Hello All,
The prediction of Youtube, AI bots who can cry and bygone era of charm from this week’s interestingness.
Jamie Oliver’s most delicious Chicken and Mushroom Soup.
David Lynch talks about where ideas come from.
Predicting YouTube in 1980, describing a spacewalk in 1952, describing pocket computers in detail in 1950 and other Asimov things. Also, such dignified old world charm ( more on that in the movies section below ). When did talk shows shift from this to knowing mundane details of some insignificant actor’s diet plans?
Westworld S2 Ep 8 Kiksuya is probably the best episode of any TV series I have watched in a while. The depth of story/ plot, cinematography, music, and acting is superlative in this episode. Also, the whole episode is in a Native American language called Lakota :
Excerpt from a review I read about the episode:-
"With the best stories, sometimes there is very little to say by way of analysis. There might be nothing to decode, nor hints to speculate about. One full of loss, purpose, kindness, and yearning freedom. And so culminates another beautiful episode — my favorite of the series so far — about the weapon of memory, the refusal to stay in our lanes, and the peaceful gathering to bring people into a better world."
Ramin Djawadi’s brilliant cover of Nirvana’s Heart-Shaped Box perfectly peaks at the definitive moment in the episode when the AI bot sheds a tear ( no spoilers )
Picture-based reference guides for anything and everything. It is difficult to explain this without a picture :)
. TV :
History 101 on Netflix: 20-25 mins of information-packed episodes on various topics.
Space Force It is such a joy to watch Steve Carell and Malkovich in the same frame trying to put boots on the Moon.
Music : Ludovico Einaudi plays 12 Songs From Home. How does this man barely even touch the piano and create such music?
. I have always wanted to read more and have gloriously failed at it. Sometime last year onwards that has changed a tiny bit. My current daily reading comprises of Cosmos, Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers and 20 years of Dilbert ( Scott Adams’s comments after every strip makes this version truly a collector’s edition )
Movies :
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf watch this for vicious old world charm
My Neighbours The Yamadas (From the Director of Grave of the Fireflies, Only Yesterday and Princess Kaguya). I am utterly in love with this not at all Ghibli-like animation style
YouTube algorithm springs up such gems at times. Say hello to the human-computer ( watch from around the 15th minute onwards if you like to skip to the magic bit ). Once again why is everyone so polite and dignified in this video/ TV program? When and why did we lose that?
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That’s All Folks. See you around next time.