When Did Music Become Part of Your Life?

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i grew up in new york, i wasn't a musician, but i grew upwe groped it the radio on ald te tome. And er, i didn't, i never studied music, orr, took any lessons. In high school all the frind people, i knew, they were all these great musos. I met the drummer and blondye, he was one of them, clunbark. He was in lots of ands in our home town,. bu we went to the same high school together. Nice to see him playin lots of bands. But the lyrics are interesting, and it was all about street life. It wasn't y

Gary Lachman is a writer and philosopher, whose work focuses on human imagination and the history of occult ideas. In this episode we discuss:

- Moving between the rational and the imaginative modes of consciousness - The rise of meme magic in politics and how Trump, Putin others have used it - How to make sense of a world dominated by philosophies of nihilism

We also discuss Gary’s experience in the rock band Blondie in the mid 70s, how the internet shapes reality and the history of some of the most important ideas about consciousness.