System of Systems

As many listeners/readers might already know, Adam's favorite musician of all time is John Frusciante. Thus, when the guitarist re-joined Red Hot Chili Peppers for the SECOND TIME, he has left the band twice now (once in 2009 and once in 1993), he was elated. 

Now, the Chi Peps are back in their true form with their first record featuring John on guitar since their magnum opus double album Stadium Arcadium in 2007. Does it stack up to the band's masterpieces? To investigate, we brought on illustrator Joel Jensen and Rare Candy co-host Glen Rockney.

LINKS

RHCP Unlimited Love 
Frusciante on Rick Rubin podcast
Frusciante/Keidis on Rick Rubin podcast
Flea on Rick Rubin podcast
Rare Candy podcast
Rare Candy twitter
Joel twitter

Soundtrack
Coil "The Snow" 
Swell Maps "Border Country" 
Mo*te "Ame No Hi" 
Les Rallizés Denudes "Night of the Assasins" 
Incapacitants "We Saw UFO" (LIVE) 
Saccharine Trust "Effort to Waste" 
Jimi Hendrix "Power of Love" 

LINKS:
Joel at Instagram: @seele_dolls 
Joel at Twitter: @Seele_dolls 
Kentaro Miura documentary

In the sixth edition of Alex Bienstock's SOS side project, Bienstock and Adam interview compulsive poster and Instagram artist Poorspigga, aka Sofia, discussing the intricacies of posting, when posting becomes a kind of art and how it functions as such, Bataille, being a fed and more.

OST:
The Chills "Pink Frost" 
Thrones "Nostos Algos" 
Mystikal "That's The Nigga"
Pharoah Sanders "Love is Here 2" 
Barathrum "Necromantical Ritual"
Bladee "Be Nice 2 Me"

LINKS:
Sofia at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poorspigga/?hl=en

We are joined by Berto – the founder and co-creator of Ghost Jail (W/ Ortant and Dillard), the ninth episode of which "Science" is out now and features bits by both Adam and Will, and we discuss Kanye West's post-divorce life, musical interests, the new Batman film and the evolution of superhero films after Joker, the metaphysical castration of male artists, and the future of Berserk after Kentaro Miura's death.

SOUNDTRACK:
Autechre - Further 
Eric’s Trip - Universe 
Prurient - Mask of Claws 
Forgotten Woods - In My Darkest Visions 
Buffalo - Freedom 

LINKS:
Ghostjail 
Berto Twitter @big_boy_berto 
Adam on Kanye and Leos Carax 

We are joined by Berto – the founder and co-creator of Ghost Jail (W/ Ortant and Dillard), the ninth episode of which "Science" is out now and features bits by both Adam and Will, and we discuss Kanye West's post-divorce life, musical interests, the new Batman film and the evolution of superhero films after Joker, the metaphysical castration of male artists, and the future of Berserk after Kentaro Miura's death.

FULL EPISODE HERE

SOUNDTRACK:
Autechre - Further 
Eric’s Trip - Universe 
Prurient - Mask of Claws 
Forgotten Woods - In My Darkest Visions 
Buffalo - Freedom 

LINKS:
Ghostjail 
Berto Twitter @big_boy_berto 
Adam on Kanye and Leos Carax 

In a fascinating talk, Ebert here outlines the NATO failures that led to the crisis in Ukraine and how it fits into the concept of Hypermodernization, discusses women and sex, and has fascinating things to say about the state of film and art.

FULL EPISODE HERE 

SOUNDTRACK:
S.O.B. - Fat Woman 
Mad Mike - Death Star 
Arthur Doyle - A Little Linda, Debra, Omit, Barry and Maria 
Streicher - Blood Purge 
Spitehowling - Napalm Dance 
Aerosmith - Lord of the Thighs 

LINKS:
John David Ebert at Substack 
Ebert at Twitter @johndavidebert 
Ebert at Patreon 
Adam wars against Russophobia 

Alex Hampshire is a writer with a cause. Deeply concerned about the unhealthy state of the furniture we live with, he has penned a manifesto of sorts: 'Furniture Activism'. Alex discusses his book and explains how you can change your life just by being more mindful of the furniture that you adorn your living space with. Personal responsibility. Personal responsibility. What's the best piece of furniture? Find out here.

