The Post Relevant Podcast

At the stroke of Midnite, on the Eve of All Hallows, the Post Relevant Podcast lands at the foot of your shadowy path. A being of pure magic, it has taken the form of Pallas Athena's cosmic owl, newly descended from the dreamtime of Mt Olympus to shock you into epiphany. "Who are you?" you entreat. But no message is forthcoming, only the steady, silent stare of your own destiny sinking its strong talons into the bones of your soul. Between the two eclipses a portal into the higher realms has manifested your ultimate path laid out in front of you. Do you dare step into your highest timeline? You've prayed for such a sign for decades. Are you even allowed to refuse a call such as this? Is this a dream made flesh? Has the entirety of reality followed you down into the rabbit hole? Only the foolish and the brave can meet their fate face to face and charge into the palisades amongst the bells of victory....The Post Relevant Podcast season 3: Twin Peaks: the Return: the DECODE episode 6 has finally arrived. Two months in the making, this episode intertwines in-depth interpretation of Lynch and Frost's 6th episode of their legendary 2017 Twin Peaks surrealist miniseries with stories of host Phil Ristaino's mystical experiences between the blood moon lunar eclipse and partial solar eclipses of September 2025, and on into October's travels, where he turned a mighty 55 years old. From Atlanta to Upstate NY to Nashville, TN, we hear the esoteric ravings of a man becoming a wizard, all while trying to figure out the mysteries inside of Twin Peaks. And in the middle of it all, hear the story of Phil's meeting with an OWL one fateful evening.... Join Phil and co-host Justin Epifanio as they dissect, discover and dazzle their way through TP:TR episode 6. This is an episode of the PRP like no other, and nothing will ever be the same again....Also featuring the amazing music of Polypores! And! The return of PRP co-host Brother Andy Ristaino! Its beyond epic! We've tripped the light fantastic and dove headlong into the unknown! Come with us! Come with us! And may the pinecone that glows upon the mysteries be forever alight.Listen to all episodes of the PRP at www.PostRelevant.comCheck out Phil's acting/art/music at www.TheseAreDreams.comGet the full 5-D PRP experience: https://www.instagram.com/philristaino/Get the PRP "Under the Silver Lake" tribute shirt at Spyrodon Apparel:https://spyrodon.store/products/phil-ristaino-artist-edition-for-the-post-relevant-podcast-under-the-silverlakeenter 'postrelevant' at checkout for 10% off.Donate to the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/postrelevantJustin's doc: www.instagram.com/heyoka.documentary/All the songs on this episode come from the Polypores albums "Multizonal Mindscramble" and "ECCO."Get Polypores albums  on Bandcamp: https://polypores.bandcamp.com/PRP theme song by Agents of Venus: https://agentsofvenus.bandcamp.com/Music for the song "Don't Die" was written by HoliznaCC0. Original track name is "Dangerous Voyage (music box)" and can be found at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/background-musicDavid Lynch forever...

A kitten purrrrrzzzzz. A bee buzzzezzzz. A podcaster cazzzzzttttttzzzzzz. A Lion's Gate returnnnnzzzzzz!!!!! Is the universe exploding? Not. Quite. Yet............Its the Post Relevant Podcast's triumphant trip back through the Lion's Gate once more again, but this time, with bees! Strap on your mesh spacesuit and try not to get stung (by the insight) as hosts Phil Ristaino and Justin Epifanio descend back into decoding Twin Peaks: the Return (episode 5). Ride the wheels within wheels within wheels across six-sided hives echoing through time while we follow Mr Strawberry on a tour over haunted cities, sweet rides and/or exploding cars, messy desks, textured lips, pink triplets, and the most delicious green tea latte you've ever been forced to drink by default. And who are you in this story? A zombied-out alpha male obsessed with coffee? A methd-out, poorly mustachioed mumbler? A lovely, disinterested casino wallflower? A demon-possessed wizard criminal who sets off all alarms ever? Are you....Mr Strawberry? On second thought, don't tell me....Plus! The even-more-triumphant return of PRP season one Lion's Gate guest Mark Ristaino, as he recounts surviving a hit-and-run! (not a joke)And! More Polypores! Sound effects! Extra foley! Manifestation techniques! Red and yellow! More! Synchronicities abound throughout the only podcast to explain where to get a 3 foot shoe horn! Ignore at your own peril, and don't forget to purrrrrrrrrr.......Listen to all episodes of the PRP at www.PostRelevant.comCheck out Phil's acting/art/music at www.TheseAreDreams.comGet the full 5-D PRP experience: https://www.instagram.com/philristaino/Get the PRP "Under the Silver Lake" tribute shirt at Spyrodon Apparel:https://spyrodon.store/products/phil-ristaino-artist-edition-for-the-post-relevant-podcast-under-the-silverlakeenter 'postrelevant' at checkout for 10% off.Donate to the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/postrelevantJustin's doc: www.instagram.com/heyoka.documentary/All the songs on this episode come from the Polypores album "I Wish There Was a Place Like That."Get Polypores albums  on Bandcamp: https://polypores.bandcamp.com/PRP theme song by Agents of Venus: https://agentsofvenus.bandcamp.com/David Lynch forever...

