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There Might Be Cupcakes Podcast - Ergodic: House of Leaves: 70

Ergodic: House of Leaves: 70

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05/22/21 • 32 min

There Might Be Cupcakes Podcast
In which Carla explores the beginning of the Navidson Record, the structure of the novel, the history of ergodic literature, and the social phenomenon of the novel 21 years ago, as well as the psychological symptom that drives the stories in this novel.
First episode in this series: Bone-Chimes and Primitive Spiders: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/43799576
The House of Leaves universe:
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780375703768
The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780375714412
Poe’s album “Haunted”: Apple https://apple.co/2MT62F4, Spotify https://spoti.fi/3c2RsDq, Amazon https://amzn.to/3t0qkMy
Referenced:
The Griffin and Sabine Series by Nick Bantock:
1. Griffin and Sabine https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781452155951
2. Sabine’s Notebook https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780811801805
3. The Golden Mean https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780811802987
4. The Pharos Gate https://amzn.to/3dGBSQ2
Night Film by Marisha Pessl https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780812979787
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780679723424
The Annotated Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780679727293
Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle by Vladimir Nabokov https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780679725220
Some of Ellen Hopkins’ prose poetry books:
Tricks and Traffick https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781481498258
Burned and Smoke https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781481498364
Perfect https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781416983255
Impulse https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781416903574
Crank, Glass, and Fallout https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781442499591
The Last House on the Left https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0760137288688
Grave Encounters https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0810072542632
In the Mouth of Madness https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0826663188745
Joel-Peter Witkin: An Objective Eye https://letterboxd.com/film/joel-peter-witkin-an-objective-eye/
Sources:
https://religionpopculture.home.blog/2019/04/21/exploring-labyrinths-and-voids-in-house-of-leaves/
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/02/house-of-leaves-changed-my-life-the-cult-novel-at-20
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Leaves
https://parapedia.fandom.com/wiki/House_of_Leaves
Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature by Espen J. Aarspeth https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780801855795
Cybertexts by Bruce Boston https://amzn.to/3wp6sV4
https://www.wise-geek.com/what-is-hypergraphia.htm
https://bipolar-101.blogspot.com/2012/06/hypergraphia-compulsion-to-write-in.html
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In which Carla explores the beginning of the Navidson Record, the structure of the novel, the history of ergodic literature, and the social phenomenon of the novel 21 years ago, as well as the psychological symptom that drives the stories in this novel.
First episode in this series: Bone-Chimes and Primitive Spiders: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/43799576
The House of Leaves universe:
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780375703768
The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780375714412
Poe’s album “Haunted”: Apple https://apple.co/2MT62F4, Spotify https://spoti.fi/3c2RsDq, Amazon https://amzn.to/3t0qkMy
Referenced:
The Griffin and Sabine Series by Nick Bantock:
1. Griffin and Sabine https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781452155951
2. Sabine’s Notebook https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780811801805
3. The Golden Mean https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780811802987
4. The Pharos Gate https://amzn.to/3dGBSQ2
Night Film by Marisha Pessl https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780812979787
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780679723424
The Annotated Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780679727293
Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle by Vladimir Nabokov https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780679725220
Some of Ellen Hopkins’ prose poetry books:
Tricks and Traffick https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781481498258
Burned and Smoke https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781481498364
Perfect https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781416983255
Impulse https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781416903574
Crank, Glass, and Fallout https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781442499591
The Last House on the Left https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0760137288688
Grave Encounters https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0810072542632
In the Mouth of Madness https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0826663188745
Joel-Peter Witkin: An Objective Eye https://letterboxd.com/film/joel-peter-witkin-an-objective-eye/
Sources:
https://religionpopculture.home.blog/2019/04/21/exploring-labyrinths-and-voids-in-house-of-leaves/
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/02/house-of-leaves-changed-my-life-the-cult-novel-at-20
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Leaves
https://parapedia.fandom.com/wiki/House_of_Leaves
Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature by Espen J. Aarspeth https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780801855795
Cybertexts by Bruce Boston https://amzn.to/3wp6sV4
https://www.wise-geek.com/what-is-hypergraphia.htm
https://bipolar-101.blogspot.com/2012/06/hypergraphia-compulsion-to-write-in.html

