1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of iHeartRadio. 2 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 2: Hey, welcome to Stuff to Blow your Mind listener mail. 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 2: This is Robert Lamb. Hey, everybody. We were off last 4 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:18,159 Speaker 2: week for Thanksgiving here in the US. I spent the 5 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 2: time traveling with my family in Wales, which was a 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:24,119 Speaker 2: tremendous privilege, a great experience, and it's nice to ease 7 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 2: back into the holiday hustle here on the show with 8 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 2: a nice listener mail episode. Now, Joe is out sick today. 9 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 2: He was going to join me, but he had to 10 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 2: take the day off, so wishing him quick recovery. It's 11 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,239 Speaker 2: just going to be me today. I've never done a 12 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 2: solo listener mail before. The way it's worked out is 13 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:44,880 Speaker 2: that Joe will often jump in and do the solo 14 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 2: and days when I'm still recovering from a trip or 15 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 2: I'm sick or whatever. So this is a first, so 16 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 2: bear with me. I can't promise that it will be 17 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 2: as exciting as a Joe solo listener mail, but I'll 18 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 2: try and put my own spin on it. All right, Well, 19 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 2: let's call Carne over here and dive into the mail bag. 20 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 2: We have a few bits of listener mail regarding our 21 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 2: episode on euro hydrosis. This is you'll recall this is 22 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:18,119 Speaker 2: the episode where we talked about some animals that may 23 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 2: pee and or poop on their legs as a method 24 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 2: of cooling themselves, and that led to a number of 25 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 2: different discussions. We've talked about evaporative cooling, and we also 26 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 2: talked about peeing in one's wet suit. So let's jump 27 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 2: right into it. This one comes to us from Lindsey. 28 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 2: Lindsay writes, Joe and Robert. Out here in the desert, 29 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 2: we have a very different relationship with humidity and evaporation 30 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 2: than y'all in Atlanta. Look at the de point or 31 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 2: wet bulb weather temps, and that is about best case 32 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 2: for evaporative cooling, to the point that plenty of people 33 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 2: out here go through our one hundred and six degree 34 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 2: summers with a swamp cooler. Prior to common refrigeration, there 35 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 2: was a desert water bag that was just a tight 36 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 2: weave canvas, and in a lot of Mexican areas people 37 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 2: kept a big unglazed pottery jug in the house. These 38 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 2: weeped enough water to be continually cooling. My grandparents, who 39 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,800 Speaker 2: went through the depression then the war never threw out anything. 40 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 2: In every pickup tractor and several barns. There was a 41 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 2: glass jug wearing Grandma's technicolor jug jacket. This, as Lindsay adds, 42 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 2: is apparently a quilted cover for a gallon vinegar jug. 43 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 2: Lindsay continues, kept things cool with the occasional breakage. It 44 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 2: kept all of the glass together, stitch together with any 45 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 2: and all possible fabric scraps, so you didn't worry about 46 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 2: a great loss when you did break one. And then 47 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 2: she continues here, getting into the whole idea of peeing 48 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 2: in your wetsuit and whether that is an effective means 49 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 2: of warming the body short term, long term, and so forth. 50 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 2: Robert I was told the same thing going through Rescue 51 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 2: Swimmers Club at NAS Jacksonville, but on the Cutter Valiant. 52 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 2: This is a coast guard ship. I believe she reversed 53 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 2: course so quickly that I skipped the farmer John's and 54 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 2: just grab the wetsuit jacket. When you're coming around fast, 55 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 2: then you're in the water, preoccupied and having to override 56 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 2: a lifetime of toilet training. I never could relax enough 57 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 2: to just let it flow right on, y'all. Lindsey all right, 58 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 2: all right, you know some almost kind of extreme of 59 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:35,279 Speaker 2: consciousness thoughts there. I dig it, especially some added experience 60 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 2: when it comes to the awkwardness of peeing in the water, 61 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 2: peeing in the ocean. I'm glad I'm not alone. I 62 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 2: also heard from one Shadow Rat on our discord. You 63 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 2: might be wondering, Hey, I want to get in on 64 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 2: the stuff to Blow your mind discord. Well, hey, the 65 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 2: way to do that is to email us, and we'll 66 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 2: send you the link to join the discord server for 67 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 2: Stuff to Blow your mind. So just hang on. I'll 68 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 2: throw out that email address at the end of this episode. Anyway, 69 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:04,839 Speaker 2: Shadow Rat shares the following Haha, quoth he, I pee 70 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 2: in my wetsuit all the time. This practice is so 71 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 2: prevalent in the surfing and free diving communities that it's 72 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 2: often offered up as a solution to every problem. Cold 73 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,479 Speaker 2: pe in your suit, animal stings, pee on it, having 74 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 2: trouble removing your wet suit, pee in it, Want to 75 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 2: attract marine life, pee in your suit, want to repel 76 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 2: marine life? Pee in your suit, car trouble pee in it, 77 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 2: and so forth. It is important to always be as 78 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 2: stoic and straight faced as possible when advising someone to 79 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 2: pee on it, to convey that this is indeed a 80 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 2: proven method. While there is a warming effect, the main 81 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 2: reason people are peeing in wetsuits is just that there 82 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,799 Speaker 2: is no other choice. Nobody wants to stop a dive 83 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 2: or a surf session to go back to the facilities. 