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The Drunken OdysseyMcClurg’s Musicalia Playlist #186: Tiny Mouths of Hell
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing…
The Drunken OdysseyComics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #393: Even Kirby’s Story Must Die
And this, after nearly two months of blogging, is the end of Kirby’s Fourth World saga. While I’ve lamented many ends over the past couple weeks, it’s when…
The Drunken OdysseyEpisode 729: Schloctoberfest 2026 #4: A Discussion of Machine Gun Kelly, with Jeff Shuster!
Episode 729 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to…
The Drunken OdysseyThe Curator of Schlock #387: 1408
I used to grow up reading ghost lore books written by Daniel Cohen with such titles as Real Ghosts, Ghostly Terrors, Phone Call from a Ghost, Ghostly Warnings…
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McClurg’s Musicalia Playlist #185: Civics Lesson
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing…
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #392: Kirby’s Miracle Run
For every comic run, there exists an end. For Jack Kirby’s original run of his Fourth World saga, his ending came with the final few issues of Mister Miracle…
The Drunken OdysseyVideo: Amy Watkins Reads “One of My Favorite Video Games as a Kid”
Welcome to Sirens of Verse, The Drunken Odyssey’s own poetry video jukebox. Amy Watkins is the author of three poetry chapbooks (Milk & Water, Lucky, and…
The Drunken OdysseyEpisode 728: Schloctoberfest 2026 #3: A Discussion of Kiss Me Deadly, with Jeff Shuster!
Episode 728 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to…
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The Curator of Schlock #386: Christine
I know I reviewed 1977’s The Car a while back and explained my frustration of there being no real explanation for why the car is evil except for a demon…
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McClurg’s Musicalia Playlist #184: What Was So Fugitive
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing…
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #391: One of Kirby’s Ends
Last week, we looked at the penultimate volume of Jack Kirby’s Fourth World omnibuses—breaking down the different directions the story was going and…
The Drunken OdysseyVideo: Reacting to The Gorilla Mystery!
In “The Gorilla Mystery,” Mickey and Minnie mostly fail to take the escape of a homicidal gorilla seriously because of music, naturally. Please…
The Drunken OdysseyVideo: Stephen McClurg Reads “Stars Fell on Sylacauga”
In this video, Stephen McClurg reads his poem “Stars Fell on Sylacauga.” Stephen McClurg (Episode 473 & 666) composes and improvises in…
The Drunken OdysseyEpisode 727: Schloctoberfest 2026 #2: A Discussion of Creature from the Black Lagoon & Godzilla, with Jeff Shuster!
Episode 727 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or…
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The Curator of Schlock #385: Sometimes They Come Back
It’s October and you know what that means. Your Curator of Schlock will transform into the Curator of Shock. And what better way to start than with a super…
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McClurg’s Musicalia #183: Too Many Movies
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing…
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #390: Kirby’s Shortened Road
The end is nigh. We can see the end cresting the horizon. In this, the third volume of Kirby’s Fourth World, we begin winding down. Not by choice, of course…
The Drunken OdysseyVideo: Reacting to Mickey Mouse in “The Chain Gang!”
This is, I suspect, the only Mickey Mouse cartoon to depict a prison riot.
The Drunken Odyssey101 Horror Movie Nights
Dmetri Kakmi Penda’s Fen UK 1974 Director: Alan Clarke Cast: Spencer Banks, John Atkinson, Georgine Anderson, Ron Smerczak, Hobgoblin and Angel I bet few have…
The Drunken OdysseyEpisode 726: Schloctoberfest 2026 #1: A Discussion of The War of the Worlds / Robot Monster with Jeff Shuster
Episode 726 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to…
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McClurg’s Musicalia Playlist #182: Calligraphical Spires
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing…
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #389: Kirby’s Zenith
We return with a different kind of Kirby this time and a small repeat of another article I had written a few weeks prior. Like the previous instance, I…
The Drunken OdysseyEpisode 725: Melissa Crowe!
Episode 725 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or…
The Drunken OdysseyThe Curator of Schlock #384: Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
There may be some rumors spreading around the World Wide Web about an incident involving Burt Ward and Edwige, my kangaroo companion from my misadventures in…
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McClurg’s Musicalia Playlist #181: Night Launch
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing…
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Episode 724: Kathy Fagan!
Episode 724 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to…
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The Curator of Schlock #383: Batman/Superman: Public Enemies
I’m a simple man. I want my superhero movies to be about good guys versus bad guys. I don’t want superhero movies where a nutcase dresses up as a bat and tries…
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McClurg’s Musicalia #180: An Evening Boil
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing…
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #388: The War of a Kirby Saga Thickens
Returning to our action already in progress reveals the widening scope of Jack Kirby’s Fourth World saga and why it needed to be four separate series. Kirby…
The Drunken OdysseyVideo: Reacting to Mickey Mouse in “The Cactus Kid”!
