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AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill Podcast

The Remote Future of Art and Music and the maths of Touring Exposed

Season 1, Ep. 4

In this extended episode Alan rambles on about the state of his city (Dublin/Ireland) has dreams about our Steampunk speakeasy bars of the future where art and music have been driven underground, our lack of faith in experts and lifts the veil on the economics and mathematics of touring and playing festivals and will we ever return to the way things were....

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    34:18||Season 1, Ep. 261
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  • 259. Uranium is a Heavy Metal

    33:11||Season 1, Ep. 259
    Last Friday's podcast failed to upload due to a technical glitch so here is an updated version. Some random thoughts about this last week of craziness, the bombings in Iran, their nuclear aspirations, real or not? Israel and how both of them have been dancing around this confrontation for years.....note it was recorded before the 'ceasefire'....which most likely will be broken by the time it comes out.....http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverillMy Youtube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@AlanAverillNemtheangahead over there and subscribePrimordial on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6WHaejNA63uhZZZZek?si=yFFV8ypSSDOESUX62_0TzQsponsored by Metal Blade recordshttps://metalblade.indiemerch.com/promo code AA 2024 for 10% off your order ships worldwideFor info on my work as a booking agent go to:https://www.facebook.com/DragonProductionsOfficialor emailalan@dragon-productions.comPrimordial cds/lps available fromhttps://www.metalblade.com/primordial/I made some very brutal old school death metal right hereVERMINOUS SERPENThttps://open.spotify.com/artist/54Wpl9JD0Zn4rhpBvrN2Oa?si=zOjIulHXS5y9lW1YHMhgTACheck out my other doom bandDREAD SOVEREIGNhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/60HY4pl0nbOrZA6u2QnqDN?si=sxQ5_1htR6G3WIvy1I_wXAand take a listen to some old school electro goth I madeAPRILMENhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/7GzLO1YJClmN5TvV4A37MJ?si=cRXSk24lQKWSqJG-B8KbWQ
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    40:37||Season 1, Ep. 258
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    34:25||Season 1, Ep. 257
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  • 256. Your extra rollercoaster ride through the abandoned theme park of free speech

    21:49||Season 1, Ep. 256
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    33:47||Season 1, Ep. 255
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  • 254. a chat w / Vorphalack from SAMAEL

    01:10:27||Season 1, Ep. 254
    Today's podcast is a great interview with the gracious, insightful and erudite Vorphalack from Swiss legends SAMAEL! Before Dark throne or Emperor was playing Black Metal....we had 'Worship Him'......one of the very very first second wave of Black Metal albums! and still an absolute killer of an album! Hugely influential on me at the time, so was a great experience to chat with Vorph about where it all started, the old demo, 7" and tape trading days all the way up to the present day! and it starts.....backstage at a Saxon show in the lone star state of Texas!also up as a video over on my YoutubeSamael on Spotify :https://open.spotify.com/artist/1WXagRGw8AveVrRxDfUjli?si=fZM7p1O_Rd2FpluCpyZ4jAPrimordial cds/lps available fromhttps://www.metalblade.com/primordial/http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverillMy Youtube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@AlanAverillNemtheangahead over there and subscribePrimordial on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6WHaejNA63uhZZZZek?si=yFFV8ypSSDOESUX62_0TzQsponsored by Metal Blade recordshttps://metalblade.indiemerch.com/promo code AA 2024 for 10% off your order ships worldwideFor info on my work as a booking agent go to:https://www.facebook.com/DragonProductionsOfficialor emailalan@dragon-productions.comI made some very brutal old school death metal right hereVERMINOUS SERPENThttps://open.spotify.com/artist/54Wpl9JD0Zn4rhpBvrN2Oa?si=zOjIulHXS5y9lW1YHMhgTACheck out my other doom bandDREAD SOVEREIGNhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/60HY4pl0nbOrZA6u2QnqDN?si=sxQ5_1htR6G3WIvy1I_wXAand take a listen to some old school electro goth I madeAPRILMENhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/7GzLO1YJClmN5TvV4A37MJ?si=cRXSk24lQKWSqJG-B8KbWQ