Category — On Writing

This week we welcome Austin Grossman, author of Soon I Will Be Invincible to the show! We also welcome back Josh the Intern who moved to Austin with his band, Know More Robots!

Episode 0000048 Features

Austin Grossman wrote the book on superheroes — literally.

from wikipedia:
The novel {Soon I Will Be Invincible} is told through two alternating first person narratives of the characters Dr. Impossible and Fatale. Dr. Impossible is a self-proclaimed supervillain of the mad genius variety, who suffers from “Malign Hypercognition Disorder” (“evil genius” syndrome). Fatale is a female cyborg and the novel begins with her called up to join the superhero group The Champions, a Justice League of America/Avengers-style team in the wake of the disappearance of the superhero CoreFire.

Visit the book’s website: sooniwillbeinvincible.com and tell Austin we said hello!

We also welcome Josh the Intern to the show, who’s up & re-located to Austin with his band Know More Robots.

Visit Know More Robots online: myspace.com/knowmorerobots and the official KMR site: knowmorerobotsband.com

This week we welcome author Paul Malmont back to the show!

Paul first appeared on The Roundtable in June of 2006 to discuss his book “Chinatown Death Cloud Peril”, and he’s returned to tell the world about his latest book: “Jack London in Paradise“.

SFGATE, Home of the San Francisco Chronicle says:

“Jack London in Paradise” reveals London as a creature of the cinematic age and a writer intrigued with cultures and races not his own. He emerges as our contemporary, not a musty figure from the past. In Hawaii, he comes to grips with his tangled self and sees himself for the first time as he really is. He’s a tragic hero, though he can also be a bit of a buffoon. Like the real London, he makes speeches and pontificates. Moreover, he’s afraid that he’s been cursed; his great wealth and fame only add to his woes.

Visit Paul’s website: www.paulmalmont.com and check-out Jack London in Paradise!

This week we bring back the roundtable, with actual discussating. It was a little exhausting, but we covered every topic known to genii from pole to pole.

Featured in episode 0000046:

We discussed what we had for lunch, Red Stripe Lauger, Blood River and Beer from the Republic of Congo, Frank Miller’s The Spirit, Sin City, The chase scenes in Ronin, The Hawk, Gill Gerrard, Erin Grey, F. Murray Abraham, Ben Folds, Randy Newman, The Killing of a Porno Queen, Kojak, David Byrne and Brian Eno, Cale and Vitamin D, Music for the Knee Plays, U2′s The Unforgettable Fire, Ray Stevens, Motley Crue, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Armageddon, Michael Bay and the rest of the global impact films, Bruce Willis, Moonlighting, Unbreakable, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, The Dark Knight, the Batman franchise, The Bionic Genius Hat Company, Tom Wopat, Bernadette Peters, Obama’s Manatees, Obamafication, man caves, the ATF, The Comics Curmudgeon, former intern Josh, Comics Curdungeon, and snoods from every corner of wikipedia.

Thanks again to our sponsor, The Bionic Genius Hat Company.

Happy Christmas, Geniuses!

This week I changed the format completely with a shocking twist.

Please don’t tell Roy and Terry.
Maybe they won’t even realize that I taped-over the Larry David interview.

Thanks again to our sponsor, The Bionic Genius Hat Company.

Thanks to Melvin Postlewait of Billings, MT for sending this to our attention.
We acknowledge the inappropriate use, but will continue to use the term geniuses.

We suggest that you seek life outside the Parmly Billings Library.

Thanks also for sending us your photo, Mel.

Studies show that 13 out of 10 high school students are flunking math. And a study done in 2005 {or was it 1902?} shows that the majority of high school history students believe there have only been 43 Presidents of the United States, as opposed to the 243.765 Presidents we’ve actually had. And, perhaps even more egregious, 0 out of 10 students could give the scientific name of every parrot species alive today.

In our continuing patriotic effort to educate and entertain America, the Bionic Geniuses present a new segment to deliver our children from the maw of ignorance. In each “Presidents and Parrots segment” we discuss an American President, and a parrot which we think that President would have owned, had he {or she} ever owned a parrot.

Without further ado, we bring you PRESIDENTS AND PARROTS…

Are you genius enough?
TAKE THE TEST.

CDsMiles Davis: The Complete Birth of the Cool
This two-disc set contains the original studio recording, plus recordings from the original live sets that led to the album being produced. Hear the genius of Miles as he develops the musical ideas in front of a live audience, then turns them into studio gold. One of the great all-time jazz recordings by one of the best ever. Don’t buy individual MP3s–get the whole recording, and listen to it all at once, in order, as intended.

David Bowie: Heathen and Reality
These are Bowie’s two most recent releases {as of 2005}. Everything on these discs is better than anything that actually made it to the radio the past couple of years.

Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou soundtrack
A great soundtrack featuring some music by David Bowie, and several Bowie songs translated into Portuguese and sung by Seu Jorge.

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