Plutopian Week: Happy Holidaze, Ambient, Meditation, Utopia, Matrix
Happy Holidaze! Plutopians wish all our friends and fans the happiest of holidaze. Lately it feels like the world is in a rock tumbler, hopefully we’ll come out of this…
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Felix Stalder on “The Dawn of Everything”
Review by Felix Stalder Felix Stalder sent this review to the nettime email list. We’re publishing it here with Felix’ permission. So, I finished reading The Dawn of Everything, the…
Kevin Russell: Welcome Mr. Shinyribs!
Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Russell joins Jon and Scoop in this episode of the Plutopia Podcast. Kevin talks about his days with The Gourds and his current band: Shinyribs. …
Jasmina Tešanović: Torino, Ibiza, the World
Jasmina Tešanović – “I thought it was a temporary state of mind, but the more that time goes by, especially now with the more the system is broken of information……
Spike Gillespie: Freewheelin’
Spike takes us on a free-wheeling tour of her ranch, her businesses and Bastrop County, Texas. Spike talks about her new restaurant, small town Texas and fitting in, glamping, weddings, and creating happy communities.
Day of the Dead
In this week’s Plutopia podcast, Jon and Scoop make a deep dive into death… also Halloween, sex, pagan celebrations, and Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). “Everyone is…
Plutopian Week: Coltrane, Sterling, Frauenfelder, Garfield
Music of the Plutopian Spheres: John Coltrane: A Love Supreme in Seattle. A 1965 recording of Coltrane’s band performing his masterwork “A Love Supreme” at the Penthouse Club in Seattle,…
Halloween Utopia
Halloween is a most Plutopian celebration. Our use of the word Plutopia is a portmanteau, a merging of two words, “pluralist” and “utopia.” Pluralism is about “the peaceful coexistence of…
Pat Cadigan: Alien 3 and Me
Hugo award-winning author Pat Cadigan joins Jon and Scoop to discuss her novelization of William Gibson’s first screenplay for Alien 3, the third movie in the Alien franchise. The final…
Stephanie Vale: Jane Austen Fan Fiction
Stephanie Vale, the pen name of a longtime WELL member, is a semi-retired attorney and part-time university instructor in the US Pacific Northwest. She has loved Jane Austen for more…