Welcome to today's episode, where we dive into the explosive year of 1986—a year many consider the greatest in the history of thrash metal. We'll explore the rise of "The Big 4 of Thrash," the decline of punk (as well as hardcore starting to morph into crossover) as the dominant subgenre for disaffected youth, and how metal, especially thrash metal…

We continue the conversation a bit from the 1st hour and then introduce Varn to the Penus (yep, that's spelled correctly, you'll see..)Dr. Alexxys Tylor. Then, things get a bit serious as we talk about what the real situation is on the ground for Americans beyond the sham spectacle that is this current election.…

Looks like the talking heads in the media have gotten their wish, and Kamala Harris is the Democratic nominee to go against Trump in the fight to preserve democracy from the outstretched arms of the pro-fascistic Donald Trump. This vivid narrative is the one that will be echoed until early November when Americans will race to the polls in the world…

Looks like the talking heads in the media have gotten their wish, and Kamala Harris is the Democratic nominee to go against Trump in the fight to preserve democracy from the outstretched arms of the pro-fascistic Donald Trump. This vivid narrative is the one that will be echoed until early November when Americans will race to the polls in the world…

Welcome to today's episode, where we journey back to the year 1982—a pivotal year in music history. This was a time when genres were in flux, new sounds were emerging, and the music industry was undergoing significant transformations. We'll explore the coming end of disco, the rise of heavy metal and hip hop, and some fascinating developments in Ja…

Ben and Stefan discuss the merits or lack therefore of political violencehttps://benburgis.substack.com/p/on-political-violence Sub to Ben's substackhttps://benburgis.substack.com/ Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined,BECOME A PATRON! We'r…

Get Katherine's book here: https://uncpress.org/book/9781469677255/live-from-the-underground/ Welcome to our show! Today, we have the pleasure of speaking with professor and author Katherine Rye Jewell about her fascinating new book, "Live from the Underground," which explores the rise of college radio. Unlike typical homages to white indie rock an…

Jason and Mac discuss the rise of popularity in women's athletics, and the possible need for a new Black national anthem. Enjoy. Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined,BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus …

Welcome to today's episode, where we dive into the political theater and imagery that shapes our current landscape. The recent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has, unsurprisingly, become a galvanizing moment for his fervent fanbase—notice I say fanbase, not the Republican Party. The zealous MAGA crowd envisions Trump as he en…

Kuba talks more project 2025, the CRÜE watches McDonalds fight videos.By bitterlake

Get Mike's latest book here: https://www.revolpress.com/hungry-ghosts-in-the-machine Hungry Ghosts in the Machine will discuss the ways in which social and other digital media utilize nostalgia to heighten anxiety, depression and alienation then offer fleeting cures that ultimately lead to a cycle of longing and, at most, only temporary satiation. …

Stefan and Ben discuss why G.A. Cohen would have hated Venmo and the differences between a Socialist and a Capitalist Camping triphttps://benburgis.substack.com/.../why-ga-cohen-would... Sub to Ben's Substack herehttps://benburgis.substack.com/.../why-ga-cohen-would... Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each a…

Welcome to our show, where today we have the pleasure of bringing back a returning guest who has become more than just a collaborator; he's a friend. Alexander Herbert, renowned for his insightful research on horror films in the Soviet Union and Soviet punk culture, is with us once again. Over the years, Alex and I have grown close, and he even vis…

Welcome to our podcast, where today we delve into a heated topic that's currently stirring the sports world: the controversy surrounding Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy's handling of star running back Ollie Gordon's recent DUI arrest. This issue has sparked significant debate among sports journalists, pundits, and fans alike. Gordon, who blew …

It seems like a lifetime ago that Ta’Nehisi Coates was making his case for reparations, Ibrahim X. Kendi was teaching America how to be anti racist and a group of women from the West Coast launched a hashtag that for a time started a movement in Black Lives Matter. This was the impetus of the racial reckoning that Kendi and others called a 3rd Reco…

