THIS MONTH’S MEDIA: May 2023

Ashlee

What I watched, listened to, read, & played in May 2023!

I was very busy in May & didn’t really consume a lot of media! My headphones were broken for a lot of the month so I didn’t listen to as many podcasts while working, & my brain was pretty tired each night when I’d go to bed so I didn’t watch a lot of shows or films, & while I started watching several, I lacked the concentration to complete many this month. My mental health wasn’t the best this month, but I really enjoyed the “Cat’s Cafe” book & it helped cheer me up (I’m feeling better now, writing this in June btw!)

TV

  1. Arvid Falch: Ambisonics Spatial Audio with Reaper and IEM
  2. BaM Animation: Clean Line Art! Digital Inking Tips
  3. Blue Turtle: Painting a Makoto Shinkai Background
  4. Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: S1 E1

Total: 4 Episodes

BOOKS

  1. Cat’s Cafe by Maxx Tarpley

Total: 1 Books

MOVIES, SHORT FILMS, & DOCUMENTARIES

  1. The Request (‘Lovers in Crime’ Animated Short from Crash Tako Studios, 2023)
  2. A Knight’s Tale (2001)

Total: 2 Movies & Documentaries

PODCASTS

  1. The Bonneville Game: Pilot Episode
  2. Lore: Episodes 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169
  3. Noble Blood: The Love of the Duchess of Devonshire, Part 1; The Love of the Duchess of Devonshire, Part 2; Queen Elizabeth II’s Greatest Regret, Libuše & Her City Touching the Stars, The Bewitched Events at the Tour de Nesle, The Peasants vs. John of Gaunt (with Helen Carr); The Irish Crown Jewels, Separated; The Princess of Monte Carlo, The Execution of the Roman Virgin, Mansa Musa & the World Map; Lady Mary Wroth’s Urania, The Secret History of Emperor Justinian; The Count, the Moose, & Thomas Jefferson

Total: 21 Podcast Episodes

ALBUMS

  1. Oh, Inverted World by The Shins
  2. The Beetles by Louie Zong
  3. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*
  4. Lincoln by They Might Be Giants
  5. Tadpoles by The Bonzo Dog Band
  6. Highway 61 Revisted by Bob Dylan*
  7. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*
  8. Flood by They Might Be Giants*
  9. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker by Berliner Philharmoniker, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, & Simon Rattle
  10. Flamboyant by Dorian Electra*
  11. Every Moonbeam Every Feverdream by Bears in Trees*
  12. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*
  13. Cartoon Funk by Louie Zong*
  14. Pigeon! By Louie Zong*
  15. Let’s A-Go by Louie Zong*
  16. Every Moonbeam Every Feverdream by Bears in Trees*
  17. Pigeon, Too! By Louie Zong
  18. Tropical by Louie Zong
  19. Flamboyant by Dorian Electra*

Total: 19 Albums

GAMES

Total: 0 Games

BANDS I SAW IN CONCERT:

Total: 0 Bands

*Things marked with the asterisk mean it’s something I’ve read/watched/listened to before, everything else is new to me! 

THIS MONTH’S MEDIA: April 2023

Ashlee

What I watched, listened to, read, & played in April 2023!

This month, I watched a lot of videos about animation as that’s a new creative area I’m just starting to get into! I also watched some really famous movies I’ve never seen before like The Matrix & Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, many episodes of the podcast Noble Blood, & the Little Miss Sunshine soundtrack was clearly my top album of the month haha.

TV

  1. Alan Becker Tutorials: 12 Principles of Animation: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Animating Walk Cycles
  2. Alex Grigg // Animation for Anyone: 4 New Ways to Practice Animation!, The Three Biggest Ideas in Animation, Animation Basics in 14 Minutes (6 Big Ideas for Beginners), How to Space Out Animation – The Simple Way & the Science-y Way, Freestyle Animation vs Planned Animation
  3. Brian David Gilbert Unraveled: Solving the Zelda Timeline in 15 Minutes
  4. Clint’s Reptiles: Gooty Sapphire Ornamental Tarantula
  5. Cowboy Bebop: S1 E3, E4
  6. Draw a Box: Lesson 0: Getting Started
  7. The Dragon Prince: S1 E1, E2
  8. Drawing & Painting – The Virtual Instructor: The Drawing Exercise That Changed My Life
  9. Flavorful Origins: Flaxseed
  10. Good Omens: S1. Ep. 4
  11. Molang: S1 Ep. 28, 29
  12. Peaky Blinders: S1 E4
  13. Perception Kayaks: How to Kayak – What Beginners Need to Know
  14. SciShow: Where Are a Whale’s Nipples?, How Smart Are Crows Actually?, We Can Give Vaccines to Honey Bees!, 10 Adorable Animals That Do Terrifying Things, How Traditional Ice Fishing Led to the French Fries in Your Freezer, It’s Basically Impossible to Overcook Mushrooms
  15. She-Ra: The Princesses of Power: S1 E1
  16. Toniko Pantoja: How to Storyboard Smarter

