{"id":12041,"date":"2023-07-03T08:24:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T12:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/?p=12041"},"modified":"2024-08-28T10:59:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T14:59:25","slug":"june-media-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/2023\/07\/03\/june-media-4\/","title":{"rendered":"June Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Movies, Shows, etc<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/show\/severance\/umc.cmc.1srk2goyh2q2zdxcx605w8vtx\">Severance<\/a><br \/>\nOK, this was the strangest, most messed up show I can recall watching. The way the finale ended &#8211; <strong>SPOILER ALERT<\/strong> &#8211; without resolving anything and instead setting up the next season was maddening. As a lover of the color blue, I did enjoy how many different gorgeous shades were integral to the show\u2019s aesthetic.<\/p>\n<p>B<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3460252\/\">The Hateful Eight<\/a><br \/>\nI didn\u2019t like this as much as Tarantino\u2019s other Western, <em>Django Unchained<\/em>, mostly because it felt a little long (and I did NOT watch the extended version). But the final chapter pulled all the parts together and made it worth the time.<\/p>\n<p>B+<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acrossthespiderverse.movie\/\">Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse<\/a><br \/>\nFaaaaaaaaantastic. One of the most jaw-dropping visual experiences I\u2019ve ever viewed in the theater. I hadn\u2019t read anything about the movie before we saw it &#8211; or rewatched the original &#8211; so I was floored when I got to the final moment of the movie.<\/p>\n<p>A<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81153133\">Tour de France Unchained<\/a><br \/>\nThis, errr, formula worked for F1, why not try it with the biggest bike race in the world. I wonder if this year\u2019s Tour de France will get more interest thanks to this insider look at last year\u2019s edition. I expect to watch more than I did last year, which was less than I had in other recent years. Even with me having to pony up for a month of Peacock+ to watch. If NBC owned Netflix I would say this was brilliant marketing.<\/p>\n<p>B+<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/show\/fight-power-how-hip-hop-changed-world\/\">Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World<\/a><br \/>\nThis has only been on my DVR for three months? Four? Not sure why I even record stuff anymore, since it tends to sit there for months before I get to it.<\/p>\n<p>This was really good, although it was less about music the closer it got to the present day. Which is ok since I\u2019m way more into old school hip hop than the new. But it felt like they kind of missed the point talking about how the modern political age and how hip hop has reacted without sharing a lot of music from this era.<\/p>\n<p>B+<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/show\/for-all-mankind\/umc.cmc.6wsi780sz5tdbqcf11k76mkp7\">For All Mankind<\/a>, season three<br \/>\nLooking back, season one was an A-, season two an A. In season three we jump to the mid\u201390s, with the US, USSR, and a private company racing to be the first to land on Mars. A former astronaut is elected president and has a big secret, which eventually comes out to the shock of the nation, especially their supporters. The huge twist at the end of season two was actually kind of slow-played through this season. Until the very last scene of the year when, holy shit!<\/p>\n<p>In between all that I thought this season meandered a little too much. But, once again, the final two episodes make up for any shortcomings in the first eight. The writers are not afraid to go big when it comes to twists and surprises. Looks like we jump to 2003 for season four. I wonder what they\u2019ll come up with for that.<\/p>\n<p>A-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxnetworks.com\/shows\/the-bear\">The Bear<\/a>, season two<br \/>\nBest show of the year (so far).<\/p>\n<p>A+<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Shorts, YouTubes, etc<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hPgwJNmemk0\">Italy on Film<\/a><br \/>\nAgain, I\u2019m super satisfied with how I documented our trip to Italy last year. But if I ever go back, I wouldn\u2019t mind taking a camera a little more technical than whatever iPhone I\u2019m rocking at that moment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yDCmIut9hLg\">98 Family Members Fly to Italy for 10 Days<\/a><br \/>\nThis is not related to the video above, although this guy also has a short called <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/x0TsQ-8gjL0\">\u201cItaly on Film.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Travel is hard enough. Imagine flying to Italy, hitting three cities, and doing so with nearly 100 of your relatives. Somehow these folks pulled it off.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3HZPkWYr2-4\">Bill Hader discusses cut Casey Kasem sketch with Kevin Pollak<\/a><br \/>\nI probably would have thought this sketch was pretty funny.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BrianLagerstrom\">Brian Lagerstrom<\/a><br \/>\nI haven\u2019t updated the foodies I\u2019ve been getting recipes from in awhile. We\u2019ve had a few things from this guy\u2019s collection of recipes lately.