The Sopranos Revisited 

Paul Levinson talks about social media, politics, TV, outer space, good food, science fiction

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 94, in which I revisit one of the greatest shows ever to have been on television:

The occasion is the release by HBO of The Sopranos: The Complete Series on Blu-ray and Digital HD on November 4, 2014, containing the complete 86-episode run of the series, as well as bonus feautures including a new documentary, "Defining a Television Landmark," in which I\'m interviewed.   To commemorate this release, I\'ve prepared a special episode of this podcast with my reviews of the final nine episodes of the series, recorded minutes after each episode ended, along with three additional pieces with my thoughts in the days after the finale.   These originally appeared on another one of my podcasts, Levinson News Clips, which has been unavailable for the past few years.   Enjoy.

See also my written reviews of the final nine episodes of

: First of Nine, Second of Nine, Third of Nine, Fourth of Nine, Fifth of Nine, Sixth of Nine, Seventh of Nine, Eighth of Nine, Ninth of Nine: The Anti-Ending Ending

And subsequent thoughts on the ending:  The Sopranos, or the Tiger? ... The Sopranos End and the Closure Junkies ... The Sopranos and Hamlet

See also The Sopranos as a Nuts-and-Bolts Triumph of Non-Network TV my 2002 article

And see: The Essential Sopranos Reader  (University of Kentucky Press) ... papers and essays from the May 2008 Sopranos Symposium at Fordham University

I was in some good company in Defining a Television Landmark

James Harris covers my "Looking for Sunsets (in the Early Morning)"

more details about Twice Upon a Rhyme, and links to free MP3s

I\'m proud to be on the May 8 page of this calendar, with the following quote:

What begins as a seemingly innocent campaign against indecency ... always segues in short order into political censorship.

Withywindle Books an independent online bookstore specializing in fantasy, sci-fi and horror

just to the left (or lower right for each episode)

from Idris Elba, who played Stringer Bell on

11/7/2006 6:22 AM "Paul, I just had to take the time out to drop you a line to say, that it is an absolute honour to have such a scholar like yourself dedicate an entire podcast to me, my music and my role as Stringer Bell. Incredible dissection of what made followers of The Wire gravitate towards my character. My music is about giving that same heart, but with my very own script.... Cheers, Idris"

longer blog posts on the topics of these podcasts at InfiniteRegress.tv