DEATH // SENTENCE

Tao Lin was *the* Alt-Lit guy until the scene crashed and burned, and now he's back with... a book about how mushrooms are from space and you have bad teeth because you're a Degenerate. We talk about this, necrophilia, bad scene politics, gross emo guys, tildes, DMT and growing out of being a boring stoner. Music by Svalbard: https://svalbard.bandcamp.com/ And Teksti-TV 666: https://teksti-tv666.b...

Me and Deirdre Coyle (@deirdrekoala) talk about The Pisces by Melissa Broder (@melissabroder and @sosadtoday), which you can get here: https://amzn.to/2rEpMO6 . We also talk about gnosticism, posting great Content, casting, nirvana, the Twilight franchise and how men are trash so women should fuck monsters. Music by Smoulder https://smoulder.bandcamp.com/ And Tomb Mold http://listen.20buckspin.com...

I talk to Elle Nash (@saderotica), author of Animals Eat Each Other (Dzanc Books) and editor of Witch Craft Magazine (@witchcraftmag) about her life, her work, Marilyn Manson, liking Chuck Palahniuk, Colorado, getting published and Satanism. Music by Thou and The Body: https://thou.bandcamp.com/album/body-collaborations And Impalement: https://impalementosdm.bandcamp.com/album/impalement Buy Anima...

Me and Riley Quinn (@raaleh) discuss Stuart Jeffries' Grand Hotel Abyss (Verso), a group-biography of the Frankfurt School, which means we get to talk about disappointment, Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, aesthetics, the Enlightenment, the rise of Fascism, Infinity War, techno and jackoff techniques. Music by Iskra https://iskracrust.bandcamp.com And Redbait https://redbait.bandcamp.com Follow me...

I talk to Margaret Killjoy about her new book The Barrow Will Send What It May (Tor Books), anarchism, punk, DIY, making music, settling down, magic, the nature of power and how I cannot be killed by demons. Music by Margaret's two bands, Nomadic War Machine: https://nomadicwarmachine.bandcamp.com/ And Feminazgul: https://feminazgul.bandcamp.com/releases

After a heartfelt tribute to the late Barbara Bush and an impassioned plea to not repeat her mistake of eating dozens of xannies while listening to Dream Pop, we talk about two books that have tackled HP Lovecraft's legacy of being a weird racist: Matt Ruff's Lovecraft Country and Paul La Farge's The Night Ocean. Along the way we talk about race, literary form, the politics of extreme music and ho...

Me and Langdon Hickman (@langdonhickman) talk about Giorgio De Maria's cult-classic horror-ish novel 20 Days of Turin and the much more horrifying prospect of the publishing industry chasing Trump voters, then we play new tracks by... Messa https://messa666.bandcamp.com/ and Panopticon https://thetruepanopticon.bandcamp.com/album/the-scars-of-man-on-the-once-nameless-wilderness-i-and-ii You can fo...

I talk about Emily Chang's book Brotopia for about eight seconds then launch into an extremely relatable discussion of neoliberalism, Cambridge Analytica, scurvy, Molly, orgy domes, Russia and the Four Horsemen of the Internet Apocalypse. Then I play Feminazgul and Olivia Neutered John. There's something for everyone on this week's DEATH // SENTENCE!

On another double episode, I talk about Eugene Lim's Dear Cyborgs and Nicky Drayden's The Prey of Gods, but also Metal Gear Revengeance again, Black Panther, prestige television, Pig Destroyer and the meaning of literature or something. Follow me on Twitter: @DeathSentencePC And send me emails: deathsentencepodcast@gmail.com Music by Sacred Son: https://sacredson.bandcamp.com And WAKE: https://wak...

It has always been my dream to record extremely likable #content, and in this episode, I think I've finally done it. I talk about Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi's Call Me Zebra and Inio Asano's Goodnight Punpun, but also relatable topics like sweaty Manga dudes, the Death Stranding trailer, when bae be acting crazy, work, finding porn, poop gods, Don Quixote and how little my opinions matter. There'...

In this interview with the author of the rather good The Sky Is Yours we talk genre, getting published, reading slush piles, dragons, Logan Paul and the CIA cutting holes in your clothes. Just another regular episode of the internet's most normal podcast! Music by Coffin Sore: https://coffinsore.bandcamp.com/releases And BLÜ SHORTS: https://blushorts.bandcamp.com/

On this very special episode, I come up with a far better idea than podcasting: a Youtube series in which an Australian Death Metal vocalist who wears a grandfather clock on his head runs around town headbutting people. Like, really giving it to them. Unfortunately, to get this million dollar original idea (do not steal it) I had to slog through Moshin Hamid's Exit West, a very bad book. I also ta...

In which I take a somewhat dim view of the prose style of noted author Moshin Hamid.

On a very special DEATH // SENTENCE, I talk about Brooke Bolander's 'The Only Harmless Great Thing', but also Instagram, radium, vegetarianism, anarchism, Robin Williams and brain slugs. Music by Slugdge: https://slugdge.bandcamp.com And Devil Master: https://devilmaster.bandcamp.com

In this episode, I discuss what it means to be a Dirtbag in reference to Scott McClanahan's The Sarah Book, and relate the true story of my high school years, when I found myself very much in love with a girl (Noelle), who I wanted to take to an Iron Maiden concert, even though she had a boyfriend, but who ended up taking *me* to an Iron Maiden concert in a heartwarming twist. I also talk about Ra...

THE FIRST PODCAST TO BE ENTIRELY ENCODED IN THE CRYPTO-BLOCKCHAIN OF BITCOIN, but is also about sex with dolphins, so there's no reason to not give me all of your money. I'll talk about Alissa Nutting (@alissanutting)'s book Made For Love, but also Large Adult Sons, prose style, why I had to be graded 69, orgies, molly, bitcoin, dank memes, dolphin sex, Aziz Ansari breaking my heart, initial coin...

This week I read Autonomous by Annalee Newitz, and for once I actually enjoyed something. As always I ask the important questions: can robots nut? What doth capitalism? When everything can be owned... can robots nut? I also talk about Ready Player One, The Rapture of the Nerds, Metal Gear Solid, conventions of the Noir genre, my snow-plow guy, the politics of the X-men, capitalist realism and whet...