WEBVTT - Listener Mail: The Locked Groove 0:00:02.960 --> 0:00:05.280 Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of 0:00:05.320 --> 0:00:11.000 My Heart Radio. Hey, welcome to Stuff to Blow your Mind. 0:00:11.320 --> 0:00:15.400 Listener Mail. My name is Robert Lamb and I'm Joe McCormick. 0:00:15.520 --> 0:00:18.239 And normally listener Mail is just robbing me here, but 0:00:18.320 --> 0:00:21.800 today we are joined on Mike by our longtime producer, 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:25.440 Seth Nicholas Johnson because it is a it's a bittersweet 0:00:25.480 --> 0:00:29.960 time for us, Seth. Seth is moving on to other things, 0:00:30.000 --> 0:00:32.560 and uh, we're very excited for him. And that Seth, 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:35.000 You're you're moving on to something in the comics industry, right, 0:00:35.479 --> 0:00:38.599 Oh yeah, yeah, I still have my other things going on, 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:43.479 but um, yes, specifically that's where I'll be headed next. Um. 0:00:43.520 --> 0:00:46.240 But if you know, if you miss my voice listener, 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:49.040 which I can't imagine, but I'll still be doing my 0:00:49.120 --> 0:00:52.319 podcast Rusty Needles Record Club, and I hope that I'll 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:54.880 still have Robin Joe over there ever once in a while, 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:57.760 so you know, I'm not really going away, I just 0:00:57.800 --> 0:01:02.200 won't be here. That makes And behind the scenes today 0:01:02.200 --> 0:01:05.280 we're being joined by Max Williams, who is our audio 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:08.119 producer for this episode. So thank you for stepping in. Max. 0:01:08.720 --> 0:01:11.280 So many changes am I all right, so many changes. 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:15.160 Joe has a as a baby, Seth is leaving, Max 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:19.800 is coming on board. It's an exciting time. It is 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:22.480 as I said, it's it's gonna be bittersweet, Seth. We 0:01:22.560 --> 0:01:25.400 have we have loved working with you over these years. 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:27.839 Uh and and we're definitely we're gonna miss you, buddy. 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:29.640 But I'm glad you get to join us on Mike 0:01:29.720 --> 0:01:32.080 for for your last hurrah here on stuff to blow 0:01:32.120 --> 0:01:35.600 your mind. Yeah, I mean, especially since the last couple 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:39.360 of episodes were co hosted by Seth and Concerned Records, 0:01:40.000 --> 0:01:42.400 and so I even put out a call to listeners 0:01:42.440 --> 0:01:46.600 on on Facebook's The Discussion module. Uh And in discord, 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:48.680 I said, look, I didn't say he was going away, 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:51.040 but I was like, if you have questions about these 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:54.320 record episodes, please right in. And uh, I don't know. 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:56.520 It might just have been too soon because the second 0:01:56.520 --> 0:02:00.640 episode only came out really hours ago before recording this. 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:04.760 That's true, that's true. So yeah, if you have maybe 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:07.640 you should, if you have questions or or responses to 0:02:07.640 --> 0:02:12.000 those episodes, maybe c c um Seth over at Rusty 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:15.000 Needle as well, because that way you can be sure 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:17.240 that he'll see them. Yeah, I mean I have an 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:20.360 email addressed over there which is Rusty Needles record Club 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:23.440 at gmail dot com. So if for some chance there's 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:25.880 something you need to tell me that that would be 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:27.560 the place you can go listen to that show. And 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:30.360 that's my email for that show. But but guys, we 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:34.240 did get at least one message about your episodes on 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:38.440 Records and back Masking. It's this message from Mike Rob. 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:40.799 Do you want to start off reading this one? Sure? 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:49.240 Mike Rides loved the first episode on Easter Eggs and 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:53.000 back masking. Weird Al has done some funny backmasking Easter 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:56.040 eggs over the years. Uh they include a link. Weird 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:59.720 Al Yankovic has included backwards messages in two of his songs. 