EMERGENCY KATY PERRY WITNESS (2017年) EPISODE with I'M SO POPULAR all-star Vera + the pain of being seen + the horror of Trump Derangement Syndrome + the tyranny of perception. Follow our beloved Vera on X: twitter.com/lovely_2_c_u And tune in exclusively on Patreon for the critical continuation of this episode on SIRENS: patreon.com/imsopopular (S4.E14)
The best living drag queen in Japan or anywhere else BELGIUM SOLANAS joins to discuss Australian legend KYLIE MINOGUE + her debut album KYLIE (1988年) + her sophomoric follow up ENJOY YOURSELF (1989年) + the pain of being a sensitive young man or woman in an emotionally visceral world + the perils of drag performance. Find Belgium on Instagram: instagram.com/kkbbcollective/ And for a rousing and intense episode of the critical Patreon exclusive SIRENS, subscribe on patreon.com/imsopopular to hear ...
ONLY FOR PATRONS: Utada Hikaru's BAD MODE (2022年) + love + self actualization in the face of misery + defeating your anxieties. patreon.com/imsopopular (ISP S4.E12)
Angel Heart returns for the annual I'M SO POPULAR HALLOWEEN SPECIAL to discuss the FINAL DESTINATION franchise in its entirety + mortality + the end of all things + celebration and carnivale in slaughter. Follow Angel Heart on Instagram: instagram.com/angel.heart.queen And for the exclusive top secret and highly dramatic juicy continuation SIRENS, follow I'M SO POPULAR on Patreon: patreon.com/imsopopular (S4.E11)
The despondency of human existence on an evil earth + Julia Kristeva’s BLACK SUN (1987年) + Lars von Trier’s MELANCHOLIA (2011年). Find Adam, his writing and the fabulous podcast Safety Propaganda on Substack: safetypropaganda.substack.com And for Patrons only, an especially juicy episode of the Patreon exclusive SIRENS, a tell all memoir on crazy Latina girlfriends, Libras, drug abuse and the cancellation of Russel Brand (sorry this episode is a few weeks late): patreon.com/imsopopular (ISP S4.E1...
Discussing SONS AND LOVERS by DH Lawrence + the inescapable ancestral doom of human desire + the effulgent glow of hope in the distance of life on Earth. Find Vyl on Twitter: twitter.com/vylpill And on the Patreon exclusive SIRENS, Zach and Vyl review Otessa Moshfegh: patreon.com/imsopopular (ISP S4.E09)
I'M SO POPULAR returns: love + heartbreak + divinity + Olivia Rodrigo’s GUTS (2023年) + the poetry of JOHN DONNE. For the essential continuation of the series, subscribe to the Patreon for the untucked world of SIRENS + secret episodes of I’M SO POPULAR: patreon.com/imsopopular (ISP S4.E08)
A reading of Oscar Wilde's unabridged DE PROFUNDIS in its entirety. All five and a half hours only for Patrons: patreon.com/imsopopular (ISP S4.E07)
My travels through the United States of America + Henry Miller's THE AIR CONDITIONED NIGHTMARE. Featuring (in order of appearance) Daniel, David, Skye, Ava, Leo, Filthy Armenian, Mahou Mage and Jocko Homo. HQ version available only on Patreon: patreon.com/imsopopular (ISP S3.E06)
A strange and disquieting walk through Redmond, Oregon, where Chi Chi went to high school... soundtracked by the nostalgic music of my youth. A playground immersed in darkness, an infinite highway leading to the void, a single joint and all of the stars above the lights of a cul de sac. Available only for Patrons exclusively on the I'M SO POPULAR Patreon: bit.ly/3P8OvGe
An international and multi-month long discussion of THE PERFUME NATIONALIST (2019年〜) recorded in Tokyo, Japan + New York City + the state of Oregon. High quality episode available only for patrons. Follow Matthew on Twitter: twitter.com/mattiopattio And for raw and impassioned impressions of the United States in the twenty first century, subscribe to the I'M SO POPULAR Patreon for the essential SIRENS continuation of this episode: patreon.com/imsopopular (ISP S4.E05)
