Cartoonist Julia Gfrörer and horror author Gretchen Felker-Martin talk about art, sickness, love, and suffering. Come sit by the charnel pit with us and contemplate the heat-death of the universe.
…
continue reading
Podcasts at least twice a month. Support us on Patreon!
…
continue reading
A podcast about books for people who don't like books, podcasts or capitalism, but who like extreme metal.
…
continue reading
1
The Handyman Method with Kayte Terry of Tender Subjects
2:32:52
2:32:52
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
2:32:52
The Wizard's Tower appears out of the mist once more! This time, Langdon conjures forth Katye Terry of Tender Subjects to dive into The Handyman Method by Nick Cutter and Andrew Sullivan. Homeliness, horror, DIY, and real estate mix within!Music played:Adorior - "Scavengers of Vengeance" https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/track/scavengers-of-v…
…
continue reading
1
Yu Miri's The End of August with Morgan Giles
1:02:02
1:02:02
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:02:02
Langdon goes into the Wizard's Tower and summons Morgan Giles to discuss the expansive and fantastic The End of August by Yu Miri which Giles translated! Family, memory, loss, betrayal, and war are contained therein!Music played:Floating Points - Vocoderhttps://floatingpoints.bandcamp.com/album/vocoder…
…
continue reading
1
Dark Fantasy And Between Two Fires
1:11:41
1:11:41
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:11:41
It's chaos configuration as Eden, Gareth and Langdon sit down to discuss the...sort of good and very hyped Between Two Fires! And also argue about dark fantasy, Dark Souls, and listen to some sick doom metal.Music played:The Flight of Sleipnir - North https://theflightofsleipnir.bandcamp.com/track/north…
…
continue reading
1
The West Passage And Occulted Knowledge
1:41:42
1:41:42
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:41:42
On this episode, Langdon and Eden are forced to tackle the so-called "Hegelian E-girl Council" and explain why they suck. While they tackle them. To the ground.Then, they talk about the tantalizing, subtle, and down-right inimitable The West Passage. Weird fantasy, even weirder honey, and the weirdest eldritch beings in the form of Ladies, plus all…
…
continue reading
After 11 months, we’re back talking the history of the divided Germany! After looking at western Germany last time around, this time, we’re taking the deep dive into East Germany 1946 to 1948 and ask ourselves how to succesfully build socialism in Germany. Download the episode!Oleh Sean T. Collins & Stefan Sasse
…
continue reading
1
Arthurian Myth, Weird, And Lev Grossman's The Bright Sword
1:02:59
1:02:59
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:02:59
In this solo episode, Eden talks about the Arthurian myth and its weird potentialities by covering Lev Grossman's The Bright Sword. Gender-bending, political disorder, and why weird fantasy matters and, of course, sick ass swords and cool mage duels!Eden's essay on the political uses of science fiction: https://www.notthesky.com/posts/essays/the-me…
…
continue reading
1
Roger Zelazny - Roadmarks
1:10:47
1:10:47
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:10:47
In this episode, Langdon and Eden discuss the merits, oddities, and uses of mediocrity before covering a mediocre, but fun, book from an excellent author, Roger Zelazny. Time travel, making fun of Hitler, zen koan martial arts, dinosaurs, and a lot of confused writing!Music played:Lie Heavy - Burn to the Moon https://lieheavy.bandcamp.com/album/bur…
…
continue reading
1
Michael Swanwick - Stations of the Tide
1:53:17
1:53:17
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:53:17
We definitely didn't record this three months ago and only remembered to post this now! Langdon's computer definitely didn't die at the end! Stations of the Tide is DEFINITELY an excellent and weird book and Spring is definitely NOT the best season (that last part is true, actually)!Music played -BIG | BRAVE - I felt a funeral https://bigbrave.band…
…
continue reading
1
Lydia Kiesling - Mobility
1:10:25
1:10:25
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:10:25
