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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi Kuroneko (Black Cat From the Grove) Japan 1968 Director: Kaneto Shindo Cast: Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Kiwako Taichi, Flying Cat Creature From Hell You must have gathered I have a weakness for the ghost story. Nothing gets my blood racing like a frightful apparition floating eerily down a misty corridor. Hush, my Continue reading
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Episode 701: Greg Proops!
Episode 701 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s show, I speak with the comedian Greg Proops about comedy writing, comedy performance, his new album, Free State of California, improv, politics, film, and more. NOTES Links to the work and Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #356: Nightcrawler
Nightcrawler I couldn’t fathom the evil of the Goose Lord, a man driven to heartless revenge due to his love of 1978’s Starcrash. Now he was in possession of a mass driver, no doubt stolen from the U.S. Navy. With this deadly weapon, he planned to destroy Walt Disney World and lay waste to Galaxy’s Edge, a Star Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia Playlist #155: Morning’s Crucible
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 #358: Several Points Beyond
How many times have I mentioned my love of anthologies? It’s been at least a couple months, right? While comics as a medium are great for telling longer stories, shorter pieces are stitched into their DNA. Good anthologies come and go and the best stick around in your mind for years since there’s always that Continue reading
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Video: The Best Writing Advice I Ever Got
Here is a video about transformative writing advice I received from my now friend, Henry Hughes. Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #355: Night of the Comet
Night of the Comet “What are your plans, you fiend?” I asked glaring at the Goose Lord. Edwige, my kangaroo companion from my misadventures in North America, was tethered between the conducting rails of a mass driver. She wriggled to get free, but it was no use. The Goose Lord squeezed my cheeks with his Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia Playlist #154: Monkeywrench in the Lion’s Den
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 #357: Confronting the Pile, Pt. 42
The more I look at the pile whenever I’m in my room, it only grows larger. Even after all of these articles, it has only increased. If I’ll have any New Year’s Resolution, it’ll be to finally complete that pile and have my shelf space finally open again. And for this week, I’m digging deep Continue reading
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700: Chuck Klosterman!
Episode 700 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 speaks with the underrated novelist and essay writer Chuck Klosterman about his wickedly funny and ever-insightful new book called Football. They also speak about post-modernism and humor and how audiences Continue reading
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