Quotidian Chronicles Podcast

Content: This episode is recorded outside on the go, so the audio quality is not as high as I would like. I talk about living through home renovations. Referenced: Dead cat microphone windscreen

Content: In this episode, I go on riffing on the stuff I talked about in CEP-016, an then I share something I made when doing other things I normally do was off the table. Referenced: - Logic Pro - Ghostbusters - Derrida  Writing & Difference

Contents: 1. Episode 016 is the start of Season 2. QTS is now QCP. 2. I'm out of sorts because my routines have been very thrown off. 3. The other day, I tried to read some Derrida Referenced: - The Philistines Jr. Tarquin's half-assed mission statement  ( Apple Music , Spotify , YouTube ) - Writing and Difference by Jacques Derrida - Spray foam insulation 

A very cool thing happened to me earlier this week. I had taken my two older kids out to eat at this hotdog place they both love. As we walked back to the car, I pointed out the almost full moon to the kids. Then we got in the car and started to drive. As we did this, the moon remained visible, but I had to make a few turns to get us home. The moon remained visible the whole time but moved from on...

Content:   I talk about  The Weather  Buying books and then reading them... or... as is more likely, not reading them.  WWE Elimination Chamber [S][J][P] - Surplus Jouissance Projects .  Referenced:  WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 Peacock

INTRO: It has been too long since I last made a QTS. Here is episode 013. REFERENCED:  Cyberpunk genre These dino eggs from Lakeshroe Learning Joe Frank Anne Carson 's Grief Lessons: four Plays by Euripides ( Amazon )

Content: In her post titled _<Don't make simplicity complicated>_, Clare Devlin writes:  Anything taken to the extreme can be complicated. And simplicity is no exception. Minimalism is, I think, about not being tormented by the insatiability of desire. However, the desire to become more minimal can become as distracting and life-complicating as the desire that a minimal life works to be an a...

Contents: In this episode of QTS, I talk about getting a $233 ticket for touching my phone at a red light, my dislike of big things (government and business), and how a fine like this could affect people who are not in my position.  Referenced: The Unthanks ( Spotify , Apple Music ) True Detective season 4 Cook Country Clerk of Court

In this episode, I talk about how the quotidian is an important formative force in our lives, although it is often not seen as very formative compared to the big events in our lives.  

Content:   It's a real ramble fest / jog down memory lane. I consider walking when 36 degrees Fahrenheit / 3 degrees Celsius feels warm, DDials, the early internet, gathering as opposed to parties.  The audio is not as clean as I normally make it (sorry for some of those mouth sounds). The reason for that is this was recorded "easy style" with my old grab-and-go Zoom H2 , rather than a nice dynami...

Content: I am picking up on something that was mentioned last time: The artist/musician Chilly Gonzales. I talk about the concepts of "benevolent pressure," talk about professional wrestling and Godzilla movies, and consider the question of why people might make things. Referenced: Last episode Chilly Gonzales , in general Pondercast with Chilly Gonzales

Content: A silly remark about my kid being a hypoallergenic kid leads into a silly story about something a former roommate said regarding hypoallergenic dogs. This leads to a little bit of paranoia, a comparison of the Internet now to the Internet that existed from about 2000-2010. A discussion of a great album that relaxes and allows for great thinking as opposed to being relaxing in a sedating s...

Content: I try to describe the ephemeral phenomena of retroactively recognizing that I just identified with a younger version of me more than the current version of "me." Referenced: - WWE (Formerly WWF) - The Ultimate Warrior beating the Honky Talk man  

Content: I talk about what is top of mind... the ways that I'd like my life to be... a sort of relaxed seriousness. Referenced: - Biran Eno - Adam Phillips - Jim Schmidt 

Content:  This episode is me talking about reading a great book that captures how our quotidian lives can be astonishingly beautiful and the way real (mundane) human drama is more interesting than Hollywood blockbusters.  Referenced: - My wife - My book collection - The Vulnerables, by Stigrid Nunez

Writing about things that he would like to have more of in 2024 , Marc Wiedenbaum of Disquiet named “liminality. Transition time — bus rides, long lunches, and liminality in general have long since declined in my life, and I need to bring back that attenuated interstitial aspect of existence. Midday walks are an attempt — a step forward, as it were. As is not keeping email open all the time during...

This episode is me talking about trying to make some intro sounds/music for the podcast and getting carried away.   Referenced: - Ghost Busters - The Flash Season 3, Episode 22 - Hal Hartley - Trust - Surviving Desire - Henry Fool - Tár

Audio Log 13th January 2024. It's a cold, overcast day, and I'm feeling nostalgic...