Society & Culture
This week Jake and Phil are joined by special guest Jesse Walker of Reason Magazine to discuss William S. Burroughs The Revised Boy Scout Manual and Charles Ridley's short anti-Nazi propaganda film, Schichlegruber Doing the Lambeth Walk (assisted by the Gestapo 'Hep-Cats') The Manifesto: William S. Burroughs, The Revised Boy Scout Manual https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814254899.html The Art: Charles Ridley, 1941, Schichlegruber Doing the Lambeth Walk (assisted by the Gestapo 'Hep-Cats') https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYdmk3GP3iM Works discussed Jesse Walker, The Sultan of Sewers: William Burroughs' anti-authoritarian vision https://reason.com/2014/06/04/the-sultan-of-sewers/ Naked Lunch https://groveatlantic.com/book/naked-lunch/ Hunter S. Thompson, The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved https://grantland.com/features/looking-back-hunter-s-thompson-classic-story-kentucky-derby/ Jacob Siegel, Digital fascism: anti-PC idol-smashing isn’t just a joke https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/internet-alt-right-fascists Susan Sontag, Fascinating Fascism https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1975/02/06/fascinating-fascism/ Jack Kerouac, On The Road https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/300451/on-the-road-by-jack-kerouac/ Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain, Please Kill Me https://pleasekillme.com/shop/autographed-paperback-20-anniversary-edition-please-kill-me/ Jacob Siegel, Send Anarchists, Guns and Money https://thebaffler.com/salvos/anarchists-guns-and-money-siegel Jon Baskin, The Unbearable: Toward an Antifascist Aesthetic https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/08/14/the-unbearable-toward-an-antifascist-aesthetic/