S0205 EPISODE XVIII "I DROPPED OUT" 2019 - NY, NY : Alison Gray identifies funding for her campaign. 2018 - LINTON, OR : Carlos and Frank head to the waterfront. 2013 - SALMON SHACK STUDIOS : Carlos romanticizes a woman from his past. 1983 - SANTA CRUZ, CA : At the Delaveaga golf course, Frank is startled by a ghost from his past. 1966 - RIVERSIDE, CA : Frank and Jackson have breakfast together. table of contents and home page : http://www.shrimptrawler.net/imcarlosnowtoc.html please post comments on our Weebly page here: https://www.imcarlosnow.weebly.com additional resources : http://www.westernwayin.com
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S0204 EPISODE XVII "THE KEY HOTEL" 2019 - NY, NY : Data suggests The Alison Gray Campaign is a long-shot. 2018 - CAPE KIWANDA, OR : A flood soon approaches the Oregon coast. 2013 - SALMON SHACK STUDIOS : Carlos rambles on as the smoke subsides. 1982 - OAKLAND, CA : Frank returns to the grimy and torn poker tables of his past. 1967 - EMERYVILLE, CA : Frank discards a dubious card on a back table at The Key Club. 2016 - SOMEWHERE WEST, USA : New details emerge in the demise of Mister Blue. table of contents and home page : http://www.shrimptrawler.net/imcarlosnowtoc.html please post comments on our Weebly page here: https://www.imcarlosnow.weebly.com additional resources : http://www.westernwayin.com S0203 EPISODE XVI "1000 SPIDER BITES" 2019 - NY, NY : Alison Gray is pressed on her strategy. 2018 - WESTERNTOWN, USA : TR and Arthur propose a new school for Athenapolis... they are being watched. Clemente places items up for bid. 2013 - SALMON SHACK STUDIOS : Carlos continues the audition. 1981 - IN TRANSIT, COLOGNE TO SAN FRANCISCO : Frank confronts the fog of his past. table of contents and home page : http://www.shrimptrawler.net/imcarlosnowtoc.html please post comments on our Weebly page here: https://www.imcarlosnow.weebly.com additional resources : http://www.westernwayin.com S0202 EPISODE XV "COME SEE ME" 2019 - NY, NY : We check in with The Alison Gray Campaign statistics. 2018 - MULTNOMAH VILLAGE, OR : Sammy and Frank dissent from the view on cryptocurrency. 2013 - SALMON SHACK STUDIOS : Carlos gets more wine... Arthur goes on the air at WNJW. 1981 - COLOGNE, GERMANY : Frank and Ulrike ponder their future on the steps of the Koelnisches Stadtmuseum. 1967 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA : Jackson admits himself to a nuthouse. table of contents and home page : http://www.shrimptrawler.net/imcarlos... please post comments on our Weebly page here: https://www.imcarlosnow.weebly.com additional resources : http://www.westernwayin.com S0201 EPISODE XIV "STAY LOW BE LOW" 2019 - NY, NY : Alison Gray launches her campaign. 2018 - WESTERNTOWN, USA : TR returns from Byd and meets with Arthur... Carlos emerges from exile. 2013 - SALMON SHACK STUDIOS : We find "another" new Carlos auditioning for the role. 1980 - GHARYAN, LIBYA : Frank and Ulrike plot their next moves. 1966 - BONNY DOON, CA : Sammy is looking for the perfect rock. table of contents and home page : http://www.shrimptrawler.net/imcarlos... please post comments on our Weebly page here: https://www.imcarlosnow.weebly.com additional resources : http://www.westernwayin.com S0201 EPISODE XIV "STAY LOW BE LOW" 2019 - NY, NY : Alison Gray launches her campaign. 2018 - WESTERNTOWN, USA : TR returns from Byd and meets with Arthur... Carlos emerges from exile. 2013 - SALMON SHACK STUDIOS : We find "another" new Carlos auditioning for the role. 1980 - GHARYAN, LIBYA : Frank and Ulrike plot their next moves. 