About this episode
In this episode, hosts Jay and Deon explore the theme of the letter M while discussing various musical contributors and the concept of creativity through Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies.
In the early 1970s, legendary collaborator and self-proclaimed non-musician Brian Eno famously designed a deck of 115 cards containing elliptical imperatives to spark in the user creative connections unobtainable through regular modes of work. He called his creation "Oblique Strategies." For the past six decades, artists the world over in every artistic medium have used Eno's strategy while attempting to overcome a lull in creative output. In 2025, moody-melodramatic-mediocre yet somehow still award-winning* hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential theme of their upcoming forty-fifth episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they have a reasonably solid grasp of the alphabet and how it works. They had previously utilized the letters A thru L, so naturally, they went with M. Sonic contributors to the forty-fifth episode of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast include: Brothers Johnson, M. M. Knapps, James Todd Smith, Tone Loc. Prince Paul, Camp Lo, Dynasty, Mary Jane Girls. Dire Straits, Uncle Tupelo, various Sesame Street characters, Crash Test Dummies…
People in this episode
Hosts: Jay, Deon
Topics covered
- creativity
- music
- alphabet
- podcasting
- inspiration
- artistic collaboration
Keywords
- Brian Eno
- Oblique Strategies
- creativity
- music
- podcast
- letter M
- inspiration
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