Feb-March 2023

A list of books, audiobooks, podcasts, television, and more that I am consuming.
A list of achievements, articles, or plans in the shop to showcase my production.

This series also maps my consumer habits: my time on media can lead to more projects and purchases, as well as influences my thoughts.

What I am Reading this Month:

Flatline Constructs, Mark Fisher

The Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus

(still on these, but I also started “The Human Stain” by Phillip Roth)

What I am listening to this month:

Audio Books:

Frank Herbert, “God Emperor of Dune”

Cixin Liu “The Three-Body Problem”

“Murder by Other Means” John Scalzi

Podcasts:

Acid Horizon

• Flatline Constructs, session 1 and session 2
• Postcapitalist Desire — the Final Lectures of Mark Fisher
• Elements of Control — an Introduction to Cybernetics With Nick
• A Reading of “Sacrifices” by Georges Bataille

The Daily

• The Online Search Wars Got Scary. Fast.

Deep Dive w Ali Abdaal

• How to Understand the Science of Social Status — Will Storr

Machinic Unconscious Happyhour

• James Wakefield – The Political Theology of Dune

Outsider Theory

• Exiting the Vampires’ Campus With Blaise Bayno

Philosophize This!

• Episode #173 … Simone Weil

Philosophizer’s Zone

• Values and Goals

Subliminal Jihad

• 124a – MAN IN THE BLACKBOX — LaMDA and the Rise of “Sentient” AI

Music:

• Neutral Milk Hotel
• Strokes
• Rainbow kitten surprise
• Windmill
• sex pistols
• damien jurado
• wet leg
• nick cave,
• secret machines
• clap your hands say yeah
• tomorrow tulips
• night bears

What I am streaming this month:

• Nothing really
• The new Top Gun

Youtube history:

Consuming:

What I want:

Timemore Electric Coffee Grinder (Kickstarter) & a Casper Original Hybrid Mattress (I have been sleeping on an air mattress).

What I got:

Stanley Pour Over Kit

Phone stuff: iPhone Peak Design case, wallet, and car mount

Leatherman Signal

What I produced:

Podcasts:

Step 71: The costume and inscribed violence

Art Stuff

Life Stuff

I did the Stoveworks residency and left mid-way through to collect all my things from Texas. I returned, did a bit more art while doing my day job, and mediating my divorce. I returned to Birmingham. Then took another quick trip to Dallas/Fort Worth. I am back in Birmingham now, living in a temporary apartment downtown.

Belly Button Lint

I have also kept up with my daily posts to my naval gazing blog.
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