I turned my back for a second and Langdon went and recorded an episode entirely about Anime, or as the Japanese call it, 'Manga'. He and a fellow lost soul talk about Fate/Stay Night, by way of Nietzsche, Deleuze, Chaos Magick, Christian mysticism and masturbation. Overly long theme tune by NECRONOMIDOL Music by JYOCHO (PS, JYOCHO did the end theme for an anime based on the work of horror manga artist Junji Ito, who also designed the cover of the latest NECRONOMIDOL album.)

We've got Leslie Lee III of Struggle Session with us to talk about one of his favorite books and ours: Cormac McCarthy's Grind-Western Blood Meridian. We talk about liking problematic work, gnosticism, Vincent D'onofrio, Mandy, Batman vs Superman and Benny Hill. Music by Chelsea Wolfe: https://chelseawolfe.bandcamp.com And City Hunter: https://youthattack.bandcamp.com/album/deep-blood Remember to leave us a Like or Review or we'll cut you down where you stand.

It's the very best Best Of episode of 2018, where we struggle to remember what happened this year, up to and including how many Olympics there were! Join us for a star-studded line-up that includes Mitski! Tomb Mold! Tribulation! Goblin Slayer! Mids! And many more! Maybe we should start writing stuff down! I don't know! Music by The Body: https://thebody.bandcamp.com/album/i-have-fought-against-it-but-i-can-t-any-longer

Tom Whyman (@healthuntodeath- a reference I get immediately) stops by to discuss the legacy of Mark Fisher, one of the British Left's most innovative thinkers, and his posthumous book K-Punk (Repeater Books). We tackle his key ideas of capitalist realism, hauntology, and the weird and the eerie, Vampire Castles, the online left and Russel Brand. Music by The Armed: https://thearmed.bandcamp.com/ And Alkaloid: https://alkaloidsom.bandcamp.com/

In this very special episode, Steve Anwyll (@oneloveasshole) is on the line to talk about his book Welfare (on Tyrant Books), a punchy, rhythmic story of purposeful underachievement and smoking shitty weed on a hot couch. We discuss getting published, William Burroughs, being condescended to in the unemployment office and saying swears. Music by Vessel: https://vesseluk.bandcamp.com And Chained To The Bottom of The Ocean: https://chainedtothebottomoftheocean.bandcamp.com/album/i-carry-my-awareness-of-defeat-like-a-banner-of-victory

I was lucky enough to catch Canadian anti-oppressive doom-duo Vile Creature at their show in Manchester for a chat about everything from their vegan bakery to their appearance at the Black Flags over Brooklyn festival next year to a lengthy discussion of Friends with one of the organizers of the Roadburn festival. Again, this is an incredibly normal podcast. Remember to like this episode on Soundcloud or leave or a review on iTunes.

Crowded (on Image Comics) is about a ten-minutes-into-the-future world in which anybody can put a crowdsourced hit on anybody else, a party girl with a million dollar bounty on her head and a bodyguard with a 1.4 star rating. Its writer Chris Sebela is on the line to talk about his work, breaking into comics, raking, tunnels and washed-up YouTubers. Music by Tomb Mold: https://tombmold.bandcamp.com And potrayal of guilt: https://portrayalofguilt.com/album/let-pain-be-your-guide And you can buy Langdon's book, PYRAMIDHEAD[BLACK], here: lemniscatesmallpress.tictail.com/product/…rated-by

Scandinavia fuckin' rips: it's always cold, it's mostly dark and its very existence pisses off CHUDs. We talk about Norwegian singer and novelist Jenny Hval's debut Paradise Rot, published in English by Verso, and how the legacy of Steig Larsson, the best-selling Communist in all of fiction, is being dismantled by capitalism. Also, an extended digression into how lit Castlevania is. Music by Saparast: https://sarparast.bandcamp.com/ And Envy: https://envy.bandcamp.com And you can buy Langdon's book, PYRAMIDHEAD[BLACK], here: http://lemniscatesmallpress.tictail.com/product/pyramidheadblack-by-langdon-hickman-illustrated-by

Aubrey Sitterson, author of The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling joins us to discuss the One True Sport. Along the way we lust after Zack Sabre Jr., talk about the similarities between death metal and pro-wrestling and find out why wrestling being fake makes it better than all other sports. Music by Skullcrush: https://redefiningdarknessrecords.bandcamp.com/album/skullcrush-visions-of-the-firestorm-eclipse And Bismuth: https://bismuthslow.bandcamp.com/

The best turn-of-the-century literary guy named Jonathan has a new one out, and he's back doing detective stories. Can he get back into the groove he found in 1999's Motherless Brooklyn? Will he be the first novel to take on Trump and win? How can literature make sense of a world like ours? What happens when you die honking your dong to Japanese animation? Music by Hate Eternal: https://hateeternal.bandcamp.com/album/upon-desolate-sands And Ithaca: https://ithacauk.bandcamp.com/album/the-language-of-injury And leave us a damn review on iTunes you pigs.