84 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 2: I think it's safe to assume that every rental wetsuit 85 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 2: has been peed in many times. While the neoprene is permeable, 86 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 2: it works by slowing down on how rapidly the water 87 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 2: next to your skin is replaced by cold outside water. 88 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,679 Speaker 2: The water in the suit is heated by your body. 89 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 2: The layer of heated water is what keeps you warm. 90 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 2: Joe is correct when he states that the pea is 91 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 2: essentially transferring heat from inside your body to outside. However, 92 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 2: it's heat that would have been pulled from your skin 93 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 2: by the cold water. Regardless, the strategic application of pea 94 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 2: to the suit interior does seem to me to accelerate 95 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,280 Speaker 2: the rate at which the water inside the suit becomes tolerable. 96 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 2: All right, Well, that's that's some wonderful additional information there, 97 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 2: not only into just the urine based solutions that are common, 98 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 2: you know among free divers and so forth, but also 99 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 2: just you know, added experience into the awkwardness of oceanic 100 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 2: urination among humans. And but this is a great point too, 101 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 2: that yeah, this is this was my experience as well. 102 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 2: You get off the boat, you're wearing the wet suit, 103 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 2: you're snorkeling, maybe you don't have a wetsuit, you're snorkeling whatever. 104 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 2: Now you are in the midst of it. It's not 105 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 2: really a good time to go back to the boat. 106 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 2: And if you do go back to the boat, there's 107 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 2: not necessarily a bathroom there either, Like this is the 108 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 2: place where you were going to have to pee, and 109 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 2: you just have to make the best of it, all right, 110 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 2: Moving along. We also had some folks write in about 111 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 2: an October episode we did on sirens. I say October. 112 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 2: It's possible that this was one of the late October episodes, 113 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 2: like October thirty third or thirty fifth, once we actually 114 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 2: got into November. A bit concerning the sirens. This one 115 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 2: comes to us from Eric subject Odysseus and the Sirens. Hey, gentlemen, 116 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 2: I am currently enjoying the episode about the sirens. You 117 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 2: mentioned that presumably Odysseus had his ears unplugged out of curiosity, 118 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 2: and I think that's probably true. But I had always 119 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 2: understood that he did it as a sort of cirenometer 120 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:55,719 Speaker 2: for his crew. In short, when I stopped freaking out, 121 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 2: it's safe to unplug your ear holes. If he hadn't, 122 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 2: they might have just failed on and on, unable to 123 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,600 Speaker 2: talk to one another until someone finally just became frustrated 124 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 2: and unplugged an ear potentially prematurely and thus fatally. I 125 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 2: assume he picked himself as the cirenometer, if you will, 126 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 2: out of curiosity. Though maybe I overanalyzed the story in 127 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 2: my youth, but the idea is plausible. Thanks as always 128 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 2: for excellent podcast, Eric, Eric, This is a this is 129 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 2: a great point. Yeah, when in reading about this episode 130 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 2: in the Odyssey, Yeah, a lot is said about curiosity 131 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 2: and uh, and Odysseus is curiosity regarding the song of 132 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,559 Speaker 2: the sirens, and that does seem to be an important theme. 133 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 2: But I, like you, I think, always grew up. But 134 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 2: even before I was reading the story, I would see 135 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 2: these fabulous illustrations, and you see Odysseus, you know, bound 136 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 2: of the mass straining against them, you know, a very 137 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 2: intentionally I think erotic image that is presented by these 138 00:07:56,040 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 2: these painters. You know, he is he is his putting 139 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 2: himself in the position to receive like the full temptation 140 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 2: of the sirens. And the only thing that prevents him 141 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 2: from giving into that temptation is not strong willpower, but 142 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 2: just strong not tying abilities and the determination of his crew, 143 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 2: you know, to keep those ears plugged, and you know, 144 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 2: don't don't look over at Odysseus, don't untie him, you know, 145 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 2: wait until the coast is clear, that sort of thing. 146 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,199 Speaker 2: But yeah, in looking at it, I always kind of thought, well, Okay, 147 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 2: their ears are plugged, they're continuing to row, and they 148 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 2: just need to keep doing that, stay plugged until Odysseus 149 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 2: stops freaking out. So I think that that makes sense 150 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 2: to me as well. So I don't know, I guess 151 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 2: we can kind of take a little bit of each 152 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 2: of these answers to stitch together the rationale for this plan. 153 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 2: All right, here's another one. This one comes to us 154 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 2: from Scott in response to our Grimoure of Horror episode. 155 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 2: This is the first of these, hopefully we'll do more 156 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 2: in the future, where for Halloween, Joe and I will 157 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 2: each select a work of short written horror fiction and 158 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 2: then discuss it on the show, and we said, hey, 159 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 2: you know, let's get ahead of next year if you 160 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 2: have suggestions right in and so we heard from Scott. 