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posted January 11, 2020 #

The end of the world is going to be much dumber than I expected

posted January 11, 2020 #

https://t.co/wJvz20qVdH

posted January 11, 2020 #

To all the Bernie Bros, this is where your money is going. Bernie is a scammer. He doesn't care about you or anyone else, all he cares about is using his campaign funds to amass a vast and unending array of winter coats https://t.co/sxJDgbD6xy

posted January 11, 2020 #

????Improve your public speaking skills ????????Build leadership skills ????Maximize your potential ????ETERNALLY DISTURB KHENTIKA IKHEKHI OF THE 6TH DYNASTY AT SAQQARA ????‍♂️Work on networking in a small and supportive environment https://t.co/LUbGR8EvDs

posted January 10, 2020 #

@yewknee you’re a real podcaster now.

posted January 10, 2020 #

[to the tune of Marylin Manson's "The Beautiful People"] my notifications my notifications

Friday Videos - Jan 10th, 2020

posted January 10, 2020 #

Have you watched the television series version of Fargo? If you answered no, cancel all of your weekend plans and start watching it immediately. Writer/Director Noah Hawley has done an incredible thing with that show and it's hard to articulate just how entertaining it is. If you're tired of overhyped Prestige TV, I hear you, but this one delivers.

Speaking of distractions.. here's a few.
  • Fargo: Season 4 trailer - every season of the show is in different times, locations and ensemble casts yet they feel like part of the same criminal world of mishaps. Season 4 looks real good.
  • Hellier trailer - if scripted dramas are not your thing, give Hellier a spin. It's on Amazon video and follows a group of paranormal investigators through a mind-numbing amount of twists and turns. This likely deserves its own post.
  • The $150,000 Banana - a 13 minute video may not feel like Friday Video material but this is a fascinating rundown of the high art world, this specific Maurizio Cattelan piece and what it all means.
  • Possums Eating Bananas - here ya go, this is more our usual speed.
  • Unsteady Smack Smack - ah yes, this is why you come here.
  • Your Own Larry David - always entertaining.

Quibi versus the world

posted January 10, 2020 #

Katzenberg's forthcoming streaming service sounds interesting but also rife with potential disaster. The Turnstyle tech sounds... tiresome? I'll reserve judgment until April. curious!

posted January 10, 2020 #

Show called The Wincher about somebody with a jeep

posted January 9, 2020 #

One of my favorite audience cutaways of all time OF ALL TIME https://t.co/8tCJBc5FL1

posted January 9, 2020 #

⚡️NEW⚡️How does one of the world’s premiere art museums move? When MoMA updated their design system, they knew much of it would live on screens. Working directly with @momastudio + @order, we established + codified motion guidelines across the new system.????https://t.co/HXWRHTnYNJ https://t.co/KUHNguBDI6

posted January 8, 2020 #

At the end of 2020, instead of 30 Under 30 and NextGen lists, please profile middle-aged people who just got their big breaks. I want to read about a mother of 2 who published her first novel, a director who released their first studio feature at 47, THAT'S THE LIST WE WANT.

Filmography Club: The Master

posted January 8, 2020 #

I promised myself I wouldn't just post about every single new We Own This Town episode here on yewknee but when they're good, they're worth sharing!

Filmography Club is a film discussion podcast in which host Jason Caviness takes a look at the body of work from one particular filmmaker. Season 1 is all about Paul Thomas Anderson. The latest episode is a discussion about The Master, the 2012 post-WWII psychological drama that clearly has some parallels with Scientology, even if Anderson won't directly admit it. The guest for the show is my lovely fiance Becky Delius.
Becky is not a cinephile or a film auteur but she is a very studied individual when it comes to Cults and their ilk. She's done lots of reading on Scientology and provides some wonderful insight into how the characters Joaquin Phoenix and Phillip Seymour Hoffman play are at odds with one another. Her takeaway from the movie is right at the top of the episode - "a nihilist exploration on the futility of being a human being." It's dark but it's also correct and the evidence that backs it up through the lens of PTA's storytelling is quite compelling.

Hear it here or wherever you like a podcast.

Nashville Demystified with Sean Nelson

posted January 8, 2020 #

The newest episode of Nashville Demystified finds host Alex Steed talking with recent Nashville transplant Sean Nelson - a name you may not instantly recognize but likely remember from his role as frontman of the band Harvey Danger. Nelson's accomplishment's far eclipse being a one-hit wonder from the late 90's but it's okay if you don't know that yet, that's what the podcast is for.
Nelson has spent a good bit of time writing for The Stranger and creating a wonderful ode to Harry Nilsson called Nelson sings Nilsson. Alex does a great job talking about all the things - Nelson's time in Harvey Danger, his experience covering the Trump election cycle, his ability to interview his idols and what's it like to move back to Nashville after some 20 years.

The episode is available streaming everywhere you like a podcast. I suggest you listen in.
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