Audio Content: Interviews
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- Feb 26 2009Vic Chesnutt: A Quest for Joy (an interview)0
- Sep 4 2008Chris Thile of Punch Brothers: A Big Arrow (an interview)0
- Aug 27 2008Evolutionist David Sloan Wilson: The Psychopathic Chicken (an interview)3
- Apr 8 2008Philip Dickey of Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin: I Will Make You Like Me (an interview) 0
- Apr 2 2008Jim Eno of Spoon: Rough-Edged Perfection (an interview)2
- Dec 26 2007Michael Lerner: Can the Left Find God? (an interview)2
- Nov 6 2007Filmmaker Martin Doblmeier: A Most Dangerous Word (an interview)0
- Nov 6 2007Mike Cooley of Drive-By Truckers: None More Black, Turned Up to 11 (an interview)0
- Sep 7 2007Andrew Bird: No Stock Footage (an interview)0
- Jul 29 2007G. Love: Keepin' It (Mostly) Real (an interview)0
- Jul 3 2007Robert Randolph: Beyond Sacred Steel (an interview)0
- Jun 6 2007John Stirratt of Wilco: A New Spark (an interview)1
- Jun 6 2007Alan Sparhawk of Low: Letting Go (an interview)0
- Mar 8 2007Jen Chapin: Naked Music, Full Life (an interview)0
- Oct 26 2006Martin Mull: Promissory Notes of a Better Life (an interview)3
- Oct 26 2006David M. Buss: Evolved Sexuality (an interview) 1
- Sep 21 2006Alejandro Escovedo: With a Little Help from His Friends (an interview)0
- Sep 10 2006Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash: A Blessing and a Curse (an interview)0
- Jul 12 2006Delbert McClinton: Good Stupid (an interview)0
- Apr 26 2006The M's: The Accidental Band (an interview)0
- Apr 5 2006Robert Bly: Uncovering Iron John (an interview)0
- Feb 22 2006Buckwheat Zydeco: Can't Escape the Zydeco (an interview)0
- Nov 9 2005Damian Kulash of OK Go: Dance Crazes and Democratization (an interview)0
- Oct 11 2005Tim O'Brien: War Without End (an interview)0
- Aug 22 2005Neko Case: Pornographer and Whore (an interview)0
Audio Content: Concert Recordings
Jump to: Interviews | Movie Commentary Tracks
Audio Content: Movie Commentary Tracks
Jump to: Interviews | Concert Recordings
- Nov 10 2007Magnolia (1999, Drunken Commentary Track)0
- Sep 1 2007Halloween (1978, Five Minutes audio commentary)0
- Aug 8 2007Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen, 1968, essay and Five Minutes audio commentary)7
- Aug 4 2007Moulin Rouge (2001, Drunken Commentary Track)1
- Aug 1 2007Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006, essay and Five Minutes audio commentary)0
- Jun 14 2007Sopranos, The (2007, Five Minutes audio commentary on the finale)5
- Jun 10 2007Wire, The (2002-8, television, Five Minutes audio commentary)2
- May 20 2007Pan's Labyrinth (2006, Five Minutes audio commentary)2
- May 19 2007JFK (1991, Five Minutes audio commentary)1
- May 17 2007Truman Show, The (1998, Five Minutes audio commentary)5
- Mar 25 2007Lady in the Water (2006, Drunken Commentary Track)0
- Mar 12 2007Prestige, The (2006, Drunken Commentary Track)2
- Mar 4 2007Three Colors: Blue (Trois Couleurs: Bleu, 1993, Not-So-Drunken Commentary Track and opening-shot essay)0
- Feb 15 2007Descent, The (2005, essay and Not-So-Drunken Commentary Track)1
- Jul 22 2006Incident at Loch Ness (2004, essay and Drunken Commentary Track)0
- May 7 2006I ♥ Huckabees (2004, Drunken Commentary Track)0
- Apr 9 2006Shattered Glass (2003, Drunken Commentary Track)0
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