Last Things

Charlie Looker

Realms upon realms of eccentric music, culture, and thought

  1. Non-Attachment with Angel Deradoorian

    09/24/2025

    Non-Attachment with Angel Deradoorian

    Angel Deradoorian is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, member of Decisive Pink, and former member of Dirty Projectors, who explores the worlds of ambient, experimental, drone, and pop structures. We talk about non-attachment, traditional Armenian wind instruments, astrology, the gym above Stockhausen's studio, and genocides. Intro + outro music by Nothing Human   👉 Many thanks to my patrons! Consider becoming one here: https://bit.ly/lastthingspatreon 👉 If you'd like to join my Discord server, you can request an invitation here: https://www.charlielooker.com/join 👉 If you'd like to subscribe to the monthly Last Things newsletter, sign up here: http://eepurl.com/do92G5

    1h 46m
  2. Riffs on the Right with Benjamin Teitelbaum

    05/31/2025

    Riffs on the Right with Benjamin Teitelbaum

    Benjamin Teitelbaum is an author and professor of musicology and international affairs at CU Boulder. His interests include music, the radical right and geopolitics, reactionary ideology and aesthetics, political theology, and Scandinavian folklore. He is author of War for Eternity: The Return of Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right (Penguin, 2020) and Lions of the North: Sounds of the New Nordic Radical Nationalism (Oxford, 2017). His next book, "Limitless" is forthcoming from Verso. Benjamin and I talk White Nationalist reggae, Julia Kristeva, Swedish folk instruments, Steve Bannon's religiosity, the la-la-la-la-la of Death in June, and the inherent political leftism of language itself.   👉 Many thanks to my patrons! Consider becoming one here: https://www.patreon.com/lastthingspodcast 👉 If you'd like to join my Discord server, you can request an invitation here: https://www.charlielooker.com/join 👉 If you'd like to subscribe to the monthly Last Things newsletter, sign up here: http://eepurl.com/do92G5

    1h 9m
  3. Memeing the pre-Baroque with Pablo Andoni Olabarría (@memieval.music)

    05/19/2025

    Memeing the pre-Baroque with Pablo Andoni Olabarría (@memieval.music)

    Pablo Andoni Olabarría is a Spanish composer and conductor who runs @memieval.music, an Instagram page dedicated exclusively to memes about early music. We talk about Pablo's own drone-based music, the role of the conductor, notation, memory, music before and after the Western Canon, and Ren Faires.   👉 Many thanks to my patrons! Consider becoming one here: patreon.com/lastthingspodcast 👉 If you'd like to join my Discord server, you can request an invitation here: https://www.charlielooker.com/join 👉 If you'd like to subscribe to the monthly Last Things newsletter, sign up here : http://eepurl.com/do92G5

    1h 45m
  4. The Horror of Virtuosity with Brandon Lopez

    03/10/2025

    The Horror of Virtuosity with Brandon Lopez

    Brandon Lopez is an illustrious contrabassist whose music is known for its "bruising physicality", as well as its hyper-precise execution, exploring the harsh outer limits of his instrument's possibilities. We talk about Fred Moten, avant-garde strains in Latin percussion, the horror of virtuosity, and the evil vortex-apartment we shared a few years back.   👉 Many thanks to my patrons! Consider becoming one here: https://www.patreon.com/lastthingspodcast 👉 If you'd like to join my Discord server, you can request an invitation here: https://www.charlielooker.com/join 👉 If you'd like to subscribe to the monthly Last Things newsletter, sign up here : http://eepurl.com/do92G5

    2h 2m
  5. Cursed Tuplets with Calder Hannan (Metal Music Theory)

    02/26/2025

    Cursed Tuplets with Calder Hannan (Metal Music Theory)

    Calder Hannan is the person behind the YouTube channel Metal Music Theory and the band Florid Ekstasis, and also plays guitar in Aphelion Entity. Calder recently completed his PhD in Music Theory with his dissertation "Tactus Transformations in Metal." He currently teaches music at Columbia and Fordham in New York City. Our conversation touches on the STEM to metal pipeline, how rhythm is viewed in academia, parallax head banging, and hiding your music theory power level. 👉 Many thanks to my patrons! Consider becoming one here: patreon.com/lastthingspodcast 👉 If you'd like to join my Discord server, you can request an invitation here: https://www.charlielooker.com/join 👉 If you'd like to subscribe to the monthly Last Things newsletter, sign up here : http://eepurl.com/do92G5

    2h 8m
  6. Saints & Sand with Michael Olivo

    02/06/2025

    Saints & Sand with Michael Olivo

    Michael Olivo is an American cartoonist, designer, and host of the Blind Shovel podcast. He's been published by Cold Cube Press, Fantagraphics, and Never Press, to name a few. He's also a co-founder of Eternal Wealth, an art fabrication company centered around custom objects and furniture, and the Art Director of the Williams Center, a multi-venue art center located in Rutherford, NJ. We talk about Catholicism, fatherhood, black-and-white morality, respecting symbols, what it means to draw a line, and other beautifully unfashionable topics. Check out Michael's podcast, the Blind Shovel here: https://bit.ly/3WNIlij   👉 Many thanks to my patrons! Consider becoming one here: patreon.com/lastthingspodcast 👉 If you'd like to join my Discord server, you can request an invitation here: https://www.charlielooker.com/join 👉 If you'd like to subscribe to the monthly Last Things newsletter, sign up here : http://eepurl.com/do92G5

    1h 39m
  7. Temporary Autonomous Zone with PICTUREPLANE

    09/18/2024

    Temporary Autonomous Zone with PICTUREPLANE

    Musician, fashion designer, and visual artist, PICTUREPLANE (aka Travis Egedy) has made a major name for himself over the past decade in the outer limits of global pop culture. His music engages industrial dance, gothic hip-hop, and emotive New Age, while his clothing line, Alien Body, serves up a stylized study of symbology, the occult, and societal decay. We talk about ontological anarchy, DIY spaces, 1990s optimism, Witch House, and Travis' friendship with Lil Peep. 👉 Many thanks to my patrons! Consider becoming one here: patreon.com/lastthingspodcast 👉 If you'd like to join my Discord server, you can request an invitation here: https://www.charlielooker.com/join 👉 If you'd like to subscribe to the monthly Last Things newsletter, sign up here : http://eepurl.com/do92G5

    2 hr
  8. The Occult Source of Freedom with Conner Habib

    09/12/2024

    The Occult Source of Freedom with Conner Habib

    Conner Habib is a writer and the host of the podcast, Against Everyone with Conner Habib. He's an activist and former porn actor, and he gives lectures around the world on topics as wide-ranging as occultism, James Joyce, sex work, and art. We talk about the cultural/political/economic triad, Freedom, alchemy, Carl Jung's charlatanism, and Conner's new PEN/Faulkner Longlisted debut novel, Hawk Mountain.   👉 Many thanks to my patrons! Consider becoming one here: https://www.patreon.com/lastthingspodcast 👉 If you'd like to join my Discord server, you can request an invitation here: https://www.charlielooker.com/join 👉 If you'd like to subscribe to the monthly Last Things newsletter, sign up here: http://eepurl.com/do92G5

    2h 5m
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Realms upon realms of eccentric music, culture, and thought

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  • Creator
    Charlie Looker
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    63
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Last Things