The Marmoset Chronicles - A Personal Retrospective

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We know, it's been done before. You already know about The Marmoset Chronicles, the 8-movie saga by reclusive visionary director Laz Patillo. You already know how it became a cultural touchstone from 1970 to 1986, affecting everything in its wake. So why another podcast on it? This show is simply a personal retrospective; a discussion of why we (hosts Kirsten and Jay) love these movies so dearly and what they've meant to us growing up through today.

Jay & Kirsten


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    SHOW SWAP: Benjamin St James in Wrestling w/ CWFP

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2021 72:25


    Jory and Cam are bringing life to this old RSS feed to talk about some wrestling promotions connected to the Marmoset Cinematic Universe, and how Benjamin St James was frequently fucked over in the process. Check out the full SHOW SWAP lineup here: https://twitter.com/OrangeGrovesNet/status/1359610632656605184

    #20: The Marmoset Chronicles - A Final Hurrah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2020 39:09


    Thanks for everything, Laz. You can find Kirsten on Twitter at @kirstenmwrites and Jay at @extremesalsaing. Our album art, a faithful play on the original poster for The Phantom and the Wren, was drawn by Alyssa Krasnansky, who can be found on Twitter at @imajoyk.

    #19: Obscurus Memorandus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2020 49:03


    Follow @LazPatillo on Twitter to see what's up we guess?? You can find Kirsten on Twitter at @kirstenmwrites and Jay at @extremesalsaing. Our album art, a faithful play on the original poster for The Phantom and the Wren, was drawn by Alyssa Krasnansky, who can be found on Twitter at @imajoyk.

    #18: The Laz Patillo Pawn Shop of Curios and Curiosities

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2020 55:37


    All the licensed properties fit to podcast about, all at once. You can find Kirsten on Twitter at @kirstenmwrites and Jay at @extremesalsaing. Our album art, a faithful play on the original poster for The Phantom and the Wren, was drawn by Alyssa Krasnansky, who can be found on Twitter at @imajoyk.

    #17: The DC Comics Saga

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020 48:39


    What was the best name in this episode? You decide! You can find Kirsten on Twitter at @kirstenmwrites and Jay at @extremesalsaing. Our album art, a faithful play on the original poster for The Phantom and the Wren, was drawn by Alyssa Krasnansky, who can be found on Twitter at @imajoyk.

    #16: Men and Images

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020 47:31


    That motherfucker's a frisbee. You can find Kirsten on Twitter at @kirstenmwrites and Jay at @extremesalsaing. Our album art, a faithful play on the original poster for The Phantom and the Wren, was drawn by Alyssa Krasnansky, who can be found on Twitter at @imajoyk.

    #15: Murder at Retrograde Crossing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2020 49:36


    Kirsten's thoughts on mediocrity are not officially endorsed by Immortan Joe. You can find Kirsten on Twitter at @kirstenmwrites and Jay at @extremesalsaing. Our album art, a faithful play on the original poster for The Phantom and the Wren, was drawn by Alyssa Krasnansky, who can be found on Twitter at @imajoyk.

    #14: Novelizations

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2020 56:47


    For two people who don't care all that much about Star Wars, we sure do talk a lot about Star Wars. You can find Kirsten on Twitter at @kirstenmwrites and Jay at @extremesalsaing. Our album art, a faithful play on the original poster for The Phantom and the Wren, was drawn by Alyssa Krasnansky, who can be found on Twitter at @imajoyk.

    #13: MarmoCon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2020 48:15


    So who decided New Jersey was the only state weird enough to get a dang book series about it, anyway? For a working list of where and how you can help racial justice groups: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ You can find Kirsten on Twitter at @kirstenmwrites and Jay at @extremesalsaing. Our album art, a faithful play on the original poster for The Phantom and the Wren, was drawn by Alyssa Krasnansky, who can be found on Twitter at @imajoyk.

    #12: The Glasseye Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2020 60:19


    Y'all remember InvisionFree? You can find Kirsten on Twitter at @kirstenmwrites and Jay at @extremesalsaing. Our album art, a faithful play on the original poster for The Phantom and the Wren, was drawn by Alyssa Krasnansky, who can be found on Twitter at @imajoyk.

    #11: The Satanic Sandwich

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2020 53:18


    It all started in the small town of Girard, Illinois. If you want to know more about the history of satanic panic, here's the article Jay referenced: https://www.vox.com/2016/10/30/13413864/satanic-panic-ritual-abuse-history-explained You can find Kirsten on Twitter at @kirstenmwrites and Jay at @extremesalsaing. Our album art, a faithful play on the original poster for The Phantom and the Wren, was drawn by Alyssa Krasnansky, who can be found on Twitter at @imajoyk.

