BUY THE ALBUM HERE! Alright, this week we’re drinking the blood from Oedipus’s eyes with returning guest and friend of the show, the great Russell Sbriglia to talk about his new album Critique of Pure Desire which, according to Ryan Engley, sounds like if King Crimson were throwing an Eyes Wide Shut party. The album is a psychedelic mix of philosophy, psychoanalysis, literature, and film through Slavoj Žižek, Lacan, Hegel, Hitchcock, Melville, Antigone, Hamlet, Poe, Blade Runner, Chopin, La Jetée…and even features guest vocals from Žižek himself.We’re talking the critique of pure desire, the strange logic of retroactivity, failed interpellations, hysterics, the split within the law, and future histories…Russ is Associate Professor of English at Seton Hall, co-editor with Slavoj of Subject Lessons, editor of Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Literature but Were Afraid to Ask Žižek, and the band Misconstruity.Big thanks to Russ — and if you’re quick, the first two listeners to email [email protected] will get a copy of the album.And yes, Tim is still away…last I heard he reckoned that he’s being followed by a chorus of old men who keep lamenting his decisions and spoiling the plot of his life…however I want to take this chance to say that Tim’s first book has just been published with Palgrave: A Lacanian-Hegelian Perspective on Peace and Conflict Studies. It’s now out in the world and you should all check it out. Congrats, Tim. Extra fish-head soup for you!GET TIM'S BOOK HERE!See you in Paris, Ž&…
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