Twin Peaks: the Return: the DECODE episode 4.SONNY JIM IS BACK IN. Full stop. June 1st, 2025 has arrived. We all knew this day would come. 2000 years ago, when the first western savior was born to a virgin in a manger beneath the Star of Bethlehem, the prophecy was set in motion: "Yay, verily, a special child would rise again when the world of shadows most needs him. This savior of the 3rd age wouldst appear impossibly from behind the door of red, in the Court of Lancelot. His name shalt be known only as "Sonny Jim." And Sonny Jim shalt be back on in. " And now it has finally come to pass....Join Post Relevant Podcast hosts Phil Ristaino and Justin Epifanio as we decode Twin Peaks: the Return episode 4. We seek to understand the adventures of Dougie Jones, aka Mr Jackpots, as he wins $425,000.00 and then pees, fails to dress himself, stares in the mirror, eats pancakes, and most importantly, amuses his angel of a son, the impossible boy known to one and all as Sonny Jim.Also: We marvel over Michael Cera as Marlin Brando. We ponder the color yellow. We remember the owls (are not what they seem. ) We talk extra low. We are exonerated in Courts of Law. We watch "A Boy and His Atom" while failing to observe electrons. And we try to fix our hearts or die.And, in the extra secret end section, we debate what might happen if we met ETs in a Dark Forest.But really, I'm just being coy, because this episode is all about the debut of the spanking new smash hit song (in Sweden) entitled "Sonny Jim (Is Back In)." It will change your life and show you how your heart can also be 'so full.'Prepare the way, young warrior! The moment of Post Relevance hath finally arrived! The End of the End of Time is Nigh! Prepare ye! Prepare ye! Just do it already....Listen to all episodes of the PRP at www.PostRelevant.comCheck out Phil's acting/art/music at www.TheseAreDreams.comGet the full 5-D PRP experience: https://www.instagram.com/philristaino/Get the PRP "Under the Silver Lake" tribute shirt at Spyrodon Apparel:https://spyrodon.store/products/phil-ristaino-artist-edition-for-the-post-relevant-podcast-under-the-silverlakeenter 'postrelevant' at checkout for 10% off.Donate to the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/postrelevantJustin's doc: www.instagram.com/heyoka.documentary/All the songs on this episode come from the Polypores albums "ECCO."Get Polypores albums  on Bandcamp: https://polypores.bandcamp.com/"Sonny Jim (Is Back In)" written by Phil Ristaino with Justin Epifanio. The musical track for this song is called "Savior Above" and was written by Ketsa. Find all Ketsa's music at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/PRP theme song by Agents of Venus: https://agentsofvenus.bandcamp.com/David Lynch forever...

Twin Peaks: the Return: the DECODE episode 3.The Post Relevant Podcast hatches out of a bright red Easter egg and skitters diagonally across multiple dimensions with our decode of Twin Peaks: the Return episode 3!  You are in for another audio epic....We follow everyone's favorite cosmic FBI agent Dale Cooper as he silently falls through space, warps through an electrical socket and assumes his new identity as the scourge of casinos far and wide known as Mr Jackpots! Hosts Phil Ristaino and Justin Epifanio discuss black holes, dirty old ladies, using a saltines box as a plate, the sound 'the ring' doesn't make and what that implies, and, of course, the first appearance of CHERRY PIE in Twin Peaks: the Return. Plus! A special message from his royal highness God! You're welcome! And! Part 2 of my interview with  Stephen James Buckley of Polypores, who's music is featured all over the episode. We talk "Under the Silver Lake" and "Twin Peaks." Celebrate the true beginning of the New Year with the Post Relevant Podcast Season 3 Episode 3. Its 119-time ‘in the back,jack’ for the rebirth of our savior, Cherry Pie.... Listen to all episodes of the PRP at www.PostRelevant.comCheck out Phil's acting/art/music at www.TheseAreDreams.comGet the full 5-D PRP experience: https://www.instagram.com/philristaino/Get the PRP "Under the Silver Lake" tribute shirt at Spyrodon Apparel:https://spyrodon.store/products/phil-ristaino-artist-edition-for-the-post-relevant-podcast-under-the-silverlakeenter 'postrelevant' at checkout for 10% off.Donate to the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/postrelevantJustin's doc: www.instagram.com/heyoka.documentary/All the songs on this episode come from the Polypores albums "Multizonal Mindscramble" and "Unlimited Lives."Get Polypores albums  on Bandcamp: https://polypores.bandcamp.com/PRP theme song by Agents of Venus: https://agentsofvenus.bandcamp.com/David Lynch forever...

Twin Peaks: the Return: the DECODE episode 2. The Post Relevant Podcast dares to go where no one dares to dare as we follow the owl's screech along a jagged path strewn with corn and backwards dreams across a multidimensional soap opera in order to glance into the deep puddles of Lynch's bubble gum mind. Or something similar...Its a jumbo-sized episode as hosts Phil Ristaino and Justin Epifanio:1. Talk and eat and talk some more.2. Interview Stephen James Buckley of the music project Polypores (part 1 of a 2-part interview, to be exact).3. Feature the music of Polypores all over the dang episode!4. Do a deep dive decode of Twin Peaks: the Return episode 2 where we: a. define what 'erstwhile' means b. learn how to shut a man off by rubbing his jawbone c. discuss the science of time and the nature of dreamtime while occupying the Black Lodge, as well the Venus and Saturn chairs and what exactly Laura Palmer is now. d. marvel at Mr C's magical phone technology and his poor communication skills with Philip Jefferies (this is Philip Jefferies, right?) e. Call Yoohoo's flavor 'vanilla' whilst not besmirching it. f. tell tall tales of dreams of buses with no drivers.In between all that is much much more talking. Its a big ep! Drink it down like a cosmic Yoohoo!Listen to all episodes of the PRP at www.PostRelevant.com Phil's art/acting/music: www.TheseAreDreams.comJustin's doc: www.instagram.com/heyoka.documentary/Get the PRP "Under the Silver Lake" T shirt: https://spyrodon.store/products/phil-ristaino-artist-edition-for-the-post-relevant-podcast-under-the-silverlakeDonate to the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/postrelevantPRP 5-D experience: www.instagram.com/philristaino/All the music that scores this episode comes from the Polypores album "There Are Other Worlds" found here:https://open.spotify.com/album/19apC3bEAOZI3bvbhjJ2hX?si=iEIt9gIXRT-n-FkmL6ocuQPolypores on Bandcamp: https://polypores.bandcamp.com/PRP theme song by Agents of Venus: https://agentsofvenus.bandcamp.com/David Lynch forever...

