Magnolia Electric Co. w/ Bigmac McCarthy

Filthy Armenian and Glen give an official send off to The Back Wall with a wonderful discussion on Football by Chuck Klosterman. They talk about the psychology, popularity, and artistic qualities of football. For premium RC content head to our substack https://rarecandy.substack.com/Follow Filthy Armenian on X https://x.com/FilthyArmenianGet your tonic herbs and medicinal mushrooms at Superfeast. Enter promo code RCNOW at check out to get 10% off your order ⁠https://tidd.ly/4iNdV9z

Our monthly episode with the Rare Candy Discord. Discussing the latest Shane Gillis SNL drama, underground rap, beanie babies, sports gambling apps, and much more. For premium RC content go to https://rarecandy.substack.com/Get your tonic herbs and medicinal mushrooms at Superfeast. Enter promo code RCNOW at check out to get 10% off your order ⁠https://tidd.ly/4iNdV9z

This is an old episode from T.R. Hudson's podcast Canon Fodder. Since that pod isn't around anymore and we are covering James Ellroy's L.A. Quartet, I figured we had to include this episode in the RC feed. For premium subscribers please check out our episode on The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy https://rarecandy.substack.com/p/gain-of-fiction-vol-86-the-big-nowhereFollow T.R. Hudson on X https://x.com/tr_hudson

Yeerk P joins Glen to talk about Monty Python and some of the best sketches from Flying Circus. Also some talk on Life of Brian and The Holy Grail. Go to https://rarecandy.substack.com/ for Rare Candy Premium episodesYeerk P links https://www.patreon.com/BistroCaliforniumhttps://x.com/PYeerk

Marcus Johnson, host of Tape Don't Lie joins Glen to rate every NFL Head Coach on the Alpha/Beta scale. How does your favorite team's coach fare? We will let you know. Follow Marcus Johnson Youtube  ⁨@tapedontlie⁩  X https://x.com/TheMarcJohnNFLTo support Rare Candy, head to https://rarecandy.substack.com/ and subscribe.

Good friend of the show Bigmac McCarthy joins us to talk about his latest short story John The Rock, Magnolia Electric Co. by Songs: Ohia (which Glen had never heard of), and the state of modern music. Read John The Rock by Bigmac McCarthy https://rarecandy.substack.com/p/john-the-rockFollow Bigmac McCarthy https://x.com/polished_steel

Detective Wolfman and Parker Longbaugh join Glen Rockney to talk about the Cape Fear Franchise from the novel The Executioners by John McDonald, The 1962 and 1991 film adaptations, to the underrated AppleTV series. Follow Rare Candy on Substack https://rarecandy.substack.com/Follow Detective Wolfman on X https://x.com/Det_WolfmanFollow Parker Longbaugh on Substack https://longbaugh.substack.com/

A fun horse session with the discord. We cover foot injuries, Fauci, covid, Lindsey Clancy, The Shards TV series, and more. For Premium episodes including Gain of Fiction, become a premium subscriber of our substack https://rarecandy.substack.com/

Glen is joined by Matthew Fresta and Matthew Sini of the Getting Lit podcast to discuss Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick, Blade Runner (1982), and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). Listen to Getting Lit Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/6YMi3anYTl9lgli32Zatv6Rare Candy on Substack (Premium Episode Feed) https://rarecandy.substack.com/New Mythologies Substack https://newmythologies.substack.com/

Glen Rockney talks about the fascinating life and legacy of Howard Hughes. Film, aviation, women, Las Vegas, Mormons, and much more. Make sure to subscribe to Rare Candy on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA9mx2da4OXhtSoHxho31agRare Candy Premium Episode Feed https://rarecandy.substack.com/