Ep. 18: The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands — Chapter 5 Bridge and City

August 2, 2017Waste Landswaste landstwoguysdarktower

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book III, The Waste Lands, chapter 5, Bridge and City.

Introduction (00:00)
Connections to The Stand (01:47)
Character development (13:52)
Riddles (24:57)
Spoiler for “Game of Thrones” (29:39 – 30:31)
The destruction that follows Roland (34:40)
Fun Stuff (39:00)
Velcro Fly by Z. Z. Top (43:09) https://youtu.be/F89McWFENTs
Outro (46:09)

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Intro and outro music is Western Cowboys Logo by Shorties.

Gibbons, Billy, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard. “Velcro Fly.” Afterburner. Warner Bros, 1985. CD.

Next Episode: We finish Book III of the Dark Tower, The Waste Lands, Chapter 6 – Riddle and Waste Lands.

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Ep. 17: The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands — Chapter 4 Town and Ka-Tet

July 19, 2017Waste Landswaste landstwoguysdarktower

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book III of the Dark Tower, The Waste Lands, Chapter 4, Town & Ka-Tet.

Introduction (00:00)
Roland’s connection to the old ways (03:04)
The palaver of the ka-tet (09:17)
Once there was a world we knew, but that world has moved on (23:04)
Stephen King tropes (33:50)
Fun stuff (39:03)
Outro (45:10)

Intro and outro music is Western Cowboys Logo by Shorties.

Next Episode: We explore The Dark Tower, Book III of the Dark Tower, The Waste Lands, Chapter 5, Bridge and City.

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Ep. 16: The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands — Chapter 3 Door and Demon

July 5, 2017Waste Landswaste landstwoguysdarktower

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore Book III of the Dark Tower, The Waste Lands, Chapter 3, Door and Demon.

Introduction (0:00)
The death of Eddie’s childhood (03:40)
Susanna is underdeveloped as a character (24:44)
Does Roland fully grasp the scope of his quest? (33:44)
Fun stuff (41:01)
Outro (55:02)

Intro and outro music is Western Cowboys Logo by Shorties.

Next Episode: We explore The Dark Tower, Book III of the Dark Tower, The Waste Lands, Chapter 4, Town and Ka-Tet.

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Ep. 15: The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands — Chapter 2 Key and Rose

June 21, 2017Waste LandsDark Tower, Stephen King, They Might Be Giants, waste landstwoguysdarktower

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book III, The Waste Lands, Chapter 2, Key and Rose.

Introduction (00:00)
Plot recap (00:42)
King addressing his critics (02:06)
Expansion of Jake as a character (13:30)
They Might Be Giants song, “New York City” (22:39)
Jake is putting his faith in Ka (28:02)
Fun stuff (35:32)
Outro (43:32)

“New York City.” They Might Be Giants. Factory Showroom. Elektra, 1996.

(The TMBG version is a cover from the 1995 Cub song of the same name.)

Rose

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Next Episode: We explore The Dark Tower, Book III, The Waste Lands, Chapter 3, Door and Demon.

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Ep. 14: The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands — Chapter 1 Bear and Bone

May 31, 2017Waste Landswaste landstwoguysdarktower

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book III, The Waste Lands, Chapter 1, “Bear and Bone.”

Introduction (0:00)
Plot summary (00:45)
Publication context (02:00)
Aping T.S. Elliot (07:40)
Laying down some mythology (10:33)
Eddie’s arc (25:31)
Susannah’s arc (26:31)
Roland’s arc (29:13)
Fun stuff (32:25)
Art from Sonya – Shardik (43:25)
Outro (44:22)

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Next Episode: We explore The Dark Tower, Book III, The Waste Lands, Chapter 2, “Key and Rose.”

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Ep. 13: The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three — Final Shuffle

May 17, 2017Drawing of the ThreeDrawing of the Threetwoguysdarktower

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we conclude The Dark Tower, Book 2, The Drawing of the Three, Final Shuffle.

Introduction (0:00)
Plot recap (00:44)
Who were the titular three? (01:29)
Snake symbolism (06:53)
The Quest (08:56)
Who is Death? (16:41)
Fantasy genre and tropes (21:01)
Reversed portal (thanks, Emily Cait!) (22:29)
Fun stuff (25:14)
Chekhov’s jawbone (25:33)
Artwork – two Phil Hale commissions (27:19)
Some TV tropes (31:23)
Critical reviews of The Drawing of the Three (35:20)
Listener feedback (38:54)
Outro (43:25)

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Next Episode: May 31; We start The Dark Tower, Book 3, The Waste Lands, Bear and Bone.

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Bonus Episode: The Dark Tower Trailer

May 11, 2017Bonus, Moviebonus, movie, trailertwoguysdarktower

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In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we discuss the first full trailer for The Dark Tower movie.

Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/GjwfqXTebIY

Introduction (0:00)
Sean’s initial thoughts (01:45)
Not just from Book I (02:16)
Movie looks too conventional (04:52)
What Sean liked (07:00)
Is McConaughey right for the role? (08:02)
References to other King works (10:54)
The bootleg trailer (11:56)
Outro (15:12)

Intro and outro music is Western Cowboys Logo by Shorties.

Ep. 12: The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three — The Pusher

May 3, 2017Drawing of the ThreeDrawing of the Threetwoguysdarktower

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book 2, The Drawing of the Three, The Pusher.

Introduction (00:00)
Plot recap (00:44)
A fish out of water (02:04)
Matters of fate (05:41)
Delusions of grandeur (06:09)
Roland as hero (11:59)
Romper Room “Do Bee” song (18:27)
What is Roland’s intent with the third door? (19:54)
Roland’s plan (28:43)
Fun stuff (36:10)
Outro (47:23)

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Romper Room “Do Bee” song from Romper Room, Jim Timmens, Golden Chorus, and Golden Orchestra. New York : Golden, 1964.

Next Episode: May 17; We finish The Dark Tower, Book 2: The Drawing of the Three discussing the Final Shuffle and the book as a whole.

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Ep. 11: The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three — Reshuffle

April 19, 2017Drawing of the ThreeDrawing of the Threetwoguysdarktower

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore Book II of the Dark Tower, The Drawing of the Three, “Reshuffle.”

Introduction (0:00)
Odetta Loves Eddie (01:58)
King paints a pretty romantic picture (06:35)
Twilight Time (08:35)
Is Odetta aware of Detta? (11:41)
Does Detta know about Odetta? (14:16)
Roland’s increasing affection for Eddie (17:44)
Is NYC significant? (27:22)
Reshuffle structure (28:05)
King is UP TO SOMETHING (32:08)
Thank you, listeners (35:01)
Listener feedback (36:47)
Outro (38:33)

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Next Episode: May 3; We explore Book II of the Dark Tower, The Drawing of the Three, “The Pusher.”

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Giveaway!

April 14, 2017Administrativetwoguysdarktower

In Summer 2017, Suntup Editions is publishing The Eyes of the Dragon Art Portfolio with illustrations by David Palladini. Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came has collateral supporting the release. We will distribute to the next six listeners to email us with questions or comments on the first two Dark Tower books. Write us as twoguysdarktower@gmail.com by Wednesday, April 19, 2017.