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/387/ Get Fungal to Save Culture ft. Lias Saoudi (Fat White Family)
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On how to respond to conformity.
Lias Saoudi, frontman of the British band Fat White Family, joins us to talk about rock, popular culture and contemporary unfreedom. We discuss:
- Why are the kids taking less drugs?
- Can we respond to our nihilistic times with nihilistic art?
- What is the nature of conformity today?
- How to challenge conformity without sneering at the masses?
- Is there a romantic revival going on? Why is Lias interested in Ivan Illich?
- If living cheaply in big cities is now very difficult for artists, will something new emerge from the provinces?
- Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family & the Miracle of Failure, Lias Saoudi & Adelle Stripe, White Rabbit Books
- Punk's spirit is broken, Lias Saoudi, UnHerd
- Is modern medicine making us sick?, Lias Saoudi, UnHerd
- Forthcoming album: Forgiveness Is Yours
- /353/ Bunga Sells Out ft. Jason Myles - on music and the spectacle
- /359/ Apollo Gets High ft. Benjamin Fong - on drugs in America