Writers Read Their Early Sh*t

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Didn't like the first one? Well, here's another one! Jason & Curtis, launching another raid on another early sh*t base, revisit their first band—the mighty 5Fs—& subject their cruelest song (& its accompanying video) to rigorous (& abashed) analysis. Digressions include the first rock star in space, living in sin at the Lava Buffet, the Crab Tank Lady, slabs, & the notorious Ass-Face Creature pants. Will they get a well-deserved licking, or will they fall in a stream of gold & be called geniuses? There's only way to find out. Enjoy more Curtis at https://theorangelamphousestudio.com & join the early sh*t chat at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast and on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit. Music, as always, by the supersonic DJ Max in Tokyo; check him out at http://soundcloud.com/djmaxintokyo. Thank you, wherever you are, for listening.

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Podcast predicament (& it's a big one): what do you do when you conduct an interview so freewheeling, so important, so dangerous, so damned crazy, that it goes for over three hours? Break it up into two separate blasts of hell and hallelujah, that's what. Get ready for brief flashes of brief enjoyment & welcome to Writer's Read Their Early Sh*t's first Double Event, featuring writer, filmmaker, & retired rock star Curtis Emde. In this very written & directed episode, Curtis exposes the unfinished mother of all movie guides, co-written (& illustrated) with WRTES alumni Alison Emde, with digressions concerning vintage typewriting pranks, literary pilgrimages, & why doing your own thing's OK. KISS is also mentioned. Repeatedly. Rated B, for bombastic. Check out Curtis's work at https://theorangelamphousestudio.com & join the early sh*t chat at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast and on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit. Music, as always, by the redoubtable DJ Max in Tokyo; check him out at http://soundcloud.com/djmaxintokyo. Thank you, wherever you are, for listening.

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Jason welcomes poet & non-KISS fan CM Preston for a freewheeling chinwag about the whys and wherefores of early sh*t, bad writing advice, questioning your sanity, whether art is a mirror or a hammer or something else entirely, the best things about Japan, and quoting Kafka at dinner parties. Check out CM's work at cmpreston.com & join the early sh*t chat at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast and on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit. Music, as always, by human thermal detonator DJ Max in Tokyo; check him out at http://soundcloud.com/djmaxintokyo. And many thanks, wherever you are, for listening.

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Jason welcomes his eleven-year-old son, Joe, for a confabulation about Joe's early work and some of Jason's earliest ideas for super heroes and super villains. Skunk guns, what fermented soybeans really taste like, and who would win in a fight between Jeff Kool and Captain Dagger...this unmissable episode has it all. So don't, er, miss it. Original music by the very wizard DJ Max in Tokyo; check out his stuff here: http://soundcloud.com/djmaxintokyo. Join the early sh*t chat at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast and on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit. And thank you, wherever & whoever you are, for listening.

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It's a trap! Jason welcomes the mellifluous Tyler James Russell for a Boba Fett-infused chinfest featuring some of Tyler's early & action-packed Star Wars fan fiction. Bounty hunters, The Sound & The Fury, shitty first drafts, the detestable messiness of Dostoevsky, guilty lapses, & writing novels as screenplays first: it's all here. Enjoy more Tyler at https://www.tylerjamesrussell.com & join the early sh*t chat at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast and on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit. Music, as always, by the invincible DJ Max in Tokyo; check him out at http://soundcloud.com/djmaxintokyo. Support the show, if you'd like, at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wrtes & thank you, wherever you are, for listening.

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Jason welcomes Sarah Tsiang for a relatively spicy conversation about Popeye Candy Sticks, getting your ego out of your poems, being dead inside, & ghosts on the phone. Also discussed: does the chicken care? Check out Sarah's website at https://sarahtsiang.com/ and join the early sh*t chat at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast and on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit. Music, as always, by the cosmic DJ Max in Tokyo; check him out at http://soundcloud.com/djmaxintokyo. Thanks for listening.

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Jason welcomes blogger and travel advisor John Davidson for a look at the world of online travel writing, the coolest places to visit in Japan, and some early, bloggy sh*t. Also discussed: Jason's affection for Australian space-rockers The Church, a smashing end to wedded bliss, macaroni & cheese meat pies, KISS, and flowing mullets. Check out John's blog at https://japan-australia.blogspot.com/ and join the conversation at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast and on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit. Music, as always, by the very ace DJ Max in Tokyo (http://soundcloud.com/djmaxintokyo). Thanks for listening. 

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Jason welcomes writer pal Erin McGregor for some grade five equine poetry, macramé bathroom decorations, second-hand lipstick, English-speaking monkeys, and the unexpected aceness of Ovaltine. Music by DJ Max in Tokyo; check him out at http://soundcloud.com/djmaxintokyo. Join the conversation on the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast and on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit. Thanks, as always, for listening. 

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Jason welcomes writer Adam Lewis Schroeder for a deeply grim (and grimly deep) confab about high school poetry, the Hardy Boys, ancient Okanagan Valley literary feuds, the carnal adventures of Schlump, and whether or not WRTES should be a podcast about kittens. Music by DJ Max in Tokyo (http://soundcloud.com/djmaxintokyo). Join the conversation on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast and on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit. Thanks for listening. 

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Jason welcomes Buddhist cartoonist Victoria Taylor for a charming discussion about the art of memoir, elephant traps, pounding the bones, and spending time with the beloved dead. There are also a few brief appearances from a frosted vagina. Check out Victoria's memoirs on Instagram (@victoria4971) and join the conversation on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast and on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit. If you'd like to support the podcast, you can do so here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wrtes. Many thanks to DJ Max in Tokyo (http://soundcloud.com/djmaxintokyo) for the music, and many thanks to you for listening, wherever and whoever you are.

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