As we all find our homes in the metaverse I'm leaning towards beehaw as a permanent home. The quality of engagement here is high. That said, I'm experimenting on several platforms, so you can also see me at:
I had been using another name that expressed gratitude in the affirmative, decided to change it up to a name that is more for saying no politely.
Oddly current events related: Dead Wake (Erik Larson) - On the sinking of the Lusitania and the US’ entrance into WWI
On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were surprisingly at ease, even though Germany had declared the seas a...
I had picked this up at a used book store a long ways back after reading nothing but rock bios for a while - thought a little historical non-fiction could beef my brain up.
Took about a year, but I finished it yesterday and the timing of the whole submersible ship implosion while doing some tourist viewing of the sunk Titanic lined up in a pretty unsettling way for me.
As far as the book goes, this is my second from Erik Larson, the first being Devil in the White City, which was excellent as was this one. Erik Larson has an incredible skill for writing a mix of textbook material and humanizing detail that allows you to both learn and care, while organized in a way that builds suspense despite the events being common knowledge. It almost reads like historical fiction, his research is very thorough into both the people he describes and the events that happened, providing context to both that creates a rich and educational reading experience.
Worth noting:
Colleen Green's "Dude Ranch" (Blink 182 whole album cover) - I Dedicate this to the Guy Whose Stepdad is on the Submarine
Not sure if there are any Colleen Green fans here... I've always enjoyed her music, she has a slacker lo-fi pop-punk thing going on. She also has a sense of humor which makes her better than... most musicians, in terms of being a normal human.
This album is a cover of Blink 182s Dude Ranch that was released as a bandcamp exclusive and takes that classic and replaces the upbeat pop-punk with a bass-and-vocals-only reimagining of the album. It's very low key and contemplative and makes me realize just how emo Blink 182s lyrics were at that point.
Check it out and the rest of her music also if you're not familiar.
Current or plans for future support for iframe embeds?
For the music community in particular it would be really nice to be able to play Spotify or Bandcamp playlists directly in the post. I like to be able to click around and navigate a song or album while reading / writing. Clicking through is fine too... just curious if it's possible.
Curious about this one. From the trailers it looked a little... try-hard / cringe? Nothing against J-Law just seemed like an odd one that might suck. Will keep my eyes on it.
John Wick: Chapter 4 - My Review / Recommendation
Year: 2023 // Runtime: 169 min // URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10366206/
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller // Producer: Chad Stahelski // The Internet Has Rated It: 7.9
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, George Georgiou
I Give It: 12/13 Tumbles Down Ridiculous Long Flights of Stairs
Sad I missed it in the theater here but just got around to watching this at home.
Thought this would be a good opportunity to test out how compatible my personal movie note / reviews I do in ObsidianMD are when copied and pasted into beehaw (or whatever other fediverse platforms)
Like all the other John Wick movies, let’s just get this out of the way: The plot is… present. You don’t have to think about it any more than that and if you do, you’re ruining it for yourself. It is almost completely unimportant, nobody is watching
