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This Week’s Model — Channel Tres, “6am”

November 11, 2022 Dan Seeger

The new Channel Tres single, “6am,” is built on a anxious, post-house groove, which is perfectly suited to the song’s pledge of enduring through a long, hearty night of revelry. The repeated refrain couldn’t be more clear: “We ain’t leavin’/ … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Channel Tres, “6am”

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My Misspent Youth — Namor, the Sub-Mariner by John Byrne

November 10, 2022November 11, 2022 Dan Seeger

I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. According to writer-artist John Byrne, one of the first projects pitched … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Namor, the Sub-Mariner by John Byrne

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Now Playing — Tár

November 9, 2022 Dan Seeger

For his third feature as a writer-director — and first in more than fifteen years — Todd Field takes a mighty swing. Tár recounts the fall of Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett), an esteemed conductor on the verge of a monumental … Continue reading Now Playing — Tár

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Now Playing — The Banshees of Inisherin

November 8, 2022 Dan Seeger

It is the spring of 1923 in the humble community on the island of Inisherin, off the coast of Ireland, and Pádraic Súilleabháin (Colin Farrell) is confused by what he’s just been told by his longtime friend Colm Doherty (Brendan … Continue reading Now Playing — The Banshees of Inisherin

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My Misspent Youth — “Tygers” by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill

November 7, 2022 Dan Seeger

I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. When Alan Moore’s writing for comic books in lauded, it is … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — “Tygers” by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #122 to #120

November 6, 2022November 6, 2022 Dan Seeger

122. Sting, The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985) “There’s no way I was going to allow just free jazz,” Sting said of his debut solo album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles. “There’s a discipline to pop music that … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #122 to #120

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Outside Reading — A Festival About Desire and Desperation edition

November 5, 2022 Dan Seeger

the smallest and most important pair of shorts by Helena Fitzgerald Look, I am inclined by my own cinematic indoctrination to be helplessly susceptible to a personal essay that sets its foundation with conflicted affection for Lawrence Kasdan’s 1983 comic … Continue reading Outside Reading — A Festival About Desire and Desperation edition

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This Week’s Model — Yo La Tengo, “Fallout”

November 4, 2022 Dan Seeger

In this week’s news, a great band remains great. This Stupid World, the next album from Yo La Tengo, is scheduled for release in February. Continue reading This Week’s Model — Yo La Tengo, “Fallout”

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Beers I Have Known — Harp Lager

November 3, 2022 Dan Seeger

This series of posts is dedicated to the many, many six packs, pony kegs and pints that have sauntered into my life at one point or another. Because tonight I have cause to have Ireland on my mind. Previous entries … Continue reading Beers I Have Known — Harp Lager

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The Art of the Sell — Jeno’s Pizza Rolls

November 2, 2022 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. Stan Freberg had already achieved significant success with his comedy records on the pop charts — not … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Jeno’s Pizza Rolls

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