The Dictionary

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1987

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I read the English Dictionary in short sections, comment on it, make bad jokes, and sometimes sing little songs. I hope it’s more entertaining than just reading the dictionary alone. It’s an evolving project so the letter ”A” had lower quality, plus less commenting and jokes.

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Wednesday Jun 12, 2024

#E203 (explode to explore) ft. Dan Jeremy Brooks

Wednesday Jun 12, 2024

I read from explode to explore with Dan Jeremy Brooks.

Here are his various links:

https://projexploitation.com/

https://www.aurorafilmsociety.org/

https://filmfreeway.com/CityofLightsFilmFestival

https://www.diabolicaltales.com/

I'm still not sure why "exploded" views became more popular in the 1940s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploded-view_drawing

Fritz Lang

https://youtu.be/oqgL_cTc-wk?si=nNyCcWtTDlLsFRqf

https://daily.jstor.org/how-fritz-langs-flight-from-nazi-germany-shaped-hollywood/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Lang

Here are a few of the movies Dan recommended.

Death Race 2000

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072856/

Vampyros Lesbos

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066380/

Tokyo Drifter

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061101/

William Beaumont was the guy who put stuff in people's bodies and this is the song by Dopplepopolis featuring our friend Greg Simpson (of "This Might Be A Podcast" fame).

https://open.spotify.com/track/4FFmIaeZlLPcSw4GRs4A7O?si=KX1CwQ-PTaitu-68h2s2Aw

The word of the episode is "exploitation".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploitation_film

Theme music from Jonah Kraut

https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/

Merchandising!

https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube