DEATH // SENTENCE

I talk to Margaret Killjoy about her new book The Barrow Will Send What It May (Tor Books), anarchism, punk, DIY, making music, settling down, magic, the nature of power and how I cannot be killed by demons. Music by Margaret's two bands, Nomadic War Machine: https://nomadicwarmachine.bandcamp.com/ And Feminazgul: https://feminazgul.bandcamp.com/releases

After a heartfelt tribute to the late Barbara Bush and an impassioned plea to not repeat her mistake of eating dozens of xannies while listening to Dream Pop, we talk about two books that have tackled HP Lovecraft's legacy of being a weird racist: Matt Ruff's Lovecraft Country and Paul La Farge's The Night Ocean. Along the way we talk about race, literary form, the politics of extreme music and how Morrisey is a whack-ass jabroni. Music by Our Place of Worship is Silence: https://opowis.bandcamp.com And Novae Militae: https://sentientruin.bandcamp.com/album/gash-khalah

Me and Langdon Hickman (@langdonhickman) talk about Giorgio De Maria's cult-classic horror-ish novel 20 Days of Turin and the much more horrifying prospect of the publishing industry chasing Trump voters, then we play new tracks by... Messa https://messa666.bandcamp.com/ and Panopticon https://thetruepanopticon.bandcamp.com/album/the-scars-of-man-on-the-once-nameless-wilderness-i-and-ii You can follow DEATH // SENTENCE on Twitter on @DeathSentencePC and email me your nonsense at deathsentencepodcast@gmail.com

I talk about Emily Chang's book Brotopia for about eight seconds then launch into an extremely relatable discussion of neoliberalism, Cambridge Analytica, scurvy, Molly, orgy domes, Russia and the Four Horsemen of the Internet Apocalypse. Then I play Feminazgul and Olivia Neutered John. There's something for everyone on this week's DEATH // SENTENCE!

On another double episode, I talk about Eugene Lim's Dear Cyborgs and Nicky Drayden's The Prey of Gods, but also Metal Gear Revengeance again, Black Panther, prestige television, Pig Destroyer and the meaning of literature or something. Follow me on Twitter: @DeathSentencePC And send me emails: deathsentencepodcast@gmail.com Music by Sacred Son: https://sacredson.bandcamp.com And WAKE: https://wakegrind.bandcamp.com

It has always been my dream to record extremely likable #content, and in this episode, I think I've finally done it. I talk about Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi's Call Me Zebra and Inio Asano's Goodnight Punpun, but also relatable topics like sweaty Manga dudes, the Death Stranding trailer, when bae be acting crazy, work, finding porn, poop gods, Don Quixote and how little my opinions matter. There's something for everyone! Music by Dawn Ray'd: https://dawnrayd.bandcamp.com And Leechfeast: https://drycough.bandcamp.com/album/neon-crosses Follow me on twitter on @DeathSentencePC and send me warm, encouraging emails at deathsentencepodcast@gmail.com (Seriously guys, this episode is so likable, you don't even know.)

In this interview with the author of the rather good The Sky Is Yours we talk genre, getting published, reading slush piles, dragons, Logan Paul and the CIA cutting holes in your clothes. Just another regular episode of the internet's most normal podcast! Music by Coffin Sore: https://coffinsore.bandcamp.com/releases And BLÜ SHORTS: https://blushorts.bandcamp.com/

On this very special episode, I come up with a far better idea than podcasting: a Youtube series in which an Australian Death Metal vocalist who wears a grandfather clock on his head runs around town headbutting people. Like, really giving it to them. Unfortunately, to get this million dollar original idea (do not steal it) I had to slog through Moshin Hamid's Exit West, a very bad book. I also talk about portals, firearms, the Turkish assault on Afrin, the Spanish Civil War, why I had to read Roland Barthes eight times instead of Hemmingway, and I reveal the best vocalist in all of extreme music. Music by Portal: https://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/ion And the body: https://thebody.bandcamp.com/album/i-have-fought-against-it-but-i-can-t-any-longer Email me your nonsense at deathsentencepodcast@gmail.com

In which I take a somewhat dim view of the prose style of noted author Moshin Hamid.

On a very special DEATH // SENTENCE, I talk about Brooke Bolander's 'The Only Harmless Great Thing', but also Instagram, radium, vegetarianism, anarchism, Robin Williams and brain slugs. Music by Slugdge: https://slugdge.bandcamp.com And Devil Master: https://devilmaster.bandcamp.com