Just the Books
By Heather Ordover
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Podcast Description
This is an offshoot of the CraftLit podcast, bringing you all the literary information with none of the personal stories or crafty chit-chat you find on CraftLit.
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CleanSwift—253: Chapter 7 | Chapter 7 of Gulliver’s Travels. April/May 2012 incentive—Your veddy own Defarge PAC (Don’t Lose Your Head!) t-shirt. Donate or subscribe to be put into the running for a shirt! And remember, if you subscribe you will get links to new exclusive audio every week! Defarge 2—What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit?—this time in color!—is in pre-orders! * * * Ehren, I think you’ll agree, rocks the Gulliver text. grab the code ; ;" size="25" alt=""free" type=" mce_href=" /> | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSwift—252: Chs 5–6 | Chapters 5–6 of Gulliver's Travels. Join the conversation by tweeting a response to this question by using a hashtag (#GulliverGuffaws): Twittering Question: What was Swift after when he went after smart folks? (When he's a smarty-pants himself!) I will randomly select a name from this episode's responders and whoever I choose will get their very own WWMDfK? bracelet. Christopher Moore's books! And OH MY GOODNESS--a chapter-by-chapter guideto the art and locations for Sacré Bleu! And... two, ahem, views of Gulliver: Take the SURVEY! so you can tell me what you REALLY want!If you're thinking ofthis weekend we begin rolling out Cool For Cats—the audiobook. * * * April/May 2012 incentive—Your veddy own Defarge PAC (Don't Lose Your Head!) t-shirt. Donate or subscribe to be put into the running for a shirt! Defarge 2—What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit?—this time in color!—is in pre-orders! * * * Ehren, I think you'll agree, rocks the Gulliver text. grab the code ; ;" size="25" alt=""free" type=" mce_href=" /> | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSwift—251: Ch3–4 | Chapters 3–4 of Gullvier's Travels. Join the conversation by tweeting a response to this question by using a hashtag (#GulliverGuffaws): Twittering Question: Who do you consider the best modern-day satirist? I will randomly select a name from this episode's responders and whoever I choose will get their very own WWMDfK? bracelet. Fun stuff: Dr Brunner's useful posts on 10 character flaws that can derail even good people and prepare your child for trauma, Judge John Hodgeman and Alton Brown (what could be better?!) and the book I mentioned at SeedPod Publishing, After the Strawberry. Take the SURVEY so you can tell me what you REALLY want! Regular Just-the-Books mailing list sign-up! Type your email in the space and click the button below I will never, ever give or sell your email information to anyone. * * * Cheddar, the CraftLit Critter! Purchase a completed, knitted Cheddar from Penny for $36 via Little Acorn Creations! and now Wensleydale, Cheddar's Lilliputian friend * * * April/May 2012 incentive—Your veddy own Defarge PAC (Don’t Lose Your Head!) t-shirt. Donate or subscribe to be put into the running for a shirt! Defarge 2—What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit?—this time in color!—is in pre-orders! * * * Ehren, I think you'll agree, rocks the Gulliver text. | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSwift—250:Ch2 | Chapter2 of Gullvier's Travels. Join the conversation by tweeting a response to this question by using a hashtag (#GulliverGuffaws). Twittering Question: What do you think Swift will attack first next week when the satire really kicks in? Discuss. I will randomly select a name from this episode's responders and whoever I choose will get their very own WWMDfK? bracelet. Fun stuf: Philip II with his jaw. Father-in-Law Abe's gorgeous app, CowBird.com (no, really), and a Good Story is Hard to Find where we discuss The Wrath of Khan(and Montalban's chest... seriously). Take the SURVEY! so you can tell me what you REALLY want! And we have a new CraftLit mailing list which will allow me to get announcements out to you (like when I—SURPRISE—find out I'll be at MDSW and stuff like that).Type your email in the space and click the button below I will never, ever give or sell your email information to anyone. * * * Cheddar, the CraftLit Critter! (a pattern) or get it by subscribing Important—please click the "RETURN" link to complete your subscription process. Or Purchase a completed, knitted Cheddar from Penny for $36 via little acorn creations (coming soon!) * * * Totally forgot to mention: And April/May 2012 incentive? Your veddy own Defarge PAC (Don’t Lose Your Head!) t-shirt. Donate or subscribe to be put into the running for a shirt! * * * Defarge 2—What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit? —this time in color!—is in pre-orders! And, more happiness—the husband gets more good press for his book, too! Yay books! Yay literate people! * * * Ehren, I think you'll agree, rocks the Gulliver text. grab the code " size="25" alt=""free" /> | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSwift—249: Ch 1 | Intro bits and Chapter 1 of Gullvier's Travels. Join the conversation by tweeting a response to this question by using a hashtag (#GulliverGuffaws): Twittering Question: What is your favorite moment from the beginning of Gulliver's Travels? (We'll have more interesting questions soon--this was a big BIG podcast to get out. My brain will be back shortly) I will randomly select a name from this episode's responders and whoever I choose will get their very own WWMDfK? bracelet. And, NEW! We have a survey so you can tell me what you REALLY want! And we have a new mailing list which will allow me to get announcements out to you (like when I—SURPRISE—find out I'll be at MDSW and stuff like that).Type your email below and hit "enter." I will never, ever give or sell your email information to anyone. * * * SFF Audio—I've hit the big time! Listen to The New Mother here and SFF with me here. And then go take a look at Tara Swiger's book Market Yourself. Love! Her! * * * Cheddar, the CraftLit Critter (pattern)! or get it by SUBSCRIBING* (i.e., committing to a monthly payment to Just the Books) Or Purchase a completed, knitted Cheddar from Penny for $36 via little acorn creations (coming soon!) And April/May 2012 incentive? Your veddy own Defarge PAC (Don't Lose Your Head!) t-shirt. Donate or subscribe to be put into the running for a shirt! * * * Order via NetFlix or purchase from Amazon. * * * Defarge 2—What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit?—this time in color!—is in pre-orders! 25+ patterns of yarny goodness (sweaters, mittens, a devilishly cute layette, and more all await you!). The good people at Cooperative Press have found a local printer who can bring you our new book still printed in the USA! Mwah! Have I told you how much I love indie publishers? And speaking of Cooperative Press! Two new goodies for you! First, the CP Sock & Mitt Club. Second, the CP Mag! Both of which yours truly will be working on! Yay! What is CP saying about the Magazine? Let me share what CP says: Our intentions are as follows: as with all things CP, we compensate our contributors fairly, work with indie designers and dyers, and generally keep great content coming at you; we will be publishing 3x per year (though we’re doing a special “issue zero” in time for TNNA, the big pro fiber arts tradeshow in June) via our own app. This app will eventually also offer other Cooperative Press content, too. Ebooks, special issues, etc.; by popular demand and in response to some early feedback, we’ll do a PDF version of the magazine, which will be available via our website and Ravelry. It won’t have the video/audio/interactive functionality of the main version, but for readers who aren’t interested in reading via app, it’ll offer access to most of the content; each year, we’ll collect the magazine content into a book book -- think the way Food&Wine or Martha Stewart republishes their "best-of" each year. Hopefully having multiple access points for the content will make everyone happy. And by having several digital