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Mr. Neutron's audio tribute to Tacoma band Girl Trouble, who weaves a magical web of lava lamps, black light posters, and shag carpeting.
Oct 18, 2018•4 min
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An audio review of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus"
The Lone Reader draws a bead on Mary Shelley's classic monster novel, seen by many as the first science fiction work. Music: "Under the Porcelain," by Good Noise Bad Noise vs Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel.
Oct 09, 2018•3 min
An audio review of "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein."
Alan kicks off the library's Frankenfest celebration by reviewing James Whale's dual masterpieces, 1931's Frankenstein and 1935's Bride of Frankenstein . Alan will lead discussions of the two films on Saturday, Oct. 27 in the Main Library Auditorium, 2702 Hoyt Avenue. The showings begin at approximately 11:30am. Music: "Kompat Project test recording," by Krisztina Zsolnai and Gabor Varadi; "Evoked Potentials, (signal-to-noise Ratio)" by Cage Cabarrett.
Oct 09, 2018•7 min
"Northwest Rocks"
Mr. Neutron sketches sixty years of Pacific Northwest rock.
Sep 18, 2018•5 min
"In the Blink of an Eye," by Walter Murch
The Lone Reader, Cameron Johnson, ruminates upon iconic film editor Walter Murch's tidy tour-de-force about filmmaking.
Sep 11, 2018•2 min
"Newtown," an audio review of the documentary
Newtown is an unexploitative, honest, yet shocking saga of the massacre--and aftermath-- of Newtown, CT's 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, which took the lives of twenty children and six adults.
Sep 04, 2018•5 min
"Welcome to the Funhouse"
Mr. Neutron samples The Funhouse Comp Thing 2, a raw, dirty-sounding, dangerous compilation of bands who played in Seattle's Funhouse, a punk bar that closed in 2012 to make way for an apartment building.
Aug 21, 2018•4 min
A Lone Reader audio review of "Frankenstein: A Cultural History," by Susan Tyler Hitchcock
The Lone Reader looks at Susan Hitchcock's book about the 200-year cultural reverberations emanating from Mary Shelley's 1818 publication of her groundbreaking novel, Frankenstein .
Aug 14, 2018•3 min
Faces Places, an audio film review
Alan Jacobson evaluates Faces Places , a academy award-winning documentary about French New Wave director Agnes Varda and her graffiti-artist collaborator JR as they travel through rural France making and placing giant murals of ordinary people.
Aug 07, 2018•4 min
Mr. Neutron ruminates on "Who Sold My Generation", by Seattle's Night Beats
Mr. Neutron analyzes the psychedelic roadtrip, fuzz, reverb, and patchouli served up by Seattle's own Night Beats. chord fragments: "Something's Missing," by Brett Edmonds. Courtesy of Internet Archive.
Jul 17, 2018•6 min
The Lone Reader looks at "SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome," by Mary Beard
Cambridge historian Mary Beard takes a fresh look at the origin and decline of the Roman Empire. Music: "The Lyre of Orpheus" by Jerald Franklin Archer.
Jul 10, 2018•2 min
"45 Years"
Alan Jacobson plumbs Andrew Haigh's unsung, underseen 2015 masterpiece.
Jul 03, 2018•3 min
"Young Fresh Fellows"
They're young, they're fresh, they're huge in Spain! Hear fuzz, psychedelia, hooks courtesy of Paul Revere and the Raiders, Yardbird guitar solos, and a trip to the garage circa 1966.
Jun 21, 2018•5 min
The Lone Reader's audio review of "All Aboard," by Jim Loomis.
Jim Loomis gives a soup to nuts guide to passenger train travel in North America. Music: Railroad Blues, by the Yerkes Southern Five
Jun 12, 2018•2 min
2016 Film "American Honey" gets The Treatment
A "youthquake" of a road movie: Homeless teens party, explore America, and sell magazines. Additional music: "Beats," by Crooked Vision, courtesy of Internet Archive.