Total: 40 Episodes

BOOKS

Total: 0 Books

MOVIES, SHORT FILMS, & DOCUMENTARIES

  1. Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil
  2. The Matrix
  3. The Fantastic Mr. Fox
  4. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Total: 4 Movies & Documentaries

PODCASTS

  1. Aaron Menke’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Stable Genius, Hot Wheels, Ship of Fools
  2. American Shadows: Durable, In the Flesh, Unsung, Containment, Dead Ends
  3. Frog of the Week: Golden Poison Dart Frog, Plantaronian Bullsnoad, Red-Eyed Tree Frog, Venezuelan Pebble Toad, Turtle Frog
  4. Lore: Episodes 162
  5. The Magnus Archives: Ep. 62, 63, 64, 65
  6. Noble Blood: The Rice Box, The ‘Six’ Wives: An Interview with Lucy Moss & Toby Marlow of ‘Six’, The Ghost Princes & Richard III, The Princess That England Lost, Empress Sisi’s Beating Heart, The Romantics of Villa Diodati, Ra Ra Rasputin, Medieval History with Dan Jones, The Life of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, The Death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand; & Jeanne de Clisson, Pirate Terror of France
  7. Project Botany: What are plant nurtients: Macro nutrients*, Who was Norman Borlaug*, What are micro nutrients*
  8. Stuff You Missed in History Class by How Stuff Works: Why is there an underground city beneath Beijing?, How the Symbols of the U.S. Political Parties Work, Did Marie Antoinette really tell French peasants to eat cake?, The History of Presidential Debates
  9. Unobscured: S2: EP 1, 2

Total: 38 Podcast Episodes

ALBUMS

  1. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*
  2. Rove & Go by Derina Harvey Band
  3. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*
  4. Cartoon Funk by Louie Zong*
  5. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*
  6. I Love Huckabees Soundtrack by Jon Brion*
  7. Let’s-A Go! By Louie Zong
  8. Mineral Hall by Louie Zong
  9. Let’s-A Go! By Louie Zong*
  10. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*
  11. Every Moonbeam Every Fever Dream by Bears in Trees*
  12. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*
  13. Sheer Heart Attack by Queen*
  14. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*
  15. Songs with Videos Without Videos by Brian David Gilbert*
  16. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*
  17. PACIFIC by Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki, & Tatsuro Yamashita*
  18. AAAH!BBA by Brian David Gilbert*
  19. Songs with Videos Without Videos by Brian David Gilbert*
  20. Vegetable Soul by Louie Zong*
  21. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*

Total: 21 Albums

GAMES

  1. Netflix’s Solitaire*

Total: 1 Games

BANDS I SAW IN CONCERT:

Total: 0 Bands

*Things marked with the asterisk mean it’s something I’ve read/watched/listened to before, everything else is new to me! 

THIS MONTH’S MEDIA: March 2023

Ashlee

What I watched, listened to, read, & played in March 2023!

In March, I watched a ton of episodes of shows, mostly because I started watching lots of animation tutorials! I also listened to way more albums than I thought I did, & listened to far more episodes of Noble Blood than other other podcast this month haha, at 11 episodes. I also watched some amazing & iconic films for the first time, namely The Matrix, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, & also the very aesthetically-pleasing The Fantastic Mr. Fox.

