Category Archives: Art

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 Jose Luis Feliciano

aesthetics, Alt Center, American Culture, Architecture, Art, Banking, Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter, Cities, Class, Conservatives, Corporations, Crime, Culture, demographics, Donald Trump, Economics, education, Elections, Elon Musk, Futurism, Immigration, Jose Luis Feliciano, Mass Transit, Millennials, National Futurism, Nationalism, New York, Police, Political Correctness, Politics, Prison, Race Relations, Radical Center, Republican Party, Retro Futurism, Silicon Valley, social capital, Suburbia, Taxation, technology, the New Right, Transhumanism, Urbanism, Wealth, welfare state

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark talks to Jose Luis Feliciano about his new Radical Centrist Futurist Political Platform. Jose Luis Feliciano is a New Right Labor Nationalist, Futurist, Space Nerd, and Marine vet of Puerto Rican decent. Follow Jose on Twitter.

Topics:

Political polarization and the need for a pragmatic forward thinking big tent vision
Jose’s Grand Plan to build walkable aesthetically pleasing communities: “life should be exciting and beautiful”
Funding the arts for a new American Renaissance
The decline in fertility and Pro-Family Pro-Natalist solutions
Rightwing multi-culturalism with Platinum Plans for all
Hispanics Souring on BLM?
The need for economic policies that foster innovation with a return of manufacturing, progressive corporate taxation, debt relief, and school choice
Criminal Justice Reform
Jose’s long term plan to create a political caucus and grassroots organization for the platform
The political barriers to populism, the establishment’s corrosion of both Trump’s and Bernie’s movements, and Jose’s winning strategy

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Robert Stark interviews Romain d’Aspremont about The Promethean Right

Archeofuturism, Art, capitalism, Christianity, Conservatives, Culture, demographics, Economics, education, Elections, Emmanuel Macron, Eugenics, Europe, European Nationalism, Fascism, France, Francis Nally, Front National, Futurism, Guillaume Faye, Identitarianism, Immigration, income inequality, IQ, Italian Futurism, Jason Reza Jorjani, Leftism, Liberalism, Marine Le Pen, Nationalism, Nietzsche, Philosophy, Politics, Post-scarcity economy, Psychology, Religion, Romain d'Aspremont, Science, Socialism, technology, the New Right, Transhumanism, Utopia, Yellow Vests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark and Francis Nally talk to French author Romain d’Aspremont about his book The Promethean Right: Why the Right is Losing the Battle of Ideas and What its Revitalization Must Look Like (French Edition).

Topics:

The failure of conservatism and need for a progressive right that embraces utopianism and radical creativity
The mentality of defeat vs. traits of power (The New Man)
Transhumanism
Jason Reza Jorjani‘s Prometheism
Cosmological natural selection: the science of creating new promethean universes
The political situation in France

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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 interviews Dutch Vlogger Faust

aesthetics, American Culture, Archeofuturism, Architecture, Art, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, automation, Baby Boomers, Banking, Basic Income, Black Lives Matter, Calvinism, capitalism, censorship, Cities, Class, Classical Liberalism, coronavirus, Corporations, Culture, democracy, demographics, Distributism, Donald Trump, Economics, England, Eugenics, Europe, European Nationalism, Faust, Free Trade, Freedom of Speech, Germany, Globalization, History, Identitarianism, Immigration, Imperialism, income inequality, Middle Class, Millennials, Nationalism, Neoliberalism, Netherlands, New Urbanism, Oligarchy, Police, Police State, Political Correctness, Political Parties, Politics, Psychology, Retro Futurism, Skyscrapers, social capital, Socialism, South Africa, Steampunk, Suburbia, Third Way Economics, Traditionalism, Urbanism, Wealth, welfare state, Zoomers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark talks to Dutch Youtuber Faust about Dutch politics, economics, and geo-politics. Faust has an English language political channel, a Dutch language channel Dietse Bazuin, and you can follow him on Twitter. Faust is the publisher of an arts and history magazine that is also called Dietse Bazuin.

