Tag: New York

Blondie: Against the Odds

Blondie: Against the Odds

by Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti; ill. Montos (Z2 Comics, 2023)

Book cover: “Blondie: Against the Odds” by Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti; ill. Montos (Z2 Comics, 2023)

A trippy graphic-novel biopic one-sixth showcasing the squalor of 1970s New York and then the early lives of Debbie Harry and Chris Stein (ignoring the other band members), and five-sixths devoted to imaginative if highly tenuous explorations of fourteen famous Blondie songs.

Russian Doll, Season 1

Russian Doll, Season 1

(Netflix, 2019)

Russian Doll 1

Groundhog Day meets Sliding Doors, only darker. Russian Doll is jarringly self-indulgent in the early episodes but comes into its own once the glorification of New York eases off (allowing for a proper exploration of concept). Natasha Lyonne rocks the lead role.

 

 

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Libretto)

by Peter Gabriel (1974)

Gabriel_Lamb Libretto

Lyrically obscure, Genesis’ double LP concept album required explication; yet Gabriel’s sleeve notes (including perversely rhymed mood digressions) are themselves abstruse and only through resolute scrutiny reveal anything of the young Puerto Rican Rael’s surreal nightmare of discovery within New York City.

 

Derelict Space Sheep