May 22, 2022
robot cowboy remix
From the department of 'pop culture ephemera which is far better than it has any right to be,' I bring you the BMO Mixtape. Or listen on soundcloud, which breaks it out by tracks, but that's kinda cheating, because the whole point of this thing is starting at the beginning and just melting into the chillest remixes of Adventure Time songs imaginable. [more inside]
People with excited delirium are said to display “superhuman strength"
Most medical authorities do not consider excited delirium to be real. A ‘city on fire’: How [1980s] Miami shaped a disputed diagnosis used to justify deaths in police custody is a May 2022 podcast episode from StatNews (pdf transcript). Earlier StatNews coverage on the topic: The term was first used in 1985 to explain a series of seven deaths among people who used cocaine, all of whom were forcibly restrained and five of whom died in police custody. [more inside]
How It's Made: Pakistan
The YouTube channel Random Things, despite its name, provides something very specific: commentary-free, music-free videos of the manufacturing process in small factories and workshops in Pakistan. Craftsmen and laborers work in what are often difficult circumstances to make cricket/tennis balls, Hollywood fantasy swords, spoons, recycled steel, and much more.
The Cine-Files
"Devoted to exploring great films." Since 2016, film professionals Steve Morris and John Rocha have perused a couple hundred beloved movies. Near the show's beginning, fans asked for more depth and more detail. So they honed the show into a longer format and revisited movies from early episodes, such as Die Hard, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Their back catalogue contains deep-dives into Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ratatouille, Rear Window, Remains of the Day, Reservoir Dogs, Return of the Jedi, The Right Stuff, Robocop, Rocky, Rocky IV, Rushmore, and that's just the Rs. The last couple months have been focused on Spike Lee, with detailed examinations of Do the Right Thing and Malcolm X. (They've similarly discussed directors Hitchcock, Coppola, and Kurosawa.) Their latest episode is a first part on Soderbergh's Oceans 11.
C'mon Guys, Free Pickled Eggs!
A Hugh Jass Oral History of ‘Flaming Moe’s' [Mel Magazine]
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