Topics:

Advocacy of a Germanic Union as a geopolitical alternative to the EU
The historic rivalry between the British and Dutch
The debate about the origins of capitalism (the Germanic Rhine model of capitalism vs. Anglo/American shareholder capitalism)
Thoughts on Dutch populist figures Geert Wilders  and Thierry Baudet
Faust’s critique of the welfare state and advocacy of building up social networks and economic niches as the solution to economic problems
The impact of American Imperialism on Europe and why Faust wants to disassociate from the American movement
Thoughts on the civil unrest in America, the politics of crisis, and America’s slide into neo-feudalism
“Ok Boomer” – a right wing meme turned left
Faust’s Dutch video on South Africa: Solidariteit met Afrikaners
Archeofuturist Architecture
The impact of architecture and urbanism on psychology and social capital

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Robert Stark talks to Jason Reza Jorjani about Faustian Futurist

aesthetics, Alt Center, Archeofuturism, Architecture, Art, Art Deco, automation, Black Lives Matter, Blade Runner, Caleb Maupin, capitalism, Cities, Communism, coronavirus, Culture, Donald Trump, Dystopia, Economics, Fascism, Francis Nally, Futurism, Gnosticism, Hinduism, History, horror, India, Iran, Italian Futurism, Jacob's Ladder, Jason Reza Jorjani, Jeffrey Epstein, Literature, New York, Nietzsche, Philosophy, Political Correctness, Politics, Psychology, Race Relations, Radical Center, Religion, Retro Futurism, Reza Pahlavi, Science, Science Fiction, Sexuality, Skyscrapers, Socialism, South Africa, Soviet Union, technology, The Cold War, the New Right, Third Position, Traditionalism, Transhumanism, Twin Peaks, Urbanism, Utopia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark and Francis Nally talk to Jason Reza Jorjani about his new Science Fiction novel Faustian Futurist. Jason Reza Jorjani, PhD is an Iranian-American philosopher, lifelong native New Yorker, and author of numerous books including Prometheism and Prometheus and Atlas. Also check out his Twitter and Patreon.

Topics:

Jason’s Faustian Futurist as an entry point to the philosophical and political concepts of his non-fiction work
The intimacy in giving the reader a window into the author’s subconscious
The Faustian archetype
The novel’s alternative history timeline set in the 2nd half of the 20th Century with an epilogue of the 21st Century
The theme of reincarnation
The significance of Atlantis in the novel and the empirical archeological evidence of Atlantis
Parapsychologist Gerald Feinberg’s The Prometheus Project, Mankind’s Search for Long-Range Goals
The parapsychological science of Remote viewing
A Prometheist vision beyond the convergence of left and right with a post-capitalist/scarcity outlook, and objective to find the balance between communitarianism and the creative potential of the individual
The limitations of electoral politics and the need to create a technological, cultural, and aesthetic movement
The Great Reset and the breakaway civilization
The mass exodus out of major cities and symbolism of the destruction of New York City as the cosmopolis of the West
Jason’s thoughts on the motives behind the woke agenda

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The Starkian Bay Area

Aesthetic Socialism, aesthetics, Alt Center, American Culture, Archeofuturism, Architecture, arcology, Art, Art Deco, Asia, Asian Aryanism, Asian Culture, Baby Boomers, Berkeley, California, capitalism, China, Cities, Class, coronavirus, Crime, Culture, Danville CA, demographics, Diversity, Economics, Environment, ethnopluralism, Frank Lloyd Wright, Futurism, gentrification, Hipsters, Historic Preservation, History, Immigration, income inequality, John C. Portman Jr, Lafayette CA, Liberalism, Los Angeles, Marin County, Mass Transit, Matt Pegan, Matthew Pegas, Millennials, Mount Diablo, Multiculturalism, neo-tribalism, Neoliberalism, Neon, New Urbanism, New York, Oakland, Orinda CA, overdevelopment, Pilleater, Political Correctness, Politics, Prison, Race Relations, Retro Futurism, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Skyscrapers, social capital, Suburbia, SWPL, The Gospel of Gibson, Travel, Urbanism, Utopia, Walnut Creek CA, Wealth, welfare state, Wilderness, Zoning

