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Beyond Netflix And Tivo: Rethinking Hbo Through The Archive, Shayne Pepper
Beyond Netflix And Tivo: Rethinking Hbo Through The Archive, Shayne Pepper
Communication, Media and Theatre Faculty Publications
As you read this, someone out there is writing an essay about HBO. We hear them every year at SCMS and NCA, and our inboxes continually receive the CFPs for edited collections on the series of the moment. Though this work is often important and insightful, it is true that as HBO approaches its forty-year anniversary much of this work has focused on the last ten years of programming – all but ignoring the first thirty. As we continually try to keep up with new content, we must not ignore the crucial history of HBO’s early years and all that …
Joanna Newsom Covers In The Blogosphere, Shayne Pepper
Joanna Newsom Covers In The Blogosphere, Shayne Pepper
Communication, Media and Theatre Faculty Publications
Joanna Newsom’s 2004 album, The Milk-Eyed Mender, was released at a time when music blogs were reaching new levels of popularity within certain sections of music and online communities. During this time, songs from nearly every high profile indie rock release seemed to find their way onto music blogs (often, to the chagrin of the music industry, far before slated release dates). Newsom’s songs were no exception – she was often something of a hot topic on blogs like Stereogum, My Old Kentucky Blog, Brooklyn Vegan, Gorilla vs. Bear, and numerous others. Over a relatively short time these music blogs …