Show Notes
Shawn and Chris are back with season 2 of Base Camp Beta premiering a cool 6 years after season 1. In this episode we discuss our new plans for the podcast - namely interviewing fellow artists and trying to figure out what it means to be an artist under whatever stage of capitalism it is we're currently living through. We talk a bit about what we have each been up to recently and finish up by talking about Jean Rollin's incredible 1989 film "Lost In New York".
Chris' Synthesizing With Moog series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waN4owHeyaQ&list=PLfRv-D7DpUfHCDeDl4oVM9n6GAcF1jdiJ
Check out the Patreon here: www.patreon.com/basecampbeta
Opening music: Beau Wanzer - Basement Dwellers [email protected]
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