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The Curator of Schlock #35: Mortal Kombat
The Curator of Schlock #35 by Jeffrey Shuster Mortal Kombat = Mortal Komplicated! Okay. Time to roll out the big guns (err, fists) with 1995’s Mortal Kombat from director Paul W. S. Anderson. Oh man. Where do I even begin? Mortal Kombat was the game back the mid 90s. I remember getting my copy of Mortal… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #36: The Playboy
Heroes Never Rust #36 by Sean Ironman The Playboy The third issue of Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules switches things up, and, instead of the point of view character being a member of the Fantastic Four, the point of view character is Johnny Sturm’s best friend, Richard Mannelman. I’m a fan of stories where the protagonist… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #36: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
In Boozo Veritas #36 by Teege Braune The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám It is a shame that no one can talk about Edward FitzGerald’s best selling nineteenth century poem The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám without weighing in on the famous controversy surrounding the former’s admittedly un-literal translation of the Persian poets original quatrains. The never ending… Continue reading
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Episode 93: St. Mark’s Bookshop!
Episode 93 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 Bob Contant and Terry McCoy, the owners of St. Mark’s Bookshop, Plus Dan Lauer writes about identity and New York City. NOTES Check out the indiegogo crowd-sourcing effort to… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #34: Double Dragon
The Curator of Schlock #34 by Jeffrey Shuster Double Dragon: Two for One! I’ve been getting some complaints that I don’t do enough kung fu movies. Well, I’m afraid my kung fu knowledge ends with Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, the greatest television show of all time. There was this one episode where this evil stage… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #35: The Invisible Woman
Heroes Never Rust #35 by Sean Ironman The Invisible Woman Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules #2 switches focus from Reed Richards to Susan Sturm. We see that the four-issue miniseries takes place in one day, with this issue beginning with Reed’s phone call to Susan from last issue. We also get a little bit of superhero… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #7: Train Shots
Buzzed Books #7 by Mark Pursell Vanessa Blakeslee’s Train Shots In “Princess of Pop”, the eighth of eleven stories that comprise Vanessa Blakeslee’s debut collectionTrain Shots, Blakeslee gives a voice to one of our most exposed yet tight-lipped pop culture titans: Britney Spears. In a gutsy move that could have easily backfired or lent itself… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #35: Mothers Bring Your Sons, Fathers Bring Your Daughters
In Boozo Veritas #35 by Teege Braune Mothers Bring Your Sons, Fathers Bring Your Daughters A few weeks ago I was honored to be invited by my friend Cathleen to participate in her reading series, Literocalypse. Cathleen Bota and Kristen Arnett began Literocalypse in the fall of last year and host it in The Space, a… Continue reading
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Episode 92: J. Bradley!
Episode 92 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 the multidisciplinary wonder that is J. Bradley, Plus Molly Gleeson writes about reading Anthony Trollope while teaching in Saudia Arabia. TEXTS DISCUSSED Hear J. Bradley… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #33: Battle Beyond the Stars
The Curator of Schlock #33 by Jeffrey Shuster Battle Beyond the Stars: Better Never than Late John Saxon returns to the Museum of Schlock in Battle Beyond the Stars, the story of how the evil Sador of the Malmori (John Saxon) and his army of deformed mutant freaks tried to conquer Akir, a pathetic farming planet.… Continue reading
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