Pullbox Issue 11

Listen:
Joe Goddard, member of Hot Chip, drops a solid mix on Beats in Space.

The Do-Over sets makes you wish had some shades and sangaria vibing out, listen before the Fall colors pop.

Read:
So glad the local library has a classics section because you’ll never reach a slump revisiting or in my case taking the plunge..Erica Jong’s Fear of Flying could easily be on a banned books list, but it’s so much more than just sex.

Advise and Consent - a beast of a book. Will have to dig into the backstory.

Watch:
Audrey Mestre - The Truth Behind the Deep - chilling TV documentary on free diving.

Binge watched American Crime after hearing John Ridley on WTF with Marc Maron. Depressing, addicting, and looking forward to Season 2. Hopefully, it doesn’t do what True Detective did for its second round.

Penn and Teller Fool Us - kind of a magic showcase, however the goal is to stun some legends, which is no easy task.

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Pullbox Issue 10

Listen:
Japan is still on my travel wish list, but the folks behind ExtraClassic have some excellent mixtape selections.
Will have to check out more Major Grave mixes after the Dublin Boiler Room mix.

Read:
The Tao Te Ching is one of those books, I’ll likely re-visit for the rest of my life.
Watch:
The Tig documentary and her Showtime special Knock Knock - great comedy insight.
That Nina Simone documentary, heartbreaking.
The other heartbreaking music documentary - Amy (Winehouse).

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Pullbox Issue 9

Listen:
Arabic Funk - Yes, more please - Habibi mix series
Always fire, Lucky Me fam S-Type drops a Fact Mag Mix.
Anything with Underground Resistance means you got to listen to it, even when UR Presents, again another killer Boiler Room set.

Read:
The book vs movie debate means nothing when you read Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief. When an New Yorker article gets a chance to sprawl into a book, then it’s going into the queue.
Steve Earle on In Cold Blood makes you appreciate Capote even more.

Watch:
My weak spot for docu-cooking shows continues with Mind of a Chef, binged on the Sean Brock and Ed Lee’s episodes. Makes you want to go a food journey through the South.

92 Y has some great talks and makes you really jealous that these talks don’t happen anywhere except New York. But thank goodness for the Internet. Malcolm Gladwell and Brian Grazer do some great name dropping, but breakdown why these people are worth name dropping. Gladwell drops some journalism gems that are worth re-visiting for folks in the throes of work.

The BAFTA Screenwriters Lecture series - heavyweights, like seeing a beautiful jab.

Pullbox Issue 8

Listen:
Waajeed Boiler Room set - Detroit in the House!
Another Boiler Room set worth checking - DJ Pone in Paris!
Joe DeFranco’s podcast will make you want pump iron.

Read:
Wow, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. A classic book, I should have read sooner.
Great profile on Nic Pizzolatto in Vanity Fair, True Detective fans attention.

Watch:
Chris Weidman - Singular Focus - on par with UFC’s Embedded and Countdown series.
Dope - fun summer coming of age movie. Like a mix of Better Luck Tomorrow and The Wackness.

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Pullbox Issue 7

Listen:
The always on-point DJ Craze put together a great set on DataTransmissionTV. 

Caught the finale to Flying Lotus' BBC residency with J-Rocc, so will play catch up with the past episodes.

On the queue list - Jaime XX on Gilles Peterson.

Read:
Maron's WTF podcast with Kim Gordon was a tad bit of letdown because she kept saying "it's in the book," and really is in the book. Girl in a Band lands easily on one of my favorite memoirs/music books of the year.

Watch:
Trying to stay away from binge watching, but Chef's Table on Netflix has 6 episodes and 5 of them are worth scarfing down. 

Jeff Ross Roasts Criminals in Brazos County Jail is a trojan horse for prison reform advocacy. Yes, nearly everyone deserves a second chance.

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee has another serving of episodes. Hopefully, Seinfeld never gets tired of doing it because it's one of the best web series of all time.

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