Archives for March 2008
EP Review: Classics - Dr. Strangelove
Published on 30 Mar 2008 at 9:19 pm.
6 Comments.
Filed under Rated PG, Reviews.
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A Film By Stanley Kubrick.
Reviewed by Jonathon Sullivan
EP151: Behind the Rules
Published on 28 Mar 2008 at 4:03 am.
25 Comments.
Filed under Podcasts, Rated R.
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-->By Stephanie Burgis.
Read by MA in PA (of Better Late Than Never).
First appeared in Forgotten Worlds, July 2006.
Closing music: “I Feel Fantastic” by Jonathan Coulton.
The first Jacqui wrote me out a list of instructions thirty pages long. It contained all her history with Robert, in detail. It gave me a list of all the things to say and do when he’s hurt, or angry, or depressed. I think she was the perfect wife. When I think about how hard it is to measure up to her, my stomach feels twitchy.
I’d been doing this job for three months. It was supposed to get easier with time, not harder.
Rated R. Contains strong language and relationship drama.
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Infected by Scott Sigler
EP150: This, My Body
Published on 21 Mar 2008 at 4:00 am.
43 Comments.
Filed under Podcasts, Rated X.
By Jeremiah Tolbert.
Read by Stephen Eley.
I am the lover. I am the chef. I am the preterite priest.
I am the secret, unknowable ingredient. You may taste me a thousand times, but never hold my essence on your tongue or capture it in your memory.
I am the flavor of ecstasy. Taste me and know God.
–Prayer of the Assaisonnement Saints
Rated X. Contains graphic sexual and culinary scenes.
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Infected by Scott Sigler
EP149: Union Dues - All That We Leave Behind
Published on 14 Mar 2008 at 1:52 am.
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-->By Jeffrey R. DeRego.
Read by Stephen Eley.
If I just lay here they will get tired and leave. They can’t hurt me all that much; my body is too hard now, too strong. But I can’t let on that their kicks and punches don’t bother me or who knows what they’ll do next. So I’ll lay here, curled up in the grass like some lump of igneous rock cast from a far away volcano.
“You fat assed son of a bitch! Talk to Loreen again and I’ll kill you! You understand me? I’ll beat your fat lazy ass to death!”
I bet his foot is starting to ache. My stomach is big, but it’s not soft. Not anymore. Not since last month when the change happened. We don’t have a lot of money so my wardrobe is still designed for a three hundred pound teenager, the kind with an almost unnatural love for pizza and potato chips. I still sort of look the same. But I am different, I can feel it. The rolls of flab that once encircled my belly and back are nearly gone, replaced by rippling muscle. My arms and legs are like tree trunks. I could rip Scott’s arms and legs off and beat his torso like a kettledrum. Well, if I wasn’t terrified.
Rated R. Contains profanity and violence.
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Referenced Sites:
The Union Dues Series
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
EP Metacast #3
Published on 11 Mar 2008 at 12:28 am.
43 Comments.
Filed under Bonus, Podcasts, Site News.
The third “state of the podcast” address. Full text of an earlier draft can be found on our forums.
Closing music is “Ya Famous?” by George Hrab. Used with standing permission. Be sure to check out the Geologic Podcast as well.
EP148: Homecoming at the Borderlands Café
Published on 6 Mar 2008 at 11:09 pm.
80 Comments.
Filed under Podcasts, Rated PG.
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-->By Carole McDonnell.
Read by Stephen Eley.
First appeared in Jigsaw Nation, ed. Edward J. McFadden III and E. Sedia.
We don’t see a lot of mixed couples around here, and we’re not like some of the other states in the Confederate United Republic. It’s not like they’re gonna get killed or lynched or nothing. But it’s tough just the same. And although it’s weird enough that they’re an interracial couple, it seems to me that they’re arguing about something bigger than merely coming into this café.
I don’t know any Blacks. You got to go to Laramie, or Cheyenne to see them. But I watch Cosby when it’s on. The Confederacy ain’t as bad as the folks in Columbia might think. Sure everyone’s segregated, but it’s all equal and the Platte County school district is pretty good about African-American History Month.
Rated PG. Contains heavy racial and political themes.
Referenced Sites:
Decoder Ring Theatre
