May-June 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.
Reading :: Listening :: Watching
Wanting :: Getting :: Making
What I am Reading this Month:
Flatline Constructs, Mark Fisher (still at it, very slowly)
A Spectre Haunting, China Mieville
Articles
New York Times
- Why Chick-fil-A Is Drawing Fire Over a ‘Culture of Belonging’
- What Belongs in Your Survival Kit, From 8 People Who Know Something About Disasters
- “Seeing Beyond the Beauty of a Vermeer” Teju Cole
Irvine Welsh, “the betrayal of white working class Men” UnHerd
The Hyperpalatable Human: What Al-generated burger adverts tell us about male-to-male transsexuals [[MARY HARRINGTON]] #article
What I am listening to this month:
Audio Books:
The Courage to be Disliked, Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
Khaos, Jeremy Robinson
Hellbent, Gregg Hurwitz
Podcasts:
Acid Horizon
- William S. Burroughs — “The Limits of Control” and Its Influence on Deleuze
- Data Is Dead Labor — Capitalism, Ideology, and AI
- Becoming-Intense, Becoming-Animal Session 2 [[Deleuze and Guattari]] [[1,000 platueas]]
The Knowledge Project (Shane Parish)
- 164 Ravi Gupta — the Realities of Success
No Stupid Questions
- Should We Replace Umpires With Robots?
Outsider Theory
- The Automation of Midwittery With Brian Chau
Philosophize This!
- Episode #179 … Why Is Consciousness Something Worth Talking About?
The Daily
- When the Culture Wars Came for NASA
The Rich Roll Podcast
- Decoding Transformation — Presence Is the Residence of Potential
The Tim Ferris Show
- 644 — Jonathan Haidt — The Coddling of the American Mind, How to Become Intellectually Antifragile, and How to Lose Anger by Studying Morality
- 669 — Kevin Kelly — Excellent Advice for Living
You Must Remember This
- Charlie Manson’s Hollywood
Music:
- Beach boys
- Pink Floyd
- Daft Punk
- Ween
- Julian Plenti
- Wolfmother
What I am streaming this month:
- I think you should leave #Netflix #comedy
- American Ultra #movie
- Saturday Night Fever #movie
- Inside Llewin Davis (Coehn Bros) #recommended
- Silicone Valley #HBO
Youtube history:
outdated, will update soon
Consuming:
What I want:
Just waiting for my Meticulous Espresso maker to come in
What I got:
- “High John, the Conqueror” #book
- two books on survival #survival
- Shure RK345 Windscreen for SM7, SM7A, and SM7B (Spare Part) #audio #podcast plosive reduction
- tiny tape measure (keychain)
- puck box for #espresso
- Fellow Clara French Press (20% off sale)
- Oral B io toothbrush ($78)
What I produced:
Podcasts:
Step 74: Symbolic Victory
Step 75: Holy to Holy S***
Life Stuff
I started a mural at the office in Birmingham. I went back to TX for my nephew’s graduation.
Belly Button Lint
I have also kept up with my daily posts to my naval gazing blog.
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