Episode 719: Straining for Sublimity
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle the phenomenon of the guitar solo: What it means, and whether it has a place in modern music.
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Sublimity on Overthinking It
Overthinking The Fall 2009 TV Lineup: Glee
Far and away the most anticipated show of the fall is Fox’s Glee, a glossy musical about the misadventures of a rag-tag high school show choir. There is much to overthink here.
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Super Smash Bible
Can Nintendo characters make EVERYTHING more fun?
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The Idea of Order in “Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda”
Oh! Blessed rage for order, swarthy Sorbo…
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Milkshake etymology
Interesting article in USA Today (of all places) delving into the There Will Be Blood milkshake line: [Director P. T.] Anderson concedes that he’s puzzled by the phenomenon — particularly because the lines came straight from a transcript he found … Continued
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The ANSiversary
The crew at Overthinking It are committed to reflecting thoughtfully on even the most crass of cultural phenomena. We’re like doctors: you can tell us all your embarrassing secrets. We will nod sagely, and prescribe a cream you can put … Continued
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At Least You’re Not Tom Cruise Crazy
I didn’t know about Eugene Mirman before he came through New Haven a couple years ago. His show alternated live bits with videos he had made. One of these, Eugene Mirman: Secret Agent, contained the memorable threat: “I’m gonna kick … Continued
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Overthinking It (Rambo Week Postscript)
No sooner did I finish my weeklong series on Rambo than I came across this little corner of the blogosphere, and I think it, as much as anything else, helps me clarify why I bothered to do a weeklong series … Continued
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overlistening: I Missed The Bus (Kris Kross-1992)
I’ve always appreciated the honesty of this song. Rather than the posturing and posing that characterized much of 1990s hip-hop, I always believed Daddy Mac and Mac Daddy wrote about what they knew on this track- no gangsta posturing, no … Continued
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There Will Be Radiohead
So let’s talk about the music. As you probably know, the score is by Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood (the musical equivalent of stunt casting) and it’s gotten a lot of press for that reason alone. But Greenwood has serious chops … Continued
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