THE GOD OF CHAOS LAUGHS ALONE: ON DAMIEN LEONE’S TERRIFIER 2

Damien Leone’s Terrifier 2 begins where its predecessor left off: in the office of the Miles County coroner, where Art the Clown, presumed dead of a self-inflicted bullet to the brain, has awoken. Fluorescent lights flicker. Radio static whines and whirrs. The coroner, sputtering blood, drags himself to the telephone. He dials 9-11. Help is … Continue reading THE GOD OF CHAOS LAUGHS ALONE: ON DAMIEN LEONE’S TERRIFIER 2

BODY: THE ROOT OF ALL PEOPLE

Excerpted from Escape Philosophy: Journeys Beyond the Human Body by Roy Christopher, out via punctum books “I wish I could peel away your humid, human skin And attach you to me, parasitically.” — Milemarker, “Insect Incest” “The body, like most things, is a tool. The body’s morality depends on its user. The body’s morality is … Continue reading BODY: THE ROOT OF ALL PEOPLE

THE AUTONOMOUS CHEMICAL WEAPON: HOW SENTIENT OIL TOOK CONTROL OF OUR HISTORY – PART TWO

READ PART ONE HERE V. Petrohistory “Petropoliticial undercurrents, with oil as a global conspirator, function as Telluro-occultural lubricants on which everything slides, advancing in all directions." -- Cyclonopedia 130 Although they are not identical, the material history of oil is intertwined with the political history of its producers, and with the war machine. Once one … Continue reading THE AUTONOMOUS CHEMICAL WEAPON: HOW SENTIENT OIL TOOK CONTROL OF OUR HISTORY – PART TWO

THE AUTONOMOUS CHEMICAL WEAPON: HOW SENTIENT OIL TOOK CONTROL OF OUR HISTORY – PART ONE

“Capitalism was here even before human existence, waiting for a host.” -- Reza Negarestani, Cyclonopedia, 27 The contention is this: not only do we use oil, it uses us.  Not just oil, but the fossil trinity: oil, coal, and methane: each unique substances, and yet unified by the chemical energy stored in carbon bonds. Humanity … Continue reading THE AUTONOMOUS CHEMICAL WEAPON: HOW SENTIENT OIL TOOK CONTROL OF OUR HISTORY – PART ONE