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Episode 628: Kent Wascom!
On this week’s show, I talk to the novelist Kent Wascom about the continuation of the Woolsack legacy in his new novel, The Great State of West Florida. We discuss the vibrantly chaos of Florida, the postmodern pulp possibilities of the western genre, and the importance of a great book cover. BOOK DISCUSSED NOTES Check out our earlier… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #491: Violent Naples
“Help!” Edwige, my kangaroo companion from my misadventures in North America, the Revenging Manta, the ninja vigilante of downtown Orlando, and I heard the cry coming from the Sheena: Queen of the Jungle exhibit. I almost tripped over the collapsed state of Tanya Roberts while rushing into the exhibit. Waldo, the punk of the Goose Lord gang… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #79: In the Sweat and Dew of Pyramids and Lilacs
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 warning and a… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #275: And So We Return
Over the past few years, many comics take a quick break before returning to their worlds. Creative teams need breaks. While some never come back after their first arc and stay unfinished for years, we do see others pop back up after brief pauses to finish the next steps in their stories. After covering the… Continue reading
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Episode 627: David McLoghlin!
On this week’s show, I talk to the poet David McLoghlin about his newest collection of poems, Crash Centre, history, religion, rugby, boarding school, trauma, and exiting the comforts of metaphor. TEXT DISCUSSED Buy Crash Centre here. NOTES Check out our earlier conversion back on episode 309. Check out David reading Rilke’s “Presentiment” back on episode… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #490: The Tough Ones
There I was with my faithful companion the Revenging Manta, the ninja vigilante of downtown Orlando and Edwige, a female kangaroo fitted with boxing gloves. I wondered how we were going to rid the Museum of Schlock of the Goose Lord and his gang of thugs. If only I had access back then what I… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #78: If We Only Had Those Tools We Threw Away
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 warning and a… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #274: Sam’s Universe of Energy
Living in the opening of a climate crisis, I’m watching for something good to happen—an uptick in renewable energy sources, fusion energy finally achieved, or another miracle. Comics are bastions of fantastical thinking, right? Only in the pages of a comic could we see a tower that provides almost limitless energy by harvesting the personifications… Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi The Bride of Frankenstein USA 1935 Director: James Whale Cast: Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive The Bride of Frankenstein is unique in the horror pantheon. Far from being a mere sequel to Whale’s own Frankenstein (1931), it is a beast in its own right. And, like Beatrice to Dante, the ‘monster’s mate’… Continue reading
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Episode 626: Ian Patterson (Redux)!
In this week’s show, Chelsea Alice interviews translator Ian Patterson again. This time they discuss The Theory of the Four Movements by the 19th century French utopian thinker Charles Fourier, as a way of thinking about 19th century history, science, and philosophy. They also discuss Ian’s recent poetry collection Shell Vestige Disputed. The last time these two discussed Ian’s translation of… Continue reading
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