TV

  1. Alan Becker Tutorials: 12 Principles of Animation: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Animating Walk Cycles
  2. Alex Grigg // Animation for Anyone: 4 New Ways to Practice Animation!, The Three Biggest Ideas in Animation, Animation Basics in 14 Minutes (6 Big Ideas for Beginners), How to Space Out Animation – The Simple Way & the Science-y Way, Freestyle Animation vs Planned Animation
  3. Brian David Gilbert Unraveled: Solving the Zelda Timeline in 15 Minutes
  4. Clint’s Reptiles: Gooty Sapphire Ornamental Tarantula
  5. Cowboy Bebop: S1 E3, E4
  6. Draw a Box: Lesson 0: Getting Started
  7. The Dragon Prince: S1 E1, E2
  8. Drawing & Painting – The Virtual Instructor: The Drawing Exercise That Changed My Life
  9. Flavorful Origins: Flaxseed
  10. Good Omens: S1. Ep. 4
  11. Molang: S1 Ep. 28, 29
  12. Peaky Blinders: S1 E4
  13. Perception Kayaks: How to Kayak – What Beginners Need to Know
  14. SciShow: Where Are a Whale’s Nipples?, How Smart Are Crows Actually?, We Can Give Vaccines to Honey Bees!, 10 Adorable Animals That Do Terrifying Things, How Traditional Ice Fishing Led to the French Fries in Your Freezer, It’s Basically Impossible to Overcook Mushrooms
  15. She-Ra: The Princesses of Power: S1 E1
  16. Toniko Pantoja: How to Storyboard Smarter

Total: 40 Episodes

BOOKS

Total: 0 Books

MOVIES, SHORT FILMS, & DOCUMENTARIES

  1. Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil
  2. The Matrix
  3. The Fantastic Mr. Fox
  4. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Total: 4 Movies & Documentaries

PODCASTS

  1. Aaron Menke’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Stable Genius, Hot Wheels, Ship of Fools
  2. American Shadows: Durable, In the Flesh, Unsung, Containment, Dead Ends
  3. Frog of the Week: Golden Poison Dart Frog, Plantaronian Bullsnoad, Red-Eyed Tree Frog, Venezuelan Pebble Toad, Turtle Frog
  4. Lore: Episodes 162
  5. The Magnus Archives: Ep. 62, 63, 64, 65
  6. Noble Blood: The Rice Box, The ‘Six’ Wives: An Interview with Lucy Moss & Toby Marlow of ‘Six’, The Ghost Princes & Richard III, The Princess That England Lost, Empress Sisi’s Beating Heart, The Romantics of Villa Diodati, Ra Ra Rasputin, Medieval History with Dan Jones, The Life of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, The Death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand; & Jeanne de Clisson, Pirate Terror of France
  7. Project Botany: What are plant nurtients: Macro nutrients*, Who was Norman Borlaug*, What are micro nutrients*
  8. Stuff You Missed in History Class by How Stuff Works: Why is there an underground city beneath Beijing?, How the Symbols of the U.S. Political Parties Work, Did Marie Antoinette really tell French peasants to eat cake?, The History of Presidential Debates
  9. Unobscured: S2: EP 1, 2

Total: 38 Podcast Episodes

ALBUMS

  1. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*
  2. Rove & Go by Derina Harvey Band
  3. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*
  4. Cartoon Funk by Louie Zong*
  5. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*
  6. I Love Huckabees Soundtrack by Jon Brion*
  7. Let’s-A Go! By Louie Zong
  8. Mineral Hall by Louie Zong
  9. Let’s-A Go! By Louie Zong*
  10. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*
  11. Every Moonbeam Every Fever Dream by Bears in Trees*
  12. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*
  13. Sheer Heart Attack by Queen*
  14. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*
  15. Songs with Videos Without Videos by Brian David Gilbert*
  16. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*
  17. PACIFIC by Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki, & Tatsuro Yamashita*
  18. AAAH!BBA by Brian David Gilbert*
  19. Songs with Videos Without Videos by Brian David Gilbert*
  20. Vegetable Soul by Louie Zong*
  21. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*

Total: 21 Albums

GAMES

  1. Netflix’s Solitaire*

Total: 1 Games

BANDS I SAW IN CONCERT:

Total: 0 Bands

*Things marked with the asterisk mean it’s something I’ve read/watched/listened to before, everything else is new to me! 

THIS MONTH’S MEDIA: February 2023

Ashlee

What I watched, listened to, read, & played in February 2023!

In February, two albums clearly defined the soundtrack for this month, & I listened to each of those a NUMBER of times. I’m fairly certain at a total of twenty that this month is the second-most albums I’ve listened to in a month since I started keeping these lists years ago haha. I also watched several more movies, including a rewatch of Little Miss Sunshine prior to a road trip for my sister’s wedding, & this turned out to be really influential!

