On this week's episode, we're discussing music! Musicians! Being gripped by the madness of creation! Selling one's soul for art! The tentpoles this week are the film Amadeus, the fanfic "String Theory" by toft, and Ryka Aoki’s Light from Uncommon Stars.
What We’re Into Lately
The Hellion’s Waltz by Olivia Waite
Peter Cabot Gets Lost by Cat Sebastian
The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison
Symphony for the City of the Dead by M. T. Adderson
The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach
Compass of thy Soul by Umei_no_Mai
Campaign Skyjacks
Skyjacks: Couriers Call
Hannah Gadsby: Douglas
The Wilds
‘In the Company of Gentlemen’ by Victoria Goddard
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Leverage
The other two Feminine Pursuits books by Olivia Waite
Sherlock
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Hollow and Honeycomb by antistar_e
The Old Guard
Lost
The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett
Stargate: Atlantis
Shakespeare in Love
Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (“topless towers of Ilium” quote)
Maskerade by Terry Pratchett
The Phantom of the Opera
“Requiem” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“Requiem” by Gabriel Fauré
"Devil Went Down to Georgia" by The Charlie Daniels Band
The Devil Went Down to Georgia (And Then Went Down on Johnny) series by notbecauseofvictories
Black Swan (2010)
Aria of the Sea by Dia Calhoun
Catalyst by Jennifer Mace (unreleased)
Scheherazade (character)
A Conspiracy of Truths by Alexandra Rowland
Hamilton (musical)
Fall Out Boy (band)
Crystal Singer series by Anne McCaffrey
Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
Beatlemania
Def Leppard (band)
The Velvet Underground (band)
Isavalta series by Sarah Zettel
The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen
The Goose Girl from Grimms’ Fairy Tales
Jack and the Beanstalk
“Bonny Swans” traditional ballad
Sistersong by Lucy Holland
“The Bonny Swans” by Loreena McKennitt
Hild by Nicola Griffith
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harry Potter film score
Ramin Djawadi’s musical scores for Game of Thrones & Westworld
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
For Next Time
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Content Warnings
Attempted suicide (in Amadeus and brief mention of it in the discussion)
On-the-page sexual assault, on-the-page hate transphobia, child abuse both explicit and referenced (in Light From Uncommon Stars)
Transcription
The transcript of this episode can be found here. Thank you to our wondrous choir of scribes!
Episode 42: Comedy, the Universe, and Everything
Episode 41: The Democratic Republic of Serpents
Episode 40: Extravaganza
Episode 39: The Serpents' School of Witchcraft and Wizzzardry
Episode 38: A Hugo Award Special -- The Novels of 2018
Episode 37: Emotions Are Hard, Let's Do Murder!
Episode 36: There's No Place Like Home
Episode 35: Well, Canaveral, I Don't Think We're in Kansas Anymore
Episode 34: Misethere
Episode 33: Turn In Your Badge and Gun!
Episode 32: Save the McGuffin, Save the World
Episode 31: A Podcast of Three Cities
Episode 30: Extravaganza
Episode 29: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Bi
Episode 28: Genderpalooza
Episode 27: I'm Not a Lady, I'm a Witch!
Episode 26: Alien Fucking, or Where There's a Will, There's A Way
Episode 25: Kill Your Darlings
Episode 24: The Room Where It Happens
Episode 23: Drastically Redefining Protocol
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