Modern Art, Rock N Roll and other things you're parents warned you about. triple j's Craig Shuftan takes you on a guided tour through the history of Culture.
triple j: The Culture Club - Viva La Revolution!Episode: 23 of 23
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Find out why Coldplay have vandalised Eugene Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People on the cover of their new album, and why painters and singers alike just can't resist a good old popular uprising.
triple j: The Culture Club - Live fast and die youngEpisode: 22 of 23
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If you've caught the lyrics of MGMT's Time to Pretend, you might have noticed the Brooklyn duo pledging to live a life of excess - with all the drugs and the booze and the fancy cars and the private islands and whatnot. They know it'll kill them, but they don't care. This drive to self-destruction is as old as rock and roll itself, and actually much older than that.
triple j: The Culture Club - Weezer's fanfare for the underground manEpisode: 21 of 23
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Discover the joys of loneliness and self-denial with a little help from Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo and Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky
triple j: The Culture Club: Goethe and the 18th century EmoEpisode: 20 of 23
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J. W. Von Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther got thousands of young Germans emoting like crazy in 1774. Hysterical 18th century TV news stories about The Teen Cult that Puts Your Children at Risk followed quickly in its wake.
triple j: The Culture Club: Where do Goths come from?Episode: 19 of 23
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Your guide to nearly 2000 glorious years of Goths - from the fall of the Roman Empire to The Birthday Party and beyond.
triple j: The Culture Club: It's Just the End of the WorldEpisode: 18 of 23
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Find out how to stop worrying and love the apocalypse with David Bowie, Liza Minnelli and Panic at the Disco.
triple j: The Culture Club: The New Gospel, HomeyEpisode: 17 of 23
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Spend some more time with the 19th century's most loveable pessimist, Arthur Schopenhauer, and find out what's up with Kanye's Jesus shapes.
triple j: The Culture Club: The Nightingale and the Salmon DanceEpisode: 16 of 23
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Travel back to the year 1819 and discover the intellectual background to the Chemical Brothers' underwater dance craze
triple j: The Culture Club: That which does not kill me, makes me harder, better, faster...Episode: 15 of 23
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Schuf enlists the help of 19th century philosopher and all-round music lover Friedrich Nietzsche in his quest to find out why Kanye West thinks he's better than you
triple j: The Culture Club: Why people don't dance no more?Episode: 14 of 23
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A great night out with the Rapture, The B52's, the Black Eyed Peas and... heavily moustachioed 19th century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche?
triple j: The Culture Club: How John Cage turned Noise into MusicEpisode: 13 of 23
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triple j: The Culture Club: Maquis de SadeEpisode: 12 of 23
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triple j: The Culture Club: Marcel Duchamp - Original Rockstar?Episode: 11 of 23
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triple j: The Culture Club: Screaming for your ArtEpisode: 10 of 23
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triple j: The Culture Club: Situationists Rage Against the SpectacleEpisode: 9 of 23
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triple j: The Culture Club: Death to Niceness!Episode: 8 of 23
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triple j: The Culture Club: World's Most Vexating SongEpisode: 7 of 23
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triple j: The Culture Club: Fluxus ArtistsEpisode: 6 of 23
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triple j: The Culture Club: Fight Boredom, LiterallyEpisode: 5 of 23
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triple j: The Culture Club: Existentialism with HonestyEpisode: 4 of 23
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triple j: The Culture Club: Crazy ArtistsEpisode: 3 of 23
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triple j: The Culture Club: Why Your Nan Hates Hip-HopEpisode: 2 of 23
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triple j: The Culture Club: BeatniksEpisode: 1 of 23
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