161 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 2: Scott writes and says the following, Hello, all, I recently 162 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 2: enjoyed the grumoure of horror episode and I'm looking forward 163 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 2: to more next Halloween if you can find it. A 164 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 2: short story I read as a middle schooler would be 165 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 2: perfect for next year. This would have been in the 166 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:39,199 Speaker 2: mid nineteen sixties, but I haven't been able to find 167 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 2: any information about it. The gist of the story is 168 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:46,199 Speaker 2: that there is a radio star whose live weekly broadcast 169 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 2: features him going to some haunted location and telling the 170 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 2: listeners about what happens. He is always by himself and restrained, 171 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 2: so he can't leave. He has a portable radio which 172 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 2: transmits to the radio van, which along with his crew, 173 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 2: is some distance away. Essentially, he's helpless to save himself 174 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 2: and there is nobody nearby to aid him. The show's 175 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 2: format is that he tells his listeners the tale of 176 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 2: the haunting, what the ghost or creature that inhabits the 177 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 2: haunted place is supposed to look like and do, how 178 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,559 Speaker 2: he fears, strange sounds approaching, and then oh no, there's 179 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 2: the monster. Nothing can save him except the listeners, who, 180 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 2: through their concentrated thoughts, can force the creature to leave 181 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 2: and spare his life. The reality is, of course, that 182 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 2: there is no monster. It's pure radio drama, except for 183 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 2: the show, which is the subject of the story. At 184 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,680 Speaker 2: the end of the broadcast, while communicating with his crew, 185 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 2: they tell him that the Knight's listening audience is the 186 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 2: largest ever. He's happy, but ask them to hurry things 187 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 2: up and come get him because he's been hearing some 188 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,559 Speaker 2: weird noises. Before they can reach him, he screams into 189 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 2: the radio that the creature is real and that the 190 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 2: room and it is in the room with him. Then silence. 191 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,199 Speaker 2: By the time they arrive, they find nothing safe for 192 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 2: chains which held him broken and twisted by some monstrous strength. 193 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 2: It is asserted that the combined belief in the monster 194 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 2: by the large listening audience brought it into existence. As 195 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:11,559 Speaker 2: a youngster of this story scared the but Jesus out 196 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 2: of me. All those people believing in the monster brought 197 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 2: it to life. So what if me thinking about it 198 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 2: causes the same thing? Then I try not to think 199 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 2: about it, which of course only makes me think about 200 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 2: it all the more. This fits in well with what 201 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 2: you guys discussed in the follow up to the second story, 202 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 2: when Robert mentions that there is quote this weird connection 203 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 2: between thought and action and ideas of the supernatural, and 204 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 2: if you put thought and action in motion, like what 205 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 2: does that? What does that do? Of course I knew 206 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 2: that logically there was no way I could will a 207 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 2: monster into existence, but as Joe said, there is a 208 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 2: difference between what you consciously believe and what kinds of 209 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 2: things scare you in theory. Anyway, thanks for the hours 210 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 2: of interesting content you provide during my long commutes, Scott. 211 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 2: All right, well, Scott, this sounds like a really interesting story. 212 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 2: Reminds me of some related works, you know, to get 213 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 2: into similar areas describing toolpose, you know, thought emanations. I 214 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 2: think of some of the there's a particular story, The 215 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 2: Circular Ruins by Borges, you know, I instantly think of 216 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 2: John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness. But as for 217 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 2: this particular story, I do not know what this is. 218 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:23,079 Speaker 2: I looked around a little bit online and I'm pretty 219 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,439 Speaker 2: sure I found a poster on Reddit asking about this 220 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 2: same story, but there were no satisfactory answers. So I'll 221 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,559 Speaker 2: bump the signal on this request here and maybe it'll 222 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 2: ring a bell with someone out there listening. You can 223 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 2: write in to me and then we'll share it on 224 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 2: a future listener mail episode. But yeah, my mind instantly 225 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 2: turns to a few different nineteen sixties horror fiction mainstays. 226 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 2: I instantly think of somebody like Ray Bradberry. But you know, 227 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 2: a lot of these are authors that were quite prolific, 228 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 2: so it doesn't really narrow it down a lot for 229 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 2: me anyway. So hey, if you know what Scott is 230 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 2: talking about here, write in and we'll go from there. 231 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 2: All right. This one comes to us from Matthew. This 232 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 2: was a response to our Hogs of Hell episode. Matthew says, hey, 233 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:15,239 Speaker 2: I have a fun story about pigs eating a drunk irishman. 