Two friends and arts editors at the Duke Chronicle get together to discuss pop culture. Will talks music, Nina talks film, and together they have a conversation around a new theme each week.
We're about 6 weeks too late for prime year-end-list season (blame Nina and/or the fact that none of the good movies come out until December) but that isn't stopping us from giving our belated takes on the last year in music and film. Will highlights albums from Cate Le Bon, FKA twigs, and David Berman’s Purple Mountains, and Nina shouts out “Uncut Gems,” “Hustlers,” and “Mister America” (all of which, sadly, were snubbed by the Academy).
*This episode was recorded on January 13, 2020, hence the Oscars talk.*
Clips used:
- "Miami" by Cate Le Bon
- "MT BTL 3.0" by Tim Heidecker
- "Cellophane" by FKA twigs
- "Criminal" by Fiona Apple
- "Powerade" by Daniel Lopatin (from "Uncut Gems" OST)
- "All My Happiness Is Gone" by Purple Mountains
Note: We do not own the music used in this episode. All clips used under fair use guidelines for educational and discussion purposes only.
Theme music by Will Atkinson
21 Nov 2019
S2E9: The Streaming Decade
In less than a week, Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman" will drop onto Netflix accounts everywhere, becoming the latest film to be released directly to a streaming service. And just last week, Disney launched its exclusive streaming service, Disney+, heralding a new era for TV streaming. As we enter the 2020s, what will these developments mean for pop culture?
In this episode of "Reel to Reel," Nina and Will take a deep dive into the meteoric rise of streaming in the 2010s — and what it means for music, TV and film. Topics discussed include the precarious state of movie theaters, the power of algorithms, the danger of treating Spotify like an endless archive, and the importance of non-digital preservation in the wake of events like the Universal Studios warehouse fire.
Clips used:
- "21st Century Schizoid Man" by King Crimson
- "Plastic Love" by Mariya Takeuchi
Note: We do not own the music used in this episode. All clips used for educational and discussion purposes only under fair use law.
Theme music & editing by Will Atkinson
30 Oct 2019
S2E8: Spooky Season Approaching
Halloween picks from your Recess editors — what's better than this? Will and Nina pull their skeletons out of the closet in the form of music and film from the likes of Scott Walker, Jeremy Saulnier, The Sonics and more. Along the way, they discover the greatest horror of them all: the imminent threat of nuclear war. Also Polish-directed, French-German-produced Cold War allegories.
Clips used:
- Screaming clip from Andrzej Żuławski's "Possession"
- "Jesse" by Scott Walker
- "The Cabinet" by Das Kabinette
- "The Witch" by The Sonics
Note: With the exception of the theme, we do not own the music used in this episode. All clips used for educational and discussion purposes only under fair use guidelines.
Theme music by Will Atkinson
4 Oct 2019
S2E7: Some Artists Are Better Than Others
"Reel to Reel" continues! This week, Nina and Will air their grievances with artists they think are overrated. Targets include Bob Dylan, Morrissey, Christopher Nolan and (naturally) Woody Allen.
Clips used:
- "Must Be Santa" by Bob Dylan
- "The Mole" by Hans Zimmer (from "Dunkirk")
- "How to Write a Morrissey Song ('Sing the Third')" by Andy Wood
- "Morrissey's End Credits Song from 'Green Book'" by Demi Adejuyigbe
Here's that video of Bob Dylan singing "Must Be Santa": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE6WQmNus
And Demi Adejuyigbe's Morrissey-inspired end credits song for "Green Book":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_96bgvIDlM
Note: We do not own the music clips used in this episode. All music used under fair use guidelines for educational and discussion purposes only.
Theme music & editing by Will Atkinson
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