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Re-Creative

Re-Creative

著者： Mark A. Rayner and Joe Mahoney (MonkeyJoy Press and Donovan Street Press Inc.)
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 Hosted by Joe Mahoney and Mark A. Rayner, Re-Creative is a podcast about creativity and the works that inspire it. We talk to creative people from all walks of life, and learn from them what piece of art stokes their own imaginative fires.

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  • Timothy S. Johnston on The Fly

    Timothy S. Johnston on The Fly
    2026/04/30
    Re-Creative Spotlight: Timothy S. JohnstonIn the latest episode of Re-Creative, Mark and I welcome back Timothy S. Johnston, who’s quickly becoming our resident SF monster movie expert. But not just any monster movie — only the best. Having previously dissected John Carpenter’s The Thing for us, Timothy returns to remind us of the brilliance of Canadian director David Cronenberg’s 1986 masterpiece The Fly on the occasion of its 40th-anniversary. Timothy clearly knows his stuff; he’s come well prepared with a bevy of facts and trivia about the making of The Fly along with a thoughtful analysis of what makes the movie special. The Inspiration: Body Horror as High ArtTimothy considers The Fly a definite improvement on the original. I’ve never seen the original but have no problem agreeing that Cronenberg’s version—filmed in Toronto—is a superb (if unsettling) piece of filmmaking. One thing I never got around to mentioning to Mark and Timothy during our conversation was that I was lucky enough to meet David Cronenberg back in 2008, taping an episode of Q for CBC Radio. After the host interviewed Cronenberg, which (if memory serves) was a pre-tape — meaning we recorded the interview a day or two before the actual live show — we sat around chatting with the famous director. I remember him telling us about making The History of Violence. For that movie he’d studied up on a martial arts system called Target Focus Training, employed by the hero of that movie, which I knew a little bit about because someone in the dojo I was training in at the time happened to be super interested in that system.Cronenberg was super casual and down-to-earth but also a tiny bit threatening, as you can hear in this clip from a “Previously On” promo for the show Q that I made afterward (you’ll hear Cronenberg’s voice right after Phil Collins and right before Jeremy Irons). (You can also hear the Canadian Indie band Ohbijou in that promo. Love those guys.)Support Our GuestTimothy S. Johnston is a lifelong fan of thrillers and science fiction thrillers in both print and film. His greatest desire is to contribute to the genre which has given him so much over the past five decades. He wishes he could personally thank every novelist, screenwriter, filmmaker, director and actor who has ever inspired him to tell great stories. He has been an educator for twenty-five years and a writer for thirty. He lives on planet Earth, but he dreams of the stars. Visit www.timothysjohnston.com to register for news alerts, read his blog and reviews, and learn more about his current and upcoming thrillers. Timothy is the author of The War Beneath, The Savage Deeps, Fatal Depth, An Island of Light, The Shadow of War, and A Blanket of Steel. His futuristic murder mystery/thrillers include The Furnace, The Freezer, and The Void. He has won the 2018 GLOBAL THRILLER Award (Action/Adventure category), the 2016 EPIC Award (Science Fiction), the 2015 CYGNUS Award (Science Fiction Thriller), the 2020 CYGNUS Award (Climate Fiction category), the 2021 GLOBAL THRILLER Award, the 2015 CLUE Award (Blended Mystery category), the 2023 CYGNUS Science Fiction Award Grand Prize, the 2024 CYGNUS Award (Climate Fiction), and the 2024 GLOBAL THRILLER Award Grand Prize. He has been Finalist or Semi-Finalist in other award competitions, and short- or longlisted in others. Follow Timothy on Facebook @TSJAuthor and Twitter @TSJ_Author.You can subscribe to six month’s worth of this podcast completely for free. Paid subscriptions support Donovan Street Press Inc. and the creation of new books and podcasts.Re-Creative is a co-production of Donovan Street Press Inc. in association with MonkeyJoy Press.Contact us at: contact@donovanstreetpress.com If you don’t wish to receive the podcast (or you’re receiving too many emails from this newsletter), it is possible to manage your Substack subscription to receive only the sections you want (e.g., the Donovan Street Press newsletter, the Captain’s Away serial, the Re-Creative podcast) via your account settings. You can do so by clicking on your avatar and selecting “Manage subscription” or by directly navigating to your account page.Follow Joe Mahoney and Donovan Street Press Inc. on: Goodreads, Bluesky, Threads, Mastadon, Facebook, and Instagram Get full access to Donovan Street Press Inc. at mahoneyj.substack.com/subscribe
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    55 分
  • Trevor Strong on Creativity, Humour, and Tom Lehrer's Poisoning Pigeons in the Park

