Sat, 31 October 2020
On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss Jordan Peele's Us, and a lot of other things, too.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_444.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 12:30am EDT |
Fri, 23 October 2020
On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss Richard Stanley's recent film of H.P. Lovecraft's The Color Out of Space.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_443.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 10:19pm EDT |
Sat, 17 October 2020
Photo by Leslie Salas.[/caption] On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss the genius of Richard Brake, the superior sound design of Rob Zombie’s films, the paradoxes of carnie victimhood, the nightmare underbelly of The Great Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution, mere survival as an inadequate story-goal, likable characters, all while talking about Rob Zombie's overlooked brutal 2016 masterpiece, 31. TEXT DISCUSSED
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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 11:59pm EDT |
Fri, 9 October 2020
On this week’s show, I talk with Jeff Shuster about Cosmos Panatos's 2018 classic horror film, Mandy, as part 1 of our series of discussions on horror films of the last decade. |
Sat, 3 October 2020
On this week’s show, I talk to Dmetri Kakmi about existentialism in horror, the performance of identity, the structure of memoir, and many other things.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_440.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 11:22am EDT |
Sat, 26 September 2020
On this week's show, I talk to novelist Chuck Palahniuk about The Invention of Sound, Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life after Which Everything Was Different, Adjustment Day, the 18-month rule, how to stay productive, how to keep invested in the work, the genius of Ira Levin, the value of mentors, and how to remix Invisible Monsters.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_439.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 2:09am EDT |
Sun, 20 September 2020
On this episode, I talk to writer Michael Wheaton about Alfonso Cuaron's 2006 film, Children of Men, while I wait in vain for my ears to stop ringing.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_438.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 2:28pm EDT |
Fri, 11 September 2020
On this episode, I talk to poet Steve Davenport about poetry, collaboration, the body, and many other things. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Check out my literary adventure novel, Guy Psycho and the Ziggurat of Shame.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_437.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 11:34pm EDT |
Mon, 7 September 2020
On this episode, personal essayist Alex Miller and I talk about the intimate power of the personal essay, pitches, politics, and universities in NYC. Essays by Alex Miller
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_436.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 6:33pm EDT |
Sat, 29 August 2020
On this episode, poet Ariel Francisco and I talk about Florida's wildness, Miami, Hollywood (Florida), multilingualism, Anna Nicole Smith, a sinking state, Jack Kerouac, FIU's MFA program, and many other important matters.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_435.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 5:23pm EDT |