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“Do you want to know what happiness is? Happiness is the absence of unpleasant information.” ― William T. Vollmann, Lupin the III: The Castle of Cagliostro - 1979 - Hayao Miyazaki Confessions of An Opium Eater - 1962 - Albert Zugsmith Sponsor: subnormality.ca twitter: twitter.com/comeinallunits facebook: facebook.com/comeinallunits email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com

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SFUltra is my attempt as a lifetime science fiction skeptic's attempt to get into the genre by reading 100 science fiction books I purchased in Wales one time. It gets published every two weeks.

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#7 - Work: Start-Ups: "Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks." - Stokely Carmichael The Enforcer - 1951 - Bretaigne Windust [Raoul Walsh] The Spook Who Sat By The Door - 1973 - Ivan Dixon Sponsor: subnormality.ca twitter:... by SFULTRA
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#0 - Introduction: A brief introduction to the series and the thinking behind it. by SFULTRA
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Calling All Units - Romero, The Word "Influence", Pacing/Duration: I briefly eulogize genuine legend George Romero before talking about how the word "influence" and the way talking about film can be engineered to be inaccessible. Then I answer a listener question about thrillers and pacing. by SFULTRA
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#8 - Work: Peter Yates Special: "That is to say: Toward the accomplishment of an aim which in wantonness of atrocity would seem to partake of the insane, he will direct a cool judgment sagacious and sound. These men are madmen, and of the most dangerous sort…" Herman Melville,... by SFULTRA
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#2 - Work: Uniform: "From this point of view, the key element in the evolution of machinery is not its size, complexity, or speed of operation, but the manner in which its operations are controlled" - Harry Braverman, Labor and Monopoly Capital A Man in Uniform... by SFULTRA
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#4 - Work: Work/Life Balance: "In the end, they may submit to the strongest and most brutal individuals, simply because they cannot organize and plan their actions by themselves" - Max Horkheimer, Critical Theory Sponsor: subnormality.ca twitter: twitter.com/comeinallunits... by SFULTRA
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Calling All Units - How Did You Learn To Be Sick? So Cunning.: Why Podcasting Sucks In '18: The Money. Sponsor: subnormality.ca twitter: twitter.com/comeinallunits facebook: facebook.com/comeinallunits email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com by SFULTRA
43 min listen
#6 - Work: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Takeovers: The Nickle Ride - 1974 - Robert Mulligan The Bad Sleep Well - 1960 - Akira Kurosawa Sponsor: subnormality.ca twitter: twitter.com/comeinallunits facebook: facebook.com/comeinallunits email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com by SFULTRA
41 min listen
#3 - Work: Office Politics: "that which is neurotic in the individual is, in capitalism, normal and socially desirable for functioning society" - Harry Braverman, Labour and Monopoly Capital Election - 2005 - Johnnie To Election 2 - 2006 - Johnnie To Human Factor - 1979 - Otto... by SFULTRA
42 min listen
#5 - Work: Technology: “A microphone which responds unevenly or to less than the full range will alter the sound of the instrument, though this effect may be desirable in some cases” - Microphone Techniques For Music, Sound Reinforcement 711 Ocean Drive - 1950 - Joseph... by SFULTRA
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Calling All Units - LA Takedown, Kansas City Confidential and a Unifying Theory Of Art by SFULTRA
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Calling All Units - Three Sex-Repulsed 80s Genre Films: I’m joined by Astrid Budgor to talk about three genre films from the early 80s that thrum with deep-seated disgust and fear of sex. This kind of thing often goes unaddressed in genre fiction criticism, aside from a “woah, weird!“, so I'm... by SFULTRA
101 min listen
#16 - Navigation: Reputation: “-I'm reviewing it, the stooped man said, and started to plod off. -You read it? -No, he said over his shoulder, but I know the son of a bitch who wrote it.” - William Gaddis, The Recognitions The Small World Of Sammy Lee - 1963 - Ken Hughes... by SFULTRA
59 min listen
#9 - Work: Career Opportunities: "Various disguises are regrettable but necessary if you're going to make it through the day. " - Rob Wright, Nomeansno Perfect Blue - 1997 - Satoshi Kon Chameleon Street - 1989 - Wendall B Harris Sponsor: subnormality.ca twitter:... by SFULTRA
