We pause the reading of the Wake this week to look back on Book One: HCE, ALP, Shaun, Shem and Izzy have led us on a wild, rumour-filled ride, and we want to process that before we move on! In a free-wheeling conversation, we consider Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812, theatre riots, The Magus, Beowulf, the prophetic dream lucidity of Buffy Summers, Cain's Jawbone, I Think You Should Leave, and The Midnight Gospel's Dada roots. Come for the typical lack of analytical depth, stay for the soon-to-be-regretted promise that the podcast will culminate not only with tattoos, but with a stage adaptation about TJ's hero, Festy King.
This week's chatters: Toby Malone, TJ Young
Progress: 216 pages complete, 412 pages to go; 34.39% read.
Contextual Notes
Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hvCd41o7Bs
The Magus and its variations https://www.goodreads.com/questions/464864-has-anyone-here-read-the-original-version
Cain’s Jawbone https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/12/26/solving-cains-jawbone-murder-mystery/
I’m Thinking of Ending Things https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80211559
I Think You Should Leave https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80986854
The Midnight Gospel https://www.netflix.com/title/80987903
Playboy Riots https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/sep/23/playboy-western-world-old-vic
Rite Riots https://www.classicfm.com/composers/stravinsky/news/rite-and-the-riot/
Ubu Riots https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/09/08/an-inglorious-slop-pail-of-a-play/
The Lady of Shalott https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_of_Shalott_(painting)
Let James Joyce Jazz up your Vocabulary! https://www.amazon.ca/Finnegans-Wake-Lextionary-James-bulary/dp/146358945X
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