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Iggy and the Stooges released the proto-punk slammer Raw Power on this day, February 7th, in 1973. It’s a raw, aggressive record that set the tone for genres as diverse in sound and era as punk, hardcore, grunge, and metal. Raw Power is also an early example of the importance of mixing and the dangers — or benefits — of studio control being handed to musicians. Read more …

Published: February 7, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, drugs, Heavy Metal, music reviews, North American New Right, originals, pop music, punk rock, Scott Weisswald | 10 Responses

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Bowie’s Blackstar

Christopher Pankhurst

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David Bowie
Blackstar
Columbia, 2016

Blackstar will inevitably serve as Bowie’s last will and testament whether he meant it to or not. Certainly the writing of much of the material would have preceded his awareness of his terminal illness and his confrontation with imminent death. Read more …

Published: January 15, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Christopher Pankhurst, music reviews, North American New Right, originals, popular music | 10 Responses

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David Bowie, 1947–2016
Loving the Alien

Colin Liddell

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It is hard to say exactly how David Bowie will be remembered, as he was defined by his ability to constantly reinvent himself, both musically and visually. Read more …

Published: January 12, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Colin Liddell, commemorations, North American New Right, originals, popular music | 10 Responses

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Wild in the Streets of Sleepy London Town

James J. O'Meara

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Dave Wallis
Only Lovers Left Alive
London: Anthony Blond, 1964
Richmond, Va.: Valancourt, 2015

“In those days, before the death of the last square . . .”

At some point, I suppose with Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange,[1] the “youth in trouble” genre, already fairly exploitative beneath its standard moralistic framework,[2] mutated into a “cult of youth” format, Read more …

Published: April 10, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged A Clockwork Orange, Albert Camus, Anthony Burgess, book reviews, dystopian fiction, James J. O'Meara, John Wyndham, literature, North American New Right, originals, post-apocalyptic fiction, The Rolling Stones, white survivalism, William S. Burroughs | 10 Responses

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Curses, Cut-Ups, & Contraptions:
The “Disastrous Success” of William Burroughs’ Magick

James J. O'Meara

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Matthew Levi Stevens
The Magical Universe of William S. Burroughs
Oxford: Mandrake of Oxford, 2014[1]

My very first question to him, a living, breathing, Beatnik legend in the flesh was . . . “Tell me about magick?” William was not in the least surprised by my question. “Care for a drink?” he asked. Putting on the TV to watch The Man from U.N.C.L.E., he explained “Reality is not really all it’s cracked up to be, you know . . .”—Genesis P-Orridge Read more …

Published: January 21, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book reviews, James J. O'Meara, Julius Evola, literature, magic, modern art, modernism, North American New Right, originals, the occult, Traditionalism, William S. Burroughs | 7 Responses

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“The Wild Boys Smile”:
Reflections on Olaf Stapledon’s Odd John, Part 1

James J. O'Meara

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Part 1 of 3

Olaf Stapledon
Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest
London: Methuen, 1935 (Etext)

“Well,” said John, “I’m thought queer because I have more brains than most children.”

After making my way through The Flames, and having read Last and First Men already, I decided to press ahead in my Kindle anthology by tackling Odd John, Read more …