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.679 One on the album in three D. A little over 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:06.240 halfway through the song Nature Trail to Hell, there is 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:09.639 a short non vocal musical score. If you listen very carefully, 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:12.480 you can hear Al say in a very evil voice, 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:19.000 Satan eats cheese. Whiz backwards there you go. Cheese products 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:23.239 being especially funny. ChIL cheese is always funny. Number two 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:27.280 on Bad Hair Day, near the end of I Remember Larry, 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:31.720 where our repeatedly sings yes, I remember, remember, remember. If 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:36.160 you listen closely, you can catch another backwards message that says, wow, 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:38.120 you must really have a lot of time on your hands. 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:41.280 And he also did the song Bob, which is entirely 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:45.840 composed of palindrome. I wonder palindrome in the text, or 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:49.120 like a full audio palindrome like the song is backwards 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:53.480 halfway through or both. M M yeah, I'm unfamiliar with 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:57.960 this particular track. However, I did just watch Weird, the 0:03:58.040 --> 0:04:02.240 new fake biopic about rid Al Yankovic starring Daniel Ratcliffe. 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:04.640 Either of you two seen this? I have not seen this. 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:06.960 Now we've actually been We've got a friend who we 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:09.960 saw Weird Alan concert with when he was here in town, 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:12.520 and we've been waiting to watch it with her. So 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:15.920 it's gonna happen soon. It's on the Roku channel. This 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:18.960 isn't an ad, but it's wonderful. Everyone should watch this. 0:04:19.120 --> 0:04:22.400 It's a really wonderful movie. You got Evan rachel Wood 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:25.880 playing Madonna, all kinds of other cameos, Rain Wilson playing 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:29.640 Dr Demento. Just it's a real treats. People should watch it. 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:33.080 Go track down the Roku channel. It's free, it's great, 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:35.839 go watch it. Seth. Do you have any weird Al 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:40.120 Yankovic on vinyl? Not on vinyl, No, although he has 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:43.920 released a beautiful vinyl box set Shapes like an Accordion 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:46.840 that had his entire discography in it, like in between 0:04:46.880 --> 0:04:49.800 the little like folds of the accordion. But no, no, no, 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:52.400 I um. All of my weird Al existed back in 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:54.880 the days of cassette and c D I've I've never 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:59.360 gone beyond that. I really remember people having CDs of 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:01.640 Running with Sissors when I was a kid. That was 0:05:02.839 --> 0:05:05.640 I think that was the one. I believe. Actually, the 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:08.640 first audio cassette I ever purchased was weird Al. It 0:05:08.720 --> 0:05:12.720 was Allapalooza, the one with the Jurassic Park song on it. Oh, 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:17.400 I had that on cassette for sure. Yes. Nice. Okay, Well, 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:19.080 if you guys are ready to move on, I can 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:22.680 do this message from Jeremy about multiple subjects, including goats. 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:30.200 We've got a lot of goat thoughts this week, Jeremy 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:32.359 says Robert and Joe. I have been a fan of 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:35.480 the show for years and a pastime between new episode releases, 0:05:35.720 --> 0:05:37.800 I've been spending the last few months coming through the 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:40.680 Stuff to Blow your Mind back catalog, starting all the 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:43.520 way back in two thousand ten. I just finished listening 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:47.080 to an episode about the science of coincidences back from May, 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:52.520 and an amazing coincidence just occurred. First of all, this 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:55.760 was an episode from before Joe was even on the show, 0:05:55.839 --> 0:05:58.400 but he had just happened to be featured on this 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:02.160 episode as a guest feeling in for Julie rob Yeah, 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:04.320 this was This was my first guest on on the show. 0:06:05.880 --> 0:06:08.640 I remember having a lot of fun. But anyway, Jeremy 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:11.560 goes on. In this episode, you both mentioned a novel 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:14.240 by Edgar Allan Poe about a group of sailors who 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:18.000 were stranded at sea, eventually resorting to sacrificing and eating 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:21.360 a crew member named Richard Parker. You then went on 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:25.119 to explain that