Category Archives: Dragon Day

Robert Stark talks to Matt Pegas about The Black Album

1980's, aesthetics, alienation, Alt Center, Art, Bronze Age Pervert, Buddhism, Carl Jung, conformity, Crime, Culture, Curtis Yarvin, David Lynch, Despair, Donald Trump, Dragon Day, education, Ellliot Rodger, Extroversion, Gnosticism, H.P. Lovecraft, Hipsters, Homosexuality, Incels, Introversion, James Nullick, Jeffrey Dahmer, Jordan Peterson, Journey to Vapor Island, Las Vegas, Literature, Los Angeles, Malls, Marianne Williamson, Matthew Pegas, meditation, Mental illness, Michel Houellebecq, Music, Neoliberalism, Neon, Nihilism, Occultism, Personality Types, Philosophy, Pilleater, Politics, Psychology, Radical Center, Religion, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Robert Lindsay, Rudolf Steiner, Serial Killers, Sexuality, spirituality, Spree Shootings, Tarot, The Perfume Nationalist, Traditionalism, Utopia, Vaporfornia, Vaporwave

Robert Stark talks to Matt Pegas about his book, The Black Album. The Black Album is a collection of essays and short stories, both fiction and non-fiction. The book deals with themes, including alienation, masculinity, incels, serial killers, spirituality, alchemy, philosophy and aesthetics.

Topics:
-the inspiration for the title from Joan Didion’s The White Album and the music trope of color-coded albums
-Mass shootings as a metaphysical attack against reality
-The context of Matt writing himself into fictional stories
-Adapting to writing with time limitations
-Matt’s struggles with serial killer OCD and POCD in adolescence
-the gnostic component to psychology and mental illness
-Jefferey Dahmer and the trope that the weird loner is the most dangerous
-the archetype of the Emo
-coping with malaise and dissatisfaction with life
-transcript of a disturbing correspondence involving an online follower
-Matt’s essay, Renaissance of The Ritual
-Foundational thinking over Traditionalism
-A painting of a failed alchemist and why alchemy is legit
-Matt’s experiences with Tarot, transcendental meditation, and esotericism
-Matt’s Essay, David Lynch, Bronze Age Pervert, and the possibility of inner freedom
-Matt’s thought experiment of a based Marianne Williamson or BAPist version of Steiner schools
-Matt’s essay, The Politics of Aesthetics Revisited
-The esoteric significance of Las Vegas
–Revisiting Alt-Centrism
-How Robert and Matt manifested Dime Square in 2018

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Robert Stark talks to Dan Baltic about his debut novel Nutcrankr

alienation, Alternative Right, American Culture, Andy Nowicki, Art, Bronze Age Pervert, Class, comedy, Culture, Dan Baltic, Dan Baltic, Depravity, Despair, Dragon Day, Ellliot Rodger, Erik Erikson, Eugenics, Feminism, Gender, Gio Pennacchietti, Homosexuality, humor, Incels, Journey to Vapor Island, Literature, Loserdom, Matt Forney, Matthew Pegas, Mental illness, Morality, New York, Nick Fuentes, Personality Types, Peter Turchin, Political Correctness, Politics, Psychology, psychosocialism, relationships, Sexuality, social capital, Social Isolation, Social Justice Warriors, Social Media, Social Rejection, social status, Taxi Driver, The Black Pill, the New Right, The Redpill, Vaporfornia

Robert Stark and Matt Pegas talk to Dan Baltic about his debut novel Nutcrankr. Dan Baltic is the co-hosts of the literary podcast, New Write, with Matt Pegas. Nutcrankr is available in print and ebook at Terror House publishing.

