{"id":13071,"date":"2020-04-04T09:20:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T13:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=13071"},"modified":"2020-04-04T09:20:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T13:20:10","slug":"covid-check-in-with-dmitry-samarov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/covid-check-in-with-dmitry-samarov","title":{"rendered":"COVID Check-In with Dmitry Samarov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Dmitry_Samarov.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virtual Memories Show<br \/>\nCOVID Check-In: Dmitry Samarov<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8347\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13071-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Dmitry_Samarov.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Dmitry_Samarov.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Dmitry_Samarov.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Dmitry_Samarov.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=13071-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Dmitry_Samarov.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"COVID_Check-In_with_Dmitry_Samarov.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Each new apartment I have, there&#8217;s this hope that it&#8217;s the last one. Not like the final resting place, but the permanent home.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Artist &amp; writer <a href=\"http:\/\/dmitrysamarov.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dmitry Samarov<\/a> checks in from Chicago to talk about self-isolating in a packed-up apartment (he&#8217;s supposed to move in a month). We talk about his paintings, the lack of social distancing in a neighborhood he visited, his current reading (<em>Tropic of Cancer<\/em> and <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-365-ben-katchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Katchor&#8217;s<\/a> <em>The Dairy Restaurant<\/em>), and more. <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Dmitry_Samarov.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Give it a listen!<\/a> And go check out Dmitry&#8217;s latest book, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.dmitrysamarov.com\/product\/soviet-stamps\/1?cs=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soviet Stamps<\/a>, and sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyletter.com\/samarov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his weekly e-mail<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/naXQ0o9DJgc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed-podcast\/episode\/0ejqJSY57h0cyTMngfLzIs\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/embed\/player\/t141024377\/\" style=\"width:100%; height:100px;\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Dmitry_Samarov.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Listen to the conversation!<\/a>&nbsp;Then check out&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the archives<\/a>&nbsp;for more conversations from The Before Times.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to all these COVID Check-In episodes at <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-covid-19-sessions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The COVID-19 Sessions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of ways to follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em>: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vmspod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXoLbP-9GbhHJZpCQP5TR5A\/videos?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RSS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dmitrysamarov.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dmitry Samarov<\/a> paints and writes in Chicago, Illinois. He\u2019s the author of four published books: <a href=\"https:\/\/store.dmitrysamarov.com\/product\/hack-stories-from-a-chicago-cab\/4?cs=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hack<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/store.dmitrysamarov.com\/product\/where-to-a-hack-memoir\/3?cs=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Where To?<\/a>, both illustrated memoirs of his taxi-driving days, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.dmitrysamarov.com\/product\/music-to-my-eyes\/2?cs=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Music To My Eyes<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/store.dmitrysamarov.com\/product\/soviet-stamps\/1?cs=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soviet Stamps<\/a>. You should sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyletter.com\/samarov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his weekly e-mail<\/a> and listen to his occasional <a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/blather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blather<\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: The conversation was recorded remotely via <a href=\"https:\/\/zencastr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zencastr<\/a>. I used a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000SOYOTQ\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000SOYOTQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=04f89e1b44161aff17be7ee9479f6d64\">Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000SOYOTQ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004MQSV04\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004MQSV04&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=1a177654d0c55797588bc43949ef369e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cloudlifter CL-1<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004MQSV04\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003VZG550\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003VZG550&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=M2DKYCZ52E6ZFUA3\">Mackie Onyx Blackjack 2&#215;2 USB Recording Interface<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B003VZG550\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">. 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Not like the final resting place, but the permanent home.&#8221; Artist &amp; writer Dmitry Samarov checks in from Chicago to talk about self-isolating in a packed-up apartment (he&#8217;s supposed to move in a month). We &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/covid-check-in-with-dmitry-samarov\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;COVID Check-In with Dmitry Samarov&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,1028,5981,4,1083,1183,19],"tags":[2933],"class_list":["post-13071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-chicago","category-covid-check-in","category-literature","category-movies","category-podcasts","category-urban-issues","tag-dmitry-samarov","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sp20.jpg?fit=581%2C700","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-3oP","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14490,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-436-dmitry-samarov","url_meta":{"origin":13071,"position":0},"title":"Episode 436 &#8211; Dmitry Samarov","author":"Gil","date":"May 25, 2021","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 436: Dmitry Samarov \"Basically I didn't have to make anything up. 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And that makes you question what it was that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/samarov2022comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C744&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/samarov2022comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C744&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/samarov2022comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C744&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/samarov2022comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C744&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/samarov2022comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C744&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11599,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-278-dmitry-samarov","url_meta":{"origin":13071,"position":2},"title":"Episode 278 &#8211; Dmitry Samarov","author":"Gil","date":"July 16, 2018","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 278: Dmitry Samarov \"The curse of knowing more is that you see more.\" After our pre-opening tour of the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation museum, artist Dmitry Samarov and I repaired to a cafe where we recorded a noisy conversation while Dmitry sketched me. This ridiculously\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Architecture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/architecture"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0111.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0111.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0111.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0111.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0111.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17709,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-652-dmitry-samarov","url_meta":{"origin":13071,"position":3},"title":"Episode 652 &#8211; Dmitry Samarov","author":"Gil","date":"September 3, 2025","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 652: Dmitry Samarov \"I want the reader to feel like they were there, like it's a sketchbook from that moment in the book.\" It's been a year since his last episode, so what's artist Dmitry Samarov been up to? 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It just doesn\u2019t discourage me; it might be some sort of insanity.\u201d With his new memoir, Soviet Stamps, artist & writer Dmitry Samarov\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/dmitry2020comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C775&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/dmitry2020comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C775&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/dmitry2020comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C775&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/dmitry2020comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C775&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/dmitry2020comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C775&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9039,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-135-irvine-welsh-dmitry-samarov","url_meta":{"origin":13071,"position":5},"title":"Episode 135 &#8211; Irvine Welsh \/ Dmitry Samarov","author":"Gil","date":"September 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show #135: Irvine Welsh \/ Dmitry Samarov \"What would young, pre-Trainspotting Irvine Welsh think of you now?\" \"He'd think I was a total wanker.\" Irvine Welsh has created unforgettable characters in his novels, beginning with the cast of\u00a0Trainspotting in 1993. 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