Japanese surrealist novella I bought at a little bookshop in Eau Claire this summer.
Too weird for me, but some nice descriptive passages. I wonder, when I read translated prose, how much of the “nice” is in the source versus what the translator brings.
They made a 30 for 30 just for Me and Adam actually “read” a book, with paper and everything.
Picks!
(11:36) They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us
(18:41) Once upon A Time in Queens (ESPN)
(30:16) LuLaRich (Amazon Prime)
(37:25) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Drinks!
Adam – Equilibrium Brewery 400x
Mike – The Princeton
Followup and Footnotes
Music Break: Duke Deuce – “WTF!”
Brooklyn 99
Shang-Chi
The Courier
It’s still fun to cook up a new-to-me cocktail for podcast recording but I struggle sometimes with inspiration. Googling for cocktails kind of sucks.
That the is The Princeton, according to this great 1971 4th edition of Playboy’s Host and Bar Book. I wouldn’t have considered adding lime juice to a dry martini, but the result isn’t bad at all.
There are a jillion recipes in this book, but also a lot of old-school party hosting rules and advice. Like, it goes into the right kind of ice and explores a wide range of glassware options. Sadly, despite being a Playboy publication, no nudes.
These are still a lot of fun so we’re still at it.
I read a book! Adam has some YouTube inspiration! And we both have new tunes to recommend! Enjoy!
Picks!
(12:31) The Rook by by Daniel O’Malley
(16:48) “Pray for Haiti” by Mach-Hommy
(23:15) “The Ballad of Dood & Juanita” by Sturgil Simpson
(32:28) Modeling/Diorama Youtube Boylei Hobby Time || Plasmo || Luke Towan || Studson Studio
Drinks!
Adam – Gin (Beef Eater) + Tonic (Fever Tree)
Mike – Negroooooooni with Few Barrel Gin
Followup and Footnotes!
Music Break: Kelly Lee Owens – “Melt!”
Nacho Helmet
Safe As Milk Tunes on Spotify
Recursion (ep. 159)
CW Pencil Enterprise (ep. 122) closing up shop
Nobody (2021)
The Adventure Zone – Ethersea
Subnautica Below Zero (ep. 101)
Brian Blomerth was the featured artist in the latest Smoke Signal from Desert Island Comics.
I really loves this guys work. It’s playful and psychedelic. This wallpaper selection is neither, but it made me laugh.
Borrowed a copy of Defying Gravity from one of my gym pals. A lot of it is very “1981 meathead”, but there are some timeless bits of advice in there.
It has been a long long time since we could record in person, but we are back at it:
(20:31) Wonder Woman Dead Earth
(24:11) Invincible (Amazon Prime)
(29:40) Sad About the Times
(36:43) The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Drinks!
Mike & Adam – Pink Jimmy
Followup and Footnotes
Music Break: Company Flow – Silence
Hot Ones parodied on SNL
Snowpiercer (TV series)
COD Warzone
Kong vs. Godzilla
The Usual Suspects
The Public Radio
What Had Happened Was
LOTR: Return of the King
I’m just starting Desert Oracle, so I can’t say much about it yet.
This issue of MAD is an all-Aragonés tribute, so it’s good reading. Our oldest subscribed a few years back. I don’t read them all, and I’ll read even less now that they’re just reprinting old stuff.
Going to make this Hobonichi Weeks notebook fit into my workday.
I’m a sucker for this kind of thing.