Chapo Trap House and the rise of the dirtbag left

a boy used to go outside and throw a rock

Taibbi on again this week, should be a good time

these guys need to start turning episodes around quicker cuz releasing an episode today which doesn't cover the events of this weekend is nagl

Oh did Hillary do something dumb this weekend?

I thought the same thing- iirc they recorded it on thursday, I know the thing doesn't take 3 days to edit- but tbf the news has been moving at light speed lately

if only they had some steady stream of income that could allow them to adapt heir output to a swiftly-changing political landscape without worrying about day jobs

their popularity is growing pretty quickly too, they're still adjusting... even the sound has improved in the last month

New one w Taibbi was really good. Always enjoyed the stories they've told on the show about the GOP primary events thy witnessed in person.

good ep

I enjoyed the new premium Chapo Book Club ep. I've never read any of Mark Fisher's stuff.

I can't seem to reach the search function right now but there's plenty of discussion in the K Punk thread.

K Punk: classic or dud?

thx Jim!

And someone posted Mark Fisher's book: https://libcom.org/library/capitalist-realism-mark-fisher

his new one was released (in the us at least) yesterday as well

It was refreshing to hear them genuinely humbled/moved by the scale of the protests

http://nymag.com/selectall/2015/12/nine-canonical-responses-to-u-mad.html

just reread this classic piece by Felix and Virgil. so funny

also, this still works: https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=from%3A%40KurtSchlichter%20model%20wife&src=typd

The S@dy d0yle stuff in the followup piece (in Outline) is upsetting.

l1nk?

https://theoutline.com/post/981/new-trends-in-getting-mad-online

man i really hope that squiggly normcore bs is not the future of web design

"The Outline is filmed at Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, Florida"

Whoa, the synopsis for Mark Fisher's posthumous release sounds awesome:

What exactly are the Weird and the Eerie? In this new essay, Mark Fisher argues that some of the most haunting and anomalous fiction of the 20th century belongs to these two modes. The Weird and the Eerie are closely related but distinct modes, each possessing its own distinct properties. Both have often been associated with Horror, yet this emphasis overlooks the aching fascination that such texts can exercise. The Weird and the Eerie both fundamentally concern the outside and the unknown, which are not intrinsically horrifying, even if they are always unsettling.

Perhaps a proper understanding of the human condition requires examination of liminal concepts such as the weird and the eerie.

These two modes will be analysed with reference to the work of authors such as H. P. Lovecraft, H. G. Wells, M.R. James, Christopher Priest, Joan Lindsay, Nigel Kneale, Daphne Du Maurier, Alan Garner and Margaret Atwood, and films by Stanley Kubrick, Jonathan Glazer and Christoper Nolan.

Hell yeah I'd read that.

that does sound great - if it stopped three words earlier i'd be even more psyched

haha i read it this weekend and i thought "kingfish would like this."

the christopher nolan bit is kinda forced and he doesn't do a great job differentiating the weird and eerie at times but overall worthwhile

I still don't understand their episode release schedule, or whether they even have one

The Felix interview with the MMA journalist was cool though

generally they do a premium ep midweek and a public ep on the weekend, but...not always?

Apparently new ep will be up tonight. Last week was different in two premium eps.

They sorta should up the show rate thanks to all the dosh they're taking in.

Yeah, and adhere to a schedule

I assume they pushed this one back a bit to fit theit Celebrity Guest's schedule

finally https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/episode-79-our-values-are-under-attack-feat-tim-heidecker-2617

one of their weakest eps tbh

yeah they were trying way too hard with Tim, and he was being kind of an asshole... like when they got thru reading Ben Shapiro's book, like "ahahaha Tim isn't this terrible?" and Tim just sort of shrugged.

Heidecker is just not a terribly interesting interview imo (tho I like him a lot as a performer)

Finally surpassed Amanda Palmer:

https://graphtreon.com

1K more patrons in the last few weeks alone, almos my close to breaking $500K/yr

jesus

Heidecker ep would have been listenable if he did it in-character as Alex Jones for the entire episode

yeah a recording of the "Alex Jones-off" would have been way more enjoyable

his Alex Jones impression is insanely good

I think they'd have better luck with an Eric Andre episode.

idk i don't think "minor celebrities talking politics" is a good road to go down for these guys

like that's too close to joe rogan for comfort

yeah I agree with that, inasmuch as they need guests I'd prefer they bring in people from different segments of the left to provide some different angles of commentary

i did enjoy how giddily that princeton historian got into the incel vs volcel dichotomy of history

haha what ep is that

I was hoping they'd ask TH whether it was hard to do surreal comedy now that real life is so surreal. Maybe they'd have ask e or 4 times but I'm sure the answer would be interesting.

the thing is there *is* a kernel of interest there in terms of the futility of making fun of Trump, having to find new modes of comedy, etc but instead they...just made fun of Trump for an hour

haha what ep is that

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ep 50. matt karp

Yeah, show's less than a year in, and even with the improvements, they still can get overwhelmed or over-awed at a guest. Sometimes this is okay, like with the Adam Curtis ep, and sometimes not.