Episode 808: Bradley Cooper’s WandaVision
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle the Leonard Bernstein biopic “Maestro,” with Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan.
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Episode 764: And Yet It Moves Me
On the Overthinking It Podcast we tackle classical music today: What even is it, and what is it good for?
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Episode 291: The Bird-y Flutes and the Flute-y Synths and the Synth-y Flute Birds
On the TFT Podcast we listen to and discuss Björk’s new album “Utopia.”
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Heavy Metal, Urban Planning, Video Games, and the New York Philharmonic’s New Logo
The Oldest Symphony Orchestra in America, or the Hottest Band in the Land?
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Episode 343: The 800-Pound Benedict Cumberbatch in The Room
The Overthinkers tackle deflate-gate, “Mozart in the Jungle,” and the Alan Turing biopic “The Imitation Game” starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
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Episode 118: All Hail West Rhineland
Ryan and Matt are joined by Jordan Stokes to discuss Schumann Op. 48, “Dichterliebe.”
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The Musical Coding of Pasta Sauce
In which we explore the bizarre underbelly of a recent Bertolli ad, and the strange persistence of an “exotic” melody.
I like that Bach follows the 5Ws of good journalism.
Bach, St. Matthew Passion, opening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E_AOn-94tw continued…
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I bear the weapon Excalibur!
I just got through watching John Boorman’s 1981 film Excalibur (thank you Netflix). What a weird-ass movie. Not least because you get to see young Helen Mirren, Liam Neeson, Patrick Stewart (already bald), Gabriel Byrne, and Ciaran Hinds, most of … Continued
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There Will Be Radiohead
So let’s talk about the music. As you probably know, the score is by Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood (the musical equivalent of stunt casting) and it’s gotten a lot of press for that reason alone. But Greenwood has serious chops … Continued
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