I have the inclination that this substack is about to get a lil crowded. Picture that scene from the ‘Lion King’, only Chuck is Simba and the new subscribers are the stampeding wilderbeast.
Also: in an ode to Tom Spanbauer’s tradition of referring to new members of his writing workshop as “pond scum”, I propose that the incoming heard be henceforth referred to as “scum stack”.
I aim to be as un-reactionary as Chuck is one day. Truly remarkable and made me respect him more. I can definitely tell he has thought about everything he said.
I heard you speak about psychics, thats a craft I stupidly considered taking for a while. I was a failure and needed attention. So, as a former tarot reader/numerologist/psychic/lying-con man, the stuff those Magicians say are complete fraud. Things sometimes appear to be extraordinary but, deep down they're simple to understand. This prob has been said before, but what they do is just pay close attention to people, do rigorous research on them and then, surprise them with something only that person could know. That simple. A lot of em use spies too, or by themselves extract info from someone close to the subject. At least thats how I did it. It always worked. Thats the true Magick they don't teach in grimoirs.
I love A Good Man Is Hard to Find. Stephen King wrote a fantastic homage/remake/response to it that ran in Esquire last year, you should seek it out if you haven’t read it already. It’s a great complement to O’Connor’s
I think you may have called Jodorowsky’s “Holy Mountain” “Magic Mountain” and “El Topo” (which I haven’t seen) wasn’t censored. The shorthand as to what happened is the distributor Allen Klein held a grudge when Jodorowsky wouldn’t direct “The Story of O” and took the two other films out of circulation. That’s the “official” story, at least.
I’m going to chalk you up as one of the “good ones” when it comes to those rare men who feel compelled to build modern day castles. Though the Coral Castle guy in Florida was just eccentric and harmless, here in southwest Ohio we had a guy build a castle in the woods (Loveland Castle) and ended up becoming a notorious character amongst the locals.
Loved the episode. The story about your writing changing after you taking a shit kicking is really interesting. That's something that will wade around in my mind for awhile. All that head injury talk reminds me of a Kids in the Hall sketch: Hillbilly's Problem "He's having some difficulty picking up the salt."
Thank you, for the link. Are we all going to critique your performance here, or would you prefer us to keep it to ourselves?
I have the inclination that this substack is about to get a lil crowded. Picture that scene from the ‘Lion King’, only Chuck is Simba and the new subscribers are the stampeding wilderbeast.
Also: in an ode to Tom Spanbauer’s tradition of referring to new members of his writing workshop as “pond scum”, I propose that the incoming heard be henceforth referred to as “scum stack”.
A warm welcome for sure.
Meh you were fabulous but I didn’t expect so much on Joe and his hunting techniques 😴.
Horse fucking and it's only the first 15 minutes?! Beautiful!
I aim to be as un-reactionary as Chuck is one day. Truly remarkable and made me respect him more. I can definitely tell he has thought about everything he said.
I heard you speak about psychics, thats a craft I stupidly considered taking for a while. I was a failure and needed attention. So, as a former tarot reader/numerologist/psychic/lying-con man, the stuff those Magicians say are complete fraud. Things sometimes appear to be extraordinary but, deep down they're simple to understand. This prob has been said before, but what they do is just pay close attention to people, do rigorous research on them and then, surprise them with something only that person could know. That simple. A lot of em use spies too, or by themselves extract info from someone close to the subject. At least thats how I did it. It always worked. Thats the true Magick they don't teach in grimoirs.
I think you were talking about the Ivory Billed Woodpecker
https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-science-animals-wildlife-fish-b6e61676548a1d7b2f81a6512cbed7a7
Loving the interview! It's wonderful.
I'm a birder so I'm allowed ;)
Your house-sitting seance dismemberment denial story (as told in Stranger than Fiction) always gave me shivers. Nice to hear you revisit it here.
I love A Good Man Is Hard to Find. Stephen King wrote a fantastic homage/remake/response to it that ran in Esquire last year, you should seek it out if you haven’t read it already. It’s a great complement to O’Connor’s
I think you may have called Jodorowsky’s “Holy Mountain” “Magic Mountain” and “El Topo” (which I haven’t seen) wasn’t censored. The shorthand as to what happened is the distributor Allen Klein held a grudge when Jodorowsky wouldn’t direct “The Story of O” and took the two other films out of circulation. That’s the “official” story, at least.
I’m going to chalk you up as one of the “good ones” when it comes to those rare men who feel compelled to build modern day castles. Though the Coral Castle guy in Florida was just eccentric and harmless, here in southwest Ohio we had a guy build a castle in the woods (Loveland Castle) and ended up becoming a notorious character amongst the locals.
I enjoyed this episode even more than the last time you were on. Good job. Loved hearing about those Conan pants.
Loved the episode. The story about your writing changing after you taking a shit kicking is really interesting. That's something that will wade around in my mind for awhile. All that head injury talk reminds me of a Kids in the Hall sketch: Hillbilly's Problem "He's having some difficulty picking up the salt."
Expect Elk pheromone spray as gifts.
Great interview! I think Joe believes you're actually 75. Hehe