Robert Stark and Matt Pegas discuss their trip to the San Francisco Bay Area over the last Labor Day weekend, their past trips in 2018 (extended segment: 20 minutes in), and how the Bay Area relates to Alt-Urbanism and cultural, aesthetic, societal, and Alt-Center political themes from the show.

Topics:

Observations of the impact of the pandemic including an increase in homelessness
Why the Bay Area is the center of the Gray Tribe political sphere
The degree to which there is a unique and authentic regional culture and aesthetic
The John C. Portman designed Embarcadero Center, concept of Interior Urbanism, and how Portman was unique in that he was both an artistic visionary and a capitalist
The impact of wealth on aesthetics
The magic of travel and appreciating the tourist traps
San Francisco Neon
The Bay Area’s Geography, microclimates, and urban layout
Wilderness locations including Mount Diablo, Tilden Regional Park, Alpine and Bon Tempe Lakes in Marin, and the region’s extensive Greenbelts
Unique attributes of the Bay Area suburbs of Marin County, Lamorinda, Walnut Creek, Alamo, and Danville, Ski-Lodge Urbanism, and Retrofitting The Aesthetically Pleasing Suburb
Bay Area demographics trends
Does California need a rightest version of Multiculturalism?

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Robert Stark interviews Delicious Tacos

American Culture, Art, Asia, Australia, Basic Income, Bernie Sanders, California, capitalism, censorship, Class, coronavirus, Culture, Delicious Tacos, demographics, Despair, Donald Trump, Economics, Feminism, Gender, Hollywood, humor, Immigration, Incels, income inequality, Literature, Los Angeles, Matt Forney, Matt Pegan, Matthew Pegas, Mexico, Michel Houellebecq, Millennials, Morality, Nature, New York, Philippines, Philosophy, Political Correctness, Politics, relationships, Sexuality, Socialism, The Black Pill, Travel, Urbanism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark and Matt Pegan talk to Delicious Tacos about his books, philosophical outlook, and life in LA. Delicious Tacos is the author of Hot Naked Kittens, Finally, Some Good News , The Pussy, and his most recent book Savage Spear of the Unicorn. You can follow him on Twitter and his books are on sale until Christmas.

Topics:

The “California Houellebecq ”
Thoughts on self-publishing and how the novel Severance is to publishing what the film Sideways is to film critics
The economics of the arts and Delicious Taco’s advice to separate one’s creative endeavors from source of income
The slave morality of work and need for a guaranteed basic income
Delicious Taco’s support for Bernie Sanders, why he’s given up hope on American politics, and advice to focus on building up one’s own wealth
Delicious Taco’s love of birdwatching
The pros and cons of living in LA
Theme of Geomaxxing in Delicious Taco’s Finally, Some Good News and Houellebecq’s Platform
Age gap hysteria and why Delicious Tacos doesn’t need to moralize his proclivities
Working in Hollywood as a development executive
Matt and Robert’s upcoming books, and Delicious Taco’s upcoming book True Love

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Robert Stark talks to Jason Reza Jorjani about Prometheism

