
You Only Guide Me by Surprise
Claim This Podcastby Landry Ayres
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<p>A suite of sonic somnambulism for those interested in poetry, peripety, magic, or mystery. Created by Landry Ayres.</p>
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October 25, 2022
The Order of the Elephant’s Foot
<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">This place is a message…and part of a system of messages…pay attention to it!</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Sending this message was important to us. We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">This place is not a place of honor…no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here…nothing valued is here.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The danger is in a particular location…it increases towards a center…the center of danger is here…of a particular size and shape, and below us.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The danger is still present, in your time, as it was in ours.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The danger is to the body, and it can kill.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The form of the danger is an emanation of energy.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The danger is unleashed only if you substantially disturb this place physically. This place is best shunned and left uninhabited.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">***</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">You Only Guide Me by Surprise is written, produced and edited by Landry Ayres.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Clips from the following pieces are included:</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE8fMJh8-Tg">The Regulation of Atomic Radiation</a>, courtesy of the U.S. National Archives</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BprP6tRZ8mk&t=225s">The nun who broke into a US nuclear-weapons facility</a>, The Washington Post</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCnWPbn-ZKo&t=44s">The Doomsday Clock, explained</a>, Vox</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwY2E0hjGuU">Nuclear Waste: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver</a> (HBO)</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj1nZMV0loU&t=717s">The Nuclear Radiation Series</a>, CENCO and Periscope Films</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnB2KuNMP4Q&t=870s">How an 85-Year Old Nun, Activists Infiltrated Top U.S. Nuclear Site, Exposing Dangers & Urging Peace</a>, Democracy Now!</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdOQjOmwok0">Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing</a>, The Christophers</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCoZ2DEK0zY">Atomic Blast!, First Pictures (1946)</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4k2skbJDm8">Atomic Alert, Elementary Version (1951)</a>, courtesy of the Prelinger Archives</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60">Duck And Cover, a Civil Defense Film (1951)</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7vk5keNbRc">This Is Spinal Tap (1984)</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The sacred texts included in this piece are:</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">שמות 26 1:5 (WLC)</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">שמות 27:21 (WLC)</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Isaiah 2:4 (KJV)</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">שמות26:31-37 (WLC)</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 27 (TR 1550)</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">מלכים א 8:6-12 (WLC)</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">All Western Leningrad Codex texts were read by Abraham Shmuelof. Greek texts courtesy of Anton Tasos. Isaiah read by David Suchet.