Season 7: “Book Lunch”Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne’s Vegas, Episode 4- the final chapter( for now)

In this, the final episode for our miniseries on Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne I feature Dunne's (very) 1970s book Vegas and as always, though closer reading, reflect onhow the differences in prose styles create specific and unique meanings and, furthermore, these styles interact with entire eras. An era may favor one style over another, becoming a dominant one, even make the existence of a style possible or not.

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In this multi part stream, we will explore the newly published private diary entries of Joan Didion concerning her relationship with her daughter Quintana forms the inspiration to revisit her final work Blue Nights, which concerns some of the same territory and above all, the philosophic question of grief. Since the new Notes To Jon was never intended by Joan Didion to be seen this raises many ethical and aesthetic questions about the relationship between the raw material of any individual life and the constructed and hard won art objects that are finally released into the world, and the nature of matters of craft, exposure, transparence and the like more generally.

We will discuss the uniqueness of Didion’s prose style and the effect her style has on we the readers.

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We had an absolute blast Saturday at our most recent aesthetic miniseries livestream! Thanks to our replay crew and please share it far and wide with us!We are hoping to reach 500 subscribers by Christmas so thank you for being part of our show- the best part !

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In this, the fourth episode of our miniseries for All About Aesthetics on Isiah Berlin's theory of Romanticism and its great effects, I discuss the many philosophic stances concerning individual had collective human conduct. We discuss the concepts of Sincerity and Authenticity, largely inventions of the Romantic revolution. Denis Diderot and Jean Jacques Rousseau's relationship and books are read as metaphors for opposing views.

The great 20th century philosopher Bernard Williams will be a guide of sorts to these discussions - the implications of which remain as powerful today, four centuries later.

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We are delighted you all joined us for some jazz to ring in fall and wave goodbye to summer!

Enjoy our jazz trio on replay, anytime!

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On this , the third episode of my series on Joan Didion's "Blue Nights" and her diary "Notes To John" , I welcome special guest Joanne Davis Woods who is a longstanding fan of Joan Didion, including some first edition of Joan Didion in her book collection. More on this ongoing, multi episode series, here: In this multi part stream, we will explore the newly published private diary entries of Joan Didion concerning her relationship with her daughter Quintana forms the inspiration to revisit her final work Blue Nights, which concerns some of the same territory and above all, the philosophic question of grief.

Since the new Notes To Jon was never intended by Joan Didion to be seen this raises many ethical and aesthetic questions about the relationship between the raw material of any individual life and the constructed and hard won art objects that are finally released into the world, and the nature of matters of craft, exposure, transparence and the like more generally. We will discuss the uniqueness of Didion’s prose style and the effect her style has on we the readers.

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#GoodBar #history #truecrimeIn this episode we feature a return guest from 2021, Deb Berry, and we will discuss the 1970s fictional book and film Looking For Mr Goodbar as well as the actual case that was its inspiration and the reporter, Lacey Fosburgh, who covered it.

Travels With the Dark: Stories from humans in the “Limit-Experience”