1980's, aesthetics, Archeofuturism, Architecture, Armenia, Art, Art Deco, automation, Azerbaijan, Buddhism, China, Class, conformity, Culture, Donald Trump, Dystopia, Economics, Eugenics, Fascism, Frank Lloyd Wright, Futurism, Globalization, Hinduism, History, India, Iran, Islam, Israel, Italian Futurism, Japan, Jason Reza Jorjani, Martin Heidegger, Middle East, Mythology, Nagorno-Karabakh War, Neoconservatism, Neoliberalism, Nietzsche, parapsychology, Philosophy, Plato, Politics, Psychology, Religion, Retro Futurism, Reza Pahlavi, Saudi Arabia, Science, Science Fiction, Shia Islam, Space Travel, Sunni Islam, technology, The Iranian Renaissance, Traditionalism, Transhumanism, Tulsi Gabbard, Zoroastrianism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark talks to Jason Reza Jorjani about his new book Prometheism. Jason Reza Jorjani, PhD is an Iranian-American philosopher, lifelong native New Yorker, and author of numerous books including Prometheus and Atlas. Also check out his Twitter and Patreon.

Topics:

The Prometheist Manifesto: a new political, spiritual, and techno-scientific movement
Prometheus as the enlightener of mankind in Greek mythology
Promethean archetype in the Zoroastrian deity Ahura Mazda
Prometheism’s  Retro-futurist rather than traditionalist trajectory
The technological singularity, dystopian scenarios, and limited time frame to ensure these technologies benefit mankind
Jason’s book Lovers of Sophia which deals with scenario of existing elites preventing the singularity through a controlled demolition
CRISPR gene editing, potential benefits, and dangers that it could be used to weed out non-conformity
Parapsychology: Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory program on psychokinesis
Need for a new Promethean elite of creative geniuses and technological innovators
Archeo-futurism as the aesthetic of Prometheism (ex. Art Deco Rockefeller Center and drafts of Hugh Ferriss, Frank Lloyd Wright, Syd Mead, and 70s Iran)
Advocacy of a geo-political constellation of the West, Russia, Iran, India, and Japan under the umbrella of a Promethean ethos
The dangers of toppling the Iranian regime, Trump’s disastrous policies, and how change must come from within

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Robert Stark talks to Logo Daedalus about America’s Promethean Aesthetics

1980's, aesthetics, American Culture, Archeofuturism, Architecture, arcology, Art, Art Deco, capitalism, Christianity, Cities, Class, Communism, Conservatives, Culture, Dallas, David Lynch, demographics, Disneyland, Donald Trump, Economics, Elon Musk, Europe, Futurism, Globalization, Hipsters, Historic Preservation, History, Jean Baudrillard, Kanye West, Las Vegas, Logo Daedalus, Malls, Matt Pegan, Matthew Pegas, Media, Mid-Century Modern, Mormonism, Neoliberalism, Neon, New Urbanism, New York, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Politics, Postmodernism, Religion, Retro Futurism, Science Fiction, Silicon Valley, Skyscrapers, Sweden, technology, The Perfume Nationalist, Traditionalism, Travel, Twin Peaks, Urbanism, Utah, Utopia, Wealth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark and Matt Pegan talk to Logo Daedalus to analyze the Promethean themes throughout American history in regards to culture and aesthetics. Logo is the author of Selfie, Suicide: or Cairey Turnbull’s Blue Skiddoo and you can follow him on Twitter.

Topics:

Online Trad subculture as a search for authenticity within the Simulation
Embracing America as a theme park
Archeofuturism: progress fused with nostalgia
How cultural elitism can contradict economic elitism and vice versa
Popularity of Neoclassical architecture in 19th Century America, The Soviet’s later adoption of Neoclassical architecture, and Art Deco as the pinnacle of archeofuturism in early 20th Century America
The Minimalist architectural trend of the 2010s, focus on functionality, Puritanical origins, and popularity in the Silicon Valley
Logo’s experience living in New York, notable architectural sites, and it’s state of decay
Neo-Trad architectural fad
What Internet Memes Get Wrong About Breezewood, Pennsylvania
Finding political symbolism in architecture
Celebrity Futurism
The ironies of Trump’s aesthetics
Mormonism as a manifest of America’s Promethean Spirit
How modern America started at the Chicago World’s Fair
The early Electric Park and Freedomland U.S.A. Theme Parks
Utopian Societies in 19th Century America and Utopianism through accessing the capital to build rather than politics


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