Ep 043 - The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

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🗓️ 31 December 2013

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Nothing screams New Year's like a guy sitting in his study, missing his beloved, wishing an obnoxious, repetitive bird would just leave him the heck alone. Therefore it's only natural that Craig read a classic tale of bird vs. man antagonism.

The Raven is arguably Edgar Allan Poe's most famous work, so it's fitting we use it as a springboard to talk about all sorts of Poe-related topics such as New Year's resolutions, Poe's Philosophy of Composition, pentameters and octometers, and James Earl Jones' luxurious voice.

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0:00.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well told tale,
0:05.1	they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:10.4	Plus, these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	It's Wednesday, it's December 29th, 2013, is gasping out as last breath.
0:43.6	Oh, it's been a year.
0:46.0	It's been a year.
0:47.3	How's it in what way has it been a year?
0:49.1	It's just been a lot of stuff.
0:50.7	You guys like moved in.
0:52.4	I'm probably, oh, well, apropos of a possible New Year's resolution I might make
1:01.7	is to just do a little bit more writing, even if it's from my own blogging, journaling purposes.
1:08.3	One of the first things I want to do is look back on a lot of the artistic work I did in the past
1:14.1	year and I think I worked on, I think I directed four or five shows this year.
1:19.4	I don't know.
1:20.1	That's a lot.
1:21.4	Yeah, it's one takes a month and a half to two months depending on the size of the project.
1:27.5	Yeah, it was a lot.
1:33.0	It's like anything that happened before September, I basically have no recollection
1:38.7	or it happened so long ago that happened to somebody else.
1:42.8	I'm trying to look back at stuff that happened in January and February.
1:47.7	I can't believe that that was this year.
1:50.2	Well, and I don't know if this works the same way for you with your cycle and work or anything,
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