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McClurg’s Musicalia Playlist #96: Looking Through Ghosts To See The Stars
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 warning and a… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #292: Confronting the Pile, Pt. 13
What was I saying last week? Never mind that, we got more DC miniseries to wade through this week. And the next. And the next. But this time, as with last week, I’m returning to a series I had touched on briefly last year that introduces us to a new character in DC canon with a fairly… Continue reading
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The Perfect Life #75
Dear Dr. Perfect, The new Fortnite season is coming soon, but my dad won’t buy me V-bucks! Since I’m going into high school this year, he thinks that I should get a job instead of relying on him for stuff like this. I don’t want a job, I just want to play Fortnite. It’s only… Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi The Spiral Staircase USA, 1945 Director: Robert Siodmak Cast: Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, Kent Smith The Spiral Staircase appears on this list largely because it may well be the first ‘slasher film’. Though tame by today’s standards, it stands out because of intelligent crafting and, as we shall see, the influence… Continue reading
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Episode 642: Schloctoberfest 2024 #1 (Crimes of the Future)!
On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss the existential provocations of two films called Crimes of the Future, both created by David Cronenberg. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted a small… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #502: Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things
Driblets of blood fell from my hand, a reminder of the sorry state of Waldo, my red and white striped compatriot in the fight against the Goose Lord and his gang, who was bleeding out from a bullet wound to the gut. I scrambled looking for gauze, but all I saw were rows of candy… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia Playlist #95: Boots and Black Feathers
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 warning and a… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #291: Confronting the Pile, Pt. 12
Would you believe there’s more in my pile than a dozen DC series that I haven’t gotten around to? My procrastination knows no bounds or publisher size. But, at the very least, this is a series that isn’t coming from 2021 or something I’ve yet to touch on at all. In fact, I did write… Continue reading
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The Perfect Life #74
Last Tuesday, my wife and I put on Twister for family movie night. We had thought our 7-year-old daughter was old enough for it, but alas, she was terrified and has been scared to go outside ever since. She cries when we ask her to come outside with us and is convinced that a tornado will come… Continue reading
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Episode 641: Catching up with Samantha Nickerson
On today’s show, John and Samantha Nickerson catch up and discuss Miami Book Fair, Celebrity Poetry, the comic mask, and the acting careers of James Franco, Jack Nicholson, and Robin Williams in a totally linear conversation. NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate… Continue reading
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