The B.E.E. Podcast - 5/16/21 - The Shards Part 19 / Timewarp - SILVER
Added 2021-05-17 01:05:00 +0000 UTCA trip to the beach skids to a bloody conclusion before Bret is left puzzled and eager by a friend's unexpected request in Part 19 of The Shards. Bret then guides you through a sonic timewarp back to 2017 to revisit a classic B.E.E. conversation with a star of the silver screen.
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Almost done with shards . This entire series is so special. The writing, the vibe, grounded characters, it’s all wonderful.
Demetrios Giannopoulos
2022-05-29 02:45:19 +0000 UTCI roughly the same age as BEE and this brings back great memories from MY last years in high school! I am so glad I heard about BEE ‘s podcast! The Shards is fucking fantastic! Thanks for putting this out there for all of us to enjoy!!
Jeffery Williams
2022-03-26 13:02:14 +0000 UTCI re-subscribed for The Shards and binged it--after finding out the concept--a quasi-memoir. Half of the time I skip the interview--though I enjoy BEE's comments/discussions on the state of cinema (and industry talk in general). When I had re-subscribed I believe up to part 17 had been released, so I was able to listen without anticipating for a good time.
Dirk
2021-06-08 02:01:00 +0000 UTCI found this episode unexpectedly moving. And I love Ellis' occasional asides or addendums to The Shards. It is a part of what makes this listening experience interesting. Rock on!
grainpulp
2021-06-02 14:22:59 +0000 UTCCan anyone supply a link for the B.E.E- Alex Pettyfer interview from November 30, 2015?
Andrew Martin
2021-06-01 20:48:52 +0000 UTCI LOVE The Shards. It’s fantastic. I had forgotten so much about 1981, but The Shards has brought it all back.
Clive Desmond
2021-05-29 11:23:47 +0000 UTCThe Shards serial format has been so integral to the storytelling, for me anyway, that it might be the only novel by Bret i probably wouldn't read now. I've been looking forward to this ever since the first episode of the show on Patreon when Bret said he would NEVER do a serial form of this book idea on the show (LOL), and now devastated to hear it will be removed after completion. Being "tangible participants" (aka the listeners) of this experiment ourselves has been an unparalleled experience on this pod and one i was looking forward to indulgently revisiting over and over. It not only lifted the BEE podcast to a new level but shown the format itself capable of great artistic heights. Anticipation, attention, experience, reaction, discussion, an entertainment, thrilling, shocking, and hilarious. Thank you Bret & Adam for giving us this gem. Please don't rip it away so soon - we're still waiting for you to cover everyone in cum!
Ant
2021-05-29 08:33:35 +0000 UTCHear, hear!
Raymond Cummings
2021-05-28 22:37:22 +0000 UTCOMG YES for Kenneth Anger
Fernanda Soares
2021-05-27 23:31:14 +0000 UTCWe all know why, if we are asking that question.
Arthur Ricardo Sousa Machado
2021-05-27 01:12:03 +0000 UTCWhy is Todd’s midlife crisis playing out on all of Bret’s social media channels?
Mitch Jordan
2021-05-25 01:42:28 +0000 UTCYes, it would be great if Bret could share some feedback and reactions from the Buckley classmates/circle after the conclusion, and do an overall wrap up-monologue of the project and the future plans for it.
TimAnder
2021-05-24 08:49:49 +0000 UTCBret, please record an audiobook of the “Shards” after you take this down. I cherish them way too much. Some of your listeners are just that; listeners. Not every fan is a reader. Hard to believe. I know.
Mark DeCaro
2021-05-23 21:09:52 +0000 UTCI think that the way The Shards ends is now the most important thing. How many of the real Buckley friends are listening to it? Who's in touch with you, Bret? What feedback or comments have you had? We'd all love to hear. BTW - did you and Adam ever give any consideration to my idea of asking Kenneth Anger to be a guest on the show?
JEREMY ROBERTS
2021-05-23 18:48:16 +0000 UTChey new member here love Bret. I hear The Shards is really good - so its part of a new book? I love audiobooks too and am wondering if it might become one - would be good to listen to in car rides.
Charles Purcell
2021-05-22 09:12:13 +0000 UTCThe one thing that annoys me the most is when the guest is clearly a listener, and then says something that they know Bret will obviously agree with based on what he's said before. There's definitely been some cringey examples of that.
Alex Waller
2021-05-22 03:51:30 +0000 UTCYes, Gleib was great. Generally, anyone willing to challenge Bret is engaging. The best have always been eps where Bret is having his repeated talking points contested. I would also like a return of Ames. He DID recently release a new book. And just what has he been up to? It's a shame he stopped writing personal essays.
Billy Vega
2021-05-21 23:03:17 +0000 UTCI MUCH prefer audio books and hearing you speak is a HUGE bonus. I hope you do this again. This book is a fascinating psychological experience hearing you dissect your childhood. I also look forward to more content from you and hopefully more cultural/political commentary. I also look forward to hearing more of you and less of your guests.
Michael Bronspigel
2021-05-21 01:53:28 +0000 UTCEmbarrassing for you?
The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast
2021-05-20 14:09:12 +0000 UTCBret pls tell your millennial assistants to stop this cryptocurrency nonsense in Twitter feed. It’s becoming embarrassing.
Oleg
2021-05-20 11:45:06 +0000 UTCBret, you will never please all of the people all of the time, so fuck it and do what you want. Reading the shards has made me way more interested in the podcast. I used to be months behind in listening to them, but because I can't wait for the next installment I'm all caught up now. It's one of the most personal feeling stories I've heard, and I really enjoy getting taken into the world of early 1980s LA.
Jefferson
2021-05-20 02:28:20 +0000 UTCIf nothing else, the reading -by the author, of a serialized novel- offers something akin to the lost movie-going experience: a communal event -or at least sonehow intimate- that plays out on its own terms. We are forced to wait. It puts claims on our attention. We can pause it, but we can't force it. Thank you for the experience as well as for the story.
Michael Walsh
2021-05-18 19:06:50 +0000 UTCThose are great episodes!
Alex Waller
2021-05-18 18:09:17 +0000 UTCI will miss this experience when it's over (says someone who rarely listens to audiobooks!). This has been a thrilling ride and I think it works so well because it's the natural extension of Bret's monologues. I find amazing how the podcast thing has become so important as a cultural experience. I devote more time to listen to podcasts than watching movies or read (probably because I can do other chores while I listen) I hope you come up with new ideas for the next season.
Raúl
2021-05-18 17:53:02 +0000 UTCAgreed. But Bret does not care. And that’s wayyy cooler than a well-run podcast.
Brian Rooney
2021-05-18 17:15:18 +0000 UTCI agree! I’m goofing a bit. I absolutely agree that the difficult to find archived episodes should be released.
Brian Rooney
2021-05-18 17:11:25 +0000 UTCActually, I think it's not a bad idea...except probably this particular case: you can get access to that conversation just through google search if you are really interested; many pre-Patreon episodes are still available on Podbean. However, episodes from 2014 to 2015 are really hard to find and I would love to listen to the Michael Tolkin episode, the Alan Ball, the Jonathan Ames, just to name a few names...
Raúl
2021-05-18 16:56:38 +0000 UTCIt's been a beautiful thing. For me, it's like waiting for 'Twin Peaks - the return' was a few years back - every week there was something to look forward to. And I'm not an audio book fan, I prefer the real thing. The thing that has struck me most about the Shards is Bret's fearlessness. I couldn't write or even say what he does and it's admirable, I guess I'd worry too much about what people thought. There were not a lot of handsome young men, wheelspinning their Camaros out of Fred Segal in the rather grey provincial England of my youth.
James__
2021-05-18 16:43:03 +0000 UTCTotally agree with a lot of your comments Alex. I've really enjoyed the Shards overall, and like Bret, keen to see it through to completion. I'm also not against the show becoming less guest dependent in the future, especially if that means an uptick in Bret's acerbic cultural monologues and film reviews. One ask for next season is more variety in guests. In particular, more writers. I still go back to the conversations with Ottessa Moshfegh, Rachel Kushner and David Shields (x2) as all-time favourites. Two other brilliant eps I also recently re-discovered: film critic Owen Glieberman and director of The Invitiation Karyn Kusama.
P Smoke
2021-05-18 15:36:48 +0000 UTCThis serialized first edition of The Shards has been one of the key cultural events for me during the pandemic. I beg to differ with the complaints—“the contemplative memory piece” aspect is well served by the biweekly releases and by the time a new episode is released, I am eagerly awaiting it. In fact, the interviews have become secondary to the new installments.