Twin Peaks: the Return: the DECODE.The Post Relevant Podcast looms over the city. This isn't your mama's podcast. Its the Post Relevant Podcast EXTREME!!!! Exclamation points!!!Our decode of David Lynch and Mark Frost's magnum opus Twin Peaks: the Return begins in earnest as host Phil Ristaino and his new co-host (director and TV post-production coordinator) Justin Epifanio dig into TP: TR episode 1. After an EXTREME intro to the show, Phil ponders the loss of David Lynch, the LA fires, and reads from Lynch's book "Catching the Big Fish."Then Phil and Justin sift through the ashes left behind by the phoenix-like first episode. Who's watching who do what with the mysterious glass box in NYC? Who is Agent Dale Cooper working for now? Is Mr C stronger than the Hulk? Why does Justin like Buckhorn, South Dakota so much? Is Lucy an idiot or just un-informed? Are the special effects in this show fake-looking on purpose? Am I free to go?All that, plus many, many more words spoken! Plus! Deep thoughts! Electricity! Eye-hole bite-marks! Much! Much! More!E X T R E M E ! ! ! ! !Buckle up, buttercup. This podcast's going for a riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiidddddde!Its the mighty return of the son of the Post Relevant Podcast, season 3! Run! Run for your lives!!!!Check out all things Post Relevant at www.PostRelevant.comThe PRP is excited to be working with Spyrodon Apparel . Get our Triple Goddess "Under the Silver Lake" T-shirt design at https://spyrodon.store/ Enter "postrelevant" at checkout for 10% off your purchase.Follow the full 5-D Post Relevant Experience: https://www.instagram.com/philristaino/Check out the sizzle reel for Justin's documentary "Heyoka":https://vimeo.com/1039750409Donate to the pod: https://buymeacoffee.com/postrelevant and patreon.com/postrelevantCheck out Phil's acting/art/music: www.TheseAreDreams.comThe PRP theme song written by Agents of Venus: https://agentsofvenus.bandcamp.comThe score for this episode was created by Holizna CCO and taken from his album "Retro Gamer Soundtrack!"https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/Rest in Paradise forever David Lynch....

Twin Peaks: The Return: the DECODE... The Post Relevant Podcast has once more again returned! And also, we're back! Rising up out of the gigantic hole in the sun (look it up) like a phoenix bird who's firey wings have been extra lit on fire, just in case. And soon, once we've shed the eggshell that is the sun (just roll with this metaphor) we will explode into a million stories, gently falling on the minds of one and all like snow and stardust... The podcast is back with Season 3. And we're leveling up - this time we are decoding Twin Peaks: The Return. It's The Post Relevant Podcast: Season 3: Twin Peaks: The Return: The DECODE! Get ready for the most decode of all time. We honor our dearly departed fearless leader of weirdos David Lynch and his still living/still writing co -creator Mark Frost by trying to work out just what the hell they are talking about for at least 18 episodes (probably more) of pie eating awesomeness. Join host Phil Ristaino and his new co-host (director and television post-production coordinator) Justin Epifanio for PRP season 3 episode 0 as they prepare themselves (and you, the audience) for a deep dive into translating Lynch's surrealist magnum opus. We're damn well going try our damnedest to explain this tricky fish, and if we fail, well, the coffee and donuts are on us. Check out all episodes of the Post Relevant Podcast at www.PostRelevant.com Check out the full 5D PRP experience at https://www.instagram.com/philristaino Donate to the pod: https://buymeacoffee.com/postrelevant and patreon.com/postrelevant Get PRP original T-shirts at https://www.redbubble.com/people/artron888 Check out Phil's acting/art/music at www.TheseAreDreams.com PRP theme song written by Agents of Venus: https://agentsofvenus.bandcamp.com The score for this episode was created by Holizna CCO: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/ Rest In Paradise David Lynch forever.....

Parles vous, Post Relevantinizers! Grateful to have you return from the Dead (metaphorically speaking) to the Post Relevant Podcast. You found your miracle (or you maybe just jumped the fence) and waded into the crowd of online onlookers to grok and jibe most froogaly with the rhythmic geometries of the music emanating from the Grate Jerry! We are resurrected with episode 25, and what an episode it is! Guest host Carl Ristaino (visual artist and host of the 'Welcome to the Art Shed' podcast - you may have also heard him on PRP episodes 10 and 20) is back, and he is posted up in the legendary Art Shed to interview one of his Dionysian heroes, the Ghost of Jerry Garcia! Exclamation points!!!! How did Carl manifest such a spectral interview with the Ghostly Grandfather of the Grateful Dead?? Is he some kind of wizard, or did he just crack the right kind of can of beer open before he hit 'record?' Uh uh uh.... you'll have to listen to the show to find out.... Some questions that will get answered on this epic episode: What other famous ghosts live in the Art Shed? Is your immortal soul the size of a salamander's butthole? Why did Jerry want to buy the great pyramid? What is skaag? What was famously-afroed painter Bob Ross' relationship with Jerry's songwriting? Did Grateful Doe go to heaven? And most importantly, why does Jerry have a grudge against the French? All this and more will be revealed in this Scarlet Begonia-colored, cocaine-fueled train of an episode, all scored to the amazing live music of the Grateful Dead. You will be saying 'Far out, man' in ectoplasmic word bubbles above your own Steal-Your-Face and dancing like the Do Da Man by the end of this PRP for the ages. Faaaarrrrrrr ouuuuuuttttttt mmmmaaaaaaaaaaannnn!!!!!!!!!!!! Find all things Post Relevant by going to www.PostRelevant.com Get any of 5 new Post Relevant Podcast T-shirt designs by clicking on the 'merch' button at the top of the homepage. Support the podcast on Patreon by clicking the 'Patreon' button or going to https://www.patreon.com/postrelevant Check out Phil's acting/art/music at www.TheseAreDreams.com Dig the full 5D Post Relevant experience by following Phil at www.instagram.com/philristaino Friend Phil on Facebook at www.facebook.com/philristaino Questions, requests, suggestions? Contact Phil at postrelevantpodcast@gmail.com Check out Carl Ristaino's art on Facebook by searching for Carl Ristaino's Art Page or going to https://www.facebook.com/CarlRistaino Follow Carl on Instagram by going to https://www.instagram.com/carlristaino/ Check out Carl's website at https://www.madspiral.com The 'Welcome to the Art Shed' theme song (The Mad Carl Stomp) was written and performed by Ed Guild and features Andy Santaspago on guitar. The Post Relevant Podcast theme song was written by Allen Towbin and Phil Ristaino aka Agents of Venus. You can get their full length album "Boduvt" on Bandcamp by going to https://agentsofvenus.bandcamp.com/ All music used on this episode was taken from live fan recordings and soundboard recordings of the Grateful Dead from the 60s, 70s and 80s, all found for free on www.Archive.org. Songs included segments from 'Scarlet Begonias,' 'Deal,' 'He's Gone,' 'Casey Jones,' 'Fire on the Mountain,' 'Eyes of the World,' 'Jack Straw,' 'Franklin's Tower,' 'Dark Star,' and 'Shakedown Street.' No dead-heads were harmed in the making of this episode. Long live the Grateful Dead and their incredible music! Long live the memory of Jerry Garcia! The Grate Jerry rules Grateful Dead Heaven for all eternity!!!!!

