Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Tuesday Night Music; TREME

Tuesday, May 03, 2011

Tuesday Night Music; TREME

Way into TREME again.

13 comments:

David Cranmer said...: Sharp images to go along with terrific music.; 6:35 PM
pattinase (abbott) said...: Love all the permutations of mold. I got some in my basement this spring I could show them.; 6:41 PM
Anonymous said...: Great music, though I've found the episodes a little disjointed so far.

How long is Janette going to keep working for that psycho chef in New York before she gets fed up and returns where she belongs? How long before someone smacks the crap out of Davis for being, well, Davis?

I love seeing the "real" musicians whether they're performing or just playing themselves.

Jeff M.; 7:33 PM
pattinase (abbott) said...: The best parts are the music and ambiance but I think it will come together at some point. I have patience as long as it looks and sounds pretty great.; 7:39 PM
Anonymous said...: ...and we will be there tomorrow.

Can't wait.

Jeff M.; 8:44 PM
pattinase (abbott) said...: Oh, have a great time, Jeff! I hope it's terrific.; 9:07 PM
MP said...: Listen to this two or three times and try to get it out of your head. If only the series itself were as good. Great music, terrific acting, and many of the individual scenes are wonderful. But they don't seem to add up to anything or go anywhere. The show finally developed some momentum in the last couple of episodes last season, but this season they're back to square one, just lollygagging along. At least it's a chance to wind down from the head-spinning complexities of "Game of Thrones".; 9:15 PM
Erik Donald France said...: Totally love this show. I get what people are saying about clear plot points, but to me I dig the entire milieu/tableau and besides, the developer dude will drive some of it; he seems like a character imported from The Wire to stir things up.

Speaking of characters, they're all fun to watch in motion.; 2:23 AM
pattinase (abbott) said...: Yes, he seems like TROUBLE, Erik. But you gotta love most of them. So befuddled by their post apocalyptic world.; 8:02 AM
pattinase (abbott) said...: I haven't had the nerve to try THRONES. I know it will be too complex for my interest level.; 8:03 AM
J F Norris said...: Wow. Overmeyer came from NY theater. Wrote some great plays. Holland is a feature film director who did the marvelous adapatation of THE SECRET GARDEN and of course EUROPA, EUROPA. No wonder it's one of your faves. Quality people involved in this. I love learning about all the cool shows I miss not being a cable subscriber. Another one to wait for DVD release.; 9:46 PM
Anonymous said...: We saw quite a few of the cast of TREME (including Wendell Pierce and Clark Peters) and its creators signing DVDs of the first series (and posters) at Jazzfest. I was between concerts and on the way to get a couple of cochon de lait po' boys at the time so didn't stand in the long line, but they were there.

Every week in the Times-Picayune there is a "weekly explainer" telling exactly where each scene was filmed (one of the New York concert scenes in last week's episode was filmed in New Orleans), the names of the songs played and which musicians played on them, etc.

I wish I had all that information handy.

Looks like I was right, by the way, as it appears Janette is going to have an explosive exit from her New York restaurant gig this week.

Here's the Treme link.

Jeff M.; 7:43 AM
Anonymous said...: Apparently the "listen to your fish" moment was taken directly from an article about celebrity chef David Bouley.

Jeff M.; 7:51 AM