Filthy Armenian Adventures

111. Short Cuts at Johnie's Broiler w/ Matthew Wilder

As helicopters descend on the city it's time to cruise down to Johnie's Broiler the magical diner in Downey where Tom Waits abandons his tuna melt in SHORT CUTS (1993). What better place to enter Robert Altman's masterpiece mosaic of "untapped Los Angeles" and the Raymond Carver stories within, and what better guest to go with than the extraordinary Matthew Wilder, last seen with us at Bob's Big Boy in Burbank. Must book and movie and life always be at odds?
 
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110. Nothing But The Blues w/ Rare Candy

Let's try to save the blues from SINNERS. After reviewing Ry Coogler's latest up against the much more profound BLACK SNAKE MOAN (2006) and more liberated CROSSROADS (1986), I take Glen Rockney and Crypto Psi of Rare Candy on a personal-historical tour of the music that made me the man (and woman) I am today. 
 
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Also mentioned in this episode:
Blues People: The Negro Experience in White America and the Music That Developed from It by LeRoi Jones
Rock Folk: Portraits from the Rock n' Roll Pantheon by Michael Lydon
And a roster of bluesman and women too long to list.

109. The Truth About Scott Adams

Some thoughts on the bad news about Scott Adams, and an appreciation.
 
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108. Mimesis w/ Yeerk

A celebration of Erich Auerbach's masterpiece Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature, in light of the last decade's institutional conspiracy to shrink reality in Western media, which hits a grotesque low in Netflix's Adolescence.
Guest starring Yeerk of the Bistro Californium podcast
 
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107. Didion and Babitz Tea w/ Lili Anolik

Joan's secret love, Eve's secret letters, and the art of gossip with Lili Anolik, author of Didion and Babitz and Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.
 
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Smoke Break: RIP David Horowitz

Some thoughts on the passing of a warrior.
See FAA 18 Mortal Combat with David Horowitz and the Secret Chapter: Death is the Mother of Beauty

Smoke Break: Pretty in Scorn

In this smoke break mini ep, I review the new album Pretty in Scorn by Cara Cunningham
 
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106. Video Game Speculation w/ Adam Lehrer

Art, drugs, or religion? Reviewing the Playstation classic Alan Wake 2, Adam Lehrer and I speculate on the nature, potential, and business of video games.
Adam Lehrer is deputy editor of Tablet Magazine and host of System of Systems
 
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105. White Lotus Point w/ Cara Cunningham and Adam Lehrer

Mike White as our Molière, what normies and bossy bottoms miss about The White Lotus, and the astonishing Christian conclusion to season three that nobody is talking about.
 
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Guest starring Cara Cunningham and Adam Lehrer (deputy editor of Tablet Magazine and host of System of Systems)
 
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104. God in Paris: Deux

Between a terrified Russian at a gay bar in La Marais and a crafty general at Père-Lachaise, the queer quest for God in Paris culminates with a mystery at the gates of Sacré-Cœur.
 
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