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undefined - Four Cupcakes: 69

Four Cupcakes: 69

In which Carla celebrated four years of There Might Be Cupcakes! (April 28, 2017)
Sources:
https://poestories.com/read/alone
https://www.eapoe.org/works/poems/alonea.htm
The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book by Bill Watterson https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780836204384
Greg Behrendt, “There Might Be Cake” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WxOIvC9cC0
Episodes referenced:
1. Poe and Carla and Cupcakes: Nicetameetcha https://www.spreaker.com/episode/43132350
Website entry: https://www.theremightbecupcakes.com/episode-1-poe-carla-cupcakes/
34: This Girl Just Had a Bad Date https://www.spreaker.com/episode/43132371
64: Hounds of Love (live poetry) https://www.spreaker.com/episode/43132317
68: Bone-Chimes and Primitive Spiders https://www.spreaker.com/episode/43799576
Suggested reading:
The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780448095011
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781449433253
Nina and Tim’s podcasts:
Already Gone http://alreadygonepodcast.com
Don’t Talk to Strangers http://dttspodcast.com
Dead Ball https://play.acast.com/s/deadball
Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission
How to Support Cupcakes:
Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R
Care/Of Vitamins: https://takecareof.com/invites/chr4bw
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/theremightbecupcakes
and please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes.
Where to Find Cupcakes:
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theremightbecupcakes
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theremightbecupcakes
Twitter: @mightbecupcakes
Instagram: @theremightbecupcakes and @carlahaunted
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/theremightbecupcakes r/theremightbecupcakes
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/804047-there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast-group
Contact: [email protected]
Complete list of ways to listen to the podcast on the sidebar at http://theremightbecupcakes.com
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast--4761852/support.

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undefined - Red Death: 71

Red Death: 71

In which Carla explores Poe’s plague, and its relationship to Shakespeare’s desert island.
Sources:
Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781500497248
The story at the Poe Museum: https://www.poemuseum.org/the-masque-of-the-red-death
The story with annotated vocabulary: https://poestories.com/read/masque
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masque_of_the_Red_Death
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero
The Tempest by William Shakespeare https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780198325000
https://www.geni.com/people/Virginia-Poe/6000000008462677282
Adaptations of Poe’s work:
Music: Jason Mulligan’s Concert Drama: https://jasonmulligan.net/vocal-1/the-masque-of-the-red-death
Christopher Rouse’s Prospero’s Rooms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero%27s_Rooms
https://music.apple.com/us/album/prosperos-rooms/1106607427?i=1106607860
Movies:
The Plague of Florence (1919) https://boxd.it/8Rcu
The Masque of the Red Death (1964) Vincent Prince https://boxd.it/1w12
La maschera della morte rossa (1971) https://boxd.it/eM8O
The Masque of the Red Death (1989) Frank Stallone https://boxd.it/1l9uan
Referenced episodes:
1: Poe and Carla and Cupcakes: Nicetameetcha https://www.spreaker.com/episode/43132350
10: Boo Without Goo: Scary Movies for the Squeamish https://www.spreaker.com/episode/43132360
68: Bone-Chimes and Primitive Spiders: House of Leaves 1 https://www.spreaker.com/episode/43799576
70: Ergodic: House of Leaves 2 https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44973302
Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission
How to Support Cupcakes:
Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R
Care/Of Vitamins: https://takecareof.com/invites/chr4bw
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/theremightbecupcakes
and please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes.
Where to Find Cupcakes:
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theremightbecupcakes
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theremightbecupcakes
Twitter: @mightbecupcakes
Instagram: @theremightbecupcakes and @carlahaunted
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/theremightbecupcakes r/theremightbecupcakes
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/804047-there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast-group
Contact: [email protected]
Complete list of ways to listen to the podcast on the sidebar at http://theremightbecupcakes.com
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast--4761852/support.

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