(illustration of Avalon from here)
When it comes to these themes I explore, I sometimes have straightforward ways of deciding on them & sometimes roundabout ways. Because I write in this blog about the origins of my themes I try to keep in my mind how they came about. & this one was one of the more roundabout ways.
Recently I was watching the second & final season of Netflix's adaption of the comic book The Sandman. I enjoyed though I found it somewhat s l o w & a little too self-serious for me. I also probably found the (spoiler alert) bodiless Orpheus a little too ridiculous when I was probably supposed to be more sympathetic. It just made me laugh. You can talk & sing without lungs? Yay magic! Anyway.
Because the show had long moments of characters glaring at each other my mind wandered a lot, & I tried to remember if Neil Gaiman in the Sandman comic ever dealt with Arthurian legends. I might even have visited the Sandman Wiki to see if the names Arthur or Merlin were noted there. (I still can't remember so if they did turn up in The Sandman, remind me if you can in the comments.) After I had found myself back to watching the show, & the glaring had turned to sulking, I started to wonder if I had ever done an Arthurian-themed episode of Self Help Radio. I guess I hadn't.
Obviously I could've chosen anything but Avalon seemed promising, so I made a note & started looking for songs. It helped that I have a friend named Avalon that I could interview for the show. Once I felt I was ready, I began putting that show together. Thanks Sandman series!
Recently I was watching the second & final season of Netflix's adaption of the comic book The Sandman. I enjoyed though I found it somewhat s l o w & a little too self-serious for me. I also probably found the (spoiler alert) bodiless Orpheus a little too ridiculous when I was probably supposed to be more sympathetic. It just made me laugh. You can talk & sing without lungs? Yay magic! Anyway.
Because the show had long moments of characters glaring at each other my mind wandered a lot, & I tried to remember if Neil Gaiman in the Sandman comic ever dealt with Arthurian legends. I might even have visited the Sandman Wiki to see if the names Arthur or Merlin were noted there. (I still can't remember so if they did turn up in The Sandman, remind me if you can in the comments.) After I had found myself back to watching the show, & the glaring had turned to sulking, I started to wonder if I had ever done an Arthurian-themed episode of Self Help Radio. I guess I hadn't.
Obviously I could've chosen anything but Avalon seemed promising, so I made a note & started looking for songs. It helped that I have a friend named Avalon that I could interview for the show. Once I felt I was ready, I began putting that show together. Thanks Sandman series!
The Self Help Radio Avalon show happens tonight, Monday September 1, from midnight to 2am on 90.7fm in Portland & online at kboo dot fm. Tonight is the night I get to pull that sword from the stone!
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