Supercontext: an autopsy of media

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  

This 12-year running comedy game show features celebrities from the entertainment industry celebrating their love of cinema. But it's also a fascinating intersection between business and marijuana culture. We discuss its trajectory alongside the legalization of the drug here in parts of the United States.   Check out Doug Loves Movies here.   Additional Resources: Podcast Review: Doug Loves Movies Listen Up: The 20 Best Comedy Podcasts Right Now https://tv.avclub.com/doug-benson-is-probably-high-right-now-1798258344 Doug Benson on comedy, high concepts and Doug Loves Movies Doug Benson's Total Scam of a Life Listen Notes Talk show host's stoner dream comes true, and it's high time Doug Benson On 420 Comedy, Post-Legalization      

This controversial comic series about terrorism and identity politics predicts a dystopia that not everyone is willing to agree with. We look at the angry arguments from both Howard Chaykin and his detractors about whether this is artistic expression or just shock value. And... we ask what no one else seems to address. Does Chaykin's story successfully meet its intended goal? Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: The Divided States of Hysteria Black Kiss American Flagg The Homeland Directive Dead Babies Mr. A Additional Resources: The Divided States of Hysteria controversy, and what it means for trans characters in comics “Conversation” Sparked By Second Print Of ‘Divided States Of Hysteria’ Transmyscira: Why I’m Boycotting Image Comics On Free Speech, Censorship, And Howard Chaykin’s Divided States Of Hysteria Howard Chaykin Responds To Controversy Image Comics & Chaykin respond to sensitivity feedback, pull THE DIVIDED STATES OF HYSTERIA cover HOWARD CHAYKIN RESPONDS INTERVIEW: Howard Chaykin on ‘Divided States of Hysteria’ controversy There Is Absolutely No Excuse for Image Comics’ Divided States of Hysteria Hate Crime Cover Let’s All Calm Down Over Howard Chaykin’s ‘Divided States’ Cover Art Swap

As long-time listeners know, one of our hosts is moving across the country, and our production schedule has been disrupted. To ease the transition, this week's Supercontext is a shortened, totally subjective chat about what media we have been consuming and enjoying. If anything caught your interest, please consider buying through our Amazon links below to support the show! PROSE Newsletters: Warren Ellis, Unladylike, Hot Pod, Jim Gibbons, Ken Lowery, Live Wire Men in the Off Hours AUDIO Jimmywine Majestic Until Your Heart Stops COMICS Shiver Juni Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu The Coldest City TV Hap and Leonard Legion Halt and Catch Fire MOVIES Alien: Covenant Atomic Blonde

We look into the story behind-the-scenes of this surprisingly profound comic: from Ferris' struggle with West Nile virus, to the book's seizure en route through the Panama Canal. In addition, we discuss Ferris' theme of "personal monster dilemmas" and how the process of creating this was like melting valuable dross from gold. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters How To Be Happy You And A Bike And A Road Why Art? Escape From Special Gravity's Rainbow Additional Resources: Fantagraphics Has Surprise Hit in Debut ‘My Favorite Thing is Monsters’ Bankrupt Shipping Company Causing Woes for Publishers Emil Ferris: 'I didn’t want to be a woman – being a monster was the best solution' The Emil Ferris Interview: Monsters, Art and Stories (Part 2) The Bite That Changed My Life My Favorite Thing is Monsters Author Talks 2017’s Buzziest Graphic Novel The Holocaust, Art, Chicago & Sickness: A 3,500-Word Interview with My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Mastermind Emil Ferris How Emil Ferris became the breakout graphic novelist of the year

This memoir by a music icon was expected to be a tell-all about scandal and betrayal. But we discuss how it's actually about defense mechanisms that give the illusion of cool confidence. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: Girl in a Band 1991: The Year Punk Broke Sonic Youth The Messthetics Motherfucker The Purkinje Shift (live) Rap Damage Additional Resources: Kim Gordon’s ‘Girl in a Band’ Mooallem, S. (2015). 60s KIM GORDON. Harper's Bazaar, 304-307. Unconventional Idol: Kim Gordon's Girl in a Band FELSENTHAL, J. (2015). ONE-WOMAN SHOW. Marie Claire (US Edition), 22(3), 226. Even Kim Gordon Doesn't Have It All Weiner, J. (2015). Kim Gordon's New Noise. Rolling Stone, (1230), 18. Why Do Women's Music Memoirs Sell So Erratically? Kim Gordon: Girl in a Band

As long-time listeners know, one of our hosts is moving across the country, and our production schedule has been disrupted. To ease the transition, this week's Supercontext is a shortened, totally subjective chat about what media we have been consuming and enjoying. If anything caught your interest, please consider buying through our Amazon links below to support the show! PROSE After The People Lights Have Gone Off The Ones That Got Away Steering the Craft My Twentieth Century Evening and Other Small Breakthroughs Commonwealth  COMICS Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier (The Man On The Wall) AUDIO Mothership Connection Maggot Brain Cluster & Eno Jericho Sirens The Binge Mode podcast TV Taboo Peaky Blinders Longmire Hard Sun Puffin Rock MOVIES They Remain Coco Charlotte’s Web Moana