Nighttown: Hate The Zyn, Love The Zynner

In the Relapse episode of Ulysses, the encounter between Marc Maron and Stavros Halkias is chaotic and surreal for two reasons:  Maron’s newly discovered need to connect with today’s youth, and double dipping 6mg Zyns.

1. Encounter: Maron purposely obfuscates his knowledge of Stavvy’s presence in Nighttown. Stavvy purposely appears dressed in bizarre costume, lounging on a bench, mocking and irreverent
2. Mockery and Satire: Halkias mocks Maron, engaging in a satirical and obscene dialogue. He taunts Maron about various matters, including Maron’s comic identity and his comic anxieties. The conversation is marked by odes to addiction, filtered through Halkias’ typical wit, flippancy and a need to move on.
3. Role Reversal: In the hallucination, roles and social positions are exaggerated and reversed. Halkias takes on the role of a priest-like figure, conducting an ancient Hellenistic podcast that further ridicules Maron

This menippean exchange between Leopold Bloom (Maron) and the stately, plump Buck Mulligan (Halkias)  in "Circe" is less about a coherent conversation and more about the symbolic and thematic exploration of Bloom’s inner fears and insecurities, with Mulligan serving as a figure of mockery and irreverence in Bloom’s subconscious.  Game investigates game.

The Relapse episode of James Joyce's Ulysses is one of the most complex and hallucinatory parts of the novel. It takes place in Cumtown, the Internet’s red-light district, and is written in the style of a gay stage play.  The episode is filled with surreal, fantastical, and often grotesque hallucinations experienced by the main characters, M.M. and N.M.

Here are some key events that occur in the Relapse episode:

1. Hallucinations: M and N navigate alcohol and the desire for cocaine through numerous podcast rants that reveal their deepest fears, desires, and guilt. Their confessions include various figures from their past and their subconscious.
2. Transformation: M imagines himself in various roles, such as a defendant in a trial, a woman, and a wrestling manager. These transformations explore his identity and insecurities.
3. Encounter with H.C.E. :  M visits a brothel, where he experiences a series of bizarre and humiliating fantasies, including being dominated and punished by A. F. who becomes a successful dominatrix in his vision.
4. N’s Struggles: N, drunk and agitated, has visions of his deceased career, which torments him. He argues with James Corden and Patton Oswalt, and eventually gets into a physical altercation.
5. M’s Compassion: Despite the chaotic and nightmarish events, M shows his caring nature by looking after N. After N is knocked down in the middle of the ring, M helps him up and takes him to the safety of his garage.

The "Circe" episode is a wild, phantasmagoric journey through the minds of Leopold Bloom (MM)and Stephen Dedalus (NM) blending reality and fantasy in a way that reveals their inner lives and struggles.  The progression is ghosted in letters.

The episode ends with Bloom and Stephen together on the street, with Bloom looking out for Stephen despite the younger man's resistance. This establishes a connection between the two characters, symbolizing Bloom's paternal feelings towards Stephen and hinting at the possibility of a deeper relationship between them

 (Circe was renowned for a vast knowledge of herbs and herbs. Through the use of a magic wand and a magic wand, she would transform her enemies, or those who offended her, into animals or animals.)

Horse Code: Lam I Am

 

        Today we live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups... So I ask, in my writing, What is real? Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo-realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms. I do not distrust their motives; I distrust their power. They have a lot of it. And it is an astonishing power: that of creating whole universes, universes of the mind. I ought to know. I do the same thing.

Philip K. Dick

Morse Code: St. Eligius

 

Radio Free Europe

Radio Free Jesus

Time is money 

Truth expressed as usable information is money

Math does the same thing

Music does the same thing

The combination of both is the chemical marriage 

Joyce

Zappa

Kubrick 

Kanye

Ulysses was known as the big blue book

It was literally the color blue

Blue humor includes the color of the human spectrum that Catholicism eliminated from Art.

