DEATH // SENTENCE

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

I call up Bud Smith (@budsmith), author of Double Bird and Work and a bunch of other stuff, while he's sitting in his car on a warm summer night, and we discuss the writing life, work, his process and playing Vice City on mushrooms. Regular show folks, regular show. Music by Allfather https://allfather1.bandcamp.com/ And Emma Ruth Rundle https://emmaruthrundle.bandcamp.com/album/on-dark-horses

After a brief sojourn into Elon Musk's latest batch of fuckery, we go elbows-deep into Dempow Torishima's book Sisyphean (https://amzn.to/2tAibRA), four interconnected stories of capitalism-gone-H.R Giger and high-as-fuck weirdness. We also talk about the difficulties of translating Japanese, the CIA's influence on writing style and the dour joys of death-consciousness in books and music. Music by Construct of Lethe: https://everlastingspewrecords.bandcamp.com/album/exiler And Extremity: http://listen.20buckspin.com/album/coffin-birth Follow DEATH // SENTENCE on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeathSentencePC And write to me with your inanities: deathsentencepodcast@gmail.com

The Pervert writer and artist team Michelle Perez (@mperezwritesirl) and Remy Boydell ( are on the line to talk about their book (https://amzn.to/2MsVSWT) on Image Comics, MAGA chuds, tax preparation, hiding porn, collaborating, knives, helicopter rides, seducing Elon Musk, drawing a Rick and Morty comic, dead cops... and friend of the show Kurt Eichenwald! Music by Secret Cutter: https://secretcutter.bandcamp.com Follow DEATH // SENTENCE on twitter: https://twitter.com/DeathSentencePC And email me your stupid: deathsentencepodcast@gmail.com

David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs (https://amzn.to/2xYaydf) builds on his barnstorming 2013 essay... but does it build enough? And can you trick your boss into reading it? Then we talk about how DC Comics went from the company that used rape and murder to 'take the smile out' of comics to a company putting out amazing work starring Elmer Fudd and Snagglepuss. Also featuring a discussion of object-oriented ontology, neoliberalism, Aggretsuko, and those weird Warhammer 40k middle-grade books. Music by Gruesome: https://gruesomedeathmetal.bandcamp.com and Caveman Cult: https://cavemancult.bandcamp.com/ Follow DEATH // SENTENCE on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeathSentencePC AND REMEMBER TO PRESS THE LIKE BUTTON, COMMENT AND LEAVE REVIEWS. THAT STUFF'S IMPORTANT.

We get Trevor Strunk of No Cartridge Audio (https://twitter.com/NoCartridge) on the show to talk about the links between videogames and literature but Langdon, mad with power after being made an official contributor, starts spitting FIRE takes like '90 minutes is actually 20 minutes', 'Finnegans Wake is a vaporwave novel' and 'anime is good'. There's also Hegel, Nietzche, Jonathan Blow, Dark Souls, Metal Gear and a refreshing lack of books. Music by SPECTRAL WOUND: https://spectralwound.bandcamp.com/album/infernal-decadence And Tomb Mold: http://listen.20buckspin.com/album/manor-of-infinite-forms Follow DEATH // SENTENCE on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeathSentencePC And email me with your nonsense: deathsentencepodcast@gmail.com