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Lost Chords & Serenades Divine #18
Lost Chords & Serenades Divine #18 by Stephen McClurg Christopher C. King’s Lament from Epirus: An Odyssey into Europe’s Oldest Surviving Folk Music (2018) In an interview, Christopher C. King said that he doesn’t listen to music after 1940. The least generous image that came to my mind was a Mr. Show segment in the… Continue reading
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The Perfect Life #4: Reasonable Accommodations
The Perfect Life #4 Dear Dr. Perfect. I am struggling to be fully supportive of my sister’s lifestyle. She’s a dominatrix, and is very public about that, as she wears scarlet latex everywhere. Her bond with her current slave is strong. At family gatherings, he must eat his meal from a dog-bowl on the floor… Continue reading
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Episode 458: A Discussion of Lynda Barry’s Syllabus (with Leslie Salas)!
Episode 458 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s show, Leslie Salas and I discuss Lynda Barry’s composition book-inspired musings on art, Syllabus, and how not just craft, but creativity itself is… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #341: Madhouse
The Curator of Schlock #341 by Jeff Shuster Madhouse It’s February. I’m watching slasher movies. I escaped a vampire house and lived to tell the tale. Here’s the story: I gave three copies of my spec screenplay called The Taming of the Screw, a kind of My Dinner With Andre, but with vampires. Wally, Celestial, and Jervis… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #108: A One-Shot Look
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #108 by Drew Barth A One-Shot Look I’ve written about my appreciation for shorter comics. I appreciate how a two page story by Junji Ito contain more horror than most full-length films. Another master of the short story art, Hirohiko Araki, had his series of shorts, Thus Spoke… Continue reading
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The Diaries of a Sozzled Scribbler #24
The Diaries of a Sozzled Scribbler #24 Transcribed by DMETRI KAKMI 1 February 2021 I’ve been on the run since John King leaked the Kamala Papers, which reveal that Joe Biden is Kamala Harris disguised as a white man. Oh, my dears, it caused quite the international scandal. I promised Kamala to withhold the revelations… Continue reading
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The Perfect Life #3: COVID Etiquette
The Perfect Life #3 Dear Dr. Perfect. In the time of COVID-19, how can I make my loved ones comply with the necessary safety measures to keep this disease from spreading? My brother is a nudist and insists that masks infringe upon his anatomical sovereignty. My cousin’s cat is asthmatic. And my sister says that… Continue reading
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Episode 457: Ryan Rivas!
Episode 457 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s show, Ryan Rivas talk about small press publishing, book design, and the value of MFA programs. NOTES TDO Listeners can get 20%… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #340: Black Scorpion II
The Curator of Schlock #340 by Jeff Shuster Black Scorpion II: Aftershock Yes, Corman made a sequel. You know you’ve hit rock bottom when the best friend you’ve got is a kangaroo named Edwige, but my luck might be turning around. I discovered a magic spell in a grimoire hidden deep in the manor library,… Continue reading
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