It occurred to me as I was going through the Atlanta Film Festival this year that my past three years of covering the festival have been dramatically different from my first three. In 2019-2021, I had off of work for the better part of the festival (save for one day in 2019 when I worked). In 2022-2023, I had to balance the festival with work throughout, often missing out on […]
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One of the most exciting things about being on other people’s podcasts for me is adapting to their format. Mine is fairly straightforward- some episode types have their own specific format, but it’s generally a conversation to be had. The more podcasts I’ve been on in the past few years, the more you see the different ways people approach discussing film, and that is a wonderful thing. Starting in 2021, […]
Sonic Cinema Podcast
As I began to prepare for my recent episode with Jason from Binge Movies on Fascism in Cinema, it occurred to me that this would be a fascinating ongoing series in the next year or two in American history. For the next episode of the series, we are looking at authoritarian violence and the idea of due process in our society, and how it can be reflected in films. Joining […]
On the next episode of the podcast, I’m joined by a fellow podcaster whom I’ve only talked to on social media, and will be my first new guest on 2025. The topic of the day is Mary Harron’s controversial dark comedy, “American Psycho”, which turns 25 this year. The guest is Pete Abeyta, one of the co-hosts of the Middle Class Film Class podcast. I hope you enjoy! Episode 165 […]
Music News
What inspires us to create? Is it a person? An idea? An emotion? An event? A desire to make sense of the world without us? I’m sure I could explore each of these ideas in a truly pretentious and self-indulgent manner that would bore you to tears by saying, “See, he did this.” or “She did that for this reason.” Instead, I’d rather keep the light of this particular sun […]
This past Tuesday, Dr. Nickitas Demos from Georgia State University put on the third of four concerts in his annual neoPhonia New Music Ensemble series, and while the program changed unexpectedly before beginning due to technical difficulties, the concert we were treated to was an unmitigated triumph. In my five years of attending Georgia State as a Music Industry/Sound Recording major, Dr. Demos’s neoPhonia concerts were always my favorites to […]