Episode 28: They Will Eat the CIA Men First

Manifesto! ·

This week Jake and Phil are joined by special guest Jesse Walker of Reason Magazine to discuss William S. Burroughs The Revised Boy Scout Manual and Charles Ridley's short anti-Nazi propaganda film,  Schichlegruber Doing the Lambeth Walk (assisted by the Gestapo 'Hep-Cats')    

The Manifesto: William S. Burroughs, The Revised Boy Scout Manual

https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814254899.html (https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814254899.html)

The Art: Charles Ridley, 1941, Schichlegruber Doing the Lambeth Walk (assisted by the Gestapo 'Hep-Cats')  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYdmk3GP3iM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYdmk3GP3iM)

Works discussed

Jesse Walker, The Sultan of Sewers: William Burroughs' anti-authoritarian vision

https://reason.com/2014/06/04/the-sultan-of-sewers/ (https://reason.com/2014/06/04/the-sultan-of-sewers/)

Naked Lunch

https://groveatlantic.com/book/naked-lunch/ (https://groveatlantic.com/book/naked-lunch/)

Hunter S. Thompson, The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved

https://grantland.com/features/looking-back-hunter-s-thompson-classic-story-kentucky-derby/ (https://grantland.com/features/looking-back-hunter-s-thompson-classic-story-kentucky-derby/)

Jacob Siegel, Digital fascism: anti-PC idol-smashing isn’t just a joke

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/internet-alt-right-fascists (https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/internet-alt-right-fascists)

Susan Sontag, Fascinating Fascism

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1975/02/06/fascinating-fascism/ (https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1975/02/06/fascinating-fascism/)

Jack Kerouac, On The Road

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/300451/on-the-road-by-jack-kerouac/ (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/300451/on-the-road-by-jack-kerouac/)

Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain, Please Kill Me

https://pleasekillme.com/shop/autographed-paperback-20-anniversary-edition-please-kill-me/ (https://pleasekillme.com/shop/autographed-paperback-20-anniversary-edition-please-kill-me/)

Jacob Siegel, Send Anarchists, Guns and Money

https://thebaffler.com/salvos/anarchists-guns-and-money-siegel (https://thebaffler.com/salvos/anarchists-guns-and-money-siegel)

Jon Baskin, The Unbearable: Toward an Antifascist Aesthetic

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/08/14/the-unbearable-toward-an-antifascist-aesthetic/ (https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/08/14/the-unbearable-toward-an-antifascist-aesthetic/)