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Have to recommend this. In Alberta, it was CKUA, although seldom did I ever really like their music I appreciated that it was local. Local to Alberta.
Kootenay Co-op, it's local to the Kootenay's, more specifically Nelson. And the DJ's, while not nearly as professional as those on other stations, are a lot more interesting, as is their choice in music. Which is their charm. Found myself rivetted more than a few nights driving home after a long day up the mountain/down in the valley, their music just struck a chord.
Listen here: https://www.kootenaycoopradio.com/
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So, down a few more worthwhile rabbit holes lately, thought I'd share.
First, Podcasts: The Apology Line - (Link Here), this so far, so good, apart from the ads but I understand they have to make a living. What's annoying though is when the podcaster has to read out the ad - as if it's some sort of personal endorsement, which - if it was - why are you reading it like an ad? Anyways, enjoying this but I need a studio or someplace to paint/be creative while listening to it - it doesn't work for me to listen to anything while trying to read or write.
Next - went looking for a trailer for 5MeO - (Link Here) - a documentary about 3 guys trying out 5MeO-DMT - apparently one of the most powerful psychedelics out there, derived from Sonoran Desert Toads. it looks promising but, jeezuz, $17.99? Am I buying a movie or a Non-Fungible token? Or do they take your address and send you out a dose? Bloody Hell. I'm sure I'll watch it but would be a lot more comfortable with a more accessible price point.
Naturally, searching around for 5MEO led to some other interesting discoveries, most noteworthy of were Hamilton's Pharmacopeia - (annoyed, I had considered "Shulgin's Pharmacopeia" for a little project I was working on myself, but - you snooze, you lose). I'd seen the one where he interviews Shulgin (Link Here), but I had no clue he had his own channel on Vice. Anyways - watched the episode "The Underground LSD Palace" - Good start, the subject - (pitching here own show - "Neurosoup"), some hilarious lines like her favorite episode "DMT Anal Colonic" - (WTF? I'll let you search out that one), amusing how she rails about the closed mindedness of middle-American life, and yet when he's interviewing her in her house - well, I expected a little more from the decor after all she's been through. From here to a fine series on the Zombies of Haiti in which Hamilton ends up interviewing the esteemed Wade Davis (Formerly from Calgary!!), travelling to Haiti and interview various personages in his quest to find the powder used to create Zombies. (Link Here).
Curious and Curious. He does a great job of interviewing interesting - and occasionally very sketchy - people, sort of a 21 Century Shaggy he needs only a giant dog to take along on his travels...
And, finally - Jordan Peterson's interview on Channel 4 (Link Here). He's been a lot in the news, for less than enviable reasons, so I went back and watched the interview to see what all the fuss is about. Essentially it's this: Reasonable, articulate, informed person holds his ground against rabid feminism. There is nothing about him that is even slightly inflammatory, and so you know you're in troubled times when every voice of reason is shouted down by people claiming that you're violating their rights. He held his own very well against someone who wasn't even rudimentarily equipped with the requisite intelligence to have a conversation with him. So, admirable in that he's brought uncomfortable truths to power and has the audacity to have done the research before having an opinion. And amazing how many people revile him having never heard him out, merely because "They Disagree". Not that I'm going to go full Joe Rogan or Bromance on the guy, but the people he's offending really need to examine why they're taking offense.
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"Are you also a pickabushnik?"
Google translate. Russian Reddit. How do you go wrong? And clearly I'm inappropriately bored. But there's more. Lot's more. Read them aloud in your best Russian Accent. The auto-translations are gold!!
LINK: https://pikabu.ru/
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One of the 20th Centuries greatest ethnobotanists (??? I KNOW I KNOW WTF) - think Wade Davis and the "Serpent and the Rainbow". Rest assured it's worthwhile.
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This pandemic, it's boring the hell out of me and everyone else on Earth too I'm sure.
I mean, I've more than once scrolled to the end of Reddit - I'd tell you what's there, but you've probably been there too.
Anyways, an excellent article courtesy of Vice (they have some great articles) on How to Deal with Boredom.
Link: https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7mzbx/how-to-deal-with-boredom