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I recently went to see again John Carpenter’s nifty 1988 alien conspiracy flick “They Live” at the Plaza Theater in Atlanta, one of my favorite indie movie theaters. Besides the movie, the theater had a small art show consisting of conspiracy art. I was reading parts of the art show off into the microphone while I was waiting for some of the artists to come be interviewed, and I played around with the sound trying to make it sound more “alien”–there’s nothing wrong with your iPod!

I had a great time talking to the artists - Nick, who had the aluminum foil hat and Phillip with the alien mask. There was also a young woman who spoke but I didn’t catch her name. We discussed our favorite conspiracies.

Then it was time for the movie. Before the movie started, they had some slides with different mind-control instructions and soft chanting of “Sleep…sleep…sleep….”

Music: “Alien Occupation” by Ben Base

“Alien in a Bottle” by Uncle Dirty, from the album Alien in a Bottle

“If the Aliens Came” by Ian Knapp, from the album Into These Oceans (You can download four free Ian Knapp mp3s at his website, by the way.).

All of the music came from MusicAlley by Mevio.

Flyswatter Show

 

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Graphic by Twolf

On today’s show I talk about Rev. Charles Ellis of Detroit’s Greater Grace Temple who had a service with three vehicles representing the Big Three automakers, asking for God’s help to turn the companies fortunes around. I also talk about the results of the sit-in strike by laid-off workers in the shuttered factory of Chicago’s Republic Windows and Doors, which resulted in the loans by Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase, allowing the workers sixty days of severance pay and give them their accrued vacations.

I play a rap song by Elohim Marino - “Money is God” from the album Truth.

Next I talk about the vote on the Big Three automakers’ request for a $14 billion short-term bailout and how the Republicans are admitting to using it as a way of devastating the United Auto Workers labor union. Breaking news that didn’t make it on the podcast–the bailout failed. It’s more important to bust a union than prevent a depression, apparently.

Next I play Josh Charles song “Love, Work and Money” from the album Josh Charles.

Music from this podcast came from Podshow Podsafe Music Network.

Flyswatter Show

Liberal. Atheist. Vegan. Different.