coincidentally, this same event happened in real 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:28.679 life forty six years later, when a crew of stranded 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:32.559 sailors actually resorted to eating a They're Dead crew member 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:36.479 who was also named Richard Parker. The reason I'm writing 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:38.560 in is that as soon as I got done listening 0:06:38.560 --> 0:06:40.760 to this episode, I scrolled across a post on a 0:06:40.760 --> 0:06:44.320 social media platform by Weird History that was talking all 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:48.159 about this story concerning the eating of Richard Parker. What 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:52.400 a coincidence. Additionally, and perhaps only loosely related, the episode 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:55.039 following this one was all about spider Silk, where you 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:58.279 spent a lot of time talking about genetically modified goats 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:02.239 that were created in hopes producing more silk through their milk. 0:07:02.880 --> 0:07:05.800 This is yet another coincidence, as you have just recently 0:07:05.880 --> 0:07:09.400 released four different episodes talking all about goats over the 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:12.160 past few weeks. Sorry for the long message, just wanted 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:16.440 to share. Keep up the awesome work, Jeremy. Uh yeah, 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:20.600 I would say proof of the Supernatural confirmed. Well, no, 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:25.520 this is actually this is all a coordinated effort across 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:30.200 multiple podcasts and multiple errors of podcasts to to produce 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:34.240 an image. So so keep keep following the threads. Here 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:43.280 go goat synchronicity. Al Right, here's another one. This one 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:45.520 is a vault up from as to do the vault 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:47.920 episode on Tumbleweeds. This would have been an episode that 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:52.280 came out roughly a year ago, originally from Miguel. Miguel 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:54.559 writes in and says hello, Robert and Joe, I'm writing 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:56.000 in as a follow up to an email I sent 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:58.640 several months ago about how this podcast inspires so much 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:01.320 of my D and D camp pains, and how many 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:04.040 of the monsters you cover are statted out and ready 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:06.600 to play in fifth edition Dungeons and Dragons through books 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:10.400 by a third party publisher, Cobalt Press. They recently held 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:12.960 a contest for a new book they were working on, 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:15.760 and we're taking submissions for monsters. Well. I designed a 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:19.240 creature inspired by your episodes on Tumbleweeds and submitted it 0:08:19.520 --> 0:08:24.520 and ended up actually winning. Tome of Beasts three released 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:27.600 about a week ago, and I was very excited to 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:29.760 show you to the final product product in all of 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:32.800 its glory see image attached, and thank you guys again 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:35.120 for the many, many hours of entertaining, thought provoking and 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:39.400 inspiring content. Oh and to make clear from the image, 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:42.800 the creature is called the Wind, which which was again 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:46.800 one of the nicknames for Tumbleweeds, and it appears to 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:50.320 be a tumble a giant sentient tumbleweed monster that will 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:53.960 hunt you down in the desolate wastes. Yeah, challenge rating 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:57.480 three anyway, Miguel continues here, I had a lot of 0:08:57.480 --> 0:09:00.079 fun designing this creature and coming up with interest and 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:02.880 game mechanics for it, like its ability to regenerate after 0:09:02.920 --> 0:09:05.079 being defeated, only to come back and arrass the party 0:09:05.160 --> 0:09:08.359 over and over again until its body is finally destroyed, 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:11.360 or its flammability, which will ensure the wind which is 0:09:11.400 --> 0:09:14.640 defeated for good, but at the risk of taking some 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:17.280 extra fire damage from it. I think it would be 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:20.240 really cool to create a small bestie area of creatures 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:22.800 inspired by your podcast, and was wondering if you had 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:25.400 any thoughts on what episodes you would like to see 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:28.360 brought to life for D and D. I would love 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:30.840 to try to create it and maybe eventually release it 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:33.959 somewhere for free. The working title is stuff to Blow 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:36.680 your players, but I think that needs a bit of 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:40.800 work shopping anyway. Wishing you both the best and a 0:09:40.840 --> 0:09:44.960 happy holiday season. Michael, Well, Miguel, this is just magical. 