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Flickering Waves
by Terry A. East
A pop culture podcast that looks at music, movies and TV and memories sparked or preserved by them. We'll look into the past, the present and the infinite points in between.
Episodes
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Episode 31 - Do I Have To Come Right Out & Say It
Since Pan's Labyrinth was deemed to be the 39th movie Terry would watch this year, he decided to focus on foreign films for this episode. Just over half of these titles can be streamed on the Criterion Channel. Also discussed are the last couple of films he saw on the big screen including…
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Episode 30 - Greatness Yet To Come
Continuing the format of the last episode, Terry reviews the first fourteen movies he saw during February 2020. This batch is a little heavier on revisiting movies especially as Valentine's Day approached. However, genre-twisted romances were on order as the day got closer. For streaming fans,...
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Episode 29 - 39
In an effort to back the podcast, Terry is discussing the movies that he watched during the month of January. This is also going to serve the request of a co-worker who wishes that Terry would watch a particular film. That film, mentioned in this episode, will be the 39th movie that Terry watches...
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E28 - Walking To New Orleans (PRT '18)
The heart of this episode is a discussion of Jim Jarmusch's third film, Down By Law. Released in 1986, its stars much like their characters in the movie have taken unique paths since this film. Some have stayed together while others have gone their separate ways. Terry tries to discuss this and...
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Episode 27 - Let's Go Away For Awhile
The return of the podcast after a lengthy time away brings the listener a review of the year that was and the year ahead in both movies and music. Naturally, this is shot through Terry's favorites from both. In both cases, Terry even gets fanciful about possible but unlikely returns (at least…
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Episode 26 - Got To Get Better In A Little While
Terry found himself revisiting the catalogue of Eric Clapton back in April. Once he heard that tour dates were getting rescheduled due to illness, it seemed like a good time to share a list of some of the deeper cuts before they could possibly become part of a posthumous tribute to the guitar...
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Episode 25 - Low Budget
This is a mad dash of a week for the podcast. If all goes to plan, this is the first of three episodes in the days leading up to Record Store Day 2017. This installment deals with seven records that Terry bought over the years that were infinitely better than the low, low prices paid for them…
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Episode 24 - Hey Nineteen
This episode features an unique discussion of the 1998 film Next Stop Wonderland starring Hope Davis and directed by Brad Anderson. As we are one year from the 20th anniversary of the film, Terry didn't want to do a regular breakdown of the film. There are likely spoilers in this episode but one...
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Episode 23 - Tell Me When Did Things Go So Wrong
This is a relatively short episode of the podcast to bring the machinery back up to speed for more episodes in 2017. The time away was just that. Thought was given to hanging it up but as long as the downloads keep happening, there will be more but there is no guarantee of the frequency. So…
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Night of the Creeps (Halloween 2016 - Part 3)
For this final installment of the three-part Halloween jamboree, Terry has some last minute horrifying suggestions for Halloween or simply some horror-related suggestions for any time of the year. Many of these are available thru the Fandor streaming service while others are Blu-Rays that Terry…
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Halloween (Halloween 2016 - Part 2)
We have a brief discussion of thirteen additional recommendations. Most are available to stream on Hulu right now while some of the others are from Terry's stack of things to watch (or things that have been watched) this Halloween season. This list tries to add some more family friendly…
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Horror Pictures (Halloween 2016 - Part 1)
After some lengthy and emotionally heavier episodes, Terry wanted to reflect on the season and tap into his Halloween spirits. Includes here are suggestions and recommendations that can be considered (with some caveats in some cases) for October. Some are movies that can be found on various...
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Episode 22 - Watch Out For Me Ronnie
This is a discussion of Terry's favorite movie of all time, the 1966 classic from Ray Dennis Steckler entitled Rat Pfink A Boo Boo (not a typo). In doing so, the episode is twice as long as the movie. But this is a podcast so naturally, there is much more to be discussed in this episode including...
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Episode 21 - Don't Give Up
Much like the album that is the subject of this episode of the podcast, this may prove to be the most personal episode to date. This despite or perhaps because of efforts to overstate non-essential points and understate the essential ones. But what is intended as an overview of the 1986 classic...
