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Junk Filter166: Road House (with Sean T. Collins)The writer Sean T. Collins joins the pod from Long Island for a deep dive into the original 1989 Road House and the 2024 remake now streaming on Amazon Prime.
Sean’s book Pain Don’t Hurt offered daily meditations on specific elements of Road House for an entire year, and we discuss the many virtues of this eighties classic about Dalton, the second-greatest bouncer in the world (Patrick Swayze) who is hired by the owner of a violent honkytonk bar in Jasper, Missouri to clean up the place, raising the ire of the local crimelord Brad Wesley (Ben Gazzara...
2024-04-151h 43
Struggle Session31 Days of Horror 2021Support the show and get bonus episodes every week at http://sesh.plus | http://patreon.com/strugglesession | http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode Leslie runs Jack through the Struggle Session horror picks for 2021 with some help from our friends at Wrong Station. https://www.wrongstation.com/ Leave us a voicemail at http://sesh.show Check out the shop http://strugglesession.shop FILM Candyman Come True Def by Temptation Exorcist III Exegesis Lovecraft Hellraiser II Housewife Killer Clowns From Outer Space Prince of Darkness Slumber Party Massacre The House That Jack Built Titane Zodiac TV Black Summer Brand New Cherry Fla...
2021-10-091h 00Struggle Session31 Days of Horror 2021Support the show and get bonus episodes every week at http://sesh.plus | http://patreon.com/strugglesession | http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode Leslie runs Jack through the Struggle Session horror picks for 2021 with some help from our friends at Wrong Station. https://www.wrongstation.com/ Leave us a voicemail at http://sesh.show Check out the shop http://strugglesession.shop FILM Candyman Come True Def by Temptation Exorcist III Exegesis Lovecraft Hellraiser II Housewife Killer Clowns From Outer Space Prince of Darkness Slumber Party Massacre The House That Jack Built Titane Zodiac TV Black Summer Brand New Cherry Fla...
2021-10-091h 00
Struggle Session Premium31 Days of Horror 2021On today's episode Leslie runs Jack through the Struggle Session horror picks for 2021 with some help from our friends at Wrong Station.https://www.wrongstation.com/Leave us a voicemail at http://sesh.showCheck out the shop http://strugglesession.shopFILMCandymanCome TrueDef by TemptationExorcist IIIExegesis LovecraftHellraiser IIHousewifeKiller Clowns From Outer SpacePrince of DarknessSlumber Party MassacreThe House That...
2021-10-091h 00
Lament ConfigurationEpisode 019: Laser-Focused Custard PieIn which we answer listener questions about patron saints, fictional meals, and more.
2021-09-091h 05
Lament ConfigurationEpisode 018: Marry, Fuck, KillGretchen and Julia talk character design, ambient mermaid music, and creative discipline.
2021-08-2751 minLament ConfigurationEpisode 017: Octopus SurgeonWhy cheap art (yes, again!), our favorite torture scenes, and which one of us is which Mantle brother.
2021-08-1350 minLament ConfigurationEpisode 016: Otter InsulationWe talk about "bad" sex writing and what people are revealing about their relationship to sex when they titter at anything more outlandish than missionary. Excerpts read from The Virgin Suicides, Smilla's Sense of Snow, Lolita, and The Name of the Rose.
2021-08-0156 minLament ConfigurationEpisode 015: Erotic SkydivingOn the merits of indie publishing, loved ones with terrible taste, and refusing the red pill.
2021-07-0949 minLament ConfigurationEpisode 014: The UndesirablesOn Manhunt, transmisogyny, pushing through shame, and the fallacy of "good" and "bad" ideas in making art.
2021-07-0247 minLament ConfigurationEpisode 013: The Caterpillar's WorkOn reassessing art, the joy of shopping, Richard Nixon, television fandom, and the infinite power of Sharon Stone.
2021-06-2152 minLament ConfigurationEpisode 012: VogueOn Madonna, Tommy Wiseau's The Room, "bad" art, and where and how we work.