In Mobility, Lydia Kiesling really bildungs the heck out of a Roman. Bunny is a foreign-service brat who wants a conventional life and, spoilers, she gets one - but it's a conventional life while the oil industry and American imperialism kills the planet. Music by Orgone.Oleh DEATH // SENTENCE
…
continue reading
The season finale is here! Sean and I have a slightly different view about it, but as is our wont, we agree on a lot, and the show stays superb even though Sean left a bit disappointed. Download the episodeOleh Sean T. Collins & Stefan Sasse
…
continue reading
There’s a lot of dragons this episode, and we’re comparing the show to Better Call Saul, The Americans and Halt and Catch Fire, because that makes a lot of sense - as you’ll learn listening! Download the episode!Oleh Sean T. Collins & Stefan Sasse
…
continue reading
Babe, wake up, my new favourite book just dropped.Music by Sauna Youth.Oleh DEATH // SENTENCE
…
continue reading
1
Gretchen Felker Martin - Cuckoo
1:23:58
1:23:58
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:23:58
Imagine The Thing, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and It. Okay, imagining that? Okay, now make it gay. Gayer. More gay than that.That's returning guest Gretchen Felker Martin's follow up to the masterful Manhunt.Music from ScarcityFind more half-human Cronenberg creatures on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/deathsentence…
…
continue reading
Three days, and there’s good news (even earlier if you’re a Patreon!): HotD is STILL one of the best things on TV right now. This episode, characters, actors and dialogue writing are front and center, and the scenes are so damn good we cannot shut up about if for an hour. Download the episode! Podcast RSS feed. Stefan on Twitter. Stefan’s blog.…
…
continue reading
1
Vajra Chandrasekera, Anti-colonial Violence, Scale, and Time
42:59
42:59
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
42:59
This time around, Eden is joined by none other than Vajra Chandrasekera, author of The Saint of Bright Doors and Rakesfall! The two discuss time, history, anti-colonial and colonial violence, the legacy of Arthur C. Clarke in Sri Lanka, memory, scale, science fiction and the New Weird as a genre and so much more!Music played:Wormed - PROTOGOD https…
…
continue reading
This episode is titled FOUR because Langdon used it to talk to Eden about FOUR books. We have read too many books and all the Smart has leaked away. The books range over topics like psychosis, the death of art, idealism, hauntings, and introspection. You know, Death // Sentence things. The books are:The Passion According to GH - Clarice LispectorAg…
…
continue reading
“House of the Dragon” continues to be excellent in this laid-back but still incredibly rich and textured episode. We discuss shot compositions, nightmares, thin places and politics, all in one podcast! Download the episode! Podcast RSS feed. Stefan on Twitter. Stefan’s blog.Oleh Sean T. Collins & Stefan Sasse
…
continue reading
1
Jon Greenaway - Capitalism: A Horror Story
1:04:20
1:04:20
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:04:20
What if the real horror story didn't involve skeletons and boggarts and whatnot... what if the real horror was your boss? There is probably more to returning guest Jon Greenaway's book Capitalism: A Horror Story than that, but we mostly talk about how sick the Saw films were.Music by Valerian SwingOleh DEATH // SENTENCE
…
continue reading
The dragons danced and died, but Stefan skipped town. Yet Sean is not flying solo! Friend of the show Gretchen Felker-Martin, the acclaimed horror novelist behind Manhunt and Cuckoo, joins the Illustrious Co-host for a conversation about the most spectacular, violent, important episode of House of the Dragon yet. Join the ol’ Cut to Black team as t…
…
continue reading
1
Kazuo Ishiguro - The Unconsoled
1:32:42
1:32:42
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:32:42
After 1989's masterpiece Remains of the Day made him a superstar, Kazuo Ishiguro returned in 1995 with the baffling, divisive The Unconsoled. James Wood said that it created a 'new category of badness' and... we kind of agree.Music by Tribulation and Krallice.Oleh DEATH // SENTENCE
…
continue reading