This “special” episode is the first in what promises to be a series concerning real occurrences of human beings when they are brought into or more aptly, up against “limit-experience”, a phrase from French and German philosophers that attempts to describe in the most general way what human beings undergo when they are thrust into situations that push them to their limits and conditions of maximum intensity. While originally this was intended to be a series in the “True Crime” genre I wondered to myself if subject and theme could extended outward. It might not even only encompass the most negative aspect of human experience.I have been fascinated with the so-called "Goodbar" case yet I loved and knew about the 1977 movie and then the novel before I even knew that it concerned a real woman and her story - Roseann Quinn. It was genuine delight to talk with Deb on the subject and I honestly can't think of any better collaborator for this episode.Notes from our special guest, Deb BerryOn this week’s episode, we’re joined by Madame B (aka Deb) for a deep dive into the 1973 murder of Roseann Quinn, the case that inspired the Judith Rossner book “Looking for Mr. Goodbar,” which was later adapted to the film starring Diane Keaton in a sharp turn against her previous role as Annie Hall and a young Richard Gere in his stunning breakout role. While the book and film have generated much discourse over the years, most of it has revolved around Quinn’s victimology, with little discussion of her killer, John Wayne Wilson, and his respective background, psychopathology and motives. So today, Mitch and Deb draw upon another book about the Quinn case, “Closing Time: The True Story of the ‘Goodbar’ Murder” by the late New York Times reporter Lacey Fosburgh, to explore the lesser-discussed aspects of the crime which occurred on the Upper West Side of Manhattan during the height of an era of cultural- and social upheaval in America. Set against the backdrop of the early 1970s with the forces of the sexual revolution and second-wave feminism behind it, the Quinn murder was a perfect storm of social, cultural, psychological and even religious factors that begs examination of this complex landscape and its relevance to the murder.More about amazing Deb:Madame B (aka Deb) grew up in Chicago during the 1970s when it was disco balls, Cubs games, deep-dish pizza—and the occasional serial killer hiding in plain sight as a birthday-party clown-for-hire. Like a lot of girls at that time, she loved roller-skating, “Laverne & Shirley” and “Donny Osmond” (and she had the purple socks to prove it). But beneath her feathered hair and Bee Gees T-shirt was a secret obsession she didn’t dare share with anyone—not her parents, not her teachers, not even her best friends: murder.In her public life, she swooned right along with her girlfriends over Leif Garrett and Scott Baio in issues of “Tiger Beat,” but in secret, she read “Helter Skelter” and devoured every detective show the ‘70s had to offer—“Kojak”, “The Rockford Files”, “Starsky & Hutch”, “Beretta”, “Ironside” and “Hawaii Five-0”, just to name a few. She came to see these shows not just as entertainment, but as something that held the key to understanding the danger that lurked right outside her door.Back then, being into true crime wasn’t just uncool—it was weird, creepy, and not a thing that girls (or anyone) are supposed to be into.

She believes you can dive into the darkest corners of human behavior without glamorizing or mythologizing it, and maybe even laugh about it now and then, as long as you know where the punchlines end.

Inside this episode with your host, Mitch Hampton

This episode of my discussion with married couple Tina Stafford and Andy Patterson will be the second episode I have created with a goal of featuring a couple who happen to be in the same or related profession or occupation related to the Arts. With this episode I got to discuss with one married couple the world of acting, live performances on stage involving musical song as much as spoken conversation as well as screens of many sizes.

Like my conversation with the Cawdreys in Montana I was struck by the genuine love of two people in relationship and the fact of this love as intertwined with work. As an ex New Yorker myself I felt that I was temporarily back in midtown Manhattan during this episode, if only for a time.

As you watch this episode I hope you feel the sense of hopefulness regarding the possibility and potential of human relationships and that one couple's shared craft and career of the performing arts supports their life together overall and at least one important union of art and life.

More about Tina

www.tinastafford.com

Originally from Northern California, I’ve been living in NYC for 30 years and I’m married to the actor and my long-time best friend Andy Paterson.

I play multiple instruments, mainly guitar and accordion, but also fiddle, piano and clarinet, and although acting is really my first love, I’m what you’d nowadays call an actor-musician. It is important to me above all to make human contact a pleasant experience, and collaboration a priority.

Andy and I both remain in New York City helping our community in any way we can. Although theatre work is my passion, I find the work of being a citizen of this great nation a full time job, and one that I’m proud to do. Peace.

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ANDY PATERSON, ACTOR

Andy has played extensively across the country and in New York City and is tickled to be part of the RAC. Among the many theaters he has worked with include American Repertory Theater, Yale Rep, McCarter Theatre, La MaMa ETC, New York Classical Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Repertory Theater of St. Louis, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, Baltimore Center Stage, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Paper Mill Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, Great Lakes Theater, Geva Theatre Center, Virginia Stage Company, Arizona Theatre Company, Pioneer Theatre Company, Florida Studio Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, The Acting Company.

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