Sawyer Paul's Blog, page 11
January 28, 2020
january 28, 2020
January 27, 2020
Mixtape 2019
I began an experiment two years ago to build playlists of my favourite songs for every year. It began with the 80s and 90s, and then I sort of retroactively made them for this century. I’m slowly hitting the 70s but that music feels really far away for me, so it takes a bit longer to sift through.
If you follow me on Spotify, you’ll find a lot of year mixtapes.
These mixtapes are personal and subjective as hell and probably a bit corny for some while being too unknown for others. Music’s hard. I try to keep it to 20-30 songs per year but that number wildly fluctuates. I thought I hated 2019 but this one is 34 songs and I really love them all.
Here it is on Spotify:
Here it is on Youtube:
Tracklist:
Courtney Barnett - Everybody Here Hates You
Bloody Winter - Shunkan
Tessa Violet - I Like (the idea of) You
Better Oblivion Community Center - Dylan Thomas
Girlpool - Pretty
Sharon Van Etten - Seventeen
Hatchie - Without A Blush
Jenny Lewis - Hollywood Lawn
DAWN - we, diamonds
Lizzo - Juice
Stormzy - Vossi Bop
Neon Indian - Toyota Man
Doja Cat - Bottom Bitch
Fitz and The Tantrums - OCD
Tove Lo - Glad He’s Gone
Jax Jones - You Don’t Know Me ft. RAYE
Carly Rae Jepsen - I’ll Be Your Girl
HAIM - Summer Girl
Sure Sure - Warm Animal
Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall
Magic City Hippies - Franny
Two Hands - Big Thief
PUP - See You At Your Funeral
Georgia - About Work The Dancefloor
KH aka Four Tet - Only Human
Best Coast - For The First Time
Elohim & Whethan - Sleepy Eyes
Andrew Bird - Sisyphus
Barrie - Geology
Lana Del Rey - hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but i have it
Beirut - Gallipoli
Joy Again - Country Song
Rosie Tucker - Topic
Sturgill Simpson - Sing Along
january 27, 2020
January 26, 2020
Logbook, January 20-26, 2020
Dear God, do I really game that much?.
Royal Rumble 2020 Preview.
Drag Race Alum Katya Zamolodchikova Revels in the Embarrassment of Being Alive.
TV Shows
Avenue 5, The Outsider, and finally watched a few episode of Season 2 of Patriot. Also, finally, Picard.
Youtube
The Launch of the TurboGrafx-16 (1989) | Classic Gaming Quarterly.
My dark & mysterious hobbies.
Microsoft accidentally made a great Chromebook.
Why You Should Play Fighting Games - And How.
Good Tweets
Anyone else watch Patriot like, one episode every two months because the show is a rare treasure and you don’t want it to end?
Just wanna day I really appreciate how easy it’s been to ignore Picard spoilers. Good job everyone [image error]
Stuff from Blogs, January 27, 2020
Once again I am sneaking in an entry when I do not entirely feel like it, just so there is a nicer-looking archives page. I am very strange like this. I think I often do things for the wrong reasons that turn out to be okay reasons (in an “ends justify the means” kind of way).
I relate to this. I’ll regularly write a post for this blog only to backdate it to when I “feel” it should have appeared. I used to think this was “cheating,” but then I learned that nobody cares, and I have a permit on this blog of mine to do what I want.
Penny Arcade - News - Record Holder
I’m not ready to talk about records yet. There’s a lot I don’t understand about it, it’s not mine yet, and if I’m going to address it I need to approach that space and the topic mindfully. But I’m definitely starting to get weird about it. Weirder. I mean, think about my baseline.
Sometimes, too, I’ll add a post that’s totally unfinished just to see the words printed somewhere. It feels like it counts, even if it’s just half a thought. Like a “watch this space” except I’m the only one watching and it’s about my thing.
January 24, 2020
january 24, 2020
January 23, 2020
january 23, 2020
January 21, 2020
january 21, 2020
January 20, 2020
january 20, 2020
January 19, 2020
Logbook, January 13-19, 2020
Mario Maker 2 - First Three Created Levels
Sketches:
January 13, 2020
January 15, 2020
January 16, 2020
January 17, 2020
January 19, 2020
January 20, 2020
January 21, 2020
Articles
The Outer Fringes of Our Language: A Conversation with Werner Herzog.
4 Habits for a Better Morning Routine.
Star Trek Can Be Horny as Hell, But It’s Not as Simple as You Think.
Podcasts
Fear of the Borg - Imaginary Worlds
The 2020 Shitshow: Paul and Rich on what needs to change in the coming year - Track Changes
Max’s Workshop - Do By Friday
Jocelyn K. Glei: Holding Space for Yourself - Hurry Slowly
Movies
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, 2019 - ★★. It’s like a Tarantino yacht rock album.
The April Fools, 1969 - ★★. If I had a complaint it’s that neither of them seemed to actually like one another. Everyone else is really fun, though.
TV Shows
Medical Police (good!), The Outsider (good start!), and started the second part of Carole and Tuesday
Video Games
Bought Donut County on sale. I’m nearly halfway through Link’s Awakening on Switch. Such a charmer. And I made some Mario level (link above)
Youtube
How Rick and Morty Makes You Care About Terrible People.
How to Design a Good Puzzle Level in Super Mario Maker 2!.
Don’t Worry, No One Cares.
Hayao Miyazaki - How Animation Comes To Life.
Good Tweets
omg @tcm https://t.co/62IODyWdDH
Bless this man though. #SmashDirect https://t.co/pJPE5O4erJ
You can’t sit with us #SmashDirect https://t.co/Ta8h7MTV0D
It’s Canada’s kimchi. https://t.co/xFjzWwmijl
That feeling when the Toronto subway ad telling you to escape to Florida fails and shows you the matrix and you get a sweet sense of relief that Florida is a lie. https://t.co/KalFL5maHv
Gamer question: How do you get better at fine motor control with a game controller? Say you haven’t, like, wasted most of your life getting good at Mario platforming. How do you build the confidence in order to practice that skill later in life?
fuck that sounds nice. https://t.co/24f9JxPl7z
y’all keep going like this and Hulk Hogan is just going to keep the WCW title forever. https://t.co/wHgiZMCtM7
