{"id":9594,"date":"2016-04-18T20:42:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T00:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=9594"},"modified":"2016-04-18T21:40:53","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T01:40:53","slug":"episode-164-kliph-nesteroff-liz-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-164-kliph-nesteroff-liz-hand","title":{"rendered":"Episode 164 – Kliph Nesteroff (& Liz Hand)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Virtual Memories Show #164:
\nKliph Nesteroff (& Liz Hand)<\/a><\/p>\n

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“I was a Henry Morgan authority at the age of 24.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"26451704925_5cd9679b02_z\"<\/a>Kliph Nesteroff<\/a> joins the show to talk about his new book, The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy<\/a>\"\" (Grove Press). We discuss the evolution of comedy over the century (from vaudeville to comedy podcasters) and how he got started chronicling it, American comedy’s twin themes of struggle and influence, the connect-the-dots game of comedic lineage, the stories that didn’t make it into the book, comedy’s role in the civil rights struggle, Kliph’s autodidactic background and how it shapes his pursuit of history, the story of how he got kicked out of high school, and more! Give it a listen!<\/a>\u00a0And go buy Kliph’s book, The Comedians<\/a>\"\"! (NOTE: Kliph’s section starts at 17:15, if you wanna skip right to that)<\/em><\/p>\n

“I’m just as deeply immersed in the history of film, the history of music, of TV, of pop culture. . . . But Leonard Maltin already exists; he’s got it cornered. Jerry Beck is the world’s foremost animation historian; he’s got that market covered. There’s a million people who write about music; I don’t need to be one of those guys. But there’s no other comedy historian. I’m happy to pick up that mantle.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"9781250030382\"<\/a>Plus, I give Liz Hand<\/a> a call on the occasion of the publication of her new book, Hard Light: A Cass Neary Crime Novel<\/a>\"\"! We explore how her nihilistic, burned-out, drug-addicted post-punk-scene photographer-protagonist has grown over the course of three books of increasing mayhem and murder. (Hint: she doesn’t decide to become a nurturing mom and validate herself with a rich husband.) Go listen<\/a>! And buy Hard Light<\/a>\"\"! (NOTE: Liz’s section starts around 3:30)<\/em>
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Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! You might like:<\/p>\n