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CHIRP Podcasts
Artist Interviews Bear in Heaven
CHIRP DJ Blake Burkhart sat down with Bear in Heaven at the Harmony Grill before their headlining show at Schubas. They talked about the promotional idea to stream their new album at a super-slow speed, and the process of infusing pop into experimental music. Bear in Heaven is playing at Lollapalooza this weekend.
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Split Reel Crime Cinema (with guest Leonard Pierce)
It’s been over four years since the infamous “Cut to Black” finale of The Sopranos polarized America — while many vociferously protested the lack of closure, some argued that the ambiguous (or perhaps not?) closing was simply the last in a long line of masterful strokes from the paintbrush of creator David Chase.
What can’t be debated is the show’s status as a landmark television achievement, one that has undoubtedly had a monumental impact on narrative TV storytelling in the 21st century. Returning as my guest to talk about the show as well as the “Century of Crime” that preceded it is Leonard Pierce, cultural critic and also author of the brand-new (and pretty spectacular!) book If You Like The Sopranos: Here Are Over 150 Movies, TV Shows, and Other Oddities That You Will Love. Leonard’s writing can be found at ludiclive.com .
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Split Reel Late-Night Comedy and American Politics, w/guest Russell Peterson
How much of our political information is gathered through the filter of comedic shows? What does it mean when the writers for Saturday Night Live seemingly have a concrete impact on the way that our elected officials are being perceived?
No format in recent years seems to have had as important an impact on how we view the political and governmental scene as late-night comedy shows, from Jay Leno’s Tonight Show to Jon Stewart’s Daily Show and SNL. Presidential hopefuls, who once rarely strayed from Sunday morning talk shows, are now frequently seen on these sorts of shows — even occasionally poking fun at themselves. Not exactly the sort of thing we’d imagine our Founding Fathers would do, eh?
My guest is Russell Peterson, who is an adjunct assistant professor of American Studies at the University of Iowa, as well as author of the recent book Strange Bedfellows: How Late-Night Comedy Turns Democracy Into a Joke.
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Chicago Theatre Off Book Chicago Theatre Off Book: July 20, 2012 Ed.
Today, Chicago Theatre Off Book is reviewing exciting offerings from local theatre companies: “Electra” at Mary Arrchie Theatre, “A Steady Rain” at Chicago Commercial Collective and “Crowns” at Goodman Theatre.
And we have Special Guests: Leigh Barrett, Artistic Director of Babes with Blades and Marketta P. Wilder, starring as Yolanda in “Crowns” at Goodman Theatre. And of course, we have 2 new Got A Minute? segments from local playwrights.
This July 20, 2012 episode of Chicago Theatre Off Book was partially underwritten by The Alliance.
Shot word of the day: hat
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Split Reel The Second Golden Age of Horror, w/guest Kendall Phillips
George A. Romero. Wes Craven. John Carpenter. These three icons revolutionized the horror genre of cinema during the late 1960s and ’70s via films like Night of the Living Dead, The Hills Have Eyes, and Halloween — movies that were particularly attuned to the American zeitgeist at the time.
Why do many credit this trio of directors with ushering in a second “golden age” of horror? In what ways do we still feel their influence today? Returning as my guest is Kendall Phillips, a professor of communications at Syracuse University and the author of the new book Dark Directions: Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film.
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