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This Week’s Model — Torres, “Gracious Day”

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 Dan Seeger

I do my best to write to write about the songs dropped conspicuously in this digital spot every Friday, trying to capture what about them captivated me to pluck them from the mass of new music that storms the landscape … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Torres, “Gracious Day”

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Now Playing — Knives Out

December 5, 2019January 14, 2020 Dan Seeger

I’m fairly confident Rian Johnson considers himself a traditionalist, in defiance of any evidence to the contrary. Beginning with his first feature, Brick, Johnson settled into a mode of taking a well-worn, largely bygone subgenre and spinning it around until … Continue reading Now Playing — Knives Out

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The Art of the Sell — Knives Out, “Ode to the Murder Mystery”

December 4, 2019 Dan Seeger

These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art.  Conceding that the most recent weekend’s box office results provide further proof that repetitive familiarity breeds riches … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Knives Out, “Ode to the Murder Mystery”

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Playing Catch-Up — The Fugitive; Little; The Odd Couple

December 3, 2019 Dan Seeger

The Fugitive (John Ford, 1947). This drama resulted from an innovation production mounted in Mexico. In collaboration with the country’s largest production facility and using a crew mostly made up of local residents, director John Ford relates the story of … Continue reading Playing Catch-Up — The Fugitive; Little; The Odd Couple

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Now Playing — A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

December 2, 2019 Dan Seeger

I once had a chance to meet Mr. Rogers and I blew it. Nearly twenty years ago, I got a job at Rollins College, Fred Rogers’s alma mater, location in Central Florida. Rogers was visiting campus, dropping in on a … Continue reading Now Playing — A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #608 to #605

December 1, 2019 Dan Seeger

608. Roxy Music, Manifesto (1979) Officially, Roxy Music was broken up. The band’s 1975 album, Siren, was adored by music critics and, but Roxy Music’s modest standards, a commercial success. “Love is the Drug,” a single taken from Siren, scraped … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #608 to #605

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Outside Reading — Big Numbers edition

November 30, 2019 Dan Seeger

Big Calculator: How Texas Instruments Monopolized Math Class by Maya Kosoff My time in high school math classes predated the introduction of the TI-81, the graphing calculator that serves as the starting line for Maya Kosoff’s article, published at GEN. … Continue reading Outside Reading — Big Numbers edition

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This Week’s Model — Sorry, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star”

November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 Dan Seeger

In this age and day, it takes some moxie to adopt a band name that isn’t particularly distinctive. When establishing dominance over Google search results is at least part of the strategy for reaching an audience and therefore heightening chances … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Sorry, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star”

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Happy Thanksgiffing!

November 28, 2019November 24, 2019 Dan Seeger

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate the day! Continue reading Happy Thanksgiffing!

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Golden Words — Master of None, “Thanksgiving”

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 Dan Seeger

   Since great television comedy always begins with the script, this series of posts considers the individual episodes that have claimed the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series over the years. Thanksgiving is a time of … Continue reading Golden Words — Master of None, “Thanksgiving”

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