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Murmur Digital Radio
by The Modern School of Film
Where craft meets culture. Hosted by The Modern School of Film’s Robert Milazzo, Murmur is a prescient tour through our sight and sound culture; featuring scenes, songs, and an array of guest tour-guides from all sides of the brain. See you there.
Episodes
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Murmur 111 : Geof Darrow and Steve Skroce | "The Matrix @20"
We continue to talk about the movies that bother us. World-building has been strangely silent since The Matrix (1999), a concept originally left for dead, pushed forward into standard by will, belief, and a corps of indelible artists. Geof Darrow and Steve Skroce - two craftspeople first to join...
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Murmur 110 : Chuck Palahniuk | "Fight Club" @20
Oh, f'it, let’s actually talk about the film FIGHT CLUB @ Twenty - still the smartest delinquent in the room - with the man whose book-as-rolling-ball-of-art-and-confusion began a movie birthed by an apropos society of full-throated artists: Chuck Palahniuk. The film still can’t drink, but it’s…
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Murmur 109 : Henry Rollins | In:Pictures
Henry Rollins — Professor Emeritus, The Modern School of Film — joins us in lovely, lovely Lima, Peru to triptych his life in three acts (i.e. three films) and continue our journey In:Pictures. His selections are as raw and ready-made as Henry; one indie, one Epic, one film family-photo one would...
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Murmur Meta : Wesley Snipes
Once upon an art-form, the term "classically trained" meant something. For better and for worse. Wesley Snipes is the former, and we're the former for it. Dr. Snipes joined us in Monaco to look back and ahead at his range, his craftsmanship and, most importantly, to teach us how to take a punch....
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Murmur 108 : Ingrid Michaelson | Now That's Totally Cool, Almost
Like the man sang, "It's never over". More than an 80's-lyric, though, while function is transient, what form's us, eternal. And gift-able. Singer/writer Ingrid Michaelson tiles the walls of both her home and her art with love and legacies that neither date, nor diminish. What transports her is…
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Murmur 106 : Adam Gardner & Lauren Sullivan "Calm Sprinting"
We've all asked where things come from; so, let's leap-frog that by asking where they go -- "somewhere" is not the right answer. Two from the frontline, though, know. Partners in life and in use -- Adam Gardner (who has been moonlighting with Guster for 20 years) and Lauren Sullivan (who had us…
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Murmur 105 : Matt Berninger of The National "The Freedom Of Dizziness"
Few states deadlock past/present/future in an immediacy all too real. And, though its sources constipate , its feels can softly (and not) extend into frontiers of fear, panic, paranoia, dread; and, in doses, motivation and movement. It lives with us, is not us, but is all about us. Matt Berninger...
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Murmur 103 : Walter Hill "The State Of The Western"
If ever a genre was meant to appear, cloud, clear — then cloud again — it's the Western. Since it's birth, this most cinematic of forms has been chalked-up as storytelling scavenger, dusted, and left for dead, all ‘round the same campfire; only to see the most majestic of practitioners defending...
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Murmur 101 : Jeffrey Toobin "The Frankenstein School"
Let's agree, it's advisable to not get your news from your art. Your art from your news, though? A longer story. At its height, art is a transposition of our existence in metaphor, in relief; never in reality. Jeffrey Toobin (CNN, The New Yorker) has uniquely messengered the Real for both…
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Murmur 100 : Michael Rooker "More Is More"
Murmur at 100! Everything is everywhere. If you want to know it, hear it, celebrate it or drag it — it’s around. 24/7. Weekends, too. Ideas never sleep. For too few, such is the moment where a curiosity can be satisfied, or a bet settled. For too many, access has never been more accessible, nor...
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Murmur 99 : Yaphet Kotto "Slip Away From Your Life"
A small handful of moments tie past, present, future in one. Leaving your work is such a matter. And when Art is your work, the conversation contaminates, beautifully. Groundbreaking actor Yaphet Kotto is not a reminisce'er by nature, but is he a retiree? And in a profession where one is arguably...