2021-06-1447 minLament ConfigurationEpisode 011: A Fly in the Air ConditionerOn gendered socialization, alien intelligences, keeping your self-loathing shit locked down, fatness on television, comparative vulnerability, and the value of weird sex writing.
2021-06-031h 00Lament ConfigurationEpisode 010: Apple Cabin FoodsOn Smaug and Gollum, the care and feeding of crocodiles injured by boat collisions, rich people's bad taste, and the non-existent difference between porn and art.
2021-05-2651 minLament ConfigurationEpisode 009: The Vulture SistersOn Dracula, mid-century firefighting, love stories, how we experience attraction, and friendship.
2021-05-0257 minLament ConfigurationEpisode 008: The FoghornOn Messalina's sex life, Ray Bradbury, clitoral erections, and the nature of delicacy.
2021-04-2357 minLament ConfigurationEpisode 007: Scorched EarthOn ghosts, I, Claudius, genocide, THEM, going to Hell, and where Dr. Doom got his degree.
2021-04-161h 01Lament ConfigurationEpisode 006: The Secret Eighth LimbGretchen and Julia talk about public wallowing, tit names, Jean-Luc Picard, Mortal Kombat lore, and the writing of Miss Manners.
2021-04-0854 minLament ConfigurationEpisode 005: A Beautiful Dr. FinkelsteinListener questions, the art of bullshitting confidence, and the delicate eroticism of wrapping a skinless woman in bandages.
2021-04-0149 minLament ConfigurationEpisode 004: A Voice in the DarkGretchen and Julia talk about David Lynch's use of disembodied voices, the historical and cultural importance of voice and breath, and a bunch of other smart-sounding shit.
2021-03-2556 min2021-03-1858 minLament ConfigurationEpisode 002: Gretchen's a HareIn which we discuss the pros and cons of human sacrifice, The Wicker Man, the desire to impart meaning to meaningless suffering, the reasons humans self-harm, and Gretchen cries a little bit if you listen close.
(Julia's sound gets fucked up at the end of this one. We deeply regret the error but will be doing nothing to correct it.)
2021-03-1148 minLament ConfigurationEpisode 001: The Winter of Our Discontent"Art" and "content" have become interchangeable concepts not just in the corporate world, but among artists themselves. How did the term become so ubiquitous, where did its modern usage originate, and does it matter which word you use? Lucky for you, the smartest bitches on the block are here to pick it apart for you.
2021-03-0758 min
Graphic Policy RadioMirror Mirror II a Horror Anthology with Julia Gfrörer and Sean T. CollinsEditors Julia Gfrörer & Sean T. Collins have amassed some of the darkest talents within as well as outside of comics to create a wholly singular reading and visual experience. From masters of horror like Clive Barker to leading figures in altcomics such as Simon Hanselmann, this collection — focused on the intermingled themes of horror, ography, the Gothic, and the abject —Mirror Mirror II transcends the expectations of what a comics anthology can do. Mirror Mirror II features new and unpublished work from Lala Albert, Clive Barker, Heather Benjamin, Apolo Cacho, Sean Christensen, Nicole Claveloux, Sean T. Collins, Al Columbia, Dame Da...
2017-08-011h 03
Graphic Policy RadioMirror Mirror II a Horror Anthology with Julia Gfrörer and Sean T. CollinsEditors Julia Gfrörer & Sean T. Collins have amassed some of the darkest talents within as well as outside of comics to create a wholly singular reading and visual experience. From masters of horror like Clive Barker to leading figures in altcomics such as Simon Hanselmann, this collection — focused on the intermingled themes of horror, ography, the Gothic, and the abject —Mirror Mirror II transcends the expectations of what a comics anthology can do. Mirror Mirror II features new and unpublished work from Lala Albert, Clive Barker, Heather Benjamin, Apolo Cacho, Sean Christensen, Nicole Claveloux, Sean T. Collins, Al Columbia, Dame Da...
2017-08-011h 03