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Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks

February 2015

Velvet Goldmine | art by Brianna Ashby

Letter from the Editor

Chad Perman·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
“Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.” — Anaïs Nin A few weeks ago, my wife and... Read More

Thundering, Thundering

Molly Parent·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
My father cries at parades. Especially at the small town variety in which scouts march behind banners made of top... Read More
Nashville (1975) | art by Brianna Ashby

The New National Anthem

Matthew Lawrence·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
Robert Altman's Nashville is a musical as well as a disaster movie. Read More

Look/Listen

Fran Hoepfner·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
Look: Moulin Rouge! is a bad movie. Listen: Moulin Rouge! has an amazing soundtrack. Look: Moulin Rouge! is a melodramatic, campy love story about an English... Read More

And Then I Don’t Feel So Bad

Bruno Alves·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
Every Christmas Eve, my family gathers at my aunt’s house. As is customary in Portugal, we eat bacalhau, or codfish,... Read More

A Teacher To Take Me, Mold Me and Make Me

John Douglass·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
When I was about nine years old, my grandparents came to watch my siblings and I for a long weekend... Read More

Viewing Films with Autism and Evita’s Rhythmic Sway

Chris Donald·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
“The best show in town was the crowd outside the Casa Rosada crying ‘Eva Peron!’” Film rhythm is something one... Read More
Velvet Goldmine | art by Brianna Ashby

Velvet Goldmine: The Music is the Mask

Morgan Leigh Davies·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
Even as it carefully and thoughtfully breaks down celebrity idolatry, Todd Haynes' Velvet Goldmine never underestimates the power or seductive appeal of being a fan. Read More

No Hay Banda

Greg Cwik·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
David Lynch uses diegetic music in unsettling, absurd ways, amplifying horror by usurping it. Read More

Each Morning A Regret: The Music of Tous les matins du monde

Olivia Collette·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
Biopics annoy me, especially ones about musicians. Even those that are largely lauded, like Control (2007), tend to cover too much... Read More

Adèle and Emma’s Infinite Playlist

Kyle Meikle·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
Side A If you saw James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy last year—and, judging by the numbers, you probably did—what do... Read More

We Are the Best!

Arielle Greenberg·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
(We Are the Best, d. Lukas Moodysson, 2013) We are punks! I am punk rock! I am mad at you about how... Read More

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