The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life

Episode 218: Todd James Pierce!

06 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, I talk to historian and creative writer Todd James Pierce, plus Heather Whited reads her essay, "The General." TEXTS DISCUS...

Episode 217: A Discussion Of Charles Bukowski's On Writing, with Vanessa Blakeslee!

29 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about On Writing, a book of selections from Charles Bukowski's letters, plus poet Henry Hughe...

Episode 216: J. Bradley

22 Jul 2016

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In this week's episode, I talk to J. Bradley about his new novel, Jesus Christ, Boy Detective, plus Tom McAllister reads his essay, "A Brief Histo...

Episode 215: Lisa Wolpe!

16 Jul 2016

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In this week's episode, I interview actor and author Lisa Wolpe about her one woman show, Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender, plus Mistie  Watkins...

Episode 214: Mixtape 6 (slouching towards a perspiring glass of water, in the quivering shade of the world's oldest banyan tree)

09 Jul 2016

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Episode 213: The Pink Fire Revue!

02 Jul 2016

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Episode 213 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to down...

Episode 212: Erik Deckers!

25 Jun 2016

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In this week's episode, I interview fiction writer and humorist Erik Deckers, plus Emma Atkinson reads her essay, "The Little Maybe." TEXTS DISCUS...

Episode 211: Hunter S. Thompson Roundtable!

18 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, we have a roundtable discussion of Hunter S. Thompson. The participants included Geoffe Benge, Frank Messina, Josh Dull, Sh...

Episode 210: Ron Cooper and Jeremy Palko!

11 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, I interview fiction writer and philosopher Ron Cooper, plus I chat with actor Jeremy Palko, who many of you might recognize...

Episode 209: The Ink Show!

04 Jun 2016

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In this week's episode, I share a recording of the latest live performance of The Drunken Odyssey All Stars, in The Ink Show. This performance includ...

Episode 208: Mark Leyner!

28 May 2016

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In this week's episode, I interview fiction writer Mark Leyner, Photo by David Plakke Media. plus Catherine Carson writes about how Kelly Groom...

Episode 207: Jeffrey Ethan Lee

21 May 2016

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In this week's episode, I interview the novelist and poet Jeffrey Ethan Lee, plus Heather Whited reads another travel memoir essay, "Masada." TEX...

Episode 206: The Best of There Will Be Words

13 May 2016

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In this week's episode, I share a recording of latest Best Of show in Jesse Bradley's prose reading series, There Will Be Words, in which I was a r...

Episode 205: A Craft Discussion of Wallace Stevens's "The Noble Rider and the Sound of Words"!

07 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, I talk about Wallace Stevens's "The Noble Rider and the Sound of Words" with Vanessa Blakeslee, Plus Tom McAllister reads h...

Episode 204: Star Wars Day Bonus Episode

04 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, I throw myself into the Star Wars universe from a writer's perspective. NOTE: This show was not authorized by Lucasfilm or a...

Episode 203: Campbell McGrath!

30 Apr 2016

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In this week's episode, I interview poet Campbell McGrath about XX, his tenth book of poetry. Campbell McGrath (left) and John King (right). Pho...

Episode 202: Publishers Speak!

23 Apr 2016

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In this week’s episode, I share Litlando 2016's publishing panel, featuring Danita Berg, Lisa Roney, Raquel Henry, and Ryan Rivas. plus Chris B...

Episode 201: Postmodernism for Creative Writers

16 Apr 2016

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In this week’s episode, I present my lecture, Postmodernism for Creative Writers. TEXTS DISCUSSED The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer" target...

Episode 200: Brian Turner!

09 Apr 2016

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In this week’s episode, I talk to the poet and memoirist Brian Turner, Poet Brian Turner. Photograph by Kim Buchheit. plus Heather W...

Episode 199: Ridley Pearson!

02 Apr 2016

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In this week’s episode, I talk to the New York Times bestselling novelist Ridley Pearson from Walt Disney World, plus Mistie Watkins writes abo...

Episode 198: Mixtape #6 (Who Put my Spurs in the Fire?)

26 Mar 2016

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Episode 197: A Craft Discussion About Carole Maso's Break Every Rule, with Vanessa Blakeslee!

19 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk about Carole Maso's Break Every Rule with Vanessa Blakeslee, Break Every Rule: Essays on Language, Longing, and ...

Episode 196: Joe Vincent!

12 Mar 2016

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  Episode 196 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is available on iTunes, or right clic...