TV

  1. Howcast: How to Tie a Bow Tie | Men’s Fashion
  2. LeviAndJustin: How to Tie a Bow Tie [MIRRORED]
  3. Living Bobby: LIVING on WORLD’S BEST VENDING MACHINES for 1 WEEK!
  4. Molang: S1 Ep. 26, 27
  5. SciShow: Where Did Last Year’s Banana Trees Go, This New Element is Lighter than Hydrogen. What?!?!, Why Do These Reptiles’ Bones Look Blue?
  6. Tsuki: 5 Of The Largest Owl Species In The World

Total: 9 Episodes

BOOKS

  1. ¿Qué hora es?/What Time Is It? By Veronica Wagner
  2. National Geographic Kids Readers: Cheetahs by Laura Marsh
  3. Active Minds Explorers: Baby Panda by Ellen Lawrence
  4. The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal by Clint McElroy, Travis McElroy, Justin McElroy, Griffin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch
  5. How to Shoot Video That Doesn’t Suck: Advice to Make Any Amateur Look Like a Pro Advice to Make Any Amateur Look Like a Pro by Steve Stockman

Total: 5 Books

MOVIES, SHORT FILMS, & DOCUMENTARIES

  1. Closer (2004)
  2. Little Miss Sunshine*
  3. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
  4. Minions: The Rise of Gru
  5. Making a Man of Her (1912)
  6. Night Grim – Chuck a BOO (Halloween Short)
  7. Night Grim – Mince Pies & Saint Nicholas (Christmas Short)

Total: 7 Movies & Documentaries

PODCASTS

  1. American Shadows: Seeds of Change, Prophets Over People
  2. Lore: Episodes 160, 161
  3. Macabre London: Witchcraft in World War Two: Spells, Sorcery, & a Whole Lotta Deception Part Two
  4. The Magnus Archives: Ep. 61
  5. Noble Blood: The Mistress, the Murderer; The Blood Countess Elizabeth Bathory; Darya Saltykova, Serial Killer; The Tiger of Mysore; Murder, Madness, and Eric XIV; Trial by Combat; A Kind Legitimate and Illegitimate; Boudica Victoria; The Queen’s Goddaughter
  6. Unobscured: S1 Interview 5: Jane Kamensky, S1 Interview 6: Stacy Schiff
  7. Welcome to Night Vale: Episodes 140*

Total: 18 Podcast Episodes

ALBUMS

  1. I Love Huckabees Soundtrack by Jon Brion*
  2. I Love Huckabees Soundtrack by Jon Brion*
  3. I Love Huckabees Soundtrack by Jon Brion*
  4. Business! By Louie Zong
  5. I Love Huckabees Soundtrack by Jon Brion*
  6. Business! By Louie Zong*
  7. Every Moonbeam Every Fever Dream by Bears in Trees
  8. Little Miss Sunshine Soundtrack by Various Artists
  9. I Love Huckabees Soundtrack by Jon Brion*
  10. Little Miss Sunshine Soundtrack by Various Artists*
  11. Little Miss Sunshine Soundtrack by Various Artists*
  12. Little Miss Sunshine Soundtrack by Various Artists*
  13. Little Miss Sunshine Soundtrack by Various Artists*
  14. Little Miss Sunshine Soundtrack by Various Artists*
  15. I Love Huckabees Soundtrack by Jon Brion*
  16. Punch-Drunk Love Soundtrack by Jon Brion
  17. Little Miss Sunshine Soundtrack by Various Artists*
  18. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna
  19. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*
  20. Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by DeVotchKa & Mychael Danna*

Total: 20 Albums

GAMES

  1. Netflix’s Solitaire

Total: 1 Games

BANDS I SAW IN CONCERT:

Total: 0 Bands

*Things marked with the asterisk mean it’s something I’ve read/watched/listened to before, everything else is new to me! 

THIS MONTH’S MEDIA: January 2023

Ashlee

What I watched, listened to, read, & played in January 2023!

In January, I consumed a lot of media I really enjoyed! I tried watching some different types of movies than what I normally do & in the process, I discovered some I super enjoyed! I also watched a lot of videos about & tutorials for interesting things I wanted or needed to learn how to do & actually listened to quite a bit of new music for once lol.

