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Bits and pieces of what's on my mind. Maybe some talks with others about Chicago, about art, about music and movies. The things I love. More: http://dmitrysamarov.com

Dmitry Samarov


    • Nov 5, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    Waste

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2020 5:58


    An excerpt from Don DeLillo's Underworld. Music by Charles Mingus.

    This would be a pleasant world if everbody could just ride and ride.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 5:18


    An excerpt from Suttree by Cormac McCarthy. Music by Chris Brokaw.

    Erik Satie's "Sylvie" sung by Gonzague Van Bervesseles

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2020 2:09


    I liked the way Gonzague Van Bervesseles sang "Sylvie" in Jean-Paul Civeyrac's A Paris Education (2018) so much that I recorded it so I could share it with you.

    Dead Rae

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2020 8:23


    An excerpt from a work in progress. Music by Arvo Pärt.

    Can't Recall

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 11:57


    An excerpt from a work in progress. Music by Ran Blake.

    Don lived upstairs from the Blue Light

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2020 3:01


    An excerpt from from a work in progress. Music by Mute Duo.

    Flyover

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2020 7:36


    An excerpt from a work in progress. Music by the Dick Slessig Combo.

    "Song of Myself"—Canto 27

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 0:42


    I read Canto 27 of Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" as part of a celebration of his 201st birthday. The entire poem, read by many people, here.

    If a Tree Falls...

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 47:25


    What happens when you set up a book talk and no one shows up? Paul Durica (of the Newberry Library) and I talk about Soviet Stamps and the writing racket to a bunch of empty chairs in the secret back room of Uncharted Books in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago.

    Return to The Green Arcade

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2020 60:27


    I make my triumphant return to The Green Arcade in San Francisco and discuss Soviet Stamps, art, cabdriving, and other related and unrelated topics with Ben Terrall (Namaste, Motherfucker!)

    Soviet Stamps w/ Kyle Beachy at City Lit Books (1/30/20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 65:09


    Kyle Beachy (author of The Slide and many, many essays about skateboarding) puts me through my paces about Soviet Stamps, art, writing, making a living, and much else at Logan Square's City Lit Books.

    Soviet Stamps at The Dial

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 53:28


    Christian TeBordo interviews me about my new book, Soviet Stamps and other related topics at The Dial Bookshop in Chicago.

    Samarov & Kinsella at the Rainbo Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2019 42:58


    Tim Kinsella interviews me about my book, art, writing, and all that jazz at the Rainbo Club in Chicago on August 31st, 2019.

    Christian TeBordo talks writing

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2019 45:26


    Christian TeBordo meets me at the Rainbo Club to talk about his forthcoming short story collection, Ghost Engine, teaching writing, and how he got from being the son of two pastors to where he is to day—the author of six books and the director of an MFA writing program.

    Music to My Eyes (May 4th, San Francisco)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2019 67:50


    I talk to Ben Terrall (of Namaste, Motherfucker! fame) about my new book at The Green Arcade in San Francisco. Andy Gillis—a longtime store employee—does the introduction. More info about my book here: http://www.tortoisebooks.com/store/music-to-my-eyes

    Daniel X. O'Neil talks Arte Agora

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019 44:45


    Daniel X. O'Neil talks about Arte Agora—art made, sold, or placed in the public way. More info here: http://www.arteagorabook.com/.

    Peter Prescott talks Minibeast

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2019 121:58


    Musician Peter Prescott's talks about Mission of Burma, Minibeast, fighting nostalgia, and continuing to stay vital and creative in his 60s. Read more here: https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2019/04/15/catching-up-with-peter-prescott/

    Moby Dick, chapter 57

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2019 7:24


    I read Chapter 57, "Of Whales and Paint," as part of Newberry Library's Moby-Dick Read-a-Thon. It was about 12:30am on Sunday, January 20th.

    Stan Klein talks art

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2018 70:47


    I talk to Stan Klein at Firecat Projects about how he got his start in art, opening a frame shop, working for other artists, and the whole kit and caboodle.

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    Filmfront talks film

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2018 80:20


    Cofounders Malia Haines-Stewart and Alan Medina talk about their Pilsen community storefront cinema. Then Ashley Cooper talks about her series of classic Hollywood films and how she learned to love movies from her grandma.

    Krimstein talks Arendt

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2018 46:54


    Ken Krimstein visits the Dial Bookshop to talk about "The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt.

    The Other Side of the Wind

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2018 33:32


    Don De Grazia and I get together at the Music Box Lounge to talk about Orson Welles' "new" movie, toxic masculinity, film nerds, and the overall state of the world.

    Skyler Rowe talks music

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2018 73:48


    I meet Chicago musician and man-about-town, Skyler Rowe, at Firecat Projects and The Handlebar to talk about how he became the drummer in seventeen local bands. The Rainbo Club, gentrification, and the eternal conflict between metal and punk is also discussed.

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    CTA Drawings by Dmitry Samarov

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2018 39:58


    Dmitry Samarov and Northwestern University professor Bill Savage discuss Samarov's show of marker drawings done on CTA buses and trains on view at Firecat Projects in Chicago.

    Rebekka Federle talks art

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2018 45:59


    I met Chicago collagist and sculptor Rebekka Federle—it's pronounced "fade-early", she insists—at Feed and, after eating some ribs, she talked to me about art, Chicago, and copywriting. You can see a bunch of her work at https://rebekkafederle.com/.

    Charles Bronson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2018 3:47


    A story from cab-driving days. Written and read by Dmitry Samarov, with improvised music by Bill MacKay (guitar), Daniel Thatcher (bass), and Charles Rumback (drums). Recorded up on Frogg Mountain in Chicago, Illinois by John Vernon Forbes in 2013.

    Brian Wells Talks Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2018 86:42


    I visit Chicago painter Brian Wells to talk about his art, day-jobs, the art world, and his time in the city. You can see a bunch of his work at https://brianwellsart.com/.

    Drink Any Music Good—A talk with John Vernon Forbes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2018 81:50


    John Vernon Forbes visits Jackalope Coffee in Bridgeport to talk about art, Tijuana Hercules, childhood, and the whole kit and caboodle.

    Old Fashioned Days

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2018 72:43


    Photographer/historian Paul Petraitis and filmmaker John McNaughton talk about shooting footage of Old Fashioned Days in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago in 1970. White flight, rock-n-roll, and growing up in Chicago in the '60s are discussed.

    Paul Schrader's First Reformed

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2018 33:45


    Don De Grazia and Dmitry Samarov convene at the cocktail lounge of a movie theater, situated within a deadmall which just won't die, to discuss Paul Schrader's new film. Also, whether the axe-throwing concern recently opened in the basement of the mall will save it from the wrecking ball.

    Joaquin Phoenix

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2018 23:05


    Don De Grazia convene at the Chicago Cultural Center to debate the thespian talents of Joaquin Phoenix and the merits of Lynne Ramsey's 2018 film, You Were Never Really Here.

    Wendy Clinard Talks Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2018 12:48


    Choreographer/artist/dancer Wendy Clinard talks to Dmitry Samarov about her collaboration with Japanese photographer Akito Tsuda on a new multimedia piece.

    Lowlife

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2018 23:01


    Don De Grazia and Dmitry Samarov repair to an undisclosed Ecuadorean eatery to debate the merits of Ryan Prows' 2017 feature film, "Lowlife".

    Jitney 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2018 4:51


    About jitneys, the rideshare racket, and the end of the taxi industry as we know it.

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