Content I'm Loving - May, 2024
Music
This is a Mindfulness Drill: A Reimagining of Richard Youngs' 'Sapphie' (2021) - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
clean, fuzzy, warm, eerie, delicate, dynamic, living, cyclic, zone-out, floating
People Who Aren’t There Anymore (2024) - Future Islands
this album has copped a bit of flak online, but it's a solid Future Islands record to me
Fearless Movement (2024) - Kamasi Washington
huge record with so many different movements, arrangements, and feelings
Also in Rotation
TV
Game Changer (Ongoing)
"the only game show where the game changes every show" - I could watch this show forever
Total Forgiveness (2019)
ally and grant's tv experiment was no easier a watch the second time round, but it's as engaging as ever
Movies
Enys Men (2023)
as in Annihilation, a scientist enters a mysterious coastal space and finds herself detached from the rules of reality. light on plot, heavy on vibes
More, More, More! How Do You Lycett? How Do You Lycett? (2022)
i'm a sucker for a comedy special with an overarching story and every step of the way this one pays off - it legitimately brought a tear to my eye
Games
INDIKA (2024)
have only just started and i've never felt more like a quare peg forced through a round hole - and i never know what the game is gonna do next
GTFO (2021)
dropped to the bottom of an monster-infested facility armed with very few resources and even less visibility - can you escape? this game is unrelenting
Books
Wool (2011) - Hugh Howey
i watched the show (Silo) and didn't mind the first half, but felt that the murder/investigation plot ground the pacing to a halt. the pacing in the book was much better, though I'm curious to see how they handle the lack of plot available for season 2
Dune Messiah (1969) - Frank Herbert
another adaptation pick - an easy enough read, with enough to keep me engaged, but it was reasonably light-on for plot. i'm curious to see whether Paul calling Hitler's Holocause 'rookie numbers' or telling Irulan to 'cuck him' will make it into the film version