SOUNDTRACK:
Emerson Lake & Palmer "Lucky Man"  
Adam and the Ants "Feed me to the Lions"
The Fall "R.O.D."  
XX Committee "Metal Worker" 

LINKS:
Follow Alex on Instagram: @furnitureactivist
Follow Alex on Twitter: @boycottchairs
Read Furniture Activism

We are joined by Matt Fresta, the editor of the excellent Australia-based zine Rango Tango zine, joins the show. Fresta was a friend and bandmate of the late Brendon Annesley, who published the now iconic Aussie punk zine Negative Guest List. Together, we discuss Annesley's work, the rich history of Aussie rock n' roll, the politics of punk scenes, and more.

SOUNDTRACK:

SPK - Mekano 
The Saints - Erotic Neurotic 
The Birthday Party - Blast Off! (Live) 
Severed Heads - A Million Angels 
Venom P. Stinger - My Hole 
feedtime - Shovel 
Meat Thump - Thrashers

Links:
Matt at Twitter: @newfaceinhell 
Buy Rango Tango zine
Brendon Annesley interview

In memoriam to the Cinema of Transgression pioneer Nick Zedd's passing, we have removed the paywall from this episode with filmmaker Michael M. Bilandic

Adam and filmmaker Michael M. Bilandic have been mutuals on social media for a little while now, but it wasn't until Mubi recently made Michael's films available on its streaming platform that Adam found himself burning through Michael's work and was thoroughly impressed. A frustrated artist exploits a rural horrorcore group in 'Hellaware', a raving delivery man accidentally kills a famous client in 'Jobe'z World', a performance artist locks himself in a cell as the Floyd riots rage outside in last year's 'Project Space 13'; while taking place in a tightly contained and well-crafted cinema universe, Michael's films mirror the reality of living in the contemporary culture industries to an uncanny degree.

Michael joins Adam and Will here to discuss not only his own films, but also Adam and Michael's shared love of Nick Zedd and the Cinema of Transgression, Michael's time working at legendary defunct East Village shop Kim's Video and Music, the crypto-transgression of Todd Phillips and 'Joker', and Bilandic's work with film art icon Abel Ferrara.

SOUNDTRACK:
Young Torture Killaz  "Cut Yo Dick Off" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDl2hpkxH5Y
Pissgrave "Euthanasia" https://music.apple.com/us/album/euthanasia/1447411867?i=1447411868
The Skaters "Untitled 2" https://youtu.be/0hjiUWhZoIY
Strangulated Beatoffs "Earth To Satan" https://music.apple.com/us/album/earth-to-satan/1082819667?i=1082820179
Overkill "Rotten To The Core" https://music.apple.com/us/album/rotten-to-the-core/1495646750?i=1495646755
Ultravox "Vienna" https://music.apple.com/us/album/vienna/1145526695?i=1145526836
Abel Ferrara on the making of 'Driller Killer' https://youtu.be/7CgINuXB2As

LINKS:
Michael M. Bilandic Twitter: @_RareArt https://twitter.com/_rareart
Michael M. Bilandic Instagram: @m1kebillz
Michael M. Bilalandic films at Mubi https://mubi.com/cast/michael-m-bilandic
On the films of Michael M. Bilandic https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/the-ww-world-viewed-reflections-on-the-films-of-michael-m-bilandic
Watch Nick Zedd's 'Bogus Man' https://ubu.com/film/zedd_bogus.html
Watch Nick Zedd compilation https://ubu.com/film/zedd_abnormal_01.html
Watch Nick Zedd's 'War is Menstrual Energy' https://ubu.com/film/zedd_war.html
Nick Zedd CoT manifesto https://ubu.com/film/transgression.html
Richard Kern video interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HXpmk-7NaM
Richard Kern 'The Evil Cameraman' https://ubu.com/film/kern_evil.html

We are joined by Irish novelist Rob Doyle, who is now best known for his work of delirious auto-fiction Threshold, a series of vignettes documenting the writer's drug usage and travels, and more recently Autobibliography (2021), which collects various essays on books that Rob has held closely throughout his career and becomes a kind of memoir told through the books that made him: Marcus Aurelius, Houellebecq, Nietzsche, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and more.

Rob is currently posted up in Sinagapore on a residency, and tells us about the bizarrely functional control society that the city has become.

FULL EPISODE HERE

SOUNDTRACK
Ricardo Villalobos - 28122002
Peter Jeffries - Electricity
Pink Floyd - When You’re In
Pain Teens - The Poured Out Blood
5th Ward Boyz - Studio Gangster 

LINKS:

Rob at Twitter: @RobDoyle1
Rob at Instagram: @skullhotel
Buy Threshold
Buy Autobibliography
Rob's favorite books for Irish Times 
William Gibson's Disneyland With the Death Penalty