mental patchwork podcast https://mentalpatchwork.podbean.com Here I proliferate my random thoughts and stories about music, movies, creativity and life. I'm a musician and I also think I'm funny and smart but no claims can be realistically made regarding any of those. Expect possibility of explicit or mature or immature content.

Featured segments include "A Musical Nugget" where I play music live, and "GPT Corner" where I talk about my adventures with AI. 

]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:21:07 -0700 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2025 All rights reserved. Arts 1440 episodic Here I proliferate my random thoughts and stories about music, movies, creativity and life. I’m a musician and I also think I’m funny and smart but no claims can be realistically made regarding any of those. Expect possibility of explicit or mature or immature content. Featured segments include ”A Musical Nugget” where I play music live, and ”GPT Corner” where I talk about my adventures with AI. Sean Luciw Sean Luciw No true https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/21491759/Logo_MentalPatchworkPodcast.png mental patchwork podcast https://mentalpatchwork.podbean.com 144 144 VIXI Command VIXI Command https://mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/e/episode-7-vixi-command/ https://mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/e/episode-7-vixi-command/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:21:07 -0700 mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/f472c88c-c7e6-31fa-9183-7b29d28fe8ef More Pi Day + Friday the 13th + VIXI + Smorfia, Special song with guest vocal by Adam MacKay-Smith, GPT Corner, Sciencey Stuff, Sped up discussion of guitar picks.

Including:

Original song: "To Sing On Command" by Lex Plexus ft. Adam MacKay-Smith 

GPT Corner: Fog Lights + Omnidirectional Bass + Localization ITD & ILD + Sound Shadows + Sensor Fusion + Haas Effect + Brain Compression Circuits + Phonemic Restoration Effect + Fundamental Inference + Shepard Tones

Shepard Tones demonstration (Endless Series)

]]> More Pi Day + Friday the 13th + VIXI + Smorfia, Special song with guest vocal by Adam MacKay-Smith, GPT Corner, Sciencey Stuff, Sped up discussion of guitar picks.

Including:

Original song: "To Sing On Command" by Lex Plexus ft. Adam MacKay-Smith 

GPT Corner: Fog Lights + Omnidirectional Bass + Localization ITD & ILD + Sound Shadows + Sensor Fusion + Haas Effect + Brain Compression Circuits + Phonemic Restoration Effect + Fundamental Inference + Shepard Tones

Shepard Tones demonstration (Endless Series)

]]> Sean Luciw true No 3600 7 full Blame Pi Blame Pi https://mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/e/episode-6-blame-pi/ https://mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/e/episode-6-blame-pi/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2026 15:57:40 -0800 mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/236ac23c-2e03-3056-859c-7bfe2a3dfce1 Blame, Freeze Pedal, 69 Year Limit, Creme Puff, Run To Avalon, Raspberry Pi, Chicken Was First, Shortnin Bread, Chronoception, Under The Wire, I Wanna Buncha Rocks, Musical Philosophy, Universal Phase Shift, Popcorn Beyond Death

 

Including: Original song: "Clear Sky Party Time" by Sean Luciw

]]> Blame, Freeze Pedal, 69 Year Limit, Creme Puff, Run To Avalon, Raspberry Pi, Chicken Was First, Shortnin Bread, Chronoception, Under The Wire, I Wanna Buncha Rocks, Musical Philosophy, Universal Phase Shift, Popcorn Beyond Death

 

Including:
Original song: "Clear Sky Party Time" by Sean Luciw

]]> Sean Luciw true No 3600 6 full Comic Lungs and Hot Wheels Comic Lungs and Hot Wheels https://mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/e/episode-5-comic-lungs-and-hot-wheels/ https://mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/e/episode-5-comic-lungs-and-hot-wheels/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2026 20:19:30 -0800 mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/3f90f9ce-d99f-32c3-a5c4-ad5784462ffa Fart Day, Smoking Comics, Legato Gelato, Perfect Month, Drum Not Table, But Think, (2^n)%9, Shower Revelation, Hollow Lungs, Shapes in the Stars, Sound Collage, Hot Wheels and Sugar Shark, Saga, Rubato Burrito, Dunst runners, Shazam Swiftie... 

