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Episode 125: Kent Wascom!
Episode 125 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 interview the novelist Kent Wascom, Plus Ian Rogers writes about reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES The music accompanying Ian Rogers’s Essay is The Lovely Moon‘s… Continue reading
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Shakespearing #19: Much Ado About Nothing
Shakespearing #19 by David Foley Much Ado About Nothing Why are Beatrice and Benedick so funny? Maybe you can’t appreciate the force of the question unless you’ve been reading a lot of Shakespeare lately, unless you’ve struggled through the sometimes dusty corridors of his humor, laboriously reconstructing jokes and trying to imagine how they landed four… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #64: Asylum
The Curator of Schlock #64 by Jeff Shuster Asylum Robert Patrick vs. Malcolm McDowell Your Curator of Schlock is still stuck in the asylum so to speak. It would seem there are many movies that go by this title. Since it’s still a couple weeks until this year’s Thanksgiving movie, I’ll be reviewing more Asylum… Continue reading
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The Lists #6: Upcoming Offerings from The Terrible Channel™
The Lists #6 as told to John King Upcoming Offerings from MAGIC MONKEY’S PUMPKIN HOUR (In 3-D) When Magic Monkey polishes its pumpkin, the stem spits out seeds that are diamonds, that each contain a glistening parable starring medieval Japanese babies. Dubbed into Icelandic from the Original Japanese. COMPETITIVE EATING TODAY Track the calories of… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #66: Superman, A Man’s Son
Heroes Never Rust #66 by Sean Ironman Man of Steel: Superman, A Man’s Son One of the complaints that I hear about the superhero films made in the last few years is that they are origin stories. How many times must we get Spider-Man’s origin? Superman’s origin? I must admit that I have made the… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas # 66: Adventures in Halloweening (An Afterword in the Style of Bierce)
In Boozo Veritas #66 by Jenn Benner Adventures in Halloweening: An Afterword in the Style of Bierce To the loyal and dedicated readers of In Boozo Veritas, I have co-opted Teege’s blog this week in order to plead for your assistance. No one has seen or heard from Teege since Halloween, and I am asking… Continue reading
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Shakespearing #18: Henry IV, Part 2
Shakespearing #18 by David Foley Henry IV, Part 2 Maybe because I read Henry IV, Part 2 in fits and starts, over a few weeks, it strikes me as less a play than a series of virtuosic vamps whose central theme doesn’t become clear until the end. That theme turns out to be the apotheosis… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #63: Asylum
The Curator of Schlock #63 by Jeff Shuster Asylum (I guess the title Funny Farm wasn’t scary enough) Happy Halloween, Halloweenies! Your Curator of Schlock (or should I say Curator of Shock!!!) has a tasty, terrifying treat for you this All Hallows Eve, a tour of an asylum of the incurably insane. This brings us… Continue reading
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The Lists #5: Warning Labels that Could Have Helped My College GPA
The Lists #5 by Chelsey Clammer 10 Warning Labels that Could Have Helped My College GPA On Cocaine: Not to be used while editing papers that are beyond the assigned page limit. On Physical Education Requirement: Not to be taken before 1pm. On Alcohol: Contents do not increase fluency in Spanish. On Marijuana: Refrain from use… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #65: Feed the Beast
Heroes Never Rust #65 by Sean Ironman Feed the Beast: What a Man Must Become to Survive Vietnam Many of the Marvel Comics characters created in the 1960s have their origin tied to war. The Fantastic Four tried to beat the Russians to Mars during the Cold War. The Incredible Hulk was born during a… Continue reading
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