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The Curator of Schlock #530: Big Guns
Banana-Man struggled to get up, but eventually got to his feet. Edwige, my kangaroo companion from misadventures in North America, growled again and looked ready to pounce on the man. I stood in front of her, wagging my finger in her face. Kangaroos don’t understand that street vendors have a right to refuse a fifty… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #128: Thresholds
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 #325: Confronting the Pile, Pt. 28
The abyss beckons once more as there are depths of the pile that I had almost forgotten about. I do remember ordering some series on a bit of a whim as the writer and artist team sounded like they would make a fun monthly hero comic. And once those issues started coming in, I kept… Continue reading
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Episode 674: Peter Kuper, interviewed by Drew Barth!
Episode 674 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, Drew Barth interviews the legendary artist Peter Kuper about his newest book, Insectopolis, a work of creative entomology made while alone in the New York Public Library during the Covid epidemic.… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #529: Absolution
The Revenging Manta, the ninja vigilante of downtown Orlando, slowly slid the straw from his large cherry slurpee up through his mask. He sipped a few gulps, no doubt in contemplating about what our responsibility was to the downed Banana-Man crumpled on the blacktop. The Banana-Man began to stir, opening his eyes as he struggled… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #127: Potential Entity
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 #324: A Far Off Time
I’ve talked about anthologies multiple times in this article in the past—there’s very little to not like about them. But when it comes to American comics culture, there hasn’t really been a mainstream anthology series that’s been consistently published. We have our shorter anthologies here and there for a few years, but there’s nothing here… Continue reading
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Episode 673: The Kerouac Project of Orlando Book Club Discussion of William S. Burrough’s Junky (with Matt Peters)!
Episode 673 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this show, John and Matt Peters inaugurate The Kerouac Project Book Club with a discussion of William S. Burrough’s first novel, Junky. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES NOTES If you’d like to support this show… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #528: The Goonies
The Goonies I was transfixed at the sight of the unconscious Banana-Man and the dozen or so street urchins grabbing at the chocolate covered frozen bananas that had spilled onto the asphalt. Edwige, my kangaro companion from my misadventures in North America, looked pleased with herself as she had been the one to knock him… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #126: Sharp Charms
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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