http://www.edrants.com/segundo A cultural podcast in tenebrous standing Sun, 11 May 2008 21:20:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en David Hajdu is most recently the author of The Ten-Cent Plague. Condition of the Show: Dabbling into hidden threats. Author: David Hajdu Subjects Discussed: [List forthcoming] EXCERPT FROM SHOW: Correspondent: I'm wondering if certain artists may have changed their names because the comic book industry was considered a great calumny for many of these various ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/david-hajdu-bss-207/ Sarah Hall is most recently the author of Daughters of the North (published in the UK as The Carhullan Army). Condition of the Show: Remaining optimistic about a dystopian future. Author: Sarah Hall Subjects Discussed: [List forthcoming] EXCERPT FROM SHOW: Hall: I think familiar territory is always of comfort to a writer. I find ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/sarah-hall-bss-206/ Errol Morris is most recently the director of Standard Operating Procedure, which opens on April 25, 2008. (There is also an accompanying book written by Philip Gourevitch.) Guest: Errol Morris Subjects Discussed: [List forthcoming] EXCERPT FROM SHOW: Correspondent: I actually want to bring up your most recent article for the New York ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/errol-morris-bss-205/ New York ComicCon is a rather insane event featuring all manner of comic artists and other assorted individuals. Many thanks to Eric Rosenfield for interview assistance and his laconic pal Phil for moral support and a shoulder to cry on. 1. Mike Pellerito -- In this somewhat ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/new-york-comiccon-2008-bss-204/ Chen Shi-Zheng is the director of Dark Matter. Liu Ye is the star. The film is now out in theaters. Condition of the Show: Adopting a theoretical construct. Guests: Chen Shi-Zheng and Liu Ye Subjects Discussed: The visual emphasis on stairwells, metallic college environments, the relationship between character and environment, string ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/chen-shi-zheng-liu-ye-bss-203/ Brad and John Hennegan are the filmmakers behind First Saturday in May, which opens in theaters on April 17, 2008. Condition of the Show: Racing to the finish line. Guests: Brad Hennegan and John Hennegan Subjects Discussed: Why the Hennegans chose six horse trainers, cutting the film down from a three hour ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/brad-john-hennegan-bss-202/ Mark Sarvas is the author of Harry, Revised. Condition of Show: Concerned with revision. Author: Mark Sarvas Subjects Discussed: Harry Rent and Arthur Dent, James Wood's How Fiction Works, character names, Jean Cocteau, Tod Goldberg and fucktard, serendipitous phone calls, Harry's level of hypocrisy, Deconstructing Harry, how screenplay experience tied into novel writing, ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/mark-sarvas-bss-201/ Nicholson Baker is most recently the author of Human Smoke. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Deceased. Author: Nicholson Baker Subjects Discussed: Baker's antipathy for placing the date at the top of an entry, the blogginess of A Box of Matches and Human Smoke, the discrepancy between what Baker remembered and what Updike wrote in ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/nicholson-baker/ Richard Price is most recently the author of Lush Life. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Caught in a crime scene. Author: Richard Price Subjects Discussed: Setting a novel on the Lower East Side, tenement houses turned into tenement museums, juxtaposing a struggling Boho actor against the Old World, real estate as violence, gentrification, people ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/richard-price/ Jennifer Weiner is most recently the author of Certain Girls. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Avoiding literary desegregation. Author: Jennifer Weiner Subjects Discussed: The similarities between Good in Bed and Certain Girls, how to quantify the past, text as a responsive medium, an embedded critique of chick lit, being embarrassed by your mother, making ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/jennifer-weiner-ii-bss-198/ Michio Kaku is most recently the author of Physics of the Impossible. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Dreaming the impossible dream. Author: Michio Kaku Subjects Discussed: Maximum caps on bandying about theory in physics, relativity and string theory, the Theory of Everything, decoherence and the wave function of the universe, the Large Hadron Collider, ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/michio-kaku-bss-197/ Jennifer 8. Lee is the author of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Indignant towards the ungrateful. Author: Jennifer 8. Lee Subjects Discussed: Comparisons between Chinese restaurants and open source software, General Tso's chicken, fortune cookies and Analects, how frequently fortune cookie companies rotate fortunes, melon patches, making a living as ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/jennifer-8-lee-bss-196/ Elizabeth Crane is most recently the author of You Must Be This Happy to Enter. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Failing to understand why so many people are happy. Author: Elizabeth Crane Subjects Discussed: The unwarranted stigma behind the exclamation mark, what it means to be happy, zombies and reality TV, Max Brooks's World ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/elizabeth-crane-ii-bss-195/ Lydia Millet is most recently the author of How the Dead Dream. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Battling upholders of decency. Author: Lydia Millet Subjects Discussed: The "nation" of ideology, empathy as an endangered species, graying hair color compared against graying landscape, obnoxious cell phones, subconsciousness vs. the innate design of a novel, the ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/lydia-millet-ii-bss-194/ Marshall Klimasewiski is most recently the author of Tyrants. This conversation was conducted in front of an audience at McNally Robinson on February 28, 2008. Many thanks to Jessica Stockton Bagnulo for arranging this! Condition of Mr. Segundo: At loggerheads with his master. Author: Marshall Klimasewiski Subjects Discussed: Ballooning as a ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/marshall-klimasewiski-ii-bss-193/ Mimi Weddell is the subject of Hats Off. Jyll Johnstone is the director of the film. The film opens in New York on March 28, 2008. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Under scrutiny from his schizophrenic creator. Guests: Mimi Weddell and Jyll Johnstone (Hats Off) Subjects Discussed: Starting the film in ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/mimi-weddell-jyll-johnstone-bss-192/ Jeffrey Ford is most recently the author of The Shadow Year. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Wondering why he isn't invited to the Bowery Bar. Author: Jeffrey Ford Subjects Discussed: Writing a book representing a congeries of genre, the visceral advantages of not relying upon research, The Shadow Year's unnamed year and unnamed narrator, ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/jeffrey-ford-ii-bss-191/ Bill Plympton is an independent animator. He has just completed an 80-minute feature, Idiots and Angels. The website can be found here. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Concerned about whether he is becoming a cartoon. Guest: Bill Plympton Subjects Discussed: The origin of the square-shouldered suit guys, Plympton's approach to humor, "Push ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/bill-plympton-bss-190/ Will Leitch is most recently the author of God Save the Fan. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Running away from the spirit of Red Smith. Author: Will Leitch Subjects Discussed: The inspirational force of Van Halen, music in hockey arenas, speculation on why Kenny Loggins's "Danger Zone" is continuously played at football ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/will-leitch-bss-189/ Terry Sanders is most recently the director of Fighting for Life, which opens in New York and Los Angeles on March 7th. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Convinced that he is fighting for his life. Guest: Terry Sanders Subjects Discussed: Maintaining an apolitical tone, whether being a military doctor involves politics, apolitical semiotics, how ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/terry-sanders-bss-188/ Stephen Chow is most recently the director of CJ7, which opens on March 7th. Jiao Xu is the very talented young star of the film. We are happy to report that this is our first bilingual podcast. Stephen Chow and Jiao Xu answered in Cantonese. Diane, ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/stephen-chow-and-jiao-xu-bss-187/ Wayne Shannon is a legendary broadcast commentator. This particular conversation relates to this 2006 post from Return of the Reluctant. You can find a 1980 clip of Shannon's work here. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Absent. Guest: Wayne Shannon Subjects Discussed: Reading teleprompter from thirty feet away, being a "troubleshooter," the proprietary ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/wayne-shannon-bss-186/ Chip Kidd is a book designer and most recently the author of The Learners. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Contending with form vs. function. Author: Chip Kidd Subjects Discussed: The origins of the nickname Happy, Death of a Salesman, laundry list homages to White Noise, Daredevil, Himillsy Dodd's ability to see into the future, ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/chip-kidd-bss-185/ Paulo Morelli is the director of City of Men. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Contemplating a movie scenario with Brazilian filmmakers. Guest: Paulo Morelli Subjects Discussed: Using close-ups, visual obstructions for sexual activity, violence and emotion, the relationship between City of God and City of Men, possible confusion between the television series and the ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/paulo-morelli-bss-184/ Samantha Hunt is most recently the author of The Invention of Everything Else. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Pining for chambermaids. Author: Samantha Hunt Subjects Discussed: Managing multiple perspectives, working within the limitations of 1943, helpful historical endnotes, Tesla's tendency to divide things by three, pleasantly misleading metafictional names, using abandoned New York topography ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/samantha-hunt-bss-183/ Please note that Our Young, Roving Correspondent will be conducting a live conversation with the writer Marshall Klimasewiski on Thursday, February 28, 2008, at 7:00 PM. The event will take place at McNally Robinson, located at 52 Prince Street, New York, NY. The event is free, the conversation ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/live-segundo-interview-on-february-28/ David Bruckner, Jacob Gentry, and Dan Bush are the writer-directors of The Signal. AJ Bowen played exterminator Lewis Denton, Scott Poythress played Clark, and Chad McKnight played Jim Parsons. The film opens on February 22, 2008. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Resisting the suggestions of broadcast signals. Guests: Cast and crew ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/the-signal-bss-182/ Toby Barlow is the author of Sharp Teeth. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Distrusting of certain types of poetry. Author: Toby Barlow Subjects Discussed: The appeal of free verse, genre distinctions, the concern for lycanthropic physiology, Terry Pratchett, deviating from the rules in the werewolf canon, Brian Francis Slattery's Spaceman Blues, a hyper-giddy version ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/toby-barlow-bss-181/ Steve Erickson is most recently the author of Zeroville. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Confused by floating point integers. Author: Steve Erickson Subjects Discussed: Approaching a novel with fewer fantastical elements, following the narrative laws of movies, Peter Biskind's Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Walter Murch and Michael Ondaatje's The Conversations, catchphrases from movies that ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/steve-erickson-bss-180/ Charles Baxter is most recently the author of The Soul Thief. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Vengeful towards literary ransackers. Author: Charles Baxter Subjects Discussed: Nathaniel Branden, Ayn Rand, intellectualism and the academic community, reductionist dialogue, being a grad student in the 1970s, Baxter's recurrent water motif, placing a novel in Buffalo, getting the ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/charles-baxter-bss-179/