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Films of Films within Films…

Hellzapoppin’ (1941)

Interestingly, the narrative is almost as confusing here as in Inland Empire, but for very different reasons.

The Mistress (1992)

Is Film as serious as your life?

The other Side of the Wind (2018, kind of)

Is Life as serious as your Film?

Ed Wood (1994)

Are You Serious?

The Stunt Man (1980)

Are You Alive?

The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)

What is Real?

Atame! (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) (1989)

What is that dance?

Owning the Empire

Inland Empire should be available on either DVD or Blueray from most places at a cost of around €10 or so. At the time of writing it doesn’t seem to be available to be streamed legally.

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Gav’s personal copy of Vineland, which has been with him since the dark days of 1990…

Newspaper Articles.

* “The Novel And The Secret Police”. Peter Coviello takes a look at the novel from a 2020 perspective

* “Rereading Vineland by Thomas Pynchon” Andy Becket , The Guardian 31/07/2010

* Wikipedia Page about the Industrial Workers of the World

Sound and Vision.

* Easy Rider - ( 1969 ) Ending

* Musical References in Thomas Pynchon’s “Vineland”

A wonderfully complete youtube playlist that saved us a lot of work!

T.V., Documentaries, Interviews, etc

* Inside the mind of P.

A Swiss / German TV Doc

* Thomas Pynchon - The Late Show 31/1/1990, BBC TV

A feature about Pynchon put together by the BBC for the publication of Vineland

Owning Vineland.

Vineland is available in paperback for about the best 10 bucks you’ve ever spent, pardner.

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Gav and Tom listen to Side B of In A Silent Way, a milestone album in the music of Miles Davis and a monument marking the beginning of the era of jazz-rock.

Media discussed in the show.

In the case of recordings, if it says “available in all formats”, that usually means that it’s been repressed on vinyl recently. “Available in most formats” will mean that the record is available as a CD, on Spotify or, as a last resort, on Youtube; vinyl will usually be available secondhand through Discogs or your friendly neighborhood record shop.

RECORDINGS

* 1969 Miles Davis - The Complete “In A Silent Way” Sessions - Sony

These are in a boxed set of three CD's for, I kid you not, 129 US dollars on Amazon, although they can be found online for around 50. The complete material is available to stream for the usual Price. The version of “In A Silent Way” that was issued in 1969 is available in all formats.

* 1968 Miles Davis - Miles In The Sky - Legacy

Easily available in all formats

* 1968 Miles Davis - Filles de Kilimanjaro - Legacy

Easily available in all formats

* 1981 Miles Davis - We Want Miles

Easily available in all formats

* 1964 Miles Davis - Miles Davis Live in Europe. Columbia (and others)

Easily available in most formats.

* 1967 Miles Davis - Circle in the Round (Album released 1979)

Still available in most formats.

* 1985 Miles Davis - Aura (Album released 1989)

Available on most formats

YOUTUBE

* Miles Davis- Live in Tokyo 1981

The band that made “We Want Miles” on Japanese TV. Taken from a VHS, but quite acceptable sound quality.

* It's About That Time - The Evolution of the Groove 2007

A remixed version of the track, featuring Santana. By all rights, we should hate this, but we really love it!

* 1968 Gordon Beck Quartet - Experiments With Pops

Originally released on Major Minor Records in the UK, was remastered and released on CD by CD Baby in the UK and in the US by Art of Life Records. Well worth a listen. A good candidate for a re-release on 180 gram vinyl, if anyone’s looking for an idea for a Record Day Drop!

* Danny Thompson Trio BBC 1967

It looks like this, or something like it, was released on CD but might now not be available. There is, however, a video on YouTube at the moment, a BBC broadcast and well worth a listen.

* Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage, Acts 1,2,3. 1978. Zappa Records

Available in any format.

* Frank Zappa - Shut Up An’ Play Yer Guitar 1981. Zappa Records

Available in any format.

* Ilhan Mimaroglu/Freddie Hubbard- Sing Me A Song Of Songmy - Atlantic 1971

Was out of print for a while, but is now available in CD and Vinyl format, but you need it in vinyl so that you can read the interior of that gate-fold inner sleeve!

* Jon Hassell - Last Night the Moon came dropping its Clothes in the street - ECM Records 2008

Available as stream or mp3 download - CD and Vinyl commanding impressive prices secondhand!

BOOKS , INTERVIEWS AND OTHER MEDIA

* Miles - The Autobiography. Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe

Simon and Schuster. 1989

* So What: The Life of Miles Davis. John Szwed

Arrow Books. 2002

* Interview with John Mclaughlin about the recording of "In a Silent Way"

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In Gas Giants, Gav and Tom discover and explain truth and meaning in the world by examining our cultures artifacts one at a time.

This trailer should make things clear enough.

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