234 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 2: I came across it in an episode of the Blind 235 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 2: Boy podcast. Link below includes a link to where you 236 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 2: can find this on Spotify. I imagine this is one 237 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:24,719 Speaker 2: of those shows you you can find this wherever you 238 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:28,200 Speaker 2: get your podcasts. But he continues, the short version is 239 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 2: this In eighteen eighteen, James O'Sullivan, after failing to sell 240 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 2: his two pigs at market, got drunk at the public house, 241 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 2: and then got into his horse drawn cart and passed 242 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 2: out in the back with the pigs. The horse, unguided, 243 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 2: walked the path home. What Miss Sullivan found when the 244 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 2: cart returned was only her husband's boots remaining. The neighbors 245 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 2: were gathered and the priest was called. He suggested that 246 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 2: the man eating pigs be slaughtered and given a Christian perial. 247 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 2: That was the best they could do for poor mister Sullivan. 248 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 2: Then their stomachs. His gravestone, with a depiction of two 249 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 2: pigs still lays in the local graveyard. Thank you for 250 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 2: the consistent and wonderful content. It's all fantastic. Oh and 251 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 2: don't forget about Pigsy Zubaji, the human reincarnated as a 252 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 2: pig demon protagonist from Journey into the West. Matthew. A 253 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 2: good point on Pigsy, Matthew. Yeah, I hadn't really thought 254 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 2: about Pigsy so much, because I think of him not 255 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 2: so much as a as a monster, but as you know, 256 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 2: like you know, an important character of that particular narrative. 257 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 2: But still we're worth mentioning in passing. Certainly, certainly one 258 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 2: of if not the most famous pig human hybrid characters 259 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 2: for sure. As for the story of the drunk Irishman, yeah, 260 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 2: that's quite quite horrific. I had not heard that one before, 261 00:14:46,920 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 2: and this detail about the gravestone also quite pantalizing. All right, 262 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 2: let's get into a little weird house cinema. We have 263 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 2: one here from Jeff and this is about Spirited Away. 264 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 2: Greetings Joe and Rob. Last year, along with the usual 265 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 2: re releases of Ghibli films, I was able to catch 266 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 2: a showing of the live stage version of Spirited Away 267 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 2: at the local cinema. It was amazing, stunning. It's not 268 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 2: better than the movie and would probably make no sense 269 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 2: whatsoever if you hadn't seen the original. But they did 270 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 2: almost every scene, almost every shot, the close ups, flying, falling, swimming, 271 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 2: hanging off the side of a building, in a moving train, 272 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 2: in a car, almost everything. Despite being one of the 273 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 2: top films that comes to mind if asked which would 274 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 2: be the most insane to try to turn into a 275 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 2: stage performance, the sets were simple but brilliant. They broke 276 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 2: the movie into puzzle pieces and then put it all together. 277 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 2: The acting was great. The original voice actor played Ubaba 278 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 2: and many of the parts were so physical they must 279 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 2: have been dancers or gymnasts. The audience in our movie 280 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 2: theater actually applauded at the end when the camera pulled 281 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 2: back and showed the full orchestra and stage. Not as 282 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 2: emotionally engaging as the film, but a super impressive spectacle. 283 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 2: I highly recommend checking it out if you have the opportunity. Yeah, 284 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 2: I have not seen this myself, but I had heard 285 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 2: that this was excellent if memory serves. There's also a 286 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 2: Totoro stage adaptation that somebody has put together, but again 287 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 2: I haven't seen that either. Anyway, Jeff continues on the 288 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 2: topic of subs versus dubbs. I think the English Spirited 289 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 2: Away dub is quite good, but you haven't actually seen 290 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 2: Keiki's Delivery Service if you haven't seen it with the 291 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 2: original voices Phil Hartman as Kiki's cat's sidekick. This is 292 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 2: in the English version. Of course, the English dub is 293 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 2: not only a completely different character, he changes the meaning 294 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 2: of the film. Hartman's gg is like Kiki's superpower, a 295 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 2: force of positive energy. The original GGI is a quiet 296 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 2: little voice inside Keeeky's head telling her she's not good enough. 297 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 2: Thus the communication breakdown between the two has a totally 298 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 2: different meaning. Kiki is by far my favorite Ghibli film. 299 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 2: It's an instruction manual for leading a rewarding life. I 300 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 2: go see it every summer when they re release it. 301 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 2: It's probably not weird enough for Weird House, but I 302 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 2: very much encourage all your listeners to check it out 303 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:25,199 Speaker 2: if possible. In the original Japanese. Oh, this is an 304 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:28,679 Speaker 2: excellent suggestion. I have never seen Kiki's delivery service in 305 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 2: the original Japanese, but this is one that I watched 306 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:35,159 Speaker 2: Fairmount with my son. This was for a time. This 307 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:38,679 Speaker 2: was his absolute favorite as well. It's such a sweet film, 308 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 2: and yeah, I mean I really like Phil Hartman in it, 309 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 2: so it would be an interesting experience to get into 310 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 2: this other like original version of Gigi, Let's see Jeff 311 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:55,399 Speaker 2: continues here. Also, despite Michael Keaton's great performance in Porco Rosso, 312 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 2: the original Porko is far more charming. Here's a comparison 313 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 2: of an ex change between our hero and a group 314 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 2: of old ladies he hasn't seen in a long time. 315 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 2: American Porko, Are you girls really still alive? Japanese Porko, 316 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 2: The Angels haven't come for you? Yet, I mean, come on, 317 