options, it makes it possible to buy it from anywhere (even Australia and the UK!), because as we’ve learned selling books, not everyone feels like paying the (frankly absurd) postage rates these days. It makes me ill to have to charge half again the cost of a print book just to ship it to Europe, and from a purely capitalistic perspective, I’d rather you put that $12 towards another one of our ebooks! :) And, more happiness—the husband gets more good press for his book, too! Yay books! Yay literate people! * * * And my new pattern (that I'm so proud of!): Hunger Games-inspired Life and Death socks—designed for those of us who tend to give their socks a beating (more details on knitting blog). * * * Ehren, I think you'll agree, rocks the Gulliver text. grab the code (working on the JtB version...) " size="25" alt=""free" /> And, of course, I'm racking up moments of the usual start- | 4/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean248: Pt 2 Diamond | BONUS EPISODE! "A Diamond as Big as the Ritz" by F. Scott Fitzgerald—part 2. Join the conversation by tweeting a response to this question by using a hashtag (#FaveFitzgerald): Question: What is your favorite bit from the second half of "A Diamond as Big as the Ritz"? I will randomly select a name from this episode's responders and whoever I choose will get their very own WWMDfK? bracelet. * * * Defarge 2—What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit?—this time in color!—is in pre-orders! 25+ patterns of yarny goodness (sweaters, mittens, a devilishly cute layette, and more all await you!). The good people at Cooperative Press have found a local printer who can bring you our new book still printed in the USA! Mwah! Have I told you how much I love indie publishers? And speaking of Cooperative Press! Two new goodies for any knitters/crocheters you may know! First, the CP Sock & Mitt Club. Second, the CP Mag! Both of which yours truly will be working on! Yay! What is CP saying about the Magazine? Let me share what CP said: Our intentions are as follows: as with all things CP, we compensate our contributors fairly, work with indie designers and dyers, and generally keep great content coming at you; we will be publishing 3x per year (though we’re doing a special “issue zero” in time for TNNA, the big pro fiber arts tradeshow in June) via our own app. This app will eventually also offer other Cooperative Press content, too. Ebooks, special issues, etc.; by popular demand and in response to some early feedback, we’ll do a PDF version of the magazine, which will be available via our website and Ravelry. It won’t have the video/audio/interactive functionality of the main version, but for readers who aren’t interested in reading via app, it’ll offer access to most of the content; each year, we’ll collect the magazine content into a book book -- think the way Food&Wine or Martha Stewart republishes their "best-of" each year. Hopefully having multiple access points for the content will make everyone happy. And by having several digital options, it makes it possible to buy it from anywhere (even Australia and the UK!), because as we’ve learned selling books, not everyone feels like paying the (frankly absurd) postage rates these days. It makes me ill to have to charge half again the cost of a print book just to ship it to Europe, and from a purely capitalistic perspective, I’d rather you put that $12 towards another one of our ebooks! :) And, more happiness—the husband gets more good press for his book, too! Yay books! Yay literate people! * * * And my new pattern (that I'm so proud of!): Hunger Games-inspired Life and Death socks—designed for those of us who tend to give their socks a beating. (more details on knitting blog) Let me know what you thought of the movie by tweeting a response using this hashtag (#HungerGamesMovie): Question: What did you think of the Hunger Games movie"? (Thank you @ReneeRico, for the idea—and ditto on selecting a name for a bracelet!) * * * Audible's Moveable Feast with the excellent reader, Zora Neale Hurston's lovely Their Eyes Were Watching God. Soon Ehren and I'll have Gulliver ready for you. I'm racking up moments of the usual start-of-book zeitgeist. (Have you seen the advertisement yet? Thank you, Jill!) Woven Fabric Social Media Icon Set by Webdesigner Depot | 4/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFitzgerald—247: Pt 1-Diamond | BONUS EPISODE! "A Diamond as Big as the Ritz" by F. Scott Fitzgerald—part 1. Join the conversation by tweeting a response to this question by using a hashtag (#FaveFitzgerald): Question: What is your favorite bit from the first half of "A Diamond as Big as the Ritz"? I will randomly select a name from the responders and whoever I choose will get their very own WWMDfK? bracelet (iffin you want one)! Have an idea for a knitting pattern based on a Hitchcock flick? Send yourself over to Stephannie Tallent's blog and get the skinny on how to submit your ideas! And my new pattern (that I'm so proud of I'm even sharing it here!): Hunger Games-inspired Life and Death socks—designed for those of us who tend to give their socks a beating. (more details on knitting blog) If you would like to purchase the pattern you can do it here through my regular shoppe account via the cart button below, or via my Ravelry shop where the pdf will be stored in your Library. This sock is for the adventurous intermediate or expert knitter (or for a new knitter who hasn’t been told that socks, cables, and double knitting are hard, the therefore is able to do anything) Skills knit and purl stitches, YO, right and left leaning increases, decreases, cables knitting in the round on two circular needles reading lace and charts; use of stitch markers to delineate repeats knitting both Continental and British (as commonly done in Fair Isle) is helpful if you wish to include the optional hidden pocket knowledge of double-knitting is useful but not required. Tutorial included. Size (S,M)L— for accurate fit, measure around ball of Foot (7in,8in)9in, Gauge 28 sts=4 in/10cm; 38 rows=4” on sole-stitch stockinette; same on stockinette arrowhead lace Yarn SOLE: held double; sample knit with The March Hare in Scarlet Letter [70% Merino, 30% silk, 435 yards/ 398 m, 100g; 18 WPI]; INSTEP/LEG: Mountain Colors: CrazyFoot in Headwaters [90% superwash Merino, 10% nylon, 425 yards/ 389 m, 100g; 18 WPI] Needle Two US 1 (2.25 mm) circs; cable needle or appropriate substitute tool; one set US 1 dpns for optional pocket Notions stitch markers or paperclips (many) CraftLit! Just the Books! Featured in the Podcast Box! We just added a featured tab to the Podcast Box app. Every couple weekswe will be featuring different producers' apps and this week your app has been chosen! Being featured makes it super easy for new listeners to discover your show so make sure you release some fresh content. Tell your audience to download the FREE Podcast Box app... your show will be front and center when they launch it!Just the Books for Droid, here. CraftLit for Droid here. Woven Fabric Social Media Icon Set by Webdesigner Depot | 3/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean236—Chapter 27: Dracula | 246—Chapter 27—THE END of Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via this feed). Submit pattern ideas for upcoming Defarge books! From Juti: Louis S. Warren, "Buffalo Bill Meets Dracula: William F. Cody, Bram Stoker, and the Frontiers of Racial Decay," The American Historical Review vol. 107 no. 4 (October 2002), pp 1124-1157. Flicks the Church Forgot (Vampire flicks part 1, part 2, part 3) SFFaudio Wowio eBooks Psychopathy CraftLit! Just the Books! Featured in the Podcast Box! We just added a featured tab to the Podcast Box app. Every couple weekswe will be featuring different producers' apps and this week your app has been chosen! Being featured makes it super easy for new listeners to discover your show so make sure you release some fresh content. Tell your audience to download the FREE Podcast Box app... your show will be front and center when they launch it!Just the Books for Droid, here. CraftLit for Droid here. (go get your free book and start your trial