TV

  1. Coding in Flow: Build a 2D Platformer Game in Unity | Unity Beginner Tutorial
  2. DSLRguide: Recording Sound for Filmmaking
  3. Flavorful Origins: Cooked Chopped Entrails of Sheep
  4. KC Exotics: Discoid Roach Breeding – Discoid Roach Colony – Dubia Roach Replacement/Alternative – Roach Breeding
  5. Lowe’s Home Improvement: How to Fix a Dripping or Leaky Single Handle Faucet
  6. Molang: S1 E18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
  7. Peaky Blinders: S1 E3
  8. Ponysmasher: The Importance of Sound
  9. Rob Ellis: How to Use the “Cove” Light For Natural Looking Cinematic Lighting
  10. SciShow: The Deepest Hole in the World, And What We’ve Learned From It, When Rats Invade, These Fish Farmers Chill Out, These Tiny Sea Critters Are Testing Darwin’s Theories
  11. The Way of the House Husband: S1 E6
  12. YOUCANIC: 2014-2019 1.6 L Kia Soul – Serpentine Belt Replacement
  13. Zeil Learnings: RenPy Tutorial for Beginners | Create a Visual Novel Game with Ren’Py

Total: 22 Episodes

BOOKS

Total: 0 Books

MOVIES, SHORT FILMS, & DOCUMENTARIES

  1. The Winter of the Dance (short film, 2011)*
  2. Bricolage (short film, 2014 by Keri Smith)
  3. The Menu
  4. Road to Perdition
  5. I Heart Huckabees
  6. Red Eye (2005)

Total: 6 Movies & Documentaries

PODCASTS

  1. Across the Veil – Peg Entwistle
  2. American Shadows: Glow, Dark Hearts, Unbridled, Misguided, Body of Truth
  3. Frog of the Week: Spring Peeper, Waxy Monkey Tree Frog, Dartch, Strawberry Poison Dart Frog, Phantasmal Poison Dart Frog
  4. Lore: Episodes 158, 159
  5. Noble Blood: Queen Christina Removed Her Own Crown, The Early Life of Bloody Mary, The Later Life of Bloody Mary, Lovers and La Laupin, The Prince’s Marriage Test, The Beheading of the Cousin Queen, The Schemes of Countess Frances Carr, The Runaway Duchess
  6. Stuff You Missed in History Class by How Stuff Works: How did Rasputin really die?, Could Noah’s ask really have happened?, Who was America’s first murderer?, How Thomas Jefferson Worked
  7. Unobscured: S1 Interview 3: Richard Trask, S1 Interview 4: Marilynne K. Roach)

Total: 27 Podcast Episodes

ALBUMS

  1. BOSS RUSH by Louie Zong
  2. Vegetable Soul by Louie Zong*
  3. BOSS RUSH by Louie Zong*
  4. Mushroom Music by Louie Zong*
  5. AAAH!BBA by Brian David Gilbert*
  6. Y2K by Louie Zong
  7. Funky Friends by Louie Zong
  8. December by George Winston*
  9. Lost in a Dream by REO Speedwagon
  10. When We Were Kids by The Altogether
  11. I Love Huckabees (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Jon Brion
  12. I Love Huckabees (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Jon Brion*

Total: 12 Albums

GAMES

  1. Netflix’s Solitaire

Total: 1 Games

BANDS I SAW IN CONCERT:

Total: 0 Bands

*Things marked with the asterisk mean it’s something I’ve read/watched/listened to before, everything else is new to me! 

THIS MONTH’S MEDIA: December 2022

Ashlee

What I watched, listened to, read, & played in December 2022!

In December, I watched & listened to a reasonable amount of media! I watched Glass Onion which I adored, & the first two episodes of Peaky Blinders which I’m really enjoying! I actually read some books for once lol, & I’m getting back into my Science Bullshit (/positive).

TV

  1. Cowboy Bebop: S1 E2
  2. Dinosauria: Old Buck
  3. Flavorful Origins: Mutton, Lily
  4. Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure: S1 E1
  5. How It’s Made: Latex Swords
  6. The Magic School Bus: S1 E1*
  7. Molang: S1 E14, 15, 16, 17
  8. Peaky Blinders: S1 E1, E2
  9. SciShow: How Testosterone Puts Female Hyenas in Charge, It Seems Like Trees Caused a Mass Extinction, Why Do These Penguins Kill Their First Egg?, Other Mammals Have This, Why Don’t You?

