The Zen Revolution Podcast

Stella #5

tzrpodcast — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:55:57 +0000

This week’s podcast features Samuel Beckett’s Molloy, one of my favorite books of the past few years – the first half. I never actually got through part two. I read a scene from the police station, before he enters the forest. This whole work is so good, it was hard to choose an excerpt. The revolution continues with the NYC chapter and Stella, one of the strong women who’ve profoundly affected my life and the direction of the practice stream – and she knows it. The bumper music is the latest vs of Aphex Twin - AFX – Analord 11 – W32.Mydoom.AU@mm.

Vashon #4

tzrpodcast — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:23:27 +0000

This week a snippet from the fabulous Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer - a surprisingly deep look into the hypocrisy of religion by one of the major voices of our time. Reflecting this, the fourth chapter of the revolution is the first split from the institution, the author’s first 100-day solo retreat. The bumper music is the wonderful Azalia Snail – Fumarole Rising – Hidden Addendum.

Open Season #3

tzrpodcast — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:51:43 +0000

This week a snippet from the fabulous Andre Gide’s The Immoralist – a lot of ground was covered here, both in the scope of the book and what residential training entails. It’s such a vast subject that it requires it’s own book. Rather than attempting to illustrate it fully, I took a few surgical samples that, I trust, will convey the broader currents at work. The bumper music is Sonic Youth – Anagrama – Tremens.

The Call to Practice #2

tzrpodcast — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:32:33 +0000

In the second episode I read an essay from the back matter of Kafka’s Metamorphosis – Wilhelm Emrich – The Animal as Liberating Self – Modern Alienation and it’s Law. It was a great stumbling around at night that led to it, and appears to be a major improvement in the program. I’ve collected several large boxes of classics over the years — for my own absorption, but also to look for quotes to include in the manuscript (as chapter breaks). Many great works were never utilized, and the tiny quotes I used were only a glimpse into these important works. The podcast is a great opportunity to expand on this and give further detail to the Revolution manuscript. Having said that, the show was badly edited at first, as I left in a couple of repeats and extraneous matter — and no editor to fire. Also, there was a garbled transcode on the initial upload, and I failed to include a jpeg instead of a png as a cover image. Forgive this if you received multiple itunes iterations, but the thing was finally ferreted out and, alas, i’ve been somewhat toughened and have learned how to put these together seamlessly for the future.

The bumper music was from the Blonde Redhead album La Mia Vita Voilenta — Jewel.

Fall to the Ground – #1

tzrpodcast — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:16:45 +0000

The first podcast from the desk of H. Grevemberg includes the front matter of The Zen Revolution and the first chapter. The chapter itself was recorded inside a carpet “cocoon” I devised to kill the traffic noise (the noise of large trucks in rural Louisiana carry miles through the forest). This elaborate contraption failed after this, so I moved to the retreat cabin for subsequent episodes, only 2 – 3AM. The bumper music is Queen Adreena’s Drink Me album, Sleeping Pill.