In late 2016, American diplomats in Havana, Cuba started hearing a mysterious buzzing sound, followed by debilitating symptoms. On this week’s On the Media, why the government now disputes theories that it was a secret Russian weapon.
Plus, what the electric hum of your refrigerator and the uncanny hearing ability of pigeons reveal about the world we live in.
Film maker and storyteller #MatthewCooke has two excellent episodes in his #podcast series on the impact of #SocialMedia on society.
This is no easy listening, but chilling and enlightening.
S1E4 talks exactly about this issue: Should Society Own its Social Media
Track List
Black Sky Giant - Planet Terror
Black Sabbath - Electric Funeral
Kyuss - Demon Cleaner
Elephant Tree - Wither
Earth - Old Black
Weedpecker - Reality Fades
Spaceslug - SpaceRunner
Lowrider - Pipe Rider
It goes by many names: Doom Metal, Stoner Rock, Desert Rock, Heavy Psych, Sludge Metal… they’re all mostly describing the same thing. Low tuned, fuzzed-out guitars, and slow tempos. Black Sabbath pretty much prototyped the genre, which is why I included them here.
If there are any vocals at all, the lyrics tend to involve drugs, space, paganism, or general feelings of doom (go figure). Not that it matters, they’re almost always unintelligible. 😏
In the 90s there was a big stoner rock scene in the Palm Desert, #California area, which is why it’s sometimes referred to as Desert Rock. Kyuss was probably the biggest band to come out of that era.
More recently there’s been a flourishing of doom metal bands in #Poland. The last 3 bands in this mix are all from Poland.
Black Sabbath pretty much invented doom metal in 1970. Good job guys. For you younger types, that's Ozzy Osbourne's original band. 😉
Members of Kyuss have gone on to form or play in Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, and Them Crooked Vultures among other bands.
Elephant Tree is from London.
Earth is one of the pioneers of Drone Metal. (Yet another sub-genre!)
Weedpecker, Spaceslug and Lowrider are all from Poland. 🇵🇱
For other Polish bands, check out Dopelord, MuN, Bantha Rider, Major Kong, Fifty Foot Woman, Kapitan Bongo, Seedium, WEIRD TALES, Shine, Belzebong and Sunnata.
We are talking #LaLlorona next week on the #podcast and would love to hear about any specific variations on the legend you may have heard in your community. If you'd care to share with us for the show, please let us know so we can arrange something.
We are recording a Week In Weird episode this tonight and we love to take questions. Hit us up if you want a question about the #weird, #supernatural, and #occult answered on this week's episode.
New reality-jumping recruits Meaney and Llewellyn get their first taste of a parallel universe in the series premiere of JUMP LEADS! Search your podcasting app, or click the link in bio.
. #sciencefiction#scifi#scificomedy#audiodrama#audioplay#podcast
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Das schöne ist ja die #FediVerse Integration. Aber Irgendwie scheint das mit dem #Folgen noch nicht so recht zu funktionieren.
Dieser #Podcast würde sich z.B. über Follower freuen: @digitaleTeilhabe
Zunächst wird mir rückgemeldet, dass ich folge. Später wird jedoch angezeigt, dass nicht bestätigt wurde. Im Castopod selber finde ich jedoch keine Möglichkeit zur Follow-Bestätigung. Maybe I could be wrong...