No Gods, No Monsters

[Preview] No Gods, No Authors: "To Our Friends" by The Invisible Committee, Part 3

Rabbit and Barto are back on their bullshit, talking chapters 4 through 6 of The Invisible Committee's "To Our Friends."

We go back to the campus protests for Palestine, connecting the local to the global, the commune, building power and so much more. We tie the text to our experiences and the situation as it exists today.

You don't have to have any familiarity with the text to follow the conversation, but the book is available in PDF form on libcom.org so you can read along (we really like the text so obviously we'd encourage you to read it! It's also extremely relevant to the present moment)

 

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Episode 93: The Descent (2005)

We dive [wink] into this claustrophobic horror film, discussing the cave as a cave, the cave as the unconscious, the cave as a womb, the cave as penises (obviously), and the cave as a soundstage.

Plus monster theories, lighting effects, character morality, and connections to the sequel (spoilers for The Descent Part 2 btw!)

[PREVIEW] Neon Genesis Evangelion: Episodes 2 & 3

 

We continue our journey through Evangelion. Friedrich Nietzsche makes an appearance along with your regular helpings of Lacan and Freud. We also talk Beauty and the Beast, climate change, and what happened to Tokyo 2.

 

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Episode 92: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)

What is a butt brain, and do we all have on? Which G-Crusher is right for you? We get deep talking about this seemingly surface-level Heisei film. Touching on imitation and mimicry, the melodies plants make, human technology capturing nature just to turn it on itself, and of course, the psychosexual journey of a giant lizard castrated by human hubris.

 

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[PREVIEW] Charlie Recommends on a Cool Cool Friday Evening, Episode 3

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Enjoy the cool cool and smooth smooth sound of Charlie's voice as he introduces you to films you didn't even know existed.

[Bonus Series Preview] Neon Genesis Evangelion: Episode 1

We're all taking our first walk through the critically and culturally acclaimed series Neon Genesis Evangelion. We discuss our collective history with anime, and do our best to dissect "Angel Attack." We discuss the beautiful look of the show, the UN, Babylonian myth, angels, Shinji being a big whiny baby, Freud, and so much more.

 

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Episode 91: Children of Men (2006)

Since its release in 2006, Children of Men has begun to look less like a work of dystopian fantasy and more like an image of our incoming future. But is this future inevitable, or is that feeling a result of capitalism's stronghold on our collective imagination? This week we dive into the film and some of the book it's based on. We discuss monstrosity, becoming, fascism, art and more.

 

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Episode 90 ft Liam Quane: Electoral Politics and the Monsterverse Part 2: Godzilla x Kong

We have back returning guest, author, filmmaker, and Goji-twitter shit-stirrer Liam Quane.

In episode 83, Liam made some bold predictions about how Godzilla x Kong would play out using his theory of "Mask Off Cinema,"  a movement informed by the political motivations of filmmakers during the Trump Era, of which we are still a part.

Is Godzilla x Kong just a project to get Democrats elected? What did Liam glean in advace about the film just from looking at the colors of the characters? What will the next Monsterverse movie look like?

 

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Twitter: @spec_arc 
VERO @liam.quane
Instagram

Some places to find Liam’s book, Road to Juneau:
Kindle
Smashwords 
Amazon

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Episode 89: The Seventh Seal (1957)

We travel back to the Middle Ages, to a time when everyone felt like the world was ending, to discuss ideas wholly alien to us in today's political landscape: nihilism, existentialism, fundamentalism, and the nature of knowledge and belief. Will we self-flagellate and preach from the seat of judgement, or joyously mock death for our listener's enjoyment?

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[PREVIEW] No Gods, No Authors: "To Our Friends" by The Invisible Committee, Part 2

Rabbit and Barto are back talking chapters 4 and 5 of The Invisible Committee's "To Our Friends."

Along the way we cover cybernetics, bridging the dichotomy between pacifism and "radicalism," not thinking like an insurrectionist and not becoming the anarchist the state wants you to be, tact, and the book's relevancy to the ongoing encampments and the situation on the ground in Gaza.

We also mention Jack, who is facing charges for alleged sabotage on Cop City in Atlanta. Part of the reason cited for his extremely high bond was owning literature by The Invisible Committee.

You can support him financially or through letter writing at FreeJack.co 

 

You don't have to have any familiarity with the text to follow the conversation, but the book is available in PDF form on libcom.org so you can read along (we really like the text so obviously we'd encourage you to read it! It's also extremely relevant to the present moment)

 

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