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In which I admit I was in a band named after Infinite Jest...
This week: we read through the big, meaty, mega-chapter of VINELAND and talk with writer and legendary Pynchon Poster @_motherslug about narrative and thematic threads criss-crossing VINELAND and AGAINST THE DAY. And of course: much more! open.spotify.com/episode/1s3…
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We are back.
We begin our VINELAND season with a discussion of the book's writing, and reception. And Noah Kulwin (@nkulw) of @blowbackpod joins us to talk about the cultural figure of the informant.
Levels of "back" never before achieved...loading.
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Would hit so hard to randomly run into a dude named Jacques Austerlitz here and learn the story of his life in intermittent communications/visitations over the next 30 years
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Me when John tries to only read one volume of Proust
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We've reached the end of the rainbow. Chune in my droogies.
THIS WEEK: We complete our read-through of GRAVITY'S RAINBOW, talk to Gregory Marks (@thewastedworld) about the novel's Marxist (Marksist?) dimensions, and weigh the question...is this book actually any good? 🌈🚀 🏤podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…
An illuminating convo that I missed because my dog ate a poisonous plant! (he's fine)
This week: we finish part III of GRAVITY'S RAINBOW and talk to Matt Christman (@cushbomb) about the Masons, Old Magick, and disenchantment. Listen here: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…
ZONE out with us
This week: Noah Kulwin (@nkulw) from @blowbackpod (and John and Asher's fantasy football league), joins us to talk about ZONES of influence, banana capitalism, and ur-evils. Also: we gab about absurdism, Balthus, and fascist fetishization of youth. Fun! podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…
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SLOW LEARNERS in the media (in a Lancaster, PA online news source). Some nice thoughts on Pynchon. Though we, the hosts, reject our characterization as "lit-bro types," and deny the very existence of the "lit-bro."
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SLOW LEARNERS in the media (in a Lancaster, PA online news source). Some nice thoughts on Pynchon. Though we, the hosts, reject our characterization as "lit-bro types," and deny the very existence of the "lit-bro."
lancasteronline.com/features…
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NEW EPISODE ALERT: Slothrop is recast as "Rocketman," the John E. Badass gets ripped on Onerine, and we talk to chemist and filmmaker @HamiltonMorris about drugs, synthetic chemistry, and the extent to which GRAVITY'S RAINBOW is about both. Listen here: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…
I was locked in the bunker again for our interview with Alex Ross Perry, but this episode definitely demands a🚨 GOOD EPISODE ALERT 🚨
In our latest ep, we take a trip to the Casino Hermann Goerring and put all of our chips on SCHWARZ. Also, renowned filmmaker Alex Ross Perry joins us to chat about his film adaptation of GRAVITY'S RAINBOW.
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If you're into Hansel/Gretel "stuff", this ep is for you!
We're back! We continue our trip "Beyond the Zero," discussing S&M, prosthetic vaginas, Thomas Pynchon's jump-shot, and more! And @alex_shephard joins us to talk about GR's literary scandals, and the many mysteries of Thomas Pynchon. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…
Another week, another episode where I was locked in the bunker for our interview with the wonderful @stephenkinzer
This week: we continue charting through Part One of GRAVITY’S RAINBOW, and discuss toilets, colonialism, and LSD. Also: we talk to author Stephen Kinzer about MK-Ultra, military mind control, and his biography of CIA poisoner-in-chief Sidney Gottlieb. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…
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Last night, I was at @MaisonPickle, eating a patty melt alone at the bar, when I opened my copy of BASS to discover I had written, in the words of @cora, a "Next Best American Short Story."
