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#599: Schloctoberfest 2023 #4 (Tetsuo: The Iron Man)
On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss the surreal techno-horror allegorical masterpiece that is Shin’ya Tsukamot’s Tetsuo: The Iron Man. MOVIE DISCUSSED NOTES Earlier this week I got the chance to speak with the great Walter Mosley, who will be at a special evening at Miami Book Fair. If you live in driving… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #436: Army of Darkness
Army of Darkness The punk resembling Waldo from Where’s Waldo? grabbed his behind while Edwige, my steadfast kangaroo companion, feasted on the punk’s bag of Smarties. I kicked him in the shins and he crumpled to the floor. “Where did they take the Revenging Manta?” I said, attempting to pin him to the ground. “More importantly, who… Continue reading
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The Perfect Life #62
Dear Dr. Perfect, I wrote the following email to my college teacher: Dear Professor, Now that class is over and you have a mountain of grading to do, I wonder if it might be convenient for you to worsen your poor health—could you die, if possible?—to create new extra assignments and then grade them so… Continue reading
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#598: Schloctoberfest 2023 #3 (Phenomena)
On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss Dario Argento’s strange, mid-eighties masterpiece, Phenomena. MOVIE DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted a small commission on anything you purchase at no additional cost to… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #435: The Evil Dead II
Watching a wax statue of James Mason getting defaced by a punk dressed as Where’s Waldo was enough to make me wish I was carrying a Wildey magnum to send this dirtbag straight to hell. But then I realized I had a kangaroo at my side and that was better than any gun. “Look, Edwige!… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #242: Hi-Diddly-Ho
Back in April, I looked at Jude Ellison S. Doyle, Letizia Cadonici, Alessandro Santoro, and Becca Carey’s The Neighbors. Back then, I applauded the story’s dread and the unnerving feeling of being other in an isolated town. Not simply othered for being outsiders from the city, but othered for being an interracial family, for Oliver being a… Continue reading
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The Perfect Life #61
Dear Dr. Perfect, Quora says I can’t ask questions over there anymore because I sexualize everything, but my penis says that’s utter bullshit. Who is right? Signed, An innocent asker whose penis has human rights Dear Innocent, Ah, Quora, the veritable swap meat of life’s information superhighway. Navigating through the digital abyss takes time, patience,… Continue reading
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#597: Schloctoberfest 2023 #2 (Videodrome)
On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I get turned around discussing David Cronenberg’s Videodrome (1983). Movie Discussed NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted a small commission on anything you purchase at no additional cost… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #434: The Evil Dead
Edwige, my steadfast kangaroo companion, followed a trail of Smarties through the Supergirl exhibit. A spray-painted smile covered the face of a bust of Helen Slater. As we entered The Kidnap Syndicate exhibit, I heard the rattle of metal as some punk wearing blue jeans, a red and white striped shirt, and a red and white pom pom beanie,… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #241: Ego Trippin’ at the Gates of Gotham
The best autobiographies give us the history and context behind someone to help create a more complete picture of their world and what went into making them the person who’s writing the book in the first place. Grant Morrison, famed writer and purveyor of the strange and magical, was born long after the initial comics… Continue reading
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