Kevin Kautzman & Matt Taylor

Art of Darkness

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Hosted by very online writers Kevin Kautzman and Matt Taylor, Art of Darkness is a podcast about the dark side of (dead) artists, creatives, intellectuals, and the people who made history and continue to move culture. AoD features well-researched Core Episodes, Dark Room discussions with guests, plus special After Dark, Book Club, Post-Mortem, and Watch Party episodes for our beloved Patreon and Substack subscribers. Find us at artofdarkpod.com.

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Kevin Kautzman & Matt Taylor

Episodes

Franz Kafka Goes to Hot Topic 03.05.2021 2:02:00

Brad ensures Kevin gets a very bad case of the Mondays with this fun-filled wander through the life of seminal downer, novelist Franz Kafka. We're all bug people now! Enjoy. Support the show and get bonus "After Dark" episodes: patreon.com/artofdarkpod twitter.com/artofdarkpod twitter.com/bradkelly twitter.com/kautzmania https://youtu.be/UTE95oIuBQM Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz compa...

Stanley Kubrick’s Lidlocks 19.04.2021 2:48:17

On this epic installment of AOD, Brad and Kevin talk about the uncompromising, singular genius of the cinema that was Stanley Kubrick, with a walk through his body of work including A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Spacy Odyssey, Barry Lyndon, the Shining, Full Metal Jackey, Lolita, Spartacus, Paths of Glory, Eyes Wide Shut and (yes) [...] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com f...

Junior Kimbrough, Lolly Pop and the Hill Country Blues 22.03.2021 1:00:56

Brad and Kevin talk about singular blues legend Junior Kimbrough, touring with Iggy (aka Lolly) Pop, the Black Keys connection and the deep African roots of the blues. Support the show and get bonus "After Dark" episodes: patreon.com/artofdarkpod twitter.com/artofdarkpod twitter.com/bradkelly twitter.com/kautzmania You Better Run: https://youtu.be/4C2sua_G_FU Meet Me in the City: https:/...

Gurdjieff, the Enneagram and American Canaries 08.03.2021 1:40:40

Brad and Kevin toast the many types of idiots and talk about the father of the enneagram, that incomparable "rascal saint" with the tremendous mustache, a taste for Armagnac, and a wandering eye: George Ivanovich Gurdjieff. patreon.com/artofdarkpod twitter.com/artofdarkpod twitter.com/bradkelly twitter.com/kautzmania Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for infor...

Anna Kavan and Her Bazooka 01.03.2021 1:10:14

Brad and Kevin talk about British novelist and "Kafka's sister" Anna Kavan. patreon.com/artofdarkpod twitter.com/artofdarkpod twitter.com/bradkelly twitter.com/kautzmania Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Oscar Wilde: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name 11.02.2021 1:38:17

Brad and Kevin wander deep into the never-dull life of Irish aphorist, poet, playwright, novelist and singular aesthete: Oscar Wilde. patreon.com/artofdarkpod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest_(1952_film) De Profundis Reading Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

William S. Burroughs: Liberalism with a Gun 01.02.2021 1:01:21

Brad and Kevin kick off the show with our favorite cut-up author: the very dark, very difficult, very "problematic" William Seward Burroughs. patreon.com/artofdarkpod The Mentioned Nike Commercial youtube.com/watch?v=85zCwCQPDI8&ab_channel=hirooyamagata Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for adve...