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:15,640 Speaker 2: of course, I'm basing my opinion on the Japanese subtitle 318 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,679 Speaker 2: translation on the DVDs, But I have seen the Disney 319 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:21,159 Speaker 2: Voice directors boasting about how hard they work to make 320 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 2: new dialogue that syncs with the animated mouth flaps, which 321 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 2: is the cart leading the horse if I ever heard it. 322 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 2: Thanks for covering Spirited Away. It's always nice to get 323 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 2: a little duckling spirit in our lives. Jeff well excellently, Jeff. 324 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 2: I knew that we had some ghibli fans out They're 325 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 2: out there with some strong opinions on dubbs versus subs. 326 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 2: You know, I've heard some of it before in regard 327 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:45,880 Speaker 2: to certain films. You know, I've certainly heard it in 328 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 2: regards to like the the mytho religious context that is 329 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 2: present in some of these films, and how the English 330 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:59,359 Speaker 2: dub often like takes a more monotheistic approach versus versus 331 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 2: what was originally present in the original untranslated material. So anyway, 332 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:07,159 Speaker 2: thanks for writing in about all of that. Yeah, I 333 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 2: need to I need to cueue up a Miyazaki film 334 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 2: and watch it in the original Japanese. It was probably 335 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 2: gonna be I'm probably gonna turn to one of my favorites. 336 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 2: I'm probably gonna do something like NAUSICAA, but yeah, I'll 337 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:20,679 Speaker 2: come back to that in the future. All right. This 338 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 2: next one comes to us from Iris. This is another 339 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 2: spirited away response. Iris says, Hi Robin Joe, hope you 340 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 2: both are doing very well. I just came from your 341 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:38,680 Speaker 2: weird house cinema episode unspirited Away. It is my ultimate 342 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:41,679 Speaker 2: comfort film, though as a child, I too was traumatized 343 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 2: by the foodstall scene and made my parents promise to 344 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:48,199 Speaker 2: never eat food without paying first. Throughout the years, I 345 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 2: have rewatched the movie in different stages of life and 346 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 2: have gained different perspectives on this film in two aspects, 347 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 2: one the power within a name and two the Kobukicho 348 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 2: the red light district culture, reflection on the bathouse setting, 349 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 2: and a content warning. There are going to be some 350 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 2: mature themes explored in the later paragraph. Okay, so mature 351 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:12,679 Speaker 2: themes warning applied. I've always loved applied linguistics, and it 352 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 2: is an interesting exercise to learn about the character names 353 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:19,639 Speaker 2: of the key characters. Chihiro's name in kanji is Chi 354 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:22,919 Speaker 2: thousand and hero to seek to find which reflects her 355 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 2: character's journey to be constantly seeking a way out, seeking 356 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:28,679 Speaker 2: a way to save her parents, and seeking the truth 357 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 2: of the spirit realm. So when Ubaba takes her name, 358 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 2: she chose to take away the verb in her name 359 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:38,919 Speaker 2: and left her with the numerical character sin also means thousand. 360 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 2: Ubaba is minimizing Chihiro down to a money making servant 361 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:47,160 Speaker 2: and taking away her central motivation of seeking away out. 362 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:52,680 Speaker 2: Haku's real name expands into Junior master of fast winding 363 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 2: Amber River or Niji Hayami Kohaku Nushi. The Haku or 364 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 2: white dragon is derived from Kohaku Amber, which reflects his 365 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 2: spiritual form. When I was younger, I question if it 366 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 2: is really that easy to forget your name when the 367 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 2: new name sounds so similar to the original name. But 368 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 2: the Japanese language is a funny combination of romanticized syllables 369 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 2: that string into meaningful kanji characters. You can see that 370 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 2: by taking a part of one's name, the meaning changes completely. 371 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 2: On a more lighthearted note, Ubaba and twin Zeniba have 372 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 2: an interesting title pair. The former translates roughly to soup 373 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,439 Speaker 2: grandma and the later money grandma. When you put the 374 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 2: characters of you and zen together, it makes the word tozin, 375 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:39,880 Speaker 2: which is a synonym to onsen or hot spring bath 376 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 2: very on the nose. It's also interesting that Ubaba and 377 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 2: Zeniba both use titles such as the Grandma of soup 378 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:49,880 Speaker 2: or money throughout the film, as opposed to a more 379 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,640 Speaker 2: conventional name. My guess is that by not uncovering their 380 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 2: true name, magical creatures in the spirit realm would not 381 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 2: have any power over them. If you were a fan 382 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 2: of the fantasy genre, you'll know that the law of 383 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 2: name is a common trope among large fantasy works such 384 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 2: as Earthsea and Lord of the Rings. Folklore such as 385 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 2: Rumpelstilskin also explores this magic behind a name and how 386 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 2: you can control the creature if you hold their real name. 387 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:18,880 Speaker 2: The ritual of changing one's name is present and still 388 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:23,479 Speaker 2: practiced in the kabukicho culture in Japan. To Chihiro's journey 389 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:25,879 Speaker 2: in getting a job in the bath house starts with 390 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 2: signing a work contract in a way selling her name 391 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 2: to gain employment. The sequence is a similar journey for 392 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 2: Chio from Memoir of a Geisha, where she was sold 393 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 2: to the geisha house for labor and then abandons her 394 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:44,439 Speaker 2: name to sayuri. Mister Miyazaki himself has made comparisons between 395 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 2: the bath house in Japan's Edo period red light district. 