by clicking above) Again, many thanks to Jon Scholes at Vaguenet, and Ehren Ziegler at Chop Bard, Maurice Mengel, and Elizabeth Klett for our audio this week! Woven Fabric Social Media Icon Set by Webdesigner Depot | 3/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean245—Chapter 26: Dracula | 245—Chapter 26 of Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via this feed). HENRY Irving--not John Irving (caught it too late!) The book on decision making: Mina's typewriter (perhaps) Once again we need our map: this comes to us via Syrie James @Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Syrie James’ novel Dracula, My Love. Misty won Caramel! Heather(!) won one of Mighty Distractible's embroidery kits! From this month's incentive drawing! CraftLit! Just the Books! Featured in the Podcast Box! We just added a featured tab to the Podcast Box app. Every couple weeks we will be featuring different producers' apps and this week your app has been chosen! Being featured makes it super easy for new listeners to discover your show so make sure you release some fresh content. Tell your audience to download the FREE Podcast Box app... your show will be front and center when they launch it!Just the Books for Droid, here. CraftLit for Droid here. (go get your free book and start your trial by clicking above) Again, many thanks to Jon Scholes at Vaguenet, and Ehren Ziegler at Chop Bard, and Elizabeth Klett for our audio this week! Woven Fabric Social Media Icon Set by Webdesigner Depot | 3/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean244—Chapter 25: Dracula | 244—Chapter 25 of Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via this feed). The Husband wrote an awesome post on being an outsider. Now you know (another reason) why I love the guy. Degenerate art, a catalog of the show I saw. Here's the SFF #094 episode Julie was on chatting about Gulliver (spoilers). Once again we need our map: this comes to us via Syrie James @Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins; Syrie James’ novel Dracula, My Love. Do you like Caramel? Yes I like Caramel! Do you like embroidery? Yes I like embroidery! Incentives this month! A pound of Caramels or Mighty Distractible's embroidery kits! Donate in the sidebar to be put into the drawing! The store is now open! CraftLit! Just the Books! Featured in the Podcast Box! We just added a featured tab to the Podcast Box app. Every couple weeks we will be featuring different producers' apps and this week your app has been chosen! Being featured makes it super easy for new listeners to discover your show so make sure you release some fresh content. Tell your audience to download the FREE Podcast Box app... your show will be front and center when they launch it!Just the Books for Droid, here. CraftLit for Droid here. (go get your free book and start your trial by clicking above) Again, many thanks to Jon Scholes at Vaguenet, and Ehren Ziegler at Chop Bard, and Jon's friend Charlie Allen Wall for our audio this week! Just the Books is now paralleling CraftLit in real time—for Dracula. We'll be uploading the books between Pride and Prejudice and The Woman in White as time and storage space allow. AND the CraftLit Family page is up and growing! Add what you're up to there and share your "betterness". Woven Fabric Social Media Icon Set by Webdesigner Depot | 2/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean243—Chapter 24: Dracula | 243—Chapter 24 of Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via this feed). Do you like Caramel? Yes I like Caramel! Do you like embroidery? Yes I like embroidery! Incentives this month! A pound of Caramels and Mighty Distractible's embroidery kits! Donate in the sidebar to be put into the drawing! Winchester Repeater CraftLit! Just the Books! Featured in the Podcast Box! Wizzard Media just added a featured tab to the Podcast Box app. Every couple weeks we will be featuring different producers' apps and this week your CraftLit has been chosen! Download the FREE Podcast Box app... CraftLit will be front and center when you launch it!Just the Books for Droid, here. CraftLit for Droid here. Let Jon know you're a fan. (go get your free book and start your trial by clicking above) Again, many thanks to Jon Scholes at Vaguenet, and Ehren Ziegler at Chop Bard, Elizabeth Klett, and Maurice Mengel for our audio this week! Woven Fabric Social Media Icon Set by Webdesigner Depot | 2/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean242—Chapters 22–23: Dracula | 242—Chapters 22–23 of Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via this feed). This week's speciality...Knives! All kinds, like… Kukri from Nepal Machaira of ancient Macedonia Kopis ("chopper") of ancient Greece xiphos of ancient Greece harpé of Greece falcata of Iberia And a Bowie Knife Let Jon know you're a fan. (go get your free book and start your trial by clicking above) Again, many thanks to Jon Scholes at Vaguenet, and Ehren Ziegler at Chop Bard for our audio this week! Woven Fabric Social Media Icon Set by Webdesigner Depot | 2/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean241—Chapter 21: Dracula | 241—Chapter 21 of Dracula! Whoot! From Lisa the Extinct Dracula Monkey!!! Let Jon know you're a fan. (go get your free book and start your trial by clicking above) Again, many thanks to Ehren Ziegler at Chop Bard for our audio this week! Just the Books is now paralleling CraftLit in real time—for Dracula only. We'll be uploading the books between Pride and Prejudice and Dracula as time and space allow. AND the CraftLit Family page is up and growing! Add what you're up to there and share your "betterness". Interview starts at 8min and booktalk starts at 25 audio Woven Fabric Social Media Icon Set by Webdesigner Depot | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean240—Chapter 20: Dracula | 240—Chapter 20 of Dracula! Whoot! From Lisa the Extinct Dracula Monkey!!! Let Jon know you're a fan. (go get your free book and start your trial by clicking above) Again, many thanks to Jon Scholes at Vaguenet, and Ehren Ziegler at Chop Bard for our audio this week! Just the Books is now paralleling CraftLit in real time—for Dracula only. We'll be uploading the books between Pride and Prejudice and Dracula as time and space allow. AND the CraftLit Family page is up and growing! Add what you're up to there and share your "betterness". Interview starts at 8min and booktalk starts at 25 audio Woven Fabric Social Media Icon Set by Webdesigner Depot | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean239—Chapter 19: Dracula | Chapter 19 of Dracula! Whoot! Let Jon know you're a fan. Visuals for you of a skeleton key and hobnail boots. (go get your free book and start your trial by clicking above) Again, many thanks to Elizabeth Klett, Jon Scholes at Vaguenet, and Ehren Ziegler at Chop Bardfor our audio this week! Woven Fabric Social Media Icon Set by Webdesigner Depot | 1/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean238—Chapters 17–18: Dracula | Chapters 17-18 of Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via this feed). Again, many thanks to Elizabeth Klett, Jon Scholes at Vaguenet, and Ehren Ziegler at Chop Bard for our audio this week! Also, huge props to Lucy (read by our Arielle Lipshaw who is now a PROFESSIONAL audiobook recorder for Iambik!). Fun: Visit this for the silliest rap ever, and watch here for the most useful: Need a Trumpet Class for you or your kid? Consider Skype and Dale, the marvelous master of music. Don't forget—you can get a free two-week trial with Clicking above lets them know you support the show—and so should they. (I just listened to Hemingway's Moveable Feast!) Also, Now you can find CraftLit and soonJust the Books on I sometimes skulk around Facebook and occasionally do the twittage. | 1/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean237—Chapter 16: Dracula | Chapter 15 of Dracula! Whoot! Then, next week you'll get episode episode 237 (chapter 16)! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via this feed). Again, many thanks to Maurice Mengel, Jon Scholes at Vaguenet, and Ehren Ziegler at Chop Bard for our audio this week! Thank you for your support, Audible! (now you go get your free book and start your trial by following this link) Updates Happy Holidays | Carlson School of Management, the first chapter of Cool for Cats, reviewed and read for you at Forgotten Classics, things even food safety experts won't eat(good to know!). Holiday Freebies for You! A gift from us to you—Christmas Cards from the Good Madame (who is only interested in righting wrongs and vanquishing injustice, after all...which is almost sort of in the spirit of the season...mostly...) Based on the art used in the Crachette Pattern from the Dickens of a Christmas Blog Hop— —what could be better than a selection of sweet, printable cards to send to your creative comrades, handmade for you by our book's artist Jen Minnis? Here you will find full-color versions of the cards along with b&w cards you can color yourself if you or you're kids are feeling crafty. The sets below print at 2 cards to an 8-1/2" x 11" page and can be used with Avery template 3266. If you would like half-fold sets, we have pdfs which fit Avery #3378 templates in color and black and white. There are many styles to choose from. Or you can download a PDF that includes them all! Color SetsB&W SetsComplete Sets Consider Yourself Consider Yourself Full Set Color ...More ...More I'd Do Anything... I'd Do Anything... New Socks? New Socks? Full Set B&W Think of Others Think of Others I Made It... I Made It... Check out more of Jen's work at Jen Minnis' Art Blog. Need a Trumpet Class for you or your kid? Consider Skype and Dale, the marvelous master of music. | 12/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean236—Chapter 15: Dracula | Chapter 15 of Dracula! Whoot! Then, next week you'll get episode episode 237 (chapter 16)! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via this feed). Again, many thanks to Maurice Mengel, Jon Scholes at Vaguenet, and Ehren Ziegler at Chop Bard for our audio this week! Thank you for your support, Audible! (now you go get your free book and start your trial by following this link) Updates Happy Holidays | Carlson School of Management, the first chapter of Cool for Cats, reviewed and read for you at Forgotten Classics, things even food safety experts won't eat(good to know!). Holiday Freebies for You! A gift from us to you—Christmas Cards from the Good Madame (who is only interested in righting wrongs and vanquishing injustice, after all...which is almost sort of in the spirit of the season...mostly...) Based on the art used in the Crachette Pattern from the Dickens of a Christmas Blog Hop— —what could be better than a selection of sweet, printable cards to send to your creative comrades, handmade for you by our book's artist Jen Minnis? Here you will find full-color versions of the cards along with b&w cards you can color yourself if you or you're kids are feeling crafty. The sets below print at 2 cards to an 8-1/2" x 11" page and can be used with Avery template 3266. If you would like half-fold sets, we have pdfs which fit Avery #3378 templates in color and black and white. There are many styles to choose from. Or you can download a PDF that includes them all! Color SetsB&W SetsComplete Sets Consider Yourself Consider Yourself Full Set Color ...More ...More I'd Do Anything... I'd Do Anything... New Socks? New Socks? Full Set B&W Think of Others Think of Others I Made It... I Made It... Check out more of Jen's work at Jen Minnis' Art Blog. Need a Trumpet Class for you or your kid? Consider Skype and Dale, the marvelous master of music. | 12/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean235—Chapter 14: Dracula | Chapter 14 of Dracula! Whoot! Then, over the next couple of weeks you'll get episode 236 (chapter 15) and episode 237 (chapter 16)! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via this feed). Again, many thanks to Maurice Mengel, Jon Scholes at Vaguenet, and Ehren Ziegler at Chop Bard for our audio this week! Thank you for your support, Audible! (now you go get your free book and start your trial by following this link) Updates Happy Holidays | Carlson School of Management, the first chapter of Cool for Cats, reviewed and read for you at Forgotten Classics, things even food safety experts won't eat(good to know!). Holiday Freebies for You! A gift from us to you—Christmas Cards from the Good Madame (who is only interested in righting wrongs and vanquishing injustice, after all...which is almost sort of in the spirit of the season...mostly...) Based on the art used in the Crachette Pattern from the Dickens of a Christmas Blog Hop— —what could be better than a selection of sweet, printable cards to send to your creative comrades, handmade for you by our book's artist Jen Minnis? Here you will find full-color versions of the cards along with b&w cards you can color yourself if you or you're kids are feeling crafty. The sets below print at 2 cards to an 8-1/2" x 11" page and can be used with Avery template 3266. If you would like half-fold sets, we have pdfs which fit Avery #3378 templates in color and black and white. There are many styles to choose from. Or you can download a PDF that includes them all! Color SetsB&W SetsComplete Sets Consider Yourself Consider Yourself Full Set Color ...More ...More I'd Do Anything... I'd Do Anything... New Socks? New Socks? Full Set B&W Think of Others Think of Others I Made It... I Made It... Check out more of Jen's work at Jen Minnis' Art Blog. Need a Trumpet Class for you or your kid? Consider Skype and Dale, the marvelous master of music. | 12/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean234: Chapter 13—Dracula | Chapter 13 of Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via this feed). Again, many thanks to Elizabeth Klett, Barbara Edelman, and Ehren Ziegler at Chop Bard for our audio this week! Thank you for your support, Audible! (now you can ride on CraftLit's coattails and go get your free book and start your trial by following this link) Updates FUNNY! Just Glue Some Gears on It (and call it Steampunk) Other Listening fun! Monsters We Love Need a Trumpet Class for you or your kid? Consider Skype and Dale, the marvelous master of music. | 12/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean233: Chapter 12—Dracula | Chapter 12 of Dracula! Whoot! Many thanks to Elizabeth Klett, Arlen Donald, and Ehren Ziegler at Chop Bardfor our audio this week! Updates Need a Trumpet Class for you or your kid? Consider Skype and Dale, the marvelous master of music. Scroll down to see a neato Dracula cover. Interesting bits on audiobooks etc: James Parker, "The Mind's Ear"; John Schwartz, "Wired for Sound" Concealed—a new YA book about Djinn for all you fantasy/YA lovers! Marceli Botticelli live and in person (with a full four litres of blood!) at the Watch City Dickens Christmas Festival at Charles River, MA. December Incentive! From listener Julie Temisevä! November Incentives: Yarn! goes to Katie in WA Vampires, Werewolves, and Zombies goes to Zaida in NY. Still have some Defarge wristbands so donate if you want one. (Make sure PayPal has your address! or I can't send it to you!) | 12/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean232: Chapter 11—Dracula | No notes, really. So sue me. Chapter 11, though. You might get a kick out of this, however. From Thing 1 | 11/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean231: Chapter 10—Dracula | Chapter 10 of Dracula though! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via this feed). Again, many thanks to Arielle Lipshaw and Ehren Ziegler at Chop Bard for our audio this week! Updates Need a Trumpet Class for you or your kid? Consider Skype and Dale, the marvelous master of music. Scripture mentioned in the podcast: Mark 2:18-20, John 3:26-30—also check out Luke 5:33-35. Links! Defarge Does Shakespeare and Defarge Does Chaucer open for bizness! If you have a pattern idea, send it on! Deadline for Shakespeare submissions March 1, 2012, for Chaucer August 1, 2012. November Incentives: Yarn! Still have some Defarge wristbands so donate if you want one. (Make sure PayPal has your address!or I can't send it to you!) | 11/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean230: Chapter 9—Dracula | Sorry for the Disappearing Shownotes! Chapter 9 of Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via this feed). Again, many thanks to Elizabeth Klett and Ehren Ziegler at Chop Bard, Arielle Lipshaw, and our new voices, Maurice Mengel and Andrew Ordover! Nifty things for you! Stoker's Journal is discovered, Dickens has two new biographies out, Edward Gorey Dracula cardboard theater, YouTube video of same, pix of Dracula covers all from Juliana. | 11/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean229: Chapters 7–8—Dracula | Chapters 7-8 Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via this feed). Again, many thanks to Elizabeth Klett and Ehren Ziegler at Chop Bard and our new voice, Barbara Edelman! Nifty things for you! Just the Books is now paralleling CraftLit in real time—for Dracula only. We'll be uploading the books between Pride and Prejudice and Dracula as time and space allow. AND the CraftLit Family page is up and growing! Add what you're up to there and share your "betterness". The links for you! Marat Sade, Stoker's Journal, plus Prince Charles is supporting Count Dracula’s family home AND acknowledging him as an ancestor, Jack Sheppard. November Incentives: Yarn! Still have some Defarge wristbands so donate if you want one. We also have some kickin' incentives! (Make sure PayPal has your address!) I'd love to talk to someone who can make bookmarks like these (scroll down to the 'once upon a time' entry—bottom row, center). | 11/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean228: Chapter 6—Dracula | Chapter 6 of Dracula! Whoot! Many thanks to Elizabeth Klett and Ehren Ziegler at Chop Bard. Nifty things for you! Donate to the show by midnight 10/31/2011 and you will get a Defarge wristband! (Make sure PayPal has your address! Just the Books is now paralleling CraftLit in real time—for Dracula only. We'll be uploading the books between Pride and Prejudice and Dracula as time and space allow. AND the CraftLit Family page is up and growing! Add what you're up to there and share your "betterness". Listener Joseph went to Whitby and has two lovely blog posts to show you (and his blog name—Zombie Parents Guide—is thoroughly charming). Someday Whitby... someday...I smell a road trip... BJ Harrison at Classic Tales Podcast has done the MARVELOUSLY creepy The Judge's House by Bram Stoker. A little more moodiness for your season. Ehren Ziegler's Glorious Art! The husband's new novel is now out on Kindle and getting very nice reviews! CHEEKY REDHEAD's CREEPY PLAYLIST: "Cruel Spell" by Big Bad Voodo Daddy "Hell" by Squirrel Nut Zippers "Dr Bones" by Cherry Poppin Daddies "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon "Young Blood" by Norah Jones "Dead Man's Party" by Oingo Boingo "Kiss of Fire" by Louis Armstrong "Bad Things" by Jace Everett "All Souls Night" by Loreena McKennitt "Moon Over Bourbon Street" by Sting "Devil With A Blue Dress/Good Golly Miss Molly" by Mitch Rider & the Detroit Wheels "I Put A Spell On You" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins "In The Midnight Hour" by Wilson Picket "That Old Black Magic" by Keely Smith/Louis Prima Add your fave creepy songs to the comments section below! Goodreads Widget for CL Group: CraftLit 20 members A place to share about the books covered on CraftLit (or ones that should be) as well as "What Would... Books we've read View this group on Goodreads √ǬªShare book reviews and ratings with CraftLit, and even join a book club on Goodreads. | 10/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean227: Chapter 5—Dracula | Chapter 5! YAY! Newsy bits: Heidi says: I know your a big fan of The Phantom Tollbooth so I wanted to tell you about a new documentary project and the Kickstarter campaign to help fund it. I'm making special character plush dolls for campaign backers. From: lahlahland I made this mini-me: Ann Shaffer came across this link to a page about a Canadian artist’s series of paintings called ”Exit, Pursued By A Bear” —how perfect is that? Judge John Hodgeman explains the importance of the Fourth Wall (or not). Twitter/donations/scary... Donate 5$ or more and get your very own WWMDfK? bracelet! Margaret Rubiano of the Compendium Monstrum on Sparkly Vampires: I couldn't find an actual translation of Obour in the source material, but there was a note stating that its origins are Turkish, while the Slavonic name is Upior, and that in Dalmatia they are known as Wrikodlaki. (Sorry, no idea how to pronounce that one) On the plus side, they do appear to be easy enough to deal with-all you have to do is force the obour into a bottle using an Eikon, stopper it up, affix the Eikon to the bottle, and then chuck the whole enchilada into a fire. Karen Wessel Just remembered what I've been meaning to mention - not sure if you don't know already but - the "Leiterwagen" mentioned in Dracula? the literal translation is Ladder (=Leiter) cart/wagon (=wagen). So called because the sides of it look like ladders. And if smaller stuff needed to be transported they had canvas to put inside and if dung needed to be transported they had boards/planks to take the place of the ladders on the side... Centripetal—moving to the center Centrifugal—moving away from the center CHEEKY REDHEAD's CREEPY PLAYLIST: "Cruel Spell" by Big Bad Voodo Daddy "Hell" by Squirrel Nut Zippers "Dr Bones" by Cherry Poppin Daddies "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon "Young Blood" by Norah Jones "Dead Man's Party" by Oingo Boingo "Kiss of Fire" by Louis Armstrong "Bad Things" by Jace Everett "All Souls Night" by Loreena McKennitt "Moon Over Bourbon Street" by Sting "Devil With A Blue Dress/Good Golly Miss Molly" by Mitch Rider & the Detroit Wheels "I Put A Spell On You" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins "In The Midnight Hour" by Wilson Picket "That Old Black Magic" by Keely Smith/Louis Prima Add your fave creepy songs to the comments section below! CraftLit's bookshelf: What We've Read 55 members A place to share about the books covered on CraftLit (or ones that should be) as well as "What Would... Books we've read Bernice Bobs Her Hair by F. Scott Fitzgerald Start date: September 1, 2011 The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins Start date: January 1, 2010 View this group on Goodreads » Share book reviews and ratings with CraftLit, and even join a book club on Goodreads. Book talk begins at 16:40 min. Listen to 227 audio. | 10/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean226: Chapter 4—Dracula | Chapter 4 of Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via this feed). Again, many thanks to Jon Scholes at www.vaguenet.com—who seems to have been born to read this book for you (and has a very funny post regarding a funny scandal here). Nifty things for you! Ehren Ziegler's Glorious Art! Margaret (Sneakybeaky on Rav) Rubiano's book! I love our listeners! The husband's new novel has a giveaway for a copy at GoodReads! And his Kindle version will be live any second now. Our GORGEOUS incentive for October 2011 from Marceli Botticelli's Tea Times Creations! To clarify stuff in Dracula somewhat:A leiter-wagon looks like this: Mattockand spade (shovel). Cool site for Dracula blog digital storytelling with a nifty Harker Map Bloggish stuff: Grab a button or get more from CraftLit's link to us page Or Or CHEEKY REDHEAD's CREEPY PLAYLIST: "Cruel Spell" by Big Bad Voodo Daddy "Hell" by Squirrel Nut Zippers "Dr Bones" by Cherry Poppin Daddies "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon "Young Blood" by Norah Jones "Dead Man's Party" by Oingo Boingo "Kiss of Fire" by Louis Armstrong "Bad Things" by Jace Everett "All Souls Night" by Loreena McKennitt "Moon Over Bourbon Street" by Sting "Devil With A Blue Dress/Good Golly Miss Molly" by Mitch Rider & the Detroit Wheels "I Put A Spell On You" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins "In The Midnight Hour" by Wilson Picket "That Old Black Magic" by Keely Smith/Louis Prima Add your fave creepy songs to the comments section below! Book talk begins at 16 min. Listen to 226 audio. | 