Five-time guest Sam Jones returns to the show to talk about infamous j-horror nightmare, Takashi Miike’s Audition.

Audio notes: Dave was sick, Sam’s cleaner was present, and Wyatt’s heater was (still is) broken, so he was huddled in a closet for the duration. Apologies for any auditory oddness.

Notes:

Audition by Takashi Miike

Arrested Development “and that’s why you always leave a note” bit

The Care and Keeping of the Male Slave (Kids in the Hall sketch)

Agitator: The Cinema of Takashi Miike by Tom Mes

Modern Rubbish Episode Five: Gozu

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans by Werner Herzog

Conny Plank

Steve Albini

Modern Rubbish on Discord!

Music by David Paha

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All October, we released extra episodes wherein we narrated some of our favourite Weird stories, and now that it’s November, we thought we’d set aside some time to discuss those stories in greater detail.

Notes:

The Weird, edited by Jeff & Ann van der Meer

Modern Rubbish on Discord!

Music by David Paha

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Join us for a somewhat disorienting and delirious chat about a disorienting and delirious movie, 1986’s thriller/killer/road movie, The Hitcher.

Notes:

The Hitcher by Robert Harmon

Wolf Creek by Greg McLean

Roadgames by Richard Franklin

Joy Ride by John Dahl

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

C. Thomas Howell as the ‘Soul Man’ by Botch

Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore / Brian Bolland

Mark Isham

Windham Hill (record label)

Desert Solitaire by Steve Roach / Kevin Braheny / Michael Stearns

Near Dark by Kathryn Bigelow

Modern Rubbish on Discord!

Intro & outro by Annelise Baer

Music by David Paha

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