J.R.R. Tolkien
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Low Culture Essay
The Low Culture Essay: Skye Butchard on the BBC’s 1981 The Lord Of The Rings Adaptation
In this month's essay, Skye Butchard remembers their dad's collection of cassettes on which he recorded the 1981 radio version of Tolkien's classic to reflect on memory, archiving, and how familial relationships and loss are intrinsically bound up with the culture we share.
Anniversary
The Trouble With Ralph Bakshi’s The Lord Of The Rings & Other Tolkien Misadventures
American animating legend Ralph Bakshi attempted to bring J. R. R. Tolkien’s novel to the big screen over two decades before Peter Jackson. On its fortieth anniversary, our man in San Francisco, Ned Raggett, takes a closer look at both the film as well as the numerous other attempts to present Tolkien, onscreen and off, in those years
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Africa In Your Cassette Decks: Awesome Tapes From Africa Interviewed
With his set at Field Day on the horizon, Brian Shimkovitz, the founder of the blog-turned-label, discusses dusting off forgotten musical gems from across the African continent and the ethics of reissuing with Annette Barlow