396 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:50,479 Speaker 2: In the book Turning Point nineteen ninety seven through two 397 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 2: thousand and eight, Chihiro is employed as a bath girl 398 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,880 Speaker 2: or Yunah, who cleans after customers. In the Edo period, 399 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 2: Yunah's services offered woding include eating, drinking, playing games, and 400 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,359 Speaker 2: in some private cases, prostitution. You can also see this 401 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,360 Speaker 2: connection to Ubaba's title, which is a form of madam. 402 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 2: She determines which yuna works for which customer. Even though 403 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,439 Speaker 2: there are a ton of elements in the film that 404 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,639 Speaker 2: reflect the kubuki cho culture of Japan, I have to 405 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 2: applaud that mister Miyazaki chose to focus on the genuine 406 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 2: relationship between Shihiro, rin Haiku and Kamaji that was forged 407 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 2: in the most brutal workplace. Lastly, going back to the 408 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 2: language of the film, the full Japanese title of the 409 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 2: film is send to Chichiro no Kama Kanushi, which consists 410 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 2: of the two names of our main heroine and Kama Kakushi. 411 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:44,199 Speaker 2: The word is typically translated to the disappearance, but the 412 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 2: Kanji form of The word literally means hidden by the gods. 413 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 2: The specific usage of this word is usually reserved for 414 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 2: Japanese children who disappear without a trace. There are a 415 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,399 Speaker 2: lot of Japanese myths and traditional Shinto tales that address 416 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,639 Speaker 2: the disappearance of women or children, which are usually summarized 417 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 2: to be the doing by gods or spirits who lures 418 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:07,680 Speaker 2: them into the ghost realm. I would love to hear 419 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 2: you guys's deep dive on some famous Kama Cohee cases 420 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 2: of Japan, perhaps the future episode. Thanks again for choosing 421 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 2: such a classic film for this episode of Weird House Cinema. 422 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 2: I'm forever blown away by your breadth and depth of 423 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,879 Speaker 2: topics and the endless passion I hear for the past 424 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 2: six years. Thanks for being the show that I look 425 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 2: forward to catch up on the most best. Iris Well, Iris, 426 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:34,400 Speaker 2: thanks for writing in with all of that some excellent 427 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 2: insight into the into the world, the real world behind 428 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 2: Spirited Away, and some of the thoughts and ideas that 429 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 2: it went into it. I hope I was able to 430 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 2: do an okay job at least with some of those 431 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:48,520 Speaker 2: those words. My apologies if I am any mispronunciations of 432 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 2: the Japanese there that I inevitably inflicted. But that's yeah, 433 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 2: that's that's absolutely fascinating, and I could see us coming 434 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,959 Speaker 2: back and doing episodes related to these topics in the future. 435 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 2: We're always fascinated different folk beliefs and urban legends and 436 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 2: so forth in varying cultures, and you know, we come 437 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 2: back time and time again to Japanese culture as well. 438 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 2: All Right, this next one comes to us from Skylar, 439 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,479 Speaker 2: and I really love the title on this particular email. 440 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 2: It is local libraries can be your video drome. Skyler is, 441 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 2: of course referring to Atlanta's own Video Drome video rental store. 442 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 2: This is a wonderful place where I rent a lot 443 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 2: of the discs that I watch for Weird House cinema, 444 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,160 Speaker 2: and Skyler makes a great point here that, yeah, if 445 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 2: you don't have a videodrome in your city or something 446 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 2: like video Drome, you might have a library that can 447 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 2: writ me some discs. She writes, Hey, I always enjoy 448 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 2: your weird House selection, but there is not a video 449 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,719 Speaker 2: rental store near me, so I have to stream it 450 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:59,879 Speaker 2: if available. I use my local library for books, but 451 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 2: checked out the movie section, and because of the regional 452 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:07,200 Speaker 2: library system, I can request books for numerous libraries. Same 453 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:11,160 Speaker 2: goes with movies. Many of the movies you've highlighted on 454 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 2: the podcast are available through the library system. Just another 455 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,720 Speaker 2: option for watching awesome, weird house movies on DVD with 456 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 2: cool bonus features and a great opportunity to support your 457 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:25,120 Speaker 2: local library. Also, I was listening to Arnold Schwarzenager's memoir 458 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 2: and he said that he was signed on to be 459 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,119 Speaker 2: in the im Legend film that starred Will Smith, but 460 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,199 Speaker 2: because Arnold had recently had heart surgery, the cost to 461 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 2: ensure him was enormous. I wish that had happened, because 462 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,720 Speaker 2: I have a hard time imagining him in the role. 463 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 2: Thanks for all that you do, Skyler, Well, great points, Skyler. Yeah, 464 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 2: don't forget the excellent resources afforded to you by your 465 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 2: local library. You know I don't. It's been a while. 466 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 2: It's been a long time since I've rented any movies 467 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 2: to the library, but I do continue to use the 468 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 2: library local library for books and such, and I do 469 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:01,680 Speaker 2: have friends who more religiously use the library as their 470 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:05,160 Speaker 2: means of getting on the waiting list for various films. 