Released less than one month apart at the start of 1985 are two satires of contemporary bureaucratic and consumer life, one an American novel and the other a British film. Don DeLillo's White Noise and Terry Gilliam's Brazil each stand up as profound visions of their late 20th century moment. With my guest Noah (@trycypress), we bring these two together to question what is really going on and what hope do we have to break through the white noise and the threat of state-created terminology.
Tradhumanism Ex Machina ft. Adam Jesionowski
Yvor Winters' Easy Ride ft. E. L. Brooks
Dead Dreams at the Turn of the Century ft. nameandnoun
Our Cyberpunk Before ft. James McGirk
Taking Off Atomised Society's Glasses ft. Default Friend
Coming of Age in 1995 ft. goblinodds
Observations Above and Within the Sea
Countercultural Inheritance ft. Geoff Shullenberger
Reflections Unprying
Killing Machines at the End of the Cold War ft. Emmet Penney
Cultural Engine Failure ft. Grant Dever
A Sketch of Christmas
Extracting the American Outlaw ft. Sonya Mann
Triplethink ft. James Simpkin
Origins of Cyberpunk
Hallucinations of 1983 ft. Jeremy Fox
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