THE SHIELD, season 3, eps. 9-10: “Slipknot”/”What Power Is. . .”
“. . .the things I can do.” What Power Is. . . could be an…
Grant Nebel ("wallflower")
A Silver Age (2007) commenter from the AV Club who crossed over to the Dissolve at its inception in 2013. You can follow his writings here and in the comment section at The Dissolve, and his music on his Soundcloud channel (see any Soundtracking here for that).
Articles:
All God’s Children: John Cage’s Apartment House 1776
(Clearly all the Americana aspects of Ives are in the way of sound coming into…
THE SHIELD, season 2, eps. 1-2: “The Quick Fix”/”Dead Soldiers”
The second season premiere is a unique episode in a TV series, especially if it’s…
Soundtracking #26: MAGNOLIA (1999)
The occasional podcast on music and movies. SPOILERS all over the place for this one.…
THE SHIELD, season 1, eps. 10-11: “Dragonchasers”/”Carnivores”
The public has no idea what justice costs the men who perform it. (James Ellroy)…
The Crew: OCEAN’S ELEVEN (2001) with Commentary (Summer of Soderbergh)
Audio commentaries are like the answer to the test posed by Gene Siskel: a movie…
The Greatness of THE SHIELD (with a Brief Review of the Pilot)
Apparently, the A. V. Club will be migrating from DISQUS to Kinja this summer (2017),…
Scenic Route: THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007)
There Will Be Blood, which has been getting some good notices lately, portrays a historical transformation…
Elliott Carter: the Last Modernist
Pictured: Igor Stravinsky (l.) and Elliott Carter The ideal has many names, and beauty is…
Taco Break: the Way We Were
For nothing is lost, nothing is ever lost. (Robert Penn Warren) Picking up on a…