The music of NAKTANI MIKI 中谷美紀 as produced by Sakamoto Ryuichi: 食物連鎖 FOOD CHAIN (1996), CURE (1997) + 私生活 PRIVATE LIFE (1999). And for Patrons only on patreon.com/imsopopular -- lyrics hand translated by ZLCC and a very provocative and shocking look into my private life on SIRENS. (ISP S4.E04)
Fourth annual birthday episode celebrating the onset of Chi Chi’s twenty seventh year on Earth + getting older + finding meaning in monotony + dissatisfaction + the future. For the essential continuation of this episode, subscribe to the Patreon for the untucked world of SIRENS + secret episodes of I’M SO POPULAR: https://www.patreon.com/imsopopular (ISP S4.E03)
Justice + Morality + Tokusatsu + Kamen Rider Ryuki 仮面ライダー龍騎 (2002年〜2003年) Follow Yeerk of the BISTRO CALIFORNIUM podcast on Patreon: https://patreon.com/BistroCalifornium For essential continuations of the show, subscribe to the Patreon for episodes of SIRENS and secret episodes of I’M SO POPULAR: https://www.patreon.com/imsopopular (ISP S4.E02)
The tyranny of the real world + Sakurazaka46’s “Start Over!” (2023) For the essential continuation of this episode, subscribe to the Patreon for episodes of SIRENS and secret episodes of I’M SO POPULAR: patreon.com/imsopopular (I’M SO POPULAR S4.E01)
Chi Chi reads once again from his diaries. "When you are not watching I prepare myself for you." Only available on SIRENS for patreon subscribers: patreon.com/imsopopular
The third edition of Chi Chi’s book club. This time, discussing Aldous Huxley's BRAVE NEW WORLD. If you’d like to participate in the book club and join us next month for our discussion of Elliot Rodger's MY TWISTED WORLD, subscribe to I’M SO POPULAR on Patreon for access along with paywalled episodes of ISP, the entire SIRENS untucked phenomena, exclusive photos and more: patreon.com/imsopopular
The world is made anew with a discussion on SHIN MEGAM TENSEI III: NOCTURNE and I'M SO POPULAR SEASON 3: A world that loses its power will fade into nothing. If such is the fate of this world… then I shall return it to its mother’s womb. The world must first die, for it to be born again. This is the path to salvation, as foretold in an ancient prophecy. The world will fall for its sins, and everyone living will vanish. But I won’t let you meet the same fate. I want to help you hold onto your lif...
A complete and total history of the United States of America from the end of World War II in 1945 and the onset of the HIV/AIDS to the present + the second volume of Larry Kramer's epic historical "novel" THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: VOLUME TWO: THE BRUTALITY OF FACT. Follow Jocko on Twitter: twitter.com/jockogay And exclusively on the Patreon, a deep exploration of Jocko and Chi Chi’s sexuality, the hospitalization and naturally, RuPaul’s Drag Race. (S3.E44 病気の波）
A complete history of the United States of America from its creation to 1945 + the birth of HIV/AIDS and the first volume of Larry Kramer's epic historical "novel" THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: VOLUME ONE SEARCH FOR MY HEART. Follow Jocko on Twitter: twitter.com/jockogay And exclusively on the Patreon, a horrifying piece of context about the hospitalization of Zach Langley Chi Chi that will change everything you hear today: patreon.com/imsopopular (S3.E43 米国の波）
Beyond the sixteenth century, beyond the twentieth and the twenty-first, there looms in the sky an unreachable dream of the so-called utopia…. I’M SO POPULAR all star lesbian genius Vera joins to discuss Thomas More’s UTOPIA (1516), Björk’s UTOPIA (2017) and John Boorman’s ZARDOZ (1974). The foolishness of utopian dreams, the asexual safety of morality and religion, a need for the phallic will, the heinous screeching of birds and “Arca,” Marxism as death cult, psychic group think and the garden ...