10/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean225:Chapter 3—Dracula | Chapter 3 of Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via this feed.) Nifty things for you! I'm part of the fun at Rhinebeck Bingo 2011 (Square and Player!) and I'll be at Building C, #17 most of the time. CraftLit/Rhinebeck meetup at 11:30 Sat/Sun, then we can poke over to the Ravelry Party. Pick up a Defarge or bring yours for me to sign and get your very own wristband! The husband’s new novel has a giveaway for a copy at GoodReads! Our GORGEOUS incentive for October 2011 from Marceli Botticelli's Tea Times Creations! To clarify location and peoples in Dracula somewhat:Who ARE these people Harker is going on about? Saxons—Germanic people Hungarians—also known as Magyars (pronounced mad-jar or mad-yar, from Hungarian: magyarok) Wallachia or Walachia (Romanian: Țara Românească pronounced [ˈt͡sara romɨˈne̯askə] or Valahia pronounced [vaˈlahi.a]; archaic: Țeara Rumânească, Cyrillic: Цѣра Румѫнѣскъ / Цѣра Рȣмѫнѣскъ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. Székelys Atilla the Hun This is what an Aquiline (roman) nose looks like: Here's a caleche Bloggish stuff: Grab a button or get more from CraftLit's link to us page Or Or CHEEKY REDHEAD's CREEPY PLAYLIST: "Cruel Spell" by Big Bad Voodo Daddy "Hell" by Squirrel Nut Zippers "Dr Bones" by Cherry Poppin Daddies "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon "Young Blood" by Norah Jones "Dead Man's Party" by Oingo Boingo "Kiss of Fire" by Louis Armstrong "Bad Things" by Jace Everett "All Souls Night" by Loreena McKennitt "Moon Over Bourbon Street" by Sting "Devil With A Blue Dress/Good Golly Miss Molly" by Mitch Rider & the Detroit Wheels "I Put A Spell On You" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins "In The Midnight Hour" by Wilson Picket "That Old Black Magic" by Keely Smith/Louis Prima Add your fave creepy songs to the comments section below! CraftLit 20 members A place to share about the books covered on CraftLit (or ones that should be) as well as "What Would... Books we've read View this group on Goodreads »Share book reviews and ratings with CraftLit, and even join a book club on Goodreads. | 10/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean224: Chapter 2—Dracula | Chapter 2 of Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via this feed.) The husband’s new novel and his lovely review from Kathleen: Andrew Ordover's novel is an entertaining introduction to a fresh new detective. Jordan Greenblatt, a Long Island transplant to Atlanta, has a smart and funny Southern wife, a group of jazz musicians for whom he plays bass, and, oh yeah, a one-man PI firm specializing in routine investigations: philanderers, insurance cheats, and other run-of-the mill cases. He also has some personal baggage that will soon be unpacked. Although he enjoys his self-described "slacker lifestyle," he is a bit bored and when a New York businessman asks him to investigate the three-year old hit and run death of his daughter, a woman whom Jordan knew as a teenager, he takes the case. Jordan's main gift as an investigator seems to be his impulsivity, and with his initial lack of either foresight or self-defense skills he manages to ruffle a lot of local feathers in what eventually becomes a very personal quest for justice. Ordover's gifts as a writer include a terrific ear for dialog, excellent pacing, and a sense of humor that is neither cynical nor snarky. He's given us an intriguing supporting cast as well, and I like his taste in classic jazz. After reading the last page I was delighted to see a teaser for a second book in the series. Although fans of feline detectives may be disappointed, I was charmed that the only four-legged cat in the book is Jordan and Susannah's pet cat, Eliot, who has a walk-on part in one scene and who appears to have absolutely no super-spidey-powers of detection. Our GORGEOUS incentive for September/October 2011 from Marceli Botticelli's Tea Times Creations! To clarify location and peoples in Dracula somewhat:Who ARE these people Harker is going on about? Saxons—Germanic people Hungarians—also known as Magyars (pronounced mad-jar or mad-yar, from Hungarian: magyarok) Wallachia or Walachia (Romanian: Țara Românească pronounced [ˈt͡sara romɨˈne̯askə] or Valahia pronounced [vaˈlahi.a]; archaic: Țeara Rumânească, Cyrillic: Цѣра Румѫнѣскъ / Цѣра Рȣмѫнѣскъ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. Székelys Atilla the Hun This is what an Aquiline (roman) nose looks like: Here's a caleche Bloggish stuff: Grab a button or get more from CraftLit's link to us page Or Or CHEEKY REDHEAD's CREEPY PLAYLIST: "Cruel Spell" by Big Bad Voodo Daddy "Hell" by Squirrel Nut Zippers "Dr Bones" by Cherry Poppin Daddies "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon "Young Blood" by Norah Jones "Dead Man's Party" by Oingo Boingo "Kiss of Fire" by Louis Armstrong "Bad Things" by Jace Everett "All Souls Night" by Loreena McKennitt "Moon Over Bou | 9/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean223: Chapter 1—Dracula | Chapter 1 of Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via this feed.) New reader too, via Sharon (MizzAdamz on Ravelry) of CraftLit's London, Bath, and Wales trip—Jon Scholes at www.vaguenet.com—who seems to have been born to read this book for you. Bless you both! Forgotten Classics is starting a new book. A new novel for you to try! Checkout this lovely map we're being allowed to use for your edification and clarity! this comes to us via Syrie James @Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Syrie James' novel Dracula, My Love, (quite well-reviewed, you should look)... is how I found this. She said to tell you, "[the novel] will give you a brand new perspective on Bram Stoker's story and characters, and allow you to see Dracula in a new light!" Her books are available as audio books too, and "the actress who narrated my Dracula book is fantastic, and the audio book version of The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë just won the 2011 Audie award." (not bad, hey?) To clarify location and peoples in Dracula somewhat:Who ARE these people Harker is going on about? Saxons—Germanic people Hungarians—also known as Magyars (pronounced mad-jar or mad-yar, from Hungarian: magyarok) Wallachia or Walachia (Romanian: Țara Românească pronounced [ˈt͡sara romɨˈne̯askə] or Valahia pronounced [vaˈlahi.a]; archaic: Țeara Rumânească, Cyrillic: Цѣра Румѫнѣскъ / Цѣра Рȣмѫнѣскъ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. Székelys Atilla the Hun Jumping the gun a bit, but this is so pretty... New Slains Castle may have inspired Stoker--New Slains Castle is a ruined castle near Cruden Bay in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, overlooking the North Sea. This is what an Aquiline (roman) nose looks like: Slovak costumes referred to in the story: and another page with traditional Slovak dress on it. Here's a caleche A Note From: Irish Clover Some 411 on Bram: First, he worked in the tax department at Dublin Castle, a government building, in his early working life. (The people of Dublin say he was a bloodsucker before writing about a bloodsucker.) Also, Stoker spent his summers around Killarney as a small boy. If one were to go on the Ghost Tour of Killarney, she would hear of the story of a man who lived in the ruins of Muckross Abbey. The man would be a part of living society during the day, but at night, he would retire to the ruins. The towns people would hear horrible shrieks and tortuous sounds from the Abbey that would last until almost dawn. When the sun was close to rising, the man would lie down in an empty coffin and sleep for a few hours. Lore has it that Stoker heard the stories about the man when he visited Killarney. Also, the Gaelic word drochfhuil (pronounced drak-ul) means "bad blood." I have no idea how much of these stories are true, but the lore around Stoker really adds to the tale of Dracula. CHEEKY REDHEAD's CREEPY PLAYLIST: "Cruel Spell" by Big Bad Voodo Daddy "Hell" by Squirrel Nut Zippers "Dr Bones" by Cherry Poppin Daddies "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon "Young Blood" by Norah Jones "Dead Man's Party" by Oingo Boingo "Kiss of Fire" by Louis Armstrong "Bad Things" by Jace Everett "All Souls Night" by Loreena McKennitt "Moon Over Bourbon Street" by Sting "Devil With A Blue Dress/Good Golly Miss Molly" by Mitch Rider & the Detroit Wheels "I Put A Spell On You" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins "In The Midnight Hour" by Wilson Picket "That Old Black Magic" by Keely Smith/Louis Prima Add your fave creepy songs to the comments section below! Possible etymologies for nosferatu: A leading alternative etymology is that the term originally came from the Greek "nosophoros" (*νοσοφόρος), meaning disease-bearing.