Water Music (1981) by T. C. Boyle

10/27/19 • 35 min

S2E27 T.C. Boyle's Water Music is a riotous debut novel, featuring real life Scottish explorer Mungo Park. Today we talk about the merits of excess, going up the jungle in a boat, 18th Century novels, and Anaconda(s).

Intro: 'Water Music, Suite No.1' by George Frideric Handel
Outro: 'Cool Water' by Vaughn Monroe

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Intro: 'Water Music, Suite No.1' by George Frideric Handel
Outro: 'Cool Water' by Vaughn Monroe

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Let's Play a Choose Your Own Adventure Book

S2E26 Today Adam takes on the Lizard King (twice), assisted by his old friend Mungo, limited back flips and some reptile trivia. Guiding intrepid Adam through the hell of Fire Island is his very own Virgil, Ash. If you'd like to play along at home, the book is Island of the Lizard King by Ian Livingstone.

"I am the Lizard King" Lyrics:
I am the Lizard King, I am the Lizard King.
What will the Lizard bring, what will the Lizard bring?
Bring him:
Young men, to work in my goldmines
Hot young men
Writhing in the disco,
Who knew?
This Lizard King was practising
Voodoo?
He'll stick a pin right
Through you.

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Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson

S2E28 It's that man again! Today, instead of giving us a tour around his hometown of Edinburgh, Robert Louis Stevenson provides us with one of the most famous horror stories of all time: Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Everyone knows the twist, but did you know you're pronouncing the title wrong?

Intro: Spencer Tracey in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Outro: '(I was) Jekyll Jekyll Hyde' from 'Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival', Arthur (1998)

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