Episode 195: Sarah Viren!

05 Mar 2016

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In this week’s episode, I interview the creative nonfiction writer Sarah Viren, Plus Amy Oestreicher writes about a book that changed her life. ...

Episode 194: J. Scott Brownlee!

27 Feb 2016

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In this week’s episode, I interview the poet J. Scott Brownlee, plus Dan Lauer reads his memoir essay, "Helen of Troy." TEXTS DISCUSSED Requi...

Episode 193: Mary Gaitskill!

20 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Mary Gaitskill, and share her reading from Miami Book Fair International, plus Beverly Army W...

Episode 192: Erotic Poetry Night IV

12 Feb 2016

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This week features our 4th annual Erotic Poetry Night, featuring Jesse Bradley, Teege Braune, Stephanie Rizzo, Danielle Kessinger, Amy Watkins, Dav...

Episode 191: Erin Belieu!

06 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I interview poet Erin Belieu, plus I share the Miami Book Fair International reading she participated in with Carl Phill...

Episode 190: Adrian Todd Zuniga!

30 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I interview Adrian Todd Zuniga, the host of Literary Death Match, plus Heather Whited writes about how Susanna Clark's ...

Episode 189: A Craft Discussion About Ferlinghetti's Poetry as Insurgent Art, with Vanessa Blakeslee!

23 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk about Lawrence Ferlinghetti's Poetry as Insurgent Art with Vanessa Blakeslee, Plus Alice Lowe writes about how Vi...

Episode 188: J.J. Anselmi!

15 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I interview memoir writer J.J. Anselmi, Plus Patty Hawkins eulogizes David Bowie. TEXTS DISCUSSED Heavy" target="_bl...

Episode 187: Kelly Link!

09 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Kelly Link, Plus I share the reading she participated in, "Short Stories, Tall Tales," also ...

Episode 186: Nick Flynn!

02 Jan 2016

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In this week’s episode, I interview the poet and memoirist Nick Flynn, Plus I share the reading he participated in about 45 minutes after our in...

Episode 185: Teege Braune!

26 Dec 2015

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In this week’s episode, I interview Teege Braune, who reads short story, "Top Takes a Top," which just appeared in Bridge Eight. TEXTS DISCUSS...

Episode 184: Cory Doctorow and Amy Hempel!

19 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I interview Cory Doctorow and Amy Hempel, plus Shawn McKee reads his personal essay, "A Confession." TEXTS DISCUS...

Episode 183: Mary Karr!

14 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I interview Mary Karr, and share her talk at Miami Book Fair International 2015, plus I share a Miami Bookfair Event I ...

Episode 182: Elizabeth McCracken!

05 Dec 2015

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In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Elizabeth McCracken, and share her reading at Miami Book Fair International 2015, plus Dal...

Episode 181: Rick Moody!

28 Nov 2015

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In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Rick Moody plus Ryan Rivas reads his essay, "Reporting from Inside the Vortex of Miami Book F...

Episode 180: Mixtape 5 (The Difference Between Luminescent Dreams and My Grandmother's Typewriter)

20 Nov 2015

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Episode 179: Cate McGowan!

14 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Cate McGowan, plus Shawn McKee reads his piece, "Job Letter." & Racquel Henry discusses he...

Epsiode 178: J. C. Sevcik!

07 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I interview memoir writer J. C. Sevcik, plus Nancy Caronia readers her personal essay, Postmortem. TEXTS DISCU...

Episode 177: Horror Movie Poetry Night 2!

30 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week is a live show for Horror Movie Poetry Night 2, starring The Drunken Odyssey All Stars, brought to you several days early for your Halloween...

Episode 176: Tom Lucas!

24 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I interview bizarro fiction writer Tom Lucas, plus Dallas Woodburn writes about how reading Aimee Bender'’s The Parti...

Episode 175: The 5th Annual Flash Fiction Spooktacular!

17 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

  In this week’s episode, I share a recording of a Halloween show in Jesse Bradley’s prose reading series, There Will Be Words, in which I wa...

Episode 174: Vanessa Blakeslee!

10 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I interview my occasional co-host Vanessa Blakeslee about her new novel, Juventud, Photo by Ashley Inguanta. p...

Episode 173: An Edgar Allen Poe Roundtable!

03 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, we have a roundtable discussion of Edgar Allen Poe. Present for this discussion were Jared Silvia, Shawn Whittington...

Episode 172: Michele Roldán Shaw!

