Dystopias and Utopias (with Steve Hyde)

Happy birthday Kim; robots; humans are inefficient batteries; squeaky burgers; the end of the world in the late 90s; Demolition Man, Escape From New York; knitting; Equilibrium; hug speakeasies. Being engaged to Zooey Deschanel; The Matrix; The Truman Show; surveillance vs. voyeurism; “other markers are available”; Neuromancer; Ghost in the Shell; cyborg rats. Theremins; 1984 vs. We (and Brave New World); book roulette; reading poets; James Randi; Escape From New York’s special effects; glow-in-the-dark cats; circumcision. Superhero vigilantes with pepper spray; trick or treat; silent movies; Wall-E; Beneath A Steel Sky; GATTACA’s temporal ambiguity; The Forever War; Czech dog poo vigilante; The Culture; elitism. Tracklist Fol Chen – In Ruins The Postal Service – This Place Is A Prison The Octopus Project – Music Is Happiness Faded Paper Figures – Metropolis Laser 3.14 - your utopia my dystopia: London graffiti by mermaid Decay by Nathan Wood Send feedback and comments to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected].