{"id":2537,"date":"2016-08-18T00:20:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T00:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=2537"},"modified":"2016-08-21T21:15:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-21T21:15:25","slug":"robert-stark-interviews-brandon-adamson-about-beatnik-fascism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=2537","title":{"rendered":"Robert Stark interviews Brandon Adamson about Beatnik Fascism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Beatnik-Fascism.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2538 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Beatnik-Fascism.jpg\" alt=\"Beatnik Fascism\" width=\"224\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Beatnik-Fascism.jpg 212w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Beatnik-Fascism-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Robert Stark and co-host Alex von Goldstein interview\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brandonadamson.com\/\">Brandon Adamson<\/a>\u00a0about his book of poems\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/brandon-adamson\/beatnik-fascism\/paperback\/product-22792724.html\">Beatnik Fascism<\/a>(It&#8217;s available in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/brandon-adamson\/beatnik-fascism\/paperback\/product-22792724.html\">Paperback<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/brandon-adamson\/beatnik-fascism\/ebook\/product-22814656.html\">eBook<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Named after the main character in a sleazy 1970\u2019s romance novel, \u201c(<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Flame_and_the_Flower\">The Flame and the Flower<\/a>,)\u201d Brandon Adamson is a writer\/poet\/musician\/artist, who currently resides in Phoenix Arizona. He has been writing since 1995, and his work has appeared in many magazines, blogs and literary journals over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon began recording experimental indie music in the mid 90\u2019s. He has put out dozens of singles and a few limited release albums, and continues to write and release new songs. As a futurist who has always been fascinated with the mid century modern aesthetic, culture and associated philosophies, the space age influence is apparent in much of Brandon\u2019s writing and art.<\/p>\n<p>Topics include:<\/p>\n<p>How the book&#8217;s title is a reference to a Twilight Zone Episode about Beatnik Fascist Aliens who land on earth<br \/>\nHow Brandon relates to the\u00a0non-conformity, curiosity, and the courage to do something different of the Beats<br \/>\nHow the Beats were a much more authentic and culturally elitist group than the Hippies<br \/>\nHow many of the Beats including Jack Kerouac expressed politically incorrect views<br \/>\nBeatnik\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romantic_racism\">Romantic racism<\/a>\u00a0and how it&#8217;s a precursor to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hipster_racism\">Hipster racism<\/a><br \/>\nHow dissidents such as nationalist and anti-consumerist are the non-conformists of today, and resist the pressure to fit in<br \/>\nHow even within alternative political movements, people are still non conforming and alienated(ex. Futurist, and those with left and center views within the Alt-right)<br \/>\nHow the message of the book is both ambitious about the future but also black pill in a realization that most of us are on our own.<br \/>\nThe poem &#8220;Antiquated Formula&#8221;about visiting an antique store that explores Brandon&#8217;s interest in Greco-Roman Artifacts and Retro-Futurism<br \/>\nHow\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Retrofuturism\">Retrofuturism<\/a>\u00a0not only shows us what could of been but offers blueprint for the future<br \/>\nThe poem &#8220;Barrelsville 2292&#8221; about Las Vegas, and how the city both symbolizes crass commercialism, and a retro-futurist fantasy world where anything is possible<br \/>\nThe poem &#8220;The Distracted Actors,&#8221; about how what we are distracted by defines the future of civilization<br \/>\nBrandon&#8217;s point that real freedom is not being able to do what ever you want, but to live in the kind of society you want to live in<br \/>\nHow Brandon envsions the United State&#8217;s carved up into small city states with their own unique cultural aesthetics<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/stepkid.com\/articles\/could-the-donald-be-americas-trump-card\/\">Brandon&#8217;s article from 2011 advocating for Donald Trump as a dissident candidate for president which he never got credit for<\/a><br \/>\nWhy Donald Trump is losing because he is pandering to conservatives, and how he can win by being himself<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2537-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Brandon-Adamsom-Beatnik-Fascism.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Brandon-Adamsom-Beatnik-Fascism.mp3\">https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Brandon-Adamsom-Beatnik-Fascism.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Brandon-Adamsom-Beatnik-Fascism.mp3\">Click Here<\/a> to download!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Artrstark\/\"><span style=\"color: #1a0dab;\">Check out Robert Stark&#8217;s Artwork<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"75RF3EG8CMWVE\" \/><br \/>\n<input title=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" alt=\"Donate\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Robert Stark and co-host Alex von Goldstein interview&nbsp;Brandon Adamson&nbsp;about his book of poems&nbsp;Beatnik Fascism(It&rsquo;s available in&nbsp;Paperback and&nbsp;eBook) Named after the main character in a sleazy 1970&rsquo;s romance novel, &ldquo;(The Flame and the Flower,)&rdquo; Brandon Adamson is a writer\/poet\/musician\/artist, who currently resides in Phoenix &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=2537\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Robert Stark interviews Brandon Adamson about Beatnik Fascism<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[664,686,685,687],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1960s","category-beatnik-fascism","category-beatniks","category-brandon-adamson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2537"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2562,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537\/revisions\/2562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}