26 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk to chronicler of the rambling life, Michele Roldán Shaw, Photo by Pressly Hall Giltner Photography. plu...

Episode 171: A Craft Discussion About Borges's This Craft of Verse, with Vanessa Blakeslee!

19 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk about Jorge Luis Borges's This Craft of Verse with Vanessa Blakeslee, Photo by Ashley Inguanta. plus Jared Silvia ...

Episode 170: Danita Berg!

12 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk to prose writer and educator, Danita Berg, plus Catherine Carson reads her poem, "Reverse Evolution, or Sex in t...

Episode 169: J.R. Miller!

05 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer J. R. Miller, plus C.T. McMillan writes about the unsettling moral complexities of Untold Tale...

Episode 168: Eleanor Lerman

29 Aug 2015

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Check out the great perks for The Drunken Odyssey’s fundraiser here. In this week’s episode, I talk to the poet and novelist Eleanor Lerman, ...

Episode 167: There Will Be Fan Fiction!

22 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I share a recording of a fan fiction installment of Jesse Bradley’s prose reading series, There Will Be Words. The The...

Episode 166: A Craft Discussion About VIrginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own with Vanessa Blakeslee!

15 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk about Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own with Vanessa Blakeslee, Photo by Ashley Inguanta. plus Christopher Boot...

Episode 165: Brian Spears!

08 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the great perks for The Drunken Odyssey's fundraiser here. In this week’s episode, I talk to the journalist Brian Spears, plus Eugeni...

Episode 164: A Live Event on the Theme of Childhood, with Wilson Santos, Ashley Inguanta, Vincent Crampton, Amy Watkins, and Moi!

31 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week features a live Event on the theme of childhood, with Wilson Santos, Ashley Inguanta, Vincent Crampton, Amy Watkins, and moi, as your humble...

Episode 163: David Z. Morris!

25 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk to the journalist David Z. Morris, plus Shin Yu Pai writes about how Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake changed her lif...

Episode 162: Charles Blackstone!

18 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 162 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to down...

Episode 161: Mailbag 7

11 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show, I answer some mail with my friend, David James Poissant, Plus Amy Watkins reads her poem "Playa Linda." TEXTS DISCUSSEDT...

Episode 161: Mailbag 7!

11 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show, I answer some mail with my friend, David James Poissant, Plus Amy Watkins reads her poem "Playa Linda." TEXTS DISCUSSEDT...

Episode 160: Ciara Shuttleworth!

03 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk to the poet Ciara Shuttleworth, Photo by Drew Perlmutter. plus Don Royster writes about how Isaac Asimov helped h...

Episode 159: Mixtape #4 (Lost in Sinatraland)

27 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk to myself and share some music. Musicality affects my writing a lot. Perhaps I cherish sound since I nearly went dea...

Episode 158: Julian Chambliss!

20 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk to the historian Julian Chambliss, Dmetri Kakmi writes about how reading Paul Bowles’s The Sheltering Sky taught ...

Episode 157: Shane Hinton!

13 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

  In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer Shane Hinton,   plus Sayantani Dasgupta writes about how Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand L...

Episode 156: Stacy Barton!

06 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer and poet Stacy Barton, plus Shawn Whittington writes about how The Hobbit changed his life.

Episode 155: A Craft Discussion About Longinus's "On the Sublime," with Vanessa Blakeslee!

30 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk about Longinus's "On the Sublime," with Vanessa Blakeslee, Plus LindaAnn Loschiavo writes about how Louisa May ...

Episode 154: Caitlin Doyle!

23 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I interview the poet Cailtin Doyle, plus Jeremy Da Cruz writes about reading James Joyce's "Eveline" on Amtrak. TEXTS...

Episode 153: Leonard Kinsey!

16 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 153 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to down...

Episode 152: Kattenstoet! A Roundtable Discussion of Cats

10 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, we have a roundtable discussion of Kattenstoet, the Belgian cat holiday that may or may not be a retroactive apology for med...

Episode 151: Greg Proops

09 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk to comedian, podcaster, and now, author, Greg Proops, Photo by Idil Sukan/Draw HQ plus Rochelle Spencer writes ab...

Episode 150: Melissa Crandall!

02 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk to the fantasy, science fiction, and nonfiction writer Melissa Crandall, Plus Síofra Shaman Skye shares a letter...

Episode 149: Chelsey Clammer!

25 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk to the memoirist, Chelsey Clammer, plus Susan Brennan shares her poetry sequence, Chromoluminarism, based on the ...

Episode 148: Jennifer Hoppe-House!

18 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk to the playwright Jennifer Hoppe-House, whose extraordinary debut play is experiencing its world premiere at Orlando...

Episode 147: Scott Bailey!

11 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk to the poet Scott Bailey, Scott Bailey and Raquel Obando. plus Chad W. Lutz writes about Stephen King's novella "R...

Episode 146: A Roundtable Discussion of MFA vs. NYC!

04 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I host a roundtable discussion with Vanessa Blakeslee, David James Poissant, and Boris Fishman, in which we critique the e...

Episode 145: Patrick Hawkins!

28 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I engage in an epic, manic conversation about the creative appeal and history of comic books and superhero storytelling wi...

Episode 144: Katie Farris!

21 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk flash fiction, mythology, Cosmopolitan, the meeting of graphic and written art, and experimental writing with the...

Episode 143: Boris Fishman Event!

13 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I share a recording of a live event featuring Boris Fishman reading from his novel, A Replacement Life Photo by Rob Ligu...

Episode 142: Lisa Roney!

07 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I catch up with Lisa Roney, who has just released her creative writing textbook, Serious Daring, and a poetry chapbook, The...

Episode 141: Mixtape #3

28 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week, it's this writing podcast's third mixtape.

Episode 140: Marya Hornbacher!

21 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk to the memoirist, novelist, and journalist Marya Honrbacher, Photo © Mark Trockman (trockstock.com) plus J.J. Ans...

Episode 139: Erotic Poetry Night III

13 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week features our third annual Erotic Poetry Night, with moi and The Drunken Odyssey All-Stars: Danielle Kessinger Teege Braune Genevieve Ann...

Episode 138: Darcey Steinke!

07 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk to the novelist Darcey Steinke, plus I share a spoken word poem by Wilson Santos, and a brief interview about his...

Episode 137: Annemarie Ní Churreáin!

31 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 137 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to down...

Episode 136: Walter Mosley and Petra Mason!

25 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 136 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to down...

Episode 135: A Craft Discussion About James Wood's How Fiction Works, with Vanessa Blakeslee!

17 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk about James Wood's How Fiction Works with Vanessa Blakeslee, Plus Amy Penne writes about how David Foster Wallac...

Episode 134: Stuart Dybek and Denise Duhamel!

10 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I share another Miami BookFair International interview, this one with fiction writer and poet Stuart Dybek, and I also talk...

Episode 133: John Waters!

03 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I share another Miami BookFair International interview, this one with writer and filmmaker John Waters. TEXTS DISCUSSED Ca...

Episode 132: Joanna Rakoff and Tony Hoagland!

28 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I interview novelist and memoirsit Joanna Rakoff, Photo by David Ignaszewski and then talk once again with the poet Tony ...

Episode 131: A Christmas Radio Play

21 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s episode got a bit out of hand. Jared Silvia tells me that, for legal reasons, this needs to be called a radio play. Anyway, I talk to...

Episode 130: Jaquira Díaz!

14 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I interview author and editor Jaquira Díaz. TEXTS DISCUSSED Read Jaquira Díaz's "Cami" at Story South. Read Jocelyn B...

Episode 129: Repeal Day 2014

06 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I present a rambunctious reading honoring Repeal Day, which I think might be one of the twelve days of Christmas.   The...

Episode 128: Michael Hearst!

29 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 128 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to down...

Episode 127: Mixtape #2 (A Distance Coat)

21 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 126: A Craft Discussion About Horace's Ars Poetica, with Vanessa Blakeslee!

16 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 126 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to down...

Episode 125: Kent Wascom!

09 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 125 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to do...

Epsiode 124: Horror Movie Poetry Night

29 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week is a live show for Horror Movie Poetry Night, starring The Drunken Odyssey All Stars. Drew Johnson, Photo by Leslie Silvia. (That's a blurr...

Episode 123: Ghost Stories from the Year Without a Summer

26 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show, I present a discussion of and readings from work that resulted in the companionship of Lord Byron, his physician John Polidori, a...

Episode 122: There Will Be Words Fourth Annual Flash Fiction Spooktacular!

18 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I share a recording of a Halloween show in Jesse Bradley's prose reading series, There Will Be Words, in which I was a reade...

Episode 121: Vincent A. Cellucci!

12 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I interview the poet Vincent Cellucci, Plus Robert Wallace writes about reading The Grapes of Wrath. TEXTS DISC...

Episode 120: Mixtape #1

05 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas