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It's been a while since I've done this, in part because I haven't been listening to or watching anything of particular value for a while. While sick, I just watched a whole lot of Youtube videos. Anyway! Highlights:
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Well, it's finally caught up with me--being surrounded for several weeks by both parents and at least two coworkers who have colds--and now I am laid low. Mostly by the brick someone managed to lodge up my left sinus passage and which now represents 90% of my head mass.
I have three days off from work, barring any further catastrophes that would force me to pick up a shift. That means three days for my overactive, glitchy immune system to stop chewing on my internal organs and start fucking up some cold germs for a change.
I shall console myself with podcasts:
Unauthorized Absence, episode 04 with Andrea Chandler, aka @NeolithicSheep. I'm coming to the podcast as a fan of Shep, not the other way round, but I quite liked the host as well. It's one of those "other people's lives are very different from mine" type podcasts, what with my lack of military background, so I'm keen to check out the rest of the episodes.
Shep, meanwhile, never fails to fascinate and delight and rouse to fury. She's changed my mind over the last few years about food politics and animal husbandry. Not in the sense of changing what I, personally, would do, but showing me that there are more ways, even better ways, of ethically raising and, yes, eating animals. It's a complicated subject for me, and Shep challenges me to do better. I like that. Also, she gets properly bent out of shape about Nazis, which is a plus.
I have three days off from work, barring any further catastrophes that would force me to pick up a shift. That means three days for my overactive, glitchy immune system to stop chewing on my internal organs and start fucking up some cold germs for a change.
I shall console myself with podcasts:
Unauthorized Absence, episode 04 with Andrea Chandler, aka @NeolithicSheep. I'm coming to the podcast as a fan of Shep, not the other way round, but I quite liked the host as well. It's one of those "other people's lives are very different from mine" type podcasts, what with my lack of military background, so I'm keen to check out the rest of the episodes.
Shep, meanwhile, never fails to fascinate and delight and rouse to fury. She's changed my mind over the last few years about food politics and animal husbandry. Not in the sense of changing what I, personally, would do, but showing me that there are more ways, even better ways, of ethically raising and, yes, eating animals. It's a complicated subject for me, and Shep challenges me to do better. I like that. Also, she gets properly bent out of shape about Nazis, which is a plus.
So I just want to point out how goddamn much I love the Wonderful! podcast. It's so chill and sweet. Rachel and Griffin speak softly--not, like, ASMR levels of softly, but gentle--and even Rachel's laughter is all soft and breathy. And it's all about just random stuff they think is nice. Interesting, but only in pleasant ways.
I mean, there's a reason the tagline on all my sites is "why not wonder?" This is very much my jam. So I've been listening to episodes almost inbetween every other podcast I listen to. I just really need soothing, pleasant things, and this is A+.
Also, I've gotten way more into KEXP Song of the Day. They did some kind of Spanish language week; at least, I assume it was done deliberately. And there's just been a bunch of good good songs on there lately. Tambalea by Niña Dioz in particular is fucking bomb.
And finally, the new season of Desert Oracle has started. The long dark has ended, and there is once again Mojave-based weirdness available every Friday night. Rejoice, Earthling!
I mean, there's a reason the tagline on all my sites is "why not wonder?" This is very much my jam. So I've been listening to episodes almost inbetween every other podcast I listen to. I just really need soothing, pleasant things, and this is A+.
Also, I've gotten way more into KEXP Song of the Day. They did some kind of Spanish language week; at least, I assume it was done deliberately. And there's just been a bunch of good good songs on there lately. Tambalea by Niña Dioz in particular is fucking bomb.
And finally, the new season of Desert Oracle has started. The long dark has ended, and there is once again Mojave-based weirdness available every Friday night. Rejoice, Earthling!
After seeing a random Youtube ad (they are good for something!) for the movie A.X.L., I treated myself to seeing it. It was made even sweeter by the fact that the day job has been...how do I say this? FUCKING COCONUT BANANAS BONKERS. Ahem. And as such fucked up my original plan to go to the movies. My mum offered to drop me off and pick me up on my day off while she ran errands, though, and that made everything better. So! Movie.
Let me preface this by saying that Real Steel is one of my all-time favorite movies. And while A.X.L. was not quite as good, it was very much in the same vein, did exactly what it said on the tin, and made me very happy. It promises to be the story of a boy who finds and befriends a runaway robot dog being developed for warfare, and they must then protect each other from the developers trying to recover it.
Like Real Steel, it is a "blue collar underdog finds damaged robot, they rescue each other" story, with found family feels and messages about rising above your station (please do). *chef kiss* Perfect. I'll take a dozen more.
I will say, they cast two of the villains as people of color (plus one more antagonist?) but only one hero. Which I found unfortunate. And there are a few moments that are a bit plothole-ish, though I mostly only thought about them when recapping the movie to Mum. That's about the extent of my objections, though.
Right, so, I have a ton to recap, but it's pretty light on the commentary. I'm gonna chuck the whole mess under one cut tag this time. If anybody has a strong opinion on that vs. the cut-per-show method, give me a bellow. Otherwise, I'm sticking with this out of pure laziness.