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NGgpSWcaV1U\">Perfect One-Pot, Six-Pan, 10-Wok, 25-Baking Sheet Dinner<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Bs1UudPHGAI\">How To Make Slow-Cooked Russet Potatoes That Fall Right Off The Bone<\/a><br \/>\nAnd then there are these, a perfect parody of so many online cook accounts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/THeoxGXfaUU\">Line &amp; Air<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Uu8v6bIUkmQ\">Towers Of Tigray<\/a><br \/>\nNorth Face content of the month. Maybe I should buy some more of their gear. It\u2019s been awhile since I have.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rZjbNWgsDt8\">Lisa: Steve Jobs\u2019 sabotage and Apple\u2019s secret burial<\/a><br \/>\nWeird how much content there has been lately about Apple\u2019s Lisa computer system. This piece is about the development of the line and then how a Utah business took them over when Apple had largely abandoned them, only to be forced by Apple to send them to a municipal dump.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Glj6mUgxo6s\">Where Were the U-Boats on D-Day?<\/a><br \/>\nInteresting history augmented by fantastic stock footage of submarine warfare from that era. There\u2019s even the obligatory scene of stuff flying off a table as a sub does a quick dive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Y_4SFqSz5TQ\">Colleen Ballinger Is Running Out of Excuses<\/a><br \/>\nThis was featured on Vulture\u2019s What to Watch This Weekend section one Friday. C was really into Ballinger\u2019s videos at one point so I decided it was worth 20 minutes of my time. My big takeaway is it confirms pretty much all of these internet famous people that make random videos are total weirdos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nhapXNTzdQI\">Why every radio station sounds the same<\/a><br \/>\nCorporate radio sucks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zVeqD4nDav8\">How \u201cThe Bear\u201d Filmed An Entire TV Episode in One Take<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zs9QzIf3ZQ8\">10 Things The Bear\u2019s Jeremy Allen White Can\u2019t Live Without<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PFyugZykal0\">\u2019The Bear\u2019 Star Chef Matty Matheson\u2019s Brutally Honest Opinion on What\u2019s In and What\u2019s Out<\/a><br \/>\n<em>The Bear<\/em> content.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PGO7zACqH0w\">Pic du Midi de Bigorre &#8211; Cycling Inspiration &amp; Education<\/a><br \/>\nLooks like a nice, easy, Sunday morning bike ride to me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VKI8RUqptuA\">Bodysurfing Mavericks with Kalani Lattanzi<\/a><br \/>\nYikes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/J3QtMMFoYy8\">This is how it sounds WITHOUT the sample \/\/ Bitter Sweet Symphony<\/a><br \/>\nI\u2019ve needed to hear this for 25 years.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Music\/Podcasts<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theringer.com\/60-songs-that-explain-the-90s\">60 Songs That Explain the \u201890s<\/a><br \/>\nI\u2019ve known about this podcast for ages but never listened to it, mostly because my pod queue is already so deep that I can barely get to everything in it. I was finally sucked in when I saw there was a new episode about Prince in the \u201890s. Fascinating stuff.<\/p>\n<p>The best tidbit garnered from that show was that Prince\u2019s infamous \u201cassless\u201d pants worn at the 1991 VMA\u2019s were not, in fact, assless. Rather they featured flesh-colored fabric panels. There was a fabric designer in Minneapolis who was on retainer to occasionally color fabrics to match Prince\u2019s skin tone. And this women never met Prince face-to-face! Just awesome, esoteric stuff there.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been digging into the show\u2019s back catalog. One of my other favorite nuggets was the host\u2019s lines about Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich on the \u201cEnter Sandman\u201d episode. He said that Ulrich is the Derek Jeter of drummers: if he\u2019s on your team\/in your band, you love him and think he\u2019s an all-timer. If not, you think he\u2019s overrated, gets far too much credit for making easy things look difficult, etc. I loved that.<\/p>\n<p>He also said on one of Metallica\u2019s albums, Ulrich\u2019s drumming sounded like \u201c30 minutes of someone falling down the stairs.\u201d That is an incredible description.<\/p>\n<p>A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Movies, Shows, etc Severance OK, this was the strangest, most messed up show I can recall watching. The way the finale ended &#8211; SPOILER ALERT &#8211; without resolving anything and instead setting up the next season was maddening. As a lover of the color blue, I did enjoy how many different gorgeous shades were integral to the show\u2019s aesthetic. B The Hateful Eight I didn\u2019t like this as much as Tarantino\u2019s other Western, Django Unchained, mostly because it felt a little long (and I did NOT watch the extended version). But the final chapter pulled all the parts together and made it worth the time. B+ Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Faaaaaaaaantastic. One of the most jaw-dropping visual experiences I\u2019ve ever viewed in the theater. I hadn\u2019t read anything about the movie before we saw it &#8211; or rewatched the original &#8211; so I was floored when I got to the final moment of the movie. A Tour de France Unchained This, errr, formula worked for F1, why not try it with the biggest bike race in the world. I wonder if this year\u2019s Tour de France will get more interest thanks to this insider look at last year\u2019s edition. I expect to watch more than I did last year, which was less than I had in other recent years. Even with me having to pony up for a month of