Supercontext: an autopsy of media

This debut EP from a legendary Boston punk band has been held in critical reverence for over 30 years. We look to how the songs were written, recorded and distributed to try to unpack what it all does (or doesn't) mean. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: Signals, Calls, and Marches Mission: Control! 24 Hour Party People The Cat and The Cobra Songs About Fucking entertainment! No Pussyfooting Larks' Tongues In Aspic Additional Resources: MISSION OF BURMA Mission of Burma Signals, Calls, and Marches SIGNALS, CALLS, AND MARCHES AllMusic Review by Mark Deming Mission of Burma: Signals, Calls, and Marches / Vs. Artist Biography by John Dougan The secret of Mission of Burma's longevity? Never having the chance to suck. Mission impossible The story behind the legend of a seminal Boston band

This comic about archaeologists uncovering the secret history of pop culture took Warren Ellis and John Cassaday 10 years to complete. We discuss its interrogation of genre, intellectual property and history, in light of the cyclical nature of the comics industry some 20 years after the project started. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: Planetary League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo Trilogy StormWatch Black Summer All-Star Superman New X-Men RED Transmetropolitan Castlevania Additional Resources: WHY PLANETARY RULES THE WORLD The cynical superheroics (and hopeful humanity) of Warren Ellis' Planetary Beautiful and Unique Snowflakes: Warren Ellis' 'Planetary' 'PLANETARY': DIGGING UP THE BONES OF THE GENRE COMIC Telling Stories About Storytelling: The Metacomics of Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and Warren Ellis

This Amazon television show is about comedian Tig Notaro dealing with tragedy in her Mississippi hometown. But we discuss how its theme of demystifying the South was partially derailed by the corporate pivoting of its distributor and the sexual misconduct of some of its producers. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: One Mississippi Nanette My Dead Parents The Electric Woman Fun Home Are You My Mother? Bleachy-Haired Honky Bitch: Tales from a Bad Neighborhood Additional Resources: Review: Have You Heard the One About the Grieving Daughter? The Heartbreak Comedy of "One Mississippi" Why Tig Notaro Took on Sexual Assault in Her Amazon Series Is One Mississippi Tig Notaro's Love Letter to Her Hometown? Tig Notaro: Louis C.K.'s Forced Departure from 'One Mississippi' Was 'A Huge Relief' tig notaro and stephanie allynne's 'one mississippi' showed me the love i was feeling Why Did Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu Kill a Bunch of Alternative Comedies?

This first part in the Jerry Cornelius saga is literary science-fiction that challenges the politics of its time through transgression. But we find eerie parallels to our current zeitgeist and wonder if Cornelius is the perfect device to question our thoughts about subversion and morality. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: The Final Programme Casanova The Adventures of Luther Arkwright & Heart of The Empire The Prisoner The Invisibles Sebastian O. The Time Traveler's Wife Money Additional Resources: Harrison, A. (2015). "I think Tolkien was a crypto-fascist". New Statesman, 144(5272), 40-43. Moorcock's Achievement and Promise in the Jerry Cornelius Books Interview with SFWA Grand Master Michael Moorcock The Final Programme by Michael Moorcock How we met: 43. Michael Moorcock and Andrea Dworkin

This psychological thriller about an unethical photojournalist has us asking all kinds of questions. Are we complicit in the horrible narratives of the news? Do supportive families enable creative storytelling? And if the qualities of a villain are synonymous with "success" now, how do we tell the difference between a good guy and a bad guy? Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: Nightcrawler There Will Be Blood The Master Michael Clayton Heat Get Shorty Additional Resources: Nightcrawler: a moral dilemma of our own making 'Nightcrawler' Reminds Us That Capitalism and the Media Have Gotten Worse Dan and Tony Gilroy of 'Nightcrawler' Talk Media Ugliness In The Digital Age: Q&A 'Nightcrawler' and the new face of entitlement Rembrandt Lighting Through the Lens Glass: 'Nightcrawler' Filmmaker Dan Gilroy on Car Chases, Screenwriting, and the Internet's Latchkey Kids Oscars: Dan Gilroy Taking Creepy 'Nightcrawler' Deep Into Race With Sterling Directorial Debut "This Is a Cautionary Tale": An Interview With Dan Gilroy of 'Nightcrawler' Nightcrawler: How Dan Gilroy Made The Most Original Film Of The Year Interview: Dan Gilroy Interview: 'Nightcrawler' Director Dan Gilroy Talks Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Elswit & Sociopaths "I Did Not Want a Character With an Arc": 'Nightcrawler' Filmmaker Dan Gilroy on His Oscar Nomination, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Crime Scene Photography Riz Ahmed winning rave reviews for new film role Jake Gyllenhaal's 'Nightcrawler' Gets California Incentive Cannes: Jake Gyllenhaal's 'Nightcrawler' Sparks Bidding War Rene Russo on Nightcrawler, Career Regrets, and Not Having a Sex Scene With Jake Gyllenhaal

