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a question you might answer about a question I might answer (Patreon)

Published:
2023-10-07 06:40:20
Edited:
2023-10-07 14:40:27
Imported:
2026-06

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EDIT: holy shit that was a lot of questions. I'll do it!

I used to do Q&As, and some people seemed to love them and others seemed to loathe them with impressive violence.  I've lately had a number of requests to do another one, and because I won't be nodding off like a junkie ’50s jazz DJ named Dizzy the Wolf, I imagine I'd get through more questions than I used to.

So please, hereinunder, tell me if you want a Q&A, and if so, gimme yr questions.

What's Sudanese Arabic for "Slava Ukrainii"?,

MJ

Comments

glenn mohre

I would love to hear more discussion using the juxtaposition of mid-century US shadow/deep state buildup and your understanding of music technology/history. The actual question: Do you know anything about the CIA providing Sly Stone a mixer?

Philip Wailes

How do you “get into” reading poetry? How & where do you start, for the total novice? And what are some common mistakes people make or misconceptions people have about engaging with poetry as an art form? Also: what, if any, post-1980s (or “contemporary”) jazz are you into?

Shiv

“Not a question but more of a comment” but fr, happy to say goodbye to ur dizzy the wolf era but never forget you were still dropping fire back then

Thomas Welsh

You often find yourself bringing attention to the failings of contemporary music, literature, films, etc, and expressing, in an admittedly more intelligent way, that they simply "don't make em like they used to." While it's certainly true that the commodification of media has led to a significant drop in the quality of art that has the opportunity to gain a large audience, I truly believe that there continues to be incredible music, literature, and films in production in the here and now. I suppose I'm asking if you truly believe there has been a widespread drop in artistic quality, or if perhaps these comments are being made in reference to the bland, propagandistic art that manages to take on a widespread cultural importance these days. Perhaps this statement is entirely misguided, and there's some contemporary music and literature that you do believe will be remembered and admired in the same way we admire pynchon, or olson, or bowie, etc. (sidenote: if you haven't engaged with billy wood's work yet, I am assured you will find in him one of the most valuable manipulators of language and sound alive today) This question, on a broader level, engages with one's relationship and biases to the subjective experience of history, and therefore, nostalgia. One can always look back through rose colored glasses at what used to be, but (despite me having no doubt as to the immense amount of cynicism and heartbreak one will undoubtedly have if they are perceiving our political/cultural reality with any accuracy) but what kind of strength is required of one to look at our present and see that amidst all this existential, paranoid, suffocating tragedy, there are the sounds of beautiful songs peaking through the mud. Thanks for all you do Michael <3

BobbyMilk

You ever play the Metal Gear games? - would love to hear your thoughts on those, maybe even Death Stranding, and Hideo Kojima.

Keenan

When are we getting another Guitarlords ep????

TinfangWarble

In a recent episode you shared your burgeoning appreciation for post-WWII African-American art, primarily focusing on music (Bird as antipode to L. Ron Hubbard). Any thoughts on fiction -- Richard Wright and Chester Himes, for example? I would love to hear your take on the influence of Ralph Ellison's prose (a la Djuna Barnes) on Pynchon

Bismarck von Dangerous

What are your thoughts on the works of William T Vollmann? Favorites/evaluations etc. I recall you mentioning briefly Rising up & rising down in the same breath as the PKD Exegesis, in that both sound really cool on paper but the experience of actually reading them gets really sad, which I tend to agree with. I love his work but at the same time I think he can be very naive. When you were discussing in a recent episode people falling into this modern trap of going down endless rabbit holes for troves of info to connect to other troves of info, eternally unearthing something that will never actually simplify it made me think of him a little bit

Seth Corwin

Would love you to further expand on the canonical entries in the "nuclear modernism" genre you identified in your Burroughs episode.

