Episodes
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Separating The Art From The Artist?
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Can you separate the artwork from the artist?
“I have assumed as axiomatic that a creation, a work of art, is autonomous,”
T.S. Eliot. Eliot himself now an artist who challenges critics in hindsight about his own work. Eliot scholars debate the possible prejudice and anti-semitism in his work. Does it mean the poet, rather than the poem's narrator, is prejudiced? Is a comedy routine with sexist or inflammatory viewpoints reflecting the performers own ethics or is it part of reflecting the culture to create such humour?
Eugene and Candy talk bout whether or not they can, or should, separate art from it's creator. And what are the perimeters of objectionalble actions that would stop them from listening or viewing.
The incredible Art Rosenbaum is not an artist leaving doubt of his great worth. This episode is in honour of Art Rosenbaum and his body of work that has inspired Eugene. The opening music is Art Rosenbaum performing "Shout Lulu" at the Tiki Parlour. You can find the video on Youtube....Filmed and Recorded by David Bragger www.OldTimeTikiParlour.com
Or here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QUROydAbFA
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Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Sky Dancers
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Eugene finished fermenting for his homemade hot sauce. Candy learns some new sewing techniques.
Do you watch Jeopardy? Do you watch Game of Thrones and it's new prequel HOUSE OF THE DRAGON? Are serial killers extra smart?
The agents both saw Jordan Peele's new movie NOPE. Their review begins at 34:45.
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
Don’t Think, Rethread
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
The Agents talk about the economy, culture and desire for truffles. Eugene watched "The Truffle Hunters: this week, setting off a train of thoughts on "tradition " and "initiation." They both watched Melissa McCarthy's new series "God's Favorite Idiot." Eugene fermented something special and Candy has been taking sewing lessons.
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Tuesday Aug 09, 2022
Chutney, Movie Stars and Trains
Tuesday Aug 09, 2022
Tuesday Aug 09, 2022
The agents go to the movies for BULLET TRAIN. They also watch a pirate treasure hunt on Netflix.
Candy encourages Eugene to watch Ethan Hawke produced THE LAST MOVIE STARS.
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Tuesday Aug 02, 2022
Ozarks Rabbit Hole
Tuesday Aug 02, 2022
Tuesday Aug 02, 2022
Special thanks this week to our guest, Lauren Willette. Lauren is a doctoral student in the Heritage Studies Program at Arkansas State University. Many of us know little about the region known as The Ozarks, beyond what we see on the Ozark TV show. Lauren takes us down an Ozarks rabbit hole and gives us a much better picture.
Also this week:
We visit the Comfort Food Diner to talk brownies. Walnuts, yay or nay?
Reality TV: from F-Boys to home cooks
The Gray Man
Shania
Candy's sewing update
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Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Hack The System
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Candy and Eugene welcome documentary filmmaker Nico Edwards to discuss outlier travel, adventure and filmmaking on a 120 foot sailboat going to Antarctica. That's a mouthful. The agents saw two documentaries directed by Nico Edwards and found them both compelling. The conversation with Nico stands out as one of their favorites.
The 2017 feature documentary "Sea Gypsies:The Far Side of the World" is the center of the discussion but both the film and Nico's conversation are generative. The documentary follows " a small group of modern seafaring gypsies as they strike out across the largest expanse of of uninhabited geography on earth, in search of adventure, awe and whatever else lies at the far side of the world. The vessel is Infinity,a 120-foot hand-built sailboat crewed by a band of miscreants. The journey, an 8.000 mile Pacific (crossing from New Zealand to Patagonia with a stop in Antartica." IMDB)
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Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
The Airheaded And Fanatical Candy Minx
Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
This week the agents watch a German comedy. They talk about learning a new skill and Michael Pollan's new documentary HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND.
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Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Elvis is Everywhere
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
This week:
Opening: from Elvis is Everywhere by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
The Agents discuss a fab cat & mouse cop show called We Hunt Together + (you guessed it) Elvis.
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Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
No Lard in my Croissants
Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Special thanks this episode to Leo Quintao (@quintao.ink on Instagram) and to Flamewise Ink.
This week:
Agent Eugene gets a tattoo (Rule #6)
Interview with tattoo artist @quintao.ink (9:20)
Apocalypse and Heroism
Croissants
Near North Sculpture
A Big Head
Pour me a shrub, if you will
A delayed smash hit
I don't know art but I know what I like
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Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Trade Craft
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
This week:
Corn
Dads in restaurants
Cleaning chopsticks
Napkin Money
Breaking Down Top Gun Maverick
The Dambusters
Top Secret Sewing
Comedians in Cars
Public Realm Paradise
The Honourable Schoolboy
Street Festivals.....
.....and more. Please enjoy the episode.
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