DB10 - Unhinged, obscene, and disruptive -

This week Tim has an identity crisis over a bottle of Aldi wine. Melletios tries to be serious because he doesn’t know who Sabrina Carpenter is. *ha. In this episode, we define the generic as a product of industrial capitalism that evacuates desire through the normative. We discuss (Big Daddy) Freud’s palliative measures as a generic coping mechanism. In Part 1 we talk about Goodluck Babe and Chappell Roan as an example of the queer generic that plays on nostalgia to reveal the emptiness of straight desire. You can try to stop the world, but when you fail, we are here to say I told you so. Until Part 2 (when we talk about Sabrina) have another shot and try to stop the feeling. If you wake up in the middle of the night, put us on, and use us as your palliative, parasocial measure. ⁠Instagram ⁠

Terrible Lizards, The Chapwoman Sisters ~ a Dino and a Jake: Dinosaurs and museums became cultural capital, their bones rearranged into narratives of power, spectacle, and control. Our fascination with terrible lizards reveals more than just prehistoric awe, it exposes the intersections of art, politics, and myth-making in society. From fossilized monsters to postmodern critique, this episode unearths the ways in which history is constructed, commodified, and weaponized. Part 1.⁠Instagram ⁠

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/MDzofQhiZUE?si=0I0KCJSpfbu7xkEoA wild seal, an aquarium visit, and a postmodern critique of Hamilton—this episode plunges into the absurd, the obscene, and the unhinged. From aggressive counter-readings of musicals to the uncanny parallels between porn and theatre, Melletios and Tim unravel the tangled web of leisure, labour, and the spectacle of postmodern desire. With anarchists on holiday, obscene morsels, and accidental encounters shaping the discourse, expect a sprawling, irreverent exploration of contemporary art, politics, and the capitalist dilemma of culture.⁠Instagram ⁠This is a long episode, so below is a chapter list with timestamps—so you can easily return to where you left off.Chapters:Chapter 1: Melletios goes to an aquarium 0:00-8:12Chapter 2: Manly, Manly Racism 8:12-9:50Chapter 3: The Real Seal? 9:50-16:40Chapter 4: Let’s start (Melletios gets spiritual) 16:40-18:36Chapter 5: What does an Italian Anarchist do on holiday? 18:36-27:10Chapter 6: Melletios predicts the future 27:10-30:26Chapter 7: Tim goes to a musical 30:26-36:34Chapter 8: “I’m not interested in the plot”…proceeds to talk about plot 36:34-49:55Chapter 9: Aggressive counter reading of Hamilton 49:55-1:02:26Chapter 10: Melletios doesn’t analyse Shek and the Napolitana Wars (yum) 1:02:26-1:08:50Chapter 11: Two men discuss what 19th-century French women want 1:08:50-1:14:48Chapter 12: Silent pornos… awkward 1:14:48-1:19:01Chapter 13: Why musicals and pornos are the same 1:19:01-1:27:11Chapter 14: The curse of the supporting cast 1:27:11-1:38:34Chapter 15: The song and dance of precariat labour 1:38:34-1:44:56Chapter 16: Bonanno, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no 1:44:56-1:50:50Chapter 17: Tim tries to invert Bonanno… onnanoB? 1:50:50-1:54:30Chapter 18: The problem of leisure 1:54:30-2:03:04Chapter 19: You have to kill the kid. Obscene/Off-scene 2:03:04-2:07:45Chapter 20: Melletios feeds Tim a morsel. Obsessing about the obscene 2:07:45-2:08:53Chapter 21: Making leisure time opaque even to ourselves 2:08:53-2:14:47Chapter 22: Melletios is a DB clown 2:14:47-2:17:44

Tim Gregory formally known as The Doctor Tim Ge and Melletios Kyriakidis explore the nuanced connections between personal experiences, art, and memory. They examine how moments of crisis—whether it be confrontations with authority, or experiencing the fall into language (a Lacan quote )—shape artistic expression and our understanding of identity. The episode delves into the complex ways artists document and transform personal trauma, challenging traditional boundaries between storytelling, psychological experience, and creative output.Anarchist

In this unconventional discourse podcast series, artists and academics Tim Gregory and Melletios Kyriakidis explore the intersection of art and the fantastical. "The Didactic Menu: A Zombie Guide to Cannibalism" merges critical theory with speculative inquiry, examining the challenge of teaching the undead through the lens of nutrition. Drawing inspiration from the film 'The Menu' 2022, this episode pushes the boundaries of both academic thought and creative expression, offering a unique take on the macabre and the didactic.⁠Instagram ⁠