Including: Original song: "Sugar Shark" by Sean Luciw Lyrical prose: "Shapes in the Stars" A Musical Nugget: "Hollow Lungs" Ambient guitar: "Smoking Comics"

]]> Fart Day, Smoking Comics, Legato Gelato, Perfect Month, Drum Not Table, But Think, (2^n)%9, Shower Revelation, Hollow Lungs, Shapes in the Stars, Sound Collage, Hot Wheels and Sugar Shark, Saga, Rubato Burrito, Dunst runners, Shazam Swiftie... 

Including:
Original song: "Sugar Shark" by Sean Luciw
Lyrical prose: "Shapes in the Stars"
A Musical Nugget: "Hollow Lungs"
Ambient guitar: "Smoking Comics"

]]> Sean Luciw true No 3600 5 full Triptychs and other Butt Stuff Triptychs and other Butt Stuff https://mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/e/episode-4-triptychs-and-other-butt-stuff/ https://mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/e/episode-4-triptychs-and-other-butt-stuff/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:30:29 -0800 mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/60793090-d0b5-386a-92cc-26e8a14a3fbe Three Sentence Movie Reviews, Exotic Cars and other Butt Stuff, Vacuum Cleaner in Stereo, Purple Boston Grease, Saloon Piano & Jeff Beck Doppelganger Vinyl, Pedal is EQ, The Billionth Child, Beastie Boys, Keith Richards, Crumbsuckers, Kim Gordon, The Moody Blues, Megadeth, Fortnite and Fibonacci Qubit, Jonatham the Tortoise, My 2nd Favourite Oatmeal... 

Also:

Original song: "Soho Butterfly Blues" by Stretch Alexander

A Musical Nugget: "Dec 25, 2025" live guitar solo by Sean Luciw A Musical Nugget: "Birds of a Petal" live guitar solo by Sean Luciw

GPT Corner: The Wow Signal

 

]]> Three Sentence Movie Reviews, Exotic Cars and other Butt Stuff, Vacuum Cleaner in Stereo, Purple Boston Grease, Saloon Piano & Jeff Beck Doppelganger Vinyl, Pedal is EQ, The Billionth Child, Beastie Boys, Keith Richards, Crumbsuckers, Kim Gordon, The Moody Blues, Megadeth, Fortnite and Fibonacci Qubit, Jonatham the Tortoise, My 2nd Favourite Oatmeal... 

Also:

Original song: "Soho Butterfly Blues" by Stretch Alexander

A Musical Nugget: "Dec 25, 2025" live guitar solo by Sean Luciw
A Musical Nugget: "Birds of a Petal" live guitar solo by Sean Luciw

GPT Corner: The Wow Signal

 

]]> Sean Luciw true No 3600 4 full Impermanent Silver Impermanent Silver https://mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/e/episode-3-impermanent-silver/ https://mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/e/episode-3-impermanent-silver/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2025 21:11:28 -0800 mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/ca5dc995-b55f-3b03-8ef6-932e886e371e This episode contains an interview with musical artist Gizbah!

Also: El Condor Pasa, Hot Sauce and Coffee, All I Want, Nopey Dokey, Fortnite, Apostropheen, Daylight Savings, Quintessential Penultimate Myriad Plethora, McFerrins, no Eagles allowed, Hollywood is a person, Silver Mean Q.E.D., Golden Murder, California is a person, Drum Solo, Interview with Gizbah, Inagadda Stravinski, Mars Attacks DVD missing, Music Recommendations, Hell Yeah, Censoring Censorship, Victory Royale, Bruce Lee Quote, Bubble Wrap plus Cap Guns equals Sound Party.

A Musical Nugget: "I'd Rather Be A Spiral" live guitar solo by Sean Luciw

Original Song: "Intrinsic Impermanence" by Gizbah

Original song: "Silver Mean Ska Dub" by Sean Luciw

GPT Corner: sleep with one eye open

 

]]> This episode contains an interview with musical artist Gizbah!

