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Episode 227: HP Lovecraft Roundtable!
Episode 227 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 and my inestimable guests have a fine conversation about Lovecraft and his bizarre tales and his rather strange life and his exceptionally unfortunate opinions The participants included Elise McKenna, Tom… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #157: The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires by Jeff Shuster Shaw Brothers meets Hammer. Did someone lose a bet? Hey, Halloweenies, it’s the time of year again, time for your Curator of Schlock to transform into the Curator of Shock! And I’ve got some scary movies this month. At the behest of his editor, John… Continue reading
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21st Century Brontë #27: Just the Right Amount of Noise
21st Century Brontë #27 by Brontë Bettencourt Just the Right Amount of Noise When I worked in unemployment, I needed background noise in order to break the silence, to be able to focus on the tedium. Radio and music stopped working after a while because eventually they just became part of the tedious silence. That… Continue reading
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McMillan’s Codex #56: Homicide v. Everyone
McMillan’s Codex #56 by C.T. McMillan Homicide v. Everyone Back in April I reported on a lawsuit against Jim Sterling by developer Digital Homicide. DigiHom was suing for $11 million on 10 counts of libel after Sterling negatively reviewed their games. It has been almost two years since the feud began and there has yet… Continue reading
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Episode 226: Vidhu Aggarwal!
Episode 226 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 to poet Vidhu Aggarwal, plus Adelia Johnson writes about Ned Vizzini’s It’s Kind of a Funny Story changed her life. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Here is Ned Vizzini’s obituary from The… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #156: The Glass Wall
The Curator of Schlock #156 by Jeff Shuster The Glass Wall Don’t go to America! So The Glass Wall starts out with a boatload of refugees sailing into Ellis Island, fleeing the war-torn wasteland of World War II for a new life in the United States of America. Unfortunately, not every passenger on board… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #40: Cymbeline (2014)
40. Michael Almereyda’s Cymbeline (2014) With his Hamlet, Michael Almereyda demonstrated some interesting interpretive choices marred by casting a mawkish, mumbling Ethan Hawke as Hamlet, and Ethan Hawke Ethan Hawked the shit out of that shitty film. With his Cymbeline, Michael Almereyda demonstrated some astoundingly feeble tawdry interpretive choices marred even further by casting a… Continue reading
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Episode 225: Bob Kealing!
Episode 225 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 to the journalist and historian, Bob Kealing, plus Heather Whited reads her essay about eating and drinking in Japan, “Onigiri, Shirasagi, and Me.” TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES The Daytona News-JournalThe… Continue reading
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21st Century Brontë #26: Grace Paley, Writing, and Romance
21st Century Brontë #26 by Brontë Bettencourt Grace Paley, Writing, and Romance In April I drove to Georgia with my friends, Sammie, Leah, and Sally. During the eight-hour drive riddled with traffic jams and sidelined accidents, the topic of weddings came up in conversation. I learned that three out of four of us had numerous,… Continue reading
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McMillan’s Codex #55: Modded
McMillan’s Codex #55 by C.T. McMillan Modded As a console gamer, sometimes I envy PC abilities. Computer gamers can change out graphics cards for upgrades, use mouse and keyboard, and have easier access to online features. And there are mods. Mods are additions or alterations to videogames. This can include texture/model/audio swaps, cheats for gameplay, or a completely… Continue reading
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