Total: 17 Episodes

BOOKS

  1. The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited! by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, & Carey Pietsch
  2. Question Time: Explore & Discover: Sharks by Stephen Savage

Total: 2 Books

MOVIES, SHORT FILMS, & DOCUMENTARIES

  1. Megamind*
  2. Glass Onion

Total: 2 Movies & Documentaries

PODCASTS

  1. Lore: Episodes 157
  2. Noble Blood: In the Shadow of the Great, The Double Agent, The Mad Tyrant, Hey Hey!, Historical Mythbusting Spectacular
  3. Project Botany: What is botany*, How do seeds work?*, What are plant hormones?*, What do plants do with water?*
  4. Rusty Fears: Nox Mare
  5. Unobscured: S1 Interview 2: Mary Beth Norton

Total: 11 Podcast Episodes

ALBUMS

  1. Ganging Up on the Sun by Guster
  2. In the Willows by Louie Zong
  3. Vegetable Soul by Louie Zong
  4. Vegetable Soul by Louie Zong*
  5. Festive by Louie Zong
  6. Miracles by Kenny G*
  7. Miracles by Kenny G*
  8. Miracles by Kenny G*

Total: 8 Albums

GAMES

  1. Pentix Nova*

Total: 1 Games

BANDS I SAW IN CONCERT:

Total: 0 Bands

*Things marked with the asterisk mean it’s something I’ve read/watched/listened to before, everything else is new to me! 

THIS MONTH’S MEDIA: November 2022

Ashlee

What I watched, listened to, read, & played in November 2022!

November was an amazing month in a lot of ways & a traumatic month in other ways (but I’m okay now!). Due to the latter part of that, I think I spent a lot of time just listening to my playlists on shuffle instead of listening to podcasts or albums (I honestly don’t remember lol) so I ended up listening to much less of either of those things than usual. I did however end up watching more episodes of shows than I usually do, & enjoyed many shows about science & animals!

I also discovered my love for the Oceans trilogy of heist films & ended up watching all the films in the series this month (upon which I realized I’d actually seen the second one before, with no context from the first film so it didn’t make much sense like a decade ago when I watched it). I also played some board games for once, & rediscovered my love for Tetris-type games by playing Pentix Nova after the traumatic event because I’ve heard Tetris helps your brain process stressful things better.

TV

  1. Absurd Planet: Strangest Things
  2. Clint’s Reptiles: Bearded Dragon, Giant Day Gecko, Fire-Bellied Toad, Fire Skink, Crocodile Skink, Jeweled Lacerta, Oscillated Skink, Mossy Leaf-Tailed Gecko
  3. Dreamworks Spooky Stories: Scared Shrekless
  4. Dan the Turtle Man: How to Care for a Baby Turtle (Most Species!)
  5. Molang: S1 E8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
  6. Our Flag Means Death: S1 Ep. 6
  7. SciShow: Bumblebees Play … And it’s Adorable, Why Don’t Jellyfish Look Like That?
  8. Tarantula Collective: Best Care for Aphonopelma Chalcodes – Arizona Blonde
  9. The Turtle Girl: Best Beginner Turtles  – Which Turtle is Best for Me?

Total: 22 Episodes

BOOKS

  1. The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (audiobook narrated by Stephen Fry)

Total: 1 Books

MOVIES, SHORT FILMS, & DOCUMENTARIES

  1. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed*
  2. Oceans 11
  3. Oceans 12*
  4. May I Enter Please (short film by Alan Resnick)*
  5. Oceans 13

Total: 5 Movies & Documentaries

PODCASTS

  1. Noble Blood: Queen Njinga’s Cleverness, The Three Husbands of Lucrezia Borgia, The People’s Princess (with Michael Hobbes and Sarah Marshall), From Poland with Love, The First and Last Emperor of America
  2. Rusty Fears: Rusty Fears 5 – Casting Line, Rusty Fears 4 – The Budding

Total: 7 Podcast Episodes

ALBUMS

  1. I Want to Feel Chaotic by Bears in Trees*
  2. I Want to Feel Chaotic by Bears in Trees*
  3. Can’t Buy a Thrill by Steely Dan*

Total: 3 Albums

GAMES

  1. Pentix Nova
  2. Candyland: Unicorn Edition
  3. Kerplunk*
  4. Jenga*

Total: 4 Games

BANDS I SAW IN CONCERT:

Total: 0 Bands

*Things marked with the asterisk mean it’s something I’ve read/watched/listened to before, everything else is new to me! 

THIS MONTH’S MEDIA: October 2022

Ashlee

What I watched, listened to, read, & played in October 2022!

The main thing my brain hyperfocused on this month was reptiles & amphibians, as evidenced by the sheer amount of herptile-related content on this month’s list! My brain wanted to think about & learn about little else, & as far as podcasts only was really interested for some reason in non-fiction, so I also enjoyed a lot of episodes of Noble Blood.