Today, J.G. have the distinct pleasure of interviewing a true icon of independent cinema, writer and director Alex Cox. Known for his distinctive style and rebellious spirit, Alex Cox has made a significant mark on the film industry with his unique vision and uncompromising approach to storytelling. Alex Cox first burst onto the scene in the mid-19…

Join us for an insightful discussion on the legacy of CLR James and the ongoing struggle for socialism in America. This livestream event will delve into the ideas and activism of this influential thinker and explore their relevance in today's political landscape. Don't miss out on this opportunity to engage with like-minded individuals and deepen y…

Jason and Mac discuss the failure of the Clippers and many other franchises that have never won championships, then Jason shows Mac what "Jam City" is. Enjoy. Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined,BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only…

Unrest in Peru, Argentina, and more. Mexico gets its first Female president. We'll discuss it all with TIR South American correspondent, Camilo Gomez! Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only progra…

It was our junior of high school respectively. Was this a better year than 1993 musically? Check out the 1993 playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31ghB6UdNw1hwBdtUnHf8n?si=34aa5937e84349b9 Here's the 1994 playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1df9HPngjSdt7fQQVBaFuG?si=ab45edd8dabc414f Get Jason's book, "I Was a Teenage Anarchist" here…

Ben and Stefan defend the thesis that, no actually, Intelligent Design is a crock of shithttps://substack.com/home/post/p-145819670 Subscribe to Ben's Substack herehttps://substack.com/@benburgis Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined,BECOME…

May 25th, 2024 went by without much of a peep about the life of George Floyd. It was just 4 years prior that his public execution would ignite the American streets in fiery protests. A clarion call for thousands to head out to express their outrage over, not only his killing, but for police misconduct et all. It was bloated police budgets coupled w…

It takes a while to get to the Lakers, but we do get to it! Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined,BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH! Become a patron…

TIR does a telethon, then Jason's power goes out. Hilarity ensues. HELP KEEP TIR GOING! Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined,BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and yo…

Read Matthew's work here: https://matthewvernonwhalan.substack.com/ Los Angeles and San Francisco have mayors that have broken through the glass ceiling, yet they both face almost insurmountable obstacles with their respective homeless populations. Will they revert to 90s style third way Democratic politics and view the unhoused population as one t…

Ben and Stefan talk about the desire to be incredibly based online via the most extreme takes via the medium of Divine Command Theoryhttps://benburgis.substack.com/p/euthyphro-on-twitter Subscribe to Ben's substackhttps://substack.com/@benburgis Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If y…

Read Touré's book here: https://a.co/d/h4YhqsX Have we accepted underclass ideology as our understanding of Black authenticity? We'll discuss. Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, yo…

In honor of Juneteenth, the CRÜE discusses the rise, fall, rise again, of Black American Cinema. Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episod…

Jason and MT riff on modern dating, music and more. Hilarity ensues, enjoy.By bitterlake

Get Paul's book here: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781913380168/take-this-hammer/ The emergence of the popular music industry in the early twentieth century not only drove a wedge between music production and consumption, it also underscored a wider separation of labor from leisure and of the workplace from the domestic sphere. These were changes char…

Read Alfie's article in Jacobin here: https://jacobin.com/.../daing-apps-artificial... Do we want skynet to preview our potential suitors? We'll discuss with Sublation Magazine editor, Dr. Alfie Brown. Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined,…

Ben and Stefan discuss if there's an alternative to banging our tiny heads against the wall if we want to understand metaphysically questions.https://substack.com/home/post/p-135538997 Subscribe to Ben's substack herehttps://substack.com/@benburgis Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. I…

YEP! We're doing a best of..kind of. Enjoy this collection of clips over the years at TIR, some very serious, and some very silly. Thank you guys for all your support. What are some of y'alls favorite TIR moments? Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel …

Get Darren Paltrowitz book, "How David Lee Roth Changed the World" here: https://a.co/d/2wSUkJd He left the biggest rock band in the world..what happened next is equally legendary..Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined,BECOME A PATRON! We'r…

