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EPISODE 1 – MOVING TO LA
To introduce some of the various characters that will be involved in the podcast, Emil tells the story of when Duncan Trussell called him up in 1999 to inform him that he’d arranged for Emil to start...
View ArticleEPISODE 2 – *RARE SOUNDTRACKS*
The storytelling/audio-book aspect of the podcast will return on the 1st of every month. For this episode Emil performs the honorable late-night ritual of drinking heavily and going through the rare...
View ArticleEPISODE 3 – THE SPOILS OF VANITY
In 1994 Emil was kidnapped briefly while on LSD, taken to a shack out in the woods and greeted by a teen dressed as Michael Jackson who attempted to coerce him into a three-way along with another boy...
View ArticleEPISODE 4 – *AMERICAN TRAILBLAZERS*
Episode 4 dives into the history of lesser known American record production and songwriting, uncovers various Neil Young imitators and features a mini-section on the significance and extreme depression...
View ArticleEPISODE 5 – LOW BROW SHAMANISMS IN ’94
Today at 9:09 AM EPISODE 5 – LOW BROW SHAMANISMS IN ’94 Pink Floyd comes to North Carolina in 1994 and Emil accidentally takes 9 hits of acid in the back of a station wagon alongside Ron, the gay...
View ArticleEPISODE 6 – *BRITISH MASTERS*
This Episode goes back to the era of the Beatles reign, focusing on lesser known British geniuses in songwriting and contrasting their early work with what became of them down the line. DISCOGRAPHY:...
View ArticleEPISODE 7 – MY BEST FRIEND
The tide turns as a new Guru comes to town. This episode sits at the crux of ‘Drifter’s Sympathy’ as it visits the ultimate transformative moment when a young kid is inducted into underground culture...
View ArticleEPISODE 8 – *EUROPEAN PIONEERS*
This week’s episode dives deep into forgotten European songwriting and record production. Several shadowy heroes are covered here with a special section on Laurence Vanay and the Château d’Hérouville,...
View ArticleEPISODE 9 – I WANT TO KNOW
Fantasies eventually have to turn to sour to reveal the true way forward. Transgression, Adventurism and pushing the boundaries of one’s own psychology are a central piece of the hero’s journey. So...
View ArticleEPISODE 10 – *RARE SOUNDTRACKS II*
Rare Soundtracks is back. ⚡ This episode digs back into the folds of Grails’ influences by focusing on the great ‘British Crime’ film composer Roy Budd, pointing out the cancerous effect of Tubular...
View ArticleEPISODE 11 – CENTER OF THE CYCLONE
This is the ‘season finale’ of the first 6 month run of Drifter’s Sympathy. We’ve already covered that there’s inevitably a moment in the ‘hero’s journey’ where one doesn’t know what they’re doing...
View ArticleEPISODE 12 – *PLASTIC FLOWER PEOPLE*
In the late 60’s new advances in recording technology collided up against the rise of the flower children and a new genre of insincere bohemian music was pushed into the wake of a new youth market....
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EPISODE 13 – HIGH SCHOOL
Episode 13 kicks off the second season of Drifter’s Sympathy. Like an archaeologist going over the same prehistoric site twice, we go back to High School in an attempt to return to more optimistic...
View ArticleEPISODE 14 – *AMERICAN TRAILBLAZERS II*
American Trailblazers returns and seeps into all new cracks of our abandoned history. In a half-drunken fit of mispronunciation, Emil calls up producer John Agnello to set the record straight on the...
View ArticleEPISODE 15 – BACK TO BOSTON
This cast is about the absolute peak of recklessness… when you spin the wheel just to see where everything lands. It picks up the thread left off in “Center of the Cyclone”, the darkest chapter of...
View ArticleEPISODE 16 – *SLEAZY LISTENING*
Re-visiting the entry point at which we all encounter the idea of sex and the mystique/power it holds at a distance, we dive into some of the geniuses behind the music that soundtracked the classic...
View ArticleEPISODE 17 – RECKLESS LIBERATION
This episode details the story behind the song “Reckless Liberation” from the Holy Sons’ record ‘Survivalist Tales’. Emil enters college and immediately descends into an inner-storm of disassociation...
View ArticleEPISODE 18 – CARAVAN & KALEIDOSCOPE
Drifting deep into our UK roots on many drinks, Emil dedicates an entire episode to two unheralded pioneers that got lost in the initial flurry of British invasion-isms. Caravan hid behind the shadow...
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EPISODE 19 – INSIDIOUS MIND CONTROL
Duncan Trussell & Emil Amos have been sitting on an archive of prank calls they did in college & talking about releasing them for 2 DECADES now. Some of Emil’s favorites have been cleaned up...
View ArticleEPISODE 20 – *LIBRARY MUSIC*
Emil’s bandmate Alex Hall from Grails and Lilacs & Champagne is in town from Berlin and they deliver an introduction to “Library Music”… The term goes back as far as the twenties when stock music...
View ArticleEPISODE 21 – THE OUTSIDER
This cast is about the slow attempt we make to repair ourselves while staring into the heart of absurdity. Its about the family of people who’ve inadvertently helped each other through death and...
View ArticleEPISODE 22 – *BRITISH MASTERS II*
British Masters returns for a second volume to mine early Bowie obscurities, classically-influenced prog-folk, private press demos of failed songwriting teams and a short spotlight on Andrew Loog...
View ArticleEPISODE 23 – THE LECTURER
Duncan & Emil try to sum up some of their thoughts on both the light and dark sides of the Guru and their role. The post EPISODE 23 – THE LECTURER appeared first on Feral Audio.
View ArticleEPISODE 24 – *LONER LEGENDS*
LONER LEGENDS brings the second season of Drifter’s Sympathy to a close with special spotlights on Pete Hamm, Roger Rodier, Moondog and the great Skip Spence, who might’ve unknowingly kicked off this...
View ArticleDAWN OF INDIVIDUATION
‘Dawn of Individuation’ launches Season 3 of Drifter’s Sympathy by grappling with the etymology of nostalgia as an ‘acute form of homesickness’. Its a mellow opening that digs into the initial chance...
View Article26 – *LONER LEGENDS II*
Loner Legends returns for a second round to help define the impetus behind Drifter’s Sympathy. The ‘loser’ is an archetype that still needs a good bit of ironing out… and for this episode we’re...
View Article27 – TO ABRAXAS WITH HEADACHES
This is the story of how the first song on the first Holy Sons record was channeled during a precarious bender and super-faded viewing of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1997. This bender...
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*THE TERRORISTS*
‘The Terrorists’ digs down into the music that shapes our minds when we first become indoctrinated in the language of the punk spirit. Another version of the loner/outsider, The TERRORIST anticipates...
View ArticleSACCHARINE TRUST
Episode 29 tells the genesis tale behind the song ‘Saccharine Trust’ that was named after the classic SST band of the ’80s. The first half of the cast meditates on the unstable period of life the song...
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