Conor

I'm interested to hear what you think about Kubrick's real life political views, and how they do or do not gel with the worldview his films espouse as discussed on Judge Movies. In short: Kubrick was probably right-wing in the financial sense, was likely a Tory who would've voted for Thatcher, said he would leave the country if Labour took power over her Tory government, was named in the Panama Papers for dodging tax, is alleged to have screwed Malcolm McDowell out of at least hundreds of thousands in royalties, etc. Do you think his personal views contradict the views in the films, or is there some compatibility there?

kallampero

What are some examples of things that have created the "good" kind of oscillation feedback loop in your life?

kallampero

Paganism and the Logic of Metaphor, pt. 4 at about the 49-minute mark, I thought for sure you were going to say "mushrooms" instead of "acorns," as this is something I've heard or read bits and pieces on in my ~15 years as a fungal systematist, with a parallel but lesser interest in ethnomycology. along those lines, I'm wondering if you've had any exposure to, or opinions on, any of the more "serious" works of ethnomycology, from R. Gordon Wasson (JP Morgan VP turned ethnomycologist and introducer of Psilocybe to the world via a 1953 Life Magazine article), John Marco Allegro (unequaled linguist and the reason the dead sea scrolls didn't get buried by the catholic church), and Carl A. P. Ruck (classical studies professor at Boston University who publishes more than his entire dept. combined, but is its self proclaimed "black sheep" for having the gall to suggest psychedelic ritual attended the innermost sancta of ancient greek society and myth). Wasson, with his banking background, and being Harvard bred, and opening the floodgates to generations of white western day trippers, stampeding into the previously practically unknown territory and practices of the Mazatec people, has had allegations of spook thrown at him over the years. No dog in that fight, and fwiw, his writings on the possible fungal identity of the soma of the rig vedas interests me more than anything he did in Mexico. TL;DR any and all of your thoughts on ethnomycology as it pertains to abrahamic and ancient greek myth/religion/tradition would be 100% excellent to hear. PS: I've got an ethnomycological reimagining of the exodus, outside the scope of this comment, which I believe you might find as fascinating as I do.

Peter Annee

Not so much in terms influence since Pound is the clear winner, but could you compare Baudelaire and Pound as they relate to Modernity, fascism, and the “post solar world”/ death of the sun?

Stubb’s Pipe

Not a question, but I would love to hear you talk about Dante at length. Perhaps by the way of how we could use Dante’s images to make sense of our time, as Eliot did in the previous century.

David

A few, if interested: 1. For a bunch of reasons (including D/C) I'm getting an urge to to a dive into some modernist literature. Any recs for writers/works who could get easily overlooked? 2. Thoughts on Adorno's Negative Dialectics? You've referenced Adorno favorably a few times on D/C & twitter but also are very against Hegel (my unqualified take on the matter is that Adorno fixes a ton of Hegel's problems but also remains very much a hegelian/dialectical thinker). 3. When you've gone about trying to publish some of your own fiction, what's your process been for researching/finding possible publishers? I'm trying to publish something currently and while I wouldn't say it's similar to Lyrics of the Crossing in style I don't think it's that much more amenable to the mainstream of the lit industry (a term at which I shudder). Thanks so much! The show is a much needed and much appreciated project.

Cojan Rico

Thoughts on James Jesus Angleton’s relationship to/with modernist poets Pound, Stevens, Cummings etc.)? His application of New Critical approaches to being a spook?

Medard

Given his recent passing, I've been wondering what is your opinion on the works of Cormac McCarthy?

Alfie

Are you interested in the work of Norm Macdonald or Stewart Lee? What are your wider thoughts on stand-up comedy as a form of art/expression?

jake

I’d love your list of least favorite music producers lol I remember you making fun of the guy who adds the pause before the big final chorus in that Red Hot Chili Peppers song all the time.

Jaime Christley

I don't want to hear about what books you like or dislike. I don't want to hear about what bands you like or dislike. I only want one thing: please rate the post I put on Bluesky this morning. --- *drunk* Ahh Ms Kennedy here in Tejas we call it Feeley Plaza. (Grabs a titty and goes *honk honk*) (Jackie crawls onto the back of the car to get away.) (JFK’s head explodes.) (Agent Landis shoots Governor Connally in the wrist.) (Poppy Bush mouths “what in the fuck”)

ectoslavia

If it isn't too late to pose a question, I would like to know how much influence Burroughs' flirtation with Scientology had on him? I've read arguments for everything from "Not at all," to "Haunted his thought and work." To me the evidence for the latter is pretty compelling.

Hunter

Two questions: 1. Can you think of any noteworthy post-1980 studio albums that sound like a group of people who are all playing in the same room? 2. Are we gonna have curshews or are we gonna have some urshews?

GP

Weird one maybe, but I was wondering if you have any advice for someone trying to write ~for pleasure~ again after 15 years of solidly writing only technical engineering material 40+ hours a week. I think that's broken my brain because all I can seem to produce now is terse, detail oriented, boring (etc.)