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Episode 20 - I Can't Keep From Talking
Taking inspiration from the Jeff Tweedy penned song, Terry explores the wild, wonderful of music both in its physical and digital formats with some discussion on vinyl and multi-channel sound as well as whatever might have crossed his mind while thinking about the above topics. In other words, if...
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Episode 19 - Speakin' Out
In the longest solo cast so far, Terry tries to discuss the how and why of movie going for him. As it turns out, there is quite of who and what to be told here too which means that the surface is barely scratched. However, there are discussions of the theatrical and home video experiences as well...
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Episode 18 - Do It Good (with special guest Joel G. Robertson)
To mark Bill Withers' 78th birthday on July 4th, we are discussing his debut album from 1971 entitled Just As I Am. As the song Ain't No Sunshine is featured on the album, Terry talks to his friend about the song's connection to them through the movie that they made in 1999 entitled The Whole…
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Episode 17 - Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)
Revisiting the idea of the "Moonlight Feels Right" installment of the podcast, Terry tries to reflect on the Santana favorite from 1976, "Europa". However, when the song is from an artist whose works now span six decades, the main topic of discussion is easily stepped around during the episode....
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Episode 00 - I'm Gonna DJ
This is the reset installment of the podcast. We have been gone for nearly six months and I wanted to offer a brief explanation and look ahead to the rest of 2016. The preview is mostly cryptic teasing but if you want more cryptic teasing or better still declarations of what we will talk about…
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Episode 16 - O Holy Night
So my editor is on vacation which may be good as this episode probably would have not happened if they were here. This is an episode that could only come together when no proper time has been given to it. In this episode, Terry reflects on one of his recent pop culture holiday traditions, "The...
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Episode 15 - When It All Comes Down
This return of the podcast was inspired by a musical discovery from this past summer. This discovery led to a lengthy YouTube/internet search and ultimately a chance to finally talk about cover songs. This intended-as-a-mini-episode but instead became a gluttonous epic of an episode was also...
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Episode 14.5 - Star Wars
Since Wilco was the subject of Episode 14 and they decided to drop a surprise album onto the internet only days after Terry's birthday, he thought it was worth revisiting Wilco in this quick, dirty (only in terms of production) episode of the podcast. In it, Terry gives his initial impressions on...
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Episode 14 - That's Not The Issue
As April comes to a close, this episode of the podcast covers a lot of territory. There is a brief wrap up of Terry's time at the 2015 Florida Film Festival where he watched The Little Death and Alphaville. The bulk of the discussion is about Wilco's debut album A.M. which celebrated its 20th...
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Private Investigations (2015 Florida Film Festival Getaway Part 2)
On the eve of the second and final showing of the 2015 Florida Film Festival's collection of documentary shorts entitled "8 X Very, Very Real", I'm posting my initial thoughts on these diverse and interesting shorts. My thoughts on the two features I'm seeing on the final day of the festival…
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Sailin' Shoes (2015 Florida Film Festival Getaway - Part 1)
This bonus installment of the podcast features initial thoughts on two movies screened at the 2015 Florida Film Festival, Results & Salad Days. Due to the nature of the recording setting for much of this recording, the fidelity isn't ideal but it is the best that can be provided under the...
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Episode 13 - Love & Anger
Originally intended as just a discussion of the 1990 film The Nasty Girl, this episode evolved into one of epic length. Also discussed on the podcast is the 2012 film Stories We Tell. Terry had hoped to compare and contrast two true stories told in two different methods. It is possible that more...
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Episode 12.5 - In The Engine Room
As February 2015 marked the 20th anniversary of the release of Mike Watt's first solo album, Ball-Hog or Tugboat, Terry decided not to delay his overview of Mike Watt's solo work any longer. But to cover the solo work does require an acknowledgement of Minutemen and their classic Double Nickels…
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Episode 12 - Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll Too Young To Die
As this is the first podcast of 2015, this episode tries to bridge the pop culture gap between Christmas and now. We start with a discussion of the three-night concert celebrating the 20th anniversary for New Granada Records. There are two brief discussions of movies and TV. For movies, Terry...
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Episode 10 - The Perfect Cut (White Rabbit & A Dog Named Gidget)
In what may prove to be the longest title of any episode of this podcast, Terry does explore the Negativland song that inspired the title of this episode but there is so much more. First, Terry briefly considers not talking about TV anymore then proceeds to recommend three TV series (The…
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Moonlight Feels Right
So now that summer is coming to an end (or over in many people's minds), our host reflects on the 1970's classic song Starbuck's "Moonlight Feels Right". As this was never intended as a history lesson like many of the other episodes, the AM Gold classic from Starbuck is used as a springboard for…
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Episode 9 - So Real
With this episode, this may be the closest that Terry gets to answer that dreaded question of many music fans out there, "What's your favorite album?" The discussion for this episode turns to the 1994 release from Jeff Buckley entitled Grace. Terry highlights some of the behind-the-scenes stories...
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Episode 8 - Love Is Hell
Hurricane Charley will be remembered for many things by the people who experienced its wrath when it made landfall on Friday, August 13th, 2004. Leave it to Terry to find some personal yet pop culture connection to it as he discusses Ryan Adams' album Love Is Hell also from 2004 (well, not…
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Episode 7, Part 2 - This Is Not A Test
Terry here...I'm wrapping the She & Him/M. Ward discussion (for now) with an overview of the She & Him show in Nashville from 2013 and two of the M. Ward shows from earlier this year. I can honestly say that the whole story isn't here but the largely tangential parts left out should come in handy...
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Episode 7, Part 1 - This Is Not A Test
Switching gears back to a discussion of music brings Terry to a discussion about a series of road trips that led him to see She & Him and M. Ward a combined nine times over the past seven years. Merge 20 is the heart of the discussion for this half but this discussion also covers road trips/plane...
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Episode 6 - Femme Fatale
Leaving the fictional Las Vegas and turning our sights onto a director who would spend his later years in Las Vegas, this episode features a discussion of Ray Dennis Steckler's 1969 film Body Fever. Body Fever features Steckler regulars Carolyn Brandt, Ron Haydock, Herb Robins and Gary Kent as…
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Throwback Segment - Plastic Lover
In this crossover episode of the podcast, Terry, having received a response from a request made in the days of 78th and Hard Drive, revisits a segement from Episode 6 of 78th and Hard Drive to add proper musical context to the proceedings. In other words, the wonderful folks at NCM East gave us…
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Episode 5 - This One's From The Heart
For Independence Day 2014, Terry revisits Francis Ford Coppola's 1982 film "One From The Heart" which features an Oscar-nominated Song Score from Tom Waits. Mr. Coppola chose to follow up Apocalypse Now with the simple love story of Hank and Frannie (Frederic Forrest and Teri Garr). A production...
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Episode 4 - A Big Fan of the Pigpen
Attempts at being flowery about a rock record are definitely contained within. This, being posted in the final moments of June 21st, is a reflection on Guided By Voices' 1994 indie classic Bee Thousand which celebrates its 20th anniversary on the aforementioned day. There are some thoughts on the...
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Episode 3 - Senses Working Overtime
The aftermath of Record Store Day left Terry overwhelmed in the best possible way. This episode explores the variety of music that came his way over roughly a four-to-six week period. As the title of the episode would suggest, XTC does play a small part. However, that Skylarking reissue is...
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Episode 2 - Tenement
Shifting away from TV and over to music, Terry takes aim at a favorite song, The Coctails' Tenement from 1993's Long Sound, the band's third full-length release. Knowing that most are unfamiliar with this band, Terry goes into a not-so-brief history of the band's first five years which Terry got...
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Episode 0 - It's The End of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Heading out into the podcast waters once again, Terry returns with a relatively brief introduction of what to expect with this new podcast, Flickering Waves, which is a look at pop culture and memories. There is a brief tease as to what to expect in the first proper episode which will start going...
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A pop culture podcast that looks at music, movies and TV and memories sparked or preserved by them. We'll look into the past, the present and the infinite points in between.
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Flickering Waves is created and hosted by Terry A. East.
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