Ep. 57 THERE ARE ENDURABLE MOMENTS w/ martina martinez (Patreon)

Topics: Renaldo & the Loaf's Songs for Swinging Larvae (1981) + Arabic Yodelling (1983) + The Elbow is Taboo (1987) + Grain by Grain (For Accuracy) (2015) + Samuel Beckett's Act Without Words 1 & 2 (1957) Play (1963) + Not I (1972) Guest: martina martinez (@illegalth0t)yeerk is joined by the endlessly delightful martina martinez for a grain by grain deep reading of two two landmarks of musical and theatrical absurdism, beginning with a definitive career breakdown of Portsmouth zoloists Renaldo and the Loaf which uncovers in that highly eccentric band a store of untapped shamanic potentialfollowing this, we take a journey through the blasted landscapes of a handful of Samuel Beckett's shorter plays, attempting to answer the question 'what exactly is this about?'"One day you'll say, 'I'm tired, I'll stop'""There's no pain killer any more""Some fool was cutting grass""I said to him, 'Give her up!' I swore by all I held most sacred-"" ... Out ... into this world ... this world ... tiny little thing ... before its time ... ""I'm in this land to count the sandGrain by grain, for accuracy"