This deconstruction of the superhero genre was mired in legal debacles and intellectual property battles for decades before we could get a chance to read it. We look at that convoluted history, in light of Alan Moore's attempt to reimagine and criticize the themes of superhero comics. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: Miracleman: A Dream of Flying Planetary Supreme: Blue Rose The Vision Understanding Comics Additional Resources: https://ohdannyboy.blogspot.com/2011/09/miracleman-neil-gaimans-writers.html https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/1057/miracleman-heads-court http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2004/02/last-legal-post-for-long-time.asp https://www.cbr.com/mcfarlane-responds-to-marvelman-news/ http://forbiddenplanet.blog/2009/the-mighty-moore-marathon-part-three-of-padraigs-talk-with-alan-moore/ https://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/10/17/the-original-writer-formerly-known-as-alan-moore/ https://nerdist.com/why-alan-moores-miracleman-still-matters/ https://www.tor.com/2011/10/31/the-great-alan-moore-reread-marvelman-miracleman-part-1/ https://observationdeck.kinja.com/why-marvels-miracleman-isnt-alan-moores-marvelman-1447594301 https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbooks/comments/69fm5n/what_are_the_best_deconstructionist_and/?st=jijj8nlu&sh=9182a032 https://web.archive.org/web/20090905013308/http://www.mania.com/alan-moore-reflects-marvelman_article_117413.html http://www.vulture.com/2014/06/miracleman-marvelman-alan-moore-comics-dream-of-flying.html

This eighteen-hour continuation of a beloved twenty-five year old television series evokes emotions of both love and hate. So we discuss how Mark Frost, David Lynch and Showtime made and distributed this project while adhering to the original themes of good-versus-evil and unconventional storytelling. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: Twin Peaks: The Return Fortitude Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Pretty as a Picture Lost Highway Archie Additional Resources: Ma, Aliza. Film Comment. Nov/Dec2017, Vol. 53 Issue 6, p36-39. 4p. 1 Ewins, M. (2018). 2 TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN: DAVID LYNCH & MARK FROST. Sight & Sound, 28(1), 33-36. LUCCA, VIOLET, Film Comment. Nov/Dec2017, Vol. 53 Issue 6, p40-41. 2p SYME, RACHEL. New Republic. Aug/Sep2017, Vol. 248 Issue 8/9, p66-68. 3p. Twin Peaks Revival Back On for 'More Than' 9 Episodes as David Lynch, Showtime Resolve Stalemate Is Twin Peaks a movie or a TV show? The answer's more complicated than you'd think. David Lynch on Bowie and the Music that Inspired the New "Twin Peaks" 'Twin Peaks: The Return' Proves David Lynch Still Has a Woman Problem Has 'Twin Peaks' Been a Hit for Showtime? How, and why, Showtime resurrected "Twin Peaks" Was Twin Peaks: The Return Worth It for Showtime?

This treatise on climate change argues that we should just accept that our civilization is going to die. We might survive however, by remembering our cultural heritage. We discuss Scranton's experience at war, as well as the variety of reactions to his claim that we should just confront our own mortality, even when we're posting to social media. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: Learning to Die in the Anthropocene Scatter, Adapt, and Remember The Better Angels of Our Nature It's a Disaster Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Melancholia Additional Resources: 28 Authors on the Books That Changed Their Lives Impurity: Two Books on the Anthropocene LEARNING TO DIE IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: INTERVIEW WITH ROY SCRANTON Ison, Ray and Shelley, Monica. "Governing in the Anthropocene: Contributions from Systems Thinking in Practice?" Whitington, Jerome. "What Does Climate Change Demand of Anthropology?" Political and Legal Anthropology Review, May 2016.

We discuss the history of this influential record in light of the band's breakup and subsequent reformation. We also examine their rhetoric of anti-capitalism in relation to the production and distribution of this album. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: The Shape of Punk to Come Plays Pretty For Baby The Lipstick Game Turn Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven Additional Resources: Refused New Noise Spawns Nu Shame Fauteux, B. (2012). "New Noise" versus the Old Sound: Manifestos and The Shape of Punk to Come. Popular Music & Society, 35(4), 465. doi:10.1080/03007766.2011.578523 REFUSED's 'The Shape Of Punk To Come' To Be Released As A Deluxe Edition - Apr. 7, 2010 Refused – "The Shape of Punk to Come" WHY 'THE SHAPE OF PUNK TO COME' WAS WRONG Refused is making a new album 17 years after The Shape of Punk to Come Refused Are Fucking Dead (The Last Official Press Release) REFUSED: Pop Songs for the Revolution

This 2008 military film claims to be about realism and a soldier's addiction to war. But we learn that despite writer Mark Boal and director Kathryn Bigelow's best intentions, it doesn't accurately reflect the experience of veterans. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: The Hurt Locker Near Dark Blue Steel Point Break Sheriff of Babylon Pride of Baghdad The Night Porter Eat the Apple Additional Resources: Here's Why 'The Hurt Locker' Is The Worst War Movie Of All Time U.S. bomb expert says "Hurt Locker" stole his story Iraq War Vet Ordered to Pay $187,000 in Failed Lawsuit Against 'Hurt Locker' Producers The Hurt Locker: interview with Mark Boal The Hurt Locker: So Right About Men, So Wrong About Addiction What's Wrong With 'The Hurt Locker' First sight: Mark Boal Driscoll, S. (2013). The Hurt Locker (film). Salem Press Encyclopedia, TAUBIN, A. (2009). hard wired. Film Comment, 45(3), 30-35. The Iraq war -- from the troops' point of view Kathryn Bigelow