Television Conversations

Launching in Spring 2011, this new series will collect interviews with producers, writers, and showrunners to extend and deepen the dialogue about a vital medium that is shaping visual and popular culture. First title: Conversations with Joss Whedon. Series editor: David Lavery, professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University.

Joss Whedon: Conversations

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On the Horizon: Scotty and Elvis

When Elvis Presley first showed up at Sam Phillips’s Memphis-based Sun Records studio, he was a shy teenager in search of a sound. Phillips invited a local guitarist named Scotty Moore to stand in. Scotty listened carefully to the young singer and immediately realized that Elvis had something special.  Along with bass player Bill Black, the trio recorded an old blues number called “That’s All

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