S01E16 Pending, dormant, status unknown

Consider the naughties spoiled in this music documentary special! Christopher feels old reviewing the 2022 Meet Me In the Bathroom documentary about the indie scene in New York during the early 2000s. Jeffrey, on the other hand, goes to the late 80s to learn about the making of Michael Jackson's Bad album via the 2012 Spike Lee documentary Bad 25.

Hello fellow moon, how are you today? No, this is not the name of the new, 2023 album from Big Thief, it’s just how Christopher is greeting you all today! Please follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/cccappraisalpod and tell him he’s getting far too trigger happy during our beloved intros - let the coffee settle and the imagery waft, fella!! 

Fancy checking out one of the many “short films” that came out of Michael Jackson’s Bad album? There’s only one place to go, really and truly. Bad, directed by Martin Scorsese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd4SJVsTulc

Spike Lee talking about his fascination with Michael Jackson in a lovely interview with the Canadian Broadcaster, CBC Radio, during his promotion for Bad 25. The interview is with Jian Ghomeshi. Do not google that name, there is too much chat about cancelled people in this podcast episode already! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWDuLFDmWic

Christopher is also recommending Spike Lee’s follow up documentary on Michael Jackson, charting his journey from Motown to Off The Wall. Is this triple dipping!? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3AYYEziwqw

James Baldwin’s essay makes for a fascinating read and is referenced in Bad 25. It makes the point that the derision of Jackson by the culture at large was part of a larger movement in the American imagination and perceptions of masculinity (and “freaks”) around this time. If you read this, you get all the cultural content consumption appraisal hour podcast points ever: https://www.cusd80.com/cms/lib/AZ01001175/Centricity/Domain/1073/Full%20Text%20Here-be-Dragons-James-Baldwin.pdf

Meet Me In The Bathroom, the book! https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/product/lizzy-goodman/meet-me-in-the-bathroom

Meet Me In The Bathroom, the film! https://www.meetmeinthebathroomfilm.com/

Meet Me In The Bathroom, the playlist! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0fR8h4zCVlX1zTmWuoZmmt

The Strokes, the MTV $2 concert! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVowBqdnlSg

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