Recorded in 1977 at the hand of Lee “Scratch” Perry in the legendary Black Ark lies one of its most beguiling and misunderstood creations. While blending roots reggae with African rhythms seems like a natural recipe for success, Island Records wouldn’t touch it. The project was deemed a failure at the outset, and only years later did various iterations of the project come to light.
People Are Like Radios :: Mike Miley on David Lynch’s American Dreamscape
With David Lynch’s American Dreamscape: Music, Literature, Cinema, author Mike Miley, a literature teacher at Metairie Park Country Day School and former film studies professor at Loyola University New Orleans, unpacks just some of the ways Lynch’s ideas have reverberated across the cultural spectrum. Comparing and contrasting his oeuvre with art by Cormac McCarthy, Lana Del Rey, David Foster Wallace, Maurice Sendak, and others, Miley demonstrates the strange and powerful way Lynch tapped into the human experience and the broader American pop landscape. He joins us to discuss.