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2019: Listening
31 December 2019 17:48 This year has actually been a super big year for Listening To Things™. Lots of new music! But also, podcasts. I've been very into podcasts this year.
The Shrieking Shack is my fave, I think. It's a Harry Potter podcast where they literally go through the books chapter by chapter to see Is It Good? Or Is It Bad? The results will surprise you! I mean, probably they won't if you've seen what JKR is like on twitter but. It's a very good podcast, and the Patreon bonus content extra episodes are also very good. I can never think about Harry Styles without screaming ever again.
Behind the Bastards is a pretty recent addition to my podcast roster, but it's been loads of fun. Half because there's episodes like "The Goat Testicle Implanting Doctor Who Invented Talk Radio", but also half because there's really considered discussions of what makes people suck. And also like... Here's how I've tried to advertise it to the more conservative people in my life: the facts are unbiased, the delivery is biased. By this I mean it's heavily sourced but the host also tries to convince the audience to key someone's car or buy bolt cutters every once in a while.
420 Day Fiancé is just... nonsense. Two people discuss a bad reality show (90 Day Fiancé) while stoned. Good for background nonsense. Still haven't watched the show it's based on and probably never will.
The Adventure Zone is also something that I've listened to a lot of this year. I've done a tiny bit of a relisten to parts of Balance, and obviously Amnesty finished off this year. I did have some issues with the plot of Amnesty re: one of the character arcs but... that criticism is really, REALLY rooted in my own personal preferences in storytelling. So. I've written fic for this fandom and made cross stitch merch so that's probably more telling of how much I enjoyed it.
My music library this year is up to 23.56GB, 656 albums, or 9.7 days of listening depending on how you want to count it. My phone only has 12GB of my music on it which is honestly such a huge fucking sacrifice. One day I'll have a phone with enough storage that I can have all my bullshit on it. Here's some music recs from this year though! And by this year I mean, I discovered them this year, not that they came out this year.
The Shrieking Shack is my fave, I think. It's a Harry Potter podcast where they literally go through the books chapter by chapter to see Is It Good? Or Is It Bad? The results will surprise you! I mean, probably they won't if you've seen what JKR is like on twitter but. It's a very good podcast, and the Patreon bonus content extra episodes are also very good. I can never think about Harry Styles without screaming ever again.
Behind the Bastards is a pretty recent addition to my podcast roster, but it's been loads of fun. Half because there's episodes like "The Goat Testicle Implanting Doctor Who Invented Talk Radio", but also half because there's really considered discussions of what makes people suck. And also like... Here's how I've tried to advertise it to the more conservative people in my life: the facts are unbiased, the delivery is biased. By this I mean it's heavily sourced but the host also tries to convince the audience to key someone's car or buy bolt cutters every once in a while.
420 Day Fiancé is just... nonsense. Two people discuss a bad reality show (90 Day Fiancé) while stoned. Good for background nonsense. Still haven't watched the show it's based on and probably never will.
The Adventure Zone is also something that I've listened to a lot of this year. I've done a tiny bit of a relisten to parts of Balance, and obviously Amnesty finished off this year. I did have some issues with the plot of Amnesty re: one of the character arcs but... that criticism is really, REALLY rooted in my own personal preferences in storytelling. So. I've written fic for this fandom and made cross stitch merch so that's probably more telling of how much I enjoyed it.
My music library this year is up to 23.56GB, 656 albums, or 9.7 days of listening depending on how you want to count it. My phone only has 12GB of my music on it which is honestly such a huge fucking sacrifice. One day I'll have a phone with enough storage that I can have all my bullshit on it. Here's some music recs from this year though! And by this year I mean, I discovered them this year, not that they came out this year.
- The Counterweight (Deluxe) by Thea Gilmore. Album.
- Jackboot Jump by Hozier. Single.
- Blue Wing by Tracy Grammer. Single.
- Resentment by Kesha et al. Single.
- Hadestown. Musical / Album.
- Hey Ho by Tracy Grammer.
- I'm Too Sensitive For This Shit by Hayley Kiyoko. Album.
- Inland Territory by Vienna Teng. Album.
- Turn by Great Big Sea. Album.
- Lease of Life by Errors. Album.
- Blue Caravan by Vienna Teng. Single.
- Washing Machine Heart by Mitski. Single.
- Small World Turning by Thea Gilmore. Album.
- A Different Kind of Human by Aurora. Album.
- GIRL by Maren Morris. Album.
- Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves. Album.
- Left Here by Roisin Gordon. Single.