4 men knock on the Gates of Heaven. One man enters. One man goes insane. One man goes suicidal. One man goes Post Relevant! Welcome back for the first time and ever and always again to Post Relevant Podcast episode 24. Its time to resolve your opposites and check your mates as we spelunk way down into the depths of our own metaphysical mastery in pursuit of the Transcendental Object at the End of Time with rapper and chess master Anthony the Goat Cheese Koz aka the learned rebel known as Cheese! Host Phil Ristaino tries to keep up with this foolish sage as he sits down with Cheese and special returning guest Laurelle Rethke in her legendary NYC crystal shop the Faerie Den. Listen with eager ears as Cheese schools us all in the deeper symbology of the game of chess. If you want to understand why the masonic power players on the worlds stage make the moves they do, this is a must-listen episode. Along the way, we discuss taking acid and applying for college, Carl Jung stealing a rich man's yacht, why we need a critical mass of individuals striving to resolve the opposites within their own souls, and how the Grand Puba of chess insists extraterrestrials told him chess is the way to avert an alien invasion. To name a few things. Its deep, bruh. Honestly, this episode is all killer, no filler. Then! Phil throws on some beats, and Cheese and he get on the mics and freestyle for all you sinners. Its good crack, as they say in Glasgow. All this, plus hear some of Cheese's new tune 'Crackpot.' Its time to Be be be be be and do do do do do so we can all Do Be Do Be Do! This is an episode guaranteed to blow holes in your ego and grow your soul... (episode not guaranteed). Find Cheese's work online by going to Extraterrestrial Chess on YouTube, and hear his new tune 'Crackpot' by looking for Cheese Koz on YouTube. You can also find Cheese on instagram at www.instagram.com/cheesuschrist9 Find out more about Laurelle Rethke and the Faerie Den by visiting her website https://thefaerieden.com and find her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/thefaerieden/ Hear all episodes of the Post Relevant Podcast by going to www.PostRelevant.com. Click the 'merch' button at the top of the page to check out 5 brand new Post Relevant Podcast T-shirt designs created by Phil, including the "Under the Silver Lake" triple goddess shirt. Support the podcast by donating at www.patreon.com/postrelevant Check out Phil's acting, art and music at www.TheseAreDreams.com Contact Phil at postrelevantpodcast@gmail.com, and check out the full 5D PRP experience by going to www.instagram.com/philristaino The Post Relevant Podcast theme song was written by Allen Towbin and Phil Ristaino, aka Agents of Venus.  You can hear their full length album "Boduvt" by going to https://agentsofvenus.bandcamp.com This episode was scored with music written and performed by Soft and Furious, and included the songs 'Return to the Basis,' 'Granular Dreams,' 'Falling into the Game,' 'And Never Come Back,' 'Is This Fruit Edible,' 'You're Magic,' 'Game On,' and 'Saint Wave.' All songs can be found at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Soft_and_Furious/ This show also featured the songs 'Bouncing Loop' by JsoundLAB, 'Points of View' by Ketsa, and 'Work It Out' by Eddie Aich.

The Post Relevant Podcast has yet once again re-returned with the actual real and proper beginning of season 2!   Episode 23 phones it in from across the seas as host Phil Ristaino is joined by his old experimental theater buddy and co-creator of the Post Relevant Manifesto Yehuda Duenyas.  Yehuda is an actor, director, and intimacy coordinator who paid his dues in the NYC downtown theater scene creating wild theatrical experiences with his former company the National Theater of the United States of America.  But before that, he and Phil were part of a short-lived, nearly-legendary theater group called C. and Hammermill, making radical happenings in NYC, upstate NY, and PA, eventually culminating in a 3 month stint in the mid Nineties crawling the streets of Prague in the Czech Republic with a 12 day long epic theatrical extravaganza and performing in the legendary Roxy theater.   At some point in their Czech adventures, in the back of a bar in Prague in 1994, Phil and Yehuda sat down and wrote out the Post Relevant Manifesto, a Bob Dobbsian declaration to End Construction which eventually inspired the creation of this here podcast.  WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE POST RELEVANT! Have a few shots of absinthe and freak out as Phil and Yehuda talk about not using husband pillows, what its like to walk on top of shoes made of triangles, how tricky it was to buy hash on a boat, why you shouldn't camp in a bush made of nettles, and, eventually, just what the hell were the two of them thinking when they dared to scribe the incendiary and quickly forgotten Post Relevant Manifesto.  We find out who wrote what, sort of.   All this, plus Hoody rides a bike in Paris AND talks on the phone!  Ooh La La!   Find out more about Yehuda by going to www.xxxyehuda.com.  Learn more about Yehuda's organization Cinematic Intimacy Artists by going to CINTIMA.co Hear the entire first season of the Post Relevant Podcast, where we decode the symbol-laden hipster noir film "Under the Silver Lake," by going to www.PostRelevant.com Click on the merch button at www.PostRelevant.com check out 5 new PRP T-shirt designs created by Phil. Support the podcast by donating at www.patreon.com/postrelevant Check out Phil's acting, art and music at www.TheseAreDreams.com Contact Phil on Instagram, and check out the full 5D experience by going to www.instagram.com/philristaino The Post Relevant Podcast theme song was written by Allen Towbin and Phil Ristaino, aka Agents of Venus.  You can hear their full length album "Boduvt" by going to https://agentsofvenus.bandcamp.com This episode was scored with the music of Jonas the Plug Expert.  Songs include "Pling Plong," "Yugk," "CFD," "Tipdeuntje," "Stap," and "Val."  All music was found on www.freemusicarchive.org -- check out Jonas' page at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/jonas_the_plugexpert