[10] F. W. Murnau's classic film Nosferatu strongly emphasizes this theme of disease, and Murnau's creative direction in the film may have been influenced by this etymology (or vice-versa).[11]...A final possibility | 9/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanShort Stories—021: Stockton, Chopin, Twain | This week's stories are all about IRONY! I was famous at my school in NYC when, on 9/11, while we were standing on the southernmost tip of Manhattan, I "taught" irony to my students. We had evacuated, and were in that brief moment between the airplane crashes and the towers' collapse. I was standing on a park bench by Castle Clinton, whistling for more of our students to join me. As we stood around, trying to look calm, I had the kids look at the Statue of Liberty, then look at the terrorist attacks. Liberty. Terror. The kids got it. This week, however, we play with two fun short stories and a deeply satiric essay. The first is one you may or may not know, "The Lady or the Tiger," written by Frank Stockton. He lived from 1834 to 1902. Here he is. Nice lookin' fellah, eh? The second story we'll listen to today is one of my favorites. In fact, if you have kids who are in junior high or high school, have them listen to these stories a couple of times, then talk to them. They'll never have a hard time with Irony again (which is good, because it's the easiest way for them to mess up on those high-stakes tests!). The second is "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. Here's Kate. The last piece I've been forced to read myself as it was obvious to me that the Librivox reader kinda missed the point...or wasn't able to communicate it clearly enough when reading it out loud. It's Mark Twain's "War Prayer" and it's pretty brutal. However, it's also timely and something important that we should probably all think about. Twain wrote this when he was unhappy with US actions in the Philippines. Whether you're encouraged by our current overseas actions or not, it's not bad to sit back and think about the point Twain brings up in his short essay/story/parable. He's a master of satire, and like all satire, if taken at face value, he'll simply look like a monster and that will be the end of it. Either way, I hope you enjoy this, our first day of short stories. Today, "The Lady or the Tiger" was read by Alice (that's all she wrote, folks!), and "The Story of an Hour" and "War Prayer" was read by Yours Truly. As always, the theme music was "Chasing Hiro" by Joshua Christian, podsafe music from Garageband.com. | 9/5/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAusten—020: End of Pride and Prejudice | Wrapping up P&P. Saying goodbye to Jane and itching for some glorious needlework. “How odious,” she thought, “to knit with a broken finger…” High body count knitting (and architecture)…and a hint at next week’s story…or…stories! Bruno Bettelheim’s book is at Amazon, if you’re interested. As always, Pride and Prejudice is narrated by Karen Savage. | 8/30/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAusten—019: Chapters 56-59 | Today, chapters 56-59; THE PAYOFF! First: The Tragedies My finger. Simple Market Farms goes out of business--buy their remaining stock. My inability to get good Wenslydale (cheese) for my Mom (click on "cheese" on the left and look for "Wallace and Gromit"). Read the Dairy's cool history while you're at it! (Scroll to the bottom and select "history".) Second: The Payoffs Tucson Handspinners Guild Spin-in at Kiwi Knitting. And buy cotton here while you're at it!!! Then...Darcy! Elizabeth! FINALLY!!! 'Nuff said. Do let me know what you're thinking re: War of the Worlds, Turn of the Screw, the first Oz book, or Tom Sawyer. Sound good? Email me your thoughts at MamaOKnits AT Gmail DOT com. As always, Pride and Prejudice is narrated by Karen Savage. BONUS ARTICLE if you love Pluto too. | 8/24/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAusten--018: Chapters 53–55 | Today, chapters 53-55. I'm thinking that instead of a poll, I just want everyone to look at the librivox.org catalog and tell me what you like. I'll take the one with the most emails. I think I'll putter around with some of the short works first, just to give you some variety, then dive into another long book. Sound good? Email me your thoughts at MamaOKnits AT Gmail DOT com. As always, Pride and Prejudice is narrated by Karen Savage. | 8/15/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAusten--017: Chapters 50-52 | I'm relegated to podcasting from my local coffeehouse again, sorry about that. The ambient noise is MUCH worse than before as this joint has tile floors--a local hazard. Apologies. I should have DSL at my Mom's house by tonight, but I wanted to get this posted before that. I'm already mighty late by previous East Coast standards. The trip, however, was successful, and we're all here safe and sound. Though, this morning's news filled me with dread as my darling husband has to fly back to New York Saturday morning. World War IV, is what I'm hearing. WWIII was the Cold War, according to People I Trust. Sigh... Can't we all just get along? Even 'Liz and Darcy? This week, chapters 50-52! But not before a little Rascal Flatts, who I hope will forgive me the brief use of their CARS song. In turn, I hope that you all visit either their website or iTunes and buy either the CARS soundtrack or (and?) some Rascal Flatts music. These guys are HOT! And, honestly, the movie is sweet. Both my boys loved it. I can't apologize enough for the lousy audio on this one. Next week I'll podcast from under a blanket again if I have to. This is ridiculous. I need a studio. Many thanks for the posters and emailers while I was on my journey. I'll tell you more about it next week. Until then, you can read some on my travel blog. As always, Pride and Prejudice is narrated by Karen Savage. | 8/9/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAusten—016: Chapters 47-49 | Chapters 47-49! Next week, chapters 50-52... Well, it's August 3rd, and I'm on the road! Chicago, Sioux Falls, Deadwood and on to LOVELAND COLORADO--home of Interweave Press... How do I love thee...let me count the ways. So the title of the podcast? Because my son is a questioner...well...so am I, so...apples/trees, you get the picture. I fully expect this road trip to be one of fun and learning. The country is so big and so wonderful...I feel an Emily-from-Our-Town-Moment coming on! If there is internet access and time, you'll hear some audio from the road. If not, you'll notice this post popping up, and a small-ish podcast appearing in your iTunes ontime. Why? Because I love you! Here's the link to our On The Road blog. On a serious note: We need to get serious on the next book. Please, PLEASE record your wishes at the Libsyn site (for some reason the poll HTML didn't work on Blogger) and email me if I left off something you're dying to hear. I'll be much happier if I don't have to make the next book decision on my own. Sorry about the lameness of the poll layout by the way, but it was free. And thank you again, to everyone who's sent in ideas. What a great bunch of people you all are! In fact--late breaking news! I got an audio response which I'm going to play for you from the fabulous Kathryn Pope! Just in time to fill some space while I'm losing my mind...and throwing out pretty much everything I own! No storage units for me! Many thanks, Kathryn! Travel note: sorry for the lateness of the post--two states don't believe in internet. As always, Pride and Prejudice is narrated by Karen Savage | 7/25/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAusten—015: Chapters 44–46 | This week, chapters 44-46! Did you hear Cast-on's Essay last week? It was as though we dovetailed our themes on purpose! Synchronicity? Love that Jung! Promos from Faith at The Knitting Cook, and Jeannie Gist of Crochet Cast. As always, Pride and Prejudice is narrated by Karen Savage. | 7/19/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAusten—014: Chapters 42–43 | Chapters 42-45! WRONG WRONG WRONG! 