This may just be the best episode of a great show yet. Sean and I discuss why in exhaustive and euphoric detail. Also, more detail than you wanted about full-frontal blowjobs, but the show started it. Download the episode! Podcast RSS feed. Stefan on Twitter. Stefan’s blog.Oleh Sean T. Collins & Stefan Sasse
…
continue reading
1
Kazuo Ishiguro - Remains of the Day
2:01:08
2:01:08
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
2:01:08
We're here at last - Langdon's journey through the work of Kazuo Ishiguro reaches one of his greatest novels and perhaps of the greatest novels of the past fifty years, Remains of the Day. Music by Enslaved.Would it please sir to visit our Patreon? https://www.patreon.com/DeathSentenceOleh DEATH // SENTENCE
…
continue reading
Now we’re in episode 2. Who won? Ser Arryk or Ser Erryk? We’re not confused. Because we care about themes. Download the episode!Oleh Sean T. Collins & Stefan Sasse
…
continue reading
1
Woodworm, Resentment, and the Viciousness of Discourse
1:49:07
1:49:07
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:49:07
Langdon and Eden cover the weird, gothic, Catholic-horror, and unsettling Woodworm by Layla Martinez. But first, they do the unthinkable and wade into the discourse around Litvrgy. There, they discuss theosophy, the limitations and pitfalls of Litvrgy's ideas, but also the vicious instinct of the dogpile and the vociferous cycle of discourse.Music …
…
continue reading
We finally did it and continue the “Best of ASOIAF” series. It’s a crowd pleaser, Daenerys’ “Dracarys” moment, which also marked a turning point for Emilia Clarke in the series. But we are digging deeper: why is it such a crowd pleaser, and what does it mean? What does it portend for Dany? Follow us into the deep dive and fry some slavers. Download…
…
continue reading
You didn’t think we’d miss this, right? Weekly episodes, from now on, on the regular channel! Listen to us how we discuss the most important thing in season 2: the new title sequence. And some other stuff, like child murder. Download the episode! Torrent Our iTunes page. Previous episodes. Podcast RSS feed. Stefan on Twitter. Stefan’s blog. Sean on…
…
continue reading
Elle Nash is back on the show to talk about her new book of bodies, babies and bugs, Deliver Me. We talk about parenting, YouTube, the life of a writer and making it in literature in the 2020s.Music by WinterfyllethAll of our Patrons are our babies, and you can join them here to get access to our Discord and hours of bonus content: https://www.patr…
…
continue reading
1
Ask the Listener to Mail in a Bag OR The Questions Episode
1:10:10
1:10:10
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:10:10
That's right, we have decided to open up the terrible portal called "The Internet" and ask our listeners some questions! They cover topics like non-metal music we like, books we wouldn't recommend, shows we would undo or prevent, and all sorts of other negations, recommendations, and inquiries.If you'd like to join us on Discord, we're here: https:…
…
continue reading
1
Ray Brassier - Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment And Extinction
1:44:34
1:44:34
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:44:34
Ve believe in nothing Lebowski. Gareth has been trying to get Ray Brassier's Nihil Unbound since it came out, and in this episode he enlists Langdon to explain it to him. Will they take the Enlightenment to its ultimate conclusion? Will they understand the world through various oozes and gels? Will there be digressions? Yes.CW for discussion of sui…
…
continue reading
1
Spencer Sunshine - Countercultural Fasism and Neo-N*zi Terrorism
1:15:43
1:15:43
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:15:43
Spencer Sunshine joins us to talk about a book that is as cheery as his name suggests: it has Nazis, Industrial Music, Child P*rnography, Charles Manson, Neo-folk, Black Metal, At*mwaffen. It appears that the edgy Feral House guys of the 80s and 90s weren't ironic Nazis - they were Nazi Nazis, and Spencer has the receipts.…
…
continue reading
1
A.V Marraccini - We The Parasites
2:04:03
2:04:03
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
2:04:03
What if the way we interact with art is like a parasite inside of it's host? We talk to A.V Marraccini about her genre-hopping, dare we say Deleuzian work of critical theory/autofiction/memoir/manifesto We The Parasites.Music by ThouOleh DEATH // SENTENCE
