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The Lists #30: Essential Pick Up Lines
The Lists #30 by Jason Roeder Essential Pick Up Lines “Meditation helps me achieve ego murder.” “We could burn every book, and I’d sleep like a baby.” “Nickname: Filth Town” “I spy a fellow anti-circumcision activist!” “I was named after Shark Tank.” “I’m like the Grand Wizard of porn dependence.” “It’s a hoot making cashiers… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #38: Henry V (1944)
38. Laurence Olivier’s Henry V (1944) So last week I barely endured all the shit-mongering of Michael Almereyda’s Hamlet, which seemed even worse this time than the previous times I’ve watched it. Rather than careen at Almereyda’s Cymbeline, I took pity on myself and watched something—anything—else. What I picked was Olivier’s Henry V, which I… Continue reading
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Episode #222: Ryler Dustin!
Episode 222 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 poet and novelist Ryler Dustin near the end of his residency at the Kerouac House in Orlando, after a weeklong tour of weddings. We speak about the… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #153: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
The Curator of Schlock #153 by Jeff Shuster Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory The greatest children’s movie of all time? Yes. As I’ve stated on this blog before, I had access to cable TV and a VCR when I was four years-old. I routinely watched Star Wars, Oliver, Fiddler on the Roof, and Willy… Continue reading
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21st Century Brontë #23: My First Reading
21st Century Brontë #23 by Brontë Bettencourt My First Reading On August 9th, I participated in There Will Be Words. That was the first time I read my work before an audience, and this particular reading focused on fanfiction. Months ago, My editor approached me to join this show. I said yes before the anxiety… Continue reading
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McMillan’s Codex #53: Metal Gear Survive
McMillan’s Codex #53 by C.T. McMillan Metal Gear Survive (Trailer Analysis) There is no denying my Hideo Kojima bias. I like his awkward but compelling writing, how he separates story from gameplay, and the pseudo-realistic aesthetic. Even as I grow cynical I still like what Kojima has done. While I cannot abide by Konami’s treatment of… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #37: Hamlet (2000)
37. Michael Almereyda’s Hamlet (2000) When it comes to presenting Shakespeare well on film, sometimes it just isn’t enough to be a pretentious twat. Baz Luhrman has proven that once, and Michael Almereyda has proven that twice, the first time with Hamlet. This Hamlet stars a really goofy knit-cap. Underneath it, unfortunately for this movie,… Continue reading
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Episode 221: There Will Be Fan Fiction 2 (The Revenge)
Episode 221 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 share There Will Be Fan Fiction 2, a special edition of Jesse Bradley’s prose reading series, There Will Be Words. This installment features the fan fiction of Shauna Basques… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #152: Casino Royale
The Curator of Schlock #152 by Jeff Shuster Casino Royale (The movie is shit.) Oh, I’m sorry. No clever sub-head this week. I dove down a rabbit hole that I should have steered clear away from. What am I getting at? Where do I start? You know, I tend to view the cinema of the… Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #13: Young Kid in a Voting Booth
Aesthetic Drift #13 by Brett Pribble Young Kid in a Voting Booth Alone in my college apartment, satirical versions of Al Gore and George Bush reenacted the first debate of the 2000 election on Saturday Night Live. Will Farrell played Bush as a clueless redneck, and Darrel Hammond’s take on Gore was rude and robotic.… Continue reading
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