Samuel Setenyi
2021-05-18 11:47:35 +0000 UTCI listen for the second hour mainly. Putting a repeat episode on when you only put content out every two weeks is a poor show.
Dan brown
2021-05-18 04:09:48 +0000 UTCI love the Shards. I would rank the experience of listening to it as the height of entertainment from the past year. I find nothing was as interesting from any other media.
sleeper
2021-05-18 00:41:36 +0000 UTCAdd me to the fans of the Shards. The story is excellent and compelling and Bret’s reading is wonderful and intimate. The unique presentation over several months has only added to the experience for me. It has been great to have something exactly opposite to the way I often binge show.
Jeremy Gray
2021-05-17 17:46:48 +0000 UTCCount me among The Obsessed...I find Bret’s voice and recollection of that time of his life almost as interesting as the mystery itself. And I love that Bret took a gamble and went this direction- I’m not sure the material would have been quite as affecting without hearing it from Bret’s mouth (literally).
Alexa Proffitt
2021-05-17 15:32:32 +0000 UTCThe Shards has been excellent. Great time warp interview. Will Bret interview Andrew to promote 80s story?
Andrew Hannaker
2021-05-17 12:38:12 +0000 UTCReading The Shards on the podcast was a great idea! It has been like the gold of the podcast.
TimAnder
2021-05-17 11:31:33 +0000 UTCCount me in as one the big fans of The Shard. Safe to say that the episodic ‘audiobook’ has been the one of the most singular aesthetic experiences I’ve had in recent years. The anticipation fuelled by the fortnightly release infuses every part of the story (‘lull’ or not) with desire and intensity and to be read by Bret himself to a small group of fans has created a particular kind of intimacy that I don’t think could be replicated in written form (at least not in the same way). I’ll cherish the memories of The Shards pod, which I often listened to during long immersive evening walks, and to know that they won’t exist in three months makes the experience all the more special.
David
2021-05-17 10:59:05 +0000 UTCHaha. Look, you can sell bookmarks. But you can’t sell me on this TiMeWaRp idea.
Brian Rooney
2021-05-17 10:53:16 +0000 UTCThe
John Dalton
2021-05-17 07:06:44 +0000 UTCI’m guessing from the comments it’s the Andrew McCarthy interview from a few years back? It’s SO GOOD. Also am reading his new biography BRAT: An 80’s Story and it’s fantastic!
Justin Ketrinchek
2021-05-17 03:18:36 +0000 UTCSome episodes of The Shards are, for me, immersive & thrilling. Other’s I would probably enjoy more in another form. But I’m happy you will be finishing the episodes on the podcast. As far as Andrew McCarthy - what amazing candor and openness he showed in this interview from 2017. I would have NEVER guessed that I would enjoy this guest so much. The conversation was so revealing & interesting I think when you select almost any person or subject from the 70’s or 80’s the podcast is pure gold.
honker_2021
2021-05-17 03:07:33 +0000 UTCI think The Shards was a good idea at the end of the day. I'm pretty behind on it as it was a big change going from the monologues to essentially an audiobook. I personally am a huge audiobook fan but came to this podcast for something different, so its taken me awhile to adjust and there's been many weeks I've just skipped to the interview. However, the change was definitely for the better and I personally think instead of it being taken down should be released in chapters apart from the interviews. As for some of the other things mentioned about the podcasts future, the guests, I agree 100% that the show doesn't need to be as dependent on guests. While its great that the show has its own array of guests, a lot them might as well be the same person if you don't know them personally... Ivy League? check. Moderately against political correctness? check. Made a decent movie on a low budget? check. LA Native who yearns for the past? check. Absolutely nothing wrong with any of these things, but it does get a little repetitive when the same talking points keep coming up again and again. Since a new chapter for the podcast is coming up, I feel its worth saying, in my opinion, that 2018 was the best year for the podcast. There was definitely a renewed energy, the film reviews felt more alive and fun, and the guests for the most part delivered, with personal favorite episodes being Ben Fritz, Matt Tyrnauer, Seth Abramovitch, and Jason Starr. Sucks that the guest couldn't be here this week, and given the effort put into the podcast, there's obviously nothing that could have done about it. Looking forward to seeing what the future of the show will be.
Alex Waller
2021-05-17 02:15:04 +0000 UTC