…
continue reading
1
Genevieve Jagger - Fragile Animals
1:18:41
1:18:41
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:18:41
Vampires are having a bit of a moment, and the best book in the current wave is Genevieve Jagger's Fragile Animals, a literary maybe-vampire story set in Scotland. We talk about why vampires are back, Catholicism, trauma and the best vampire films (Near Dark and The Only Lovers Left Alive).Music by Glassing and Inter Arma…
…
continue reading
1
Love Chronicles Of The Octopodes With Jesse Kohn
51:49
51:49
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
51:49
Eden sits down with the non-fictional representative of the book of webs, Jesse Kohn, to talk about the weird, beguiling, and bubbling Love Chronicles of the Octopodes by Karen An-hwei Lee! Gene editing, Emily Dickinson, internal monologue, cosmic adventures, the Moon personified, and more whirl in this unique and scintillating book!Music played -T…
…
continue reading
1
Termush And The Violence Of Manners
1:06:11
1:06:11
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:06:11
In honor of the world-ending eclipse that's scheduled for today, Gareth and Eden sit down to tackle Sven Holm's Termush! The novel explores an atomic post-apocalypse and the parasitic, depraved, neurotic, and straight up weird well-to-do people who try to survive it. The two tackle ideas of middle class violence and manners, radiation and climate c…
…
continue reading
1
A Primer on Utopian Philosophy - John Greenaway
1:08:49
1:08:49
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:08:49
Ernst Bloch is probably going to be unknown to many listeners, but, according to Horror Vanguard's Jon Greenaway, he's one of the most overlooked and important philosophers of the 20th century. We talk about what Utopia means and what it can mean now that it seems further away than ever.Music by Necrot.…
…
continue reading
What if nasty commoners were going around breaking all the nice people's art? What if we've been getting morality all wrong? We consider all this and more when talking about Kay Dick's rediscovered masterpiece They.Music by Sleepyime Gorilla Museum: https://sleepytimegorillamuseum1.bandcamp.com/album/of-the-last-human-being…
…
continue reading
1
Grace Blakeley - Vulture Capitalism
52:16
52:16
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
52:16
What if everything you were taught about Neoliberalism was wrong? What if it's not a free-market free-for-all but as tightly controlled as any planned economy? Grace Blakeley joins us to discuss her new book about this, why everything is so expensive, where all the money went and what we can do about it.Music by Full of Hell.…
…
continue reading
1
Ian Cory of Lamniforms interview
1:30:36
1:30:36
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:30:36
Langdon talks to Ian Cory, former editor-in-chief of the almighty Invisible Oranges blog and now lead of genre-agnostic (but generally heavy) band Lamniforms.Oleh DEATH // SENTENCE
…
continue reading
1
Isaac Rose - The Rentier City
1:06:09
1:06:09
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:06:09
We're 'mad for it' on this episode! And by 'mad for it' we mean mad about how Manchester, the city where capitalism and communism were invented, has turned into a nightmare of hotdesking 'spaces', dumb concept bars that last two weeks and towers to store insufferable yuppies. Isaac Rose is here to talk about his new book The Rentier City: Mancheste…
…
continue reading
1
Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind And The Hopelesness Of Work
2:04:26
2:04:26
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
2:04:26
It's a very chipper and uplifting episode, as Langdon and Eden tackle the question of revolutionary optimism, the role of hope (or lack thereof) in revolutionary politics, and the question of "doomerism".Then, they dive deep into a workplace novel unlike any other, the incisive, empathic, and deeply sad Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind. Dreams, quot…
…
continue reading
1
Archivist Wasp - A YA Katabasis
1:48:55
1:48:55
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:48:55
