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From The Desk Of Lost In The Trees: “Making ‘The Shining'”

LostInTheTreesLogoAri Picker felt exhausted and burned out by Lost In The TreesA Church That Fits Our Needs. The 2012 album memorialized Picker’s mother, who committed suicide in 2008. The project was deeply personal and deeply ambitious. It made many critics’ 2012 top-10 lists (including the top spot for the Wall Street Journal), and it led the North Carolina band to appear at New York’s Lincoln Center for the American Songbook Series. But the tour that preceded that show was fraught with challenges: Rock clubs weren’t the ideal venues for the band’s delicate dynamics and string arrangements for cellos and violins. After all that, Picker questioned his desire to make another album. But he has made another. Past Life (Anti-) jettisons many of Church’s identifying markers: It’s abstract and impressionistic rather than overtly personal, and it’s minimalist rather than maximalist. Picker will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new Lost In The Trees feature.

TheShining

Picker: Making “The Shining,” Vivian Kubrick’s film about the making of The Shining, gives you a fantastic look at what filmmaking was like in the late ’70s. It is one of my favorite movies to throw on in the background at a party; so many folks have seen The Shining but have never seen this little gem. You get a up close look at Stanely Kubrick’s directing, as well as some pretty classic Jack Nicholson moments. Watching Jack get up before sunrise, brush his teeth and warm up his axe-murdering skills is pretty unbeatable. Also, getting a sense of how massive the productions where back in those days, with real sets and talented actors and filmmakers; no crazy computers or green screens. It has a really inspiring, romantic golden-age vibe to it; makes me want to go back in time and become a filmmaker.

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