Jun 05, 2018•5 min
A Mr. Neutron audio review of the eclectic music of Neko Case
Mr. Neutron surveys the Country/Power Pop/Cuddle-Core output of our own Neko Case. Mr. Neutron theme music by Ron Averill.
May 15, 2018•5 min
Audio review of "Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens" by Steve Olson
The 1980 eruption of Washington State's Mount St. Helens, through a human lens. Music: Praludium, by Carl Nielsen. Sir James Galway, Carion Quintet, CC-BY-SA 2.0
May 08, 2018•2 min
Audio review of 1975's "Dog Day Afternoon", with Al Pacino
Master director Sidney Lumet's 1970s New York City life drama, crime caper, and anti-establishment social statement, all rolled into one exhilarating package.
May 01, 2018•5 min
"Everett Sounds Like This," a compilation of sounds from Everett, WA
Mr. Neutron provides a snapshot of a truly dynamic era in Everett music.
Apr 17, 2018•5 min
The Lone Reader takes aim at "Homesteading," by Percy Wollaston
Percy Wollaston's Homesteading tells the devastating story of Eastern Montana homesteaders of the early 20th century, most of whom lost everything in proving that dry-land farming techniques of the time did not work. Music: "Pastures of Plenty," by Woody Guthrie. Public Domain. Courtesy of Internet Archive.
Apr 10, 2018•3 min
"Into the Forest" an audio film review by Alan Jacobson of Everett Public Library (WA)
Alan Jacobson gives "The Treatment" to 2015's near-future apocalyptic film Into the Forest , with Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood. A dark tale set in the dark woods.
Apr 03, 2018•4 min
The Instrumental Tourist, an audio music review by Mr. Neutron
Seattle-area instrumental music of the fifties and sixties is the focus of Mr. Neutron's latest foray.
Mar 20, 2018•5 min
"The Bright Continent," by Dayo Olopade
The Lone Reader looks at Dayo Olopade's account of how Africans succeed despite oft-broken social, governmental, and economic systems. Music: Public domain Kenyan tune
Mar 13, 2018•2 min
Sleaford Mods Are Gods Pod
Mr. Neutron looks at the Mods latest, English Tapas , a strange, innovative work, a slightly warped version of music we've heard before.
Feb 22, 2018•4 min
Audio review of "Midnight", a delightful and unsung 1939 screwball comedy
Starring Claudette Colbert, who appeared in two other Oscar-nominated films in 1939. The script for Midnight was written by Billy Wilder, early in his career. He later wrote and/or directed such masterpieces as Sunset Boulevard , Double Indemnity , and Some Like It Hot .
Feb 15, 2018•6 min
Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump, by David Neiwert
Seattle free-lance writer Neiwert looks at the roots of the radical right and its effects on mainstream politics. Music: "Mars", by Gustav Holst US Air Force Band, public domain
Feb 13, 2018•2 min
Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent," an audio review
Alan Jacobson treats Hitchcock's overlooked masterpiece Foreign Correspondent.
Feb 06, 2018•6 min
Audio Review of Craig Johnson's "The Cold Dish."
Sheriff Walt Longmire tracks a murderer whose weapon of choice is an archaic buffalo rifle. Craig Johnson is 2018's "Everett Reads" author. Everett Reads is an annual celebration of authors, books, and reading. Music: "Country Cookin'" by Fender Guitar Player.
Jan 18, 2018•3 min
"Unknown Everett," an audio review of local music of Everett, WA
Featuring Jason Webley and Oliver Elf Army. Sound effect: 70043_juskiddink_sci-fi-2, from freesound.org Image of Jason Webley performing in Gdynia, Poland, courtesy of Blueye, via Wikimedia Commons
Jan 16, 2018•4 min
An audio review of "Sourdough" by Robin Sloan
A sourdough bread starter invades the sterile world of a San Francisco computer programmer and becomes a high-level asset coveted by thieves and parasites. A cutting-edge read. Music is "Evoked Potentials," by Cage Cabarrett. Used under CC-BY-NC-SA license Courtesy of Internet Archive
Jan 09, 2018•3 min
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