Guest: Prof. Philip Auslander of Georgia Tech.
First broadcast February 5 2021.
Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35449
“I miss live music.”
Lost in the Stacks, Episode 481: In Concert
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Supercontext: Hounds of Love
This 1985 concept album by Kate Bush is split into pop songs and a suite of music about someone drowning. We look at Bush’s career arc leading up to this record and how the support she received from those around her allowed to experiment and create this wholly unique music.
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Additional Resources:
- Kate Bush
- Kate Bush rules, OK?
- Hounds of Love
- Landmark Productions: Kate Bush – Hounds of Love
- Classic Album: Hounds Of Love – Kate Bush
- Cowley, J. (2005). The Wow factor. New Statesman, 134(4726), 38–39.
- Sinclair, D. (1994). Dear diary: The secret world of Kate Bush. Rolling Stone, 676, 13.
- Moy, R. (2007). Kate Bush and Hounds of Love. Ashgate.
Supercontext: Foolish by Superchunk
Thank you to our Co-producer patron Kevin Wetter for selecting this week’s topic!
This 1994 indie rock album means a lot to its fans as proof positive that you can survive a romantic breakup. We look at the small business that drove its creation and try to put ourselves in the shoes of the listeners who cherish it.
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Additional Resources:
- Superchunk release acoustic version of ‘Foolish’ w/ Allison Crutchfield, Owen Pallett, more
- Brian Paulson Studio aesthetics
- Rank Your Records: Laura Ballance Ruthlessly Rates Superchunk’s Ten Albums
- Dusting ‘Em Off: Superchunk – Foolish
- CHUNKY STYLE
- The Guide to Getting into Superchunk
Supercontext: Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe
This 2018 concept album is about reckoning, celebrating, and reclaiming what it means to be American. We discuss how Monáe uses her platform to advocate for queer and black women while working with big record labels to also produce commercial success.
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Additional Resources:
- Janelle Monáe Bends More Than Gender In Two New Videos From ‘Dirty Computer’
- Why Janelle Monae’s ‘Dirty Computer’ Film Is a Timely New Sci-Fi Masterpiece
- Why Janelle Monáe Put Her Music on Hold to Take Hollywood by Storm
- Prince apparently wrote the synth line on Janelle Monáe’s new single
- How Janelle Monáe Found Her Voice
- Janelle Monáe On Her Dirty, World-Dominating Year
- Unpacking the meaning of ‘Dirty Computer,’ in which Janelle Monáe finally gets to be herself
- Janelle Monáe on the meaning of “Dirty Computer” and what she promised her grandmother
Supercontext: A Visit From the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan
This 201 award-winning work of literary fiction has been celebrated by everyone from academics to Rolling Stone. But we look at it in light of its cultural expectations, from a “high brow” publisher, to its timidity about engaging with ethnically diverse characters.
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- A Visit From the Goon Squad
- Burn Collector
- The Loom of Ruin
- Commonwealth
- Run
- White Jazz
- American Tabloid
- The Cold Six Thousand
Additional Resources:
- A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan ? review
- “Goon Squad”: Jennifer Egan’s time-travel tour de force
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- CS Note: Salon’s site is so full of ads and video overlays that I could barely read the article as it slowed my computer to a halt.
- HBO Sets Pulitzer Prize Winner ‘A Visit From The Goon Squad’ For Series Treatment
- Strong, M. J. (2018). Found time: Kairos in A Visit from the Goon Squad. Critique, 59(4), 471-480.
- Cowart, D. (2015). Thirteen Ways of Looking: Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad. Critique, 56(3), 241-254.
- MOLING, M. (2016). “No Future”: Time, Punk Rock and Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad. Arizona Quarterly, 72(1), 51.
- “Water, Water Everywhere,” By: WHELDON, WYNN. Commentary. Nov2017, Vol. 144 Issue 4, p60-62. 3p.
- “Big Novelist: Jennifer Egan,” By: Heller, Nathan. Rolling Stone. 5/31/2012, Issue 1158, p66-67. 2p.
- Bookclub-in-a-Box Discusses A Visit From The Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan, By: Godfrey, Laura; Egan, Jennifer; Herbert, Marilyn; Bookclub-in-a-Box (Firm). [England] : Bookclub-In-A-Box. 2012. eBook., Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
Lost in the Stacks, ENCORE Episode 223: Citizen Archiving II: Documents & Dischord
“I have been confused with a collector.”
Guest: Ian MacKaye of Dischord Records.
First broadcast September 5 2014.
Playlist at http://www.wrek.org/?p=10191
David Byrne, David Byrne
David Byrne’s self-titled album is a personal moment in his creative history, but do his lyrics have meaning? Or do they simply dredge up emotions for the listener? Also, how does an album that’s this diverse have such a white, middle class identity associated with it?
Supercontext: What Happened to Paste Magazine?
Paste Magazine was a victim of its time, facing a bad economy and competing pressures between physical and digital media. But what changes were its founders willing to make to keep it alive as a website? And in the process, did they betray their loyal audience?
The North Avenue Lounge: Arlo Aldo
Dave Manchester of Arlo Aldo.
Guest: Dave Manchester of Arlo Aldo
I spoke with the frontman for Pittsburgh-based Arlo Aldo about performance, recording, family, and playing in living rooms. Features three songs from the new album, House & Home.
Lost in the Stacks, Episode 254: “SpotiFIGHT!”
Part 2 of AMEET VS NYAN CAT
First broadcast April 24 2015.
Playlist at http://www.wrek.org/?p=11955
“If anyone remembers when Apple decided to put U2 on your device…”