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Today DJ Peach Cobbler asks if knowing can save us.
This is a too-long historical analysis of Blood Meridian, with a particular emphasis on its connections to the account of Cabeza de Vaca, the cycle of violence conquistadors introduced to the American Southwest, the disenchantment of war, and how war, nonetheless, endures. Drawing from his knowledge of the Apache Wars and Conquistador hijinks (technical term), Cobbler hopes to add to the discourse surrounding McCarthy’s exploration of the Glanton Gang. Through it all, DJ Peach Cobbler will also argue that this is the “anti-war book” for our era, and its recent success is a reflection of our societal disenchantment with war, and how war, still, endures.
In order to dissect (or ramble about) Blood Meridian, Cobbler must explain the connections between Chivalric Romances, Conquistadors, as well as how, in spite of all his effort, this video remains a failure. It had to be. It was written by a pillar of salt.
SPECIAL THANKS TO Thigikna who made the Thumbnail.
https://x.com/thigikna
youtube.com/@thigikna?si=scnHyH5WZPSxerOX
patreon.com/djpc
Medievalism in Cormac McCarthy's BLOOD MERIDIAN: youtu.be/R7RwsZXeLec?si=XMUA4zZHpPxWTAoc
BIBLIOGRAPHY (Publishers included in the case of Public Domain books):
Fiction:
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
Moby Dick by Herman Melville (Barnes & Noble)
Don Quixote by Cervantes (Penguin Classics)
Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, Translated by JRR Tolkien
Nonfiction:
An Account of the Narvaez Expedition by Cabeza de Vaca (Lakeside Press)
The South American Expeditions, 1540-1545 by Cabeza de Vaca (not really, but that’s how it’s always sold)
An Account of the Coronado Expedition by Pedro de Castaneda (Lakeside Press)
A Land so Strange by Andres Resendez
The Other Slavery by Andres Resendez
My Confession by Samuel Chamberlain (Dissident Review)
Books of the Brave by Irving A. Leonard
Chivalry & Exploration, 1298-1630 by Jennifer Goodman
Violence and the Sacred by Rene Girard
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolome de Las Casas (Penguin Classics)
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz (Penguin Classics)
Once they Moved like the Wind by David Roberts (I only quoted it once but idk it’s great, check it out)
Papers & Essays:
Striking Fire Out of the Rock: Gnostic Theology in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian by Petra Mundik
American Faerie: Medieval Fairy Lore in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian by Luke William Mills
Gravers False and True: Blood Meridian as Gnostic Tragedy by Leo Daugherty
Scale Armor on the North American Frontier: Lessons from the John G. Bourke Armor by Bleed, Long, Long, Roberg, Killick
Colonial Myths: The Conquest of Cabeza de Vaca by Willie Hurst
MUSIC USED:
Deep Space by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Atlantis by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Long Road Ahead B by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Echoes of Time v2 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Prelude No. 15 by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Carefree by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Laid Back Guitars by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Gathering Darkness by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Dark Mystery by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Classic Horror - Madness Paranoia by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Classic Horror 1 - Dark World by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Distant Tension by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
0:00 Intro
11:48 This Video is a Failure
26:28 Chivalrous Conquests
50:06 You’re not in La Mancha Anymore
01:17:24 Boys will be Boys
01:42:16 The Child, the Father, & The Man
02:16:14 War is God.
02:34:57 A Centrist Conclusion
Go to buyraycon.com/djpeachcobblerbc to get 15% off! Thanks to Raycon for sponsoring!
BaalBuddy made the Ogre comic! I’m so sorry!
Today DJ Peach Cobbler asks if knowing can save us.
This is a too-long historical analysis of Blood Meridian, with a particular emphasis on its connections to the account of Cabeza de Vaca, the cycle of violence conquistadors introduced to the American Southwest, the disenchantment of war, and how war, nonetheless, endures. Drawing from his knowledge of the Apache Wars and Conquistador hijinks (technical term), Cobbler hopes to add to the discourse surrounding McCarthy’s exploration of the Glanton Gang. Through it all, DJ Peach Cobbler will also argue that this is the “anti-war book” for our era, and its recent success is a reflection of our societal disenchantment with war, and how war, still, endures.
In order to dissect (or ramble about) Blood Meridian, Cobbler must explain the connections between Chivalric Romances, Conquistadors, as well as how, in spite of all his effort, this video remains a failure. It had to be. It was written by a pillar of salt.
SPECIAL THANKS TO Thigikna who made the Thumbnail.
https://x.com/thigikna
youtube.com/@thigikna?si=scnHyH5WZPSxerOX
patreon.com/djpc
Medievalism in Cormac McCarthy's BLOOD MERIDIAN: youtu.be/R7RwsZXeLec?si=XMUA4zZHpPxWTAoc
BIBLIOGRAPHY (Publishers included in the case of Public Domain books):
Fiction:
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
Moby Dick by Herman Melville (Barnes & Noble)
Don Quixote by Cervantes (Penguin Classics)
Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, Translated by JRR Tolkien
Nonfiction:
An Account of the Narvaez Expedition by Cabeza de Vaca (Lakeside Press)
The South American Expeditions, 1540-1545 by Cabeza de Vaca (not really, but that’s how it’s always sold)
An Account of the Coronado Expedition by Pedro de Castaneda (Lakeside Press)
A Land so Strange by Andres Resendez
The Other Slavery by Andres Resendez
My Confession by Samuel Chamberlain (Dissident Review)
Books of the Brave by Irving A. Leonard
Chivalry & Exploration, 1298-1630 by Jennifer Goodman
Violence and the Sacred by Rene Girard
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolome de Las Casas (Penguin Classics)
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz (Penguin Classics)
Once they Moved like the Wind by David Roberts (I only quoted it once but idk it’s great, check it out)
Papers & Essays:
Striking Fire Out of the Rock: Gnostic Theology in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian by Petra Mundik
American Faerie: Medieval Fairy Lore in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian by Luke William Mills
Gravers False and True: Blood Meridian as Gnostic Tragedy by Leo Daugherty
Scale Armor on the North American Frontier: Lessons from the John G. Bourke Armor by Bleed, Long, Long, Roberg, Killick
Colonial Myths: The Conquest of Cabeza de Vaca by Willie Hurst
MUSIC USED:
Deep Space by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Atlantis by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Long Road Ahead B by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Echoes of Time v2 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Prelude No. 15 by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Carefree by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Laid Back Guitars by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Gathering Darkness by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Dark Mystery by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Classic Horror - Madness Paranoia by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Classic Horror 1 - Dark World by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Distant Tension by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
0:00 Intro
11:48 This Video is a Failure
26:28 Chivalrous Conquests
50:06 You’re not in La Mancha Anymore
01:17:24 Boys will be Boys
01:42:16 The Child, the Father, & The Man
02:16:14 War is God.
02:34:57 A Centrist Conclusion