“PRECIOUS TURMOIL” is the first EP by Zach Langley Chi Chi: an impression of one year, three months and some days. There are lots of things I want to say at the moment, but sometimes saying them in words is too painful. Featuring samples from Okada Yukiko, Madonna, Yano Akiko, Globe, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Togawa Jun, AKB48, Lana Del Rey, Utada Hikaru, Fuji Keiko, Frederic Chopin, Sergei Prokofiev, Sakamoto Ryuichi and Cliff Martinez. Recorded in April, 2023. A high quality file with separated...
A survey of the state of justice, discipline, incarceration and education with Michel Foucault’s all seeing masterpiece DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH + Japanese soap opera classic THE QUEEN’S CLASSROOM. Imagine a society around you governed by nothing but the innate fear of human touch, a senseless leakage of vengeance into order and murderer-children, train abortion suicides and demon teachers. Can’t you see it?! イメージできる？！OPEN YOUR EYES, it’s right before you! But there are inexplicable mysteries, an i...
ONLY FOR PATRONS: https://t.co/642yMQ9Swk Thinking about youth and death, old age and beauty, with two novels by gay men -- Bret Easton Ellis's LESS THAN ZERO and Andrew Holleran's new novel THE KINGDOM OF SAND. (I'M SO POPULAR S3.E38)
The second edition of Chi Chi’s book club. This time, discussing Kawabata Yasunari’s THE SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN. If you’d like to participate in the book club and join us next month for our discussion of Aldous Huxley’s BRAVE NEW WORLD, subscribe to I’M SO POPULAR on Patreon for access along with paywalled episodes of ISP, the entire SIRENS untucked phenomena, exclusive photos and more: patreon.com/imsopopular (I’M SO POPULAR S3.E37)
Discussing the towering work of American art CAITLYN JENNER, her life, memoir, documentary tv show, Vanity Fair interview and Fox News appearances in conversation with Lana Del Rey’s poetic masterpiece, BLUE BANISTERS. Pop star in the making Jenny Scoones joins Chi Chi to stare directly into the transgender heart, the ability to make narrative out of one’s own turmoil and perversion, what it means to not fit into a bathing suit, eternal tragedy, gender politics, the struggle to pick out a pair o...
What is the most brutal sight in the world: a hydrangea petal found rotten and decayed on the cement of an unfeeling civilization. J-pop provocateur and host of the Nante Japan podcast Ronald returns to reflect on the nature of stagnating beauty and castrated Instagram sexuality through the figure of one of the most gorgeous boys in the world, Japanese water popular player Arai Atsushi, and Visconti’s 1991 DEATH IN VENICE. Homo and hetero sexualities colliding, age melting from one’s hair, the e...
Tabloid superstar and host of the UNPOPULAR podcast Jacques Peterson joins to dive into the furthest extremities of Chi Chi ethos known to man with a complete oral history of the calamitously ill failed Japanese idol group, KEYAKIZAKA46. When a fascist militia of twenty-one Japanese high school girls are charged with the artistic duty of diffusing an entire nation’s cultural malaise, terrible things begin to happen. Sixteen year old girls faint en masse in fits of hyperventilating passion, they ...
[AVAILABLE ONLY ON PATREON] On the final installment of the Volkermord trilogy discussing art from and concerning the holocaust, the paths of the past and future converge as Jack Mason from The Perfume Nationalist slips into the muck with Chi Chi to find the faintest critical trace of meaning in the bleakest text ever written: Adolph Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF. A hurtling force sent directly from Hell reveals the true face of evil: monotony, artless rage, weakness and antipathy towards the world. What ...
The second entry in Chi Chi's VÖLKERMORD trilogy discussing the shadow of the holocaust. This week , the stars of the Evil Thespian podcast join to delve into Mishima Yukio's 1969 stage play MY FRIEND HITLER + Bob Fosse's 1971 CABARET. You start by admitting from cradle to tomb... it isn't that long a stay. It is shorter in Europe and shorter still in our recollection, it is shorter when your life accelerates at the breakneck speed of Dionysian abandon. Within the rush forward to fame and beauty...
