Feb 09 2025 78 mins 1
Michael and Ethan begin their discussion of Nobber, by Oisin Fagan, while drinking The Midnight Silkie (Michael) and Red Locks (Ethan) Irish whiskeys.
In this episode:
The question and the answer is “WTF?”
Bafflement loves company
Nihilism (question mark?)
Plague books
Michael says “plague-ground” and Ethan completely fails to call him on it
Very relevant and very pointed
Acquisitiveness so strong it breaks the fourth wall
A clumsy trap for Michael
Bestiality!
Scientific reasons are sometimes bestial, and bestial reasons are sometimes scientific
Is this book trying to make us, the reader, into the Christ figure?
Alchemical hermaphrodite, a possibly or possibly-not Ethan-only joint
Nebuchadnezzar!
Dueling heresies/heresies all the way down
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