Ben and Stefan talk about Marx's favourite Ancient Philosophers but how he necessarily had to come up shorthttps://benburgis.substack.com/.../marx-vs-aristotle-on... Subscribe to Ben's substack!https://benburgis.substack.com/ Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, a…

David Swanson is the executive director of WorldBeyondWar.org and campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. Swanson's books include War Is A Lie. He blogs at DavidSwanson.org and WarIsACrime.org. He hosts Talk Nation Radio. He is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and was awarded the 2018 Peace Prize by the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation. Longer bio and p…

TIR speaks with academic Jay Arena about his book: Expelling Public Schools: How Antiracist Politics Enables Privatization in Newark (University of Minnesota Press, 2023)https://www.csi.cuny.edu/campus-directory/john-jay-arena Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, …

Read Neha's article on sex work in Thailand here: https://nehawadekar.com/thailand-is-a-global-capital-of.../ Follow Neha's work here: https://nehawadekar.com/ Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron on…

Get Tom Werman book here: https://a.co/d/3cILpVl Jason talks with rock producer Tom Werman about his time in the music industry, his biggest hits and misses. A fun show.Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined,BECOME A PATRON! We're creating p…

Get Ryan's latest book here: https://www.amazon.com/Squad-AOC-Hope.../dp/1250869072 We are at a moment in the current situation in the middle east where a political debate on the Israeli occupation of Palestine can't happen unless all bad acts of Hamas are acknowledged and condemned and the atrocities against Palestinians are looked at heroically a…

Listen to the 1967 Playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4SXBKYKMgByd3brlSBoKN7?si=13b5f44124eb44d2 Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many…

Stefan does a bit of discourse analysis, going over the dominant discursive frames surrounding Palestine in the western left consciouness, and trying to thread the needle between them all to say what the best way to approach it is. Subscribe to Ben's Substack here: https://benburgis.substack.com/ Thank you guys again for taking the time to check th…

See Luca's video "The Red Dance" here: https://vimeo.com/911016046 Read Luca in Jacobin Magazine here: https://jacobinlat.com/2024/05/16/la-izquierda-colombiana-tiene-motivos-de-sobra-para-condenar-a-israel/ Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inc…

Have a question for Varn? WELL CALL IN DAMMIT! Varn is filling in for Pascal this Wednesday, and Jason will be screening all your calls. Should be fun. Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only progr…

Gremlins, Terminator, Ghost busting, Freddy, Jason dies, but does he? All this happens in 1984 and we haven't even gotten to the "good stuff". We'll discuss the year in horror cinema, 1984. June 8th, Washington DC live show CLR JAMES AND THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIALISM IN AMERICA ft. ADOLPH REED, C. DERICK VARN, DANIEL TUTT, PASCAL ROBERT AND JASON MYLE…

Follow Justin's work here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCompanyMan Diddy caught beating women, and accused of equally if not worse crimes, Kendrick Lamar and Drake have epic rap beef, what's going on in Hip hop? We'll discuss Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, an…

Read Ben's essay here: https://open.substack.com/pub/benburgis/p/fascism-and-conceptual-analysis?r=1nk80p&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Sign up for Ben's Substack here: https://substack.com/@benburgis Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so incline…

Is the term genocide being overused thus rendering it meaningless ? We'll discuss. Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you ge…

One of the most controversial subjects in modern sports is the use of performance enhancing drugs or “cheating”. From sign stealing in baseball and football, encouraging home crowd noise, competitive advantage is an acceptable part of the game. PED use is different, it alters your body chemistry to make good players great, and great players immorta…

READ PAUL'S ARTICLE IN DAMAGE MAGAZINE HERE: https://damagemag.com/2024/05/06/going-beyond-the-politics-of-institutional-racism/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0wIFmEMN5fjOGcBo5IgJ-m7_d1dgUZWhwLXvZhA3rvSvBy2ba2k7G74AI_aem_AX6Aa4oD9-eiaoJ-7THxybdPhn2Ofm4w0tnium-tt8_DR80WmQRErs_BTotFgIC2pN5UwEBZ0RsRJyScWP2PcFAR Is the "institutional racism" argument a fl…