Happy 2023!   Welcome to Season 2 of the Post Relevant Podcast.  Your host Phil Ristaino here. Sync up your TV or computer or home theater with this episode, because we've recorded a watch-a-long to explain the A24 hipster-bizarro-noir "Under the Silver Lake."   I know, I know, I said I was done with explaining the movie...and I am...but brother Andy and I thought it would be a cool thing to record this last gasp to ring in the new year and put the final stamp on my 21 episode explanation of this brilliant symbolist film.  Honestly, I could probably do 21 more episodes just trying to get this movie right, so stop me now, before I go insane.... Season 2 of the PRP offers lots of new experiences for you podcast fans who love a full on Post Relevant 5D experience: 1.  There's a new website that will be the home for the show -- www.PostRelevant.com -- its rad. 2. This show features a brand new theme song, written by Phil and guitarist/producer Allen Towbin, aka The Crawfthsmen, aka Agents of Venus.  It is also majorly rad. 3.  PRP merch to come in the near future.  My prediction for the merch is it will be bad-rad.  And bad meaning 'good.' 4. Future Season 2 episodes will have a whole new approach, ranging from serious-style real interviews with fascinating weirdos from the Arts and Esoterica to comedy-style fake interviews with actors and improvisors that still explore cool ideas like ETs, magic, other dimensions, conspiracy, you name it.  And don't worry, the serious-style interviews won't be too serious.  There will also be shows exploring music and music festivals, the origins of the Post Relevant Movement, live free style raps, and lots more.  Every episode will still have the dense, imaginative production style you've come to enjoy from the show.  I hope you will stick around and dig in to all the auditory goodness. Thanks for listening to the Post Relevant Podcast!  Super-psyched to go on this whole new boogaloo with all y'all.... Support the show!  No commercials means we need your help to keep making the cast.  Go to www.patreon.com/postrelevant to donate. Learn more about the Post Relevant Podcast by going to www.postrelevant.com See tons of samples of Phil Ristaino's acting, art, and music at his website www.TheseAreDreams.com Check out all the posters, lyrics, videos and more for the show at Phil's instagram www.instagram.com/philristaino See all of Andy Ristaino's amazing illustrations, comics and character designs at www.AndyRistaino.com Theme song for the show was created by Agents of Venus - get their album "Boduvt" at https://agentsofvenus.bandcamp.com The songs "You're Magic," "Game On," and "Horizon Ending" featured on the show were created by Soft and Furious.  You can find their music at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Soft_and_Furious You can contact Phil @philristaino on Facebook and Instagram or at phil@postrelevant.com

Ahoy, Post-Relevanteers!  We be steerin' the 'cast into our final destination, and quite a heavenly body is she.  She be the most Silvery of Lakes.... Welcome back to the final installment of our season long decode of the film "Under the Silver Lake." We've dog-paddled all the way to the surface of the moon, the first heaven, finding ourselves washed up on a strange and shining midnight shore. Host Phil Ristaino and returning champ Andy Ristaino sit down in Treebeard Manor to peer through the many watery layers of truth and into the portals to the underworlds, the overworlds, and all the liminal spaces betwixt. You are in for another 3 hours of infotainment, interpretation, original music, ancient literature, etymology, mythology, prophecy, post relevancy, and the actual dog-damn moon landing, stewing together for one last deep dive beneath the luna-sea. This episode includes the new song "Mr Victory" and a reading from a classic from the ancient world, Apulieus' "The Golden Ass." Plus, humorousness! Opinions! Confessions! Special guest appearances! And, of course, we talk for ten minutes about what the lyrics from the song "Safety Dance" really mean.... Support the podcast on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/postrelevant See Phil Ristaino's acting, art and music at his website:  www.TheseAreDreams.com See Andy Ristaino's art at his website: www.AndyRistaino.com Original song "Mr Victory" from this episode is off of the album "Songs from the End of the End of the World" by the Troy Westfield Experience.  Check it out here: https://thetwe.bandcamp.com/album/songs-from-the-end-of-the-end-of-the-world All other music used to score this episode is by HoliznaCC0 found on https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0 Support Holizna on his patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Holizna Special shout out to Carl Ristaino Sr, Jean Ristaino, Carl Ristaino Jr, Anna Tanner, and Rowan Ristaino for their special appearances on this ep!   Thanks again to everyone who listened to Season One of the Post Relevant Podcast!   More to come....