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:47.600 This fills my heart with joy, and I love that 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:51.720 this creature is determined as chaotic evil, because of course 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:53.880 it would be. It would be unpredictable, It would just 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:56.480 kind of thrash about as the wind sends it, and 0:09:56.520 --> 0:09:59.000 like they mentioned, fire can defeat it, but oh at 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:01.960 what cost? Gonna be spreading that fire? Perhaps you know, 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:06.560 very smart. I like it. Yeah, yeah. It reminds me 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:09.880 of those stories of people trying to burn burn tumbleweeds 0:10:09.920 --> 0:10:11.880 to get rid of them, but then them rolling away, 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:14.600 and not only rolling away, but like jumping over ditches 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:19.599 to get um. The other thing I think about a 0:10:19.640 --> 0:10:22.760 tumbleweed that you could really capture as a dangerous creature 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:25.920 mechanic is their stickiness, right, so that you you know, 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:29.320 if you try to whack one in order to to 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:32.440 cause damage to it. Technically, I think what should happen 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:34.600 is when you like pull your sword or weapon back, 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:37.400 it will have pieces of tumbleweeds stuck all over it, 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:40.200 which will lessen the effectiveness of the weapon going forward, 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:42.960 at least for a time, maybe for like two turns 0:10:43.040 --> 0:10:46.040 while all the little like bristles fall off or something. Yeah, 0:10:46.080 --> 0:10:49.920 that's that's fun. Yeah yeah. As for other creatures we've 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:52.160 discussed that should be started out for D n D, 0:10:52.280 --> 0:10:55.240 I don't know. We mentioned a lot of cool creatures, 0:10:55.240 --> 0:10:58.880 many of which evidently have been uh featured in Dungeons 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:01.400 and Dragons, either a fish really or through a third 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:05.320 party publications like those referenced here. I'm not sure if 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:09.200 like zombies to go to church has been properly explored. 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:11.480 Like that's a good one from last year. The pious 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:15.720 stead Yeah, yeah, like maybe they're mostly peaceful until you 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:18.200 disturb their worship service and then they burn you on 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:21.319 the altar. Yeah, a lot of religion checks involved to 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:24.400 get that right. What about Rob you might know this 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:27.120 is there's something like the leshy already in D and D, 0:11:28.000 --> 0:11:30.240 kind of a spirit of the forest that calls out, 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:33.040 lures you off the path, that sort of thing. I 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:36.120 feel like there probably is, um I'm just blanking on 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:39.360 it at the moment. I haven't done as much uh 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:44.440 d N D D m NG inside of a woodland setting, 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:47.640 so I'm just not as familiar with those creatures. But 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:50.360 I'm sure there's something one more for you guys. Uh. 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:52.800 This was quite a while ago. It was a kind 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:57.200 of fungus that um it rolled up into these big 0:11:57.240 --> 0:12:00.000 tubes and got really really tall. Remember you guys are 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:04.320 for this. Yes, Uh. This was something about really tall 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:09.080 fungus from a prehistoric era, like exactly Devonian period or something. 