In June we said Smell Ya Later to Tokyo Vice on HBO Max. That was the only big name to hit the bricks TV show. Here are the hits and blockbusters we enjoyed in June 2024. Some TV highlights that are #CouchWorthy. Maybe you missed em or didn’t hear about em.
Tag: Music Documentaries
#CouchWorthy: May 2024 TV Highlights
In May we said Smell Ya Later to The Girls on the Bus on HBO Max, Walker on The CW; Not Dead Yet on ABC (that title wasn’t accurate). Clearly we didn’t watch em. Here are the hits and blockbusters we enjoyed in May 2024. Some TV highlights that are #CouchWorthy. Maybe you missed em…
284 | Yourgo Artsitas (TR(ol)L: New Kids on the Block, TRL & the Chain Letter)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to director Yourgo Artsitas about his Hot Docs documentary: TR(ol)L: New Kids on the Block, Total Request Live and the Chain Letter that Changed the Internet.
#SetTheVCR: July 03-09, 2023
This week’s #SetTheVCR transforms your TV into a time machine. Behold Dungeons & Dragons, Independence Day, Wham!, a geeky celebration of 1982 and even Michael Myers comes home. Shall we visit the past while we sit in the future?
#SetTheVCR: July 26-August 1, 2020
Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
Lotta documentaries this week if only so I maintain my street rep: I keep it real. Ok, that may be terrible but these tv recommendations are not!
#TrailerAlert: All Things Must Pass
All Things Must Pass (a documentary on the rise and fall of Tower Records) is a cautionary documentary with 2 key takeaways: ~~ Takeaway #1:What has more possibilities…the present or the future? In 1999, Tower Records made $1 billion.In 2006, the company filed for bankruptcy. Surreal. In any business you typically work for today or…
Trial By Trailer: Michael Jackson’s Journey From Motown To Off The Wall
Trail By Trailer is judging a book by its cover or in this case…a movie by its trailer. Are you 100% IN or is it a Hard Pass?
Trailer Alert: Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
We’re entering a strange and unmapped area of hip hop: it’s existed long enough that it is time to look back and recognize—like tracks in the snow—just how far we’ve traversed.
Jay-Z and Q-Tp are 45 years old, two years older than Eminem. Dre is 50. It’s awfully hard for any of hip hop’s elder statesmen to convincingly rap about the mean streets. These are the breaks.
Tupac, Biggie, Jam Master Jay and J Dilla are dead. That ain’t no joke.
Hip hop is slowly deeply maturing while still struggling with its most prominent contradiction the street vs the boardroom. Like your past you can only make peace with contradictions.
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Trailer Alert: Keith Richards: Under the Influence
Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
The trailer for Under the Influence opens with remarkable self-awareness for an ancient celebrity: “I know who I am…but I realize people think Kith Richards is smoking a joint, bottle in his hand, cursing the fact that the liquor store’s closed.” That observation launches into that trademark phlegmy laugh slash cough seniors who are avid smokers possess.
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Trailer Alert: The Reflektor Tapes
I dunno if it’s gonna be sublime but it’s gonna be engaging. Just like a Neon Bible.