Episode 667: Anton LaVey Part II - Paint It Black
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What is discussed at the start of this section?
There's no place to escape to. This is the last. On the left. That's when the cannibalism started.
All right, Marcus, you've brought a special instrument in that we have to exhibit for the audience.
Yeah, this is my stylophone theremin. The antenna is a little wonky on it, so I'm just going to use the trigger on it.
Just remember, before you listen to the sounds, these sounds are so powerful, so esoteric, that they in fact may drive you insane. So this is your warning. If you can't handle the theremin, you shut off the radio right now. I mean, they can't handle it because it's, you know, weird.
I like the theremin because it's the only instrument you can play with your asshole. Someone help me with my pants. Oh, no. I am running out of blood pressure medication. Oh, what a horrible set of circumstances. Where is my heroin? Where is my cake? Where is my career? You are not fit to smell my shit. I look at the theremin as the reason people don't use an orchestra to score a film. You don't need it.
What unique instrument does Marcus bring to the podcast?
You don't need it at all.
Don't need to have it, dude.
Welcome to the last podcast on the left, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Marcus Parks, badly playing the theremin. Here with me is Henry Zebrowski, the man who's just sitting there letting his tongue hang out of his mouth like half his brain isn't working.
It isn't. and i love the theremin because it sounds like a ghost having an orgasm but also anton lave is the only unionized theremin player that was ever in any of these you all of these musician unions he was the only ever full-on union man theremin a true con man yeah
Hey, the theremin is one of the most difficult instruments to play in existence. What are you talking about? You should listen to... That was great what you just did.
Dude, listen to real theremin.
Listen to Clara Rockmore. Clara Rockmore? Listen to Clara Rockmore. It will blow your fucking mind out of the back of your skull. All right. And we have the man who's getting into theremin music over the next week. It's Ed Larson. Oh, how's everyone doing?
I have a question. Is this 666 or 667? This is 667. 667. Yeah. Okay. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. But the thing. Well, 6-7 is the thing.
If this was episode 6-7, we would do this. But it's not episode 6-7. It's 6-6-7, which is a number most Zoomers can't count to.
And also, we're not Catholic. We don't do 6-7. You see the Pope?
Oh, I don't even. I'm just even. Also, straight up. pope is beginning the butlerian jihad huh the dude i don't know what that means anti-robot like a whole thing it's written by if you remember the he wrote this anti-ai thing it started in dune with the catholics we're not here to talk about dune this is anton lave part two yeah one nerdy thing at a time yeah hey please make sure please if you're listening to this fucking is impossible
So when we last left Anton LaVey, the year was 1947. According to the tale LaVey spun for himself, he had become inspired after reading William Gresham's classic carny novel Nightmare Alley. And instead of spending a life in the chains of the mundane world, LaVey had decided to bet everything on a life in the circus. Fuck yeah! Supposedly, Anton joined the Clyde Beatty Circus in the spring of 1947, where he was given the responsibility of feeding and watering the circus's big cats as a roustabout and so-called cage boy at the age of 17. Roustabout, by the way, is the dudes who set up and tear down the carnival at each town.
Oh, okay. And you know, if you don't water those big cats, they... They don't grow. I hate you, man. You fucking... They just say small cats.
I know. You're so angry. I was angry even thinking about it.
Well, LeBay claimed that the head of the circus personally taught him how to use the whip, the stick, the chair, and the revolver to get the big cats to perform. And before long, Anton said he was handling eight lions and four Bengal tigers in a cage all at once. which is almost certainly a massive exaggeration, to say the very least. But considering Anton LaVey's experience with big cats later on in his life, which will absolutely be discussed later, it seems like Anton did at some point work with big cats enough to get a feel for how to train and control them.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:01–1:43
2
What unique instrument does Marcus bring to the podcast?
1:43–14:21
3
How did Anton LaVey's circus experience shape his persona?
14:21–52:43
4
What unique features did Anton LaVey's house include?
52:43–55:19
5
How did Anton LaVey conduct his magical lectures?
55:19–56:55
6
What role did Jane Mansfield play in the Church of Satan?
56:55–59:13
7
How did Anton LaVey's actions relate to Jane Mansfield's tragic fate?
59:13–1:43:47