0:12:09.640 --> 0:12:12.359 I don't remember all the details, but I remember picturing 0:12:12.400 --> 0:12:16.840 these giant trees of like petrified fung gui and and 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:19.400 being really fascinated by that, and also just think the 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:22.520 concept of giant fun guy like like there were in 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:25.199 that episode a long time ago. We were also discussing 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:29.440 the world's largest mushroom, which I believe like existed beneath 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:32.200 the soil in Oregon. It was like larger than an 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:35.079 entire town or something. I'd have to look at the details, 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:37.880 but fascinating fungus stuff could definitely be in the D 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:40.080 D and D for stuff to blow your mind. I 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:42.280 think I was d m NG a game set in 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:44.719 the under dark at that point, and I think I 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:48.280 did do something. I did do something with it with 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:51.280 that in it. Nothing that like needed statting out, but 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:54.920 I probably got carried away describing fungal trees to the 0:12:54.960 --> 0:12:58.040 players and they're you know, that's what it's It's ultimately, 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:00.400 that's what it's like. If you're thinking, if you may think, oh, 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:03.040 I bet it would be exciting if if Robert Lamb 0:13:03.120 --> 0:13:05.600 was was my dungeon master, because he follows all these 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:07.440 weird tangents. Now, it just it just means there would 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:10.880 be weird tangents in that game itself where you're wondering, 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:12.559 why is he going on and on about what these 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:15.320 trees look like. Now the other I remember, now, the 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:17.960 other cool thing about these trees was that the so 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:20.600 called trees, like the giant tall pieces of fungus was 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:25.920 I'm pretty sure they existed before there were forests plant 0:13:25.960 --> 0:13:29.960 forests like really plant trees. But it's been a while, 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:31.880 so I could be wrong about that, but I think 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:34.320 that's right. But good luck with this D and D book. 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:37.720 And uh yeah, yeah, there there's a lot of content 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:40.400 that could become something, perhaps something from Weird House Cinema 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:43.520 as well. There could definitely be some Weird Cinema elements 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:47.080 that are are prominently featured that that could make an 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:49.720 appearance as well. Oh god, well, yeah, you're just standing 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:53.440 out tobo alone that I can't even imagine what a 0:13:53.440 --> 0:14:04.880 task that would be. Okay, This next message comes from Will, 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:10.400 subject line goat Eyes generative technologies associating audio with places 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:13.880 a whole grab bag. Here, Will says high Team on 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:18.800 goat eyes too. Observations One. I got an illuminated bathroom 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:21.760 mirror that had an LED strip all the way around 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:25.320 the outside. This had the unsettling effect of reflecting the 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:29.560 rectangular strip of light into the observer's eyes, giving one's 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:34.760 reflection rectangular goat pupils, which was somewhat unsettling in the morning. 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:37.760 This was not mentioned in the features of the mirror 0:14:37.800 --> 0:14:40.640 of the Mirror, although it did have built in bluetooth speaker. 0:14:42.320 --> 0:14:44.200 The singing mirror that does sound like a D and 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:49.560 D artifact. Two. You recently mentioned generative neural networks for 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:51.640 the purpose of writing fiction. Oh yeah, this is what 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:54.280 we keep coming back to U. Funny things created by 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:57.680 the story machines generator. I don't know if we ever 0:14:57.720 --> 0:15:01.440 shared it on the on the podcast itself, but one 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:03.480 of the ones I can't stop thinking about that we 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:05.920 were just chatting back and forth about one day was 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:08.440 a story I created, I think based on the title 0:15:08.840 --> 0:15:14.320 Garfield Beyond Thunderdome, and it had Garfield and then another 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:17.440 warrior trading some some trash talk before they were about 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:20.360 to fight in the Thunderdome, and the line it came 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.600 up with was the opponent says, so