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Murmur 98 : Doris Burke "Wounds From A Friend"
Few words have as many synonyms -- feedback, advice, counsel, opinion, review, evaluation, coaching, teaching; so on. None are the final say, though; and many, contrary to common belief, come from a light place. In a 30 year career, ESPN's Doris Burke has managed to harness said light amidst a...
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Murmur 97 : Ian MacKaye "Some Kind of Dinosaur"
Subject : The Record. What do we leave behind? Everything. All those things we said and did and touched and felt. Our wake in our wake. Our record. Ian MacKaye (Fugazi, Minor Threat) has been recording for decades; authoring, observing and riding the record as it ever spins. We want that name…
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Murmur 96 : Angie Dickinson “An Itch In Time”
A look back — a peek, not a stare — is the rudiment of progress. If we acknowledge humanity, art, culture, history, sex, athletics, politics et al are all in motion, so it stands that we develop as we develop; a greatest (and less-so) hits of the times we contain. Angie Dickinson - iconic…
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Murmur 95 : James Carville "We're Also Out Of Coffee"
Crying-wolf is all the rage. Danger being, lightening bugs have nothing in common with lightening, so people are typically too late to crisis. Thus, when strum and drang is our ring-tone, we need to revisit what deserves action and what deserves a cable cut. Strategist/Consultant/Teacher James...
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Murmur 94 : Brandon Boyd "The Top Of The Sandbox"
Subject : Curiosity. You'll like this, it's pass/fail; or, rather, fail/pass. You either have this or you don't. You either are this or y'aren't. Yes, it can be transferred; but, it's best when encouraged or environments allow for it. You can't fake it, and it's far different than either…
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Murmur 93 : Stephen Mangan "Bob's Your Content"
Subject : How Content Reflects Culture. There are limitless roads one many follow to pre-divine a culture - political, educational, infrastructural, even culinary. Amongst paths we've employed, one standard, hypnotic, vexing version is to simply open our eyes; particularly when we travel,...
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Murmur 92 : Serj Tankian "Danger, Incorporated"
SUBJECT : RISK Our boldest actions lie in the eye of the beholder. Seldom do the doers of deeds self identify - such is the case with risk and its takers. Let's prove our case to Serj Tankian (System of a Down) defier of stop signs he's blind to. Be it personal, political, cultural, artistic,...
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Murmur 91 : Jonathan Coulton "Band of Insiders"
SUBJECT : COMMUNITY Arguably no word or concept sounds more above inspection than Community. So, of course, let's go. Jonathan Coulton has sought out, been part of, builds, and guides his very "own" Community. Sounds great. It is. But there are privileges that can to advantages and onward towards...
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Murmur 90 : Johnny Marr "The Rowboat Meets The Road"
SUBJECT : COLLABORATION Our most-requested subject/topic/tool/albatross, present in everything we do, do all the time. Some humans readily concede this premise, others are sluggish studies. One artist who might prefer to be remembered as a collaborator-above-all is legendary band leader and…
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Murmur 89 : Neko Case "That Cuckoo Clock Feeling"
Topic : HARMONY. When sounds come together and form sound, the ear is intrigued. On-alert for no good reason other than its encounter with sonic perfection. Harmony is that perfection. Harmony is hermetic - lacking either panic or uncertainty - as there is usually safety in number. Neko Case…
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Murmur 88 : Alexis Krauss "Just Fucking Teach"
TOPIC: Learning to Teach – We've concluded that teaching is no more than exploring a series of opposites: Talking/Listening, Acting/Reacting, Translating/Declaring, Planning/Improvising, Progressing/Remaining, Macro/Micro, Global/Local, Inside/Outside, Human/Inhumane, Art/Science. Have we covered...
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Murmur 87 : Tyler Bates "Demolished, By Design"
The Invisible Composer. As competition for our visual receptors is at an all-time-high, are we forgetting to hear the score? Be it large or small screen. Or are we simply unable to locate it? In either case, forgive us as there is currently a run on cerebral noise in our moving imagery: oversized...
