System of Systems

Artist, filmmaker and founder of the Amsterdam art collective The Unsafe House (and, yes, former member of KIRAC) Tarik Sadouma joins the crew on the occasion of the release of the Unsafe House's new film Scorched Earth. The film, which chronicles the inner conflicts of the Unsafe House in a manner that blends fact and fiction while documenting Tarik's attempts to take over the U.S. pavilion of the Venice Biennale with Curtis Yarvin (and other exploits,) is the most clear enunciation of The Unsafe House's aesthetic and values. The conversation veers from the film, to the lie that "wokeness is dead," to the importance of reading Yarvin and Michele Houellebecq as art, and not just as political critique. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/systemofsystems/posts/unsafety-w-tarik-167137744?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkSoundtrack:The Meads of Asphodel "My Beautiful Genocide" https://music.apple.com/us/album/my-beautiful-genocide/1445305890?i=1445305893A Blaze Colour "The New Ones" https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-new-ones/1762256954?i=1762256958Skeptics "Spade" https://music.apple.com/us/album/spade/734206058?i=734206129Mott the Hoople "All the Young Dudes" https://music.apple.com/us/album/all-the-young-dudes/155712973?i=155713011LINKS:The Unsafe House https://www.the-unsafe-house.com/Watched Scorched Earth https://www.the-unsafe-house.com/scorched-earth

Ari Aster's 'Eddington' is awful SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREONhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/joaquin-mumbles-136432946?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkOST:Opener: Artificial Intelligence 'Foul Play' https://music.apple.com/us/album/artificial-intelligence/80761425?i=80761269Blutkult 'Sinister Runes' (attached)My Dad is Dead 'Boiling Over' https://music.apple.com/us/album/boiling-over/1547315201?i=1547315205Al Kapone 'Da Death Penalty' https://music.apple.com/us/album/da-death-penalty/1441997725?i=1441997737Ian Stuart 'To Freedom We Ride'

Adam's friend and Tablet Mag colleague, the European politics writer and Ukraine expert Vlad Davidzon, joins the show to discuss the state of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Vlad is a politics and war writer but also something of a bon vivant. He keeps notebooks of drawings and collages that are quite good.Vlad phoned in from the Unsafe House, the art collective (of sorts) of none other than painter and former Kirac member Tarik Sadouma. Tarik makes a brief appearance.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/posts/asgardsrei-w-134279195?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkOST:DK Energerytk "Egepretkv" https://music.apple.com/us/album/%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA/1681714424?i=1681714871Kroda "Hasta la Muerte" https://youtu.be/E_m481QjdyM?si=WWm4uWX7tkmkB745Monument Strakha "I Know Why" https://ultrasomnambulau.bandcamp.com/album/never-cryPeste Noire live at Asgardsrei https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGVdCUdGS1wChervi "Evil Game" https://ultrasomnambulau.bandcamp.com/album/evil-game-2LINKS:Check out Vlad's new Substack https://vladislavdavidzon.substack.com/ The Unsafe House https://www.the-unsafe-house.com/Check out Vlad's art https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/vlad-davidzon-ukraine-notebooks-art

New York artist Noah Stalgia discusses embracing art and leaving furniture design behind FULL EPISODE at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/jack-off-of-all-130732691?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link LINKS: Noah website https://www.noahstalgia.com/artworks

Writer Omar King, as well as publisher Evan Papadakis, join the show to discuss his new short story collection An Odyssey of Dingbats, published on friends and former guests Dan Baltic's and Matt Pegas' new imprint New Ritual Press, to talk about his book, porn, Los Angeles, egirl writing, "friendfiction", Hubert Selby, Jr, autism and moreSOUNDTRACKThe Hospitals "Hairdryer Peace"Blue Eyed Devils "Fearless" Plamen "Servants of Nothing" The Brothers Johnson "Stomp"LINKSPurchase Omar's book HERE

A very special episode here, featuring none other than Dutch artist and director of the infamous KIRAC film series Stefan Ruitenbeek and his benefactor, the Dutch art collector Philip Van Den Hurk. We attempt to understand just why Philip would allow himself to become a character in the KIRAC universe, which Philip explains brings him a kind of limit experience. Stefan explains the erotic dynamics in their relationship. Episode ends with Philip trying to strawman Adam with the abortion issue. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON FOR FULL EPISODE HERELINKS: Watch KIRAC episodes here https://www.keepingitrealartcritics.com/wordpress/Follow KIRAC at X: @realKIRAC

Artist Zach Brown joins the show to discuss one of the stranger and more era specific art works of the 1990s, Darren Starr's adult nighttime soap series Melrose PlaceOSTDead Girl's Party "I'm a Tick Tock Bomb"Hunger! "Workshop"Diapsiquir "Aprés"

Artist Kat Chamberlin discusses her political discontent and Dean Kissick's recent panel with Anna and DashaSUBSCRIBE FOR FULL EPISODE Soundtrack:Mortuary Drape "Larve"Datblygu "Hollol, Hollol, Hollol"Das Kabinette "Something's On Your Mind"Mirrors "Shirley"LINKS:Kat Chamberlin website

Author and filmmaker Christopher Zeischegg discusses his semi autofictional 2020 novel The Magician, a new film based on that text, and a little bit about his previous life in pornography OST:Cabaret Voltaire "A Touch of Evil"The Obsessed "Tombstone Highway" Metal Urbain "Ultra Violence" The Diplomats "Who I Am" Miss Kittin and the Hacker "Homme a la Mode" LINKSChristopher Zeischegg websiteFollow Chris on Twitter: @chriszeischegg

Adam discusses Ali Abbasi's Trump biopic, Sebastian Stan's incredible performance, and portraiture in general, and finds in the film a surprisingly and perhaps accidentally positive portrait of the President Elect READ THE ESSAY HERE and HERE

Philly based musician and artist Morgan Garrett's excellent recent album Purity has been compared to bands as unrelated as Korn and the Shadow Ring by midwit rock writers. Nevertheless, there is something interesting about the references, and Adam found himself shocked by how fascinated he was by this strange, disorienting and highly original music. Morgan joins the show to discuss the album as well as the very upsetting personal experience that inspired it SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON Morgan Garrett "Suck" Korn "ADIDAS" (Live at Woodstock) The Shadow Ring "Cold Coffee" Bladee "WODRAINER" Pink Reason "Cranes are Flying" Morgan Garrett "Mercy and Grace" LINKS:Morgan Garrett, Purity

Inspired by Alex Gibney's recent documentary on David Chase, Adam finally tries to communicate what 'The Sopranos" means to him SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREONLINKS:Adam's essay on The Sopranos

Sex Magazine is now in its 14th issue and its 4th since it was reborn as a print journal, and it's a doozy. Sam Hyde, the man who started it all, and Million Dollar Extreme grace the cover . Sex Mag editor Asher Penn joins to discuss the new issue, as well as the differences between the art movement of the 2010s that the project was born out of and the reactionary avant-garde that ushered in its print rebirth OSTDrain Gang Archive "Sleep Walk 2 the Jeweler" Arab on Radar "Saint Patrick's Gay Parade" White Void "Confessions on Bad Edges" Oval "Do While" Kanye West "Famous" LINKSBuy Sex MagazineFollow Sex Mag on Instagram: @SexMagFollow Asher on Instagram: @ashermixtapehell