1966 - BONNY DOON, CA : Sammy is looking for the perfect rock. table of contents and home page : http://www.shrimptrawler.net/imcarlosnowtoc.html please post comments on our Weebly page here: https://www.imcarlosnow.weebly.com additional resources : http://www.westernwayin.com Lawrence Johns and Paul Flum take a look back at season 1 of I'M CARLOS NOW. This 42 minute video includes the 13 previews and last twelve minutes of Episode XIII (spoiler alert) to get you prepared for season 2! Season 2 will premiere February 9, 2019 with EPISODE XIV "Stay Low, Be Low" and then 12 additional episodes will air weekly thru May 4, 2019. What can we expect from Season 2? Here is a preview. In the coming weeks expect a "Looking Back at Season One" to get you caught up. I'm Carlos Now is a 13-episode experimental American TV series that appears on YouTube and debuted on February 4, 2017. It stars Lawrence Johns, Paul Flum, Clarence Johns and Don Houvener. It was created by Lawrence Johns and Paul Flum based on Lawrence Johns' epic poem BEYOND EXILE. The series illuminates the poem through two competing timelines - the 1970s and the present. Radical theology is mixed with strong elements of multiple identities, confidence games, doomsday, and the psychological drama of Carlos The Jackal.
The series follows Frank Glendover, a young American in exile during the 1970s. Frank is a former agent who resurfaces 40 years later as the reclusive artist TEXAS RED and has suddenly gone missing. A private investigator, Mr. Green, has been hired to find and deliver him for a "commission that he cannot refuse." The 1970s landscape is depicted in a collage of grainy grayscale photographs and explained in Johns' poetic verse, while the present landscape is painted with actors in improvised monolog and dialog. The 1970s Frank is self-exiled from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He leaves The States, and wanders through the UK, Europe, and Asia while meeting Carlos The Jackal at unexpected turns. The present day Frank encounters a con man who claims to be Carlos. As TEXAS RED, Frank spray-paints his personal "rocking TR brand" on the major figures of western culture. The series is based on the epic poem BEYOND EXILE by Lawrence Johns. The odyssey of Frank Glendover starts as he walks through Sproul Plaza across the campus of UC Berkeley, to begin his exile from The States. By the end of the decade, we see that Frank encounters the terrorist Carlos The Jackal, and the two would "meet and meet again" before or after the killings of the Paris police detectives, the OPEC raid, and Carlos' escape. The 13-Episodes record Frank's personal experiences around the world and his theological investigations. His studies include the works of the Greek philosophers, especially Aristippus, a disciple of Socrates. These studies inform the artistic content and style of TEXAS RED's paintings. He also extends the philosophy of will introduced by Friedrich Nietzsche ("I am a Nietzschean thinker!") and Arthur Schopenhauer. He argues with the American radical theologian T.J.J. Altizer, who famously declared the Death of God. As Frank adopts his second identity as TEXAS RED in present times, he creates a metaphysical brand to dominate the greats of western literature, music and art. His paintings include Shakespeare, Dionysus, Picasso, and present day stars Lady Gaga, Kanye West, and Tupac Shakur. As his first identity, Frank is given instructions to kill Carlos. In the present day, he celebrates a New Babalon Working with Carlos. In present day as TEXAS RED, he invents the PAM comlinks ("which can take the best of humanity to other planets!") and possesses the doomsday trigger. The existence of the doomsday trigger was anticipated in the film "Dr. Strangelove." TEXAS RED's artwork is used with permission of the artist, and appear throughout the series. The 1970s narration is a linear retelling of BEYOND EXILE bringing the strong visual elements of John's poetry to the screen. The meta-narrator reaffirms the reality of the narration by reversing it. Additional musical contributions appear with credit given to YouTube. Any relations to living or past historical characters, including but not limited to "Carlos The Jackal" are entirely fictional. A major theme of the series follows Johns' concept of First Will, and echoes Patrick McGoohan's "Number Six" in the 1960s British TV series "The Prisoner" where individualism competes with collectivism and group think. |
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