Like Pigs in Space - An Arts Talk Show

We're back from break and ready to break down the walls of social embarrassment as Max details how All About That Bass, Thank U Next, and Truth Hurts were key stepping stones in his enjoyment of pop music and in enjoying things proudly without judgement or irony. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=87e4ad41-b3b8-423b-a38c-55fee8d79e2e

It's that most wonderful time again where we look back over the last nine episodes and reflect and where we've been while this time discussing public speaking, honesty, empathy, and how Olivia the pig is a lot. Enjoy! See ya soon! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=857fb71c-a298-4e9f-84a8-b64118650305

Sometimes we may feel like an excited teddy bear running around with our head only attached by a column of fluff, but Jenny Lawson tells us in her book How To Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay that that is not always a bad way to be. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=35a78e19-c36a-44c0-8acb-373263c26c43

Few artists are able to take wave after wave of constant devastation and continually turn it into something beautiful, but Sufjan Stevens is one of those mystical few that can and we find that out as we examine his albums Illinoise, Carrie and Lowell, and Javelin. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=a0c96a4e-e7bf-47f1-947e-45fc65d6b503 !

Arguably the most perfect intersection of art and culture, pizza provides for all equally and is often tied directly to the identity of major cities. Rich or poor, old or young, everyone can come together and gather around that wonderful, saucy disk we call pizza. Enjoy a slice! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=6e812d68-de4d-44b3-bf17-cbeed7d6721d

A body of work is examined and a realization is made as Max talks about his favorite comedian, Mike Birbiglia, while also looking back at the history of comedy, media that has effected his sense of humor, and how his favorite art in any genre is largely story based. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=76c83c97-c30c-4d87-aa32-0ad445fc30a1

Around us are leviathans. Hulking figures that control our lives. We can either accept their protection or risk overexposure. Some choose to shape these leviathans into their own vision. One who did, while problematically so, was the architect Philip Johnson. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=2ebc90a3-e7fa-4013-9d84-e1db0d2939b9

By following the lives of three girls in a fictional Michigan town, Wallsocket by underscores is able to explore themes of race, wealth, identity, religion, obsession, and manipulation through bombastic production and clever songwriting. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=e7bc40df-3aca-4a4d-884b-bd9a62851247

Since their debut album, The B-52s have written and performed music that doesn’t care who you are or what you think of them. All they ask is the same thing they’ve asked since their first Valentine’s Day show: dance. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=637a79ed-fa89-4557-9b91-039a641927d4

Although its history is riddled with shortcomings that would lead to its downfall, Adobe Flash and the games that were made with it are a key building block of the early internet that still hold great value to those artists who made them and those who were along for the ride. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

There are many journey within the walls of this episode consisting of an actual journey across Arizona, the journey of genres by author Lois Duncan and her book The Terrible Tales of Happy Days School, and the journey between a plethora of horror films. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

Here we are again at Field Report 4, friends, and this time we’re going over perhaps one of the more obscure and hard to research batch of topics we’ve covered while also tying the songwriting of Jim Steinman, the political views of Gloria Gaynor, and the last medium of Flash animation and games. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=52cef2eb-22e3-41f9-92...

There’s an underlying feeling of faith and folk in Manchester Orchestra’s 2009 album Mean Everything to Nothing that draws on being raised by a pastor who was raised by a pastor and on the classic hymn Come Thou Fount. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=01468868-39a1-4cf0-b644-d09f85e9e072

Even adults need a refresher on their ABCs and Uncle Shelby’s ABZ Book by Shel Silverstein is that, providing sometimes classic and sometimes unique examples that, if any single one was taken to heart by a child, would plunge their parents into a world of exhaustion and torment. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=53fffc55-7ceb-463f-8b46-33f09aea448a

Max takes a break to look towards the future by examining three different works from fantasy author Ursula K. Le Guin, singer/songwriter John Darnielle, and veteran YouTuber Adam Neely and their views on imagination, originality, and creativity in a world that is slowly placing less value in those ideas. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

On the subject of members of bands who defined the sound of a music group, one such example is Jerry Harrison of The Talking Heads who demonstrated his essential status to their sound on his second solo album Casual Gods. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=d80cc814-6300-433f-b40c-def1d3ce7b77

Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz tells the strange story of a man afflicted with an unrequited love and the depths it brings him to all while being completely instrumental and using French psychology terms to tell the story and arguably bring about the romantic era of music. Enjoy!

Despite being lost from the worlds eye for some time, the 1928 novel The Adventures of Don Chipote, or, When Parrots Breast-Feed, by Daniel Venegas gives us a satirical yet insightful look into how Mexican immigrants were treated in early 20th century America and the lengths some immigrants would go to find work there. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsi...

While it’s debatable whether Invader Zim was ahead of its time or just wrong for its time, this cartoon from the early 2000s still stands strong in its humor, storytelling, and analysis of hyper consumerism and conspiracy theories despite its untimely cancellation. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

While more of a notable splash than a deep dive, Aaron gives a rundown of some of his top recommendations for films made in India covering everything from biopics to folklore to overpowered anti-colonialists. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

Being what many (many meaning Max) consider the pinnacle of creativity within the emo genre, The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance marries emo with the long, storied history of rock operas to produce a harrowing tale of death, denial, and defiance. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=0d611e94-839f-4e98-954c-510fd0104f2d

It’s that time again for reflection and review as we look back at the last nine episodes that contained a large amount of literature, a decent amount of music, and a small splash of early 2000s internet humor. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=e2ba4ac3-62f8-4173-894b-8c526b122fd0

The Arbuthnot Anthology of Children’s Literature is full to the brim with about 1000 pieces of poetry and prose while also being an invaluable source of knowledge for those who wish to read to children despite having a scary butterfly on the cover. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=684296fc-4f7f-415f-b061-70d4c701ab51

As a continuation of last weeks episode, Max details the second half of the 30 (-ish) books he read this year that cover many of the same genres with the addition of some classic literature and bad boy dinosaurs. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

Breaking from the regularly scheduled programming, Max discuss the first 15 of 30 books he read this year which cover a wide range of genres including sci-fi, romance, horror, westerns, and philosophy via Rick Rubin. Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/likepigsinspace?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=0c4483ef-cd80-43f2-9c5e-5546db5d2179