The amount of events and festivals around the country using genAI for their promotional images is slightly maddening. All about supporting local, except their local artists.
I'm begging the small local community groups in Ireland to please consider reframing their use of AI design work this way. The amount of drama and theatre groups in my sphere that I see using AI posters now just makes me sad.
Ep. 171 - Richard and Gilbert and Edmund and Will
Stephen alleges that Shakespeare's brothers were so terrible, that he wrote two of them as his worst villains. Apparently Gilbert was alright, though. Is there any truth to this? Were the Shakespeare boys a bunch of dirtbags?
#booksky
Ep. 170 - We explore Stephen's assertion that Anne Hathaway was a Puritan, what happened to Shakespeare's papers after his death, and who really wrote all those dang plays.
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New blog post, discussing Simon Dedalus' performance of "M'Appari" in the "Sirens" episode of Ulysses
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A woman with black hair, seated on a throne holding a book titled "The Sweets of Sin." Behind her is a black column labeled "M" and a white column labeled "B." Between the columns is a scroll of sheet music. At her feet are a black cat, a Plumtree's Potted Meat tub, and an orange-keyed chamber pot.
Hello listeners, normally we'd have a new episode out today, but it will be delayed for a week. Basically I had too much homework last week to record. Our Feb episodes will come out the last two weeks of the month. Enjoy Dermot's Molly Bloom tarot card in the mean time. -KB
James Joyce's Ulysses is cool. I wish Dublin was real :(
That's awesome! Thanks for listening!
A white woman with brown hair snuggles against a white man with brown hair. They are surrounded by plants.
Bonus Ep. 37 - Hamnet
We review Chloe Zhao's 2025 film adaptation of the novel Hamnet. We've talked a lot about Shakespeare's family this year on the podcast, but this movie answers one question we neglected -- what if Shakespeare was magical?
Listen and watch at the link in our bio
Ep. 169 - Pray for us, Saint Thomas
Paging Dr. Freud. We'd like to have a word his thoughts on Hamlet and the Oedipus Complex
#booksky
stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.
Ep. 168 - Why Stephen Talks about Shylock
We're back from hiatus with a great episode. Stephen Dedalus claims that Shakespeare based Shylock on himself, but is this true?
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Keep up the good work, everyone!
Fewer Irish people using ChatGPT than in other countries, OpenAI told Taoiseach
Who were the real people in the Ormond Hotel in "Sirens"?
In this blog post, we explore the history of Dublin's Ormond Hotel and also the true story behind Ulysses' possibly most forgettable character.
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Ep. 167 - Secondbest Bed
We get to the bottom of Shakespeare's second-best bed, Anne Hathaway, and how Stephen is wrong about everything.
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Agreed. I do t think it's being managed well to say the least
Thanks Kenji, though personally I think that's too bad.
November's Patreon episode is up!
We discuss Shakespeare's sonnets and Oscar Wilde's short story, "The Portrait of Mr. W.H."
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Street scene of Lower Ormond Quay in Dublin, showing a large painting of a man in a striped shirt, his head obscured by bricks, one of which reads "Do Not Remove"
I read today that the "Do Not Remove" guy was taken down from the facade of the former Ormond Hotel a couple months back. Can any Dubliner confirm or deny this?
#speirgorm
Personally: James Joyce. Bringing Dubliners to the world, etc etc
Street scene of Lower Ormond Quay in Dublin, showing a large painting of a man in a striped shirt, his head obscured by bricks, one of which reads "Do Not Remove"
I read today that the "Do Not Remove" guy was taken down from the facade of the former Ormond Hotel a couple months back. Can any Dubliner confirm or deny this?
#speirgorm
*need* to find a copy of the austrian adaptation of At Swim-Two-Birds www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hvb...
The first blog post in our series on "Sirens"
Who are the Sirens of Ulysses?
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The first blog post in our series on "Sirens"
Who are the Sirens of Ulysses?
#booksky
I'm glad people think of me when they hear the word yogibogeybox
A page of slanting scribbles on old brown paper, with a wide left margin.
"Love, yes. Word known to all men."
Went to the Rosenbach today, where a highly knowledgeable librarian let me (carefully) leaf through their #Ulysses manuscript, as well as giving me a lot of fantastic background/insights. Of course I took a run at Scylla & Charybdis, with Hans Walter Gabler's favorite passage....
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