Folkstreams: A National Preserve of Documentary Films about American Roots Cultures Adirondack Minstrel Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison One Big Union: Ralph Fasanella Ott Blair: Sledmaker The Parking Lot: An Oasis for Youth
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Folkstreams: A National Preserve of Documentary Films about American Roots Cultures Adirondack Minstrel Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison One Big Union: Ralph Fasanella Ott Blair: Sledmaker The Parking Lot: An Oasis for Youth
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Inherent Vice: Robert Altman, Thomas Pynchon, the Coen Brothers, and the Evolution of Stoner Noir. In basic terms, stoner noir is exactly what it says on the tin: a detective story, drawing on the conventions of the Chandler/Hammett hard-boiled school, where the protagonist happens to be a pothead. This crucial interpolation is the main wheeze…
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