471 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,880 Speaker 2: So it's an excellent idea. I'm glad you brought it up. 472 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 2: I need to touch on that more when we're bringing 473 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:13,720 Speaker 2: up ways to watch these various films. As for Arnold 474 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 2: and will Smith, yeah, obviously I've loved both of them 475 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 2: in different projects. Though I'm hard pressed to imagine a 476 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:22,119 Speaker 2: version of two thousand and sevens I am legend that 477 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 2: I would personally be fond of. But then again, I 478 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 2: know a lot of people like this film. Ebert gave 479 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,399 Speaker 2: it like three out of four stars, so maybe I 480 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,399 Speaker 2: need to revisit it. I don't know. Maybe time has 481 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,400 Speaker 2: been kind to it, and I'm just remembering the CGI 482 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 2: Monsters and I don't know. It didn't hit. It didn't 483 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 2: land properly for me back then, but maybe if I 484 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 2: re experienced it would be different. All right. I haven't 485 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 2: completely depleted the mail bag here, but there are a 486 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 2: couple here that I wanted to save because I knew 487 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 2: that Joe would really want to get into them. So 488 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 2: I want to upset a few aside, and we'll come 489 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:59,439 Speaker 2: back to them later on. In all likelihood, we'll do 490 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 2: another list or mail towards the end of December or 491 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,639 Speaker 2: the beginning of January. Obviously, there's going to be a 492 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 2: lot of disruption and so forth due to the holidays. 493 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,160 Speaker 2: But let's see as I begin to close this out. 494 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 2: You know, I said at the top of the episode 495 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 2: that I traveled with my family to Wales last week. 496 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 2: So perhaps some of you are wondering, if you've listened 497 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 2: to me long enough, well, what films did I watch 498 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 2: on the plane? Because watching movies on a plane, along 499 00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 2: with listening to Steve Roach albums and napping, this is 500 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,640 Speaker 2: the main way way I cope with flights. I don't 501 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 2: really like flying, no matter what my seating situation happens 502 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 2: to be. So I ended up exerting control where I 503 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:38,959 Speaker 2: can exert control, download a bunch of movies, and then 504 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 2: pick out ones mid flight to watch. So yeah, I'll 505 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 2: go ahead and share this with anyone who's curious. And 506 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 2: if you're not curious, you know, I guess just you know, 507 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 2: you can close up the episode. But I'm just going 508 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 2: to talk about movies. Though watched on the plane here 509 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,719 Speaker 2: for a minute or two. So I watched both nineteen 510 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 2: eighties Showgun Assassin and nineteen seventy two's Lone Wolf and 511 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 2: Cub sort of Vengeance. I watched these for an upcoming 512 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 2: weird how Cinema episode we're going to do on Showgun Assassin. 513 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 2: Showgun Assassin is a Western picture that takes the first 514 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,640 Speaker 2: two Lone Wolf and Cub movies and cuts them into 515 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 2: one picture with a new soundtrack and narration. It is 516 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 2: a grindhouse classic. It's tremendous fun. I had a great 517 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 2: time watching it on the plane and then watching the 518 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 2: first of the two movies that went into it, and 519 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 2: I think I'm going to watch that second one as well. 520 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:30,240 Speaker 2: Before Joe and I discussed Showgun Assassin. I love watching 521 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,240 Speaker 2: a film where I can just really zone out on 522 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:35,640 Speaker 2: the colors, and that's why another film that I watched 523 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 2: this was a rewatch for me. I hadn't seen it 524 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,280 Speaker 2: in a while, perhaps since it came out, but I 525 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 2: watched twenty sixteen's The Love Witch. Just a perfect film 526 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:46,880 Speaker 2: that knows exactly what it wants to accomplish and does 527 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 2: so with such loving technicolor style. Though this is one 528 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 2: that as I'm watching it, you know there are, of 529 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:54,400 Speaker 2: course here on a plane, other people can see what 530 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 2: you're watching, and sometimes I feel like I need to 531 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 2: like turn around and explain to them that I'm watching 532 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:03,840 Speaker 2: a very art film with some very serious minded ideas 533 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 2: behind it. But yeah, love The Love Witch. This is 534 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,640 Speaker 2: one that I could see. I could see an episode 535 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:11,560 Speaker 2: of Weird House Cinema devoted to this episode. I know 536 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,400 Speaker 2: Joe's really fond of it. I think Annie Reese is 537 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 2: a big fan of this film as well, if I'm 538 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,560 Speaker 2: remembering correctly, so, I don't know, one way or another 539 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 2: might come back to The Love Witch. I also rewatched 540 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 2: twenty seventeen's Alien Covenant, which I had previously rewatched on 541 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 2: a long flight just earlier this year. Some people don't 542 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 2: like this film, but this one remains one of my 543 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 2: personal favorites. I realize that no one understands the lonely 544 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:39,600 Speaker 2: perfection of my dreams, but hey, this time around, I 545 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:45,320 Speaker 2: really focused on Billy Crudup's performance here. Such a terrific actor, 546 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 2: even if he's in something that I'm not really you know, 547 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:51,160 Speaker 2: super into. You know, there's no speculative element, it's not weird. 