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The Curator of Schlock #225: Dragon Eyes
The Curator of Schlock #225 by Jeff Shuster Dragon Eyes And Ol’ Blue Eyes…sort of. No blog last week. I was busy celebrating May the 4th, spent the whole day dressed as Sy Snootles. We here at The Museum of Schlock would like to extend a belated May the 4th to all the Star Wars… Continue reading
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Episode 313: A Craft Discussion of An Essay on Criticism, with Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 313 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 with Vanessa Blakeslee about Alexander Pope’s Essay on Criticism and twitter and other stuff. NOTES Pre-order Vanessa’s forthcoming short story collection, Perfect Conditions, or check out Vanessa’s other work. If you like Walt… Continue reading
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Lost Chords & Serenades Divine #9: Stump: Quirk Out (1986)
Lost Chords & Serenades Divine #9 by Stephen McClurg Stump: Quirk Out (1986) Stump, a band difficult to categorize, is compared most frequently to Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. Stump formed right around the time that Beefheart’s last official album, Ice Cream for Crow (1982), came out, so maybe something in the ether passed… Continue reading
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Episode 312: Gerald Stern & Victor Hernandez Cruz!
Episode 312 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 program, I talk to poets Gerald Stern and Victor Hernandez Cruz, plus I share the prologue to John McMahon’s A Boy from Nantucket. Texts Discussed NOTES Learn more about J. McMahon’s A Boy From… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #224: Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
The Curator of Schlock #224 by Jeff Shuster Resident Evil: The Final Chapter AKA Zombie Massacre 6 Any of you out there ever watch the movie CQ from director Roman Coppola? The film is a love letter to all those groovy movies that came out of Europe during the 60s and 70s. It centers on… Continue reading
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Pensive Prowler #18: Hamlet of the Abyss
Pensive Prowler #18 by Dmetri Kakmi Hamlet of the Abyss Hamlet’s actions and motivations have either been compared to the “unnatural” drives of Oedipus towards his mother, or he has been charged with an inability to navigate his way, in mature fashion, through the forest of choices pressed upon him during his ordeal in the… Continue reading
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Episode 311: M. Evelina Galang!
Episode 311 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 M. Evelina Galang about writing about the insistence of history, collaborating with other voices, being inspired by our elders, and conveying the true flux of language. Books… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #223: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Curator of Schlock #223 by Jeff Shuster Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I like turtles. I like turtles. I especially like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Yes, that’s right. I like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I’m not apologizing for this, acting like it’s some weird affectation. What’s not to like about them? They’re teenagers,… Continue reading
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Lost Chords & Serenades Divine #8 : Oumou Sangaré: Mogoya (2017)
Lost Chords & Serenades Divine #8 by Stephen McClurg Oumou Sangaré: Mogoya (2017) Innovation in pop music seems connected to production rather than musicianship. I hear great sounds and textures sometimes in pop music, but it’s rare I get excited by musical performance. Maybe that’s my own failing in not putting in the listening hours… Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #18: O, Miami!
Aesthetic Drift #18 by Freesia McKee O, Miami! When you move to a new city and tell strangers that you’re a poet, brace yourself for reactions like, “Do you actually make money?” and “I don’t really get poetry.” But when you tell strangers in Miami that you’re a poet, they tend to say, “Have you… Continue reading
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