How online? Extremely.

October 21, 2021 3:01 PM

In the midst of the pandemic Sam Sutherland is back and exploring online subcultures and communities. The second five episode season just finished with Angry Queer Gloom Cult: How Queer Metal Bands Built Their Own Scene [YT ~15min].

The other episodes are:

Gaming The System: How Political Simulation Games Maximize Minutiae

All Dressed up With Nowhere to Go: Cosplaying Through a Pandemic

Stay Out of the Basement: Dungeons and Dragons' Digital Evolution

Mukbang's Community Builders: Eating Their Way Into Our Hearts

Cams, OnlyFans, and Ukulele Jams: The Digital Sex Work Revolution

Smoking Weed for Fun and Profit on the Internet

Micronations Are Teeny Tiny Lil Countries and Also Completely Made Up

Abandoned Strip Clubs and Dead Malls: Urban Exploration 2.0

Minecraft Music Festival Quarantine Extravaganza

posted by forbiddencabinet (3 comments total)

I have not watched any of these yet, but his earlier stuff was savvy in a way no other pop-internet-documentarian has managed to be. Looking forward to it.
posted by Jairus at 4:56 PM on October 21, 2021

Anyone who enjoys Sam Sutherland's youtube videos should check out the Blink 155 podcast, in which he and another dude, Josiah Hughes, a former Exclaim! editor, discuss every Blink 182 song at great length. It sounds like a slog, but if you're up for it, it's actually a totally unique exploration of taste, ageing, and pop culture that highlights the ways the band's music and style has propagated through the culture in a multitude of ways. It unfolds alongside the growth of a weird, creative community of people whose lives have been touched in one way or another by Blink 182, both positively and negatively. You don't even have to like Blink 182 to enjoy it! (It's now the 155 podcast and they've continued to discuss punk music more broadly.)
posted by Dr. Send at 6:06 PM on October 21, 2021

Rad. \m/

Thanks for posting!
posted by Don.Kinsayder at 8:40 PM on October 21, 2021