Topics:
Intro to the protagonist Spencer Grunhauer and the plot
Spencer’s philosophy and his manifest
The psychological process of how one becomes more alienated, unstable, and unhinged
Psycho-sexual motives behind politics and moral panics
Social status, elite overproduction, and out of whack life expectations
Making your own way “pill”
Narratives about online grifters
Bullishness on the future of dissident arts
Terror House’s book reading in Brooklyn, NYC
Creating effecting satire
The literary genre of alienated loners
A homage or modern day reboot of Confederacy of Dunces
Comparisons to Robert’s novel Vaporfornia and Matt’s Dragon Day

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Robert Stark talks to Andy Nowicki about his Novella Muze

(((Supply))), aesthetics, Aleister Crowley, Alex Jones, alienation, Alternative Right, Andy Nowicki, Ann Sterzinger, Art, Beauty & the Least, California, Christianity, Cinema, Class, comedy, Conservatives, Conspiracy Theories, Culture, David Lynch, Depravity, Despair, Donald Trump, Dragon Day, dreams, Drugs, Dystopia, Eugenics, Film, Fox News, Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood, Homosexuality, humor, Incels, Jeffrey Epstein, Joker, Journey to Vapor Island, Literature, Loserdom, Luke Ford, Manosphere, Marquis de Sade, Matt Forney, Matthew Pegas, Morality, Mulholland Drive, Narcissism, Occultism, Paul Schrader, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, relationships, Religion, Richard Spencer, Science Fiction, Sexuality, Social Isolation, social status, South Africa, Spree Shootings, Taxi Driver, The Black Pill, Transhumanism, Tucker Carlson, Vaporfornia, Virtual Reality, War

Robert Stark talks to Andy Nowicki about his new novella, Muze, and Robert’s new surreal dark comedy novel, Vaporfornia. Andy Nowicki is a former English professor and the author of numerous books including The Columbine Pilgrim,  Lost Violent Souls,  Heart Killer, Beauty and the Least, Under the Nihil, and The Insurrectionist. Check out Muze on Terror House Publishing and Andy’s YouTube channel and writings at his Substack.

Topics:

Revisiting Andy’s earlier work and the genre of the alienated loner
References to incel culture in Muze
Other themes in Muze, including pharmaceuticals, transhumanism, blackmail, and mind control
Writing about depravity from a socially conservative/Catholic perspective
The revival in 00’s conspiracy theories
David Lynch and open ended narratives
Robert’s novel Vaporfornia and its similar themes to Muze
Allegories for degradation
Revisiting Robert’s mocumentary Supply
Matt Pegas’ Dragon Day
The growing dissident literary scene
Andy’s trip to South Africa in 2011
The politics of crisis: acceleration vs. gradual decay

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Robert Stark talks to Matt Forney about Life in Mexico

American Culture, Andy Nowicki, Architecture, automation, Black Lives Matter, California, capitalism, censorship, Charles Bukowski, Cities, Class, Conservatives, coronavirus, Corporations, Crime, Cuisine, Culture, Delicious Tacos, demographics, Despair, Donald Trump, Dragon Day, Economics, History, Immigration, Incels, income inequality, Internet, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Latin America, Literature, Los Angeles, Managerialism, Matt Forney, Matthew Pegas, Mexico, Michel Houellebecq, Neoliberalism, Police State, Political Correctness, Politics, Psychology, relationships, Republican Party, Sex Robots, Sexual Revolution, Sexuality, Skyscrapers, social capital, Social Isolation, Suburbia, Travel, Urbanism, Wealth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark talks to Matt Forney about life in Mexico, social and political trends, and upcoming books from Terror House. Matt Forney is an author, journalist and founder of Terror House Press, whose mission is to publish outsider literary fiction, literary nonfiction, and cultural criticism/analysis. You can also follow Terror House publishing on Twitter and Instagram.

Topics:

Why Matt decided to relocate to Guadalajara, Mexico
The overall quality of life, cost of living, and misconceptions about Mexico
Mexico’s more laxed covid lockdown
Class structure, demographics, and urbanism of Mexico
Jalisco as the cultural center of Mexico
The absence of woke culture in Mexico and the Right softening their stance towards Mexico
How the pandemic has exacerbated the worst social trends of the 2010s
Political trends: breakdown in institutional trust, political and economic bifurcation, neoliberalism’s loss of soft power, and transformation of the Democratic Party into a Woke Tea Party
Matt’s reviews of The Pussy by Delicious Tacos and Letters from a Heartbroken Pervert by Richard Power
Upcoming books from Terror House Press: Dragon Day by Matthew Pegas, The Columbine Pilgrim (Audiobook) by Andy Nowicki, and Welcome to Hell by “Bad” Billy Pratt

