In this installment, I'm joined by fellow youtuber Ian, who has a channel called Epoch Philosophy. Our discussion was prompted by a recent video essay he made on the topic of happiness:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QVgkw5_TSE If you're a fan of my more theory laden, philosophical type work, I bet you'll like Epoch Philosophy. He's trying to go full time on youtube soon, so check out the channel and be sure to subscribe if it sounds up your alley: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC738SsV6BSLUVvMgKnEFFzQ

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The Folly of Happiness with Epoch Philosophy

The LitCritGuy https://twitter.com/TheLitCritGuy https://www.patreon.com/TheLitCritGuy https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjiFb_CmCcNW1AD0ZaqFu1A Horror Vanguard https://soundcloud.com/user-317910500 References: David Graeber on Bullshit Jobs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIctCDYv7Yg Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/capitalist-realism The Sublime Object of Ideology by Slavoj Žižek https://www.versobooks.com/books/348-the-sublime-object-of-ideology Mark Fisher | Acid Communism (Unfinished Introduction) https://my-blackout.com/2019/04/25/mark-fisher-acid-communism-unfinished-introduction/ The Principle of Hope - Ernst Bloch https://www.marxists.org/archive/bloch/hope/introduction.htm The Shock Doctrine - Naomi Klein https://tsd.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine.html Cameron Winklevoss attempts to explain NFTs https://twitter.com/cameron/status/1373680484945850368 Crowds, Masses, Riots (w/ @laborkyle​) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWswtWw5qd0 K-punk: THE COLLECTED AND UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS OF MARK FISHER https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/592331/k-punk-by-mark-fisher/ Liberalism at Large: The World According to the Economist by Alexander Zevin https://www.versobooks.com/books/3090-liberalism-at-large Perdido Street Station by China Miéville http://www.worldswithoutend.com/novel.asp?ID=66 The Class Struggle and Christian Love by Herbert McCabe, OP https://christiansocialism.com/herbert-mccabe-class-struggle-capitalism-marxism-christianity/

The Horror of Work with The Lit Crit Guy

In this episode, I'm interviewing Liz Ryerson about her fascination with Doom mods. Liz was recently featured in a doc series called Preserving Worlds, so be sure to check out her episode.  Liz Ryerson:  http://ellaguro.com/ https://twitter.com/ellaguro https://www.patreon.com/ellaguro   References: Preserving Worlds: Ep. 4 - Doom https://means.tv/programs/preservingworlds?cid=1699450 Beyond The Filter 17 - Doom is An Art Scene with Andrew Stine (aka Linguiça) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO0X4s1x-uk HyperNormalisation (2016 + subs) by Adam Curtis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh2cDKyFdyU The Blood Zone: #09 - We'll Be Middle-Aged Children (But So What) https://thebloodzone.libsyn.com/09-well-be-middle-aged-children-but-so-what Beyond The Filter 24 - The Old Vs. New Internet with Felix Biederman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE_hjPByqmo  

Doom Mods with Liz Ryerson

 In this episode of Nightmare Tonight, I'm speaking with filmmakers Derek Murphy and Mitchell Zemil about their documentary series, Preserving Worlds. You can watch it for free on Means TV right now!  References: Preserving Worlds https://means.tv/programs/preservingworlds Sarasota Half in Dream https://means.tv/programs/sarasota?categoryId=20464 Subscribe to Means TV! https://means.tv/ Museum of ZZT https://museumofzzt.com/   

Preserving Worlds with Derek Murphy and Mitchell Zemil

References: Republish Rick Roderick's Book! https://www.change.org/p/springerlink-republish-rick-roderick-s-book?recruiter=26363129 Rick Roderick: Philosophy and Human Values https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6676C3E8A487FEE6 Rick Roderick: Nietzsche and the Postmodern Condition https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA20B690583E9931C Rick Roderick: The Masters of Suspicion (full playlist) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA34681B9BE88F5AA Rick Roderick Interview [1987] (complete) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKfWWmK5hvA Rick Roderick: In Memorium http://rickroderick.org/max-roderick/ Poking the Peevish Gutter https://maxroderick.com/ Can the Left Learn to Meme? by Mike Watson https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/can-left-learn-meme The Acid Left https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbLjoC_tct5byCV6JBoQPtA Slavoj Zizek Explains Himself (A Video for Noam Chomsky and Michael Albert) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkBuJv2WpSE World Economic Forum: Now is the time for a 'great reset' https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/now-is-the-time-for-a-great-reset/

Talking Roderick with Mike Watson

In this short installment of Nightmare Tonight, I'll be talking about a book I recently read called The Culture of Narcissism by social critic Christopher Lasch. You might recall I briefly referenced this book in my analysis of Hiding in My Home. If there are any other books you might be interested in seeing me discuss, let me know in the comments. References: The Culture of Narcissism by Christopher Lasch https://wwnorton.com/books/The-Culture-of-Narcissism Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/capitalist-realism  Days of Rage by Brian Burrough https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/307365/days-of-rage-by-bryan-burrough/9780143107972  The Idea of Culture by Terry Eagleton https://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Idea+of+Culture-p-9780631219668  Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NightmareMasterclass   

The Culture of Narcissism

Hey, it's a very special night because a new ep of my podcast, Nightmare Tonight, is now available. And that is the sole reason this night is special.  Enjoy! Also, I wrote an essay about fascism. It's the congealed form of various Twitter threads I wrote this week. Please clap.   https://medium.com/@dstock3/fascism-in-the-age-of-coronavirus-8b8631d731ae References: "The Structural Study of Myth" by Claude Levi-Strauss https://people.ucsc.edu/~ktellez/levi-strauss.pdf DHMIS Critical Approaches: Formalism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0LHtXVQo5o  DHMIS Critical Approaches: Carnival and the Grotesque Body https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJvKtydoPPY    On the Genealogy of Morals (this translation uses the term “resent,” “resentful” or “resentment”) https://www.gutenberg.org/files/52319/52319-h/52319-h.htm Political Power and Social Classes by Nicos Poulantzas https://www.versobooks.com/books/2355-political-power-and-social-classes  