you're the famous cat, 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:30.160 And then it said and Garfield replied, I'm not the cat. Anyway, 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:33.720 will goes on. Generative technologies are fascinating and we'll continue 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:36.160 to develop quickly. One of the first prompts I gave 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:39.040 to Dolly Mini. This is a one that you've probably 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:41.200 seen on on the Internet by this point. But it's 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:45.000 one that generates images based on text input and it's 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:48.680 pretty good. But the one that will sites it was 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:53.080 the text input goats I on a cabbage result attached 0:15:53.080 --> 0:15:55.320 to guys, we can scroll down and take a look 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:58.000 at this right now. It's uh, it's rather unpleasant. But 0:15:58.080 --> 0:16:01.320 yeah that the the eyeball is the center of the cabbage, 0:16:01.360 --> 0:16:06.520 and like the the outer leaves are the lids. I guess, yeah, yeah, yeah, 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:08.480 it's it's pretty creepy. I don't know, I've been I've 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:13.240 been playing around with mid Journey recently, and I don't know, 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:16.400 I'm just really astounded by how far things have come, 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:19.440 even beyond what we're looking at here. So I'm I 0:16:19.720 --> 0:16:23.000 almost don't want to put goat eye cabbage is in 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:25.000 there for fear of what what I'll see. I don't 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:27.760 even want to put but Garfield beyond Thunderdome in their 0:16:28.200 --> 0:16:31.200 fear of how spot on and maybe okay, next thing 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:35.240 Will says on associating audio maybe music with places. I 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:37.840 think you recently mentioned the idea that certain audio is 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:41.280 strongly associated with certain activities. Or places for you, or 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:43.440 maybe it was on another podcast. Guys, do we have 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:45.360 a verdict on this? Was this something you talked about 0:16:45.360 --> 0:16:47.560 while I was out? I think so we talked about 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:50.440 a lot of music stuff while you were gone. I 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:54.080 I'm positively touched on something along those lines. Will says, 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:56.960 I have this in the extreme. Although it's not every 0:16:57.000 --> 0:17:01.520 episode of every podcast. Usually it's particularly memorable ones. Your 0:17:01.640 --> 0:17:04.840 weird House episode on the film Frogs I heard while 0:17:04.960 --> 0:17:08.960 feverishly attempting to clean a rented apartment before leaving Norway. 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:12.840 Moving house is always stressful, and moving country is perhaps 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:16.159 even more so. So thank you for keeping me company. 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:19.720 The Stuff You Should Know episode about liquefaction I heard 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:23.920 in Afghanistan. Likewise, the Magic Mushrooms episode I heard at 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:28.320 Davao Airport Devout Airport in the Philippines. The nine Volte 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:30.840 Nirvana episode of Radio Lab I heard on my way 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:33.880 to the gym in the UK. The long distance episode 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:36.720 of Reply All was heard while driving down Regent Street 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:41.560 in Nottingham, etcetera, etcetera. It's possible that either strong episodes 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:44.080 encode the place that I heard them in, or novel 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:48.400 situations allow me to associate a particular podcast with that situation. 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:51.960 If I listen on pocket casts at three X speed 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:59.040 with the delete blank space feature turned on, okay, well, um, 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:02.080 I can get through a twenty two hours of podcasts 0:18:02.080 --> 0:18:05.159 in one day, so obviously I won't remember where I 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:07.439 was with all of them, especially as a lot of 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:10.280 the time I'll be in a familiar place. This one, 0:18:10.440 --> 0:18:13.880 this message took a turn. Um Will says not all 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:16.679 podcasts can be listened to at three X, but yours 0:18:16.760 --> 0:18:19.760 can because of your clear addiction and good recording quality. 