John and Samantha react to another classic Mickey Mouse cartoon. As in Gallopin’ Gaucho (1928), The Cactus Kid (1930) once again shows Mickey Mouse…
The Drunken OdysseyEpisode 723: The Kerouac Project of Orlando Book Club Discussion of Gregory Corso’s The Happy Birthday of Death (with Alex Gurtis)!
Episode 723 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to…
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The Curator of Schlock #382: Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Welcome to Week 2 of Batman Month here at the Museum of Schlock. This week’s feature is 2019’s Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from director…
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McClurg’s Musicalia #179: Still Here
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing…
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #387: Prescient Moments
The rhythm for the last few months has been my following the various volumes and omnibuses of series like Promethea, The Invisibles, and now Jack…
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Episode 722: Barbara Hamby!
Episode 722 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or…
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The Curator of Schlock #381: Batman: Gotham Knight
We’re doing another Batman Month here at the Museum of Schlock. After all, September 19th is Batman Day. We won’t be going for the obvious, big screen…
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McClurg’s Musicalia #178: In the Weeds
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing…
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #386: The Start
In all things, there is an origin point—the space in which the void at the center is filled with something inexplicable and all work that comes after is…
The Drunken OdysseyVideo: The End of the Ub Iwerks Era
Ub Iwerks’s “Fiddlesticks” was released on August 16, 1930, not especially long after a suspiciously similar cartoon, Mickey Mouse’s…
The Drunken Odyssey101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi Don’t Look Now UK 1973 Director: Nicolas Roeg Cast: Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason, Adelina Poerio There is much to discuss…
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #385: Duelists in the Depths
Actually, it’s not over yet. After mulling further on how Promethea and The Invisibles functioned as comics last week, I couldn’t get the thought of their…
The Drunken OdysseyVideo: Reacting to “Fiddlin’ Around”
In this cartoon, Mickey is classical violinist who suffers surreal extremes of emotional upset and musical instrument breakage. Is Mickey Mouse crying over Ub…
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The Curator of Schlock #379: Strip Nude for Your Killer
No one ever said being a Curator of Schlock was easy. Sometimes you run into movies that make you want to take a shower afterwards. Today’s selection is one…
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McClurg’s Musicalia Playlist #176: Most Days
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing…
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #384: Duel in the Deep
If you haven’t been noticing a trend over the past few months, I’ve been writing about two series: Promethea and The Invisibles. The former was…
The Drunken OdysseyVideo: Reacting to Mickey Mouse in “Wild Waves”
Here’s a new offering from our YT channel. Mickey Mouse is a not-so-great lifeguard in this 1929 vintage cartoon.
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The Curator of Schlock #378: Spasmo
For years, a movie has taunted me, begging me to give it a viewing despite my reservations. The image on the poster of a hand breaking through the head of a…
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McClurg’s Musicalia #175: Blooms
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing…
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #383: Counting Down
And somehow we’ve reached the end.  Although, when it comes to something like The Invisibles and Morrison’s penchant for a meta-narrative twist…
The Drunken OdysseyVideo: Reacting to Mickey Mouse in “The Haunted House”
In this 1929 classic, a wretched Mickey Mouse investigates an old house as he seeks shelter from the rain and finds himself coerced into deejaying a haunted…
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The Curator of Schlock #377: Deep Red
I skipped Giallo Month last year in favor of a Bruce Lee retrospective, but we’re back. We’ll begin with 1975’s Deep Red from Dario Argento because it’s the…
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McClurg’s Musicalia #174: Tender Auras
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing…
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #382: Two Shores
Few things can get into my mind to the point where I forget myself, and all of them are different songs that keep me up at night. Luckily, I don’t have to deal…
The Drunken OdysseyVideo: Reacting to Mickey Mouse in “Jungle Rhythm”
The Drunken Odyssey is devoted to writing, generally, and the writing of capital-L literature, specifically, so why are we reacting to and commenting on…
The Drunken Odyssey101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi The Exorcist USA 1973 Director: William Friedkin Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow, Pazuzu The Exorcist was…
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The Curator of Schlock #376: Evil Dead Burn
I did something kind of weird a few weeks ago. I ventured out to a movie theater. These are places where you purchase a ticket to watch a newly released movie…
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McClurg’s Musicalia #173: Slow Learner
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing…
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #381: Something Unseen
This far into a series, you would think we’d have a solid understanding of how the story, world, or characters can go. We know who these people are and what…
The Drunken OdysseyVideo: Reacting to Mickey Mouse in “The Jazz Fool”
Mickey Mouse against hosts a variety show as John and Samantha react. Mickey should be more careful around aggressive pianos.
The Drunken OdysseyEpisode 721: A Secret DVD Commentary of Stephen King’s Maximum Overdrive, with Chad Coup!
Episode 721 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to…