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">FURTHER READING:</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393358094">Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert MacFarland</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/ten-thousand-years/">99% Invisible - Ten Thousand Years</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000zdq9">The Nuclear Priesthood by Paul Farley</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6799619">Reducing the Likelihood of Future Human Activities That Could Affect Geologic High-level Waste Repositories: Technical Report, May 1984 by the Human Interference Task Force, prepared for the Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation, U.S. Department of Energy</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://inis.iaea.org/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/16/010/16010244.pdf">Communication Measures to Bridge Ten Millennia: Technical Report, May 1984 by Thomas Sebeok, prepared for the Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation, U.S. Department of Energy</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/I_Think_I_Am_a_Verb/PBEBnvop2w0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false">I Think I Am a Verb by Thomas Sebeok</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/36396">Measures: Monastery for an Atomic Priesthood; Hanford, WA</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.oecd-nea.org/upload/docs/application/pdf/2020-12/7259-constructing-memory-2015.pdf">Radioactive Waste Management and Constructing Memory for Future Generations: Proceedings of the International Conference and Debate, 15-17 September 2014, Verdun, France</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.theatomicpriesthoodproject.org">The Atomic Priesthood Project by Bryan McGovern Wilson</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://inis.iaea.org/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/47/009/47009697.pdf">Cumbrian Alchemy by Robert Williams and Bryan McGovern Wilson</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/weekinreview/20chernobyl.html">Lessons From Chernobyl for Japan by Ellen Barry - The New York Times</a></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A transcript of this episode can be found <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K1o_R-ZV8wx5bJIGU44hsk60yssIeRBekwDHzvIs18E/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>.</p>

September 27, 2022
Secrets of the Delian Tomb
<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Treasure hunters, adventurers, and artists; gather and hear tell of sacred rites and rituals, practices and preparations, for finding and founding fortunes and favor. Drama and discourse collide in a confounding conflux for creative catalysis. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">You Only Guide Me by Surprise is written, produced, and edited by me, Landry Ayres.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Special thank you’s to Matthew Colville, MCDM Productions, Dan Hinderliter, Sam Abney, Ryan Aguirre, Sam Hood, and Alex Hetrick.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Further Reading/Watching:</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://youtube.com/user/mcolville">Matt’s YouTube Channel</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://youtu.be/zTD2RZz6mlo">Running the Game 1 - The Delian Tomb</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-L_0WX-KKXsZA22VHr5j">The Delian Tomb</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://youtu.be/BVKRUrBDCGc">Running the Game - The Dungeon</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.mcdmproductions.com/">MCDM Productions</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://youtu.be/5hrpSgMNvfw">Mapping Laputa - a Castle in the Sky Essay by John Battle</a></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A transcript of this episode can be found <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cpFXxjo5fS4oJmPA-WH2G7lm1m66DAAv19fjNEfUNoM/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>.</p>

