I finally got to finish all of the Radio Hours that Elephant Graveyard has put up, and man, I was blown away by the last two. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed all of them, but this is some next level shit.  A lot of them borrow from that kind of fantastical, old-timey radio storytelling that all at once feels like a warm blanket, menacing and cathartic.  They have great music taste and the mixing coupled with the visuals are insane.  It hits all of the right spots for me. It seems to be a perspective from a very specific place and time that I can easily understand, recognize, and feel.  The Berger influence seems obvious, but I'd be truly shocked to find out that these guys aren't FOTs.  Their perspective very much feels of that world.  If not from Newbridge, from some remote Canadian sister city.  I am so sad I don't have anything new to watch from them now.  

This one got me. I will probably watch it again.

Edit: I am a liar.  I didn't know these guys had a channel and were broadcasting these things live on our precious Twitch until about month or so ago, so I missed all of the past live streams.  TONIGHT at 10PM ET they are streaming an episode that they did live like a year ago, but never put up the video. SO!  I do have something new to watch from them! Tonight!  Then everyone will be very bewildered and sad, but understanding. 

Waiting.

 (((insert Boomer meme)))

 

Sorry. 

11/10/26 9:28 AM

 

  

 

 

We Sued the Government to Find Where Your Drugs Are Made - From Propublica

 

This is such a great answer? No, that's not the right word.  Sendup? I don't think that's it either because it's so much better and smarter than "Land of Confusion." I love Julian's voice so much, but by the end the cranked up autotune almost feels overwhelming. So good. 

I did re-watch "Land of Confusion" after this, and it's still fine, but it's a pretty predictable 80s perspective when viewing it in 2026. I think it was kind of a big deal for a very short while when it aired.  I just remember some of those puppets creeped me the fuck out when I was a kid. I worshiped at the alter of Jim Henson, I was used to all puppets being created with love. They were beautiful in their own way, even if they were meant to be viewed as "ugly" like some of the characters in The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. I thought the puppets in the video were just fucking warped and ugly and I did not like them. I didn't know anything about Spitting Image and didn't realize that repulsion was on purpose. It is weird though, I loved and collected Garbage Pail kids, the grosser the better, while owning a few Cabbage Patch Kids.  I guess I just didn't like anyone fucking with my idea of what puppets should look like?  I don't know, I was weird. Genesis was a band both of my parents loved, so they were on all of the time at either of their houses or on the car radio throughout my childhood.  Dad was early/Gabriel Genesis, Mom more later/Collins Genesis, both often had music on in general.  I am a little biased towards both good and shitty versions of the band because they're part of the my childhood soundtrack.  Like Pink Floyd or Rickie Lee Jones, I didn't really have a choice, they were always just there. That said, I don't think "Land of Confusion" is a great song, but I'll probably listen to and enjoy it another 1000 times in my lifetime because it's part of the soundtrack.  If I'm lucky.  Now my adult kid can say The Strokes are part of the soundtrack of her whole life.  I am old.

 

 

That tracks.