What media are you consuming Wednesday! (For the last 3 wednesdays)

[frenzy]

Finished reading:

Ginseng Roots: A Memoir by Craig Thompson - An absolute return to form! I really enjoyed this and I learned a lot about the Wisconsin ginseng industry. Which is wild, I grew up here and had no clue.



Currently reading:

Moby Dick by Herman Melville - No progress in the last two weeks. I'm behind two chapters. What sucks is that the website I like to read it on sucks on mobile, so if I don't find the time to sit at my computer, I forget to get back on the whale.

Faithful Unto Death: Pet cemeteries, animal graves, and eternal devotion by Paul Koudounaris (Author) - I love hexencult on instagram although the stories he tells is sometimes absolutely heartbreaking. Sometimes the book feels like it goes from ig post to ig post, but it has great flow and great photography. And I'm learning a lot about the history of pet cemeteries.




Listening:

Some more Black metal: https://moraynoise.bandcamp.com/album/the-natural-world

Classical guitar with a modern twist. iirc pitchfork just called Hayden's new album perfect? https://haydenpedigo.bandcamp.com/album/ill-be-waving-as-you-drive-away

More black metal, this time more atmospheric. https://obsidiantongue.bandcamp.com/album/eclipsing-worlds-of-scorn

I've been listening to Elen's records, mostly Deafheaven, Wolves in the Throne Room, Earth, GY!BE, etc

The skatune network person has a new album coming out! Ska!! https://jerska.bandcamp.com/album/death-of-the-heart

Watching:

Sports! Boo Panthers!! NBA Finals game 6 tomorrow
AEW has been good!
The Mortician has been a pretty interesting docuseries, even though Ask A Mortician has legit concerns. And I agree with her. But I am entertained.
A doc on hulu about the sleepwalker murder


Playing:

deltarune! Once hockey and basketball are over, Ill pour into this more for sure.

Comments

[enigmacat]

I had no idea there was a Wisconsin ginseng industry! But I'm interested because my dad and grandpa used to pick ginseng in the wild - when my dad was a kid - and would sell it. Which has always been a "what now?" for me when Dad mentions it. So maybe I'll look for the book and see if it gives us something else to talk about.