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Murmur 85 : Tom Scharpling "Full Battle Prattle"
When Conversation Is Art. In an age where rhetoric is mistaken for communication, let's spare a thought for times we've spoken, been heard, then returned such favor with our own. Now, take a moment and count how many of those moments you've had, recently. Finished counting, already? Us, too.…
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Murmur 84 : John Darnielle "My Own Private Iowa"
Hometown Art & Artists. Let's explore the fuel, fate, and fascination of the artist who lives and creates outside of "traditional" centers of art; such as New York, London, Los Angeles, Paris, Tokyo and elsewhere. Do artists who defy these hubs of creative traffic do themselves a vocational...
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Murmur 83 : Mike Patton "Forever '22"
WORLD PREMIERE : Mike Patton. We are honored to present both the World Premiere of a track from Mike's unforgettable score to the film "1922" -- a script adapted from the novella by Stephen King -- and to talk cinephilia with one of the great living polymathic plumbers. To be able to visit Movie...
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Murmur 82 : Pete Tong "Club Darwin"
The DJ. Certain figures, certain forms, certain words survive in time because they were simply great from the jump. The DJ has gone from "great idea" to "transcendental figure" in no time. And, as the age of curation only strengthens, so shall the spell this hybrid artist...
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Murmur 81 : of Montreal's Kevin Barnes "The Secret To Cement"
Identity. The classic ideal of identity is a detriment. The Stoics should have been more clear -- yes, "Know Thyself"; however, know that you are the sum total of multiple compounds, not merely a carrier identity. Kevin Barnes knows this. His many faces, styles, curiosities, sounds, stories,...
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Murmur 80 : Frankie Poullain of The Darkness "Better Than Francis"
The Rockstar. Certain ideas need to be revisited; surprisingly, this is one. It is our p.c. culture that's taken it from us? Is it our long-overdue examination of what allowances artistic professionals are granted? Or, is it that everyone now is called a "Rockstar" except Rockstars? Only one...
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Murmur 78 : U-GOD of Wu-Tang Clan "Put The Flag In My Hand"
Legacy. A maddening topic, typically deflected. Perhaps, as with cats, there are far too many variables to manage; rather, as with Rashomon, no two people see their legacies, let alone those of others, similarly. To make matters more vexing, when one's legacy is connected to nine other Killa Beez...
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Murmur 77 : Paul Auster "An Omelette About Me"
Art as Autobiography. Consider the source of all painting, cinema, music, performance, and literature. Genre notwithstanding. The source is Self. Life. Details, echos, remembrances and references of our "real" life, midwifed into creation. Conscious or not, narrative or not -- art is always about...
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Murmur 76 : Guy Maddin "The Stupidest Man At Harvard (In Praise of Beloved Aunt Li'l)"
SUBJECT : TEACHING FILM The Modern School of Film presents Murmur 76 : Guy Maddin "The Stupidest Man At Harvard (In Praise of Beloved Aunt Li'l)" Download A subject uniquely-near to us. Can film be taught? Yes. Should film be taught? That's up to the instructor. An instructor we'd never let down…
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Murmur 75 : José González "They Choose Where We Live"
The Artist-as-Parent. Singer/songwriter/musician José González provides us an exclusive, beyond-rare opportunity to share his (and Mom's) navigation of the early months, hours, days, and seconds of their baby Laura's life. Do artist/parents read "how-to" books or are they uniquely intuitive? To...
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Murmur 74 : Efrim Menuck "A Gift That Grows Quickly"
Faith. In all forms. Secular, religious; man-made and ephemeral. What gets you out of bed, everyday? Efrim Menuck (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mount Zion) reviews his own journey in-and-out-of Faith. Totems useful and elusive. Is religious-faith the only kind possess-able? In the...
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Where craft meets culture. Hosted by The Modern School of Film’s Robert Milazzo, Murmur is a prescient tour through our sight and sound culture; featuring scenes, songs, and an array of guest tour-guides from all sides of the brain. See you there.
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