Michael-Patrick Harrington's Blog, page 33
March 22, 2021
HAIM rules!
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March 19, 2021
Zac Snyder’s Proposed Five-Part Trilogy
An interesting look of what might have been if Zak Snyder had been allowed to finish his “five-part trilogy”…SPOILERS AHEAD – if you haven’t yet watched the 4-hour Zak Snyder’s Justice League, read no further! 
Zack Snyder Explains That Enigmatic ‘Justice League’ Ending The director on the conclusion to the #SnyderCut, which sets up two movies that may never be made.
Zack Snyder Explains That Enigmatic ‘Justice League’ Ending The director on the conclusion to the #SnyderCut, which sets up two movies that may never be made.
And a nice Chianti
If you are a fan of The Silence of the Lambs, this dual interview with Jodie Foster & Anthony Hopkins will thrill you. I had forgotten that it had swept the Oscars: Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Director, & Adapted Screenplay.
Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins on the Legacy of ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ Thirty years ago, a lionhearted FBI trainee went to a cannibalistic killer for advice. Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins discuss how Clarice and Hannibal Lecter changed pop culture.
March 17, 2021
“It’s time to make an exception to the filibuster rule”
“As Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist 22, ‘To give a minority a negative upon the majority (which is always the case where more than a majority is requisite to a decision), is, in its tendency, to subject the sense of the greater number to that of the lesser.’ [The Founding Fathers] knew such built-in obstruction could doom a republic.”
The Case Against the Filibuster The procedural maneuver, long used by Senate minorities to block civil rights legislation, is now poised to stop democracy reforms supported by broad majorities. If the Senate is to be responsive to the popular will, the filibuster must go. 
Stacey Abrams: It’s time to make an exception to the filibuster rule Stacey Abrams writes that nothing is more essential to the durability of our democracy than the ability to vote. Protection of that right has only one champion empowered to make it so -- the US Congress. The House has spoken. Now, she says, the Senate must lead.
March 13, 2021
R.E.M.’s Out of Time
How R.E.M. Invented the Nineties With ‘Out of Time’ A look back at the album that changed everything about the band’s story, and presaged the whole decade to come
March 12, 2021
A Long December
Adam Duritz from the Counting Crows may look different, but he sounds great!
Metallica Celebrates ‘Master of Puppets’ Anniversary on ‘Colbert’ Band performed “Battery” on The Late Show
R.E.M.’s 15 Greatest Music Videos R.E.M. embraced the music video form like few other bands in rock history. Over the course of three decades, the band released over 70 clips, ranging from arty short films to blockbuster videos tha…
Here’s *exactly* how dumb the mask debate has become In case you’ve been on another planet this week -- in which case, can I come along!?!? -- know that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves lifted the mask mandates in their states.
Sharon Van Etten Announces epic Ten Covers Album Featuring Fiona Apple, Lucinda Williams, and More Big Red Machine’s take on “A Crime” leads the anniversary edition of Van Etten’s 2010 LP
