Serious About Sirius - R.U., that is.
Wednesday, January 11th, 2006
While The Thresher seems to have remained still and abandoned in its watery grave since I first reported its fleeting appearance just over a year ago, the captain has nevertheless managed to take the wheel of another subversive vessel and is gallantly guiding it along the fringe - this time in the form of podcasts and the MondoGlobo network.
As reported here back in 2004, R.U. Sirius - co-founder of the cyberchic zine Mondo 2000 - was and is involved in a project called NeoFiles: The Experimental Edge of Human Endeavors (makes you wonder why he hasn’t had a certain culture-jamming, sword swallowing, former cryonicist on the show). Serving as a web-based text-only medium for R.U. to interview and discuss the suitably fringe material that he is known for exploring, it transitioned to a podcast format sometime back in mid-2004. Though still funded by the Life Enhancement organization, it has been incorporated into the MondoGlobo network of podcasts, which features a total of five other podcasts - from the Pastor Jack show (the word of God never sounded so damned funny) to a weekly show analyzing Apple Computer stock (why?) - including one that is our subject’s namesake, The R.U. Sirius Show: Plumbing the Depths of Meme Culture.