0:18:19.840 --> 0:18:22.960 Oh thank you. Will. One must slow down to two 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:28.040 X for unfamiliar accents, languages, or lower quality recordings. I've 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:30.120 gone on a bit, sorry, but I thought you might 0:18:30.320 --> 0:18:32.680 be interested to know that you're weird. House Cinema Episodes 0:18:32.680 --> 0:18:34.560 are one of my very favorite podcasts out of the 0:18:34.680 --> 0:18:37.760 hundred plus to which I subscribe. The only film you've 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:40.439 covered that I've seen is Plan nine from Outer Space. 0:18:40.560 --> 0:18:44.199 I'm almost entirely an audio consumer, so your descriptions of 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:47.320 the films are more than enough for me. Regrettably, I 0:18:47.359 --> 0:18:50.640 have difficulty discerning one actor from another, and I'm amazed 0:18:50.680 --> 0:18:53.639 at your ability to rate different actors, performances and the 0:18:53.680 --> 0:18:56.359 things they've been in. Most people look pretty much the 0:18:56.400 --> 0:18:59.360 same to me, except for the really big stars. There 0:18:59.440 --> 0:19:03.320 is one sception to my apparent inability to recognize good performances. 0:19:03.680 --> 0:19:06.000 I once saw an episode of Criminal Minds where the 0:19:06.040 --> 0:19:09.280 bad guys acting was so incredible that I had to 0:19:09.359 --> 0:19:12.320 look look up who it was in the credits. Turned 0:19:12.359 --> 0:19:15.439 out to be Tim Curry. He stole the show. His 0:19:15.520 --> 0:19:18.080 talent eclipsed everyone on the screen to the extent that 0:19:18.119 --> 0:19:21.440 it seemed like everyone else were a local amateur dramatics 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:25.560 troope kind regards Will well, Will, that was a journey, 0:19:25.560 --> 0:19:29.680 But yes, we we must always remember to praise Tim Curry. 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:33.000 And will you get a gold medal for listening to podcasts? 0:19:33.160 --> 0:19:37.760 I've never heard of anyone consuming three x delete blank 0:19:37.880 --> 0:19:40.679 space and getting through twenty two hours of podcasts and 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:46.040 one day. That's that's that's really a herculean feats. Congratulations. Yeah, 0:19:46.600 --> 0:19:48.760 I hope you're doing this just for enjoyment like that. 0:19:48.880 --> 0:19:51.159 They don't, Yeah, they don't literally give you a medal 0:19:51.280 --> 0:19:54.119 for the number of podcasts you listen to. I'm gonna 0:19:54.160 --> 0:19:56.920 say I don't think he's doing enough. I think he could. 0:19:57.160 --> 0:20:00.919 He could be listening to two podcasts at once. I 0:20:00.920 --> 0:20:03.640 think that's the next step. That's right, Yes, stereo one 0:20:03.640 --> 0:20:12.040 in each year. There you go. Well, you know, coming 0:20:12.040 --> 0:20:14.360 back to Weird House. We also heard from Pat and 0:20:14.400 --> 0:20:17.680 Pat has a response to a Weird House episode that 0:20:17.720 --> 0:20:20.920 Seth and I did together concerning the Flight of Dragons. 0:20:21.880 --> 0:20:24.760 Pat rides Robert Seth. Thanks for the episode on the 0:20:24.800 --> 0:20:27.320 Flight of Dragons. Wow. I rank in Bass movie. I 0:20:27.359 --> 0:20:30.000 hadn't heard about, though I was a big fan. Great 0:20:30.080 --> 0:20:34.760 cast and the art is as described. You mentioned Paul Freeze. 0:20:34.960 --> 0:20:38.040 May I add how wonderful he was, so many great voices, 0:20:38.359 --> 0:20:41.480 dubbing Bogart in his last film, The Harder They Fall. 0:20:41.840 --> 0:20:44.800 I remember seeing this film before hearing the story of 0:20:44.840 --> 0:20:47.840 how Freeze had to dub Bogy's lines because Bogie was 0:20:47.880 --> 0:20:52.080 so sick I couldn't hear hear the difference. Recommend welcome 0:20:52.119 --> 0:20:55.960 Foolish Immortals, The Life and Times of Paul Freeze. Thanks again, 0:20:56.200 --> 0:20:59.280 please go on with the great shows. Pat. That is 0:20:59.320 --> 0:21:02.360 a good biograph. Off the title, I have to really 0:21:02.440 --> 0:21:07.880 underline that I also love Paul Freeze. Um folks probably 0:21:07.920 --> 0:21:09.760 know who he is, even if they don't know him 0:21:09.760 --> 0:21:12.800 by name. If you look up his IMDb page. He's 0:21:12.880 --> 0:21:17.240 like the Fred Welker of like the fifties, sixties, and seventies. 0:21:17.320 --> 0:21:21.240 He was the guy that was in literally everything. Um personally, 0:21:21.320 --> 0:21:24.040 I love Jay Ward stuff. He's the guy that created 0:21:24.320 --> 0:21:27.920 Rocky and Bullwinkle and Um, George at the Jungle and 0:21:28.000 --> 0:21:30.040 Dudley Do Right and all that kind of stuff, And 0:21:30.040 --> 0:21:33.960 Paul Freeze was all throughout those. Most famously, he was 0:21:34.000 --> 0:21:37.600 the voice of Boris baden Off. That was Paul Freeze. Um. 0:21:37.640 --> 0:21:40.560 He was also Inspector Fenwick on Dudley Do Right. He 0:21:40.680 --> 0:21:43.920 was the narrator in Hoppity Hooper And that's just Jay 0:21:44.000 --> 0:21:46.119 Ward stuff. If you if you look in all of 0:21:46.200 --> 0:21:51.640 his other things Disney rankin bass, everywhere, Paul Freeze is. Yeah. 0:21:51.640 --> 0:21:53.800 He was the guy. He was the guy that you 0:21:53.840 --> 0:21:56.879 called in if you needed just the man of a 0:21:56.920 --> 0:21:59.520 million voices. That was him back in the day. Do 0:21:59.560 --> 0:22:02.480 you reckon nice? The phrase welcome foolish mortals? Is that 0:22:02.560 --> 0:22:08.080 from something in particular? Um, you know what that this 0:22:08.240 --> 0:22:10.520 I'm jumping to a conclusion here. I may be wrong. 0:22:11.240 --> 0:22:14.600 He may have been one of the primary voices inside 0:22:14.640 --> 0:22:17.399 Disney's The Haunted Mansion, and that being the case, that 0:22:17.480 --> 0:22:19.520 might be one of the phrases that he used. I'm 0:22:19.560 --> 0:22:21.320 going just off top of my head right there. That 0:22:21.400 --> 0:22:24.080 may not be true. He also did the ending voice 0:22:24.160 --> 0:22:26.399