GP

my balls and benis (bringing it back)

Jared

Definitely bring back my balls and benis

jim e.

I have 2 questions on David Jones: 1) How would you compare what David Jones is doing across his major works to that of other major modernist writers? I am especially thinking about what you have to say about history, Totality, and Ezra Pound in one of your early episodes. Do you think Jones successfully avoids the mistakes that Pound and other modernists make? 2) What was the point you were going to make about the Anathemata in your series on paganism?

Ross Jackson

Bowie referenced Jean Genet, as did a plethora of alternative indie artists throughout the nineties. Very curious if you had any particular take on Genet as a writer/thinker. I've long had a personal fascination with him, and his themes and influences seem to parallel a number of the shows interests. Genet takes?

kallampero

who else, if anyone, embodies anything approaching the kind of reverence you have for Fred Rogers, and why?

Cojan Rico

You said that you wrote in a paper in 2011 that we have ‘given birth to a new subdivision of capital’. Can you let me know how to read this paper?

Heath Iverson

1. Can you talk in more detail about Brakhage? I’d love to hear your thoughts on specific films you find most notable/interesting. How do you see him fitting in the tradition of American high modernist poetry like Pound and Olson. What do you make of Brakhage’ s insistence on cinematic medium specificity—the idea that a film is different from a VHS which is different than an mp4, etc? Have you seen his work on film prints? Are there other experimental/non-narrative filmmakers you think are important? 2 I think you’ve teased delving into the CIAs string pulling in the world of arts and letters. Francis Stonor Saunders’ The Cultural Cold War paints a pretty alarming picture of just how spooked up American intellectuals and artists were, often without even realizing it. It was abstract expressionism and the Paris Review in the 50s; what do you think, if you had to speculate, are some of the cultural currents with intelligence ties are today?

Heath Iverson

What do you think of late Heidegger? Especially The Question Concerning Technology?

Lukas McCutcheon

I just rewatched Marathon Man. Any thoughts re: the Fourth Reich and whatnot? In a way, I’m surprised this film was released.

kallampero

Where and when would you live if you could live anywhere in any time?

newplasticideas

I can't remember if you've mentioned him before or not, but do you have any thoughts on the works of Kenneth Anger?

Argile

How do you reconcile your beliefs that a) the world is run by nazis and b) the world kowtows to Israel?

Josh Silva

In your first paganism episode you mentioned how you think most Protestantism isn't really a religion. What do you think it's more akin to?

Pete Bondurant

Thank you for being honest and unfiltered regarding the people of Gaza. You are doing a true service by laying out the facts. I myself have wanted to "tear my teeth out" over all this, especially after reading unbiased reports from people like you. You are doings something very important and I admire you for it.

Cojan Rico

Who is “Wanda Tenansky”?

ruth l.r.

I'll admit I'm a newish listener, but - what's up with the Hegel hate when you think so dialectically? I get he didn't invent it, but cmon man

Brandon Onda

Do you think Pynchon is a basketball fan? He makes multiple references to basketball in Vineland, Inherent Vice and Bleeding Edge. And if he is, who do you think he roots for? My hunch is the Lakers

David Kennedy

With current events, I’m not sure when the possible Q&A episode might release, but I recall you expressing admiration for Stan Brakhage on an older episode. I can’t think of any other times you’ve talked about non narrative or experimental film and I’d be curious to hear you elaborate on what in Brakhage’s work speaks to you?

Scott

Love the Q & A episodes, and I'm probably too late but would love to hear your thoughts on Bach and from a music theory/historical perspective why he's so widely praised and celebrated amongst a pretty impressive variety of musicians (more so than any other classical composer I can think of).

Kimya Ness

Thoughts on “Under the Silver Lake” (2019) ? Apropos of LA noir & Inherent Vice

poblano pepper union

A bit late, but any thoughts on The Residents' "Third Reich n Roll" album?

Xaris

I'm far too late to the party so I'll likely miss this Q&A, but if you were writing your Medium Piece https://archive.li/uUQwG on the Eikonosphere in 2023, what substantial changes would there be in your view of the Eikonosphere? Alternatively, any plans for an update or reposting of the piece somewhere?

SpongeGunderson

Late here, but what was the specific track you played of David Bowie’s Dodo? I haven’t been able to find it, but I sure would like to.