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The voices of a Canadian indie bookstore, cinema, bar, bistro, and live music venue.
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#76 February 2024 (when we finally decide to start numbering our episodes)
Did someone say February was the shortest month? What’s that, February of 2024 is actually one day longer? Still not long enough to release the February episode in the month of February though apparently.
Books Kick Out The Jams by Dave Marsh
Listen by Michele Faber
60 Songs that Explain the 90s by Rob Harvilla
Moon of the Turning Leaves - by Waubgeshig Rice
Don’t be Trashy by Tara McKenna
Under the Dome by Stephen King
From A Buick 8 by Stephen King
Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Movies Memento, Inception, Oppenheimer, Tenet, and Interstellar directed by Christopher Nolan
Saltburn Trailer
Links 60 Songs that Explain the 90s podcast
The 2024 Oscars Nominees
Timestamps Steph’s reading update - 01:00
Candice’s Reading update - 08:50
Apocalypse stories - 16:00
How many answers each person needs in a story - 20:50
The Christopher Nolan rabbit hole - 31:00
Saltburn 34:00
The Oscars 38:00
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Ready for 2024
New year, same old Steph and Candice!
Books Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig
Wanderers & Wayward by Chuck Wendig
Under The Dome by Stephen King
Listen: On Music, Sound, and Us by Michel Faber
Infused: Adventures in Tea by Henrietta Lovell
Movies Dream Scenario starring Nicolas Cage
Renfield starring Nicolas Cage
The Killer directy by David Fincher
Priscilla directed by Sofia Coppola
A Murder at the End of the World
Links Goodreads review scandal
Please use Storygraph instead of Goodreads - and here’s why
Timestamps 00:00 - Intro
02:07 - What are we reading?
37:30 - What are we watching?
47:00 - A discussion on how things are reviewed by the public and the Goodreads issue
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The Longest, Darkest Days of the Year Bring Good Cheer
It's holiday season! Busy days, dark days, but ultimately fun. Candice and Steph check in one last time for 2023 to see how reading goals are going, and what's up for the month. See you all in 2024!
Books The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
And sequel Darius the Great Deserves Better Walking in Two Worlds by Wab Kinew
And sequel The Everlasting Road The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Jeff VanderMeer
In Praise of Slow by Carl Honore
In on the Joke: The Original Queens of Standup Comedy by Shawn Levy
Movies Napoleon Trailer
The ultimate Napoleon depiction - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Priscilla Trailer. Playing at Bookshelf Cinema Dec 1 - 6
Elvis Trailer
Marie Antoinette Trailer
The Beguiled Trailer
Timestamps 00:00 - Intro and late life athletics
08:50 - Holiday talk
14:00 - Movie talk - Napoleon, Priscilla, Elvis
26:00 - Whose stories get told, and by whom
35:00 - Book talk -
54:00 - Outro
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Back in time for Spooky Season
We’re back for the Fall!
Summer “break” was quite busy for both Steph and Candice and extended into very busy Septembers, but we are back in time for Spooky season.
Special event
November 7th at 7pm The Wall Between: What Jews and Palestinians Don’t Want To Know About Each Other book launch and conversation at the Cinema with authors Raja Khouri and Jeffrey Wilkinson
Tickets are $10 and can be bought at the bookstore.
Books Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fans
The Colorado Kid by Stephen King
Cell by Stephen King
Lisey’s Story by Stephen King
The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Jeff VanderMeer
Movies Nightmare Alley & Cronos by Guillermo del Toro
Misery by Rob Reiner
Silence of the Lambs
Suspiria
ET The Extra Terrestrial
Links James Vs Cinema watching Suspiria (2018) for the first time -
Timestamps Intro and Chit Chat - 0:00 - 13:00
Summer break updates - 13:15 - 20:15
Candice’s horror movie marathon 20:30 - 28:45
What has Steph been reading 29:00 - 32:00
Candice Stephen King update 32:00 - 40:00
Musicians who change styles mid career 40:00 - 47:00
Suspiria soundtrack and movie 47:00 - 49:30
Strange tales that have become children’s stories - 49:30 - 58:14
Stephen King update redux - 58:14 - 1:00:00
Special Event announcement - 1:05:00
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Love Unequivocally
Candice goes on much too long about how much the hot weather gets her down, while Steph reflects on how young people take care of each other in the hot weather and how we don't love enough.
Books A Haunted History of Forgotten Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts by Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes
Resilience Is Futile: The Life and Death and Life of Julie Lalonde by Julie S. Lalonde
Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions That Grew Me Up by Remica Bingham Risher
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King
Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World by Henry Grabar ,
On Browsing by Jason Guriel
How To Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight For Local Economies, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future by Danny Caine
Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility edited by Rebecca Solnit
Movies Dirty Dancing
La Bamba
Young Guns II
Family Ties
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
Links 60 Songs That Explain the 90s Podcast
Wonderful World of Disney Opening Themes
Timestamps 00:00 Welcome and catch up
13:30 Steph’s reading update - all about love
22:30 A sidebar about resilience, needing help and self-care
34:15 How pop culture and media can impact you for life
51:00 Candice’s Stephen King update and TBR for vacation week
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The politics of living
How do you deal with being too busy - Steph and Candice reflect on the last month’s busy-ness and how they coped.
Books The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Movies Inside Out as a touchstone for mental wellness
Land of the Dead - Movie clip showing class divide in the movie (curse words included)
Renfield - Deleted dance scene as teased in the closing credits
Cocaine Bear - Trailer (curse words included)
TV Shows Picard Season 3 - Candice hates it - sorry fans, Star Trek and Star Wars stories can be about more than the original main characters!
Timestamps 00:00 Introduction
01:00 On finding time for ourselves
09:00 The Star Trek conversation and fan service
17:00 Politics in shows, movies, books and life
23:00 Land of the Dead and how movies and books bring up current issues
28:00 Renfield
40:00 Cocaine Bear
45:00 Lessons in Chemistry and how marketing books and movies goes wrong
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