Hale Hale, hearty listeners!  You have answered the sphinx's riddles, donned the Wadget, the all seeing eye, and discovered the Lyre of Orpheus, alit in the sacred temple of Abydos by the starlight of the constellation Lyra itself.  As you strum the lyre's silver strings, a 7th dimensional tone turns the locks etched into the walls, held aloft by the lion goddesses Sekhmet and Bastet for centuries in living stone.  Granite walls shimmer and slide, revealing the golden portal to the solar system of Vega, home of the Lion Angels.  Yeah, verily, you have discovered the legendary Lion's Gate!  Are you brave enough to step through? Welcome to Post Relevant Podcast Super Mega Episode 20 - The King's Chamber part 3 - Thru the Lion's Gate!  This 3 hour episode is a culmination of a years worth of podcasts dedicated to unveiling the mysteries behind the film "Under the Silver Lake" and exploring the larger mythological themes to which the film alludes.  Join host Phil Ristaino, along with his guests mycelium aficionado Mark Ristaino and artist Carl Ristaino (host of the podcast "Welcome to the Art Shed) as they dig up mushrooms and follow a trail of golden teachers past Hadrians Wall to forge a path through the Egyptian underworld and up into the Great Pyramid of Giza itself.   Jumping off from the scene in "Under the Silver Lake" where the main character Sam is confronted about dog biscuits by the Homeless King, this episodes begins with the original song "Someday," co-written by Phil, and a reminiscence of early 80s Cheech and Chong, leading into fully-musically-scored conversations about growing Lion's Mane mushrooms, walking across England, the elegance of the mycelium underground network, panspermia, the genius of 16th century Hermeticist Gordiano Bruno, the conspiracy of Gordon Wasson introducing psychedelic mushrooms into American society in the 20th century, and Mark's adventures at Burning Man.   The episode is framed by chapters 4-8 of the King's Chamber, which honor the legends of the Egyptian gods Isis and Osiris and the Great Pyramid's connection to the constellation Orion and the star Sirius.  The show eventually culminates with the brand new original song "Thru the Lion's Gate" and Phil's story of his experience taking Ayahuasca.  Its a super-mega-episode fit to bust and kick up the mythological dust!  Follow our footprints...thru...the Lion's....Gate.... You can support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/postrelevant Check out original posters, lyrics, videos and more from the Post Relevant Podcast at Phil's instagram :  https://www.instagram.com/philristaino See more of Phil's acting, art, and music at www.TheseAreDreams.com Check out Mark Ristaino at https://www.instagram.com/markristaino Check out Carl Ristaino's art at https://www.instagram.com/carlristaino and https://www.facebook.com/CarlRistaino Check out the Welcome to Art Shed podcast anywhere you listen to podcasts.   This episode includes the original songs written by HoliznaCC0:  'Stealing Glimpses of Your Face,' 'Puppy Love,' 'Mundane,' 'Lost in Space,' 'Dusty Attic,' 'Keeping Cool,' 'Poor but Happy,' 'Come Again,' 'So Broke,' 'Lost in the City.'  You can find all of his royalty free music at his page on freemusicarchive.org -- https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/ More Post Relevant Podcast to come!  Stay tuned!

Howdy!  Welcome to the King's Chamber part 2.   We are full on peering into the heavens from the vantage point of the apex of the original mountain of creation, which birthed the phoenix bird and rose up the djed pillar at the very center of the globe.  In this episode, we expand on the ideas introduced in episode 18 with the decode of the King's Chamber scene in "Under the Silver Lake." We talk Mayan Astronauts! Wrestling! Randy Bonesaw Savage! Naked bike parades! Meeting bears and mountain lions! The secret war between the hermeticists and the Roman Empire! Hallucinogenic lizard wine! Andrew Garfield's quite storm! Mushrooms! Plus! Chapter's 1-4 of the origin story of the Egyptian God Osiris! Host Phil Ristaino and special guest mycelium enthusiast Mark Ristaino roam the countryside to uncover more mysteries! And a special appearance of Brother Andy!  All this plus music, sound effects, chaos and catharsis! It totally slaps! The Post Relevant Podcast. Kicking esoteric ass from the top of the Great Pyramid. Support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/postrelevant See poster art, lyrics, videos and more for the podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philristaino See Phil's original acting, art and music at his website: www.TheseAreDreams.com Check out Mark Ristaino on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markristaino Check out Andy Ristaino at his website: www.AndyRistaino.com All music used to score this episode is by HoliznaCC0 and found on https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0 Support Holizna on his patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Holizna

If a feather fell from a weather bell, would you wonder whether your will would be well?  Or would wonder well in your whither well till your whethers wilt as your feathers filled? Do you know the answer? It takes puzzling the sphinxian riddle to cross the threshold into the King's Chamber.  But cross it we do!  Welcome back for the first time to episode 18 of the Post Relevant Podcast.  This just might be the very most ultimates-est and super-bestest episode of the podcast ever created in three-dimensional time space!  Or even in 7 dimensional thrime-space!  (Thrime-space is sort of like time-space, but in in the 7th dimension...it's too hard to explain right now....) Reaching new levels of sound design and special effects, the King's Chamber is a right banger, I must say!   Brother Andy returns once again to hash it out with show host Phil Ristaino, and they re-create the scene in "Under the Silver Lake" where Sam is chained to a chair in a bear cave and has to explain his way out of possessing dog biscuits to the mysterious Homeless King.  You might ask, how can you make a two hour podcast about a 5 minute scene in a movie from 2018?  Well, look, its possible, ok?  You gotta listen to the show to find out.  You should get an answer right around the 2 hour mark, keep listening.... Here's how the truths are revealed: 1.  We enter the great pyramid and confront the futuristic riddle. 2. Phil and Andy make several left turns at Albuquerque as they remember Bugs Bunny's "Wackiki Rabbit," ask why brother Mark is avoiding being on the show, how Death loves showbiz in "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey," how to speak English with a bad Swedish accent, who is a hamburger and who is a hotdog, and how to effortlessly create your own foley for a podcast by banging and clanging stuff off-handedly while recording.  Among other things!  This beginning of the show is most non-heinous! 3. Max Flackman (aka Matt Kalman, guest from the infamous episode 13 where Phil and Max get drunk) re-emerges from the woodlands of upstate NY to respond to Phil's revelations of all the lies Oliver Stone foisted on the unsuspecting public when he released his 90s epic "The Doors."  Hint - Jim Morrison never killed a duck.  Gasp!   That's just scratching the surface.... 4.  Yet another brand new song is played, entitled "Tall Girl."  Pretty self-explanatory. 5. In the decode section of the show, we talk about being pregnant in a float tank and arguing with Judge Mablean on national TV.  Andy talks about the imminent arrival of his new baby. Phil explores the UTSL reddit.  Phil digs into the relationship between Homeless King actor David Yow and Kurt Cobain.  Phil re-investigates the Horned God/Osiris/Green Man connections in the movie.  Phil and Andy re-ennact the aforementioned scene between the Homeless King and Sam.  Is the truth revealed?  We notice Sam's been sitting on his gun the whole time.  Phil and Andy finish the episode still trying to figure out what "Hamburgers Are Love" means.... Support the Post Relevant Podcast by going to www.patreon.com/postrelevant Check out Phil's acting, art and music at his website www.TheseAreDreams.com Check out episode art, lyrics, videos and more at Phil's instagram - www.instagram.com/philristaino You can contact Phil @ philristaino on instagram and Facebook and by finding post_relevant_70 on the UTSL reddit. Check out Andy Ristaino's art at www.AndyRistaino.com This show is scored by the royalty-free songs "The Wild Truth," "Sons of the Cornucopia" and "From the Future to You" by 23 and Beyond the Infinite, the songs "Chased," "Mage," "Cake," and "The End" by Ketsa, and "Two Mountains at a Time" by Pachyderm.  All songs found at freemusicarchive.org.

