The RU Sirius Show

Show #43: Generation Hex

Administrator — Wed, 03 May 2006 18:20:07 +0000

After magick and discordianism and neopaganism and chaos magic, what’s up with “Generation Hex?”

“Generation Hex” is a cool new Disinformation book by Jason Louv. He joined us on the phone from NYC. Contributor Chris Arkenberg joined us in the studio where he raised our spirits, if not raising spirits themselves.

Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Gang of Six Chatterers: RU Sirius, Diana Brown, Steve Robles, Jeff Diehl, Sherry Miller, Chris Arkenberg | Featured Song: “Mr. Crowley” by Cradle of Filth | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp and Mondo Vanilli (and others)

Generation Hex | lvx.23

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Show #42: L.A Woman Sunday Afternoon

Administrator — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:58:31 +0000

Kate Braverman, the author of Frantic Transmissions to and from Los Angeles, joined us in the studio.

Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Gang of Four Chatterers: RU Sirius, Diana Brown, Steve Robles, Jeff Diehl | Featured Song/Reading by Kate Braverman | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp and Mondo Vanilli (and others)

Kate Braverman

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Show #41: Chewing Deranged Bubblegum with Blag Dhalia

Administrator — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:06:56 +0000

Blag Dhalia of the Dwarves joined us in the studio for some hilarity and some music.

Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Gang of Four Chatterers: RU Sirius, Diana Brown, Steve Robles, Jeff Diehl | Featured Songs: “Are You Ready For It” by The Holograms, “Demented” by The Dwarves, “Bitch I Love You” by The Dwarves | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp and Mondo Vanilli (and others)

The Dwarves

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Show #40: RU There, God?

Administrator — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:08:28 +0000

Our guest, Brian Flemming, announces his WAR AGAINST EASTER!!! Flemming is the director of the breakout hit documentary film, The God Who Wasn’t There, which makes the case that Jesus never lived. So RISE UP, RU Sirius Show listeners… but not from the grave.

btw, Blag Dhalia of the Dwarves helped us to conduct the interview. He’ll be our guest next week…

Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Gang of Five Chatterers: RU Sirius, Diana Brown, Steve Robles, Jeff Diehl, Blag Dhalia | Song: Public Image Limited v. Marilyn Manson | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp and Mondo Vanilli (and others)

Brian Flemming’s Weblog | The God Who Wasn’t There

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Show #39: The Commies Are Coming!

Administrator — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 04:00:31 +0000

Hey you decadent bourgeois numbskulls… meet our Maoist friend, d’Andre Teeter! He’s here to talk about the Revolutionary Communist Party and the biography of their maximum leader, Bob Avakian.

Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Gang of Six Chatterers: RU Sirius, Diana Brown, Steve Robles, Jeff Diehl, Sherry Miller, d’Andre Teeter | Featured Song: “SLH” MIA vs. The Ramones | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp and Mondo Vanilli (and others)

Revolutionary Communist Party | From Ike to Mao and Beyond

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Show #38: Open Source Sex with Violet Blue

Administrator — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:05:44 +0000

Violet Blue, writer and famed podcast host of “Open Source Sex”, joined us in the studio today for a good time.

Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Gang of Four Chatterers: RU Sirius, Diana Brown, Steve Robles, Jeff Diehl | Featured Song: “Stairway to Bootleg Heaven” by DJ Earworm | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp and Mondo Vanilli (and others)

Violet Blue

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Show #37: LSD, Dr. Hofmann, & You

Administrator — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 05:35:08 +0000

Author and psychedelic drug historian Michael Horowitz, and Robert Forte, editor of several books about “entheogens” join us to talk about Albert Hofmann’s 100th birthday bash and the current state of psychedelia.

Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Gang of Three Chatterers: RU Sirius, Adam Weiss, Jeff Diehl | Featured Song: “Fences” by Sync_Synthetic | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp and Mondo Vanilli (and others)

Michael Horowitz’ Flashback Books | Robert Forte

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Show #36: PARTY!!! with Party Ben

Administrator — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 04:21:51 +0000

Awesome mashup artist Party Ben joins us in the studio today. We also talk to Reverend Ivan Stang of the Church of the SubGenius about Rachel Bevilacqua, who allegedly lost child custody for participating in a SubGenius “X-Day” Event

Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Gang of Five Chatterers: RU Sirius, Diana Brown, Jeff Diehl, Party Ben, Sherry Miller | Featured Songs: “Novocain Rhapsody” and “Hung Up On Soul” by Party Ben | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp and Mondo Vanilli (and others)

Party Ben | Church of the SubGenius | REV. MAGDALEN NEED$ HELP

Show #35: Machine Sex! Sex Machines!

Administrator — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 04:50:58 +0000

Photographer Timothy Archibald joins us and we talk about his wonderful book of photogaphs and interviews, Sex Machines. And we talk to Adam Parfrey about Extreme Islam.

Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Gang of Three Chatterers: RU Sirius, Diana Brown, Jeff Diehl | Featured Song: “Mash It Funky by James Brown” by DJ BC | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp and Mondo Vanilli (and others)

Sex Machines | Adam Parfrey’s Feral House

Show # 34: It’s Time For Your Hipsterectomy

Administrator — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:20:50 +0000

SF Chronicle writer and long-time hipster Neva Chonin joins us to discuss the difficulties of aging hip and Jack Boulware tells a tall tale about a hipster who collects weird stuff.

Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Gang of Three Chatterers: RU Sirius, Diana Brown, Jeff Diehl | Featured Song: “Trash” by New York Dolls | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp and Mondo Vanilli (and others)

Neva Chonin column | Jack Boulware

EXTRA: RU Sirius vs. Larry Harvey Stammer Off Mashup

Administrator — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 04:17:18 +0000

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Show #33: Get An Interior Life!

Administrator — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 04:36:08 +0000

V. Vale, from ReSearch Publications, talks to us about getting an interior life.

Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Gang of Three Chatterers: RU Sirius, Diana Brown, Jeff Diehl | Featured Song: “The Panasonic Incident” by DJ Pantshead | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp and Mondo Vanilli (and others)

ReSearch Publications

Show #32: Beware of Others!

Administrator — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:10:45 +0000

We’re joined by Charlie Anders and Annalee Newitz from Other Magazine — subtitled Pop Culture and Politics for New Outcasts. We talk about the freakiness of everybody, Rae Dawn Chong, and how gender confusion inevitably resolves into chase scenes and parades.

Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Gang of Five Chatterers: RU Sirius, Jeff Diehl, Charlie Anders, Annalee Newitz, Sherry Miller | Featured Song: “Rae Dawn Chong” by Stephen Lynch | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp and Mondo Vanilli (and others)

Other Magazine

Show #31: Still Burning with Larry Harvey

Administrator — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:51:34 +0000

Larry Harvey returns and we talk about the need for the sacred, counterculture, how rich people are OK, and his personal life.

Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Gang of Three Chatterers: RU Sirius, Diana Brown, Jeff Diehl | Featured Song: “Sakura Michi” by Junko Yanagida | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp and Mondo Vanilli (and others)

Burning Man

Show #30: Appropriation Saves Time: More Fun with Evolution Control Committee

Administrator — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:14:32 +0000

Trademark G. from the Evolution Control Committee is back and we learn about his pants and the terrible saga of the Napster bombs.

Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Gang of Four Chatterers: RU Sirius, Diana Brown, Jeff Diehl, Sherry Miller | Featured Song: “Grand Theft Audio” by DJ Pantshead | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp and Mondo Vanilli (and others)

Evolution Control Committee

Show #29: Not Guilty! with Dave Eggers and Bucky Sinister

Administrator — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:52:55 +0000

Literary hotshot and all-around good guy Dave Eggers joins us. J.T. Leroy is mentioned, but mostly we talk about “Surviving Justice: America’s Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated,” which Eggers co-edited. And Bucky Sinister tells us how Bruce Wayne is doing in the universe next door.

Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Gang of Three Chatterers: RU Sirius, Diana Brown, Jeff Diehl | Featured Song: “Burn Your Radio” by Instamatic | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp and Mondo Vanilli (and others)

Dave Eggers’ McSweeneys Internet Tendencies | Surviving Justice | Bucky Sinister

Show #28: The RU Sirius Show Year in Review

Administrator — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:55:43 +0000

Remember the time we got a frog and put it down Mrs. Beasley’s dress?

Show #27: Bad Connection with Richard Hell

Administrator — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 20:35:10 +0000

Join us as we give a rave review to the recent video by members of the SF Police Department and as we try to talk to author/punk legend Richard Hell over a faulty phone connection. Ain’t that nothin’?

Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Two Chatterers: RU Sirius & Jeff Diehl | Featured Song: “The Plan” by Richard Hell and the Voidoids | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp and Mondo Vanilli (and others)

Richard Hell

Show #26: Arthur! Arthur!

RU Sirius — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 20:24:17 +0000

We interview Arthur editor, Jay Babcock. Arthur, if you don’t know, is the coolest, smartest underground newsprint rag on earth.

Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Gang of Three Chatterers: RU Sirius, Jeff Diehl & Sherry Miller | Featured Song: “Rise in the Springtime” by Lavender Diamond | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp and Mondo Vanilli (and others)

Arthur

Show #25: Will Franken Cuts Up

Administrator — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 06:17:48 +0000

Comedian Will Franken returns and slices up poetry slams, burners, feminist burlesque performance art and whatever else you’ve got.

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Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Gang of Three Chatterers: RU Sirius, Diana Brown, & Jeff Diehl | Featured song: “Do You Wanna Cuz It’s Tricky My Sharona” from Thriftshopxl.net | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp and Mondo Vanilli (and others)

Will Franken