
90 episodes

System of Systems Adam Lehrer and Will Samson
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"You are an old man who thinks in terms of nations and peoples. There are no nations. There are no peoples. There are no Russians. There are no Arabs. There are no Third Worlds. There is no West. There is only one holistic system of systems, one vast and immane, interwoven, interacting, multivariate, multinational dominion of dollars. Petrodollars, electro- dollars, multi-dollars, Reichsmarks, rins, rubles, pounds, and shekels. It is the international system of currency which determines the totality of life on this planet. That is the natural order of things today."
This text - pulled from the late Sidney Lumet’s 1976 masterful cinematic critique of the convergence of American media with finance capital 'Network', in which a ruthless media executive lays the hard reality of postmodern global affairs on the rogue broadcaster trying to expose some truth - perfectly distills the reality of the cultural landscape. All culture is propaganda. Everything you hold dear is connected to that which subjugates you.
This podcast System of Systems, hosted by a couple of sad bois - millennial failed artist and cultural critic Adam Lehrer and zoomer writer/musician Will Samson - deconstruct art, culture and politics, and attempt to understand the pervasive conformism that has saturated it all.
Links:
SOS at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/systemofsystems
SOS at Libsyn: https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/systemofsystems
SOS at twitter: https://twitter.com/SystemofSystem3
Adam at twitter: https://twitter.com/SafetyPropagan1
Will at twitter: https://twitter.com/_Will_Samson_?s=20
Adam's personal website: http://adamlehrer.com
Adam at Instagram: @adamlehreruptown
Safety Propaganda: https://safetypropaganda.substack.com/
Email: thereisonlyonesystemofsystems@gmail.com
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Copenhagen Cowpunks (W/ Bradford Kessler and Glen Rockney)
In this episode, brothers in arms Adam, Will, artist Bradford Kessler and Rare Candy co-host Glen Rockney convene to discuss Nicolas Winding Refn's new six-hour Netflix series Copenhagen Cowboy, and the broader career arc of the Danish auteur.
Other topics include feminism, bodybuilding, Friedkin,Spengler, and I don't remember what else. Love. Hate. Can ya feel it? CAN YOU FEEL IT?
SOUNDTRACK: Cliff Martinez "Miu Stretches" The Skeptics "Notice" Aaliyah "Are you that Somebody" Anti-Cimex "Victims of a Bombraid" Thy Serpent "Curtain of Treachery" OUTRO Sisters of Mercy "More"
LINKS: Bradford Kessler artist page Bradford at Instagram: @bradfordhurstkessler Rare Candy at Twitter: @RareCandyPod1 Rare Candy Podcast By NWR Nic Refn at Hollywood Reporter Nic Refn at Interview Mag Adam on Too Old to Die Young -
PREVIEW Attacking the Castle from Within (W/ BILLY CORGAN)
Around August of 2022, Adam opened up his email to find what was a message of profound encouragement, and could hardly believe it when it was addressed from "William Patrick Corgan," otherwise known as the frontman of Adam's first ever favorite band The Smashing Pumpkins. But that's exactly who it was. Billy had read Adam's 2021 book 'Communions' and, from there, a creative camaraderie developed.
Now, Billy is on SOS by SP and completing the circle. Here, the icon of rock discusses fatherhood, the experience of being at the zeitgeist only to watch the zeitgeist fracture and tether, the new Smashing Pumpkins album Atum and the podcast that Billy has used to launch each of its track in its three-part rock opera song cycle, Judas Priest, the Scorpions, attacking the castle from within, AND MORE!!
FULL EPISODE LINK HERE
SOUNDTRACK Smashing Pumpkins "Beyond the Vale" Smashing Pumpkins "Pissant" Smashing Pumpkins Crestfallen Judas Priest "The Ripper (Live)" Scorpions "I've Got to Be Free" The Cure "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep"
LINKS Thirty-Three with William Patrick Corgan The Smashing Pumpkins National Wrestling Alliance Adam Lehrer's Communions at Madame Zuzus Adam on Thirty-Three with William Patrick Corgan -
Emperor Bezos (W/ Lev Parker)
Old friend, colleague within the Counter-Agency of the Avant-Garde, and editor of Morbid Books Lev Parker stops by SOS by SP once more to discuss collaborating with Adam on the Morbid Books-published Safety Propaganda Manifesto for Conceptual Warfare. There is also much discussion about the absolute collapse of competence in the modern world, and the possibility that a Bezos emperorship might be the only thing that can make things work again. Finally, Lev talks about his collaborative musical and multimedia project with Saul from the Fat White Family: The Patheticist Manifesto.
SOUNDTRACK Excerpt from the Patheticist Manifesto soundtrack Veles "The Dawn of the New Empire" The Hot Boys "I Feel" Marco Shuttle "Inner Euphoria" Whitehouse "Foreplay" George Howard "Cross Your Mind"
LINKS
Safety Propaganda Conceptual Manifesto for Psychological Warfare
The Patheticist Manifesto -
PREVIEW Flame it All (W/ Kevin Kautzman and Brad Kelly)
The men of Art of Darkness podcast, Brad Kelly and Kevin Kautzman, join Adam to discuss Kanye and the legacy of endurance based performance art, the appeal of performance enhancing drugs, the late playwright Sarah Kane, Emil Cioran and the upcoming third season of their show.
FULL EPISODE HERE
SOUNDTRACK:
Outpatients "TV Violence"
Big Flame "Debra"
Radical Retards "Elvis"
DJ Freak "Analogue Terror"
Ike and Tina "I Idolize You"
LINKS:
Art of Darkness at Twitter: @artofdarkpod
Kevin at Twitter: @kautzmania
Brad at Twitter: @bradkelly
Art of Darkness at Patreon
Adam on Sarah Kane
Is Kanye in the midst of a Kaufman like performanc piece? -
Conservacucking (w/ Glen Rockney)
Old friend Glen of Rare Candy and Back Wall pods joins us once again to further stuff the digital void with some more content: Balenciaga, pedos, Kanye. You know the drill.
Soundtrack: Hunting Lodge "Shadow out of TIme" Seigneur Voland "Ma Necropole" Kevin Coyne "Eastbourne Ladies" Tav Falco Panther Burns "Bourgeois Blues" Bone Crusher "Never Scared"
LINKS: Glen Twitter: @GlenRockney Rare Candy: @RareCandyPod1 Rare Candy Podcast -
Mostly Gut and Nut (W/ Kevin Tobin)
Friend, artist, and the lone homosexual attendee of Adam's bachelor party Kevin Tobin joins SOS by SP. We discuss his current solo show at Lubov Gallery, his unique marital situation, art world lore, and the absolute worst in contemporary painting.
SOUNDTRACK: Die Kombination "Leibenbluster" Normil Hawaiians "Martin" Ectomorph "In Dreams" Eric's Trip "Eyes Shut" OUTRO Kevin Tobin and Jesse Siminski "Abigil IsIsn't Real"
LINKS: Kevin Tobin at Lubov Kevin Tobin interview at Safety Propaganda
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