Aug 30, 2018
Hey Class
Mike had a tooth demon take up residence in one of his teeth this week so he was not available this week.
1:15 Tracy is reading Manifest
Recall by Alan Baxter. You can buy it from Grey Matter Press
2:30 Kati is reading Gerald’s Game. We have a couple of great articles about it. First we have the movie review, and second, we have Gerald’s Game and #Metoo
3:00 Kati is also reading the sixth book in Gunslinger Series, Song of Suzannah.
5:00 Tracy discusses her review of Elizabeth Harvest
6:15 Tyler is reading The Wide Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies. It is really something special.
8:00 Everyone discusses the new Trailer for Suspiria. Check it out below. Everyone is really excited to see it.
9:45 Tyler says go check out Snowpiercer.
15:00 Tyler mentions an interview done by Fresh Air on NPR about Andre Holland. It is great. Check it out.
18:00 Tyler mentions compares characters in Castle Rock to
Slaughterhouse 5.
33:00 Tracy mentions Dreamcatcher references and Kati mentions the weasels in The Stand, Both pretty awesome easter eggs. Also The Stand is tremendous...The Dreamcatcher…..meh.
40:00 Tyler mentions Salem Lot. One of King’s first and one of his best that really has a Lovecraftian feel about it.
46:00 Tyler mentions Danse Macabre and Different Seasons. Specifically, he discusses The Body, which the movie Stand By Me is based on (Not The Stand….that is something totally different).
50:00 Kati discusses Cujo. Scary dogs are scary
51:45 Tyler discusses an AV Club article about the short story “You Know They Have a Hell of a Band”. Music teachers should totally take a look at it.