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System of Systems Adam Lehrer and Will Samson
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4.7 • 36 Ratings
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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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REPOSTED Rapedman (W/ Damen Corrado)
Damen Corrado is a Chicago-based writer and actor with old school links to Adam Parfrey and the broader American underground. In 2019, the late Parfrey's Feral House publishing imprint published a book co-written by Damen and James "Jinx" O'Connor. Entitled Compliments of Chicagohoodz: "A rare, private collection of photos, calling cards, and ephemera serves that analyzes the unique visual language and graphics of Chicago’s gangs, drawing upon decades of interviews, documentation, and collecting of memorabilia, and featuring commentary from gang members and Chicago artists."
Here we discuss that book, Adam's kneejerk contempt for graffiti, Dean Koontz, the evils of music critic Brandon Stosuy and music d******d Steve Albini, the Ukraine and LGBT shilling of Douglas P, the heroism of Jim Goad, the hideous growing pains of Generation X, the fortitude of Dominick Fernow, and more...
There were technical difficulties with this recording. DEAL WITH IT!
SOUNDTRACK
Terminal Cheesecake "Chrome"
Organum and the New Blockaders "Pulp"
Dean Blunt "Pedigree"
The Kosmik Kommando "Lost Horizon"
Electric Eels "You're Full of Shit"
Necrovore "Divuus Mortuus"
LINKS
Follow Damen on Instagram: @vonravenholz
Follow Damen on Twitter: @von_ravenholz
Purchase Compliments of Chicagohoodz
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PREVIEW Roll the Black Dice (w/ Bjorn Copeland)
Bjorn Copeland is a mixed media artist, sculptor, and musician perhaps best known as a founding member of the long-lived and ever shapeshifting experimental rock group Black Dice.
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Soundtrack:
Black Dice "Seabirds"
Black Dice "Re-Reading"
Wolf Eyes "Black Vomit"
Aaliyah "Are You that Somebody"
Masonna "Untitled"
Burning Spear "The Ghost"
Black Dice "Chicken Shit"
OUTRO: Britney Spears "I'm a Slave 4 U"
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Bjorn interview
Black Dice
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Safety Propaganda 101
At the end of 2023, Adam took to the podium to explain the Safety Propaganda ideology and the Counter-Agency of the Avant-Garde to a small but captivated audience.
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Weebed Out
Adam is back from Japan: tales of shopping, noise, fem-boys, etc
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Merging Moon "Blackout before Shadow"
Prurient and Linkekraft "Container of Souls"
Beherit "Sadomatic Rights"
LLoyd Banks "Empathy"
Blancmange "Living on the calling"
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PREVIEW DECA DYKE
Shortly before Adam's journey to Japan, he and Matthew discuss two trashy arthouse thrillers from the past and present: Ingmar Bergman's 1980 made for TV movie From the Life of the Marionettes and Rose Glass' 2024 bodybuilding lesbian romance thriller Love Lies Bleeding.
From the Life of the Marionettes is a disturbing slow burn of a masterpiece – restrained and haunting in equal measure. Love Lies Bleeding, however, takes a good narrative conceit and then destroys it with every Tumblr millennial girl trapping: shallow Lynch wannabe surrealism, style suffocating substance, and an obnoxious girl power message. It also owes Adam royalties.
FULL EPISODE HERE
Soundtrack
Martin Rev "Jomo"
Hanatarashi "Ultra Cocker" (attached)
E-40 "My Drinking Club"
G**M "Frozen Dirt"
My Bloody Valentine "Feed me with Your Kiss"
LINKS
Buy BOTCHED CHADIFICATION PUMP METAL -
Spiced Out (W/ Benjamin Braddock and Monica Milkers)
Dune: Part 2, Denis Villeneuve's second half of his adaptation of Frank Herbet's sci-fi masterpiece Dune, is out. It's huge. Everyone has an opinion. So do we. Dr. Benjamin Braddock and Mommy Milkers join the show to discuss the film.
SOUNDTRACK: Herbie Hancock "Watermelon Man" Reverend Bizarre "In the Victory of" John Frusciante "God" UGK "Pocket Full of Stones" Hans Zimmer "Eclipse"
LINKS: Ben at X: @graduatedben Monica at X: @MochaK92
Customer Reviews
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These guys are dope. Keep it up
appreciated.
appreciate the content, but the background sounds/music provide too much dissonance.
Good Content but fix your audio mixing
At times, I could hardly hear the discussion because the music was too loud.