I’ve seen him live recently and in the 2010s. Neither show would be acceptable by any other artist in terms of quality or in seeming to not care. I love the man and his music but it made me wonder if the whole tour is at this point a joke on the audience to see how bad he can make it while still having fans falling down to say it was actually good.
In season one the charge nurse Dana has a very slight southern accent that seems to be the actress’s natural voice. In season 2 she has a somewhat pronounced Pennsylvania accent that isn’t bad but feels a little forced. So far her backstory and home life havnt come up so I’m not sure why they made the change. I liked the slight southern bc it felt real that a hospital has people from all over that moved throughout life not just townies who grew up there.
The main cast ranges from decent to meh and ranges in age from late twenties to fifties. It’s great and adds to the realism. The sets add a lot as the police station is shitty and their houses and apartments are all nothing special.
Bloody Ben the thirteen year old boy warrior in Fire and Blood is throwing me for another GRRM age spin out. Is it possibly George just doesn’t see kids and has lost track of when they grow? Sure you get some boys who are bigger young but they still wouldn’t develop a lot of muscle until later into puberty. I just can’t imagine a 13 or 14 year old holding their own against a grown man in combat. Of course child soldiers have always been a thing but could a thirteen year old realistically be a good enough warrior to make a name on the battlefield?
Edit: kind of a simplified version that puts it in stark relief; at 13 could you have defeated your father in combat? I could not have, no way.
At several points in the main series and constantly in Fire and Blood people are torn to pieces by mobs. Is this something that was semi common in real history? I’m sure it’s doable but also tearing limbs off has got to be very difficult and require a special level of heat of the moment battle insanity so hard to imagine it being common.
What's the deal here? I can find audience recordings of dead shows from decades prior that are much better quality than nearly all the non soundboard phish shows I find.
If there are better quality recordings how do I find them and can I get them through an app like relisten or in some other way play them off my phone?
For the Grateful Dead there are often 3 or 4 recordings and you can choose which to listen to. The phish ones give only one option and the sound on them is often not great whereas the dead ones are pretty good most of the time. Whats up with that?
Forget booktok and forget reddit and other social medias which trend towards the center and seem to always regurgitate the same things over and over. Instead of using algorithms put an author you like into wikipedia then scroll to find who they were influenced by and who they influenced. See what other authors they interacted with, what people made comments about their works. I just looked up the wikipedia for M John Harrison and ended up with two new authors to explore and those could lead me to more.
I've always thought that Mieville's three novels set in his fantasy world Bas Lag were some of the most unique and interesting works I've ever read. There doesn't seem to be much discussion on them and I can't find any podcast so it seems like something people would be interested in. Would any other fan be into cohosting a chapter by chapter critique/analysis podcast with me?
Any fans of China Mieville's incredible Bas Lag trilogy out there and interested in doing a chapter by chapter read and analysis podcast? Its probably the most incredible fictional world I've come across and deserves more discussion
I'm a big fan of podcasts that take one topic and really explore it deeply. Some that have been my favorites are Bonfireside Chat, History of Rock in 500 Songs, Hardcore History, Retronauts, Just King Things, Iron Age of Comics, Friendly Fire. Any you can recommend?
…to watch while you’re eating. I learned the hard way.
Outside of social media being video and image based is there any good reason a podcast should have video? Almost every show is people seated and talking into a microphone. What does video add? I listen to podcasts while I work or walk or do chores or drive, if I wanted to watch the video the whole time it would make doing any of those harder or impossible. Is this just another symptom of the enshitification of our world or am I missing something?
These two things seem to get brought up a lot in regards to social media and getting people aware of your podcast and a lot of redditors seem to think this is necessary to a podcast growing an audience. Just in my own experience I really only see clips on social media of those horrible manosphere shows or other crap thats trying to pull people in with a shocking exchange. The actual shows and types of shows I listen to don't post clips online and don't have video unless they never mention it on mic and I'm just unaware. Do these things matter to you?
The podcasts I listen to are almost all topic based like a book by book show about Stephen King, a show about the mid eighties and nineties comicbooks, hardcore history, history of rock in 500 songs etc.
Just from their social media they seem like assholes.
Her dialogue is so obviously constant flirting. Hugely disappointed.
Seriously this is just about the absolute dumbest things I have ever run into. Lots of people dream about a real world thing that people go to? Why not wonder why we have dreams about school or work. Good lord please smite this stupid planet full of morons.
Hello, after having no luck in my personal circle of friends I am turning to Reddit to find someone who is interested in cohosting a podcast where we go episode by episode through the HBO series Entourage and examine it through a modern lens and as a cultural artifact of the early and mid 2000's. I'd imagine a fun and somewhat funny and somewhat serious conversation and critique of the show, its characters and themes. Not looking to just dump on it but being real about the show that it was as both a fan and critic. Anyone in?
Edit: Love the responses from many of you. Speaking to a few people who seem genuinely interested in moving forward with making this podcast. Next move is contact various people from the show and see if they want to get involved. Who knows?
Hello, after having no luck in my personal circle of friends I am turning to Reddit to find someone who is interested in cohosting a podcast where we go episode by episode through the HBO series Entourage and examine it through a modern lens and as a cultural artifact of the early and mid 2000's. I'd imagine a fun and somewhat funny and somewhat serious conversation and critique of the show, its characters and themes. Not looking to just dump on it but being real about the show that it was as both a fan and critic. Anyone in?