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Now showing — The Velvet Underground & Nico · 5 works

  • The Wire Television · 2000s

    Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.

    PowerSurveillanceNature
  • Floating into the Night is the debut studio album by American singer Julee Cruise. It was released on September 12, 1989, by Warner Bros. Records, and features compositions and production by Angelo Badalamenti and film director David Lynch. Songs from the album were featured in Lynch's projects Blue Velvet (1986), I...

    After-hoursLonging
  • The Velvet Underground & Nico is a 1967 album associated with The Velvet Underground and Nico and Verve Records. It keeps the music field anchored in recognizable listening lines rather than anonymous album slots.

    After-hoursLonging
  • The Sopranos Television · 1990s

    A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.

    PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
  • Blue Velvet Film · 1980s

    A severed ear discovered in a field opens the door to a suburban underworld.

    Urban isolationPowerAfter-hours
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