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Jan 24, 2026 28 min

THE GUY IN THE SPOT

from HERE COMES THE BACKKLASH Hosted by POOLHOUSE

THE GUY IN THE SPOT (OR, THE SECOND ICESTAFARIAN THEOPHANY OF PAUL J. HALCYON) Poolhouse walks into the freezing night to confront the Watcher in the Woods once more. The Watcher is a silent, unjudging presence with red eyes and a long memory, from whom Poolhouse receives a cryptic transmission: Don’t forget. What unfolds is a chilly meditation on Edenic loss, octolectical bondage, amnesia after the Fall, and the collective human experience of time as a looping ritual of transfiguration—a ceremonial process the latest Here Comes the Backlash era represents. Within this radiotronic process, revelation precedes beginning, and the Kingdom is realized as neither ahead nor behind, but watching silently from beyond the twilight grove. SUBSTACK.COM/@POOLHOUSE INSTAGRAM.COM/DJPOOLHOUSE LINKTR.EE/DJPOOLHOUSE This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit backklash.substack.com

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