The Modern Imagination with Slapstick Machete
by Raptor Smoke Records
Each week Slapstick Machete goes off the record, on the record. The Modern Imagination is a psychedelic self-help podcast which will encourage you to free yourself from the rigid patterns of modern society and freely explore the beautiful chaotic world inside your own mind. Slapstick believes in leading by example, every Wednesday dive headfirst into his therapeutic cassette soundscapes and and monologues, recorded live from the 11th floor ward. Combining experimental music from the future with poetry, comedy, fantasy, philosophy, true life stories, free association, meditative ideas, and borderline complete nonsense – the material presented here is meant to shake loose the shackles of routine and introduce fresh stimuli to your imagination.Raised from brith to be an evangelic pastor, married and divorced before 30, car salesman of 5 years - and now a completely unhinged artist and self-made philosopher; Slapstick's unique life has made for a unique mind, unafraid to go where most wou
Episodes
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E10 - Super Twist Ending
It’s hard to make 10 episodes without turning it into work. It’s hard to be honest, especially by yourself. It’s hard to stay full when everything, every second wants a piece. It’s hard to be creative and organized. It’s hard to be creative, period. It’s hard to be organized, period. It’s hard to...
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E09 - The Maiden Voyage
“Sustainability” isn’t quite the buzzword it was last year, survival is more relevant. In this episode a quarantined Slapstick Machete acknowledges the pain of this cosmic moment. He has always theorized about the end times, but it’s still scary to live through the apocalypse. Momentary relief is...
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E08 - Shadows on The Wall
Slapstick takes a deep dive into philosophy this week. Put your thinking shoes on, we’re taking a trip out of the cave. Spontaneous Combustion. Organic Material Destroyed. Shredded horror. Crystalized stale sorrow. Clear a path. Open a portal. Fix your hair for the apocalypse. Still a better love...
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E07 - My Fictional Universe - Side B
Side B - A long loved tradition of analog formats, generally reserved for the deep cuts. B sides typically begin with, “us” the listener already immersed in the story and mood of the piece. Slapstick while usually one to break with tradition, does not here. I hope you’re taking notes because this...
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E06 - My Fictional Universe - Side A
In this monolithic episode Slapstick brings us deep into his world, the world inside his head, the world he discovered with his time machine. His sci-fi trilogy, "Dust in The Abyss" begins to be uncovered. Bystander explains the 11th Floor Ward and Jesiah explains Bystander, the thin line between...
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E05 - The End Is Nigh
In this episode Slapstick explores our relationship with artifacts, the contagious nature of fearless self-expression, and creation without hesitation or, “the impulse of the imagination.” You will also hear a translation of the single preserved copy of, “The Complaints of Khakheperre-Sonb” an...
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E04 - Follow Me! (or "Modern Cannibals of the 24th")
Originally titled, “Variations no. 1” this ambient tape is designed as a meditation on the creative process. This episode is best experienced with a pen and paper (or your favored weapon of invention) in your hands as it is meant to loosen up and energize the artistic areas of your brain.…
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E03 - The Sacred Text
Many episodes of The Modern Imagination were never intended to be a podcast or even intended to ever be heard by other people. Slapstick has been making tapes by himself, for himself for a long time as his own personal form of meditation, reflection, and therapy. This episode was recorded in...
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E02 - The Last Radio Station
Among Weeping Willows and 200 year-old tombstones, in his favorite cemetery Slapstick ruminates on the passing of time and soaks in its incomprehensible movement. Here we find him slowly melting into the abyss and earnestly searching for any wisdom to be pieced together from the tragic motifs of...
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E01 - Nothing Left to Lose
In a casual and relaxed setting Slapstick Machete rings in the new year and the roaring 2020s. Along the way he brings light to some of his darkest demons, brightest ideas, and the universe which cradles them all. Highlights include a cover of I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables, tears in...
About this show
Each week Slapstick Machete goes off the record, on the record. The Modern Imagination is a psychedelic self-help podcast which will encourage you to free yourself from the rigid patterns of modern society and freely explore the beautiful chaotic world inside your own mind. Slapstick believes in leading by example, every Wednesday dive headfirst into his therapeutic cassette soundscapes and and monologues, recorded live from the 11th floor ward. Combining experimental music from the future with poetry, comedy, fantasy, philosophy, true life stories, free association, meditative ideas, and borderline complete nonsense – the material presented here is meant to shake loose the shackles of routine and introduce fresh stimuli to your imagination.Raised from brith to be an evangelic pastor, married and divorced before 30, car salesman of 5 years - and now a completely unhinged artist and self-made philosopher; Slapstick's unique life has made for a unique mind, unafraid to go where most wou
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