We talk about journalist, provocateur, political analyst, wildman & drug aficionado Hunter S. Thompson and discuss why he is the perfect avatar for The Long Seventies. Part two starts with Thompson’s most famous work Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas and hits the gas from there right past the ’72 election, Zaire disaster and goes over the edge at Reagan’s invasion of Grenada.
Super Synthtracks of the Seventies
Sean Howe Interview -- Agents of Chaos: Thomas King Forçade, High Times, and the Paranoid End of the 1970s.
Wall Street (1987): Rebranding Dystopia
Financialization
The Crazies (1973) & Wizards (1977): Techno-totalitarian Dystopian Horrors
The Twin Crises of Continuity & Progress -- Decade of Dystopia
Logan’s Run: There Is No Sanctuary
The Atrocity Exhibition: J.G. Ballard’s Syncromystical Masterpiece
Top Ten: Audio and Musical Gear
Rollerball (1975): Skate or Die
The Americanization of the South -- Part Two
Bareknuckle Boxing Movies
The Americanization of Dixie -- Part One
Thief (1980): A Faustian Heist
Paperbacks From Hell: Hi-Octane Horror
The Beast (1988): The Great Game On The Big Screen
The Tunnels Of Cu Chi: Our Subterrenean Entrance To The Vietnam Conflict
Turk 182: Terry Flew, Tyler Knew
The Rise and Fall of the Pop Culture Empire
E. Howard Hunt: Pulp Fiction Plumber
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