I find it amusing that in the age of the podcast there are a lot of people who become minor celebrities on the net because of the people they have interviewed in the past on their own podcast show, rather than becoming famous on their own terms and not just because of the people they have interviewed.
Gordon White of theRune Soup blog andpodcast and Mike Clelland of the 'Hidden Experience' blog and podcastscome to mind of examples of podcasters who have risen to minor fame because of the guests they have interviewed on their own shows and have in turn been chased by podcasters who probably want to do the same thing through who they interview on their own podcast show.
I had just written a post aboutP.K. Dickfeaturing an old'Aeon Byte Radio' interview with Erik Davis and as I'm wondering what Erik has been up to recently the latest'Weird Studies' podcasthits my Apple Podcast playlist featuring an interview with Erik Davis ... and I had just had 3 fillings done at the dentist onSeptember 26th, 2023, to put a P.K. Dick'VALIS' spin on my life:-)
Humm ... the "Owl Guy"puts a post up on the 26th of September and an "Owl Guy"passes away on the 28th of September?
I'll bet Joanne Rowling could tell Mike a thing or two about writing novels, but he could probably tell her a thing or two about owls and synchronicity?-)
Having read/listened to Oscar Wilde's novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'recently I wanted to know more about Wilde's history and other works he had written.
Being a straight male guy myself it's hard for me to understand the attraction of male homosexuality, pardon the pun, but hey, whatever floats your boat I say.
I've always considered myself a lesbian trapped in a male body, so I can understand female homosexuality way more than I can get my head around male homosexuality ... no pun intended there, if there is one that is:-)
I was hoping to watch the movie'Wilde' starringStephen Fry after viewing a trailer but can't find it to rent or to watch on You Tube, so I watched 'The Happy Prince' on the SBS free streaming service the other night and wondered what this story being told to the boys by Wilde (Everett) in this movie was all about and gives the film its title.
Turns out to my ignorance it was a children's storyWilde wrote.
Weirdly, I've also recently readVictoria Nelson's book 'The Secret Life of Puppets'where she mentions the ancient Egyptians and ancient Greeks believing souls could be literally enslaved in statues.
Now I'm fascinated by the acting roles of Rupert Everett and want to binge watch his movies at a later date.
Bloody rabbit holes>:-) I was interested to hear this 'British Scandal'podcast episode below featuring an interview with Oscar's grandson (Merlin Holland), which made me think, just who can you believe when it comes to "history"?
History is just a "he said, she said" account of what is to have supposed to have happened in the past, and human nature being what it is, just who can you believe when it comes to "history"?
History is always going to be a rough account of what happened, unless you have reliable film footage, maybe?
But I've enjoyed listening to the podcasts I have found on the net, as I try to piece together a mental jig-saw puzzle of just who Oscar was and his influence on the "Collective Unconsciousness" of western society and the world in general, to now and into the future.
Although, it was one of those "blink and you'll miss it" parts by the looks, as I watched the movie this afternoon and must have blinked when he was on screen.
Rory Calhounalso passed away in the Year of the Rabbit, 1999, as did DeForest Kelley on June 11th, that same year.
I have no objection to people using the word "God" when talking about the foundation of all beings, I just don't like humans telling me what "God" is and what will happen to me if I don't believe in their idea of what "God" is to them.
I'm not having a crack at Jake Kotze with his latest sync short, as I can quite well resonate with his words in that video, not that I know what his ultimate belief in "God" is.
I guess when it comes to "God" I'm spiritual, but not religious, as the old saying goes, even though I am a member of the Liberal Catholic Church to this day.
And watching the latest'New Thinking Allowed' video (above) reminds me that I must read Manly's book, which I have had sitting on my bookshelf for years, largely unread.
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