Peacock+ to watch. If NBC owned Netflix I would say this was brilliant marketing. B+ Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World This has only been on my DVR for three months? Four? Not sure why I even record stuff anymore, since it tends to sit there for months before I get to it. This was really good, although it was less about music the closer it got to the present day. Which is ok since I\u2019m way more into old school hip hop than the new. But it felt like they kind of missed the point talking about how the modern political age and how hip hop has reacted without sharing a lot of music from this era. B+ For All Mankind, season three Looking back, season one was an A-, season two an A. In season three we jump to the mid\u201390s, with the US, USSR, and a private company racing to be the first to land on Mars. A former astronaut is elected president and has a big secret, which eventually comes out to the shock of the nation, especially their supporters. The huge twist at the end of season two was actually kind of slow-played through this season. Until the very last scene of the year when, holy shit! In between all that I thought this season meandered a little too much. But, once again, the final two episodes make up for any shortcomings in the first eight. The writers are not afraid to go big when it comes to twists and surprises. Looks like we jump to 2003 for season four. I wonder what they\u2019ll come up with for that. A- The Bear, season two Best show of the year (so far). A+ Shorts, YouTubes, etc Italy on Film Again, I\u2019m super satisfied with how I documented our trip to Italy last year. But if I ever go back, I wouldn\u2019t mind taking a camera a little more technical than whatever iPhone I\u2019m rocking at that moment. 98 Family Members Fly to Italy for 10 Days This is not related to the video above, although this guy also has a short called \u201cItaly on Film.\u201d Travel is hard enough. Imagine flying to Italy, hitting three cities, and doing so with nearly 100 of your relatives. Somehow these folks pulled it off. Bill Hader discusses cut Casey Kasem sketch with Kevin Pollak I probably would have thought this sketch was pretty funny. Brian Lagerstrom I haven\u2019t updated the foodies I\u2019ve been getting recipes from in awhile. We\u2019ve had a few things from this guy\u2019s collection of recipes lately. Perfect One-Pot, Six-Pan, 10-Wok, 25-Baking Sheet Dinner How To Make Slow-Cooked Russet Potatoes That Fall Right Off The Bone And then there are these, a perfect parody of so many online cook accounts. Line &amp; Air Towers Of Tigray North Face content of the month. Maybe I should buy some more of their gear. It\u2019s been awhile since I have. Lisa: Steve Jobs\u2019 sabotage and Apple\u2019s secret burial Weird how much content there has been lately about Apple\u2019s Lisa computer system. This piece is about the development of the line and then how a Utah business took them over when Apple had largely abandoned them, only to be forced by Apple to send them to a municipal dump. Where Were the U-Boats on D-Day? Interesting history augmented by fantastic stock footage of submarine warfare from that era. There\u2019s even the obligatory scene of stuff flying off a table as a sub does a quick dive. Colleen Ballinger Is Running Out of Excuses This was featured on Vulture\u2019s What to Watch This Weekend section one Friday. C was really into Ballinger\u2019s videos at one point so I decided it was worth 20 minutes of my time. My big takeaway is it confirms pretty much all of these internet famous people that make random videos are total weirdos. Why every radio station sounds the same Corporate radio sucks. How \u201cThe Bear\u201d Filmed An Entire TV Episode in One Take 10 Things The Bear\u2019s Jeremy Allen White Can\u2019t Live Without \u2019The Bear\u2019 Star Chef Matty Matheson\u2019s Brutally Honest Opinion on What\u2019s In and What\u2019s Out The Bear content. Pic du Midi de Bigorre &#8211; Cycling Inspiration &amp; Education Looks like a nice, easy, Sunday morning bike ride to me. Bodysurfing Mavericks with Kalani Lattanzi Yikes. This is how it sounds WITHOUT the sample \/\/ Bitter Sweet Symphony I\u2019ve needed to hear this for 25 years. Music\/Podcasts 60 Songs That Explain the \u201890s I\u2019ve known about this podcast for ages but never listened to it, mostly because my pod queue is already so deep that I can barely get to everything in it. I was finally sucked in when I saw there was a new episode about Prince in the \u201890s. Fascinating stuff. The best tidbit garnered from that show was that Prince\u2019s infamous \u201cassless\u201d pants worn at the 1991 VMA\u2019s were not, in fact, assless. Rather they featured flesh-colored fabric panels. There was a fabric designer in Minneapolis who was on retainer to occasionally color fabrics to match Prince\u2019s skin tone. And this women never met Prince face-to-face! Just awesome, esoteric stuff there. I\u2019ve been digging into the show\u2019s back catalog. One of my other favorite nuggets was the host\u2019s lines about Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich on the \u201cEnter Sandman\u201d episode. He said that Ulrich is the Derek Jeter of drummers: if he\u2019s on your team\/in your band, you love him and think he\u2019s an all-timer. If not, you think he\u2019s overrated, gets far too much credit for making easy things look difficult, etc. I loved that. He also said on one of Metallica\u2019s albums, Ulrich\u2019s drumming sounded like \u201c30 minutes of someone falling down the stairs.\u201d That is an incredible description. 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