129 episodes

If you like curling up in front of a roaring fire with nice leather-bound 1st edition podcast, then join us on Literary Loitering as we explore the stranger side of culture and the arts, talk about books, find new ways to use old insults, and sometimes even have the odd quiz!

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If you like curling up in front of a roaring fire with nice leather-bound 1st edition podcast, then join us on Literary Loitering as we explore the stranger side of culture and the arts, talk about books, find new ways to use old insults, and sometimes even have the odd quiz!

    Bulbous Salutations Versus Google Translations - Literary Loitering 129

    Bulbous Salutations Versus Google Translations - Literary Loitering 129

    So 2020 is over, but thanks to some cunning and stealthy arrangements our cultural anarchists hid away a couple of episodes.

     

    This time around we have tales of a secret but obvious message left by a librarian, an art dealer’s racist selfies, a scholar who lied about their race, a painter’s untrue memoirs, a fake Rembrandt painting that isn’t fake and all sorts of other stuff. 

     

    We also have a quiz about badly translated quotes.



    If you've enjoyed this podcast then please share us with your friends or leave us a rating on your podcast app of choice. You can also follow us on Twitter @TGS_TheGeekShow, or on other social media by searching for The Geek Show. If you want to show your support then head over to Patreon and give whatever you can.

     

    Thanks, and until next time, don't read anything we wouldn't!



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    • 59 min
    Sherrington's New Steampunk Balls - Literary Loitering 128

    Sherrington's New Steampunk Balls - Literary Loitering 128

    The cultural anarchists venture forth across pandemic-riddled wastelands in their quest to find something good to read, and along the way they find strange tidings that include tales of someone doing something nice on Twitter, Logjam Day, re-issuing books under their author’s original pen-names, stage performances on Zoom, lectures from bubble-blowing sharks and more.

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    • 50 min
    Wes Anderson's Tommy Knockers - Literary Loitering 127

    Wes Anderson's Tommy Knockers - Literary Loitering 127

    Cultural anarchy is the order of the day as the Literary Loitering gang sashay back into the foreground with a pocket full of news and other oddities.

    On this episode we've got dead language confusion involving the tag line of Sean Hannity's new book, John Boyne's surprising connection to The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, publishing contracts for four year-old poets, controversy about Flashing Swords that doesn't involve trench coats (maybe), ironically accidental art destruction and more.

    We also have the return of our quiz about badly translated movie titles.

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    • 1 hr 10 min
    Meat Safes And The Dictionary Sausage - Literary Loitering 126

    Meat Safes And The Dictionary Sausage - Literary Loitering 126

    These are strange times we're living in, which is why it's good to carry a stick as part of your EDC. A good stick is a very useful object as it can be used as a walking aid, for fishing, thrashing, emergency kindling, and in the case of our resident cultural anarchists, poking fun at the world (while avoiding surprise bears).




    This week we discover that Ready Player One is somehow getting a sequel (we're not sure how that's going to work either). In other more important news, there's a new collection of Terry Pratchett short stories due for publication, The Great Gatsby is now in the public domain (which means all of that fanfiction can now be published), Donald Trump Jr. has apparently written another book (we still haven't discovered why he was fired the first time), someone is going around collecting mountweazels, and all sorts of other stuff.




    We also have another of our semi-regular quizzes, and this time it's all about mondegreens (misheard lyrics).




    If you've enjoyed this podcast then please share us with your friends or leave us a rating on your podcast app of choice. You can also follow us on Twitter @TGS_TheGeekShow, or on other social media by searching for The Geek Show. If you want to show your support then head over to Patreon and give whatever you can.

     

    Thanks, and until next time, don't read anything we wouldn't!

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    • 59 min
    The Liberace Pocket Guide (With Checklist) - Literary Loitering 125

    The Liberace Pocket Guide (With Checklist) - Literary Loitering 125

    It’s time for another dose of the cultural anarchy that cures all ailments (medically proven by travelling salesmen in the Old West).

     

    In the news this week are Waterstone’s “controversial” idea about displaying books, why you shouldn’t microwave books, yet another tell-all book about Donald Trump, things that make you go … really?!, and other tales from the apocalypso (other tropical shirt-wearing armageddons also probably exist somewhere).

     

    Oh, and GRR Martin is typing … allegedly.

     

    After all that it’s the return of our book title Blankety Blank so get ready for some odd questions and even odder answers.

    If you've enjoyed this podcast then please share us with your friends or leave us a rating on your podcast app of choice. You can also follow us on Twitter @TGS_TheGeekShow, or on other social media by searching for The Geek Show. If you want to show your support then head over to Patreon and give whatever you can.

     

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    • 1 hr 12 min
    Nietzsche's Happy Days Fandom - Literary Loitering 124

    Nietzsche's Happy Days Fandom - Literary Loitering 124

    Literary Loitering returns for another round-up of interesting things that have happened in cultured world, and kicking things off is yet another Twitter gaff. 

     

    Oh Twitter. How you amuse us. 

     

    After that it’s the good news that poet Michael Rosen was finally released from hospital after suffering from Covid-19, an article by Sam Mendes about practical ways to maintain theatres and support actors during times of lock-down, Waterstone’s strange yet somehow logical idea to quarantine books if any customer touches them, changes to the publishing schedule due to the lock-down, dogs reviewing books, and the plagiarism controversy surrounding Agatha Christie. 

     

    After that it’s time for another quiz, and this time Graham’s got some rather odd book covers for classic novels.

    If you've enjoyed this podcast then please share us with your friends or leave us a rating on your podcast app of choice. You can also follow us on Twitter @TGS_TheGeekShow, or on other social media by searching for The Geek Show. If you want to show your support then head over to Patreon and give whatever you can.

     

    Thanks, and until next time, don't read anything we wouldn't!

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    • 1 hr 21 min

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