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Episode 724: Kathy Fagan!
Episode 724 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 speaks with Kathy Fagan about bathos, pop culture, and of course mortality. Her newest poetry volume, The Unbecoming, becomes on… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #383: Batman/Superman: Public Enemies
I’m a simple man. I want my superhero movies to be about good guys versus bad guys. I don’t want superhero movies where a nutcase dresses up as a bat and tries to carve out the heart of Superman. I’m not saying Batman and Superman need to be best friends. I just want to see… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #180: An Evening Boil
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 #388: The War of a Kirby Saga Thickens
Returning to our action already in progress reveals the widening scope of Jack Kirby’s Fourth World saga and why it needed to be four separate series. Kirby knew the scale of war and how it could slowly encroach upon the world around it. As we thumb through this second volume of his Fourth World, we see how many different pieces… Continue reading
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Video: Reacting to Mickey Mouse in “The Cactus Kid”!
John and Samantha react to another classic Mickey Mouse cartoon. As in Gallopin’ Gaucho (1928), The Cactus Kid (1930) once again shows Mickey Mouse entering a bar at which Minnie Mouse presides. A lecherous Pete shows up and commits crimes. Continue reading
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Episode 723: The Kerouac Project of Orlando Book Club Discussion of Gregory Corso’s The Happy Birthday of Death (with Alex Gurtis)!
Episode 723 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 and Alex Gurtis dive deeper into Gregory Corso’s poetry as part of The Kerouac Project of Orlando Book Club. TEXTS… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #382: Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Welcome to Week 2 of Batman Month here at the Museum of Schlock. This week’s feature is 2019’s Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from director Jake Castorena. Many of you will be disappointed as there is no scene of Batman hogtying Leonardo as he cries out “April! April!” Batman would then proceed to slice Leonardo’s head… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #179: Still Here
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 #387: Prescient Moments
The rhythm for the last few months has been my following the various volumes and omnibuses of series like Promethea, The Invisibles, and now Jack Kirby’s Fourth World. While this is a rhythm I’d like to maintain, something stuck me when I got to end of the first volume of the Fourth World omnibuses and that’s The Forever People #3 and… Continue reading
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Episode 722: Barbara Hamby!
Episode 722 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 interviews Barbara Hamby about the array of odes in her wonderful new poetry collection, Burn. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES To… Continue reading
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