    #10: The Marmoset Chronicles - A Cohesive Unit

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2020 60:24


    A postmortem on our one-by-one discussion of The Marmoset Chronicles, and also a look towards what's next. Also, some really long tangents about Homestuck and recursive storytelling. You can find Kirsten on Twitter at @kirstenmwrites and Jay at @extremesalsaing. Our album art, a faithful play on the original poster for The Phantom and the Wren, was drawn by Alyssa Krasnansky, who can be found on Twitter at @imajoyk.

    #9: The Plot, the Paper, and the Place We End Up

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2020 65:42


    At the end, some spaces are just spaces. You can find Kirsten on Twitter at @kirstenmwrites and Jay at @extremesalsaing. Our album art, a faithful play on the original poster for The Phantom and the Wren, was drawn by Alyssa Krasnansky, who can be found on Twitter at @imajoyk.

    #8: The Purgatory Bureaucrat

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2020 49:36


    Alright, but do you know what Starbucks advertising I'm talking about?? You can find Kirsten on Twitter at @kirstenmwrites and Jay at @extremesalsaing. Our album art, a faithful play on the original poster for The Phantom and the Wren, was drawn by Alyssa Krasnansky, who can be found on Twitter at @imajoyk.

    #7: Logica

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2020 54:19


    Briefly-mentioned ideas for bonus episodes are not legally binding. You can find Kirsten on Twitter at @kirstenmwrites and Jay at @extremesalsaing. Our album art, a faithful play on the original poster for The Phantom and the Wren, was drawn by Alyssa Krasnansky, who can be found on Twitter at @imajoyk.

    #6: And the Mountain Came to Them

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2020 49:29


    And the Podcast Downloaded to Their Device. You can find Kirsten on Twitter at @kirstenmwrites and Jay at @extremesalsaing. Our album art, a faithful play on the original poster for The Phantom and the Wren, was drawn by Alyssa Krasnansky, who can be found on Twitter at @imajoyk.

    #5: The Shadow Kit

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2020 49:58


    Really what we're saying here is Lars Von Trier can get bent. You can find Kirsten on Twitter at @kirstenmwrites and Jay at @extremesalsaing. Our album art, a faithful play on the original poster for The Phantom and the Wren, was drawn by Alyssa Krasnansky, who can be found on Twitter at @imajoyk.

    #4: Diagnosis Aquamarine

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020 65:44


    Yes, Kirsten, that is how you spell "diagnosis." Star Wars Minus Star Wars: https://youtu.be/-gUKYBs6T8c You can find Kirsten on Twitter at @kirstenmwrites and Jay at @extremesalsaing. Our album art, a faithful play on the original poster for The Phantom and the Wren, was drawn by Alyssa Krasnansky, who can be found on Twitter at @imajoyk.

    #3: Obstacle Core

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 45:55


    Always have a rope ladder. You can find Kirsten on Twitter at @kirstenmwrites and Jay at @extremesalsaing. Our album art, a faithful play on the original poster for The Phantom and the Wren, was drawn by Alyssa Krasnansky, who can be found on Twitter at @imajoyk.

    #2: The Phantom and the Wren

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2020 55:13


    The Phantom and the Wren starts off our proper discussion with wide shots on parking lots, decades of unspoken complication between siblings, and a dusty town soon to feel the bruises of revenge. You can find Kirsten on Twitter @kirstenmwrites and Jay at @extremesalsaing. Our album art, a faithful play on the original poster for this very movie, was drawn by Alyssa Krasnansky, who can be found on Twitter at @imajoyk.

    #1: Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2020 38:28


    Welcome, dear listener, to yet another podcast about T_he Marmoset Chronicles_. We know, we know; what else could there possibly be to say about the 8-movie magnum opus of reclusive writer/director/wise man Laz Patillo. You've seen the movies, hear the soundtracks, seen it all referenced in sitcoms and torn apart on bad YouTube channels. What else is there to say? Well, we have no idea, but maybe we can find out. Our mission is to talk about these movies through the lens of what they mean to us; what it was like to grow up with them not when the first movie wrestled Catch-22 for the box office top spot one fateful weekend in June 1970, but instead in the early 2000s, finding an old Diagnosis Aqquamarine-branded lunchbox in a pawn shop, or hearing a bunch of aging nerds at a local convention debating over whether Patillo fled to Spain or Zimbabwe. What does it mean to know these movies, which EVERYONE knows, 50 years after The Phantom and the Wren first made it's debut? Let's find out. You can find Jay on Twitter at @extremesalsaing and Kirsten at @kirstenmwrites. Our album art, a faithful play on the original poster for The Phantom and the Wren, was drawn by Alyssa Krasnansky, who can be found on Twitter @imajoyk.

    The Marmoset Chronicles: A Trailer for a Personal Retrospective

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2020 0:57


    Come join Kirsten and Jay as they make their way through The Marmoset Chronicles, the legendary octology of action films by director Laz Patillo which shaped all of cinema and pop culture since 1970.

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