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The Big Lebowski: A Moral Review

March 8, 2009 ~ Filed Under: Notes on the Cycle

Lebowski Podcast Master, Rev. Chalupa weighs in on the fact that some people find The Big Lebowski offensive. Do they have to use so many cuss words? And there’s nymphos, porn moguls, and pederasts in the mix. He raises the question, how do we become apologists without having to be apologetic?

No Frame of Reference #9

March 4, 2009 ~ Filed Under: No Frame of Reference

Arch-Dudeship Dwayne Eutsey takes a thoughtful look at that kingpin of Dudeist words: Abide. What does it mean to abide? How do we do it? Well, this here thesis he’s about to unfold will tell you. In this first of a series, he looks at how music helps us abide.

Who Gives a Shit About the Fucking Marmot?

February 26, 2009 ~ Filed Under: Dudeman Nature

Dudeman Nature Art Schaub takes a deeper look at that most misunderstood of Big Lebowski characters: The Marmot. There never was any fucking marmot — it was a ferret in fact. The DN gives us the down low on the difference between the two. In a nutshell: one is a dude, the other a nihilist. It’s all part of the deeper symbolism of a very complex movie (and world).

Surfer Dudeism: The Sacred Cowabunga

February 21, 2009 ~ Filed Under: The Tao of the Dude

Rev. Oliver Benjamin gets tubular as he explores surfing’s legacy on Dudeism, from La Jolla to Leo Carillo and beyond. Waves of the future, and the past, across the sands of time.

Great Dudes in History: Tom Hodgkinson

February 18, 2009 ~ Filed Under: Great Dudes in History

Attention Dudespapists: We have a compeer across the pond. The Idler magazine, published in the UK since 1993 is our ideological brother-in-armchairs. For creating and editing the magazine, and the fact that he’s written two excellent books on the subject of idling, Edward R. Mellow declares Tom Hodgkinson a “Great Dude in History.”