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The Curator of Schlock #456: The Beekeeper
I was trying my best to stir the Revenging Manta, the ninja vigilante of downtown Orlando, to consciousness. He groaned. “Come on, man,” I said. “Get it together. Orlando needs you!” As I shook the Revenging Manta, I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was being watched. I turned myself around and shined my flashlight… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #73: The H is O
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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The Perfect Life #67
Dear Dr. Perfect, Where I live, the temperature is brutal. Around this time of year, I wonder about the sartorial prohibition against wearing white or summer fabrics before Labor Day. I suspect the prohibition comes from superstition, or some latent trauma deriving from malingering winters with belated snowfall that can drive a poor mortal insane.… Continue reading
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Episode 622: Michael Korda!
In this week’s show, John talks with prose writer Michael Korda about telling the historical stories of the poets of World War I. TEXT 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… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #72: Destiny’s Fragile Vessel
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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Episode 621: Tyler Mills!
In this week’s show, John talks with Tyler Mills about her extraordinary multimedia memoir, a poetic people’s history of America’s secretive relationship to the atomic bomb. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Join Jared Silvia and other members of Energy Wheel in this upcoming writer’s retreat (May 2-5) at the Atlantic Center for the Arts. The Kerouac House is re-opening… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #71: Light on a Far Shore
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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