Media Analyses… Radley Metzger & the Artistry of Golden Age Porn 29 May 20204 Mar 2021 I truly cannot emphasize enough how much Femina Ridens has influenced me over the past year. That one perfectly bizarre film, which I only discovered by complete chance, has expanded…
Media Analyses… Reviewing “Presidential Media” (Portraits, Campaign Slogans & Signs, Etc.) 28 May 20204 Mar 2021 Purely for fun, I decided to take a quick look at all the other uniform aspects of a Presidential campaign and legacy. Here are some quick thoughts about each... Presidential…
Media Analyses My Favorite Episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation 27 May 20204 Mar 2021 Over the last six months or so, my boyfriend and I have been watching Star Trek TNG off and on. [Have I given him an astrology-inspired pseudonym yet? Fuck it,…
Media Analyses To Kill in Silence (1972) New Developments in an Ongoing Treasure Hunt 26 May 20204 Mar 2021 Even though I've already got a copy, I've still been holding out hope these last two weeks for a cleaner print of Uccidere in Silenzio to make its appearance. Yesterday…
Media Analyses To Kill in Silence (1972) Fractured, Forgotten & Flawed 26 May 20204 Mar 2021 It all began with Stelvio Cipriani's beautiful compositions and the algorithms dictating YouTube's music playlists. That's what introduced me to Femina Ridens nearly a year ago, and that film in…
Media Analyses… Beautiful Easter Fantasy 5 Apr 20204 Mar 2021 This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. Easter Beagle was always my favorite Peanuts special. I love how Snoopy, a dog…
Media Analyses… My Favorite Works of Art Across Multiple Forms of Media 19 Mar 20204 Mar 2021 It was one year ago today that I registered the domain name for "theCarbonFreeze.com" and started posting! It's been a lot of fun uploading some of my old essays which…
Media Analyses… My Reaction to Bojack Horseman (1/?) What the Show Means to Me 19 Mar 202019 Mar 2020 So, Bojack Horseman. This is a really special show to a lot of people, myself included, and I've been meaning to put my thoughts to paper for a long time.…
Media Analyses Femina Ridens (1969) Addendum: Novelization & Alternate Cuts of the Film 18 Mar 202018 Mar 2020 So this post will be like an unofficial "sequel" to my earlier analysis of Femina Ridens (aka The Laughing Woman). I hadn't originally intended to do a follow-up but by…
Media Analyses… The Overlooked Brilliance of Femina Ridens (1969) 9 Feb 202024 May 2021 I’ll just come right out with it; Femina Ridens (translation: The Laughing Woman) is an absolute masterpiece. Not merely a magnum opus among soft-core erotica, or of Euro-exploitation movies, of Italian “sleaze,” nor…
Media Analyses… Disney Star Wars’ Problems Began with The Force Awakens (& I Called it in ’15) 5 Jan 20204 Mar 2021 I have been skeptical of Disney's acquisition of Star Wars ever since they jettisoned the EU and hired JJ Abrams as director for the first installment. I discussed this, and…
Media Analyses How Casablanca Builds Up Rick Blaine to the Audience 4 Jan 20204 Jan 2020 You know a movie is great when it's not just the "big scenes" but the little ones which gives the audience something to think about. This is the first time…
Media Analyses The Godfather Part II is the Most Profound Story Ever Told (2/2) 29 Dec 2019 [You'll have to forgive all the shuffling around and editing in real time that's happened to this post. It grew so large to where I needed to divide it in…
Media Analyses The Godfather Part II is the Most Profound Story Ever Told (1/2) 29 Dec 201929 Dec 2019 [You'll have to forgive all the shuffling around and editing in real time that's happened to this post. It grew so large to where I needed to divide it in…
Media Analyses… Beautiful Christmas Fantasy 15 Dec 20196 Jul 2021 This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. Off-off Broadway is far from the best Louis Theroux film, but still a great…
