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Did you ever think you believed the innocence of the subject of “Making a Murderer” because the theme music said you should? The Ramble takes a look at documentary soundtracks, and veers off into something you might not have considered: the Golden Age of Objective News Fanfares.

Host:
James Lileks

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  • Rightfromthestart@Rightfromthestart

    I start to think it's me who 's finding a political slant to everything but what else can one think but that to network news people Americans winning a war easily is considered a tragedy that should bring on melancholia . Very enjoyable podcast, the 9/11 thing at the end made reading rather difficult.

  • Nerina Bellinger@NerinaBellinger

    James, thank you for a unique and thoughtful podcast sorbet. I really needed to cleanse my palate, so to speak, of politics and this was perfect.

    The NY doc theme was beautiful in its transcendence and lyricism. Just beautiful. As for the Making a Murderer theme, I must admit it was a piece I looked forward to hearing ( having three kids who play cello might make me biased). My one son wants to find the sheet music. The style is quite similar to Break of Reality (cello/percussion group). If you check out the group, try to forgive their one song entitled Che. What can we expect from a group formed at the Eastman School?

  • TempTime@TempTime

    Thanks for the talk and music, enjoyed it all. I think music is very powerful too.

    I am always reminding my emotion driven friend whenever, after watching some so called news show, she becomes totally absolutely convinced of some story as being 100% completely true, and factual (yes, her words), to please remember, that if there was music playing it wan't a news program; it's either "paid to provide", indoctrination or propaganda.

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