Listen "Episode 28: They Will Eat the CIA Men First"
Episode Synopsis
This week Jake and Phil are joined by special guest Jesse Walker of Reason Magazine to discuss William S. Burroughs The Revised Boy Scout Manual and Charles Ridley's short anti-Nazi propaganda film, Schichlegruber Doing the Lambeth Walk (assisted by the Gestapo 'Hep-Cats')
The Manifesto: William S. Burroughs, The Revised Boy Scout Manual
https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814254899.html
The Art: Charles Ridley, 1941, Schichlegruber Doing the Lambeth Walk (assisted by the Gestapo 'Hep-Cats')
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYdmk3GP3iM
Works discussed
Jesse Walker, The Sultan of Sewers: William Burroughs' anti-authoritarian vision
https://reason.com/2014/06/04/the-sultan-of-sewers/
Naked Lunch
https://groveatlantic.com/book/naked-lunch/
Hunter S. Thompson, The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved
https://grantland.com/features/looking-back-hunter-s-thompson-classic-story-kentucky-derby/
Jacob Siegel, Digital fascism: anti-PC idol-smashing isn’t just a joke
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/internet-alt-right-fascists
Susan Sontag, Fascinating Fascism
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1975/02/06/fascinating-fascism/
Jack Kerouac, On The Road
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/300451/on-the-road-by-jack-kerouac/
Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain, Please Kill Me
https://pleasekillme.com/shop/autographed-paperback-20-anniversary-edition-please-kill-me/
Jacob Siegel, Send Anarchists, Guns and Money
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/anarchists-guns-and-money-siegel
Jon Baskin, The Unbearable: Toward an Antifascist Aesthetic
https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/08/14/the-unbearable-toward-an-antifascist-aesthetic/
The Manifesto: William S. Burroughs, The Revised Boy Scout Manual
https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814254899.html
The Art: Charles Ridley, 1941, Schichlegruber Doing the Lambeth Walk (assisted by the Gestapo 'Hep-Cats')
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYdmk3GP3iM
Works discussed
Jesse Walker, The Sultan of Sewers: William Burroughs' anti-authoritarian vision
https://reason.com/2014/06/04/the-sultan-of-sewers/
Naked Lunch
https://groveatlantic.com/book/naked-lunch/
Hunter S. Thompson, The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved
https://grantland.com/features/looking-back-hunter-s-thompson-classic-story-kentucky-derby/
Jacob Siegel, Digital fascism: anti-PC idol-smashing isn’t just a joke
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/internet-alt-right-fascists
Susan Sontag, Fascinating Fascism
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1975/02/06/fascinating-fascism/
Jack Kerouac, On The Road
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/300451/on-the-road-by-jack-kerouac/
Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain, Please Kill Me
https://pleasekillme.com/shop/autographed-paperback-20-anniversary-edition-please-kill-me/
Jacob Siegel, Send Anarchists, Guns and Money
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/anarchists-guns-and-money-siegel
Jon Baskin, The Unbearable: Toward an Antifascist Aesthetic
https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/08/14/the-unbearable-toward-an-antifascist-aesthetic/
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