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The Curator of Schlock #531: Revolver
My life flashed before my eyes. That first time seeing Howard the Duck, Roadhouse, and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. That time I got my outward retainer stuck in my left eye. That time I stuck a wad of aluminum foil in the microwave to see what happened. These are the things one thinks of before one dies. The bullet… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #129: Possession and Other Spiritual Maladies
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 #326: Confronting the Pile, Pt. 29
Did you think that was all I had on that particular run of Harley Quinn? Oh no, the pile is too vast to cut things off after only seventeen issues—this goes so much deeper than that. And for Stephanie Phillips’ run, that means we get to see how much more she can do with the… Continue reading
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Video: The Kerouac Project Book Club (William S. Burroughs’ Junky)
On this show, John and Matt Peters inaugurate The Kerouac Project Book Club with a discussion of William S. Burrough’s first novel, Junky. Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi The Innocents England, 1961 Director: Jack Clayton Cast: Deborah Kerr, Megs Jenkins, Martin Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Michael Redgrave In the Gospel of Thomas, the world’s first Jungian psychologist, Jesus Christ, says what you do not bring forth will destroy you. In other words, what is inside you will either save or bring… Continue reading
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Replay Episode: Jaquira Díaz (2014)
This replay episode 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 replay episode, John talks to author and editor Jaquira Díaz. TEXTS DISCUSSED Read Jaquira Díaz’s “Cami” at Story South. Read Jocelyn Bartkevicius’s “Out of the Garden” at The Missouri Review. To hear… Continue reading
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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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