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Frequencies Episode 11: It's 2016! 

It’s 2016, and most of the people I know are currently watching a sports event that I don’t really care about, so I decided to record a podcast episode. 

Things I’m geeking out about: 

  • Colony 
  • Agent Carter 
  • DC’s Legends of Tomorrow 

Star Wars The Force Awakens 

  • Saw it 3 times and read the book 
  • Erased the stench of the prequels 
  • Start of a new trilogy with new characters 
  • It’s broken nearly all the box-office records at this point, so there’s not much more I can say about it 
  • I will say, though, that the biggest critique I have heard is that it has the same basic story points as “A New Hope.” This may be true, but I think it makes sense, given the fact that JJ Abrams needed to make a movie to bring in a new generation of Star Wars fans. My guess is that the next film in the new trilogy will go into new territory.


David Bowie 

  • My “Ashes To Ashes” cover: https://soundcloud.com/michaeljjohnson/ashes-to-ashes-a-tribute-to-david-bowie 
  • 1st Bowie tune I ever heard: Fame 
  • Scary Monsters era 
  • Bowie was the type of artist you rarely see anymore. He was constantly changing, and never stuck with the same sound or style for more than a few records.  
  • He didn’t really become a superstar until “Let’s Dance,” and that was just another phase of his career. 
  • At the height of his fame, he released a record with a band called Tin Machine, without giving himself star billing. 
  • Work with Trent Reznor  
  • Bowie/9 Inch Nails Tour 
  • “Afraid of Americans” 
  • Final album “Blackstar” was basically about his death. It was musically adventurous, yet it reached back into his past as well, incorporating styles from some of his earlier periods.  
  • He was an uncompromising artist until the day he died. 

X-Files 

  • New 6-episode miniseries tonight 
  • I’ve been a fan since the beginning 
  • The show basically created the template for the modern genre series, with an over-arching mythology that ran from beginning to end. Each season was a mix of mythology-heavy episodes and “Monster of the Week” episodes. 
  • Some people don’t necessarily like the mythology episodes, but I always did. 
  • At the same time, I had developed an interest in conspiracy theories, and it was fascinating to see them depicted in the show. 
  • This was the first show that got me interested in the showrunner as auteur
  • Some great writers came out of this room, including Vince Gilligan and Frank Spotnitz
  • Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny 
  • AD Skinner, The Cigarette Smoking Man, Alex Krychek, Max, the alien abductee from NICAP, the Lone Gunmen
  • X-Files nights at Miami 
  • In the last couple of seasons, since they had tied up so much of the mythology, I think they started running out of ideas. But I am a fan of Agents Doggett and Reyes, especially since I think both actors were far superior to Duchovny. 

My top 10 X-Files episodes, in chronological order: 

  1. S1, episode 2: "Deep Throat"
  2. S1, ep 17: "EBE"
  3. S2, ep 25: “Anasazi” 
  4. S3, ep 2: “Paper Clip” 
  5. S3, ep 20: “Jose Chung’s From Outer Space.” 
  6. S4 ep7: “Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man” 
  7. S5 ep 3: “Unusual Suspects” 
  8. S5 ep 12: “Bad Blood” - 
  9. S6, ep 4&5, “Dreamland, parts 1 and 2” 
  10. S6, ep 14: “Monday”

01/24/2016

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Frequencies Episode 9: Listen To This You Must! 

In episode 9 of “Frequencies,” Michael J. Johnson briefly talks about the new season of the podcast “Serial,” followed by a rumination on his Star Wars fandom, the merits of the original trilogy, and the corresponding lack of merit in the prequels. how notes are available at http://michaeljjohnsonmusic.com/blog.

12/15/2015

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