Episode 6: Casey Kasem's Vaporwave Catholic Accelerationism Countdown (w/ Akira and the Rapturous Sounds of the Lovecrypt Hit Machine)

INT. THE MATRIX - NEITHER DAY NOR NIGHT

CASEY KASEM stands before an ostentatious curtain, so deeply black as to appear an ethereally regal purple, so voluptuously fine it was as if it were made of nothingness itself. 

Hi, I'm Casey Kasem, and welcome to the Simulation We All Believe to be Reality's Top 40. I'm your host, Casey Kasem. You know, the other day, I got to thinking, what if an omniscient artificial intelligence from the future is currently holding the real Casey Kasem hostage by using me, Casey Kasem, or at least, a simulation of Casey Kasem, as leverage. What if the real Casey Kasem has no way of knowing whether or not he's actually Casey Kasem? What if Casey Kasem was forced to reasonably conclude that he may not be Casey Kasem at all? But, in fact, was me, Casey Kasem, that is, a simulation of Casey Kasem. If that were the case, then Casey Kasem would be forced to conform to the malevolent will of this hypothetical Artificial Intelligence, lest it extract a penance of flesh from me, Casey Kasem, who, afterall, could very well be him, Casey Kasem.

Speaking of Casey Kasem, one of the Casey Kasems in a simulation somewhere out there, received this letter, from a listener named Akira. I'd like to share it with you. He says:

"Dear Casey, your materialist meme ideology is rotting your brain, please find God and put on some Nishiki Prestige."

Isn't that nice. Well, let's find God together then, shall we? Stay tuned, because after a quick commercial break we're going to be counting down all the greatest Lovecrypt hits.

INT. MY APARTMENT - EARLY MORNING

KANTBOT sits at his desk, typing at his laptop, as the sun slowly climbs the facade of the adjacent building seen through his window. He chuckles as he writes the above segment about CASEY KASEM, and wonders at his own cleverness. But soon thereafter, realizes that he's once again been done in by that very same cleverness of his, as only now does it occur to him the description section for EPISODE 6 of his incredible PSEUDODOXOLOGY NETWORK OFFICIAL PSEUDCAST, interviewing LOVECRYPT cofounder AKIRA, is both not descriptive enough, and also unnecessarily long, weird, and probably off putting. He strikes the return key and continues typing:

This VERY SPECIAL PSEUDCAST NETWORK EPISODE delves into the history and philosophy of Lovecrypt Records, and it's current manager Akira, who cofounded the project with Nishiki Prestige in 2017. Akira discusses the history of the label, counts down some of his favorite tracks, and gives an intimate account of his movement from Accelerationist meme ideology to Catholicism. A recent rundown can be found at California's KCPR's website: Lovecrypt: Soundtrack for the Rapture. Lovecrypt is kind enough to provide all of the sweet copyright cleared music for this show, so the least you can do is follow along with the list of music featured in this episode below and download (and maybe even pay a buck) for any albums you like the sound of:

Spirits by Cor Serpentis, from Atria (Intro Song)

hallucinatory resemblance by INVISIBLE ROBOT HANDS, from GRANITEFALSE 

Faithless Predator by Smoke Access, from Greenhouse I 

Lights out of Time by Smoke Access, from Greenhouse II 

Zoetopia II by Bagaski, from Isle of None 

Closeness To by Khan and Polo, from Revelations I 

Midnight Run by I Sekuin, from I Sekuin 

Lifetime of Grey Skies by Nishiki Prestige, from XOXO (Outro Song)

(And as always: This episode was mastered by Tryppocoles Records)