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Behind the Marquee: Bonus - "#Filmstruck4"
A deleted scene pulled from Episode 4: Nick, Caitlin, and Ariel talk about the four films that define them.
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Behind The Marquee: Episode 4 - "Ariel Went to Cleveland and Big Cinetopia Updates!"
Nick, Caitlin, and Ariel sit down to talk about the Cleveland International Film Festival before getting into details about this year's Cinetopia lineup, including our exciting Opening Night premiere! Plus, their Movie Magic Moments of the week.
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Behind The Marquee: Episode 3 - Diving Into The Art House Convergence And MoviePass
Nick, Caitlin, Sarah, and Makenzie discuss the role and history of the Art House Convergence, the worldwide alliance of independent theaters started at the Michigan, and get into the pros and cons of the subscription-based ticketing phenomenon known as MoviePass.
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#47 Ann Arbor Stories: The Billboard Bandits
The shrill, biting, staccato whine of a chainsaw pierces the cold, night air. Thud. Another billboard falls to the ground along a highway in southern Michigan.
An estimated 167 billboards in all—cut, chopped, and chainsawed—along highways throughout Michigan, mostly in the vicinity of Ann Arbor. The papers called this group The Billboard Bandits. But they weren't the only ones terrorizing good old fashioned marketers in town.
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Inside WCBN: Cameron Bothner
WCBN is a radio station that provides the daily soundtrack for many Ann Arbor community members. DJ Cameron Bothner stops in to discuss the value of student leadership within the station, the station's role in getting to his current career, and how his dad was able to join the staff and become a DJ!
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Inside WCBN: Dr. "The Liz" Wason
Dr. "The Liz" Wason, joins us to discuss how she had landed role of the WCBN General Manager, the impacts of the 2008 financial crisis on WCBN's fundraising efforts, a bacon-dance-party, and randomly meeting John Cusack in the station lobby.
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Inside WCBN: David Talbot
WCBN DJ and web manager David Talbot shares how he has found mentors in the station community, the ways in which he sees student involvement changing, and his hopes for the university's support for the station.
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Inside WCBN: Jerry Mack
Local blues musician, Jerry Mack, sits down to discuss his history within WCBN. Jerry shares the story of how he became involved with WCBN, witnessing John Lennon's performance at the benefit for John Sinclair, how WCBN has helped him meet several blues musicians, and how he believes local music is an important component of WCBN's programming.
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Martin Bandyke Under Covers for April 2018: Martin Bandyke interviews Anthony DeCurtis, author of Lou Reed: A Life
From the publisher of Lou Reed: A Life:
As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once a source of transcendent beauty and coruscating noise, violated all definitions of genre while speaking to millions of fans and inspiring generations of musicians.
But while his iconic status may be fixed, the man himself was anything but. Lou Reed's life was a transformer's odyssey. Eternally restless and endlessly hungry for new experiences, Reed reinvented his persona, his sound, even his sexuality time and again. A man of contradictions and extremes, he was fiercely independent yet afraid of being alone, artistically fearless yet deeply paranoid, eager for commercial success yet disdainful of his own triumphs. Channeling his jagged energy and literary sensibility into classic songs - like "Walk on the Wild Side" and "Sweet Jane" - and radically experimental albums alike, Reed remained desperately true to his artistic vision, wherever it led him.
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Behind The Marquee: Episode 2 - "Farewell Awards Season and Hello Summer!"
Nick, Caitlin, and Sarah discuss the Oscars, Film Independent Spirit Awards, and what to be excited for this summer! Plus, their Movie Magic Moments of the week.