Two people making music on the fly... Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory music and soundscapes. Unmixed, unedited and unapologetic.
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Bugs In The Basement Podcasts
What on earth is making everybody queer? Join full-time queer, part-time detective Trevor Campbell as he follows the fingerprints and feather boas back to the original scene of the crime. Hyper-sexual fungus bugs? Deepfake pyramid schemers? Career candy stripers from Peach Springs, Arizona? Anything's game when the game's afoot. Inspired by our new era of moral panic, Queerial shoehorns 41 odd-ball interviews into a fresh take on classic noir to show just how far we’ll go to make our case.
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Aulacaspis Rosae aka The Rose Scale
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1:07:22Recorded live on August 21st, 2025 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory music and soundscapes.…
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Neocnemidocoptes Gallinae aka The Depluming Mite
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1:23:13Recorded live on August 14th, 2025 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory music and soundscapes.…
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Paratrechina Longicornis aka The Crazy Ant
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1:24:31Recorded live on August 7th, 2025 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory music and soundscapes. …
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Euphoria Inda aka The Bumble Flower Beetle
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1:22:51Recorded live on July 31st, 2025 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory music and soundscapes. U…
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Recorded live on July 24th, 2025 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory music and soundscapes. U…
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Demodex Folliculorum aka The Follicle Mite
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1:38:33Recorded live on July 17th, 2025 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory music and soundscapes. U…
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Part-Time Detective Trevor Campbell ends up right where he started — but with a lot less to show for it. With fresh blood on his hands, he heads into the belly of the beast. Because when you can’t go big, you go home. This episode includes:Part-Time Detective Tips: 4 • Callbacks to the Mark II Super Computer: 1 • Mysterious Locations: 9 • Instances…
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Archive Select: Cupiennius Coccineus aka The Red-Legged Banana Spider
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1:25:10One from the Archives… Recorded live on July 16th, 2020 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory m…
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Tegeticula Yuccasella aka The Yucca Moth
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1:25:34Recorded live on July 3rd, 2025 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory music and soundscapes. Un…
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Saperda Tridentata aka The Elm Borer
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1:11:24Recorded live on June 27th, 2025 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory music and soundscapes. U…
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Contarinia Texana aka The Guar Midge
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1:15:37Recorded live on June 19th, 2025 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory music and soundscapes. U…
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Argyrotaenia Franciscana aka The Orange Tortrix
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1:21:08Recorded live on June 13th, 2025 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory music and soundscapes. U…
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After a short-lived aerial fantasia, Part-Time Detective Trevor Campbell smells a rat — or, in this case, a fish. The meta-narrative zooms out, and then an anonymous phone call snaps things into focus. But after a day of make believe, a surprise discovery delivers an unbelievable twist. This episode includes: Part-Time Detective Tips: 2 • Moments o…
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Hyalophora euryalus AKA The Ceanothus Silk Moth
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1:25:30Recorded live on June 5th, 2025 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory music and soundscapes. Un…
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Pyemotes Tritici aka The Straw Itch Mite
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1:33:21Recorded live on May 29th, 2025 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory music and soundscapes. Un…
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Episode 9: The Content & The Carrier
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1:07:48ORIGINAL AIR DATE: THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2025 Part-Time Detective Trevor Campbell starts from the bottom and works his way up (WAY up) through back-issue stacks, thirsty correspondence, and other catalogued unmentionables. But when you’re finally at the top, there’s only one place left to go — and no amount of gymnastics training can soften that fall. …
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Dysaphis Plantaginea aka The Rosy Apple Aphid
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1:26:50Recorded live on May 22nd, 2025 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory music and soundscapes. Un…
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Melitara Dentata aka The Blue Cactus Borer
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1:20:52Recorded live on May 16th, 2025 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory music and soundscapes. Un…
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Trogoderma Variabile aka The Warehouse Beetle
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1:32:37Recorded live on May 1st, 2025 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory music and soundscapes. Unm…
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EPISODE EIGHT: RESPECT THE BANANA ORIGINAL AIR DATE: TUESDAY, APR. 29, 2025 A strange (bunk)bedfellow sets Part-Time Detective Trevor Campbell on a new path — and an odd prescription. Upon infiltrating a secret society, all roads lead to tropical fruit. And an especially significant broom closet. And then the curtain drops — and everything changes.…
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Dysaphis Tulipae aka The Tulip Bulb Aphid
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1:18:09Recorded live on April 24th, 2025 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory music and soundscapes. …
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Bombus Affinis aka The Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
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1:33:21Recorded live on April 17th, 2025 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory music and soundscapes. …
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EPISODE SEVEN: CROP ROTATIONS ORIGINAL AIR DATE: FRIDAY, APR. 16, 2025 Part-Time Detective Trevor Campbell is losing his mind, but he’s not the only one. A traumatized woman points him towards a hotel at the end of the world, but he goes further: to a mysterious house with an exhausting secret. And then the meta-meter hits a new high! This episode …
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Archive Select: Dermaptera aka The Earwig
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1:39:46One from the Archives… Recorded live on August 8th, 2019 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory …
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EPISODE SIX: LIFE WANTS TO LIVE ORIGINAL AIR DATE: FRIDAY, APR. 4, 2025 Part-Time Detective Trevor Campbell makes like an Australian and goes down under — literally. Weird things come in threes, the doctor is IN, and a friendly sewer witch debates the sentience of her homemade bombs. And then someone hits the bullseye on the dunk tank. This episode…
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Archive Select: Archips Semiferanus aka The Oak Leafroller
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1:29:31One from the Archives… Recorded live on January 4th, 2024 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory…
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EPISODE FIVE: PRODUCT IN THE BASEMENT ORIGINAL AIR DATE: THURSDAY, MAR. 27, 2025 An unusual refugee takes Part-Time Detective Trevor Campbell on a tour of “the pyramids.” Whips crack, hips roll, and an old school chum breaks down domination — just in time for petty theft to kick off Queerial’s first-ever RADIO-FRIENDLY CHASE SCENE™. But when the ta…
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Archive Select: Chrysopa Oculata aka The Goldeneyed Lacewing
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1:28:30One from the Archives… Recorded live on June 18th, 2020 Two people making music on the fly… Bugs In The Basement creates improvised musical journeys from an array of vintage and handmade instruments to modern technologies. Recorded live from our basement studio in the Pacific Northwest, each week we experiment in the process of making exploratory m…
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A brush with death leaves Part-Time Detective Trevor Campbell with a few bruises — and some new leads. Original sin goes in the spin cycle, an old CI goes nuts over green melon, and a desperate woman bites back. And then something goes bump in the darkest alley… ——————————————— This episode includes: Part-Time Detective Tips: 3 • Tiny Bibles: One, …
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