18 episodes
The Accidental Curator George Bathgate
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- Society & Culture
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Have you ever wanted to leave your job and pursue a simpler life? I did. Here’s a glimpse into small island living and community life through the eyes of an Art Gallery/Café owner, artist, and writer. This sublime adventure brought new challenges, growth, and personal healing - but our tragicomic play is never quite so simple. Join me for short stories, an evolving narrative, and an unfolding creative generalists dream on this accidental journey.
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The Accidental Curator - Episode 18 - The 4th Corner
Pedestrians know - corners and car crashes are a bad combination. Here's a short story about three, while dreading the fourth.
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The Accidental Curator – Episode 17 – “Knute, Bobby Darrin, and the Law of Unintended Consequences” & Joseph Synn Kune Loh’s exhibit, “Who Am I” a review by Bill Maylone
a short story I wrote several years ago, about how young, self-absorbed drunks on a bus could have inadvertently added fuel to the revolutionary fires that were building…in pre-revolutionary Iran…and a review of Joseph Synn Kune Loh’s exhibit, “Who Am I” by Bill Maylone
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The Accidental Curator - Episode 16 - Saved By Da Mizzles
Two young long-haired travellers arrive in Amsterdam in 1973. One of them, hopes and prays that the rest of his "round the world adventure" will improve over "day one"...it can only get better! Or can it?
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The Accidental Curator - Episode 15 - The Astrologer by Joseph Synn Kune Loh & Transient Epileptic Amnesia
Two stories - or memoirs - today - Joseph Synn Kune Loh's short story "The Astrologer", and Transient Epileptic Amnesia...one is a young man's encounter at a New Age Conference in Montreal, and the other is one more good reason why you should avoid a life of excess😊
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The Accidental Curator - Episode 14 - The Blüthner
After receiving a 100 year old Blüthner piano, I became fascinated with its long journey to Mayne Island and Shavasana Gallery. Here is a story of how to sleuth the wandering path of an "accidental" piano. (to watch a 5 minute compilation video which I made called "11 Pieces for the Blüthner" go here: https://youtu.be/f_o4JUtccH8 )
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The Accidental Curator - Episode 13 - ”Why Don’t You Just Kill Rambo?”
Perhaps the name "Rambo" should've given us ample warning... listen to one family's journey through dog-barking hell :)