Filthy Armenian Adventures

Joan's secret love, Eve's secret letters, and the art of gossip with Lili Anolik, author of Didion and Babitz and Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.   For the full 2+hr episode, plus double the adventures and regular hear-to-heart "smoke break" mini eps and access to our next live event this June, subscribe to the show at patreon.com/filthyarmenian   Follow on x/insta @filt...

Some thoughts on the passing of a warrior. See FAA 18 Mortal Combat with David Horowitz and the Secret Chapter: Death is the Mother of Beauty

In this smoke break mini ep, I review the new album Pretty in Scorn by Cara Cunningham   For regular mini-eps like this, plus double the feature eps, subscribe to the show at patreon.com/filthyarmenian  

Art, drugs, or religion? Reviewing the Playstation classic Alan Wake 2, Adam Lehrer and I speculate on the nature, potential, and business of video games. Adam Lehrer is deputy editor of Tablet Magazine and host of System of Systems   For twice as many adventures, plus regular smoke break mini-eps on topics of the day and access to our live events, subscribe to the show at patreon.com/filthyarmeni...

Mike White as our Molière, what normies and bossy bottoms miss about The White Lotus, and the astonishing Christian conclusion to season three that nobody is talking about.   For the full 2 hour episode, plus 170 more patrons-only adventures and "smoke break" mini-eps, subscribe to the show at patreon.com/filthyarmenian   Guest starring Cara Cunningham  and Adam Lehrer  (deputy editor of Tablet Ma...

Between a terrified Russian at a gay bar in La Marais and a crafty general at Père-Lachaise, the queer quest for God in Paris culminates with a mystery at the gates of Sacré-Cœur.   For the full tale, and 170+ premium episodes, subscribe to the show at patreon.com/filthyarmenian   Follow on X/insta @filthyarmenian

A quest for the secret third thing in Paris begins, as usual, in the surprisingly gay right wing underground of Rue Princess...   Guest starring Enaygee   For double the adventures, and the sequels to this one, subscribe to the show at patreon.com/filthyarmenian -- over 150 patron-only episodes   Follow us on X/insta @filthyarmenian   Rate, review wherever you listen  

Borges called CITIZEN KANE a "labyrinth with no center" but it was the center of the labyrinth that was Orson Welles, and our final destination in the second half of this tour of the magician's career, after we pass through TOUCH OF EVIL (1958), THE TRIAL (1962), THE IMMORTAL STORY (1968), F FOR FAKE (1975), and THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND (2018)... and realize that in his flaws, if not his greatne...

Zoomer Orson Welles protege joins me for a Citizen Kane-like adventure through the entire career of the man who believed in magic perhaps too much -- or, perhaps, too little. We look at almost every film he made, we lean in for his radio, we applaud his theater, we gasp at his tricks and read his biography ("Rosebud" by David Thomson). Maybe we can find out what this giant boy was missing... With...

Best novel about Washington D.C. and first movie to openly depict homo is a harrowing, eternal tale of the lonely gay man who stands up to the communist blob. Jack Mason of The Perfume Nationalist joins for a state of the union spurred by Allen Drury and Otto Preminger's ADVISE AND CONSENT.   For the full 3.5 hour bull session (plus double the adventures and exclusive mini eps on hot topics of the...

I review the Oscar-nominated biopic A Complete Unknown, before reprising my own interactive case for Bob Dylan the artist, the man, and the prophet on a mission to make America great again.   Originally aired in 2023 as "Bob Dylan on Hollywood Blvd. Vol 1 & 2," this is one of my deepest most personal solo adventures, full of outlandish historical claims that might be fun to compare to how thin...

It's one thing to see a sign, it's another thing to live up to it. As the tree of liberty shows new life in Washington, Wyatt Torosian  joins me for a Hollywoodland tour into the storybook origins of the Art Right.   For the full 2.5 hour show -- plus twice as mane adventures and regular smoke break mini-eps -- subscribe to the show at patreon.com/filthyarmenian   Follow us on X/insta @filthyarmen...

