An Authentic Performance Rather than Performing Authenticity

When authenticity is defined by its opposition to performativity, it ironically becomes a performance. And as much as we in the Generation X loved irony, we preferred to enjoy ironically rather than get caught up in it ourselves. But, when you're reduced to performing your authenticity by calling out phonies and sell-outs, you become an ironic caricature of whatever authenticity you think you represent. In this episode we will explore the positions of the Lacanian "Psychotic, Neurotic, and Pervert" to see if we can uncover any authentic performances, or if we're all just stuck in the ironic performance of authenticity.

Badass Remixes by James Reeves of Midnight Radio: jamesreeves.co

This episode contains heavily decelerated and filtered portions of Armando's "Land of Confusion" and Levon Vincent's "Late Night Jam." Two members of the Generation X who figured out how to get sonically free.

Trying Too Hard