Hello everyone.
On today's episode, we discuss the launch of our Discord, the problem with going abroad but being ignorant and a large discussion on our perspective of why returning to primitivism can benefit us, as well as be hijacked by those who commodify it.
Enjoy.
Hi everyone,
The Cinema Cartography server is now live on Discord.
It is a member's exclusive server with multiple channel topics from music to cinema, anime, literature and more. We also kept a channel for random topics: The Chatroom and an open hangout area so we can interact through voice...
2024-07-24 14:13:05 +0000 UTC View Post
0:00 Transmaxxing/Incels/Dropping out of life
15:04 Looksmaxxing/Not Dying/Comfort in yourself
26:43 The idea of luxury/Wanting designer things/Fashion/How can you present yourself
56:05 The split between what an artist makes and what an artist does/The purpose of representation in art/Experiencing art benefits compr...
0:00 - Thanking you/How we approach the show
9:27 How would people be without outside influence/Perceptions of other people's lenses and how people perform/The pretentiousness of mediocrity
32:27 The hellscape of selling to children/The widespread influence of mainstream trash
1:04:57 There is no difference between t...
0:00 Discussing Eminem's new album/Artists that create their own problems
37:28 The reading of our world without context/Tying everything to contemporary society/Reading is still the most important thing a person can do
56:45 The podcast after this point is a very personal discussion about loneliness and frie...
0:00 A discussion on adult cartoons/Family Guy used to be funny/Our love of Smiling Friends/Cynical writing
25:01 The closure of MTV News and lost media/Video game preservation/The ethics in consuming art as a product
56:52 Responding to comments about video essays/Intelligent people and the ability to say nothing/The p...
0:00 Affinity with athletes more than artistic types/Gypsy fighting culture/Wanting to be a pop culture character
The importance of competition
17:50 The importance of competition/Self-imposed challenges
28:11 The beginning of the next phase of our artistic journey - 'House of Tabula'
59:21 Lack of knowledge being...
"The Slaver" discusses the human condition. GORILLA TALES are short storytelling challenges entirely done by two artists in one week using only the resources they possess.
This is the first project under The House of Tabula.
Thank you for making this project possible.
2024-07-01 16:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to the Lewis Variety Hour. It is just me for this episode so you better all be nice to me.
0:00 - 15:02 Sport as the last great communal spectacle/Insular culture bubbles/England as a failure
15:02 - 34:20 A pre and post-9/11 world/The narrative lies in the mundane
34:20 - 55:43 The philosophy of shocking ...
Hello everyone and welcome to our Friday podcast pilot episode.
If all goes well then we will continue to make Acid a twice-a-week show rather than the one. And if it doesn't go well, then it was good while it lasted.
Today's episode follows the Kendrick/Drake beef, how to juggle multiple interests, people wearing di...
2024-06-21 17:20:54 +0000 UTC View Post
On today's episode, we speak primarily about all things music. This includes some of the suggestions given to us in the chatroom as well as talks on Mount Eerie, Kanye, Lana Del Rey, Rosalia, Bjork, 100 Gecs, MF DOOM, Sukekiyo, Nick Cave, GG Allin and many more.
We also get onto topics such as mainstream fame, songwriting ...
0:00 Overwhelming budgets and creativity/Being constantly happy in everything/Devotion to something
21:35 The difference between introversion and extroversion in creativity/Developing courage
35:19 Preparation for anything is an act of insincerity/How to detect 'fakeness'/Harvey Pekar
54:53 Luiza on confidence/'No Lo...
0:00 C.S Lewis/Dark Humour
13:15 Eminem's new music/Richard Pryor/Old boring people and new boring people
30:21 Everyone shares the same reference but it is never enough/No overlap between the polarities of reference
40:58 The Sopranos (again)/the great American novel
54:57 Box Office failures/Mad Max/The failing ...
0:00 Cannes Film Festival 2024/The campaign for the winners
12:50 The best ideas should be localised/The parameters of success being 'mainstream'
30:09 The Damien Hirst fraud/What makes something 'original'/Concept being enough in art/Marcel Duchamp/Tracey Emin
1:07:00 The Turner prize winners/Is beauty redemptive?
