/387/ Get Fungal to Save Culture ft. Lias Saoudi (Fat White Family)

On how to respond to conformity.   Lias Saoudi, frontman of the British band Fat White Family, joins us to talk about rock, popular culture and contemporary unfreedom. We discuss:

• Why are the kids taking less drugs?
• Can we respond to our nihilistic times with nihilistic art?
• What is the nature of conformity today?
• How to challenge conformity without sneering at the masses?
• Is there a romantic revival going on? Why is Lias interested in Ivan Illich?
• If living cheaply in big cities is now very difficult for artists, will something new emerge from the provinces?

Links:

• Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family & the Miracle of Failure, Lias Saoudi & Adelle Stripe, White Rabbit Books
• Punk's spirit is broken, Lias Saoudi, UnHerd
• Is modern medicine making us sick?, Lias Saoudi, UnHerd
• Forthcoming album: Forgiveness Is Yours
• /353/ Bunga Sells Out ft. Jason Myles - on music and the spectacle
• /359/ Apollo Gets High ft. Benjamin Fong - on drugs in America