TV

  1. Clint’s Reptiles: Sandfish Skinks, Kenyan Sand Boas, Gargoyle Geckos, Pixie Frogs, Milk Snakes, Mexican Red-Knee Tarantula, Blue Tongue Skink, Pictus Gecko, Green Tree Skink, Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula, Jackson’s Chameleon, Box Turtles, Ball Python, Mourning Gecko, Garter Snake, Flying Gecko, Chameleon Gecko, Knob-Tailed Gecko, Peters Banded Skink, 5 More of the Best Pet Snakes You Can Possibly Own, Blue Death Feigning Beetle, Neon Day Gecko, Amazon Milk Frog, Madagascar Hissing Cockroach, African Fat-Tailed Gecko, Russian Tortoise, Solomon Island Skink, Mud/Musk/Stinkpot Turtles, Starry Night Reed Frog, Jumping Spiders, Corn Snake, Gidgee Skink
  2. Snake Discovery: How to Care for Jumping Spiders
  3. The Turtle Girl: Common Turtle Care Mistakes & How to Avoid Them, Musk Turtle Care Guide, New Nelson’s Milksnake

Total: 36 Episodes

BOOKS

Total: 0 Books

MOVIES, SHORT FILMS, & DOCUMENTARIES

  1. Eraserhead
  2. The Bob’s Burgers Movie
  3. Coming to America
  4. Little Shop of Horrors

Total: 4 Movies & Documentaries

PODCASTS

  1. The Magnus Archives: Ep. 60
  2. Noble Blood: The Red Paint on Leopold II, The Távora Executions, How Tycho Brahe Saw the Stars, Grand Princess Olga of Kiev Takes Her Revenge, The Blood Sacrifice of the Tang Emperor, What Crown Prince Wilhelm Left Behind, The Beggar Princess of Bristol; Charles the Beloved, the Mad, the Fool; King George Washington I; Piers Gaveston, the King’s Favorite; The Devil & the Duchess de Praslin, Juana La Loca, All Germany Talking of It
  3. Storical Podcast: Charles Dickens: A Dickens of a Tale
  4. Unobscured: S1: Floundering, Making Amends, S1 Interview 1: Emerson Baker

Total: 19 Podcast Episodes

ALBUMS

  1. Mushroom Music by Louie Zong*
  2. OK ORCHESTRA by AJR
  3. Can’t Buy a Thrill by Steely Dan*
  4. Can’t Buy a Thrill by Steely Dan*
  5. I, Robot by The Alan Parsons Project*
  6. SELF-ish by Will Wood & the Tapeworms*
  7. Can’t Buy a Thrill by Steely Dan*
  8. AAAH!BBA by Brian David Gilbert*

Total: 8 Albums

GAMES

Total: 0 Games

BANDS I SAW IN CONCERT:

Total: 0 Bands

*Things marked with the asterisk mean it’s something I’ve read/watched/listened to before, everything else is new to me! 

THIS MONTH’S MEDIA: September 2022

Ashlee

What I watched, listened to, read, & played in September 2022!

In September, I still was super into Noble Blood (& still am, it’s so good!) & was very interested in learning things which compelled me to listen to a lot of different podcasts. I also finally read a book for the first time in a while (while still slogging away at a few other various books!) & made more of an effort to watch movies & TV shows, which I think improved my life this month lol.

TV

  1. Brian David Gilbert Unraveled: Every Sonic Game is Blasphemous
  2. The Carol Burnett Show: Episode 1001
  3. The Crystal Cube: Pilot Episode
  4. Jeeves & Wooster: S2: E3, E4
  5. Luxury Comedy: S1 E1
  6. Molang: The Camel, The Coconut, The Suitcase, The Christmas Tree
  7. Perry Mason: The Case of the Fugitive Fraulein
  8. Puppet History: Surviving The Titanic: History’s Luckiest Woman
  9. Tasty 101: S1 Ep. 1, 2
  10. Tool Review Zone: How to Stain Wood Like a PRO! Pine wood staining tips & tricks

Total: 15 Episodes

BOOKS

  1. A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle* (read by Stephen Fry)

Total: 1 Books

MOVIES, SHORT FILMS, & DOCUMENTARIES

  1. I Didn’t Know I Was Dead (short film by Alan Resnick & Negativland)
  2. Top Gun: Maverick
  3. The Update (short film by Chris Fleming)
  4. The Darjeeling Limited
  5. Whimsical Illusions (1909)
  6. Shrek the Third

