THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

EP.182 - JOHN HIGGS

Jun 27, 2022

01:06:03

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John Higgs

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An Author's Unique Perspective on Writing about Various Subjects

01:00

The Dual Nature of the Internet: The Good and the Bad

01:08

Is Modern Art a Good Idea?

01:55

Video Games

02:24

Introduction

3min

The K L F, Chaos, Magic and the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds

4min

The TV World in the Nineties Was a Very Odd Eat

3min

Movie Review - Is This a Good Movie?

2min

When You Grow Old, Your Heart Dies

3min

The Ka F - The Single Most Fascinating British Music Story of My Life

2min

Are They Just Nutters? Or Are They Attention Seeking Our Souls?

2min

The Kl F, Burning a Million Quid

2min

Is Modern Art a Good Idea?

2min

10.

Video Games

2min

11.

Is There a Paranoia in Post Modernism?

2min

12.

Is There a Real Shift?

3min

13.

I Hate the Internet by Jarad Cobecks

3min

14.

Is There a Difference Between Blind Optimism and Pragmatic Mism?

2min

15.

Climaxes - Is There a No Smoking Side?

5min

16.

You Can't Measure, It's Not Real

2min

17.

You've Got a Blue Dot

3min

18.

The Future Starts Here Book

2min

19.

Bond and the Beetle

3min

20.

What Do You Think John Lennon Would Be Like?

3min

21.

Conspiracies

2min

22.

You're All About Doubt and the Danger of Certainty and It Must Do

5min

23.

Movie Review: The Bat Man

5min

Adam talks with British writer and cultural historian John Higgs about 90s TV, the KLF, trying to be optimistic about the future, what John Lennon might be like if he were alive now and what The Beatles and James Bond tell us about the British psyche.

CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE 2015 FILM 'TOMORROWLAND'

Episode recorded on October 2nd, 2021 in Brighton.

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Ben Tulloh for conversation editing.

Podcast artwork by Helen Green

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RELATED LINKS

THE FUTURE STARTS HERE by John Higgs - 2019 (WORLD OF BOOKS)

WILLIAM BLAKE VS THE WORLD by John Higgs - 2021 (WATERSTONES)

STRANGER THAN WE CAN IMAGINE - MAKING SENSE OF THE 20TH CENTURY (AUDIOBOOK) by Joh Higgs - 2016 (AUDIBLE)

ROBIN INCE TALKS TO JOHN HIGGS ABOUT WILLIAM BLAKE - 2021 (YOUTUBE)

DISCORDIANISM by Josh Ray - 2016 (SUPER WEIRD SUBSTANCE WEBSITE)

ALAN MOORE TALKS WITH JOHN HIGGS ABOUT ROBERT ANTON WILSON - 2015 (YOUTUBE)

Interesting interview in which Alan Moore does a good job of sounding intelligent and plausible about some mind bending topics while smoking one of the biggest joints I've ever seen.

'WHO KILLED THE KLF?' (DOCUMENTARY TRAILER) - 2021 (IMDB)

Didn't realise this documentary had come out when I recorded the podcast links. Looks good, and features interviews with both John Higgs and Alan Moore.

REVIEW OF 'WHO KILLED THE KLF?' by Peter Bradshaw - 2022 (GUARDIAN)

DAVID FOSTER WALLACE - THE PROBLEM WITH IRONY (YOUTUBE)

Short video essay by Will Schoder considering American writer David Foster Wallace's wariness around the post modern use of irony, particularly in TV shows.

BRIAN AND CHARLES (OFFICIAL TRAILER) - 2022 (YOUTUBE)

BRIAN AND CHARLES (ORIGINAL SHORT) - 2017 (YOUTUBE)

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