with Alex Zander, Justin Devlin and Vanessa Bellamy Junker
This episode breaks down chapter 2 (1995) of the forthcoming book The M.K. ULTRA STORY: “A Savage Journey Through The Sweaty Underbelly of Rock n’ Roll Subculture” is the forthcoming coffee table book to commemorate the rise of MK ULTRA Magazine from its humble beginnings in Pittsburgh in 1995 as a 28 page black and white newsprint tabloid of 250 copies to a full color near 100 page worldwide distributed magazine based out of Chicago.
The episode begins with a conversation with Justin Devlin in Pittsburgh discussing the origin of MK ULTRA and his involvement over the years as it grew beyond just a printed publication and then to Vanessa Bellamy Junker who served as assistant to Alex Zander for his duration in Indianapolis as the popularity continued to grow eventually taking it to Chicago in 1998.
Was there a lifestyle or a culture within the MK ULTRA ranks? Listen and find out.
PLAYLIST:
PIGFACE – “Asphole”
MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT – “Apollo 69”
GARBAGE – “Queer”
DESSAU – “Sun”
MOJO NIXON – “Tie My Pecker To My Leg”
MINISTRY – “Filth Pig”
CHEMLAB – “Vera Blue”
SISTER MACHINE GUN- “I Don’t Believe”