posted June 13, 2019 #
Great new episode of
Nashville Demystified, albeit a bit out of the normal format. Host Alex Steed has been traveling and on his way back from the airport, his Uber drive used the n-word
twice, in casual conversation. As this is about Nashville, you may think this to be common but it's absolutely not. Sure there are likely some circles in which rampant, transparent racism is common but the majority of the city does not operate that way. It is a unsettling reminder of people's true selves.
I'm actually reminded of an Uber ride that
I had recently in which our driver told us that he moved to Nashville from California to avoid giving his kids vaccines. The conversation only went downhill from there in which he told us that we were likely smarter than him but had also been brainwashed by the liberal education system. 9/11 definitely came up as well. Suffice to say, it was upsetting.
These problems are not, by any means, restricted to The South. Alex's experiences in Nashville also exist in his prior home, Portland, Maine. I'm not telling you anything you don't already know. It's a good episode, particularly as a jumping off point for conversations about race, the marginalized and white male fury.
posted June 13, 2019 #
It's old news at this point but new to me.
Forgotify is an API service that mines the depths of Spotify to find songs with zero play counts (or partial play counts) and surfaces them one-by-one for you to experience. Though my time with it thus far has been brief, the offerings have been good! It's a solid reminder that just because it's good doesn't mean it's been heard. An issue a lot of artists deal with.
If you're into Forgotify, there's also
No Likes Yet for Instagram,
The Long Tail for unpopular songs from your favorite artist and
PetitTube for YouTube.
posted June 12, 2019 #
music by Andrew Brassell (aka Slowmotions)
posted June 11, 2019 #
I hate this so much. https://t.co/lEOe1MxBwy
posted June 11, 2019 #
amazingly, someone made a Longmont Potion Castle documentary
posted June 11, 2019 #
here's one of the posters i made for the theatrical release of patricia rozema's groundbreaking feature film, MOUTHPIECE. the film is based on the play by the brilliant norah sadava and amy nostbakken. https://t.co/yK0SfDIDnq
posted June 11, 2019 #
https://t.co/iTcF2VjYRd
https://t.co/6Pao0hThbU https://t.co/OepiMlEL73
posted June 11, 2019 #
Tiger Beat came up as a source when I was researching something?? And their website has a lipstick cursor like it is still 2009.
posted June 9, 2019 #
Bad news everybody, I just heard a country version of One Week by the Barenaked Ladies coming out of a Jimmy Buffett’s Magaritaville.
posted June 8, 2019 #
Today is @VP Mike Pence’s birthday- it’s also #PrideMonth so @abteen @isaacbauman @Somesuchandco @WKAmsterdam & I made this film to celebrate- https://t.co/1enjpRhyG0 to donate to LGBTQ+ orgs #happybirthdaymrvp https://t.co/XNtRmLLqc6
posted June 8, 2019 #
I was just on a super bumpy flight. 30m in, someone opened a bag of what could only have been piping hot french fries. Why don’t I plan better for imminent death and two hours of constant fear?
posted June 7, 2019 #
Is the Trump family just the New York season of Florida’s ‘The Queen of Versailles’?? https://t.co/tHb1bW758W
posted June 7, 2019 #
Sometimes you load up Giphy.com looking for a gem and, occasionally,
Giphy provides. I don't even want background info on what I'm seeing, I'm just into it.
Nashville residents, please come out to
Vinyl Tap Nashville on Sunday, June 9th, for
Bill & Ted Day, presented by
San Dimas Today; the podcast I help produce. It's gonna be a relaxed, good, time.
Here's some quality distractions!
- The The Deer Tonight - audio perfection.
- Huckabee Korn - Brian "Head" Welch goes on Mike Huckabee's show and they have themselves an old time jam.
- MAKRO | Microsoft Excel Stream Highlights - fantastic update from the inside world of competitive Excel spreadsheeting. See you all at Balmercon 2019!
- SNL Blooper Reel, Season 44 - I love a good blooper reel and this one delivers.
- A Cat Explains DNS - Look, I don't know anything about Nil, the creator and star of this video, and I hope there aren't awful skeletons in this closet. There is so much going on here it's hard to even begin to summarize it properly. Watch it, know that everything he's saying is 100% accurate, and then give his other videos a deep dive.
- Quasi "Paint It Black" - have always enjoyed this cover from Quasi and recently revisited it. Maybe you'll enjoy it too.
- Godzilla Dance - pure entertainment.
Yes, you probably also should see the
Helicopter Rescue from Hell but it's such a mixed bag of hilarious and awful feelings, I couldn't include it here.
Instead, enjoy
this weirdo.
posted June 6, 2019 #
IAMA person attempting to clear their "on deck" in Plex. Ask Me Anything
#prayersandthoughts
posted June 6, 2019 #
Had a lot of fun going on the @sandimastoday podcast, to talk about the original critical reaction to the BILL & TED movies (among other things): https://t.co/tOxcvoS5Ts
posted June 6, 2019 #
What’s an SNL quote you perpetually have stuck in your head? For me, it’s John Goodman as Robert De Niro on The Joe Pesci Show saying, “I heard things. I heard things about Marvin’s Room!”
posted June 6, 2019 #
Everyone likes to bitch about overused gifs but what’s your favorite gif that you will never get tired of ever no matter how much it’s used?
posted June 6, 2019 #
A sign of maturity, for me, is letting people think the thing they’re sharing with me is new to me because it makes them feel good & also makes me look less like the obsessive on-line tween with insomnia that I really am.
