‘funny,’ not funny Jim Infantino and Lionel Cassin

Jim and Lionel talk about the Andy Warhol case at the Supreme Court, discussing parody vs sampling, Two Live Crew, artists and inventors who began with a craft, graft, difficult listening hour, Meghan O'Gieblyn's book God, Human, Animal, Machine, The Book of Job, more stuff in The Bible, Calvinism, Jim's invitation to an LA premiere, the origins of The Flash, Carmine Infantino's view of Manhattan, and some upcoming ideas for new episodes.

Jim, the producer's note: I almost didn't put this one out - it didn't feel like an episode until I listened to it. So here it is. We talk about Lionel's impending move away from Texas to upstate New York, new book recommendations, Jim's vinyl pressing adventures, progress on book 3 of the Wakeful Wanderer's Guide, Orchestral maneuvers, Bob's new car, The Goldberg Variations, and finally, why Jim needed to change the name of his Iceland recording project.

Lionel and Jim start with an abortive return to the horrors of AI and pivot to talk about a new book Lionel is enjoying about the Osage tribe in the 1920s when we get a surprise call from Ellen, who will be helping out with running the podcast in the future. The three of us talk about her experiences in Ecuador, cartoons she's watching with her daughter, notably My Little Pony, and talk about our process going forward.

This interview was mind blowing. Phil is creating 24 hours of music 5 minutes at a time and it's amazingly good. Lionel and I talk with him about his very detailed process and the story behind some of the songs starting at 12am and continuing until 2:59am as of the time of this podcast. That may sound confusing, but all becomes clear as we talk with Phil. Listen to the full project here: https://adayinmusic.bandcamp.com/ References: https://funnynotfunny.bigego.com/links/f/S1~dot~20-Phil-Broikos/ All song clips included with permission from Phil Broikos.

Jim starts by talking about his recent substack article about AI and the end of money. Lionel takes off with his ideas about the importance of work in society, and what its end might mean to us all. We talk about how we might move forward in the presence of super-expert thinking machines.

Jim was down in North Carolina last week and recorded this conversation with David Wilcox in his home studio. Lionel joined us from San Antonio. We talk about songwriting, the lightness and darkness behind the songs, emotional buoyancy, and just soak up the perspective of this singular artist. All song samples included with permission from David Wilcox. [contains fbombs]