The core of “Tomorrow’s Deviants” revolves around audio of the 1965 anti-pornography propaganda film Perversion for Profit, which features the narration of news reporter George Putnam. It is interesting that while the arguments Putnam presents in the film focus on pornography magazines, many of the same arguments could potentially be made in the early twenty-first century with the prominence of the Internet and other modern technologies, which in turn have made it much easier than ever for the average person to find pornography.

Admittedly, Tomorrow’s Deviants is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek recasting of Putnam’s own words from Perversion for Profit. In fact, several key words and phrases from the film are featured in the newspaper-style cover art. Putnam’s narration naturally inspired the use of sound effects, which essentially perverts his arguments to convert his message into a comedy of sorts, especially when his words are heard more than forty years after they were initially spoken.

Tomorrow’s Deviants features multiple versions of the original piece, including the “Parental Mix” which removes the sound effects. Other pieces in this set play in various ways with the concepts of deviants and their thoughts and desires. Of these, my personal favorite is “Sated,” due to its contrast of instrumentation with the overall theme.