Anarchy and Culture Podcast

Rev up yer Scottish accents and turn on the fuck-ticker! We praise the best political satire on television, express some sympathy for politicians (even if they are twats) and take a shite all over the West Wing. Songs: "Government Center" by Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers, and "Politicians in My Eyes" by Death

Media, Mind Control, Conspiracy, Hallucinations, Paranoia, Postmodernism, Pornography, and Plato: it's a typical day at the Anarchy and Culture bunker. Songs: "I Wanna Destroy You" by The Soft Boys, "Heartbeat" by Wire, and "Along Came Jones" by the Coasters.

I read an essay by anarchist critic Herbert Read, "A Civilization from Under." Song: "At Home He's a Tourist" by Gang of Four Podcast Theme: "Stop Look and Listen" by Ricardo Ray

We discuss Kevin Carson's book, The Homebrew Industrial Revolution: A Low Overhead Manifesto. We also drink and swear and bitch about our jobs. Anarchy! Songs: "Working in the Coal Mine" by Lee Dorsey, "Cables" by Big Black, and "Tomorrow is Already Here" by Stereolab. Podcast theme: "Stop Look and Listen" by Ricardo Ray

We discuss 2 essays, "The Paranoid Style in American Politics" by Richard Hofstadter, and "The Paranoid Center" by Jesse Walker. Not addressed: should the paranoid be allowed to make podcasts? Songs: "Too Much Paranoias" by Devo, "A New Face in Hell" by The Fall, "Themselves" by The Minutemen, and "CIA Man" by Sun City Girls. Podcast Theme: "Stop Look and Listen" by Ricardo Ray

A crime and punishment double feature: documentaries by Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line) and Werner Herzog (Into the Abyss). Songs: "Victim of Circumstances" by Roy Junior, and "Angel of Death" by The Bassholes. Podcast Theme: "Stop Look and Listen" by Ricardo Ray

A special Independence Day reading of Voltairine de Cleyre's essay "Anarchism and American Traditions." Song: "Revolution" by Spacemen 3 Podcast Theme: "Stop Look and Listen" by Ricardo Ray