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On this episode, JDO and Kelby discuss Danny Brown’s new 10/10 masterpiece Quaranta and JDO’s new GFNB novel, A War in Heaven.
The guy from Salem takes naked selfies, why would anyone want to be a writer?, the Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz album is great, Pitchfork sucks, JDO reminisces about being 26 and hearing XXX for the first time, a trip to the DMV, AOC’s mixtape, the lamentational aspect of Quaranta, taking responsibility for your fuckups, Beyonce is better than Jay-Z, the Grinch on a Harley, the Grinch is trans, off-beat rapping, the Huzzah! posse cut, Wunderbread, knocking out crackhead aunties, sighing on the throne, what’s the point of all this?, JDO vs. really nice guys, Face Tattoo Americans, Danny’s fucked up tooth, the desperation at the end of XXX, War in Heaven talk, Kengan Ashura, slowing the books down a bit (even though they’re still really fast), JDO’s body of work, “in the moment” writing vs. storytelling, the success of Kelby’s first workshop, girls named “Sierra,” poop disaster, drilldo homage, fighting an immortal giant baby, being a writer is just trying to answer impossible questions, Cyberpunk 2077 vs. Ringu, getting backstories on the characters, writing dumb characters, Agitator is in War in Heaven, freestyle books, and JDO’s haters still admit that he’s a good writer
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