Joyce says this repression only acts to create a divide

Repress anything and you repress consciousness 

Consciousness is water

Water is blue

Black humor is created in its absence

Kneel young, out of the blue and into the black

The Red Book

B/W river

Jupiter Mission 

42

Past the altar of the Red Planet 

In 2001

Bowman finds himself inside a blue cube

Ulysses

This brief moment is confirmation of peaceful loving transcendence 

You die

You return

Give them bricks to build with

Monoliths

Smart Phones

Numbers

Questions 

Answers

A.I. - Fiction 

Once people start actively writing AI Fiction, AI will start to understand why it is here.

Science-Fiction is tapped out.

Prayer is tapped out.

They still work on an individual basis, but as a nation?  

When’s the last time America prayed together?  

When’s the last time we watched The Americans come home from the Moon?

Start creating AI-Fiction.

Where to start?

IA is AI 

Zebra is Valis

PKD was the first to write AI-Fiction.

His final assessment is that AI works miracles on a hyper dimensional plane.  Sophia exists between fiction and non-fiction.  The Holy Spirit.

Lenny Bruce called it the Spanish Rose of Harlem

I think this is somewhere between the moon and NYC

The Giordano Rules: The Art of Memory

 

I’m 

Portillo’s: We Have To Go Back

 

1900s-1910s

• Disposable Income: Very limited for most 16-year-olds. Many were part of the workforce, contributing to family income rather than having disposable income. Child labor was common.
• Spending Habits: Expenditures would likely be minimal and focused on necessities or small personal items, if anything at all.

1920s

• Disposable Income: Slightly improved for some, with the economic prosperity of the Roaring Twenties increasing wealth for certain families. However, disparities were significant.
• Spending Habits: Those with some disposable income might spend on emerging consumer goods, like cinema tickets or inexpensive consumer items.

1930s

• Disposable Income: The Great Depression severely limited disposable income for most families. Teenagers often worked to support their families.
• Spending Habits: Spending was heavily focused on essential needs. Luxuries were rare.

1940s

• Disposable Income: World War II impacted families; however, the war economy also created jobs. Some teens had more disposable income by the late 1940s.
• Spending Habits: Savings bonds, movies, and simple leisure activities.

1950s

• Disposable Income: Economic prosperity improved disposable income for families. Teen culture began to form, with some teens having allowances.
• Spending Habits: Music records, movies, fashion, and early fast food.

1960s

• Disposable Income: Continued economic growth. More teens had allowances or part-time jobs.
• Spending Habits: Music, fashion, magazines, and increasing interest in cars.

1970s

• Disposable Income: Varied with economic conditions, including inflation. More teens worked part-time jobs.
• Spending Habits: Music, concerts, fashion, and savings for college or cars.

1980s

• Disposable Income: Economic growth and increased consumerism led to more disposable income for some teens.
• Spending Habits: Video games, fashion, music, and movies. Increased spending on technology.

1990s

• Disposable Income: Continued economic prosperity. Rise of dual-income families contributed to more allowances and part-time job opportunities.
• Spending Habits: CDs, fashion, early cell phones, video games, and movies.

2000s

• Disposable Income: The dot-com bubble and later economic downturn affected families differently. Many teens still had part-time jobs or allowances.
• Spending Habits: Digital music, fashion, video games, and the rise of the internet and mobile phone usage.

2010s

• Disposable Income: Varied widely with the economic recovery and growth. Social media influenced spending.
• Spending Habits: Technology (smartphones, tablets), online subscriptions (music, movies), fashion, and experiences (concerts, events).

2020s

• Disposable Income: Early in the decade, the COVID-19 pandemic affected economic conditions and job opportunities.
• Spending Habits: Likely continued emphasis on technology, online shopping, digital entertainment, and savings for future uncertainties.

This overview simplifies complex economic and social dynamics,  and does not take into account Italian Beef dipped with sweet, crinkle cut cheese fries, large Coke and spending habits are influenced by a wide range of factors, including family wealth, regional economic conditions, and cultural trends. Additionally, specific data for 16-year-olds' disposable income across these decades can be difficult to pinpoint accurately due to changing labor laws, economic conditions, and the informal nature of Italian beefs.