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Okay, so after a batshit week at work, I can finally catch up on what I've been listening to. Can I still remember my reactions to these several days after the fact? ...sort of?
Stuff to Blow Your Mind - Sleep and Creativity
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Sawbones - Medical Astrology
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LeVar Burton Reads - episode 11 - "The Paper Menagerie"
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Trends Like These - episode 7/20/18
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Lore - episode 79 - Locked Away
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Future Thinkers - episode 054
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The Bridge - Mini-Episode 02: Ocean View
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King Falls AM - episode 1
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The Adventure Zone - episode 15
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KEXP Song of the Day - Lithics - Specs
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Says Who? - episode 54
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Tarot for the Wild Soul - The Soulmate in the Mirror
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Movies: Jurassic Park Original Trilogy
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Stuff to Blow Your Mind - Sleep and Creativity
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Sawbones - Medical Astrology
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LeVar Burton Reads - episode 11 - "The Paper Menagerie"
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Trends Like These - episode 7/20/18
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Lore - episode 79 - Locked Away
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Future Thinkers - episode 054
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The Bridge - Mini-Episode 02: Ocean View
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King Falls AM - episode 1
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The Adventure Zone - episode 15
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KEXP Song of the Day - Lithics - Specs
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Says Who? - episode 54
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Tarot for the Wild Soul - The Soulmate in the Mirror
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Movies: Jurassic Park Original Trilogy
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The Tolkien Road - episode 0005, The Silmarillion Ch02
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Deep State Radio - episode 07/18/18, What are We Going to Tell Our Grandchildren?
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KEXP Song of the Day - Collections of Colonies of Bees - Ruins
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Deep State Radio - episode 07/18/18, What are We Going to Tell Our Grandchildren?
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KEXP Song of the Day - Collections of Colonies of Bees - Ruins
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Out of seven shows today, four of them (Desert Oracle, Chant of Le Barroux, Song of the Day, and Deep State Radio) are ones I subscribed to on the recommendation of Warren Ellis, who seems to consume a truly alarming quantity of podcast. Just observing. Warren owns a lot of real estate in my head meats these days.
Desert Oracle Radio - episode 033, High Desert Death
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Crazy; In Bed - episode 4/9/18, Sensory Deprivation with Jordan Temple
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The Chant of Le Barroux - Lauds for 2018-07-15
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KEXP Song of the Day - oso oso - gb/ol h/nf
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FiveThirtyEight Politics - episode 07/16/18, Trump Meets Putin
This is little more than self-inflicted suffering.
Deep State Radio - episode 07/16/18, Putting the Hell Back in Helsinki
Slightly more wryly humorous suffering.
The Tolkien Road - episode 0005, The Silmarillion Ch02
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Desert Oracle Radio - episode 033, High Desert Death
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Crazy; In Bed - episode 4/9/18, Sensory Deprivation with Jordan Temple
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The Chant of Le Barroux - Lauds for 2018-07-15
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KEXP Song of the Day - oso oso - gb/ol h/nf
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FiveThirtyEight Politics - episode 07/16/18, Trump Meets Putin
This is little more than self-inflicted suffering.
Deep State Radio - episode 07/16/18, Putting the Hell Back in Helsinki
Slightly more wryly humorous suffering.
The Tolkien Road - episode 0005, The Silmarillion Ch02
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My Brother, My Brother And Me - episode 412, Robocup
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TechStuff - How to Make a Podcast
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The Sorting Hat Podcast - episode #046, Halloween Things
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And in the category of television (or Netflix and No Chill, as the case may be):
Hannah Gadsby - Nanette
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TechStuff - How to Make a Podcast
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The Sorting Hat Podcast - episode #046, Halloween Things
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And in the category of television (or Netflix and No Chill, as the case may be):
Hannah Gadsby - Nanette
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Trends Like These - episode 7/13/18
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Wired - In the age of despair, find comfort on the 'slow web'
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Tunnels - episode 101
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The Bridge - episode 05: Shenanigans
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99% Invisible - episode 303, Right to Roam
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Wired - In the age of despair, find comfort on the 'slow web'
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Tunnels - episode 101
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The Bridge - episode 05: Shenanigans
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99% Invisible - episode 303, Right to Roam
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So I know a lot of people talk about what they're reading or watching on tv currently, and I thought I should jump in as well. I watch almost no television, and my reading habits are most accurately likened to desert rain--an unlikely, often seasonal occurrence and overwhelming when it does happen.
But! I listen to a lot of podcasts? (I'll talk about the other media forms as well, but this is gonna be like, 800% podcast by volume.)
Today I have listened to:
Archive 81 - episode 2, A Night At An Opera
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The Deep Vault - episode 1, The Storm
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Originality - episode 19, You Don't Have to Be an Expert
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Trends Like These - episode 7/13/18
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But! I listen to a lot of podcasts? (I'll talk about the other media forms as well, but this is gonna be like, 800% podcast by volume.)
Today I have listened to:
Archive 81 - episode 2, A Night At An Opera
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The Deep Vault - episode 1, The Storm
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Originality - episode 19, You Don't Have to Be an Expert
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Trends Like These - episode 7/13/18
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