Unpacking Jameson's Political Unconscious, Pt. 2

In this ep of Nightmare Tonight, I'll be unpacking Fredric Jameson's Political Unconscious. In the course of analyzing Disco Elysium, I found Jameson's approach to be quite useful and enriching. So, I thought it might be a good idea to do a more thorough primer on his method. References: The Political Unconscious (Lecture by Paul Fry) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQvp5z0Zbvo  Darstellung  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Darstellung Telos  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telos The Base and Superstructure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_and_superstructure Althusser Glossary 1969  https://www.marxists.org/glossary/terms/althusser/index.htm Transcoding: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803105319847 Greimas Semiotic Square https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algirdas_Julien_Greimas#/media/File:Es515_semiotic_square.jpg Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844 by Karl Marx https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/manuscripts/hegel.htm Objectification: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/alienation/#Obje The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte by Karl Marx https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire

Unpacking Jameson's Political Unconscious, Pt. 1

Tonight, I'm joined by YouTuber LaborKyle. Join us as we discuss the death cult of capitalism. laborkyle's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwzzq8hVdFjcNw_I9wZrVQ References Alain Badiou on the COVID-19 pandemic https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/4608-on-the-epidemic-situation  Antonio Negri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Negri  Ernesto Laclau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Laclau  Jean Baudrillard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Baudrillard  Viktor Orban's Anti-Roma Campaign in Hungary is Being Legitimized by Trump and Western Leaders, Activist Warns https://www.newsweek.com/viktor-orban-anti-roma-campaign-hungary-legitimized-donald-trump-western-leaders-activist-1490920 Industrial Workers of the World | One Big Union! https://www.iww.org/

The Death Cult of Capitalism w/ LaborKyle

Hey folks! How is everyone holding up? If you're looking for something to distract you from the horror of everyday life, I made a film commentary track for John Carpenter's The Thing. The movie starts at 2:32 on this audio track. Joining me in this endeavor is Kayla, my cohost on the Rudd Files. If you enjoy this commentary, you'll probably like our podcast, so check it out! https://ruddfiles.libsyn.com/

UNLOCKED: Film Commentary - John Carpenter's The Thing

Tonight, I have with me A.M. Gittlitz, author of I Want to Believe: Posadism, UFOs and Apocalypse Communism, which is now available to preorder: https://www.plutobooks.com/9781786806208/i-want-to-believe/  Sources and Additional References: THE SECRET HISTORY OF MARXIST ALIEN HUNTERS https://theoutline.com/post/5384/the-secret-history-of-marxist-alien-hunters?utm_source=&zd=1&zi=fdpneaqs  The Bad Light: Hunting for UFOs and J. Posadas in Argentina https://proteanmag.com/2019/10/17/the-bad-light-hunting-for-ufos-and-j-posadas-in-argentina/ A critical assessment of the former Latin American Bureau tendency within the Fourth International https://www.marxists.org/archive/posadas/critical.htm ‘Make It So’: ‘Star Trek’ and Its Debt to Revolutionary Socialism https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/opinion/make-it-so-star-trek-and-its-debt-to-revolutionary-socialism.html Jacques Vallée https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Vall%C3%A9e  Interdimensional hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdimensional_hypothesis  The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort https://archive.org/details/bookofdamnedbych00fortrich/page/n8/mode/2up 

I Want to Believe by A.M. Gittlitz

Tonight, I'm joined by Alex, the creator of a creepy web series called AI Builds. If you're not familiar with AI Builds, I strongly recommend that you check it out prior to listening to this interview: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcj2dTp9G9K4_QvBjJHsAxA  Enjoy the show! Support me on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NightmareMasterclass Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/nightmaremasterclass Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavisStockwell Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightmareMasterclass Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/nightmaremasterclass 

What is AI Builds?

Tonight, I'm joined by fellow YouTuber, Kelly Zahos. Kelly makes surreal video essays. I can't really do her justice with a description. I'd highly recommend you check out her channel. In particular, I think her latest video is excellent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-drhaiTeLyM  Anyway, enjoy the interview!

Burning the World w/ Kelly Zahos

Folks, it's time for some antifascist synthpop. Tonight, I'm joined by Matt from Intellectual Dark Wave. In this ep, Matt discusses the origin of this musical endeavor, as well as his various qualms with the figures of the so-called "Intellectual Dark Web." Enjoy! Check out Intellectual Dark Wave: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0fS66u3uDh3qvtS3FfYdpd?si=eGxzD9rNQ_6KaJWOIZu0Vw  And be sure to check out Matt's other musical venture, Cashing In: https://cashinginbal.bandcamp.com/   

The Battle of Ideas w/ Intellectual Dark Wave

 In this mystical episode of Nightmare Tonight, I'm joined by Angie of the fantastic YouTube channel, Angie Speaks.   Be sure to check out AngieSpeaks!  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUtloyZ_Iu4BJekIqPLc_fQ   Tonight's topics include Mark Fisher's "Exiting the Vampire Castle," the nuances of so-called "Cancel Cuture," spiritualism, and Jung's notion of the shadow. Enjoy! 

Investigating the Vampire Castle, Cancel Culture, and Jung's Shadow

Longform conversations about the politics of horror and the horror of politics.

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