Sub Rant:wildly mildly creative and cosmopolitan provincial Parisians Phoenicians, wander in and out of conversations about art and other stuff that annoys them.
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All kinds of drought
PC Gaming
Show note PSA
Instagram hate
Mannequin Madness
Prey follow-up
Huge conspiracy next episode!
Show Notes
00:20 - Cohost identifies as the "Lake Mead" of emotional support
01:00 - Abbreviated Southern California cringe
01:46 - So many Kardashians, so little water
02:15 - Stallone (and 1599 others) exceed water usage
02:20 - "Let Them Eat Koi" revisited!
05:20 - Thirty years of creeping water shortages
06:30 - "Can you spell privilege?"
07:50 - PlayStation sued in UK , but why?
08:45 - James puts gaming in perspective
10:00 - "What's the point? That was my point!" (Huh?)
10:30 - Console and platform subrant
13:30 - Listeners spared, contact James for more!
14:40 - Show notes PSA: Scroll, read, links, follow!
16:00 - I wear my (denim) sunglasses on Instagram!
18:23 - Idiot "feather ruffling" yields more idiocy
20:30 - Contemplating Plato (or not)
21:00 - Thank you "Mannequin Madness" for the "butts"!
22:20 - Triggered by a plastic belly button, please send help! (It wasn't the belly button)
22:36 - "Prey" follow-up
23:12 - "Predator was a better action movie, Prey was a better film" (Plato)
25:15 - Badass, not revisionist
27:20 - Muddying up the "mud scene"
29:00 - The "no subtitle" Predator-Prey thread
31:10 - Trying everything or barely trying?
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Prey (2022) and Predator (1987)
High tech litter boxes
AI generated images vs editorial illustration
Again with the dead cow head
Show Notes
00:18 - Let's both not talk about the movie you didn't see
00:58 - Newsflash: There is no "Prey 1"
02:00 - Catherine answers a citizenship question
03:00 - Streaming negates need for movie theaters
04:15 - James recommends "Prey" (2022), revisits "Predator" (1987)
07:18 - No spoilers here, just a Hollywood ending
09:35 - "Predator" is a better action film, "Prey" is a better movie
10:47 - Trolls in a twist
12:15 - No subtitles for "French Klingon"
13:40 - Cat poop in AI headlines
14:20 - Cat litter is incredibly exciting?
16:00 - Cats openly mock litter box technology
18:00 - Nothing about this is AI, so just look at you cat
20:35 - AI-generated digital art spurs debate about News illustrations
21:50 - James breaks down AI
24:25 - Comparing editorial illustration to AI generated images (DALL-E )
26:57 - Is this just image sampling or will it evolve creatively?
28:00 - The hubris of overcoming bias
29:20 - Is your bias really your perspective?
31:50 - Random connections generate new ideas
33:02 - James leaves, Catherine talks to herself
34:15 - We probably shouldn't ignore DALL-E!
35:05 - Plastic wins at our demise!
36:00 - In: AI all the way! Out: dead cow heads!
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Netflix v Hulu
Lalapalooza
New mannequin
De-globalization in the arts
"Old Masters" on caring walls
Milagros and street art
Show Notes
00:30 - Swapping Hulu for Netflix (for now)
01:10 - "HobiPalooza" soothed an aching soul!
01:45 - Shower, tea, phone off for J-Hope!
02:20 - James is an English teacher
03:07 - Better K-drama translation?
04:15 - Ghost stories more believable than the news?
05:00 - James makes Hulu recommendations
06:45 - Town of "Fish Kill" doesn't kill fish
07:50 - Mannequin mocking
10:10 - Who needs a head?
10:40 - Insane cyclists of Scotland
11:45 - De-globalization Hits the Art World (or does it?)
12:22 - Unwinding vs fracturing vs bullshit
14:25 - Art: Means to an end vs end in itself?
14:55 - Just say "Plato"
16:10 - Art blockbuster shows, niche museums, community focus
17:15 - Collection sell-off debate
21:45 - Deaccessioning? Just say "selling"!
22:30 - Catherine gets emotional about art preservation
23:15 - James subrants on the lies and lies of the artworld!
25:00 - 30-year China trend?
26:40 - "The 'China-nization' of Hong Kong"
27:00 - SF MOMA Mural, Healing and Milagros
27:12 - 100 Day Project Celebrating Essential Workers 100 Days Action's Art for Essential Workers
27:55 - Suenos Imports
29:27 - "Mural-ized" street art
30:15 - Hope comes full circle: Meaning of Milagros
31:17 - Must start with cats!
31:35 - I'm a dog person
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Van Gogh "hidden" portrait
Secret mirrors and Cracker Jack Buddhas
AI image generators
Show Notes
00:38 - Van Gogh portrait found behind "Head of a Peasant Woman"
01:08 - James makes a case for "peasant-core"
01:35 - Random x-rays, but why?
02:02 - "I thought the painting was depressing"
02:25 - Breaking down curator boredom
03:12 - Impasto faux pas... Rembrandt not Van Gogh!
04:45 - It's simple - canvass is expensive.
06:12 - Van Gogh was "a broke ass painter"
06:30 - Buddha Buddha on the wall. How did you get there?
07:25 - "Mystery purchase" at Tucson Gem Show
08:12 - Cracker Jack enlightenment
10:45 - Are there more mysteries in plain sight? Probable not.
11:56 - All the kids are doing it? (AI image generators )
13:30 - Why AI? It's not art, it's a tool https://www.craiyon.com
14:20 - Joan of Arc eating ice cream
15:43 - Georgia O'Keefe painted cats?
18:10 - Cats in the "style" of Damien Hurst look like Laurel Burch https://www.laurelburch.com
19:08 - James is DALL-E wait-listed
21:00 - Unintended scarcity?
22:28 - Generating "fun spaghetti"
22:50 - "Nefarious" experimentation yielded freakish results!
24:00 - "Hack-a-thon" and curated image database
25:40 - Let's just leave it!
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Show Notes
Grace Habib of Shop Refugee part of GoTen
Grace started as an English teacher with GoTen
Seamstress volunteers wanted to start Sewing class started 2021
Grace shifted from English teaching to running Shop Refugee full time
Stared by rebranded Shop Refugee
Expanded classes and has its own workshop (20 person max)
Loving Covers helped out with material donations in the beginning
Sourcing material locally
City Serve (Amazon, Walmart, and CostCo returns)
Sheer fabric = Scrunchy
Mesh netting = produce bags
Environmentally friendly process
95% of sales goes to seamstress
Business owners now coming to Shop Refugee for seamstresses
Noggin Boss
Seamstresses are contract working and can work at home at their pace
Bead trade of Murano Welcome Cookie!
Grace rents out her wedding arch and a mogul is born!
Grace's marketing side hustle
We need to support more refugees
Parolees from AfganistanRefugee is a legal statusSpread the world!
The Rock as the model
Requests welcome!
Sewing machines are awesome
Farmer's markets
World Refugee Day Phoenix College
Retail stores:
Phoenix eats batteries and tires!
Success stories from the class
Rapha House Donations (fabric and thread)!Aug 18 - Meeting for volunteers Insha'Allah
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