Media Analyses Thoughts on Brian Wilson Solo Material 8 Dec 201930 Jan 2024 I always had this idyllic picture of Brian's solo career before I actually started delving in. I imagined that surely, here must be all the great works that he'd always…
Media Analyses SMiLE (Appendix) Sources for Further Reading 24 Nov 201930 Jan 2024 I hope you enjoyed my "thesis" on SMiLE, 4 years in the making if we start from '15 when the first essays which would go on to become part of…
Media Analyses SMiLE (14/14) Symphony of the Stars 24 Nov 201930 Jan 2024 Recently, I decided to take the concept of astrology and look further into SMiLE for connections. I'll confess outright that it probably wasn't Brian's intention that every track embody an…
Media Analyses SMiLE (13/14) Mute Muses 23 Nov 201930 Jan 2024 In this section, I'm going to outline Brian's New Age philosophies that inspired him during the SMiLE sessions. This is ordered in terms of probable importance to him, from most…
Media Analyses SMiLE (12/14) The Gospels of Siegal & Hutton 23 Nov 201930 Jan 2024 Jules Siegal's Account ("Goodbye Surfing, Hello God") 1) So...did Brian actually destroy the master of Fire? Vosse, Anderle, and now Siegal all agree on that. So if that's the case, how…
Media Analyses SMiLE (11/14) The Gospel of Anderle 23 Nov 201930 Jan 2024 These are my musings on Part I of the interview that David Anderle had given to Crawdaddy magazine. The "up arrows" indicate a related piece of evidence which appeared later…
Media Analyses SMiLE (10/14) The Gospel of Vosse 23 Nov 201930 Jan 2024 In these next four "chapters," I'm going to analyze what a few prominent members of the so-called Vosse Posse have said about the album in a series of invaluable editorials.…
Media Analyses SMiLE (9/14) Psychedelic Sounds Disc 2 Commentary 10 Nov 201930 Jan 2024 Continuing from our last installment, this is my "commentary track" for the Psychedelic Sounds, now reacting to the tracks on Disc 2. 1. Taxi CabberWe know this was an impromptu…
Media Analyses SMiLE (8/14) Psychedelic Sounds Disc 1 Commentary 10 Nov 201930 Jan 2024 The Psychedelic Sounds bootleg is an invaluable peek into the themes running through Brian's mind during the height of the SMiLE Era, and in my opinion contains some rough working…
Media Analyses SMiLE (7/14) The Elements & Other Leftovers 10 Nov 201930 Jan 2024 The Elements Fire makes me feel scared and stressed out. Apart from sounding like fire engines speeding towards a raging inferno, it also sounds like a perfect representation of dread. It's an…
Media Analyses SMiLE (6/14) The Innocence Tracks 10 Nov 201929 Jan 2024 Continuing off from last time, these are my observations on the SMiLE songs I believe would have fit on Side 2, all centering on a theme of childhood innocence and…
Media Analyses SMiLE (5/14) The Americana Tracks 10 Nov 201929 Jan 2024 In these next three "chapters," I will examine the individual tracks which comprise the album, grouped according to their common themes. Heroes and Villains I think this song works so…
Media Analyses… SMiLE (4/14) My Fan Mixes 28 Oct 201929 Jan 2024 Let's continue my in-depth dissection of all things SMiLE with a look at my changing understanding of it as the years have gone by, mix by mix. SMiLE (the Metroid…
Media Analyses SMiLE (3/14) The Structure of the Lost ’67 Album 20 Oct 201929 Jan 2024 Let this "chapter" of my SMiLE analysis serve as an outline for what I think the project's structure would have been if finished on time. The future installments of this…
Media Analyses My Complete “Thesis” on SMiLE 20 Oct 201929 Jan 2024 In this series of essays, I will share my thoughts on Brian Wilson's unfinished SMiLE album from 1966-1967. The Beach Boy's discography has had a more profound impact on my…
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