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  • Gateways To Geekery Old-time radio

    Exploring the rich world of radio’s golden age.

    March 15, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery Steely Dan

    Steely Dan’s sophisticated façade and epic mean streak seem engineered to keep the outsiders out and the insiders way in. Don’t let that stop you.

    March 8, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery Orson Scott Card

    The prolific Mormon science-fiction author has a reputation as a homophobe. Where to start reading his books, and is it worth the effort?

    March 1, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery New Wave of British Heavy Metal

    They came out of the UK to change metal forever. (Then a lot of them disappeared.) 

    February 23, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery Elephant 6 

    Shedding some light on the sprawling collective that tried to make the sounds of the Summer Of Love last forever. 

    February 16, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery Graphic adventure games

    Ready to manage your inventory as you make life-and-death, story-altering choices? Here’s where you begin.

    January 26, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery SST Records

    A beginner’s guide to SST Records, which profoundly reshaped the sound of the ’80s underground.

    January 12, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery Dystopian science-fiction films of the 1970s 

    Science fiction from an era when the future looked grim, even in fantasy. 

    January 5, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery The Adventures Of Tintin 

    Some homework before you see the Spielberg movie. 

    December 22, 2011 | 12:01pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery Madchester 

    It had a clunky name and questionable offshoots, but this music scene played a huge role in the UK at the dawn of the alternative era. 

    December 1, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery The Monkees

    A pre-fabricated band has a musical legacy beyond the familiar hits.

    November 17, 2011 | 12:01pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery Terry Pratchett novels 

    There are 39 novels in the bestselling Discworld series. Which one to start with? 

    November 10, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery British folk-rock

    Exploring the hybrid created by crossbreeding new rock sounds and British tradition.

    November 3, 2011 | 12:01pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery Giallo 

    Exploring the lurid, violent, colorful world of Italian thrillers. 

    October 20, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery The Wainwright/McGarrigle clan

    What happens when a family of singer-songwriters falls apart? A lot of songs get written.

    October 6, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery Nick Cave 

    His career spans more than three decades, four bands, numerous collaborations, and even film scores. Where to begin when there’s so much to choose from? 

    September 22, 2011 | 11:58am -

  • Gateways To Geekery Mystery Science Theater 3000 

    In the not-so-distant past, robots and men mocked movies without mercy. 

    September 15, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery Oi! 

    Why an oft-misunderstood offshoot of punk deserves some respect.

    September 8, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery Beat poetry 

    There’s more to it than goatees and snapping fingers. 

    August 24, 2011 | 11:59pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery Frank Tashlin

    He created live-action cartoons out of 1950s obsessions. Where to start with one of Hollywood’s greatest satirists.

    August 11, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery Ween

    Often dismissed as a novelty act, Ween has a deep, impressively varied catalogue that goes beyond silly shtick. So where should you start?

    August 4, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery Harvey Pekar

    Where to start exploring the work of a man who turned his life into a comic book.

    July 28, 2011 | 12:01pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery R.E.M.

    R.E.M. started with a jangle and never looked back. Here’s how to start exploring three decades of the band’s music.

    July 21, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery Tropicália

    It’s the sound that briefly revolutionized Brazilian music, then stuck around to influence the world.

    July 14, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery George R.R. Martin

    Like Game Of Thrones? Ready to plunge into its creator’s written work? Here’s where to start.

    July 7, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery Lou Reed

    Plunging into the solo catalog of one of the most influential singers and songwriters of his time.

    June 30, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery Curtis Mayfield

    He composed the music for Super Fly and much, much more.

    June 9, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery Beach Movies

    Summer’s always just a movie away in the surprisingly diverse world of beach movies.

    June 2, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery The Bakersfield Sound

    When country music became too slick for its own good, the Bakersfield Sound returned to basics with no-frills directness.

    May 26, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Gateways To Geekery Randy Newman

    Exploring the rich, dark, funny catalog of a great songwriter.

    May 19, 2011 | 12:00pm -