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Poetry Reading Series: Spring
Poetry Reading Series - May 19, 2013 20:03 - 1 minute - Video ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSpring by Thomas Nashe (1567-1601) Directed by Kaz Mata-Mura Performed by Michele Tannen
Poetry Reading Series: The Mountains Grow Unnoticed
Poetry Reading Series - May 19, 2013 20:02 - 33 seconds - Video ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Mountains Grow Unnoticed by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) Directed by Kaz Mata-Mura Performed by Michele Tannen
Nest of Vipers: Roommates and Neighbors
Nest of Vipers - November 15, 2007 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 8 ratingsOnce you leave the family homestead and head out into the world of shared flats and apartments, there's an excellent chance you'll live with slobs or psychopaths of various stripes. This week on the Nest of Vipers, our fundits share stories of sketchy housemates and sketchier neighborhoods. W...
Nest of Vipers: Take This Job...
Nest of Vipers - October 15, 2007 14:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsNine-to-five, punch the clock, bring home the bacon and all that jazz. Let's face it, work can be such a drag. Finding a job you like can be harder than finding inner peace. Even if you do find a job you love, there's office politics, inter-office drama or a borderline psychopath lurking in a...
Nest of Vipers: Young and Stupid
Nest of Vipers - September 15, 2007 14:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsAh...to be young and stupid again. This week our guests share embarrassing tales from their youth, telling stories about foolish behavior that can be chalked up to a combination of inexperience and ignorance. Huffing film cleaner, shoplifting cheap wine, botching a major label record deal, and...
Nest of Vipers: The Old College Try
Nest of Vipers - September 01, 2007 14:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsLurking in the closet of every artist is a failed project. Some sort of endeavor that should have been great, could have been great, but just flatlined. Performing as the Tin Man on Hollywood Boulevard, trying to launch a play about fruitcakes, trying to impress the wife's friends with a spooky...
Nest of Vipers: The Trouble With Travels
Nest of Vipers - August 01, 2007 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 8 ratingsEverybody loves to travel. But for every fantasy of the perfect vacation lurks the very real possibility of a journey gone haywire. In this episode, our team of world-weary travelers recount bizarre tales including a 50 hour bus ride filled with racial tension, a poodle and a bottle of Perrier,...
Nest of Vipers: Inside The Teachers' Lounge
Nest of Vipers - July 30, 2007 14:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsPlease Note: Due to a publishing error, we are reposting this episode of Nest of Vipers. If you have already received it via download, we apologize for the inconvenience. Did you ever wonder if your teachers were taking about you in the faculty lounge? You bet they were. This week on the Nest ...
Nest of Vipers: Customer Service Hell
Nest of Vipers - June 15, 2007 14:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIf you've ever been a mindless drone in the workplace being yelled at by an irate customer or been an irate customer exasperated by the incompetent boobery of the American workforce, then you won't want to miss this episode of the Nest of Vipers. Working the phone lines at Play Station on Chris...
Bad Dates
Nest of Vipers - June 01, 2007 14:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIf you've been on more than one date, chances are you've had at least one bad one. This week, our team of "fundits" share dating horror stories. Yurts, crying rooms and English Bed Sits house our dates, which include encounters with drugs, guns, underage girls, midnight movies and Tootsie. Guest...
Tour Stories
Nest of Vipers - May 15, 2007 14:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsWho doesn't love stories of touring bands on the highway to hell? This week our team of grizzled "fundits" share tour stories from the rock and roll, disco and filmmaking trenches. Super flammable pot seeds, beer-soaked van crashes, well-meaning nincompoops, near death experiences, and foosball...
Adventures In Dangerous Dining
Nest of Vipers - May 01, 2007 14:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIf you're like us, you love to eat. This week, our well-fed team of "fundits" share frighteningly memorable stories of the culinary variety. Stories of knife-wielding hash slingers, vomiting mothers, rancid and wriggling eels, and delectably teeny lambs' brains are served up for your listening p...
Artists' Formative Moments
Nest of Vipers - April 15, 2007 14:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsMost guests on the Nest of Vipers are part of the art world and are enamored with alternative culture. These sub-cultural types often have defining moments early in life when they realize they're different from everybody else or are concerned with different things than their friends. Our team o...
Artists' Most Humiliating Moments
Nest of Vipers - April 01, 2007 14:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsAll artists, no matter how successful, have experienced some horrifically embarrassing moment on the public stage. Unfortunately, when things go wrong, they tend to go wrong in front of hundreds of people. This week our team of "fundits" includes a writer, a musician, a filmmaker, and a theater g...
Secret Cinema: Tales of Forgotten Films and Movie Palaces
Nest of Vipers - March 15, 2007 14:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsTo most well-educated cineastes, off the radar films bring to mind titles like Eraserhead, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, The Sweet Smell of Success and Detour. This week, our team of fundits dig deeper into the celluloid closet as we discuss Mormon educational films, medical training films, an...
Books That Would Make Great Movies and How Hollywood Would Ruin Them
Nest of Vipers - March 01, 2007 14:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsHollywood has a rich history of turning great pieces of literature into fantastically mediocre movies. Today we discuss some of our favorite books that, given the right treatment, would shine on the silver screen, but more likely would wilt under a coat of Hollywood gloss, sheen and superstardo...
Worst Rock Show Ever!
Nest of Vipers - February 19, 2007 14:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIf you go to enough rock shows, you inevitably see some horrible bands -- tuneless, ear shattering, egotistical boobs that make you want to run screaming for the door. But for some reason, on some nights, you don't run screaming for the door. You sit there, grit your teeth and soak in the cater...
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