I am Infinite.  I am cosmic.  I am purple, obsequious, and clairvoyant.  I am POST RELEVANT.  I AM the END of the END of TIME.... Fall into the cosmic crystal oceans along the edge of the Lagoon Nebula and surf the silver tides of Aldebaran!  The time has come for the grand entrance of the Ladies of the Hour.  Let's all live in a swamp and be three dimensional! You are about to witness the return of the Elfling herself to the show for the first time ever!  Ladies and Gentlemen,  Its Laurelle Rethke, performer, healer, and curator of the Faerie Den crystal shop in NYC.  I knew she would be perfect for investigating the deeper themes of the scene in "Under the Silver Lake" where Sam brings a gun to a hut and meets the Final Man and his three brides.  And she was!   She is!  Laurelle and host Phil talk about what parts of the film were spooky, why she remembered UTSL as a bunch of scenes with pretty girls in them, and then we got in deep on the Moon.  We dive like dolphins into the Moon's glades of significance - as a tarot card, as a temple, as a tempest temperature taker.  We wander across the wonderland of the body's bioelectric fields , feet like salmon zodiacs transform into the apostles and figure out how many snakes Ophiucus is holding.  We cast lines to catch the queen of the Fish Tower, Mary Magdalene, and slather on the nard to understand how the Ladies of the Hour applied the medicine.  And we wonder about mystery witches wandering Mu.... Its a musical odyssey to make your honey hustle as Phil and Laurelle explore the multiversal moving picture known as "Under the Silver Lake" to a complete musical score.  Also!  A new song -- "Her Mystery School" -- debuts on the show.  The "School" rocks like a crystal shop as the lyrics linger along levels of the edge of orange mirrors -  see if you can decipher them on instagram.com/philristaino.  Plus!  All this and lowly comedy, too!!!  Meet a real city-dwelling faerie as she skates the shapes of Persephone's fate and teaches us to cleanse our crystals in the moon light.  You'll feel the magic as real until you are dull and boring and omnipresent!    Learn more about Laurelle Rethke on her websites https://thefaerieden.com and https://www.5sensehealing.com and contact her @thefairieden on Facebook and Instagram.   Check out Laurelle's Book "Connecting with Crystals," available online now. Check out Phil Ristaino's acting/art/and music at his website www.TheseAreDreams.com Contact Phil @philristaino on Facebook and Instagram.    And visit https://www.instagram.com/philristaino to see the art and videos that accompany each episode. Become a patron of the show by going to www.patreon.com/postrelevant Hear the album "Boduvt" featuring the show's theme song "the Post Relevant Movement" at http://agentsofvenus.bandcamp.com This show features the royalty-free songs "I'm Back" and "Darkness" by Alex Productions, "The Old Tower Inn" by Random Mind, "Brazilian Streetfight" by Punch Deck, "Falling Into the Game" by Soft and Furious, all found at Chosic.com, and the songs "Quiet Moonlit Countrysides," "Lost on the Freeway," "Thought You Were Cool," "Final Level," and "Advertisements" by HoliznaCCO, "Spacenight" by SPCZ, and "Xanadont" by Mystery Mammal, all found at https://freemusicarchive.org.

The time has come to meet the Ladies of the Hour.  Tuck your pistol into your pants and enter the hut as we decipher the ascension secrets of the Final Man and this 3 Brides.  Have some tea.  On second thought, you might not want to drink that.... The Post Relevant Podcast has returned once more again, and with this revival, we proudly welcome back Brother Andy to the show!  And whadayaknow?  Its an actual, honest-to-god decode of one of the final scenes of "Under the Silver Lake."  Together with very special returning champ sister Christine, PHD (of episodes 12 and 13 where we explore Dante's "Divine Comedy"), we break down the scene where Sam brings a gun to a hut near the Hollywood sign and confronts Creepy Jesus and his spaced-out consorts about their true machinations in Tinsel Town.   Join us as we explore the spiritual significance of the "Ladies of the Hour" in ancient pre-Christian religions, as well as Mary Magdalene, that grand lunar dame herself, and how their horny traditions explain what these crazy tea drinkers from UTSL are up to as they prepare to be buried forever in the Hollywood hills.   This episode also features the debut of the new tune "Tommi and the Needle's Eye."  Its another Post Relevant Powerhouse Podcast so good you'll want to have all your teeth removed and lie down on the floor!  Prepare to ascend and watch TV!!!!  Its definitely not just another sad, sawdust-filled rabbit. Check out Phil Ristaino's acting/art/and music at his website www.TheseAreDreams.com Contact Phil @philristaino on Facebook and Instagram.    And visit https://www.instagram.com/philristaino to see the art and videos that accompany each episode. Become a patron of the show by going to www.patreon.com/postrelevant See Andy Ristaino's art, animation and comics at https://www.andyristaino.com See Christine Ristaino's books at her website https://www.christineristaino.com Hear more from the album Boduvt by the Agents of Venus, which features the show's theme song, "The Post Relevant Movement" by going to https://agentsofvenus.bandcamp.com This episode features the royalty free songs "The Fall of the Village of the Infinitesimal Forest at the Hands of the Royal Aggressor" by Room 34  and "Space MTV" by Komiku from Chosic.com and "Biogas" by Defrini from freemusicarchive.org

