Peter Gelman http://www.mevio.com/shows/?show=robotskull Passion, philosophy, fisticuffs and word ferment...a punk rock romantic novel of the 1980s. Passion, philosophy, fisticuffs and word ferment...a fierce romantic, poetic novel of the 1980s. Words explode freely at the end of the Cold War. en Peter Gelman Peter Gelman petergelman@yahoo.com http://www.mevio.com/images/shows/7419/shows/small/robotskull.png?747f99493750d365bfee339c9b3c641d http://www.mevio.com/shows/?show=robotskull Podcast yes robot, punk, novel, fiction, story, audiobook, book, podcast, gelman, hirschberg, minneapolis, minnesota Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:49:36 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss PodShow PDN petergelman@yahoo.com webmaster@podshow.com Peter Gelman http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=51120&tId=2 Skull of the Robot 11. (Please start with Installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 20. Wandering, Max remembers primal forces, connection of dark and light. Max remembers the free feeling of nature. He feels it again. Chapter 21. Max discovers a new mailbox. He deciphers Meri/'s coded note of complicated love. Alexander calls drunk from Wyoming, abandoned by Suzy. Arthur appears, back from his long world voyage with a gift, a totem. Arthur helps him destroy the evil eye. ]]> Skull of the Robot number 11/11. Passion, philosophy, fisticuffs and word-ferment. Skull of the Robot 11. (Please start with Installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 20. Wandering, Max remembers primal forces, connection of dark and light. Max remembers the free feeling of nature. He feels it again. Chapter 21. Max discovers a new mailbox. He deciphers Meri/'s coded note of complicated love. Alexander calls drunk from Wyoming, abandoned by Suzy. Arthur appears, back from his long world voyage with a gift, a totem. Arthur helps him destroy the evil eye. Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:34:11 -0800 Podcast yes art, audiobook, chapter, cold, fiction, gelman, love, Minneapolis, Minnesota, novel http://m.podshow.com/media/7419/episodes/51120/robotskull-51120-02-22-2007.mp3 Peter Gelman http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=51119&tId=2 Skull of the Robot 10. (Please start with Installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 19. Alexander departs for California with Suzy. Max fights with Yvonne weakly. Lafcadio confesses he introduced Suzy to Meri two years ago to hurt Max. Max and Yvonne fight and break-up. ]]> Skull of the Robot number 10/11. Passion, philosophy, fisticuffs and word-ferment. Skull of the Robot 10. (Please start with Installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 19. Alexander departs for California with Suzy. Max fights with Yvonne weakly. Lafcadio confesses he introduced Suzy to Meri two years ago to hurt Max. Max and Yvonne fight and break-up. Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:15:59 -0800 Podcast yes art, audiobook, chapter, cold, fiction, gelman, Minneapolis, Minnesota, novel, Poetry http://m.podshow.com/media/7419/episodes/51119/robotskull-51119-02-22-2007.mp3 Peter Gelman http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=51118&tId=2 Skull of the Robot 9. (Please start with Installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 17. Max has /"YMYMYR/" tattooed over his heart. Someone smashes his mailbox--Meri? Yvonne exasperates Max again. Chapter 18. Alexander surprises Max, admits he/'s taking Suzy to California and that Meri is jealous. Worse, she thinks Max is with Suzy. ]]> Skull of the Robot number 9/11. Passion, philosophy, fisticuffs and word ferment. Skull of the Robot 9. (Please start with Installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 17. Max has /"YMYMYR/" tattooed over his heart. Someone smashes his mailbox--Meri? Yvonne exasperates Max again. Chapter 18. Alexander surprises Max, admits he/'s taking Suzy to California and that Meri is jealous. Worse, she thinks Max is with Suzy. Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:49:51 -0800 Podcast yes audiobook, chapter, cold, fiction, gelman, Minneapolis, novel, podcast, Poetry, punk http://m.podshow.com/media/7419/episodes/51118/robotskull-51118-02-22-2007.mp3 Peter Gelman http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=51089&tId=2 Skull of the Robot 8. (Please start with Installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 15: Max can/'t find a job. He meets Meri and she confesses complex, hopeless feelings. Max reads to her an agitated letter he wrote but never sent. Max is cracking. Chapter 16. Max thinks Alexander has moved out. Lafcadio tells Max that Alexander has a girlfriend, Suzy. Suzy/'s mother fired Max and Alexander last summer. ]]> Skull of the Robot number 8/11. Passion, philosophy, fisticuffs and word ferment. Skull of the Robot 8. (Please start with Installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 15: Max can/'t find a job. He meets Meri and she confesses complex, hopeless feelings. Max reads to her an agitated letter he wrote but never sent. Max is cracking. Chapter 16. Max thinks Alexander has moved out. Lafcadio tells Max that Alexander has a girlfriend, Suzy. Suzy/'s mother fired Max and Alexander last summer. Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:12:17 -0800 Podcast yes audiobook, book, chapter, fiction, gelman, mp3, passion, philosophy, podcast, robot http://m.podshow.com/media/7419/episodes/51089/robotskull-51089-02-22-2007.mp3 Peter Gelman http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=51082&tId=2 Skull of the Robot 7. (Please start with Installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 13. Max lives with his brother now, but naive Alexander has become unpredictable and complicated. Alexander asked for $150 but won/'t say why. Chapter 14. Max agrees to give the money, then, frustrated at the secrets, attacks Alexander, but Alexander shows self-restraint. ]]> Installment 7/11. Passion, philosophy, fisticuffs and word ferment. Skull of the Robot 7. (Please start with Installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 13. Max lives with his brother now, but naive Alexander has become unpredictable and complicated. Alexander asked for $150 but won/'t say why. Chapter 14. Max agrees to give the money, then, frustrated at the secrets, attacks Alexander, but Alexander shows self-restraint. Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:04:49 -0800 Podcast yes audiobook, book, fiction, gelman, Minneapolis, novel, podcast, story http://m.podshow.com/media/7419/episodes/51082/robotskull-51082-02-22-2007.mp3 Peter Gelman http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=50783&tId=2 Skull of the Robot 6. (Please start with Installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 10. Two years later, at Lafcadio/'s party, Max/'s brother Alexander smashes holes in the ceiling. Max/'s new girlfriend Yvonne is coy, because Meri has come back from Boston to visit. Max, jolted by Meri, worries about a negative pleasure principle. Chapter 11. Max and Meri joke fondly, but Max, disturbed by her and by Alexander, postpones serious discussion. Chapter 12: Max is upset because Yvonne told Alexander that she/'s moving to Florida before she told him.
]]> Installment 6/11. Passion, philosophy, fisticuffs and word ferment. Skull of the Robot 6. (Please start with Installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 10. Two years later, at Lafcadio/'s party, Max/'s brother Alexander smashes holes in the ceiling. Max/'s new girlfriend Yvonne is coy, because Meri has come back from Boston to visit. Max, jolted by Meri, worries about a negative pleasure principle. Chapter 11. Max and Meri joke fondly, but Max, disturbed by her and by Alexander, postpones serious discussion. Chapter 12: Max is upset because Yvonne told Alexander that she/'s moving to Florida before she told him. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:42:53 -0800 Podcast yes book, fiction, gelman, hirschberg, Minneapolis, novel, robot, story http://m.podshow.com/media/7419/episodes/50783/robotskull-50783-02-20-2007.mp3 Peter Gelman http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=50648&tId=2 Skull of the Robot 5. (Please start with Installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 9. Meri distances herself from Max. Anxious, frantic, Max joins Lafcadio and friends for downtown drinking. Bit by bit he discovers that everyone knows Meri/'s secret but him. Max fistfights with Tim, then discovers Meri/'s secret. Afterward, Max confronts a freight train. ]]> Installment 5/11. Passion, philosophy, fisticuffs and word ferment. Skull of the Robot 5. (Please start with Installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 9. Meri distances herself from Max. Anxious, frantic, Max joins Lafcadio and friends for downtown drinking. Bit by bit he discovers that everyone knows Meri/'s secret but him. Max fistfights with Tim, then discovers Meri/'s secret. Afterward, Max confronts a freight train. Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:10:26 -0800 Podcast yes audiobook, book, chapter, fiction, first, gelman, hirschberg, Minneapolis, Minnesota, novel http://m.podshow.com/media/7419/episodes/50648/robotskull-50648-02-19-2007.mp3 Peter Gelman http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=50646&tId=2 Skull of the Robot 4. (Please start with Installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 7. Max ponders memory and Plutarch/'s Lives as Meri arrives. Twisting conversation leads to troubled passion. Chapter 8. Max and Meri lovingly define the dreamword /"smudguvank/". Arthur left town. Max is happy but senses trouble. Max fears Meri/'s secret but won/'t ask.
