Summer Media: Castle
This post is the first in a new column titled Summer Media that Antenna will be running throughout June, July, and August. The dog days of summer are often viewed as a period of stagnation or...
View ArticleSummer Media: The Drive-in Theater
It’s important to remember that “summer media” isn’t always about the media alone, but equally about the experience and the spaces in which we consume and enjoy our media during these balmy and bug...
View ArticleSummer Media: River Monsters
As my regular shows swam off to the depths of their summer hiatuses, I found myself a month or so ago trolling aimlessly through channels, fishing for something new to me and somewhat interesting. I...
View ArticleSummer Media: Vive le Tour!
The Tour de France begins in Holland this Saturday and this year’s event promises to be a thrilling spectacle. This three week cycling stage race will from July 3 to July 25 and will cover more than...
View ArticleSummer Media: Reading Sookie Stackhouse
Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse Summer is always a great time to catch up on TV you missed, and both of us have recently binged on the first two seasons of HBO’s True Blood, catching up to current...
View ArticleSummer Media: My Gallic Season
While it should not be surprising to anyone that New Yorkers tend to like their French movies, this summer has afforded a particularly apt opportunity to examine recent trends in the work of our fois...
View ArticleSummer Media: The Scott Pilgrim Comics Series
Bryan Lee O’Malley’s indie comedy/action/romance series Scott Pilgrim has cultivated a rabid fanbase quick to shove the first book into the hands of any non-comics reader expressing even the vaguest...
View ArticleSummer Media: American Pickers, Pawn Stars, and Shows About Stuff
During the past few weeks, after reading about them in the press and being urged by friends, I finally got around to watching American Pickers and Pawn Stars, a pair of History documentary reality TV...
View ArticleSummer Media: Wet and Wild Amusements
Summer can be a great time for media; movie theaters feature big budget summer blockbusters, longer days lend themselves to DVD binging and catching up on television series we may have missed during...
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