Thousand Movie Project

Wherein the narrator takes his insecurities to the doorstep of L.R. Dorn (the author duo Suzanne Dunn & Matt Dorff) to discuss their novel, ANATOMY OF DESIRE, the allure of true crime, that thing Liz Taylor did to Montgomery Clift's mouth one night on the side of the road, and making peace with one's own morbid interests. ANATOMY OF DESIRE is their most recent book, it's available here: https://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Desire-L-R-Dorn-ebook/dp/B08FKJB566/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=anatomy+of+desire&qid=1630964431&sr=8-1

Wherein the narrator recounts his Day of Study, which involved Afghanistan, Paulie Shore, white collar criminal support groups and Biden's Greatest Hits.

Wherein the narrator, short on rent money, gets out from behind the bar and picks up several shifts as a waiter throughout the week and ends up, on one particular night, seeing and hearing some heavy shit, and it messes with him, so he talks about it. "That's not on the menu"; supermom; disabilities.

Wherein the narrator describes a few articles from The New Yorker and The New York Times that he read on Sunday.

Wherien the narrator talks for a bit about a recent loss in his family, an ethically questionable thing he did as a bartender, one of his worst customers in recent memory--and finally speaks, at length, with the Pulitzer-nominated historian W.H. Brands about the craft of writing biography and history.

Wherein the narrator makes an episode off the cuff, talking about the news and how's he's simply too petty to ever be a manager, gives an update on the book he's writing, and also addresses why there was no episode last week.

Wherein the narrator talks for fifteen minutes about his own conflicted feelings toward slasher movies before welcoming New York Times-bestselling novelist Grady Hendrix into the fold for a discussion of his new novel, FINAL GIRL SUPPORT GROUP, but mostly about the challenges of writing every day, policing one's own artistic output, and why Stephen King's novels can be as long as Stephen King pleases.

Wherein the narrator muses on impending catastrophe, "living life to the fullest," accidentally eating an anchovie and the travails(or lack thereof)in acquatic lifestyles.

Wherein the narrator talks about being too anxious to poop in small public bathrooms, rambles into the territory of some vague body dysmorphia having some loose relation to September 11th, speculates on Bill Clinton's pre-vegan bathroom habits and eventually circles back to a point.

Wherein the narrator speaks with the author of one of his favorite books from the past year, HIS VERY BEST, a comprehensive and propulsive biography of Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States. Also, in the monologue at the top of the show: Jimmy Carter, "Third Accidental President"; that maybe Carter's downfall is foretold in the triumph of ROCKY over TAXI DRIVER at the 1977 Academy Awards; Grimm fairy tales, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, and Reagan.

A brief episode wherein the narrator, while stone off the very mildest weed, riffs about how he needs to get better at relaxing, it's better being an adult than a teenager, and his ongoing project (in preparation for interviewing the filmmaker Charles Band) of watching Full Moon's catalogue of movies.

Wherein the narrator talks about his gambler friend, the drama surrounding a Michael Jordan rookie card, how he tried and failed to major in psychology thinking he could become a sex therapist and, finally, how Jimmy Carter makes it seem like being an ex-president is really frustrating.

Wherein the narrator, who is personally incapable of not talking, sings the virtue of his affliction, and encourages you to skim a newspaper's front page every morning for a week.

Wherein the narrator quits his job of seven years and decides to tackle podcasting as a part-time job. PATREON PAGE: https://www.patreon.com/thousandmovieproject?fan_landing=true BLOG: www.thousandmovieproject.com

Wherein the narrator talks about things he's recently heard, explores the ethics of tinkering with a person's genes in utero, and then contemplates an Uber driver. Check out my new eBook! THE MOON AND HER SISTER TURN THIRTY AND LEAVE Available on Kindle for just a buck! https://www.amazon.com/Moon-Sister-Turn-Thirty-Leave-ebook/dp/B094JHP5FM/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=sorondo&qid=1623125397&sr=8-1

Wherein the narrator makes his first Long Island Iced Tea behind the bar, and wonders how anyone can drink this, then encounters a roach in the shower before thinking aloud about marriage for a while. Support DEAD IN THE WATER on Seed & Spark: https://seedandspark.com/fund/dead-in-the-water#story

Wherein, for relative lack of flesh-and-blood company, the narrator confides his vague distress about something, and also tells of how he was kicked out if McDonald's and got embroiled in a whole corporate shitshow.

Wherein the narrator talks about eating lotsa bread lately, how QUEEN'S GAMBIT is secretly about turning thirty, riffs about the bad sort of male self-help guru, and then has a great conversation with another local podcaster, entrepreneur, and social media manager for Gray Goose Vodka, Blair Cassuto.

Wherein the narrator, a newly-appointed bartender, presents us with two spooky tales about customers to whom he's been serving daytime drinks--presents us, as well, with a careful critical dissection of a Donald Trump phonecall, and a glimpse into Giorgio the Synth King's latest project.

Wherein the narrator goes on, at yet greater length, about his new job as a server at a pizza parlor, and also tells an old Buddy Hackett joke and wonders at his own use of certain words over others and why, despite being ~happy~ as a server, he's so relentlessly self-deprecating and condescending about it.