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Episode 719: A Conversation about Tobe Hooper’s Lifeforce (1985) with Shawn McKee!

Episode 719 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s episode, John King and Shawn McKee dig down into the mysteries of taste and the effect a lot of nudity can have… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #373: Out of Bounds

Well, that was a bad idea. Never try to organize a prize fight between a kangaroo and gorilla and expect the gorilla to play ball. Morrie, the Gorilla, leaped out the ring and wreaked havoc all over the Museum of Schlock. The exhibition on Menahem’s Golan’s The Apple is in tatters. Catherine Mary Stewart’s silver boots alone… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #170: Liminal Birds

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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101 Horror Movie Nights

with Dmetri Kakmi The Wicker Man UK 1973 Director: Robin Hardy Cast: Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt, Assorted Naked Pagans Warning: Deleterious Kukurbit, as I call him, did not write this month’s column. I did. My name is Mr Sozzled Scribbler. You may call me SS. Mr Kukurbit is off-colour and he asked me… Continue reading
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Episode 718: Gilbert King, Plus Laura Lee Baher and Erik Deckers Event!

Episode 718 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s episode, John interviews the Pulitzer Prize-wining justice journalist and researcher Gilbert King, plus TDO proudly shares a dual book-launch event for Laura… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #372: Pee Wee’s Big Adventure

A Happy 4th of July to all the many patrons of the Museum of Schlock. We’ll be having an outside prize fight between Edwige, my kangaroo companion from my misadventures in North America, and a gorilla named Morrie on loan from a local crypto bro. We’ll have free firecrackers for the kids. Buy one, get one… Continue reading
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MCClurg’s Musicalia #169: Break’s Over

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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Video: Mickey Mousing Around #7: Reacting to “The Plowboy.”

John and Samantha return to the black and white era of Mickey Mouse to witness Mickey getting even more country. Continue reading
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Episode 717: Bob Spitz!

Episode 717 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s episode, John interviews music journalist and biographer Bob Spitz about the massive sixty-year career of The Rolling Stones, how the music moves… Continue reading
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