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Robert Stark talks to Francis Nally about Colin Wilson

Abraham Maslow, Adam Parfrey, aesthetics, Alan Watts, Alex Jones, Alex von Goldstein, alienation, Alt Center, Architecture, Aristocratic Individualism, Art, Asian Aryanism, capitalism, Christianity, Colin Wilson, comedy, conformity, Conspiracy Theories, Consumerism, counterculture, Crime, Culture, death, Dennis Cooper, Depravity, Despair, dreams, England, Eurobeat, Fascism, Feral House Books, Francis Nally, Greg Johnson, H.P. Lovecraft, Homosexuality, humor, James O'Meara, Jason Reza Jorjani, Jeffery Mishlove, Journey to Vapor Island, Liberalism, Literature, Marquis de Sade, Media, Mental illness, Morality, Music, My Little Pony, Nationalism, neo-tribalism, Neoliberalism, Neoplatonism, New Thought, Nietzsche, Nihilism, Occultism, Peter Sotos, Philadelphia, Philosophy, Pilleater, Political Correctness, Politics, Postmodernism, Psychology, Race Relations, Radical Center, Religion, Richard Spencer, Sadism, Science, Science Fiction, Serial Killers, Sexuality, Sigmund Freud, Sir Oswald Mosley, Social Media, spirituality, the New Right, Tim Biskup, Transgender, Transhumanism, Vaporfornia, White Nationalism

Robert Stark talks to Francis Nally about the English author, Colin Wilson, his book The Outsider, and his esoteric ideas about consciousness, as well as revisiting Francis’s philosophy of Asian Aryanism. Francis’s website is Pilleater.com,  he has a YouTube Channel, and has a new book out, Suicidal, Asian, and Promiscious. The Muse We Neglect.

Topics:

Colin Wilson’s brief fame, and his relationship with the Angry Young Men literary genre
The archetype of the Outsider
The appeal of Colin Wilson to the New Right (eg. Counter-Currents)
Aspects of both populism (anti-credentialism) and Nietzschean elitism to Colin Wilson
Colin Wilson’s interview with Jeffrey Mishlove’s New Thinking Allowed
Wilson’s approach to mysticism, spiritual science, and the supernatural
Wilson’s theories on consciousness and the Peak Experience
Wilson’s book, The Occult: A History
Wilson’s book, The Misfits: A Study of Sexual Outsiders
Wilson’s correspondence with serial killer, Ian Brady, and Wilson’s intro to Brady’s book, The Gates of Janus
Francis’s essay on how Ethical Sadism can be used to disrupt liberalism and free our desires 
The need to embrace sincerity, identity and passion
How Transhumanism has potential to expand consciousness but also to turn man into “robots”
My Little Pony, Faustian aesthetics, and the Brony phenomenon
Planet of the Bass Nationalism

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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 Kevin Kautzman about his Play Moderation

2020 Riots, acting, Art, censorship, Cinema, comedy, Conspiracy Theories, coronavirus, Corporations, Crime, Culture, Despair, Economics, Feminism, Film, Gender, Hollywood, humor, Incels, Joker, Kevin Kautzman, Literature, Memes, Political Correctness, Politics, Psychology, Silicon Valley, Social Media, Stanley Kubrick, technology, Theatre, Vaporfornia

Robert Stark talks to St. Paul based playwright Kevin Kautzman about his new play MODERATION. Moderation is a dark comedy about social media content moderators loosing their minds at work. RSVP at MODERATION to view the play online for free until Dec. 19th.  Moderation will premier live in March of 2022 at St. Paul’s Waldman’s Brewery, as the first in a series produced by Kevin’s Mad Mouth Theater company.  Check out Kevin’s podcast Art of Darkness, web series Money Shot Show, and follow him on Twitter.

Topics:

How Moderation’s premise was inspired by a “normie rag” article about content mods being radicalized by conspiracy theories that they were forced to monitor
The psychological components  to the play
References to meme culture
The political vs. profit motives of censorship, and Keith Woods on The Vulture Capitalist Behind The New Twitter
The Dark Comedy genre in cinema, literature, and theater
Corporate gatekeepers suppressing creativity in cinema
Kevin’s Art of Darkness episode on Stanley Kubrick
The casting and production process for Moderation
How Moderation is in the same Zeitgeist as the film Joker
Kevin’s observations on the decay of the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro

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Robert Stark talks to Hunter Wallace about Post Trump Political Trends

2020 Riots, Academia, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Alt Center, Alternative Left, Alternative Right, Andrew Yang, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter, censorship, China, Class, comedy, Conservatives, coronavirus, Corporations, Crime, Culture, demographics, Donald Trump, Economics, Elections, humor, Hunter Wallace, Immigration, income inequality, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Neoconservatism, Neoliberalism, Police, Police Brutality, Police State, Political Correctness, Politics, Radical Center, Republican Party, Russia, Taxation, Tucker Carlson, Tulsi Gabbard, Wall Street, War

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark talks to Hunter Wallace about the Biden Administration, Post Trump Right, and political realignment on class. Hunter Wallace is an Alabama based blogger at Occidental Dissent and describes himself as a Nationalist Moderate Populist.