Also:
El Condor Pasa, Hot Sauce and Coffee, All I Want, Nopey Dokey, Fortnite, Apostropheen, Daylight Savings, Quintessential Penultimate Myriad Plethora, McFerrins, no Eagles allowed, Hollywood is a person, Silver Mean Q.E.D., Golden Murder, California is a person, Drum Solo, Interview with Gizbah, Inagadda Stravinski, Mars Attacks DVD missing, Music Recommendations, Hell Yeah, Censoring Censorship, Victory Royale, Bruce Lee Quote, Bubble Wrap plus Cap Guns equals Sound Party.

A Musical Nugget: "I'd Rather Be A Spiral" live guitar solo by Sean Luciw

Original Song: "Intrinsic Impermanence" by Gizbah

Original song: "Silver Mean Ska Dub" by Sean Luciw

GPT Corner: sleep with one eye open

 

]]> Sean Luciw true No 4569 3 full Space Ace and Artificial Angels Space Ace and Artificial Angels https://mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/e/episode-2-space-ace-and-artificial-angels/ https://mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/e/episode-2-space-ace-and-artificial-angels/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2025 23:37:59 -0700 mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/d5781e64-8cd8-3b2c-96df-54570cb6968e Ace Frehley, a spider web, sampling technology, Heart and Ice-T, prime numbers, 12-13 duality, Wednesday the 13th, lightsaber suitcase, Bionic Woman, censorship, dead battery guitar solo, woo woo, mp3 dot com, j.i.n.k.i.e.s. and z.o.i.n.k.s., Uberzone, the calculated worth of each opinion, Westworld, Tron, The Jetsons, I love the new Grimes track.

A Musical Nugget: Amazing Grace on 12 string guitar

GPT Corner: why people pay attention to celebrities

Original song: Drop The Tone by Sean Luciw

]]> Ace Frehley, a spider web, sampling technology, Heart and Ice-T, prime numbers, 12-13 duality, Wednesday the 13th, lightsaber suitcase, Bionic Woman, censorship, dead battery guitar solo, woo woo, mp3 dot com, j.i.n.k.i.e.s. and z.o.i.n.k.s., Uberzone, the calculated worth of each opinion, Westworld, Tron, The Jetsons, I love the new Grimes track.

A Musical Nugget: Amazing Grace on 12 string guitar

GPT Corner: why people pay attention to celebrities

Original song: Drop The Tone by Sean Luciw

]]> Sean Luciw true No 3600 2 full Moon Cakes and Worm Saloons Moon Cakes and Worm Saloons https://mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/e/episode-1-moon-cakes-and-worm-saloons/ https://mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/e/episode-1-moon-cakes-and-worm-saloons/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:26:54 -0700 mentalpatchwork.podbean.com/7113c92d-7d55-3983-bac8-a0f85926ef1d Introducing myself, Butthole Surfers, Yngwie, coffee recipe, cats no declaw,  yoyo, soap, moon cakes, frugality, ringtones, Burnout Paradise, Fortnite, Rob Zombie, guitar strings, baritone Tele, Toronto vs. Iron Maiden vs. Tame Impala, Dymo tape, harmonicas, Rush.

A Musical Nugget: violin

A Musical Nugget: blues harp

GPT Corner: Jack and Sally, vocal technique

Original song: Rushing Through The Dark 

 

]]> Introducing myself, Butthole Surfers, Yngwie, coffee recipe, cats no declaw,  yoyo, soap, moon cakes, frugality, ringtones, Burnout Paradise, Fortnite, Rob Zombie, guitar strings, baritone Tele, Toronto vs. Iron Maiden vs. Tame Impala, Dymo tape, harmonicas, Rush.

A Musical Nugget: violin

A Musical Nugget: blues harp

GPT Corner: Jack and Sally, vocal technique

Original song: Rushing Through The Dark 

 

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