Welcome back to part 2 of an epic conversation with actor/producer Lloyd Booker.  In this half of the conversation, Lloyd and host Phil talk almost exclusively about the short film they both appear in, "House of Brotherly Love" by writer/director Max Kane.  Max has created a challenging snapshot of a wealthy Black family throwing a New Years Eve party in 2020 in their home outside of Philadelphia, and how their lives, already fractured in many small ways, become upended when the family's daughter brings home a belligerent white boyfriend to meet them.   This film is a great model for sparking conversation about the struggles of racism and prejudice for all ethnicities in modern America (and the world).  Lloyd has a lot to say about how to interpret and understand symbolic and controversial moments in the film and about what the film's larger implications might be.  He encourages audiences to speak up about how this movie affects them, and wants us all to ask questions and engage in an ongoing dialogue about the film's subject matter.   This is an intense, humorous, and wide-ranging interview, not for the faint of heart.  It also comes with lots of spoilers for the film "House of Brotherly Love."  I highly recommend watching the film before you hear the conversation.  You can watch the 18 minute film for free on Vimeo.com right now.  Just follow this link to see "House of Brotherly Love":  https://vimeo.com/658954522 If you are listening to this episode on Wednesday, June 8, and you are in the Philadelphia area, you can see a live screening of the film at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival (PIFF): Date: Wednesday (6/8) Time: 7-8:20pm Where: SeraPhi Studios, 941 N. Front Street Philadelphia, PA 19123 Tickets: $10, can be purchased here: http://pifffilms.tv/ticket/ Lloyd Booker is looking for an agent - if you're interested in working with Lloyd, please contact him at lloyd_booker@yahoo.com.               (Lloyd requests only serious inquiries, please). Find out more about Lloyd on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3239688/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Check out Phil Ristaino's website at www.TheseAreDreams.com Contact Phil and see original art and videos for the Post Relevant Podcast on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philristaino Hear the full theme song to the podcast, "The Post Relevant Movement" from album "Boduvt" by Agents of Venus (Phil's project with co-writer Allen Towbin) on Bandcamp: https://agentsofvenus.bandcamp.com All other music from this episode was created by the artist Ketsa and found on the website https://freemusicarchive.org

Strap in and hold on tight, Post-Relevantians!  You're about to be Booker-ized!  In this episode we take a detour from our investigation of the film "Under the Silver Lake" to speak to a working actor and producer from out of Philadelphia, the raconteur of Philly Cool - Lloyd Booker.   Lloyd appears in the same short film as me (your host Phil), a film called "House of Brotherly Love."   In episode 7 of the PRP, I interviewed the writer/director of the film, Max Kane.  Lloyd heard the interview and contacted me with hot takes and in-depth interpretations about the film, so we figured it was time to have a loooong conversation on the show.   Plus, HOBL is about to be screened in Philadelphia, so the planets have aligned for this epic interview.   In part one, Lloyd talks about his band "Mad Man and the Mental Problems," his various musical experiences, meeting musical legends like Bruce Springsteen and David Bowie, and the time he saw James Brown play a show until the sun came up, all the while crooning some of his favorite songs live on the show.  Then he tells us tales of watching Laurence Fishburne give his famous speech in Zion during the shooting of "The Matrix," smoking with Keanu Reeves in the park in NYC, and 'beating on' Charles Barkley in local Philly basketball.   Next, we go into Lloyd's first acting gig - being cast as Samuel L. Jackson's stand-in on M. Night Shyamalan's "Unbreakable."  He talks about the auditioning process for the film, getting his production assistant to stop traffic for him, his first meeting with Sam Jackson, and the advice Sam gave him about how to get noticed as an actor.   Finally in part one, we go into his experiences acting in and producing an original award-winning film recognized by the Academy Awards called "Ageless Love."   Stay tuned for part 2, dropping tomorrow, where we talk exclusively about Lloyd's expansive thoughts on the importance of our film "House of Brotherly Love." Check out "House of Brotherly Love" online here: https://vimeo.com/658954522 You can also see a live screening of the film in Philadelphia this Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival (PIFF): Date: Wednesday (6/8) Time: 7-8:20pm Where: SeraPhi Studios, 941 N. Front Street Philadelphia, PA 19123 Tickets: $10, can be purchased here: http://pifffilms.tv/ticket/ Lloyd is looking for an agent - if you're interested in working with Lloyd, please contact him at lloyd_booker@yahoo.com (Lloyd requests only serious inquiries, please). Find out more about Lloyd on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3239688/ And a few more interviews with Lloyd here: .https://www.suzeebehindthescenes.com/2021/11/interview-with-philly-actorproducer.html and here:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOFKgDTTIGw  Check out host Phil's website www.TheseAreDreams.com Contact Phil and see original art and videos for the Post Relevant Podcast on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philristaino Hear the full theme song to the podcast, "The Post Relevant Movement" from album "Boduvt" by Agents of Venus (Phil's project with co-writer Allen Towbin) on Bandcamp: https://agentsofvenus.bandcamp.com

The Post Relevant Podcast episode 13, "Dog Paddling in the Deep End of the Silver Lake," has crawled its half-blind way out of the life-slime of the cement pond and is now roaming the city streets for warm-blooded crowds to consume and the tallest building on top of which to build its gigantic nest.  This is a lively and strange discussion, a wild ride of a conversation, inter-splicing two talks in time, and featuring a complete musical score, with actor/writer/director/editor/woodsman Matt Kalman. Matt has been listening to the podcast and now has some insightful theories of his own to share.  We talk about our past doing weird theater together, Matt's film projects, and then we go deep into his theories on "Under the Silver Lake."   Plus! I get really drunk! Honestly and truly. Also! A brand new song mostly about "Under the Silver Lake" called 'Jodorowsky's House Keys.'  Its time travel, I say!  Quality podcasting found wherever podcasts lurk.... Learn more about Phil at his website www.TheseAreDreams.com Contact Phil @philristaino on Facebook and Instagram.    And check out https://www.instagram.com/philristaino to see the art that goes along with each episode.  Hear more from the album Boduvt by the Agents of Venus, which features the show's theme song, "The Post Relevant Movement" by going to https://agentsofvenus.bandcamp.com