43 was much longer than it said on the tag. This week we only have 42-43...but its an hour long episode regardless... Next week, chapters 44-??... Sorry about that! Well, I'm in the homestretch! This week and next week are the last two I'll be podcasting from Croton-on-Hudson...boy I'll need to change the intro, huh? I'll be podcasting from the road the week of August 1st, then from Tucson the next week. IF I can, I'll get my son in on the 'cast...but no guarantees. He's quite the ball-o-goof. So this week! A little discussion of ChickLit and Austen... Jane Austen's novels have been repackaged as chick-lit to reflect our modern conception of her as a romantic novelist. But her world is less comforting than we think, argues Laura Thompson... On 07/09/2006, Laura Thompson created a bit of a stir in the literary world when she said that Chicklit--the girlie romancified summer book lit that's gotten to be so popular among the young--had co-opted Jane Austen, and specifically, Pride and Prejudice. ...It all started in fine non-literary style: with Colin Firth. The scene in the 1995 television adaptation of Pride and Prejudice in which Colin got his shirt wet was, almost certainly, the moment that opened the door and let the modern world in upon the quiet, oil-lit writing desk at Chawton Cottage. And when Firth played Mark Darcy in the film of Bridget Jones's Diary, the deal was sealed: Pride and Prejudice was on its way to fame and fortune. Which brings her to a point we've discussed on this podcast: ...What on earth would Jane Austen have made of it all? Well, she would certainly have laughed - "I dearly love a laugh," says Elizabeth Bennet, in the voice of her creator - and she would have enjoyed all the money, because nobody was more aware of its importance. Elizabeth and her sister Jane might have charm to spare, plus wit and good temper to keep fear of the future at bay, but their genteel poverty means that the men who marry them are not just lovers; they are personal relief missions from lives beyond contemplation. And this acute alertness to the significance of money - to the humiliating gulf between the shillings that buy Elizabeth's hair ribbons and Darcy's £30,000 a year - is just one of the many aspects of Jane Austen that has been lost to a contemporary audience. She goes on to say that too often, readers today just think it's neat that Elizabeth wound up with a rich guy--rather than noting that it was her job to find a rich husband or live a life of drudgery. In reality, loving Darcy is the bonus. The real marriage is that of money. ....Actually, there is rather more to Elizabeth than the perfection we behold in her (and ourselves). What, for example, is one to make of her ambiguous joke that she began to love Darcy on "first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley"? Sir Walter Scott, for one, thought she meant exactly what she said; and I think he had a point. ....But the novels as a whole are rather less comforting. Indeed, they are, in some ways, terrifying. There is something appalling about the lack of illusions with which Jane Austen viewed her little world. To censor out such a judgment - or to condemn it as "male" - is to do her an extreme disservice. And the point she makes next made me feel bad for not making a bigger deal out of what Charlotte did, and why: Take, for example, the character of Charlotte Lucas, one of Austen's finest, who cuts through the nonsense now waffling round Pride and Prejudice like a particularly acid lemon. Her presence lurks sombrely behind Elizabeth's lovely lightness: the two girls are faces of the same coin, expressions of their creator's joyful esprit on the one hand and cold eye on the other. Like Elizabeth, Charlotte has a lively mind, but, unlike her friend, she has no physical allure. A quirk of nature has taken her out of the orbit of men such as Darcy. And, because she is plain, she sees the world plainly | 7/19/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAusten—013: Chapters 38-41 | This week, chapters 38-41! Next week--42-45! A brief episode because I'm behind at work, sorry about that. Today, listen for some more wonderful Collins idiocy. And as far as pride and prejudice go, Elizabeth’s refusal of Darcy’s proposal due to her new understanding of how she misjudged Darcy’s motives knocks them both down a peg. They’re on new footing now—-a lot of their assumptions about each other have been challenged and now there’s room for…well…something to happen. Watch for the groundwork of an eminent disaster…these are the chapters where doom comes a knockin'. As always, Pride and Prejudice is narrated by Karen Savage. | 7/13/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAusten—012: Chapters 35–37 | This week, chapters 35-37! Next week--38-41! | 7/5/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAusten—011: Chapters 31–34 | This week, Chapters 31-34 (next week 35-37) My 9/11 story, just in case you wondered. And links to poetry/stories from my students too. And then The Soapbox. Sorry about that, but it's been bugging me so much. I hope that one of us will come up with some great idea for how to save the planet and all the people on it. I suppose it's genetic in me--my Dad is a Geographer working on Desertification, so I've known we were in trouble for a long time... Anyway. The Gandhi Institute is a nice place to visit. Take a look! As always, Pride and Prejudice is narrated by Karen Savage. | 6/29/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAusten—010:Chatpers 27–30 | Today, chapters 27-30 As always, Pride and Prejudice is narrated by Karen Savage. | 6/22/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAusten—009: Chapters 23–26 | This week, chapters 23-26! As always, Pride and Prejudice is narrated by Karen Savage. | 6/15/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAusten—008: Chapters 20–22 | Today! Chapters 20-22! No Joke! THREE chapters! | 6/7/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAusten—007: Chapters 18–19 | Well, Tristan and Isolde seem to be winning out as our next book. Please keep emailing me and letting me know your thoughts. Today a little personal update from me, then on to the next two chapters of P&P! | 6/1/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAusten—006: Chapters 14–17 | ‘Cast number Six! Yeee Haaaw! Chapters 14 through 17 of Pride and Prejudice? A Double Header ...because I’m heading to the Dominican Republic! And oooooooooooooooo! Mister Wickham! | 5/23/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAusten—005: Chapters 11-13 | ‘Cast number FIVE??? Chapters 11 through 13 of Pride and Prejudice??? Where has the time gone? Book II ideas: Tom Sawyer! Tristan & Isolde! Alice in Wonderland?!—only if one of you record it… Let me know your thoughts! | 5/17/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAusten—004: Chapters 9-10 | Can you believe we’re on chapters nine and ten of Pride and Prejudice? Me either! And, once again, I find myself all hot and bothered by Darcey. Ah well... | 5/11/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean003-Austen-Pride-chs7-8 | Welcome to Episode 3! We’ll also move on to chapters seven and eight in Pride and Prejudice, narrated (as always) by Karen Savage. And, a little note: I'm so glad those of you who've commented are enjoying Austen. She's a fave of mine (duh!) and I'm thrilled that listening to her words is bringing you some joy while your hands are otherwise occupied. | 5/4/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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