June 2, 2022
T̵a̸p̵e̸ ̵S̷-̴1̴-̵1̸2̶
<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A guided meditation by committee. Embrace your inner child, play with fo̵͉̘͛͊͑r̶̞̠̕͝ṁ̴̡͎,̷̣̓̇ and move through other p̷̫̻̙̤̣͗́̈́͂l̶̡͓̳̗̠̦͕̅̔a̵̛̱̱͇̅̕͝n̴͇͂̈́͌͆e̵͔̲̹͔̬͊̽́͗͠ŝ̴͇͚̩͌̊͐ ̶̛̲̂̿͌̐̀͝͠o̵̻̹̐̑f̸̛̯̜͋̎̈́̃ ̵̛͖̭͉̲͎̝̃̓̾͆́e̷͚͇͕̺̖̓̈́̌̈́x̸̢̛͕͖͙̝̱̿̀̎̑̕i̸͉̼͙̤̻͍̎͒̃͆͝s̴̨͈͉̙̹̠̔t̸̨̺̖̲̰͎̹̞͐̋͋e̶̡̡̛̦̥̿̾̅̅̌̆n̸̩̳̼̥̫̙̹̓͂̑̃̚ç̶͇̗͎̏̌ē̷̻̟̪͇ ̴̠͑̅͗̀with the aid of an i̴m̷a̷g̷i̷n̶a̷l̴ ̴b̸o̶d̸y̶,̵ ̶v̵i̴o̶l̴e̸t̶ ̶t̷r̶a̷n̴s̴m̶u̸t̵i̸n̴g̶ ̴f̴l̴a̵m̸e̷s̷ and the chorus of multidimensional experts with a scientifically grounded neurophysiological method for Ò̵̧̢͚͙̼͍̣̟̹̯̣̮͚̳͇͉͇̘͎͚̥͈̇̎́́̈́̋͛̇̚͜͜͠Ç̴̡̞̙̝̮̣̫̥̼̹̣͕͌̐͑ͅͅͅT̵̨̨͎̮͚̻͙͈̤͉̼͎̠̟̦̫̪̜́̽̈̀̀͊̋̍̃͊̅̀̽̓͗̈̉̎̓̂̓̐̌̐̉̀̍̿͘̕͝͠͠͝A̷̢̨̢̧̛̛̛̛̜̗̭̝̱͓̝͕͉̼̤̣̼̜͚̝͚̦͎̖̜̬͇̫̺͗̋͗̎̾̈́͂̓̍͂̒͗̔͋̎̿̊̏̂̍̓̾͌́͒͑̀̉̋͜͜͝ͅV̸̡̧̢̧̡̧̨̢̛̗̪̻̰̙͓̪̰̹͚̲̝͕̳̘̞̬̫̙̝͉̱̲̟͍̳̓͑̔͑̓́͌̈́̋̾̂̓̋̃̔̅̆̌̍̈́̀̈́̍̎̈́͘͘͜͝͠ͅͅͅͅĘ̴̧̭̱͉̼̠̺̻̺̲̠̥͈̲̣͙̰͗̋̄̄̉̂̂̈́̾͛͑̕ ̴̢̢̢̟͎̬̘͔̟͙̻̻̺̳͙͔͓̞̮̜̠̺̺͇͖̱̯̓̈́͋̐̈́͘͠T̴̨̢̨̢̡͉̯̠̝̭̳̥͈͙̲̦̻̞̝̳̦̙̠̙̠̙̦̺̹͇͙̣̣̗͈̻̙̺̱͗͆͑̔̈̒̓͆̃̏̅̅R̷̢̛̝͕͎̥̮̬̲̲͎̘̠͉̓̅̓̇̿̀̋̾̀̌͌̋͆̐̐̑̍́̈́̆̓̐͜Ǎ̶̢̨̢͚͉̖̮̟̝̺̰͉͉͎͇̞̝̼̰̖̓̿̽͒̿̈̎́̿̑̆͋͒̈́͌͊̉̐̈́̚̕͜Ṅ̶̨̡͍̻̰̜͇͕̪̰̭̝̮͚̙̼̺̭̤̯̰͙̗̮̠͚̗̙̯̝̾̍̅̌̔̎͋̅̇́̽͂̃̊̚͠ͅŞ̷̡̡̧̛̰͍͓̤͇̳̈́͛̋̍͗̆̒̈́͌͋͗̊͗C̷̡̩̤̼̠͚͇͎͉͖̫̐̉̋̿͑̒̎̌̋̑̓͛̃̕͜͠E̵̢̛͚̟̬͕̐̊̂̓̿͒̆̍̏́͋̿̍̏̾̆̈́̈́̽̅͋̂̀̄̾̉͌͘̕͠͝͠͝N̴̛͇͕̯̞͔̩͓̫̞̾̄̐́̒̏͌̾̎̒̏̽͂̔̋̐͊̂͒̅̓͌̀̀͂̉̌͑̀͝͠D̷̢̨̢̛̞̹͇̻̝͍̪̦̝͔͖̞͉̦͔̭̟͓̙̭̹̖̜̩̯͇͔̪̟̠̰̲̃̉̑̏́̓̌̑̾̐̑̎̄̚͘͠E̴̢̛̜̠̱̔̍͐̅́͛̊̉̿̓̍̊̂̈́̓̐̀͑̓̓̈́̾̇͠͝͝N̴̡̨̢̨̛̠̠̫̘͉̲̠̞̩̳̞̥̠͔̪͔͎͈͉̺̱̤̭̹̞̥̯͈̱͔̠̼̑̉̐̆̉̓̏̌̽̈̿̑̐͛͂̿͒̍̋̒͜͠͝͠Ç̶͉̲̙͚̺͖̜̯̥̰̖̥̭̫̪͓̦̟̠̲̙̫͔̫͖̀̑̔͒͑̈́̀̇̔̿̆͒̿̽̕͘Ȩ̴̢̰͖͉̰͕͓̯͙͙̫̩̰͔̥̟͎̳͎̝̩̫̗̲͚̬͓͎̘̹͎̝̜̐̿̎́̄͆̊͛̒̋̀̄̀̒͆͒͌̈́̑̃̌̊̉̉͑̕̕͘̚͘̕͜͠͠</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Featuring:</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/quest..-the-possible-human..-imaginal-body-by-jean-houston">Quest.. The Possible Human.. Imaginal Body, By Jean Houston</a> - 1982</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/1978cassetteostopdrinkingsubliminalseries">Stop Drinking Subliminal Series by Barrie Konicov</a> - 1978</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/drburkehypnosis">Dr Burke Hypnosis Tape</a> (date unknown)</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/the-weight-reducing-tape-dick-sutphen-hypnotist">The Weight Reducing Tape and Standard Self Hypnosis Dick Sutphen, Hypnotist</a> (1976)</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/19-xx-cassette-o-the-creative-self-by-chris-griscom_202006">The Creative Self By Chris Griscom</a> (19XX)</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/1988-cassette-o-memory-power-tape-1">Memory Power Tape 1 by Harry Lorayne</a> (1988)</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/freedom-from-stress-by-steven-a-la-velle">Freedom From Stress By Steven A. La Velle</a> (1995)</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/1984-cassette-o-relieve-insomnia-with-the-aid-of-self-hypnosis">Relieve Insomnia With The Aid Of Self Hypnosis</a> (1984)</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/1984-cassette-o-learning-to-say-no">Learning To Say No! By Dr. Paul Tuthill</a> (1984)</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/1986-cassette-o-anybody-can-write-a-magic-journal-warped">Anybody Can Write A Magic Journal by Jean Bryant</a> (1986)</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A transcript of this episode can be <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fPJ4E9ZF_e-P6_amdLOZxdE7JZzE9u2rvVGwZuDII94/edit?usp=sharing">h̴̫̳͝ẽ̷͚͖ŕ̷͍̤̐e̴̘̘̋</a>.̴̫̱̍͌</p>
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