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James Curcio

Porkins Policy Radio – Porkins Policy Review

Weird Studies

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael

SOUNDWAVE

Erik Davis

Ishmael Reed

Steven Pinker

John Potash

Conner Habib

Mike Cernovich

Joseph Matheny

Donald Trump

Ron Paul

John Sayles

Elisa Lam

Greta Thunberg

Thomas Frank

Graham Harman

Peter Thiel

OwlTail

This mix was probably inspired by spending 3 years writing and researching MASKS: Bowie &amp; Artists of Artifice (especially the themes that come up in this long-form blog post, Masks All The Way Down). But it’s not a “Bowie mix” as such: mortality, futility, transience, being lost in the simulacra, isolation during coronavirus... and some great beats. Everything in our lives feel so fragile now, but of course the truth is it always was. The outro track is an original remix of Nine Inch Nail’s “Me I’m Not” that I did like 10 years back, and some live studio outtakes from a mushroom party.  IAMX “Stardust (Video Mix)” David Bowie “No Plan” Forest Swords “Panic” David Bowie “Love is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix)” Eivør “Í tokuni” (lyrics translation) David Bowie “The Motel/Sunday” Onuka “Zenit (intercut with sections of Davi Bowie’s ‘Sunday’)” (lyrics translation) Perturbator “Tactical Precision Disarray” Igorrr “Downgrade Desert” SKYND “Tyler Hadley” David Bowie “Killing A Little Time” Nine Inch Nails “Me I’m Not (James Curcio Original Remix)” James Curcio “Mother Hive Brain (Recorded at OrangeFace)”   ---   Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/soundwavemix/message

This mix was probably inspired by spending 3 years writing and researching <a href="https://www.amazon.com/MASKS-Artists-Artifice-James-Curcio/dp/1789381088" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MASKS: Bowie &amp; Artists of Artifice</a> (especially the themes that come up in this long-form blog post, <a href="https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2020/03/17/masks-all-the-way-down/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Masks All The Way Down</a>). But it’s not a “Bowie mix” as such: mortality, futility, transience, being lost in the simulacra, isolation during coronavirus... and some great beats. Everything in our lives feel so fragile now, but of course the truth is it always was. The outro track is an original remix of Nine Inch Nail’s “Me I’m Not” that I did like 10 years back, and some live studio outtakes from a mushroom party. <ol> <li><a href="https://www.musicglue.com/iamx/products/stardust-single-mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IAMX</a> “Stardust (Video Mix)”</li> <li><a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/no-plan-ep/1191638191" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Bowie</a> “No Plan”</li> <li><a href="https://forestswords.bandcamp.com/album/compassion" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Forest Swords</a> “Panic”</li> <li><a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/nothing-has-changed-deluxe-edition/927103011" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Bowie</a> “Love is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix)”</li> <li><a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/sl%C3%B8r/1049335300" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eivør</a> “Í tokuni” (<a href="https://lyricstranslate.com/en/i-tokuni-mist.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lyrics translation</a>)</li> <li>David Bowie “<a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/the-motel/amp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Motel</a>/<a href="https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/tag/sunday/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sunday</a>”</li> <li><a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/zenit-single/1469606176" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Onuka</a> “Zenit (intercut with sections of Davi Bowie’s ‘Sunday’)” (<a href="https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/ONUKA/Zenit/translation/english" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lyrics translation</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://perturbator.bandcamp.com/album/new-model" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Perturbator</a> “Tactical Precision Disarray”</li> <li><a href="https://igorrr.bandcamp.com/album/spirituality-and-distortion" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Igorrr</a> “Downgrade Desert”</li> <li><a href="https://skynd.bandcamp.com/album/chapter-ii" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SKYND</a> “Tyler Hadley”</li> <li><a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/no-plan-ep/1191638191" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Bowie</a> “Killing A Little Time”</li> <li><a href="https://www.nin.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nine Inch Nails</a> “Me I’m Not (James Curcio Original Remix)”</li> <li><a href="https://www.jamescurcio.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">James Curcio</a> “Mother Hive Brain (Recorded at OrangeFace)”</li> </ol> --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/soundwavemix/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/soundwavemix/message</a>

 On this edition of Parallax Views, we take a break from our coronavirus coverage to discuss legendary musician David Bowie, art, and authenticity w/ artist and author James Curcio. James has a new book out entitled Masks: Bowie &amp; Artists of Artifice that looks at Bowie and his trickster persona from a philosophical perspective that comes to understand the late musician as a sort of shamanic character that blurred the lines between the authenticity and artificiality of an artist. Additionally, the book also looks into other figures like the gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson and the controversial Japanese novelist and poet Yukio Mishima. MASKS: BOWIE &amp; ARTISTS OF ARTIFICE also features contributions form such thinkers as John Gray and Slavoj Zizek. In this conversation Jamie and I have a wide-ranging conversation about the book and the many themes it touches upon within its pages.  SUPPORT PARALLAX VIEWSON PATREON! FORBONUS CONTENTANDARCHIVED EPISODES!

