This week we continue with parts three and four of the Circe episode from Ulysses.
This is the longest section of Ulysses, and somewhat ironically, it takes place in the shortest period of time within the novel. This has to do with the nature of the hallucinations that occur in Stephen’s and Bloom’s minds throughout. While each of their hallucinations take mere seconds of real-time, they are detailed and lengthy within the reading of the section.
The part of the hallucinations that is interesting from my perspective is that thee is a bleeding-through in them. They contain references within them that the character that is having the hallucination cannot possibly know, given that they are from another characters timeline. The fact that there is a relationship between Bloom and Stephen that might be seen as father and son is possibly reinforced by this choice: it suggests that there is a possibility of a collective conscious. This is something that has been the subject of speculation in other novels, such as ‘As I Lay Dying’ by William Faulkner.
Readings
In the past I’ve actually included the text of the poems or stories as part of the show notes. In the case of Ulysses that would be a bit on the incredibly heavy side. Instead I have produced a guide: CerebralMix Ulysses Series that provides the references that I am using, along with a show guide to the whole broadcast of this series.
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Playlist
00:00:00
SndChaser
CerebralMix Ulsses Ep 15 Intro
00:00:19
Nirgoona Project
Anticipation Part 2
00:05:06
SackJo22
Let’s Sing (ft George Elinas with Snowflake)
00:08:23
Altus
Dulcet
00:14:53
Mokhov
Future Hope
00:18:27
Mr. Moods
Sex On The Beach
00:22:07
DJ Habett
Tickets to drift upon
00:26:02
Phone Booth Robbers
Circuit Bending The Universe At Your Desk
00:33:31
Talk Less, Say More
Let’s Be True To One Another
00:36:42
Dr RemiX
60-40 Riddim
00:41:45
SndChaser
CerebralMix Ulysses: Circe Pt 3
01:29:58
Cousin Silas and Steve Austin Rose
Dreaming
01:35:23
The Fucked Up Beat
disaster porn. the nihilist myth of collapse
01:39:03
PeerGynt Lobogris
Candles & Purple Leaves
01:42:43
Seasonable Project
Desert Star
01:47:46
Eternal Jazz Project
Give me Five, Rosanna
01:51:56
SndChaser
CerebralMix Ulysses: Circe Pt 4
02:43:43
EXIT project
Lahorijan
02:47:42
The Impossebulls
Strictly Hiphop
02:51:31
Spinning Clocks
Silver UFOs
02:54:32
Mista 93
Acid Boom Bap
02:58:43
SndChaser
CerebralMix Ulysses Ep 15 Outro
02:59:21
James Kibbie
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