Total: 6 Movies & Documentaries

PODCASTS

  1. Aaron Menke’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Duke of Hazzard, Dream Job, Drunk History
  2. Across the Veil – The VVitch: Discussion
  3. Frog of the Week: Paradoxical Frog, Wallace’s Flying Frog, Eastern Banjo Frog, Pinocchio Frog, Goliath Frog
  4. Hello From the Hallowoods: Episode 91
  5. Macabre London: Cholera & Courage, Spells, Sorcery & a Whole Lot of Deception – Part 1
  6. The Magnus Archives: Ep. 58, 59
  7. Noble Blood: Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced II, Beheaded II, Survived, The Crown Prince & His Lover Dead, The Blood Queen of Madagascar, ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: The Tilly Cult, Queen Caroline Matilda’s Personal Doctor
  8. Stuff You Missed in History Class by How Stuff Works: How the Great Train Robbery Worked, Did the Ancient Greeks get their ideas from the Africans, How King Arthur worked, Did the Great Chicago Fire really start with Mrs. O’Leary’s cow?, What happened to the two other men on Paul Revere’s ride?
  9. Unobscured: S1: King & Queen, Fight or Flight, Pen & Paper

Total: 32 Podcast Episodes

ALBUMS

  1. Can’t Buy a Thrill by Steely Dan*
  2. Songs with Videos Without Videos by Brian David Gilbert*
  3. SELF-iSH by Will Wood and the Tapeworms
  4. A Wizard/A True Star by Todd Rundgren*

Total: 4 Albums

GAMES

Total: 0 Games

BANDS I SAW IN CONCERT:

Total: 0 Bands

*Things marked with the asterisk mean it’s something I’ve read/watched/listened to before, everything else is new to me! 

THIS MONTH’S MEDIA: August 2022

Ashlee

What I watched, listened to, read, & played in August 2022!

In August, my ability to concentrate was worse than normal, so even while commuting to work I had trouble focusing on podcasts & therefore didn’t listen to many, aside from the two shows my brain decided to hyperfixate on haha. Mostly I just listened to music on shuffle or albums I’ve already heard when I wanted to listen to something.

When my brain decides it’s interested in something, that’s all it cares about listening to, hence the large number of Sawbones & Noble Blood episodes on this list. I must note that my hyperfixation on the Jeeves & Wooster show is in full swing, so I didn’t watch any movies but did watch quite a few episodes of that show because it was the only thing my brain wanted to watch tbh.

TV

  1. Dead End: Paranormal Park S1 E1
  2. Good Omens: S1. Ep. 3
  3. History of Swear Words: S1 E1
  4. Jeeves & Wooster: S1: E3, E4, E5; S2: E1, E2
  5. Steve McDonald Arts & Crafts: Do You Want to Improve Your Resin Jewelry – A Helpful Guide, An Experiment to See if You Can Use Stencils With Resin

Total: 10 Episodes

BOOKS

Total: 0 Books

MOVIES, SHORT FILMS, & DOCUMENTARIES

  1. Canvas (short film by Frank E. Abney III)
  2. CPR Breath (short film by Alan Resnick)
  3. Visitor Information (short film by Alan Resnick)
  4. May I Please Enter? (short film by Alan Resnick)

Total: 4 Movies & Documentaries

PODCASTS

  1. The Magnus Archives: Ep. 57
  2. Noble Blood: The Butler in the Bedroom with a Sabre*, The Marquise & Her Poisons, Let Him Be Hanged There for a Lamb, The Wedding Ended in Blood, The Ice Queen, The Neck & the Necklace, The Swan King Went Mad, Today We Leave for Mexico, Catherine the Great & Her Husband the Mediocre, The Ghosts that Haunted the Female Emperor, The Witch-Hunter King 
  3. Ologies with Alie Ward: Herpetology (SNAKES, FROGS, ETC.) with David Steen
  4. Sawbones: Episodes: Our Birth Story, Insomnia, Color Therapy, Acne, Cataracts

Total: 18 Podcast Episodes

ALBUMS

  1. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys*
  2. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys*
  3. Can’t Buy a Thrill by Steely Dan*
  4. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys*
  5. Can’t Buy a Thrill by Steely Dan*
  6. Cartoon Funk by Louie Zong*
  7. Abandoned Luncheonette by Daryl Hall & John Oates*
  8. Cartoon Funk by Louie Zong*

Total: 8 Albums

GAMES

Total: 0 Games

BANDS I SAW IN CONCERT:

Total: 0 Bands

*Things marked with the asterisk mean it’s something I’ve read/watched/listened to before, everything else is new to me!