Hi everyone!
I'm opening the vote for the topic of the next workshop.
What do you guys want to see next?
With love,
Luiza
0:00 The obsession with 'grinding'/Self Authoring
12:03 Cannes 2024/Megalopolis and the enigma of Coppola
23:05 The originality of the bad Star Wars films/The Wizard of Oz is more impactful outside of the film
35:07 The worst scene from a good film/Antonioni/Not liking Don't Look Now
53:30 Led Zeppelin
1:00:00 ...
Hi everyone!
Welcome back to my Composition Workshop,
If you want to recap the previous modules, you can find everything here.
Today we look at Wabi-Sabi 侘寂 and the diagonal line as...
2024-05-17 08:36:33 +0000 UTC View Post
0:00 Intro/Running out of things to say/Cultivating your life through hate
21:50 On craftsmanship/Learning to navigate through the world/The algorithm is a lie
47:00 Comfort through discomfort/Genre/The narrative world and the objective world
1:09:00 Radicalism and normalcy
0:00 The recent artistic process/It's never too late/Independence over being a good employee
22:54 Fantasy/A Song of Ice and Fire/The eternal values vs the modern values
37:55 Dealing with anxiety during creation/hardening oneself and balance
1:11:17 The value of short films and other mediums
1:21:17 Early 2000s i...
Back to our regular scheduled programming, Acid Is Bad For Business has returned to its weekly schedule.
0:00 Expertise in gambling/pub games
12:46 Our extensive knowledge of K-Pop/Criticising the consumerism and perspective of South Korea
56:04 The US grip of the world/how certain countries don't 'need' the US/Th...
An update on things that have happened and things that are to come.
We can't wait to share everything with you all.
Thank you.
0:00 'Who TF Did I Marry'/Future prospects for the channel
7:06 Oscars discussion
10:35 Barbie
21:28 The Zone of Interest (34:24-39:50 SPOILER)
44:35 Poor Things (We have a very extreme opinion)
1:11:08 Don't linger in hatred (A more important discussion than Poor things)
1:20:57 Upcoming programming and bri...
A new list conducted by myself. I hope you all enjoy and would like to hear your considerations for this often forgotten genre in the realm of cinema.
Thank you.
- Lewis
0:00 Fame/A funny anecdote about Edgar Wright/Living in Europe and the US
13:44 Gun control & gun culture
25:48 Why anything virtual will take over/giving things up for lent/forcing people to be addicted
58:20 Agency in all aspects of life
1:08:00 Monopolising all aspects of sub-cultures to make them commercia...
In today's episode, we discuss a number of things from chess, Jeffrey Epstein's Spotify list, the American novel and more. That is until Luiza has to leave and Lewis conducts an impromptu episode for the final 45 minutes. I hope (really hope), you enjoy.
0:00 Acid Is Bad for Business
1:11:30 The Lewis Bond Variety H...
On today's episode of 'Deep Dive' we explore Akira Kurosawa's feudal epic: Ran.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction & Synopsis
0:42 Where Ran ranks amongst Kurosawa's works/Ran as Kurosawa's 'masterpiece'
4:34 Adapting Shakespeare
13:36 The filmmaking of an old master/his influence as a painter
22:42 ...
Hi everyone!
Welcome back to my Composition Workshop,
If you missed the first module, you can watch it here.
Today we look at transgressing the rules of composition for visual effect and meaning. ...
2024-02-21 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
0:00 Harold Bloom and the impact of teaching/A discussion on Maestro and American Fiction
19:05 Genreless style/Large discussion on comedy
44:16 Q&A (How we learned/Jacques Rivette/OpenAI/The importance of creating/Godard + more)
Thank you, everybody, for your questions. Enjoy the episode.
0:00 Gushing over The Simpsons/South Park
34:40 Cartoons as children/Technology of the 2000s
1:06:20 Films of the 2000s/John Cusack/Al Pacino and Robert De Niro/How celebrity alters the perspective of an artist
01:31:08 The dying art of modern acting/The 'artificial look'
01:43:40 B.C (Before Covid)/How people hav...
