"Mary and the Witch's Flower"
Alan gives "the treatment" to Hiromasa Yonebyashi's anime masterwork, a worthy successor to such masterpieces as "Princess Mononoke," and "Spirited Away."
Aug 06, 2019•5 min
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Jug Band Music
Jug band, hokum, whatever you call it, the Pacific Northwest has it.
Jul 22, 2019•4 min
"Failure is Not an Option," by Gene Kranz
Cameron Johnson is the Lone Reader. Kranz's book is the inside story of the geek squad that made the space program possible: Mission Control. Music: "Beats," by Crooked Vision.
Jul 09, 2019•2 min
Black Panther
Alan pays homage to a film that "transcends the superhero genre to emerge as an epic of operatic proportions."
Jul 02, 2019•4 min
PNW Punks
Mr. Neutron's panegyric to the varieties of current Pacific Northwest Punk.
Jun 18, 2019•5 min
"Chief Seattle and the Town that Took His Name," by David Buerge
The Lone Reader holds forth on David Buerge's magisterial take on the life and significance of Chief Seattle. Music: Wind Quintet op. 43, by Carl Nielsen, performed by James Galway and the Carion Quintet.
Jun 11, 2019•3 min
"Detroit," by Kathryn Bigelow
Alan gives The Treatment to Kathryn Bigelow's riveting depiction of Detroit's 12th Street Riot of 1967.
Jun 04, 2019•5 min
Surfin' PNW
Mr. Neutron pontificates on the profusion of fine surf bands in the Pacific Northwest
May 21, 2019•5 min
"Native Seattle," by Coll Thrush
The Lone Reader talks about Dr. Coll Thrush's book Native Seattle , which credits native peoples' contributions to early Seattle. The book's second edition was published in 2017. Music is "Klincek stojo pod oblokom," by Tomo Sombolac.
May 14, 2019•2 min
Tchoupitoulas, a film by Bill and Turner Ross
Alan Jacobson's Treatment of Bill and Turner Ross's 2012 film Tchoupitoulas , an immersive documentary about three teenaged brothers rambling on New Orleans' Tchoupitoulas Street at night. It's an impressionist travelogue, a hybrid of dream and documentary, a rite of passage.
May 07, 2019•5 min
Power Pop PNW Style
...it's not your electropop or your indie pop or your synth pop. Today is about...Power Pop.
Apr 16, 2019•4 min
To End a Presidency, by Lawrence Tribe
The Lone Reader previews this Harvard Law professor's take on the two-edged constitutional tool called "impeachment." Music: The Firebird Suite, by Igor Stravinsky
Apr 09, 2019•3 min
"Submergence" by Wim Wenders
Alan gives the Treatment to the newest, and one of the more inclusive and absorbing works of Wenders, the once-towering figure of the New German Cinema of the 70's, which included such monumental works as Buena Vista Social Club , Wings of Desire , The End of Violence , and Paris, Texas .
Apr 02, 2019•5 min
B-b-b-baby, Baby
Mr. Neutron spotlights the soundtrack for the 2017 film Baby Driver , and marvels at its melding of audio and visual.
Mar 19, 2019•4 min
The Best We Could Do, by Thi Bui
The Lone Reader looks at Thi Bui's haunting graphic memoir of the Vietnam War and its enduring scars. Music: Petits planets: Hanoi Funeral
Mar 12, 2019•3 min
An audio review of "Baby Driver"
Alan treats Edgar Wright's sublimely slap-happy stylish blockbuster Baby Driver , whose plot is propelled by machine-gun editing, tough as nails genre writing & performances, brooding noir cinematography, and the best use of a pop music soundtrack you’ll find anywhere.
Mar 05, 2019•4 min
Support Your Local Musician
Mr. Neutron is Ron Averill of Everett Public Library (WA). Focus is on music of the Ram Rams, Choke the Pope, and Kulululu.
Feb 19, 2019•4 min
"Treatment" audio review of the film "First Reformed"
Writer/director Paul Schraeder directs an echo of the 1976 film Taxi Driver , which Schraeder wrote. First Reformed follows a troubled loner and priest of a small, dying church congregation as he grapples with dark visions and a troubled past.
Feb 05, 2019•4 min
"Soul of an Octopus," by Sy Montgomery
The Lone Reader homes in on naturalist Sy Montgomery's paen to the giant pacific octopus, Soul of an Octopus . Music: Beethoven, Ludwig van Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral," Skidmore College Orchestra.
Jan 22, 2019•2 min
"Laika's Window"
The story of Laika, the Moscow mongrel turned cosmonaut, who was the first creature to orbit the earth. Music: Symphony No. 5 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Jan 17, 2019•3 min
City Chickens
Laura Faley of Hidden Meadow Ranch in Mt. Vernon, WA talks about what it takes to successfully raise chickens within within cities and suburbs in the state of Washington. Introduction by Kara Fox Music: Symphony No. 6, by Ludwig van Beethoven, Skidmore College Orchestra.
Jan 17, 2019•57 min
"The Swing Is the Thing"
Spotlighting the swing music in Everett Public Library's music collection. Ron Averill is Mr. Neutron
Jan 15, 2019•5 min
"Washington Territory," by Robert E. Ficken
The Lone Reader takes aim at Robert E. Ficken's Washington Territory: the farce and fury, fields and forests, mud and mania as wild Washington passes the veil into statehood. Music: "Missouri Waltz"
Jan 08, 2019•3 min
"Three Identical Strangers"
Alan gives "the treament" to 2018's documentary sensation T hree Identical Strangers , wherein three identical boys separated at birth, unaware of each other's existence, coincidentally reunite in college.
Jan 01, 2019•4 min
"Best of the Northwest"
Ron ruminates about his favorite 2018 PNW albums.
Dec 18, 2018•4 min
"Montana Women Homesteaders"
An audio review of Montana Women Homesteaders , edited by Sarah Carter, which tells the tragic story of the women that homesteaded alone in the desert conditions of early twentieth century Eastern Montana.
Dec 11, 2018•2 min
"Ex Libris" a film by Frederick Wiseman
Alan cracks open Everett Public Library's Kanopy streaming video service, by focusing on "Ex Libris," Frederick Wiseman's brilliant documentary about one of America's great cultural treasures: The New York Public Library.
Dec 04, 2018•6 min
Birch Pereira, Still Alive
Mr. Neutron spotlights Birch Pereira, a laid-back, yet frenetic Seattle artist who, along with his band The Gin Joints, somehow spans the chasm separating Perry Como, Johnny Horton, Fats Waller, and Artie Shaw.
Nov 20, 2018•4 min
"The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown"
The Lone Reader examines Paul Taylor's The Next America , which lays bare the ineluctable calculus of near-future retirements funded by a shrinking workforce.
Nov 13, 2018•2 min
An audio review of the film "Contemporary Color"
Alan explores the eponymously named "Contemporary Color," referring to a ballet-like artistic elaboration of the flag-bearing marchers that perform at half-time shows of sporting events. The film focuses on a competition held in New York at the instigation of David Byrne, the multi-level genius that fronted for Talking Heads.
Nov 06, 2018•5 min
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