“Imagine a Sun Kil Moon record pressing pause on 'Inherent Vice' to grab another sixer out of the fridge and roll a joint on the back cover of a Bukowski novel.”
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54 WORDS, MORE/LESS: “Can't Get You Out of My Head - An Emotional History of the Modern World” (ADAM CURTIS, #54WORDMORELESS)
“Adam Curtis attempts to make inconclusive sense of our non-sensical modern world with a hypnotizing documentary filled with haunting old footage, amazing soundtrack selections, and a ‘David Attenborough who has seen too much’ narration style. Hits different than your usual docuseries, and will leave you wondering about what you're supposed to think long after.”
54 WORDS, MORE/LESS: “What I Have To Offer” (Eliot Rausch, Charlie Kaufman, #54wordmoreless)
“My favourite thing about the internet is that stuff like someone taking audio from a 2011 Charlie Kaufman lecture (and then setting it to beautifully shot imagery and a minimalist heartbeat backbeat) is something I'm able to just find and watch again & again, whenever I need a punch in the heart gut.”
HI:54 / LO:5 — The Third Industrial Revolution - A Radical New Sharing Economy
“Be a good human and watch this enlightening & sobering talk from 2018 that Jeremy Rifkin gave about where the world is going no matter how much we keep stubbornly trying to delay the change by continuing to prop up our corrupt & inefficient pre-internet systems / masters. For real, find 1.5 hours somewhere for this & then let's get to collective work before another 5 years goes by.”
FANDCAMP: This New Century
“Dan Reeder has such a soothing voice… sometimes you don't even realize that he's singing about how his lady won't give him a bj on his birthday or the flaws of a beach ball.”
HI:54 / LO:5 — The Houseboat Summit with Alan Watts, Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Synder, & Allen Cohen
“Back in 1967, Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, & Allen Cohen joined Alan Watts on his houseboat to chat about society. And they taped it. And now we can tune in to the conversation up here in the 2020s (where we could all do with some 'turning on' and 'dropping out'). Yay internet.”
FANDCAMP: The World Only Ends When You Die
“Skyway Man has the kind of grooves that will have you unironically reintroducing words like ‘groovy’ back into your regular vocabulary. For example, you may find yourself telling others “this record is really groovy, man” quite often.”
HI:54 / LO:5 — A Conversation Between Ram Dass & Terence McKenna
“Two of my favourite deep thinkers/teachers got together for a chat over coffee in Prague in 1992, with an eccentric waiter making comedic interruptions throughout — AND — now, 30 years later, I/you can eavesdrop on it, for free. A good reminder that the internet isn't all doom-scrolling-distractions, it's also wonderful stuff like this.”
HI:54 / LO:5 — The Golden Girls
“We're halfway through season 6 of Golden Girls & we've yet to consider hitting the 'Skip Intro' button — so if it's not best theme song ever, it's at least on Mt. Rushmore. Also… show holds up great & the cast is perfect (and deserves Mt. Rushmore more than those other old white folks).”
HI54LO5: Close Enough
“Can't believe I just found out about Close Enough — it's all the best parts of Regular Show, except now the characters are actual old human millennials and not talking blue jays or raccoons or gumball machines that act like old human millennials. Extra relatable, highly recommend.”
HI:54 / LO:5 — I'M ALL THAT
“After taking a beat to go from 'wow I can't believe that Will Smith thing happened' to 'ok but nothing to do with me', now all I can think is how I've been working on a 90s mix & listening to 'I'm All That' all weekend *LITERALLY* saying to myself "dang this song slaps".”
HI:54 / LO:5 — Over the Garden Wall
“I sent my nieces Over The Garden Wall as a "sorry covid prevented us from bringing bday presents, but we're not mailing all these books" gesture—not sure if they watched it yet, but I did, and it's fun and charming & now I can't stop saying "ain't that just the way" all the time.”