Show Notes: S05, E04 - I Told a Stranger My Deepest, Darkest Secrets!

by Agony Art HQ January 22, 20250 Comments

This week on Agony Art, we're covering up secrets, fixing jealous streaks, and talking Pickles out of committing crimes, all with the help of Janis Joplin, The Simpsons, V C Andrews, The Hangover, and so much more.

Here's all the art we recommended.

(Art we only mentioned in passing, and never intended as a problem-solving recommendation, is in italics.)

Underlined items are this week's top picks from each of our presenters. If you're only going to try one of the pieces of art we mentioned, try these ones first.


Books

  • In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
  • The True Blood Novels - Charlaine Harris
  • The World’s Twenty Worst Crimes - Kate Kay
  • Flowers in the Attic - VC Andrew’s
  • Matilda - Roald Dahl
  • Are You Following Jesus or Just Fooling Around? - Mark Cummings
  • The Horned Man - James Lasden

Films / TV
  • Monsters: The Lyle and Eric Menendez Story
  • Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
  • American Crime Story: The People vs OJ Simpson
  • American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace
  • Dumb & Dumber
  • Stranger Things
  • Ashes to Ashes
  • Life on Mars
  • The Office: An American Workplace
  • The Prestige
  • The Hangover
  • The Hangover 2
  • The Hangover 3
  • The Simpsons

Music
  • Tempted - Squeeze
  • Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
  • Paperback Writer - The Beatles
  • Rain - The Beatles
  • Love Bites - Judas Priest
  • As Flittermice as Satan’s Spies - Dark Throne
  • Announcement Service Public - Linkin Park
  • Bloodbath in Paradise - Ozzy Osbourne
  • The Ace of Spades - Motörhead
  • Nightmare/The Dream Time - Motörhead
  • 665 - Soundgarden
  • Empty Spaces - Pink Floyd
  • 21 Seconds - So Solid Crew
  • Piece of My Heart - Janis Joplin
  • Tell It to My Heart - Taylor Dayne
  • Oh Lord, Won’t You Buy Me a Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin
  • Cry Baby - Janis Joplin
  • Cry Me a River - Justin Timberlake
A selection of the music mentioned in this episode can be found in the Agony Art Spotify playlist.


Other
  • Serial (podcast)
  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 

Corrections

We are currently unaware of any errors made in this episode. That doesn't mean we didn't make any - just that they haven't been spotted yet.

Picture above from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City © Rockstar Games
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