DEATH // SENTENCE

Gary Shteyngart, bestselling, award-winning novelist, has a new book out that weaves together threads of race, class and power to create a vibrant portrait of America in 2018. Dril is... Dril. Which of these literary giants is America's greatest satirist and why is it obviously Dril? This episode comes with lengthy digressions into cringey #resistance articles, Elon Musk, The Wire, and the True Meaning of 9/11. Music by Dödsrit: https://alertaantifascistarecords.bandcamp.com/album/aa130-d-dsrit-d-dsrit-lp-pre-order-shipping-date-10092018 And Infant Island: https://infantisland.bandcamp.com/album/infant-island

Corey Pein (@coreypein) joins me to first give us an update on the fallout from the Unite The Right 2 mess in Portland, then to talk about his book Live Work Work Work Die (on @MetropolitanBks), in which he tries to pitch a startup to unionise Silicon Valley before pulling back the curtain to reveal the tech industry's dark past (spoiler: literal Nazis). Music by Thou: https://thou.bandcamp.com/album/magus-2 And Cliterati: https://downloads.tankcrimes.com/album/cliterati-violation-wound

We're joined by Sean McTiernan (@nochorus) of the All Units podcast to talk about Hideo Azuma's Disappearance Diary, the story of the cult manga artist's alcoholism and homelessness, but we also talk about the pope, muscular hardcore frontmen, the psychotic workload in the manga industry and Youtube reaction videos. Music by Candy: https://candygonnadie.bandcamp.com And Noose Rot: https://sentientruin.bandcamp.com/album/the-creeping-unknown

It's safe to say that we and just about everyone else podcasting right now wouldn't have even picked up a USB microphone and 'evaluation' copy of Adobe Audition without Will, Matt, Amber, Felix, Virgil, Brendan, Chadd, Thruster, Vron, Trrr and %, the hosts of Chapo Trap House. Now, they have a book out- but can they bring the magic to the printed page? And what's with that Spectator article about how Feudalism will own the libs? Music by Bosse-de-Nage: https://bosse-de-nage.bandcamp.com/ And Fórn: https://forn.bandcamp.com/ Leave us reviews you disgusting pigs.

Dune is perhaps the greatest science-fiction epic of all time, and thus deserves deep, critical literary analysis. We can't do that so we talk about the Foo Fighters' AIDS denial, ecology, death commandos, LSD, sharing a birthday with Hitler, Varg Vikernes's dating advice, sequels and the weed that helps you understand Metal Gear Solid. Music by Gaylord: gaylord.bandcamp.com and Outer Heaven: outerheaven.bandcamp.com

Before there was Star Wars, before there was Game of Thrones, before there was Rick and Morty, before there was Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, there was Dune, the O.G sci-fi epic. We talk about the surprisingly deep and woke politics of a book about rich people scheming to get each other eaten by sandworms, Lawrence of Arabia, oil, geopolitics, and Warhammer 40k's fashy cooption. Music by Miserable: https://miserablegrl.bandcamp.com/ And SUMAC: https://sumac.bandcamp.com Follow DEATH // SENTENCE on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeathSentencePC

Is R.O Kwon's The Incendiaries (https://amzn.to/2AhLZJC) the debut of the year? Yes. Yes it is. We go deep into this spectacularly written novel with reference to Nietzsche, Hegel, Sartre, M. Night Shyamalan, vaping, Fortnite and Cosmic Ghost Rider. With music by Hulder: https://hulder.bandcamp.com/releases And Penance Stare: https://penancestare.bandcamp.com

William W. Johnstone released Trigger Warning on an unready world, despite having been dead since 2004, and we stepped up to give it the informed literary criticism that it deserves, but got bored of that and just laughed at how dumb it is. Guest Joe Thrashnkill of Toilet Ov Hell (www.toiletovhell.com) joins us for a discussion that takes in anime, Die Hard, Charles Whitman, boner-farts, and the films of Adam Sandler. Music by Neckbeard Deathcamp: https://neckbearddeathcamp.bandcamp.com/ and Thou: https://deathwishinc.bandcamp.com/album/rhea-sylvia

Deirdre Coyle of Unwinnable and Christine Kelly of Tridroid Records join me to talk about Maria Dahvana Headley's brilliant The Mere Wife, a modernized, feminist retelling of Beowulf that inspires tangents on Trump voters, cryptids, Goths, toxic masculinity and who to cast in the movie version (I maintain that Reese Witherspoon is a highly underrated dramatic actress). Music by Uprising: https://tridroid.bandcamp.com/album/uprising-2 And Niboowin: https://niboowin.bandcamp.com/album/breathing

Dan Jackson of Void Ritual, Dead Wretch and others joins me to discuss David Peak's Corpsepaint (https://amzn.to/2J28AZH), the first and currently only trve cvlt blvck mvtal novel. We talk about black metal kayfabe, vegetarianism, neo-nazis and telling stories from a goat's perspective, and play 100% exclusive, never-heard-before tracks from Void Ritual. Check out Dan's non-profit metal label Ipos Music: https://iposmusic.bandcamp.com/ And follow DEATH // SENTENCE on twitter: https://twitter.com/DeathSentencePC