2017
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Buzzed Books #52: The Atheist Wore Goat Silk
Buzzed Books #52 by Amy Watkins Anna Journey’s The Atheist Wore Goat Silk Much art is made to elevate mundane things. Think of Georgia O’Keefe demanding that we look again at humble flowers. Think of Neruda gazing at a slice of lemon and seeing a cathedral window, or finding the poetry in a suit or… Continue reading
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Pensive Prowler #6: At Flinders Street Station I Sat Down and Wept
Pensive Prowler #6 by Dmetri Kakmi At Flinders Street Station I Sat Down and Wept Since you asked nicely I will tell you what’s been happening in my life lately. It will interest you if you’re a writer. If you’re not a member of the very sozzled you might like to block your ears until… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #51: Prospero’s Books [The Tempest] (1991)
51. Peter Greenaway’s Prospero’s Books [The Tempest] (1991) Peter Greenaway’s Prospero’s Books is the most visionary adaptation of Shakespeare that I have ever seen, and that declaration is made with all due consideration to Julie Taymor’s amazing film of Titus Andronicus. Prospero’s Books may be the most underrated film of all time. And yet your rogue has… Continue reading
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Episode 255: Holly Tavel!
Episode 255 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 episode, I talk to fiction writer Holly Tavel about the urge to experiment in fiction, the need to subvert grand narratives, and the joys of the avant-garde and children’s schlock and obsessions of… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #50: Mystery Science Theater 3000 Episode 1009 [Hamlet] (1999)
50. Mystery Science Theater 3000 Episode 1009 [Franz Peter Wirth’s Hamlet] (1999) I am going to pause amidst my round of tempesting to honor an old episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, in honor of this show’s return. The Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode devoted to Franz Peter Wirth’s 1960 German television version of Hamlet is… Continue reading
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Episode #254: Mailbag 8 (with David James Poissant)!
Episode 254 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, David James Poissant and I offer words of advice for new writers and answer some of their questions, in the equivalent of our 8th mailbag episode, almost 2 years after the… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #49: The Tempest (2012)
48. Shelagh O’Brien’s film of Des McAnuff’s The Tempest (2012) I don’t waste a lot of words on this blog considering the theoretical consequences of adapting Shakespeare’s stage plays into film. While good stage versions are better than films, generally speaking, those stage versions can’t be watched later, and even if you see a production more… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #177: Resident Evil Retribution
The Curator of Schlock #177 by Jeff Shuster Resident Evil: Retribution Zombie simulators and evil computers. We’re in week five of Resident Evil month and I am dead-dog tired. Is there such a thing as too much of a good thing? Perhaps. The fact that director Paul W.S. Anderson could keep this zombie extravaganza rolling through six… Continue reading
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Episode 252: The Intoxicators!
Episode 252 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 episode, I talk to Gary Evans, Brian Crum, and Adam Watson of The Intoxicators about writing music, working collaboratively, fast tempos, and staying fired up! ALBUMS Episode 252 of The Drunken Odyssey,… Continue reading
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