]]> Installment 4/11. Passion, philosophy, fisticuffs and word ferment. Skull of the Robot 4. (Please start with Installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 7. Max ponders memory and Plutarch/'s Lives as Meri arrives. Twisting conversation leads to troubled passion. Chapter 8. Max and Meri lovingly define the dreamword /"smudguvank/". Arthur left town. Max is happy but senses trouble. Max fears Meri/'s secret but won/'t ask. Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:52:41 -0800 Podcast yes audiobook, book, chapter, fiction, first, gelman, hirschberg, Minneapolis, Minnesota, novel http://m.podshow.com/media/7419/episodes/50646/robotskull-50646-02-19-2007.mp3 Peter Gelman http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=50639&tId=2 Skull of the Robot 3. (Please start with Installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 5: At Lafcadio/'s party, Max trances lyrics for Meri while performing with Tim and Arthur. Arthur knows something, and tells Max that /"Meri/" is short for /"America/". Max walks with Meri. Chapter 6. Before he leaves for on a trip around the world, Arthur tries to warn Max about Meri/'s secret, but Max won/'t let him. They fight. ]]> Installment 3/11. Passion, philosophy, fisticuffs and word ferment. Skull of the Robot 3. (Please start with Installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 5: At Lafcadio/'s party, Max trances lyrics for Meri while performing with Tim and Arthur. Arthur knows something, and tells Max that /"Meri/" is short for /"America/". Max walks with Meri. Chapter 6. Before he leaves for on a trip around the world, Arthur tries to warn Max about Meri/'s secret, but Max won/'t let him. They fight. Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:02:25 -0800 Podcast yes audiobook, book, chapter, fiction, first, gelman, hirschberg, Minneapolis, Minnesota, novel http://m.podshow.com/media/7419/episodes/50639/robotskull-50639-02-19-2007.mp3 Peter Gelman http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=50632&tId=2 Skull of the Robot 2. (Please start with Installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 3: Max calls Meri and angrily throws the phone across the room. Chapter 4: Max meets friends Lafcadio and Tim and muse madly. Minneapolis catches fire. ]]> Installment 2/11. Passion, philosophy, fisticuffs and word ferment. Skull of the Robot 2. (Please start with Installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 3: Max calls Meri and angrily throws the phone across the room. Chapter 4: Max meets friends Lafcadio and Tim and muse madly. Minneapolis catches fire. Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:28:19 -0800 Podcast yes audiobook, book, chapter, fiction, first, gelman, hirschberg, Minneapolis, Minnesota, novel http://m.podshow.com/media/7419/episodes/50632/robotskull-50632-02-19-2007.mp3 Peter Gelman http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=50627&tId=2 Skull of the Robot 1.
Start here, the first installment. Introduction: Peter Gelman briefly explains the history of the novel, and the recovery of Hirschberg/'s narration. Chapters 1: Max meets Meri on a bus, follows her. She gives her phone number. Chapter 2: Max gives voice to stirred-up winter feelings with the word YMYRYKY.

(www.dangerquestmysteries.com) ]]> Installment 1/11. Passion, philosophy, fisticuffs and word ferment. Skull of the Robot 1. Start here, the first installment. Introduction: Peter Gelman briefly explains the history of the novel, and the recovery of Hirschberg/'s narration. Chapters 1: Max meets Meri on a bus, follows her. She gives her phone number. Chapter 2: Max gives voice to stirred-up winter feelings with the word YMYRYKY. (www.dangerquestmysteries.com) Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:02:04 -0800 Podcast yes audiobook, book, chapter, fiction, first, gelman, hirschberg, Minneapolis, Minnesota, novel http://m.podshow.com/media/7419/episodes/50627/robotskull-50627-02-19-2007.mp3