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Stephen Kingcast

Episode 127-Bonus Episode: Rail and Rose

Stephen Kingcast

Constant Reader

Tv & Film, Arts, Arts:books, Books

4.7680 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this special bonus episode, I examine The Waste Lands within the greater context of The Dark Tower.   Please note that this is a spoiler-filled episode that analyzes the entire Dark Tower series, so if you haven't finished the series, avoid this episode! As always, write in at stephenkingcast@yahoo.com Follow me on Instagram, Tik Tok, Facebook and Bluesky. Stay organized and up to date with all things Stephen King at stephenkingcast.com

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0:00.0

Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Stephen King cast, one man's musings on the works of Stephen King.

0:03.6

Each week, I'll review one entry in the bibliography of Stephen King and the chronological order of publication.

0:08.0

And this week, I am doing a deep dive into the wastelands in context of the greater dark tower in a bonus episode.

0:17.5

So just so you know, I'm re-recording the introduction to this episode because all of my

0:23.3

old episodes when they originally recorded had music on licensed music. And because Velcro

0:28.0

Fly played so heavily into the wastelands, that is the song that kicked open this particular

0:33.7

episode. And I begin the portion of my review and my thoughts on the Dark Tower

0:40.6

in talking about how awesome Velcro Fly is.

0:44.2

So once you hear me talking about a song that never showed up on this episode, that's

0:48.4

the reason why.

0:49.1

However, you can find all of the songs related to the Wast on the on a Spotify playlist owned by constant reader

0:58.6

but it's also linked in my website stephen kingcast.com so you can get all of the musical stylings

1:06.5

inspired by or referenced by Stephen king in any particular novel that he has written.

1:14.1

But with that out of the way, please enjoy my greater thoughts on The Wasteland's and the Dark Tower.

1:19.6

Here we go, everyone. Velcro Fly by Zizi Top. Seriously, though, with those drums,

1:24.7

I am so glad that Stephen King chose this song to have Ludd revolve around.

1:30.3

I mean, it's such a strange and weird, just another example of what makes the Wastelands

1:38.3

and the rest of the Dark Tower series just so fun to read. I couldn't even imagine going towards

1:43.3

this futuristic, crumbling, ruined city and

1:45.9

hearing the sounds of Zizi Top bring about war and destruction and death all the time. Anyway,

1:52.2

everyone, welcome back to the Stephen King's Muzings on the Works of Stephen King. Each week I'll

1:56.9

review one entry in the bibliography of Stephen King and the chronological order of publication.

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