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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi Whistle And I’ll Come To You UK 1968 Director: Jonathan Miller Cast: Michael Hordern, Ambrose Coghill, Freda Dowie, Weird Spectral Apparition Cinema is the medium of sight and sound. It’s what you see and what you hear that matters, and how the two are deployed on screen to convey the essence of Continue reading
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Episode 699: Aymann Ismail!
Episode 699 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this episode, Samantha Nickerson interviews the journalist and memoirist about his new book, Becoming Baba: Fatherhood, Faith, and Finding Meaning in America. TEXT DISCUSSED Check out Aymann’s video series here. NOTES Learn more Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #354: Night of the Juggler
“Where’s Edwige and Manta!” I screamed, trying to break free of the ties that bound me. The Goose Lord smirked and motioned one of his goons to drag me to my feet. “That purple-clad loser is being dealt with,” the Goose Lord said, pointing his finger at me. “As for your pet marsupial, I’ll take Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #152: Scattering the Mirth
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #355: Three Ways and One Look
There’s a specific era of DC that many of their legendary runs originated—that specific bit of the late eighties and into the early nineties where Vertigo originally sprang. It’s from these years that we saw pure bombast take side stage for stories that wanted to address societal issues through the lens of the superhero comic. Continue reading
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Episode 698: Descartes a Kant!
Episode 698 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this episode, John interviews the rock band Descartes a Kant about the creation of exciting twenty-first century theatrical rock and roll. If you’d rather watch this interview, here ya go! TEXTS DISCUSSED Listen Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #353: Die Hard 2
I felt cold water splash across my face as I came to. A smirking Albert Simmons was holding the bucket. Standing next to him was the Goose Lord, dressed as Count Zarth Arn from Starcrash. The Goose Lord knelt down in front of me and grabbed my chin. “I know you think you’re the victim, Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia Playlist #151: The New Slide
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #354: It Keeps Happening
Another year, another shout into the void. I can only hope many of you are surviving as best you can while things continue to get weird, despicable, and hilarious in varying measures depending on the news day. But, despite everything, the medium we can’t tear ourselves away from persists. As has become a tradition at Continue reading
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Video: Anne Waldman Interview
On episode 694, I interviewed the poet Anne Waldman. Since there is a lag between editing of audio and video, here is the video, for those who prefer seeing the talk. Continue reading
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