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We talk about The Independent article about men "performatively reading", as well as Fresta's realisation that he is "Unc" now after a night out.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/performative-male-trends-books-matcha-pilates-attention-b2811124.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1756101761

Music:

To Die Among Strangers - Rome

Can't Fight The Moonlight - LeAnn Rimes

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This episode, we are joined by the best book YouTuber around, Mr Cliff Sargent. Cliff hosts the popular channel "Better Than Food," where he reviews everything from classics to difficult postmodern tomes and sci fi. Truly a great discussion from one of the best in the game right now. We talk about how he makes his book content, developing a reading practice, filmmaking, as well as a long digression on black metal. Run it up!

Follow Cliff's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@BetterThanFoodBookReviews

Music: Beholding the Throne of Might, Darkthrone

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This week we are joined by Passage Prize winner Michael Button to discuss Alice Munro's short story cycle, Who Do You Think You Are? (aka The Beggar Maid in the US).

Follow Michael on X: https://x.com/Michaelknife1

Music: Time Fades Away by Neil Young

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This week Fresta talks to Will Samson about Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Bend Sinister and the Fall record of the same name. As Fresta and Will are both avant-garde music-spazz’s the conversation ends up in a discussion about other artists such as The Country Teasers, Lana Del Rey, Kanye, Pere Ubu, The Melvins, Townes Van Zandt, Oasis, Throbbing Gristle, Roky Erickson and The Kinks.

Note: there are a couple of audio issues on Will's end with this one, but we prefer to think of it as authentic lo-fi experimentation.

Music: Living Too Late by The Fall, Get Lost by Kanye West

Will’s Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/samsonwill93/?hl=en 

Will’s recent appearance on Bistro Californium: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ep-117-my-name-w-133687985?l=es 

Will’s essays: 

https://apocalypse-confidential.com/2021/05/12/war-at-33-1-3-throbbing-gristle-public-enemy-datapanik/ 

https://safetypropaganda.substack.com/p/life-stinks-cuz-i-like-the-kink-by

https://apocalypse-confidential.com/2024/05/21/paradise-stands-in-the-shadow-of-swords/

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Bigmac McCarthy joins Fresta (who is hosting solo this ep) to talk about Haruki Murakami’s surrealistic tome The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle as well as some music nerd talk at the end.

Mac’s Twitter: https://x.com/bigmac_mccarthy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor 

Mac’s music, Heavy Body: https://heavybody.bandcamp.com/

Country Teasers episode with Fresta on Mac's podcast, Nice: https://open.spotify.com/episode/55AYAetKj51f4gFyWusZ8B?si=QVokpdTEQ1yw1SGsq81a1g

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Zach Langley Chi Chi joins us once again to talk about William Shakespeare's final play, The Tempest, as well as Julie Taymor's 2010 film adaptation starring Helen Mirren as a gender-swapped Prospero. 

Subscribe to Zach's wonderful podcast, I'm So Popular: https://www.patreon.com/imsopopular

And for a special episode of Back Matter where a lot of tea is spilled, subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GettingLit

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Our guest this week is David Mamet, Pulitzer Prize Winner and America's foremost playwright, known for such plays as American Buffalo, Glengarry Glen Ross, and movies such as Oleanna, The Postman Always Rings Twice, and The Untouchables.

He joins us to talk about his masterful new novel, Some Recollections of St. Ives, which poses as a memoir of a teacher at an idyllic private school.

We have a wide-ranging chat about his work in the theatre, the movie business, and his thoughts about modern education and culture.

Pre-order the book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1648211402?&tag=skyhorsepub-20

And watch David's new film starring Shia LaBeouf, Henry Johnson, here: https://henryjohnsonmovie.com/

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This is a snippet from the Patreon-exclusive aftershow, Back Matter, where our guest this week, Emmalea Russo, reads Sini's astrological chart. Later, we discuss the 2024 film, The Uninvited, directed by Nadia Conners and starring Walton Goggins, Elizabeth Reaser, Pedro Pascal.

To listen to full episodes of Back Matter, get access to the full archive and other special episodes, subscribe on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/GettingLit.

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On this episode we talk to poet, author, and astrologer Emmalea Russo about her new novel, Vivienne. We talk about the "cancellation novel", women artists, astrology, hippie women, Catholicism, and porting poetic structural techniques onto the novelistic form. A great discussion! 

And over on the paid aftershow at Patreon, Emmalea reads Sini's natal chart (so much Gemini!) and we discuss the 2024 film, The Uninvited, directed by Nadia Conners and starring Walton Goggins, Elizabeth Reaser, Pedro Pascal. To listen, subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLit

Buy Emmalea's book here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Vivienne-Emmalea-Russo/dp/1648210643

Follow Emmalea on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmalea.russo/

And substack: https://emmalea.substack.com/

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This is part two of a collaboration with Book Club From Hell, another great Australian book podcast. Head over to their feed for part one where we discuss the classic Australian psychological thriller novel, Wake In Fright by Kenneth Cook (1961).

And on this episode we will be discussing the almost lost forever film version from 1971, starring Donald Pleasance and Chips Rafferty.

This is a fun one folks, and painfully Australian. Get it into ya!

Follow Book Club From Hell on Substack: https://bookclubfromhell.substack.com/

Jack on X: https://x.com/supersquat1

And buy Jack's novel, Tower, here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Tower-Jack-BC/dp/0645928208

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