Method and Madness
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A podcast about books, the people who write them, and the labyrinth between the words hosted by @bradkelly
Joined January 2025
The great Jack BC of Book Club from Hell (@bookclubhell666) joins me to talk about Gerald Murnane's peculiar masterpiece, THE PLAINS. Behind the paywall, for now. (link in comment)
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Now free to all!.
The brilliant @brianeha joins me to discuss Flaubert, free indirect discourse, our ongoing ghostification, UNDER THE VOLCANO, and much more. For subscribers on the 'tron and the 'stack (link below), free to all next week.
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The great Andrew Edwards (@goldengoatguild ) talks about his upcoming book CROWBAR, the philosophy of survival, and his independent classic novel KING OF DOGS. This will be on the free feed next week, but you can check it out now on the 'stack and the 'tron [links in comment]
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Now available for premium subscribers, the Madness episode on Gerald Murnane's THE PLAINS. I go into the politics of colors, attempts at filming Australia, how Murnane is exploring the Dreamtime (whether he knows it or not), and much, much more. links in comment.
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The brilliant @brianeha joins me to discuss Flaubert, free indirect discourse, our ongoing ghostification, UNDER THE VOLCANO, and much more. For subscribers on the 'tron and the 'stack (link below), free to all next week.
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Here are some upcoming books I plan to cover on the show. Subject to change. THE MAGUS, Fowles.AMERICAN TABLOID, Ellroy.SHADOW OF THE TORTURER, Wolfe.SHADOW TICKET, Pynchon.THE EXORCIST, Blatty
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RT @madmethodpod: Upcoming MADNESS episode on Murnane's THE PLAINS, we're going deep on the many dreamings of Terra Australis Incognita--th….
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Upcoming MADNESS episode on Murnane's THE PLAINS, we're going deep on the many dreamings of Terra Australis Incognita--that "unknown land in the south".
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RT @GODFOE_UNIVERSE: Tonight we'll be talking with @bradkelly, author and host of @madmethodpod!. Jump into the weird with us!. 8pm EST htt….
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cue brain-melting didgeridoo music.
I am finding out the Australian Aborigines have a story in their folklore that is almost identical to a story in Greek myth. Way too much for coincidence. More to come on the next Madness episode on @madmethodpod.
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Now on the free feed! (link in comment).
The great @AndrewWittstadt of @HeavyBoredPod joined me to talk about the need to "form opinions!", how academia dropped the ball, and his podcast HEAVY BORED. Behind the 'stack and 'tron paywall for now.
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Joan Lindsay had written several novels prior to PICNIC, including a semi-autobiographical novel TIME WITHOUT CLOCKS. She apparently believed that she had the ability to stop clocks and machinery when she was close. She was also an acclaimed painter.
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In 1987, a new edition of the book was published with Lindsay’s final chapter, in which the mystery is resolved: 2 of the 3 girls and their teacher had an inexplicable experience in the terrain and then climbed through a “hole in space.”
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The film was adapted in 1975 by Peter Weir who would later direct films like DEAD POETS SOCIETY and THE TRUMAN SHOW. It became one of the best-performing Australian films to date, and cemented the HANGING ROCK story as part of Australian folklore.
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Joan Lindsay’s PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (1967) is about the disappearance of female boarding school students during a picnic in central Victoria. Lindsay’s framing of the novel as a true story, with pseudohistorical bookends, led many to believe the novel was based on real events.
As the upcoming series on Gerald Murnane's THE PLAINS coalesces out of the scant layer of haze where land and sky merge, I'm going to be taking a look at a few other great novels out of Australia.
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The great @AndrewWittstadt of @HeavyBoredPod joined me to talk about the need to "form opinions!", how academia dropped the ball, and his podcast HEAVY BORED. Behind the 'stack and 'tron paywall for now.
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