    Trevor Strong on Creativity, Humour, and Tom Lehrer's Poisoning Pigeons in the Park
    2026/04/13
    Re-Creative Spotlight: Trevor StrongIn this episode of Re-Creative Mark and I talk to Trevor Strong—writer, educator, and long-standing member of the musical comedy troupe The Arrogant Worms. Trevor introduces us to the musical comedy gem “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park” by Tom Lehrer, a huge influence on Trevor’s own work. Trevor points out the song’s “gleeful” subversion of innocence as a template for his own (occasionally dark) repertoire.Trevor holds a PhD in Education. For his thesis, he explored the concept of “creativity” from a historical perspective, which yielded surprising results. Trevor walks us through it; it turns out that creativity is really quite a modern concept. It happens that Trevor himself is extremely creative, his work with The Arrogant Worms but a fraction of his output. His recent solo album, too many songs about cats, is a perfect example. He recorded it all in his own home, using a table as a drum and performing all the cat parts himselfs because (and I think I have this right) he was too cheap to hire a real cat.We include one of the tracks (“Kitty Loves Me More Than You”) on the episode, which I purchased for a buck on Trevor’s Bandcamp account (cuz I’m cheap too). I highly recommend you check out the entire album. Yes, he did it at home, but it’s actually very well produced and, not surprisingly, quite charming and funny. Support Our GuestTrevor Strong is a member of the musical comedy troupe The Arrogant Worms, with whom he had toured extensively across Canada and abroad. Possessing a PhD in Education allows Trevor to call himself “Dr. Strong,” which he admits “carries certain supervillain overtones.”Trevor has published three books and one doctoral thesis pithily titled Creativity in the Ontario Elementary Curriculum 1853–2018: A Historically Situated Document Analysis. Currently, he maintains an adjunct professorship at Queen’s, operates a comedy writing school, and conducts workshops on the mechanics of humor and music.You can subscribe to six month’s worth of this podcast completely for free. Paid subscriptions support Donovan Street Press Inc. and the creation of new books and podcasts.Re-Creative is a co-production of Donovan Street Press Inc. in association with MonkeyJoy Press.Contact us at: contact@donovanstreetpress.com If you don’t wish to receive the podcast (or you’re receiving too many emails from this newsletter), it is possible to manage your Substack subscription to receive only the sections you want (e.g., the Donovan Street Press newsletter, the Captain’s Away serial, the Re-Creative podcast) via your account settings. You can do so by clicking on your avatar and selecting “Manage subscription” or by directly navigating to your account page.Follow Joe Mahoney and Donovan Street Press Inc. on: Goodreads, Bluesky, Threads, Mastadon, Facebook, and Instagram Get full access to Donovan Street Press Inc. at mahoneyj.substack.com/subscribe
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    55 分
  • Judy Cormier on Acting and Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith

    Judy Cormier on Acting and Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith
    2026/03/23
    Re-Creative Spotlight: Judy CormierIn this episode of Re-Creative, it’s all about acting. I grew up wanting to be an actor but changed my mind right before university for some reason that still eludes me. Chickened out, probably. It’s a profession that requires actual talent and considerable nerve. But I still find the profession fascinating and appealing. Which is why I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation with Judy Cormier.Judy is an actor based in London, Ontario where she can often be found onstage at the Palace Theatre acting with the London Community Players. She’s also dabbled in directing, having recently co-directed The Wicked Witches of Oz for the Kettle Creek Players. She’s also known for her film work, notably in Black Donnellys, an indie film from 2017 that explores the brutal, vigilante-led end of an infamous Irish immigrant family, and in which Judy portrayed family matriarch Johannah Donnelly.Because it’s what we do on Re-Creative, we also talk about work that has inspired Judy. In her case, it’s the work of three heavyweights of the craft—Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, and Maggie Smith. Judy shares with us specific lessons she unearthed in Dench’s memoir Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent, including the fundamental difference between rote line memorization and the necessity of truly understanding the text you’re performing. We discuss everything from the tragedies of Euripides to the structured chaos of “Pantos,” those unique traditional musical comedies often performed around Christmas. Judy walks us through the unique challenge of training polite Canadian audiences to abandon their reserve and scream at the villain, something we discover Mark excels at. It’s a fun conversation with someone truly passionate about her craft that left me torn between wanting to audition for our local community theatre or writing a panto for them to perform. Or maybe… both?You can subscribe to six month’s worth of this podcast completely for free. Paid subscriptions support Donovan Street Press Inc. and the creation of new books and podcasts.Re-Creative is a co-production of Donovan Street Press Inc. in association with MonkeyJoy Press.Contact us at: contact@donovanstreetpress.com If you don’t wish to receive the podcast (or you’re receiving too many emails from this newsletter), it is possible to manage your Substack subscription to receive only the sections you want (e.g., the Donovan Street Press newsletter, the Captain’s Away serial, the Re-Creative podcast) via your account settings. You can do so by clicking on your avatar and selecting “Manage subscription” or by directly navigating to your account page.Follow Joe Mahoney and Donovan Street Press Inc. on: Goodreads, Bluesky, Threads, Mastadon, Facebook, and Instagram Get full access to Donovan Street Press Inc. at mahoneyj.substack.com/subscribe
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    52 分
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