PopaHALLics #109 "Start Making Sense"
Steve experienced the re-release of the restored "greatest concert film of all time," "Stop Making Sense." Just in time for "spooky season," Kate talks about two indigenous horror novels. And don't forget the home invasion thriller with 1 line of dialogue!
In Theaters:
- "Stop Making Sense." Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme ("Silence of the Lambs") and the Talking Heads directed this 1984 movie with arty staging and everyone playing with "intense energy and joy" (Steve).
Streaming:
- "Virgin River," Netflix. When you're in the mood for a soapy drama where you don't have to think too much, this show's for you! Kate kinda likes it.
- "No One Will Save You," Hulu. What's a girl (Kaitlin Dever) to do when skinny grey bug-eyed aliens try to invade her her remote home? Fight back, of course.
Books:
- "White Horse," by Erika T. Wurth. In this horror novel, an Indigenous woman must face her past when she discovers a bracelet haunted by her mother’s spirit.
- "Bad Cree," by Jessica Johns. A young Cree woman’s dreams force her to confront a legacy of violence on her family, community and their land in this gripping, horror-laden debut.
- "So You Wanna Be a Rock and Roll Star," by Jacob Slichter. The drummer for Semisonic describes their wild ride to a #1 hit ("Closing Time") and how the music business worked in the 1990s. ("Money, money, money, MON-ey!")
- "Small Mercies," by Dennis Lehane. Against the backdrop of racially-charged school integration in 1974 Boston, tough Southie broad Mary Pat Fennessy goes looking for her missing daughter in this acclaimed novel.
Music:
Our Popahallics #109 Playlist features songs from the Talking Heads' "Stop Making Sense" soundtrack and Minneapolis trio Semisonic, the subject of the book "So You Wanna Be a Rock and Roll Star."