Topics:

Revisiting why Donald Trump lost
The New Political Realignment on Class and  Woke Capital’s boycott of Georgia
Whether the GOP’s call to Boycott Woke Corporations is purely symbolic
The track records of potential 2024 GOP nominees including Cotton, Hawley, and De Santis
The role of Trump Post Presidency and whether MAGA Inc. is just the new Con Inc.
Joe Biden’s Polling and his biggest electoral weaknesses: Immigration, Crime, cancel culture, and civil liberties
The Biden Admin’s crackdown on civil liberties in the name of fighting Domestic  Extremism
The pros and cons of Biden’s Infrastructure Plan and the last COVID Relief Bill
Neoliberal Joe Screwing Millennials on Student Debt and giving the shaft to progressives on economics
How opposition to Cancel Culture has become the new culture war with Black Lives Matter tumbling in popularity
The Dirtbag Left flirts with the Dissident Right
How the transformation of the GOP into a National Labor Party is a long-term process
Hunter’s predictions for the midterm elections and next presidential election

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Robert Stark interviews Kevin Kautzman

Academia, acting, aesthetics, Aleister Crowley, American Culture, Aristocratic Individualism, Art, Beatniks, BLAUERGEIST!, Blue Velvet, Camille Paglia, capitalism, Catholicism, censorship, Charles Bukowski, Christianity, Cinema, Class, College, comedy, conformity, Conspiracy Theories, Control, coronavirus, counterculture, Crime, Culture, David Lynch, Drugs, Economics, England, Film, History, Homosexuality, humor, Internet, Ireland, Kevin Kautzman, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Marquis de Sade, Mexico, Morality, New York, Nietzsche, Occultism, Oscar Wilde, Philosophy, Poetry, Political Correctness, Politics, Psychology, relationships, Religion, Sexuality, Social Media, social status, Socialism, Stanley Kubrick, Suburbia, Surrealism, Theatre, Travel, Twin Peaks, Wealth, William S. Burroughs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark talks to playwright Kevin Kautzman about his play MODERATION, playwright Oscar Wilde, and author William S. Burroughs. Check out Kevin’s podcast Art of Darkness, web series Money Shot Show, and follow him on Twitter.

Topics:

The online premier of the latest iteration of MODERATION, a dark comedy about social media moderators
Kevin’s play Dream of Perfect Sleep
Oscar Wilde: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name
Oscar Wilde’s political views and philosophy of aestheticism, his prison letter De Profundis, and notable quotes
William S. Burroughs: Liberalism with a Gun
The Beat Generation
The economic and political mechanisms of the arts
The artist’s legacy within the framework of cancel culture
Upcoming podcasts on Stanley Kubrick, Charles Bukowski, and Ernest Hemmingway

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Robert Stark interviews BLAUERGEIST! about Aesthetics

1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, aesthetics, Archeofuturism, Architecture, arcology, Art, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Beverly Hills, BLAUERGEIST!, Blue Velvet, Brutalism, California, Californication, capitalism, Cinema, Cities, comedy, Culture, Curb Your Enthusiasm, David Lynch, Disneyland, Film, Film Noire, Hellraiser, Historic Preservation, History, Hollywood, horror, horror films, humor, Instagram, Jacob's Ladder, John C. Portman Jr, Larry David, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Malls, Matt Pegan, Matthew Pegas, Mid-Century Modern, Mulholland Drive, Neoliberalism, Neon, New Retro Wave, New York, Oregon, Photography, Political Correctness, Portland, Retro Futurism, San Francisco, Science Fiction, South Africa, Southbound, Steampunk, Surrealism, technology, Traditionalism, Travel, Twin Peaks, Urbanism, Zoning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark and Matt Pegan talk to Portland based blogger BLAUERGEIST! about architecture, interior design, art, and cinema. Check out BLAUERGEIST! on Twitter, his podcast Ellroy Boys, and new web magazine Apocalypse Confidential.

