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112 - Stop Making Sense
The lads interrupt their incessant flippy-floppy making with slippery people as they get a job trying to make sense of Jonathan Demme and Talking Heads’ landmark concert film: Stop Making Sense. Topics include the contentious history of Talking Heads, the empathetic filmmaking of Jonathan Demme, and the enduring power of this once in a lifetime Gen X party that ain’t no party and sure as hell ain’t no disco.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Stop Making Sense. Dir. Jonathan Demme. 1984.
- Burning down the house by David Bowman. Salon, December 3rd, 2003.
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