2017
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Pensive Prowler #10: Honing in on Audrey Horne
Pensive Prowler #10 by Dmetri Kakmi Honing in on Audrey Horne Twin Peaks was a revolution — a revolution that spawned an icon: Audrey Horne. Viewers who experienced Twin Peaks when it first appeared were touched for life. It was like a sickness or a revelation. They never saw the world through the same eyes… Continue reading
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Episode 274: Litlando Memoir Panel with Lisa Roney & Kristen Arnett
Episode 274 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. NOTES Consider donating to The Drunken Odyssey’s indiegogo fundraiser here. Learn more about the nonprofit Page 15 here. Follow Kristen Arnett on twitter here, or check out her website. Check out The Florida Review here. Go… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #192: Crimes of the Black Cat
The Curator of Schlock #192 by Jeff Shuster Crimes of the Black Cat There should have been a clown in this one. Okay. I’ve got a beef with whoever is streaming these Italian movies on Amazon. Stop cropping the picture. I know some of these movies were shot in scope. Knock it off! HBO does this… Continue reading
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Episode 273: Jason Croft!
Episode 273 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, I catch up with Jason Croft about the continuing evolution of pin up and burly-q culture, Bunny Yeager’s legacy, the awesomeness of Medusirena, writing for pulp magazines, the joys and… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #191: Black Belly of the Tarantula
The Curator of Schlock #191 by Jeff Shuster Black Belly of the Tarantula Another score by Morricone? He’s the James Patterson of film composers! Did any of you ever watch The Wonder Years, that stupid Jean Shepherd wannabe reminiscence show about three kids growing up in the 1960s, a time of turbulent change. There was the… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #60: King Lear (1983)
60. Michael Elliott’s King Lear (1983) As I suggested when I reviewed Kurosawa’s Ran, King Lear is an epic fucking bummer. It begins with a heartbreak that destroys a family, and then the plot degenerates until the very notion of integrity and decency and nobility, along with a kingdom, is destroyed. The essence of the… Continue reading
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Episode 272: Henry Hughes!
Episode 272 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, I talk to the poet and memoirist Henry Hughes about how to get over rejection, poetry, the freedom of ekphrastic work, memoirs, and fishing, Plus Todd Boss reads his poem,… Continue reading
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Shakespearing #47: The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Shakespearing #47 by David Foley The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park Production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream The cult of the Fairy Queen has fallen into disuse, reduced to a remnant of aging votaries who follow her through the woods dressed in white. They serve her gently and lovingly, and why wouldn’t they?… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #190: Blood and Black Lace
The Curator of Schlock #190 by Jeff Shuster Blood & Black Lace Bava! Bava! Bava! It’s August. It’s hot out. I have to do a theme for this month. I know. Let’s do another Giallo Month. I think I read on a “Best Horror Movies for Summer” list somewhere that giallo movies are good for… Continue reading
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Episode 271: Mixtape #9 (Summer Overtime Blues)
Episode 271 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 curate more blues music that has sustained me in this summer of working too hard. Episode 271 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is… Continue reading
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