Topics:

The #BathistGang: love of 80s bathroom aesthetics
20th Century interior design genres
80s malls, Robert and Matt’s LA N O S T A L G I A  Mall series, the Breezewood meme, The Canal Walk Mall in Cape Town, and value of Interior Urbanism
Retrofuturism, trends in nostalgia, and Theme Park Urbanism
Eco Brutalism and the Interior Garden Aesthetic
Artists Patrick Nagel, Jim Buckels, and Daniel Merriam, and various sci-fi illustrators
Political symbolism in aesthetics
Aesthetics in cinema: directors Dario Argento and Peter Greenaway, and 80s films Year of the Dragon and Scarface
Horror films 3615 code Père Noël, Child’s Play, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Jacob’s Ladder, Hellraiser: Inferno, Southbound, and Silent Hill: Revelation
The work of David Lynch and the Lynchian Aesthetic
Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm

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Robert Stark catches up with Logo Daedalus in the simulation

2020 Riots, American Culture, Andrew Yang, automation, Basic Income, Beatniks, capitalism, comedy, Communism, Consumerism, coronavirus, Corporations, counterculture, Culture, Donald Trump, Economics, History, humor, Indian Bronson, Jack Kerouac, Jean Baudrillard, Literature, Logo Daedalus, Matt Pegan, Matthew Pegas, Media, Michel Houellebecq, Morality, Neoliberalism, Philosophy, Police, Politics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark and Matt Pegan talk to Logo Daedalus about the current political climate and whether there’s any historical significance and deeper philosophical meaning to all this. Logo is the author of Selfie, Suicide: or Cairey Turnbull’s Blue Skiddoo and you can follow him on Twitter.

Topics:

The different online tribes and how the weakest are based on ideology
Ideology as a pavlovian learned response
Thoughts on the protests, civil unrest, and Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
The Woke Capital phenomenon, and why Logo thinks it’s more of an advertisement investment rather than political agenda
Why pointing out moral hypocrisy is an ineffective political strategy
The significance of Iconoclasm
How America is an economic zone, all politics are consumer choices, and Americans are tourists
Baudrillard’s concept of current events as part of the simulation
Kojève and the End of history
The need for a post establishment world view
How building communities, creative endeavors, and independent institutions are more important than politics
The need for neo-mercantilism as an alternative to neo-liberalism
The animalization of American life (future of humans as pets)
Why the Boiling frog theory is more likely than the collapse (World will be same but worse after ‘banal’ virus, says Houellebecq)
How the police will be co-opted into the woke agenda rather than defunded
Nathan for You and what makes effective satire
The Kerouac Pill
Logo’s upcoming book inspired by the Canterbury Tales

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Robert Stark interviews filmmaker James Di Martino about his film The Faceless Man

acting, Art, Australia, Cartrell Payne, Cinema, comedy, Crime, Culture, David Lynch, Film, horror, horror films, humor, James Di Martino, Quentin Tarantino, The Faceless Man

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark and Cartrell Payne talk to Australian Filmmaker James Di Martino about his film The Faceless Man, which is his first feature film.

Topics:

James’ background in film, making shorts ranging from comedies, thrillers, and a period western
James’ directing style and cinema-photographic influences
Throwbacks to Quentin Tarantino and Get Out in The Faceless Man
Challenges of working with low budgets
Playing on the contrast of horror clichés with the unpredictable
The theme of what’s real and what’s not
Elements of crime genres and light hearted humor
Inspiration from personal trauma as a cancer survivor
Australian Cinema; the horror film The Babadook
Actors including Australian icons Roger Ward and Andy McPhee
The Special effects
Design for the monster by illustrator Austen Mengler
James’ independent production company Chapter 5 Studios
James’ upcoming dark comedy coming of age drama
The film’s premier at Monster Fest in Melbourne

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Robert Stark interviews Duckman creator Everett Peck

aesthetics, animation, Art, Cartrell Payne, comedy, Comic Books, Duckman, Emotions, Everett Peck, humor, Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark and Cartrell Payne talk to animator and illustrator Everett Peck (Official site). He is best known as the creator of Duckman and Squirrel Boy.

Topics:

Everett’s background as an illustrator, including work for Playboy and Rolling Stone magazine
Artistic influences ranging from underground comics of the 60s and 19th century pen and ink illustrations
Working for Klasky Csupo as an independent contractor
The full emotional range of the Duckman character rather than stereotypical cartoon characters
Jason Alexander as Duckman
Dark dry cynical humor
The artistic style of Duckman which was an extension of his illustration style
Squirrel Boy’s 50s Cartoon Modern aesthetic
Character design for the animated TV series Jumanji
The internal politics at the networks
Upcoming and ongoing projects and concepts

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