On this edition of Parallax Views, we take a break from our coronavirus coverage to discuss legendary musician David Bowie, art, and authenticity w/ artist and author James Curcio. James has a new book out entitled Masks: Bowie &amp; Artists of Artifice that looks at Bowie and his trickster persona from a philosophical perspective that comes to understand the late musician as a sort of shamanic character that blurred the lines between the authenticity and artificiality of an artist. Additionally, the book also looks into other figures like the gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson and the controversial Japanese novelist and poet Yukio Mishima. MASKS: BOWIE &amp; ARTISTS OF ARTIFICE also features contributions form such thinkers as John Gray and Slavoj Zizek. In this conversation Jamie and I have a wide-ranging conversation about the book and the many themes it touches upon within its pages. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUPPORT PARALLAX VIEWS ON PATREON! FOR BONUS CONTENT AND ARCHIVED EPISODES!</a>

Masks: Bowie & Artists of Artifice w/ James Curcio

James Curcio is an American multidisciplinary artist and nonfiction writer whose works include the novels Join My Cult, The Party at the World's End, and the upcoming Tales from When I Had a Face. Recently, Curcio edited Masks: Bowie and Artists of Artifice, an anthology of essays by various thinkers and artists on the complex interplay of fact and fiction, self and other, in the life of the modern creator of artistic works. David Bowie's career, from the early experimentations to the great working that was his final album Blackstar, provides the book's gravitational field. In his effort to better plumb the mysteries of the aesthetic universe, Curcio penned the anthology's opening essay, "Masks All the Way Down," and it is on that piece that this conversation focuses. Join James, Phil and JF as they discuss the terrifying and liberating idea of an aesthetic cosmos as seen from the vantage point of the artist who learns that with new each work comes a new face, an amalgam of symbols and forces drawn from a depth of surfaces,  a paper-thin dream that goes ever so deep... REFERENCES James Curcio (editor), [Masks: Bowie and Artists of Artifice](www.intellectbooks/masks) James Curcio's website: https://www.jamescurcio.com James Curcio's new novel, [Tales from When I Had a Face](www.TalesFromWhenIHadAFace.com) David Bowie, Blackstar Judith Butler, Bodies that Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex Poppy, American singer Anatta, the Buddhist concept of no-self Nagarjuna, Indian philosopher Yukio Mishima, Japanese writer Hunter S. Thompson, American writer Lewis A. Sass, Madness and Modernism: Insanity in the Light of Modern Art, Literature, and Thought Friedrich Nietzsche, "On the Use and Abuse of History for Life" in Untimely Meditations Ornette Coleman, Change of the Century Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu Vladimir Nabokov, Russian novelist Nicholas Roeg (director), The Man Who Fell to Earth Raphael Bob-Waksberg (creator), BoJack Horseman Richard Dyer, Heavenly Bodies: Film Stars and Society Euripides, The Bacchae Special Guest: James Curcio.

James Curcio is an American multidisciplinary artist and nonfiction writer whose works include the novels Join My Cult, The Party at the World's End, and the upcoming Tales from When I Had a Face. Recently, Curcio edited Masks: Bowie and Artists of Artifice, an anthology of essays by various thinkers and artists on the complex interplay of fact and fiction, self and other, in the life of the modern creator of artistic works. David Bowie's career, from the early experimentations to the great working that was his final album Blackstar, provides the book's gravitational field. In his effort to better plumb the mysteries of the aesthetic universe, Curcio penned the anthology's opening essay, "Masks All the Way Down," and it is on that piece that this conversation focuses. Join James, Phil and JF as they discuss the terrifying and liberating idea of an aesthetic cosmos as seen from the vantage point of the artist who learns that with new each work comes a new face, an amalgam of symbols and forces drawn from a depth of surfaces, a paper-thin dream that goes ever so deep... REFERENCES James Curcio (editor), [Masks: Bowie and Artists of Artifice](<a href="http://www.intellectbooks/masks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.intellectbooks/masks</a>) James Curcio's website: <a href="https://www.jamescurcio.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.jamescurcio.com</a> James Curcio's new novel, [Tales from When I Had a Face](<a href="http://www.TalesFromWhenIHadAFace.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.TalesFromWhenIHadAFace.com</a>) David Bowie, <a href="https://www.imablackstar.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blackstar</a> Judith Butler, <a href="https://archive.org/details/bodiesthatmatter00butl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bodies that Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppy_(entertainer)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Poppy</a>, American singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatta" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anatta</a>, the Buddhist concept of no-self <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagarjuna" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nagarjuna</a>, Indian philosopher <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukio_Mishima" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yukio Mishima</a>, Japanese writer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hunter S. Thompson</a>, American writer Lewis A. Sass, <a href="https://books.google.ca/books/about/Madness_and_Modernism.html?id=fCddtAEACAAJ&amp;redir_esc=y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Madness and Modernism: Insanity in the Light of Modern Art, Literature, and Thought</a> Friedrich Nietzsche, "On the Use and Abuse of History for Life" in <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/nietzsche-untimely-meditations/4AF50CD140CAB4EA8D249422BF60D5E5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Untimely Meditations</a> Ornette Coleman, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Change_of_the_Century" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Change of the Century</a> Thomas Merton, <a href="https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Way_of_Chuang_Tzu.html?id=Od_h47AxzR4C&amp;redir_esc=y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Way of Chuang Tzu</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vladimir Nabokov</a>, Russian novelist Nicholas Roeg (director), <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074851/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Man Who Fell to Earth</a> Raphael Bob-Waksberg (creator), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BoJack_Horseman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BoJack Horseman</a> Richard Dyer, <a href="https://books.google.ca/books/about/Heavenly_Bodies.html?id=oUJ0Qbse7lYC&amp;redir_esc=y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heavenly Bodies: Film Stars and Society</a> Euripides, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bacchae" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Bacchae</a> Special Guest: James Curcio.

Episode 70: Masks All the Way Down, with James Curcio