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© James Black
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I'm a writer and performer and I rant about art, culture, politics and everything that annoys me. Which is a lot.
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This week I talk about: The dispiriting nature of the lockdownThe disputed science around the Covid-19 threatLord Sumption’s piece in the Mail On SundayWhy Liberty is not an optional extraFreedom, fulfilment and citizenshipWill the lockdown change our views on the social contract? Music and art during the lockdownShutting down a string quartetScepticism versus ‘truther’ conspiracies
This week I talk about: Liberty, citizenship and flourishingOwning my basic white guy-nessHumanism and civil libertiesNihilism and wokenessHuman nature and grand statementsMy problems with the red pill movementGood Trump/Bad Trump reflectionsPropaganda everywhere
This week I talk about:Why I have had a break in podcastsWatching the UK become a ‘command society’Democratic audit and hysteriaHow Fear Works by Frank Furedi (book)Hysteria and public consentPeter Hitchens contra mundumAldous Huxley on propaganda and hysteriaVigilance in moments of social weaknessThe hatred of dissentFake dissent and the mainstream mediaA wee song to end off on
This week I talk about:Avoiding reactive Culture War clashesPresenting your own world view robustlyPicking your battlesFeminism and Handmaid’s Tale hysteriaTrue gender oppression in Islamic dictatorshipsBill Burr’s new specialPolitical correctness and the woke blackoutPassive aggressive woke tactics
This week I talk about:My recent gig Good songwriters vs showoff musosSome interesting songsCultivating individualityMill, Wilde and eccentricityTulsi Gabbard (hot) and free speechIdentity politics and alarmist mediaThe real enemy is not Trump or Boris
This week I talk about:Dave Chappelle’s new specialSpeaking truth to powerHow the woke types became a new aristocracy The loss of religionDivided times and wokenessDouglas Murray on mob outrageThe moral vacuum and ideology
This week I talk about:Bank holiday bohemianismCreative routinesIntroverts and extrovertsPersonhood and relationshipsThe modern tendency to undermineElvis and perfect imperfection
This week I talk about:My weekend in BradfordProvincial architectureA run-in with a train attendantFinding some old books from uniThe Delian League of ancient GreeceThe Athenian ‘Empire” and the EUPlans for more musicForthcoming book review
This week I talk about:Different creative processesThe chaos of the artistic lifeAnxiety and fearJordan Peterson on fear and sufferingThe role of art and belief systemsChaos, order and being in the zone
This week I talk about: More Beatles geeking outJordan Peterson’s impact on meIdeological thinking vs authentic thinkingReactive culture and nuanceAmerican shootings and ideological reaction
This week In talk about:Some good things about BorisWhat Boris should be talking aboutThe difference between whining and true dissentHuman reason and flourishingThe meaning of true liberalismFame, success and the nervous systemGeorge Harrison and spirituality
This week I talk about:Conversations with political disagreementsTrump’s rally and the chantsNuance and outrageThe Beatles rabbit holeStrawberry Fields ForeverBeing in a shit bandCliche and originality
This week I talk about:Nick Broomfield’s new film on Leonard CohenThe bohemian life and it’s paradoxes Creativity and the museBeauty and catalysts of art Narcissism and artTrump and the establishment
This week I talk about:The definition of poetryThe Faber&Faber policeSimon Armitage on Dylan’s Nobel PrizeThe role of poetry Poetry and human natureSnobbery vs populism The ballad traditionCliches and tropes in song
This week I talk about:The supposed split in poetryElitism vs democratisationStylistic preferences vs genuine critical standardsMarketing and creativityThe importance of heroesMisunderstanding artistsLiam and Noel Gallagher’s festival sets
This week I talk about: More Leonard CohenCreative successGetting over bitternessBeauty and what it means to be humanHong Kong and democracyHypocrisy of the western left
This week I talk about:Gratitude to nasty commentsIf you have to ask you’ll never knowTravelling in GreeceHydra - romantic weddingLeonard Cohen in HydraDeath of bohemiaLeonard Cohen on the ‘tyranny of right thinking’
This week I talk about:Liberalism vs identity politicsQuillette’s hatchet on Dave RubinThe basis for human rightsCivilisation and human reasonPlato, Socrates, AristotleLiam Gallagher’s new singleRock n roll humanism
This week I talk about:Trump’s state visitConstantly having to justify your right to an opinionTrump and racism and speculative claimsWhat Trump has done for minoritiesGetting tense during performancesSharing your creativity in these timesFighting back against nihilism and cynicism
This week I talk about: The EU election resultsDisillusionment in public lifeThe empty, risk aversion in political dialogueIndividuality and communityThe liberal traditionAgency and moralityThe spin doctoring elitesScandal, platitudes and blandness
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