{"id":8186,"date":"2014-09-16T08:57:06","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T12:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=8186"},"modified":"2014-12-17T11:01:04","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T15:01:04","slug":"podcast-jewish-gothic-and-the-restless-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-jewish-gothic-and-the-restless-artist","title":{"rendered":"Podcast &#8211; Jewish Gothic and the Restless Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_35_-_Jewish_Gothic_and_the_Restless_Artist.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Memories Show: Sara Lippmann and Drew Friedman\u00a0&#8211;<br \/>\nJewish Gothic and the Restless Artist<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3916\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8186-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_35_-_Jewish_Gothic_and_the_Restless_Artist.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_35_-_Jewish_Gothic_and_the_Restless_Artist.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_35_-_Jewish_Gothic_and_the_Restless_Artist.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_35_-_Jewish_Gothic_and_the_Restless_Artist.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8186-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_35_-_Jewish_Gothic_and_the_Restless_Artist.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Season_4_Episode_35_-_Jewish_Gothic_and_the_Restless_Artist.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;My father, to this day, will still call and say, &#8216;It&#8217;s not too late for medical school!'&#8221; &#8211;Sara Lippmann<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a title=\"Sara Lippmann on The Virtual Memories Show by Gil Roth, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chimeraobscura\/15147597481\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5568\/15147597481_be6dc0bfeb.jpg?w=440&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sara Lippmann on The Virtual Memories Show\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Drew Friedman returns to the Virtual Memories Show by Gil Roth, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chimeraobscura\/15218222426\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3898\/15218222426_d983ab494c_n.jpg?resize=240%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Drew Friedman returns to the Virtual Memories Show\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Come for the Friedman, stay for the Lippmann! Or vice versa! This week&#8217;s podcast features two great conversations: first I\u00a0talk with <a href=\"http:\/\/drewfriedman.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Friedman<\/a>\u00a0at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spxpo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Small Press Expo<\/a> &#8217;14 about his great new book of portraits, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1606997319\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1606997319&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=Y45ED6E6N2UL5BXB\">Heroes Of The Comics: Portraits Of The Pioneering Legends Of Comic Books<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1606997319\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (Fantagraphics), then <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saralippmann.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sara Lippmann<\/a>\u00a0and I solve the gender imbalance issue in literature, and the MFA vs. NYC issue, to boot! We talk about her debut short story collection, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0991065719\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0991065719&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=IJNJLCO45N7TMJ3E\">Doll Palace<\/a>\u00a0(Dock Street Press)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0991065719\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, getting over the fear of writing, how she lost the Rolex account for <em>GQ<\/em>, and more!<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3917\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8186-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_35_-_Jewish_Gothic_and_the_Restless_Artist.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_35_-_Jewish_Gothic_and_the_Restless_Artist.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_35_-_Jewish_Gothic_and_the_Restless_Artist.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_35_-_Jewish_Gothic_and_the_Restless_Artist.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8186-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_35_-_Jewish_Gothic_and_the_Restless_Artist.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Season_4_Episode_35_-_Jewish_Gothic_and_the_Restless_Artist.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;I drew them older so you could see the weight of their careers on their faces.&#8221; &#8211;Drew Friedman<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_35_-_Jewish_Gothic_and_the_Restless_Artist.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! Related conversations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-guy-who-drew-the-liver-spots\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Friedman (9\/13)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-slippery-animal\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce Jay Friedman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-visible-cities\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Katchor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-slipping-the-noose-of-the-topical\" target=\"_blank\">David Gates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-dogs-of-la\" target=\"_blank\">Merrill Markoe<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/saralippmann.com\" target=\"_blank\">Sara Lippmann<\/a> is the author of the story collection, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0991065719\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0991065719&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=IJNJLCO45N7TMJ3E\">Doll Palace<\/a>\u00a0(Dock Street Press)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0991065719\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>.\u00a0Her stories have been published in <em>The Good Men Project, Wigleaf, Slice magazine, Tupelo Quarterly, Connotation Press, Joyland<\/em> and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a 2012 fellowship in Fiction from the New York Foundation for the Arts and co-hosts the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sundaysalon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday Salon<\/a>, a longstanding reading series in the East Village.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/drew.friedman.75\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Friedman<\/a> is an award-winning illustrator, cartoonist and painter. His work has appeared in <em>Raw, Weirdo, SPY, National Lampoon, Snarf, The New York Times, MAD, The New Yorker, BLAB!, The New York Observer, The Wall Street Journal, HONK!, Rolling Stone, Field &amp; Stream, TIME, The Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly,<\/em> and more. His comics and illustrations have been collected in several volumes, the latest, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1606993577\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1606993577&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Too Soon?<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1606993577\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, published by Fantagraphics in 2010. His collection of portraits, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0922233365\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0922233365&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Drew Friedman&#8217;s Sideshow Freaks<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0922233365\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, was published by Blast books in 2011. He has published three collections of paintings of <em>Old Jewish Comedians<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004AYCXS4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004AYCXS4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">1<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004AYCXS4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1560979143\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1560979143&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">2<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1560979143\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00B9ZMYXQ\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00B9ZMYXQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">3<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00B9ZMYXQ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>), but none of Old Episcopal Comedians. He also raises champion beagles with his wife, K. Bidus. You can find his full bio and buy his art at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/drewfriedman.net\/bio.html\">his fine art prints site<\/a>\u00a0and you really should read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/drewfriedman.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">his blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Sure Shot<em>\u00a0by the Beastie Boys. The conversation with Drew Friedman was recorded at the Bethesda North Marriott and the conversation with Sara Lippmann was recorded at an undisclosed location on the Upper West Side\u00a0on a pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue enCORE 200 microphones<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002SQJLA4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0feeding into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KCXMBES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KCXMBES&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=JW6A2GY4C4EMK3W5\">Zoom H5<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00KCXMBES\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> digital recorder. The intro and outro were recorded on a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002VA464S\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002VA464S&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue Yeti USB Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002VA464S\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Processing was done in Audacity and Garage Band. Photos of Ms. Lippmann and Mr. Friedman by me.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show: Sara Lippmann and Drew Friedman\u00a0&#8211; Jewish Gothic and the Restless Artist &#8220;My father, to this day, will still call and say, &#8216;It&#8217;s not too late for medical school!&#8217;&#8221; &#8211;Sara Lippmann Come for the Friedman, stay for the Lippmann! Or vice versa! 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