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Colin Stetson knew he wanted to be a performer at a very early age. When it was time to choose an instrument in school, he picked the saxophone. Over the years he has worked extensively live and in studio with a wide range of bands and musicians including Tom Waits, Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, TV On The Radio, Feist, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, LCD Soundsystem, and David Gilmore. Meanwhile he has developed an utterly unique voice as a soloist, principally on saxophones and clarinets, his intense technical prowess matched by his exhilarating and emotionally gripping skills as a songwriter. Recently, he’s been asked to compose scores for Hereditary, Blue Caprice, and Hulu’s The First. His music has also been featured in Electric Dreams, The Rover, Bad Times at the El Royale, Arrival, and 12 Years a Slave. If you enjoyed this interview, join thousands of viewers for the new YouTube series, Creative Principles, which dissects new films, series, and more: bit.ly/2FARJz5
James Ransone doesn’t like to talk about himself. He also doesn’t like to talk about acting. This might have been a disastrous interview except that his expressed frustration at having to speak about these things actually spawned an interesting and raw conversation about acting. I first noticed Ransone in the role of Ziggy in Season 2 of “The Wire.” He went on to star in the HBO miniseries “Generation Kill,” and in movies like “Sinister,” “Tangerine” and Spike Lee's “Oldboy” remake. This year he played an astronaut in Hulu's “The First” and he's now shooting “IT Chapter 2.” His direct, non-filtered responses to my questions (some of which he downright rejects) are bound to give you lots to ponder about this elusive and wondrous endeavor, and, if you're like me, leave you wanting to hear more from Mr. Ransone.
This week, TVZ discusses the return of Doctor Who, Netflix's Maniac, and Hulu's The First, the news of the week, a commentary on the third season of the Expanse from Steve Lee, and tons more.
In episode 3 of this freshly-dubbed "comedy" podcast, Kelly and Darek re-vist the concept of "thirsty", workshop alternative podcast concepts, discuss the unfortunate affliction of verbal diarrhea, touch on Hulu's "The First" and go deep to examine The Sutherland Dilemma.
From a Californian satellite and the retirement of the Delta II to Hayabusa and Opportunity updates, it's been a busy couple of weeks. Plus, a review of Hulu's *The First.*
We got a bunch of movie and TV news this week and most of it was a big ol' mess. But first Valerie, Tatiana and Angela do our first feedback section (2:00). Then we deal with Henry Cavill leaving Superman behind (4:50), American Gods Season 2 looking grim (20:20), as well as more information on Venom, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and His Dark Materials (32:45, except the last one's not a mess at all!). Moving onto more composed topics, Valerie gives her review of Hulu's The First (48:50) while Tatiana and Angela debut The Krama Corner (1:06:45) with discussion of the recently concluded My ID is Gangnam Beauty, the long-concluded Wok of Love and the newborn baby that is 100 Days My Prince. This, of course, leads to the twentieth discussion of age gaps in media (1:21:10), but we promise we say something new this time!
We talked: *Eminem's kamikaze. *Mumble rappers. *Louis C.K is back. *Ozrak season 2. *American animals. T.V: *Preacher. Outline: *Child's Play remake gives Chucky a new origin. *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood find it's Charles Manson. Trailers: *The First man. *Hulu's The First. *Peppermint "Justice" featurette. *The Predator final red band trailer.