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Episode 11: Cannonball, A Pillar of Salt
Hi all! Quick update: Last week I shared Mariah Carey’s “GTFO” video, which had just come out and which didn’t yet have a director’s name attached to…
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Claire
Episode 10: My Video Director? I Don't Know Her.
Good afternoon, all. We have a lot to get through this week, but first, I’m gonna shamelessly plug my work: I wrote a story for Billboard this week…
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Episode 9: Azealia Banks in a Tree, Azealia Banks in a Warehouse
Azealia Banks in Elon Musk's house...
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August 2018

Episode 8: The Perfect Kiss Is The Kiss of Death
Hey bbs, this is a good newsletter if you’re into New Order and Halloween. Read on. The Videos As always, you can find playlists for this week’s videos…
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Episode 7: Real Puppets, Fake Award Shows
Hi all, so just a bit of housekeeping: this newsletter may be showing up in your spam folder, or your “Promotions” tab if you use Gmail. Just remember…
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Episode 6: Sadly, I'm in Love With Maluma
Hi all we got A LOT of videos to get through this week and I know you’re all still obsessing over the new Mitski/Ariana albums so here we go. As always…
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Episode 5: [God's Plan Voice] I'm Only Watching Draaaake for Kareeena, I'm Sooorry
Hi everyone! This week I’m playing around with the format of the newsletter a bit – videos first, then some short pieces of video-related news. I’m not…
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Episode 4: That's Entertainment
Hi all! This week’s newsletter is going ~back in time~ to discuss the origins of ‘80s music video style – namely, ‘50s Hollywood musicals – with one…
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July 2018

Episode 3: Nights Are Warm And The Memes Are Fun
Hi all, since the last newsletter was a lot a lot A LOT of text (1700 words….I’m so sorry….she went overboard), this one is going to be considerably…
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Episode 2: The Meyers Touch
To the new subscribers I got this week: Hi there! My name’s Claire, and welcome to The Scopitone Tapes. The concept of this newsletter, and my interest…
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Episode 1: Don't Believe the Hype
Hi all. This is my first newsletter, but rather than doing a lengthy introduction (yet), we’re just gonna jump right into the ~amateur video analysis…
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