Megalopolis + Dopethrone + We Live
Saturn’s Children
Varese on album is just Varese
1. Opening Scene: The Bill Mahler
The film begins with Maher being interviewed by a prominent journalist at the peak of his career as a talk show host. In this scene, Maher discusses his approach to political satire, stating
“The only thing that matters is what happens when the cameras start rolling sweetheart. You may have noticed that snowflakes have a tendency to melt on my show.”
This dialogue establishes Maher as a sharp, witty figure, fully aware of his influence and the power of his platform.
2. Real Time Turns Into Space
A crucial moment occurs during the taping of Maher’s TV show Real Time . Maher causes a scene when a guest expresses discomfort with discussing certain sensitive topics. Maher challenges the guest, arguing
“You can’t tiptoe around the truth just because it’s uncomfortable. When I did a little show called Politically Incorrect I guarantee you I wasn’t making people comfortable. People hated me.”
Maher has an uncompromising belief in free speech, giving him a license for showcasing his confrontational and sometimes misinformed opinions.
3. The Crystal Bernard Incident
The unraveling of Maher’s career begins with the Crystal Bernard subplot. Bernard, an actress known for her role on Wings and a former guest on Maher’s show, sends him a series of emails, pleading for his support after being ostracized by Hollywood.
When Bernard tragically fails to secure another network role before the Fall season, Maher follows through with his threats to find a new chick.
“I’m too old for losers”
This event casts a dark cloud over him, with a later conversation between Maher and his assistant revealing his cold detachment:
“I honestly didn’t blacklist her; she dug her own grave.”
4. Confrontation with Maron
Maher’s long-time agent/producer and friend Maron confronts him about the swirling rumors and allegations.
“Hey pal… it’s Maron. What the fuck. Do you know what people are saying about you, do you? People are saying The Things about your old NBC fuck buddy. What are you going to do about that?”
This scene is filled with tension and concern and marks a pivotal moment in Maher’s personal and professional life, as Maron begins to distance himself, leaving Maher increasingly isolated.
“I never promised anyone anything, the only person I ever promised anything to was myself”
5. The Collapse of Live TV
During a live stream of his current podcast, Club Random, Maher’s composure begins to break down. He becomes erratic, losing control of the drinking and alienating his audience. The precision and wit that once defined his on-air persona crumbles under the influence of warm vodka and pre-show one-hitters. The dialogue here is aggressive, with the camera focusing on Maher’s growing frustration and flights into the bizarre, symbolizing his loss of control over his comedy and his live steam.
6. The Final Scene: Good Friends
In the final scene, Maher is in a hot tub on the panel of Good Friends, a podcast recorded in an apartment studio. The hosts of Good Friends stopped drinking years ago and Maher’s hitter box is almost dry. He sees how far removed from the influential media circles he once dominated and takes a careful sip. The last significant piece of dialogue is his instruction to the crew:
“Open a window for Christ’s sake, please…
Ok, let’s start from the top.”
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Townshend: Electric sound as contact experience - salvation
The Who’s felt presence of immediate experience was the destruction of the epigenetic armoring embedded in 20th Century life
Moon Men
Go forwards add old
Go backwards add new
Evolve
“Here’s the idea. There’s a note, a musical note that forms the basis of existence somehow. Mystics would say its OM. But am I talking about a musical note? Do you hear it? I think you must. All music lovers, people with trained ears all hear it. Musicians have to learn how to listen before they can begin to play” P.T.
Anyone taking * in the early 90’s understood that the Catholic Mass was somehow recreated in the experience of the community that surrounds and protects a sacrament that can only be properly experienced within a community that surrounds and protects the sacrament
We are now at a place in time where acid and base have been transformed by quantum chemistry
A symbiotic union of
Media - the epigenetic extensions of man
With
Biology- the genetic expressions of man
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 both openly double dipping 6mg Zyns.
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:
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.)