This time around, Langdon and Eden talk about how the Internet is dead, actually, and who has killed it. Then, they stay on the topic of demise by diving into Nicole Kornher-Stace's Archivist Wasp, a weird and twisted exploration of death, the afterlife, and trying your best.Music played:Vitriol - Locked in Thine Frothing Wisdom https://centurymedi…
…
continue reading
1
Josie Riesman - Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and The Unmaking of America
1:22:14
1:22:14
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:22:14
Josie Riesman joins us to talk about her book on Vince McMahon, the head of the WWE and arguably the creator of modern wrestling, who is now undergoing a long-overdue downfall after certain allegations came to light. Music by Darkspace: https://darkspace.bandcamp.com/I'm sure you'd like a tasty beer to go with this episode - give the cooperatively …
…
continue reading
In a special, political episode, I talk with political operative Frank Spring about the upcoming presidential elections. If you don’t want politics from me, stay away from this episode :) You have been warned. Download the episode! Torrent Our iTunes page. Previous episodes. Podcast RSS feed. Stefan on Twitter. Stefan on Bluesky. Stefan’s blog.…
…
continue reading
Sean has written a list of the top ten TV shows of 2023 (https://decider.com/2023/12/29/sean-t-collinss-top-10-tv-shows-of-2023/), and we’re here to talk about it. Take it as your to-do-list, nod along or vehemently disagree! Download the episode! Torrent Our iTunes page. Previous episodes. Podcast RSS feed. Stefan on Twitter. Stefan’s blog. Sean o…
…
continue reading
1
The Science Fiction Poem - Aniara and Deep Wheel Orcadia
1:02:41
1:02:41
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:02:41
On this solo episode, Eden kicks off a series looking at a new format for Death // Sentence - the science fiction poem! He does it by diving deep into two fine examples of the format, Aniara and Deep Wheel Orcadia, focusing on themes of language, translation, belonging, deep space, and religiosity!Music played:Ranges - The Slings and Arrows of Outr…
…
continue reading
1
Kazuo Ishiguro - An Artist of the Floating World
1:07:53
1:07:53
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:07:53
The singular entity known as Langdon/Eden records a solo episode continuing the long-promised series on Kazuo Ishiguro. This time around, they tackle "An Artist of the Floating World", Ishiguro's second novel and his attempt to tackle post-WWII Japan, masculinity, old age, honor, shame, and more!Music played: Jesus i betong by Cortex https://heartw…
…
continue reading
1
Vajra Chandrasekera - The Saint Of Bright Doors
1:57:42
1:57:42
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:57:42
This time around, Langdon and Eden explore the shadowy and religious urbanity of The Saint of Bright Doors, a fantasy book about knowledge, imperialism, and violence. But first, they talk about the shadow urbanity of the United States of America and Langdon's trans-dimensional adventures with Power Wash Simulator (yes).Music played:Pessimystic - Bu…
…
continue reading
Oppenheimer has been released on BlueRay. Having missed it in cinema and after covering Barbie with Sean, I’ll now took BLAH veteran and nuclear deterrence expert Tim Westmyer to debate why Oppenheimer is such a good movie, to clear up some of the technical questions and to have a deeper look at the genesis of nuclear weapons as portrayed by Christ…
…
continue reading
1
Dan Sinykin - Big Fiction
1:16:28
1:16:28
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:16:28
Why aren't books hitting like they used to? Partly it's because of how they're sold, Dan Sinykin says in Big Fiction. We talk about how everyone from Cormac McCarthy to Stephen King and the Million Little Pieces guy explains the Conglomeration Era of fiction.Music by Fawn Limbs & Nadja and Panopticon.Theme tune by Caina.…
…
continue reading
1
Matt McManus - The Political Right and Equality
1:07:55
1:07:55
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
1:07:55
Matt McManus is one of the most perceptive critics of the conservative movement out there, and in The Political Right and Equality: Turning Back the Tide on Egalitarian Modernity he takes them on their own terms, reading major figures from Socrates to Burke, Hegel, Dostoyevsky and Nietzsche to find what links them.Music by Rosa Faenskap and Afterbi…
…
continue reading