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Robert Stark talks to Matt Forney about the Caucasus Region

aesthetics, Albania, American Culture, Anatoly Karlin, Andrew Yang, Andy Nowicki, Architecture, Armenia, automation, Azerbaijan, Basic Income, Bernie Sanders, censorship, Cities, Communism, coronavirus, Corporations, Cuisine, Culture, Despair, Donald Trump, Dragon Day, Economics, Elections, Europe, Feminism, Gender, Georgia(Nation), History, Immigration, Incels, income inequality, Internet, Iran, Islam, Israel, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Literature, Matt Forney, Matt Pegan, Michel Houellebecq, Middle East, Nagorno-Karabakh War, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Police State, Political Correctness, Politics, Republican Party, Russia, Serbia, Sexuality, social capital, Social Isolation, Social Media, Soviet Union, technology, Travel, Turkey, Urbanism, Wilderness

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark talks to Matt Forney about the Caucasus region and trends for the 2020s. Matt Forney is an author, journalist and founder of Terror House Press, whose mission is to publish outsider literary fiction, literary nonfiction, and cultural criticism/analysis. You can also follow Terror House publishing on Twitter and Instagram.

Topics:

Matt’s travels to the Caucasus region, living in Georgia for two years, and visiting Armenia
Georgia as an underrated gem, with an affordable but high standard of living, and hub for digital nomads
Geographic locations and mountainous natural beauty
Architecture and urban layout of Tbilisi, Georgia and Yerevan, Armenia
The anti-corruption Rose Revolution in Georgia
The region’s culture, Xenia hospitality culture, crossroad of Europe and the Middle East, and creeping westernization
The region’s cuisine, which is somewhat bland, but Georgian was the most exotic in Soviet Russia
Matt’s travels to Albania and misconceptions about that nation
The historic background leading up to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
The conflict’s geo-political alliances and implications
Observations of social trends of the past two decades and speculation about the near future
How technology and social developments are leading to greater social atomization
The pandemic’s destruction of small businesses, gig economy, and overall end of normal employment
Why Matt has reservations about the UBI (Martin Goldberg: What Happens If You Get DELETED?)
The corporate gentrification of the internet
The Mancession of the 2008 crash vs. the current Shecession, and implications on gender relations
JPMorgan Chase extending billions in loans to minority homebuyers, Yelp’s anti-racist social credit nightmare, and overall unsustainability of woke neoliberalism
Matt’s prediction that Trump will win re-election and populism will align more with the GOP
Terror House Press’ upcoming books, including Matt Pegan’s Dragon Day

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Catching up with Matt Pegan in Quarantine

alienation, Alt Center, Alternative Left, Alternative Right, Architecture, automation, Basic Income, Bernie Sanders, Cities, Conservatives, coronavirus, Corporations, counterculture, Culture, David Cole, Donald Trump, Dragon Day, Economics, education, Elections, Healthcare, Hollywood, Immigration, Incels, income inequality, Joe Biden, Journey to Vapor Island, Los Angeles, Malls, Matt Pegan, Matthew Pegas, Media, Mental illness, Music, Nationalism, NEETs, Politics, Psychology, Sexuality, social capital, Social Isolation, social status, social trust, Socialism, TFW NO GF, The Perfume Nationalist, Urbanism, Vice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matt Pegan returns to talk with Robert Stark about the social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and some of their upcoming projects. Follow Matt’s new account on Twitter.

Topics:

Why Matt decided to go under his real name
The new Weird Right cultural scene, with more freedom to be creative without guilt by association, and cross pollination with the Dirtbag Left
The TFW NO GF documentary
The impact of the pandemic on mental health
How the quarantine proves the value of leisure and whether it will spark a cultural renaissance
Transitioning into a new era after a long era of stagnation since the last election
How Covid-19 narratives are creating new political paradigms
How the quarantine vindicates nationalist policies with a safety net
The political impact of States re-opening
The pandemic’s long term impact on social bonds
The economic impact of the pandemic and how inequality will likely get much worse
Robert’s upcoming sequel to his novel Journey to Vapor Island and Matt’s novel Dragon Day(excerpt from Terror House)
Robert and Matt’s LA nostalgia series with David Cole(Part One: Westside Pavilion)
Will public spaces survive the pandemic?


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