43 min listen
#1 - Work: Project Management: The Hole - 1960 - Jacques Becker Accident - 2009 - Soi Cheang https://www.facebook.com/ComeInAllUnits/ https://twitter.com/comeinallunits allunitspodcast@gmail.com Sponser: subnormality.ca by SFULTRA
37 min listen
Calling All Units - TV VS ADHD, Book Recommendations, Favourite Non-All Units Films: I answer questions about dream logic, adhd impacting on working habits, book recommendations, my favourite films of all time that don't fit into All Units Sponsor: subnormality.ca twitter: twitter.com/comeinallunits facebook:... by SFULTRA
42 min listen
Calling All Units - The Shit In The Air Will Fuck Up Your Face: You own things. Sponsor: subnormality.ca twitter: twitter.com/comeinallunits facebook: facebook.com/comeinallunits email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com by SFULTRA
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Calling All Units - Two E-40 Music Videos: I talk about two E-40 music videos. Sponsor: subnormality.ca twitter: twitter.com/comeinallunits facebook: facebook.com/comeinallunits email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com by SFULTRA
34 min listen
Calling All Units - Focus, Hidden City, What Archives Are For: I cover a couple of loose units: Focus and Hidden City. Both provide different angles on surveillance and recording equipment on Dossier 51's take on surveillance. Then I answer some questions and admit to using a fidget spinner. by SFULTRA
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#20 - Navigation: Confined Space: "I am the idiot who will not be himself: fuck it" - Marilyn Manson, Irresponsible Hate Anthem Keyhole - 2011 - Guy Maddin The Incident - 1967 - Larry Peerce Sponsor: subnormality.ca twitter: twitter.com/comeinallunits facebook:... by SFULTRA
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#12 - Intoxication: Alcohol: “All of us, in some part or another, are loathsome. We all harbour a crime we’ve committed, or a crime our soul is begging us to commit” - The Book Of Disquiet, Fernando Pessoa Small Back Room - 1949 - Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger... by SFULTRA
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Calling All Units - Abuse Of Power Comes As No Surprise, Tarantinocore, Green Room: I talk about the Harvey Weinstein stories coming to light, the uselessness of ranked lists, my final ever comment about Tarantino and why I think green room is intellectual counterfeit money. by SFULTRA
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Calling All Units - Depressing Media, Keeping Up, Depicting Fists Connecting: I answer some questions about depressing media, watching habits and ways to watch before discussing the technology that is the fight scenes in Destruction Babies. Sponsor: subnormality.ca twitter: twitter.com/comeinallunits facebook:... by SFULTRA
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Calling All Units - Top Of The Heap, "Post Horror" by SFULTRA
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#10 - Work: Office Culture: “Boredom is the desire for happiness left in its pure state”. —Giacomo Leopardi Outrage - 2010 - Takeshi Kitano Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion - 1970 - Elio Petri Sponsor: subnormality.ca twitter:... by SFULTRA
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Calling All Units - To Make An Idol Of Our Fear And Call It God: The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrere Sponsor: subnormality.ca email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com by SFULTRA
48 min listen
Calling All Units - A Near Miss: “But what would be our readers’ reaction if we simply refused to get to the bottom of that question?” - Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain Sponsor: subnormality.ca twitter: twitter.com/comeinallunits facebook: facebook.com/comeinallunits... by SFULTRA
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Calling All Units - Elio Petri Special: Friend of the podcast Jools (@Joolsd on twitter) joins me to discuss several films from the career of Elio Petri, the underrated Italian director responsible for Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion (one of the stand-out films from the Work... by SFULTRA
85 min listen
Calling All Units - The Day Everything Became Nothing: Zero. Sponsor: subnormality.ca Email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2 by SFULTRA
35 min listen
Calling All Units - You Fail Me: A harddrive is dead. Sponsor: subnormality.ca twitter: twitter.com/comeinallunits facebook: facebook.com/comeinallunits email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com by SFULTRA
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