• 101 Horror Movie Nights #3

    101 Horror Movie Nights #3

    with your host, Dmetri Kakmi Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1931, USA Director: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Frederick March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Edgar Norton On a recent visit to Edinburgh, Scotland, I stayed in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Georgian terrace. It was grand, to say the least. From my room in the upper reaches of the house… Continue reading

  • Episode 615: Diane Seuss!

    Episode 615: Diane Seuss!

    In this week’s show, John talks to Diane Seuss about her latest collection, Modern Poetry. With bursts of internal rhyme about thorny subjects, Modern Poetry awaits the reader with a spirit of mourning and loss and self-creation, which is, for this reader anyway, joyous. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES The Kerouac House is re-opening its writers residency… Continue reading

  • The Curator of Schlock #450: Road Games

    The Curator of Schlock #450: Road Games

    At the same time members of the Goose Lord Gang were trying to crucify the Revenging Manta, the ninja vigilant of downtown Orlando, to a wall in the exhibit for Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond, a punk in ski mask was taking a closer look at the corpse I had on display in the exhibit. He stuck… Continue reading

  • McClurg’s Musicalia #65: Melting. Renewal.

    McClurg’s Musicalia #65: Melting. Renewal.

    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

  • Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #261: But, Doctor…

    Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #261: But, Doctor…

    Regardless of if we want them or not, we have to send in the clowns. But then that would make us feel better, right? The descendants of jesters traipsing around and pulling long strings of hankies out of their mouths for shits and giggles. They’re supposed to be funny—we expect them to be funny. But… Continue reading

  • Replay: Episode 570 with Kathleen Rooney!

    Replay: Episode 570 with Kathleen Rooney!

    On this replay episode, I talk to Kathleen Rooney about finding the fun despite the end of The Great Enlightenment, the joys of mixing wit and earnestness in verse, the fun of exploring the landscapes of AWP locations despite mentally frying beneath fluorescent lights, the tactile pleasures of typewriters, and other important matters. TEXT DISCUSSED… Continue reading

  • The Curator of Schlock #449: Killer Party

    The Curator of Schlock #449: Killer Party

    Where was I? Right. A few punks were messing around with a corpse I had on display in my exhibit of Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond at the Museum of Schlock. They removed the spikes that attached the corpse to a facsimile of a basement wall. With no more support, the corpse slumped to the ground.… Continue reading

  • McClurg’s Musicalia #64: Over the Bent World Broods

    McClurg’s Musicalia #64: Over the Bent World Broods

    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

  • Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #260: Keeping One City Afloat

    Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #260: Keeping One City Afloat

    Cities are odd. Living on top of and around one another, makes things hectic. Even more so when these people are humans, elves, mermaids, satyrs, gaseous beings, and all other manner of creatures. Note that the setting of in Kelly Thompson, Meredith McClaren, and Becca Carey’s Black Cloak is the only remaining city on the planet after… Continue reading

  • Episode 614: Celeste Ng & Ben Fountain!

    Episode 614: Celeste Ng & Ben Fountain!

    On today’s show, Samantha Nickerson interviews the fiction writers Celeste Ng and Ben Fountain! TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Learn more about Miami Book Fair. The Kerouac House is re-opening its writers residency after taking a 1-year hiatus. We have also expanded the number of residencies from four to SIX per year. If you’re interested, visit our Submittable page and… Continue reading

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