Coffee and milkshakes at the historic diner where David Lynch saw Frank Booth fuel this meditation on the secret ingredients of his genius in the early period from ERASERHEAD (1977) to the world-altering masterpiece BLUE VELVET (1986).   Guest starring filmmaker Matthew Wilder (AMERICAN MARTYR, YOUR NAME HERE).   Location: Bob's Big Boy in Burbank   For double the adventures, including last week's...

What did David Lynch know that we don't know? The first stop on that investigation is LOST HIGHWAY (1997), the ultimate movie about O.J. and Nicole and the burning of Los Angeles.   Also reviewed: "David Lynch Keeps his Head," David Foster Wallace's essay from the set of that movie in Griffith Park.   Yeerk  of Bistro Calfornium  joins me for our first deranged ride into the genius of a departed m...

As fires continue to rage, two men share the harrowing experience of losing their homes this month -- Max  in Altadena, Matt Himes  in Pacific Palisades -- and we consider the suddenly viable question of: Can California turn red?   For double the adventures plus regular smoke break mini eps on hot topics of the day, please subscribe at patreon.com/filthyarmenian   Follow us on X/insta @filthyarmen...

What happened? What does it mean? Who is to blame and what signs have emerged from the burning of Los Angeles?   For twice as many adventures plus regular mini-eps on topics of the day, subscribe to the show at patreon.com/filthyarmenian   Follow us on X/insta @filthyarmenian

There is a fire.   For more fire, and to restore Los Angeles go to patreon.com/filthyarmenian and subscribe   Follow on X/insta @filthyarmenian

Last January 6, we vowed to defeat the Grinch regime by resurrecting Santa and dreaming of a White Christmas. How did that weird plan turn out? In this intimate Filthy Armenian Christmas Special, live from the Gold Pole, Santa and special guest Steve Sailer  examine the evidence under the tree, celebrate the coming of a new age, and unwrap the miracles of the last year.   For the full 90 minute ep...

In light of the recent attack here is my very special adventure in New Orleans, vampire and all, in search of the secret of that great American city.    If you enjoy what you hear, subscribe to the show at patreon.com/filthyarmenian for twice as many like this about all kinds of secrets, plus regular mini-eps on topics of the day.   Follow on X/insta @filthyarmenian

The first annual FAA Christmas show, where Santa demonstrated how to defeat the Grinch regime, and prefigured the events of 2024.   With Richard Hanania , Jack Mason  ( The Perfume Nationalist ), Ben Braddock , DJ Gum Arabic.   For the video of this episode, twice as many adventures overall plus regular intimate "smoke break" mini eps on topics of the day, subscribe to the show at patreon.com/filt...

A heart-witness, Hollyweird account of the assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump.   For twice as many feature adventures, regular "smoke break" mini eps on topics of the day, and access to our next live Christmas festivity on January 4, subscribe to the show at patreon.com/filthyarmenian   Follow on X/insta @filthyarmenian

A stern, humorless warning about what news stories to allow into your mind space.   To subscribe to the show for twice as many feature eps and regular smoke break mini-eps on topics of the day, go to patreon.com/filthyarmenian   Follow us on X/insta @filthyarmenian   Next live event -- CHRISTMAS 2025 -- on January 4 in Los Angeles. Get on the list at patreon.com/filthyarmenian

Raymond Chandler defined Los Angeles as a corrupt labyrinth of hidden truths that only an adventurous detective with noir eyes, a steel spine, and a witty disgust for sham and pettiness could uncover. In this Gain of Fiction /FAA crossover, Glen Rockney and I uncover the modern day relevance of Chandler's first and best novel The Big Sleep (1939), and the classic Howard Hawks 1946 movie adaptation...

How Rod Serling's TWILIGHT ZONE continues to shape the American imagination and make us cry. A deep dive into the first five episodes with Yeerk of Bistro Californium . This promises to be a recurring series.   For the full 3 hour marathon -- plus twice as many feature eps and exclusive "smoke break" mini eps -- subscribe to the show at patreon.com/filthyarmenian   TZ Episodes covered:  1. Where i...

Notes on a miracle.   For twice the feature episodes and regular mini eps and to not miss out on the future, subscribe to the show at patreon.com/filthyarmenian   Follow us on socials @filthyarmenian