with lounge, smooth jazz and elevator music

Vaporwave on Reddit

Vaporwave on YouTube

Vaporwave artists, Vektroid

Nu metal

Human Traffic, nu metal inspired band

GRYPT‘s Tales from a Glass Crypt Vol. 2: The Blob Stares Back

Choose Your Own Adventure

Indie games

Twine, a tool created by Chris Klimas for making interactive fiction in the form of web pages.

Big Black‘s “The Model”

Joseph Aleo
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Steven Howard
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Brent Morris
Website: http://closetgeekshow.ca
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TLR
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