548 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:55,280 Speaker 2: It's like, he's still such a captivating performer. And I 549 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 2: think part of my attraction to his acting is that 550 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:01,320 Speaker 2: I got to see him on stage back in I 551 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:04,320 Speaker 2: think this was two thousand and five in New York. 552 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,840 Speaker 2: He was in a production of The Pillow Man opposite 553 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:09,840 Speaker 2: Jeff Goldblum. This is one where it just kind of 554 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:12,000 Speaker 2: grab tickets last minute, you know what can we see 555 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 2: tonight in the Big City. We got tickets to see 556 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 2: The Pillow Man and it was really captivating. I had 557 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:20,440 Speaker 2: never heard of Billy before, but he was tremendous in that, 558 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:22,760 Speaker 2: and I think he's just really great in anything I 559 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,440 Speaker 2: see him in, and he's great. An Alien Covenant, a 560 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:30,320 Speaker 2: great cast all around there. And then finally, I'll mention 561 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 2: a film that has come up a lot on Weird 562 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,840 Speaker 2: House Cinema and I wasn't sure if it would be 563 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:37,280 Speaker 2: like a Weird House Cinema selection. I was like, I 564 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 2: need to watch it in full by myself before I 565 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 2: make up my mind. I sat down and watched. Well, 566 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:45,479 Speaker 2: of course it was setting down iceeded for like ten hours, 567 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:49,479 Speaker 2: but I watched The Eyes of Laura Mars from nineteen 568 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,160 Speaker 2: seventy eight. Some of you had written in about this 569 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 2: one in the past. I think, so this is a 570 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:58,000 Speaker 2: film that has a great cast based on a spec 571 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:04,080 Speaker 2: script from John Carpenter, really cool seventies like late seventies 572 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 2: New York disco feel. It's essentially a jallo film. You know, 573 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:12,600 Speaker 2: it's some sort of strange murders going on. Highest high 574 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 2: fashion photographer is getting glimpses, psychic glimpses of the murders. 575 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 2: You know, all the pieces seem tremendous, but it doesn't 576 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 2: quite come together the way you want it to. So 577 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:25,520 Speaker 2: I don't think it's right for weird House. But it 578 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,960 Speaker 2: is an interesting film curio. You know, you're looking at 579 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,840 Speaker 2: a film that it doesn't quite land, but man, all 580 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,959 Speaker 2: the pieces are there. It's weird that it doesn't. But 581 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 2: I don't know. I'm sure it has its fans. If 582 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:38,200 Speaker 2: you're a fan of the Eyes of Laura Mars right in, 583 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:40,840 Speaker 2: well we can chat about it certainly has some great 584 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:44,160 Speaker 2: pieces to it and some great little performances sprinkled throughout. 585 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,840 Speaker 2: All Right, Well, if anyone's still with me here, I'm 586 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:52,960 Speaker 2: gonna go ahead and close out this rare solo Robert 587 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:57,680 Speaker 2: Lamb episode of Listener Mail. Let's see what kind of 588 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 2: notes do I need to share here as we close out? 589 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,920 Speaker 2: And I guess just the regular stuff that's stuff to 590 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:06,000 Speaker 2: blow your mind. Is primarily a science and culture podcast, 591 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 2: with core episodes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but on Fridays 592 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 2: we set aside most serious concerns and we just talk 593 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:15,360 Speaker 2: about a weird film on Weird House Cinema on Wednesdays, 594 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:18,440 Speaker 2: a little short form episode, sometimes a monster. I think 595 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:20,840 Speaker 2: there's a particular Welsh monster. I'm going to come back 596 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:24,400 Speaker 2: to either either this week or following week. We'll see 597 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:28,040 Speaker 2: how it all lands. And if you're on Instagram, look 598 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:31,160 Speaker 2: us up. We're stb ym podcast. Great way to follow us. 599 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,680 Speaker 2: What else let's see, Oh, wherever you get the podcast, 600 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:38,120 Speaker 2: make sure you're subscribed, make sure you're getting downloads, and 601 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:40,480 Speaker 2: if you haven't already, you know, give us a nice rating. 602 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,480 Speaker 2: We always forget to beg for stars and ask for 603 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:47,040 Speaker 2: ratings and all, and it's easy to not put our 604 00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:49,000 Speaker 2: you know, do not wrap our minds around all of 605 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,040 Speaker 2: that and just focus on the content and the listeners. 606 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:53,120 Speaker 2: But you know, it does help if there are nice 607 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,320 Speaker 2: reviews for the show, you know, as is often the case, 608 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,280 Speaker 2: you know, the folks who chime in with reviews are 609 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:03,400 Speaker 2: often those that that really don't like us or really 610 00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:07,960 Speaker 2: like us, you know, you get those extremes of opinion, 611 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:10,160 Speaker 2: and so you know, sometimes I think it's a good 612 00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:12,600 Speaker 2: idea to just remind everyone in the middle. You know, hey, 613 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:14,120 Speaker 2: why don't you pop on and you know, go ahead 614 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:16,360 Speaker 2: and bump those stars up, stars up to five. You know, 615 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:19,560 Speaker 2: I realize you probably are thinking more like the four arrange, 616 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:21,439 Speaker 2: but go ahead and give it a five. Five helps more. 617 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:24,560 Speaker 2: Let's see anything else? Oh yeah, if you want to 618 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:27,640 Speaker 2: follow the Weird House Cinema selections, we're on a letterbox. 619 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,440 Speaker 2: We're as weird House. That's our user name. Follow us 620 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:35,040 Speaker 2: there and I believe that's pretty much it. We're gonna 621 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,600 Speaker 2: go ahead and close the episode out. 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