The Rise and Fall of the Dead and Swift

For access to full-length Patreon episodes, upcoming installments of DEMON FORCES, and the SJ Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe to the Al-Wara’ Frequency at patreon.com/subliminaljihad. After bidding farewell to Christina, Dimitri and Khalid keep on chooglin’ through a few more hours of Taylor discourse, including: The (somewhat triggering) comparisons between Taylor and the Grateful Dead, the Right Wing Straussianism of Lana Del Rey, Taylor’s opera singing grandmother Marjorie Finlay, her grandfather Robert Finlay’s work in 1950s Havana before fleeing due to “political unrest”, Raymond Construction Company, Scott Borchetta and RCA/MCA, Scooter Braun’s Make-A-Wish connections, Taylor-as-ARG, Zersetzung Taylor always watching, Matty Healy’s irrepressible parasocial desire to riff with the Cum Boys, Khalid wondering whether there could be a Subliminal Jihad episode about Taylor Swift, escaping the teenage jail of Gen X music hipsterdom, why it’s okay to respect quality and craft, more similarities with the Eagles, Khomeini, and Qassem Suleimani, going in on Joe with “You’re Losing Me”, wisely turning down a FTX sponsorship in 2020, and whether or not Taylor has ever taken psychedelics.