Wrote this in another article, but I love this about the show, and it’s exactly why my semi-wild theory is that they’re gonna try to go the Loki-sympathetic-villian route with Agnes/Agatha, and have her motivation also be based in grief/loss like Wanda — either the rabbit is named after her deceased son, the wizard Ni…

My wild theory is that they’re gonna try to go the Loki-sympathetic-villian route with Agnes/Agatha, and have her motivation also be based in grief/loss — either the rabbit is named after her deceased son Nick Scratch, or is Nick transformed/cursed in some kind of way. The show drew attention to the missing children…

The earliest axe Hendrix built his rep as a pro guitarist was a Danelectro too! 

GOtcha. I think what I’m also getting at is, the scene holds more weight for me thematically speaking/for her character than as a piece of the puzzle, as within the Westview bubble (the only reality the twins know) she does seem to be able to reverse death to an extent, and is following “different rules” than our…

I’d go so far as to say the general thematic thrust of not being able to ever truly control people, and especially those you love/family is going to factor into both the emotional and narrative climax. The situation re: Wanda/town’s consciousness reminds me a bit of the Yeerks from Animorphs crossed with the beings…

This but IRL

I wasn’t arguing that his records weren’t accomplishments or influential, I was just asserting that outdated is an apt qualifier (while not meaning bad) when considering the obsolescence of the processes involved and general status as object of cultural anthropology than entertainment. In a way it reminds me of…

Expanded on this more in another thread but: Outdated in that his work was the first to successfully achieve this kind of expansive orchestral style and in a commercially viable way, but which has more value today as an influence more appreciated than enjoyed or emulated (kind of a “Birth of a Nation” situation in…

Outdated accomplishments is right. Rest in Piss. Apparently not enough people want to seriously talk about how this guy was covered and lionized during his lifetime and what that means, bc I posted a few expanded thoughts on his legacy and their relative irrelevance upthread, and they’re all still greyed out in…

There’s also the fact that the work he did with artists that are still somewhat culturally relevant/recognized today — The Beatles and The Ramones —- are consistently used in retrospective pieces (now obits) to buttress his production bona fides, while the albums he made with them are among the most notoriously…

Because it’s a Sunday and I don’t feel guilty for being contrarian about a murderer: How brilliant was it though? I mean, don’t get me wrong, Spector produced some all-timers and could write a song; the man wasn’t without talent (as a part-time producer myself, his expressive use of reverb has been very influential,…

Also, the refrain of “Making Christmas” from Nightmare Before Christmas is almost a 1-to-1 interpolation of the melody — like this show’s motif, another good use of the tension between the comfort of familiarity and the almost subconsciously dark undercurrent carried by the world’s first musical meme.

After being blown away by the original Goblin mask footage that came out, I’d venture to guess the final version we got in the movie is a combination of the “he’d recognize him” and Raimi killing his prosthetic baby for the better of the movie’s aesthetic....

This article seems to have conflated “Let’s Lynch the Landlord” and “I Kill Children” into “Let’s Kill the Landlord,” but I feel like the fact that it’s so easy to amalgamate Jello’s writing actually helps make his point stronger re: the consistency of this politics and pet themes...

To be fair he’s been an AVC fav for years, but yeah, Worry! is by far in a way my favorite of his solo work; that end medley really is a thing of punk beauty.

I wrote a treatise on a thread below that’s still in the grays, but basically boils down to: where’s the hip-hop???!? Seems they haven’t had anyone literate in either contemporary and/or classic hip hop on staff for years, and it seems super pronounced in this year’s list. The line “RTJ4 benefited from a dearth in…

Things that are legit disturbing: the seeming lack of any contemporary hip-hop literacy at AVC anymore. “RTJ4 benefited from a dearth in major rap events this year.” Now I love RTJ and 4 RIPS but... what??? Putting aside the Jay Electronica debut accounted for on this list, there were major releases from other…

Honestly, I think this might be the best way to approach things moving forward, especially for things that initially air on a “TV” platform. There’s a world of difference these days, I think, between shows that are operating on the traditional model (where the impetus to “keep watching” is a real-time one so that the…

Yeah this is a bit of a misconception, as from what I understand him and Frost approached the script as one large piece, as is how Lynch ran production — and clearly, it is. But on the other hand, they then intentionally split them into episodes, and for as much as people wondered wtf was going on, it was not for a…

Upon seeing this, Kid A and Amnesiac immediately came to mind.

Then I started wondering: Are you talking about spiritual successors/echoes, or explicit follow ups/“sequel” albums (ie: At Folsom Prison/At San Quentin vs Only Built 4 Cuban Linx/Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Pt 2), as I think they’re two distinct things with…