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Episode 33: Sinatra At The Sands
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Alec and Nick consider the music and cultural impact of Frank Sinatra through a discussion of his album, “Sinatra At The Sands” — recorded in 1966 at the famous Las Vegas hotel and casino. Drawing from observations about Sinatra’s iconicity as a stylist of American popular song, a persisting contemporary signifier of celebration and kitchen-sink comfort and a high water mark of traditional masculinity and coolness, the conversation explores broad cultural dynamics of authenticity and “normalcy” as an aesthetics of traumatic, reparative coping. Topics include the Lindy effect, the old Hollywood/New York divide, PC Music, Jean Baudrillard’s 1996 headlining appearance at the Chance Event (organized by Chris Kraus), and more.
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