#and just a lot of niche Canadian bands lmao

[cooking-with-hailstones]

🎶 Shuffle your ‘on repeat’ playlist and post the first ten tracks, then tag ten people.

Thanks for the tag @drsteggy !

So my on repeat for the last month is very boring because it's literally all role study for my opera lol, so I'll give you my shuffled top songs of all time 😁

1. Formation - Beyonce

2. Team - Evil (fka Babeo Baggins)

3. Dog Days Are Over - Florence + the Machine

4. On Paper - Arkells

5. You Only Live Once - Yuri!!! on ICE feat. w.hatano

6. Como - Yukon Blonde

7. Soft offering (for the oft suffering) - Hey Rosetta!

8. Miserable - Tokyo Police Club

9. Downtown - Evil (fka Babeo Baggins)

10. I am a heart - Hey Ocean!

This was fun 😁

No pressure tags @wordwelder @louwhose @pikayay213 @ginneke @derrickwildsun @ladyhoneydee @bahbahhh @wanderingnightingale @rebeccabobecca @zeldadiarist

[ofcowardiceandkings]

I think you mentioned listening to podcasts? Do you have any favorites to reccommend? I've run out of content :(

that i do !

im not entirely sure what kind of podcast you'd be interested in but i'll throw out a few of the goodies in my huge library of stuff , i'll miss out a few of the HUGE podcasts that have been all over tumblr though

a LOT of it is true crime or human interest stuff , or history because im nerd ,, and a few of these dont have nearly enough attention so [shrug] i'll try to keep this short i guess lol this isnt EVERYTHING ive got in my library or listened series' by any measure

i AM gonna pop a shout to both Stuff You Missed in History Class and Stuff You Should Know from iHeartRadio because their HUGE archives have kept me from losing my mind many times over , and they cover a wide range of both important and wacky topics

BomBARDed (ongoing) this is the only fiction podcast i have happening right now really but its DAMN GOOD ONE .... it's an actual-play D&D 5E podcast in the DMs own musically-inspired world, focussed on a group of multiclass bards going to music school !! and all players (+DM) are members of the Texas band Lindby !! and they actually use and play music in the show with one original song an episode !! Kyle's worldbuilding and storycraft are truly incredible, and (Nick) Goodrich, (also Nick) Spurrier, and Ali's characters are in depth and interesting as well as an absolute powerhouse :') i actually made a piece for its first fanzine, Bardic Dreaming, which published earlier this year and is free to view now, all the players and the community are super wholesome its just very good overall 💙

History & Humans;

Fall of Civilisations (ongoing) legit one of my favourite podcast finds, im so glad my youtube autoplayed one of these ... it took me like 2 hours to realise it was 1) not the same as what was playing before and 2) had been on for 2 hours and wasnt near finished lmao. anyway, this is a series by historical fiction writer Paul Cooper, and is honest to all thats good one of the best documentary series ive encountered in years - and ive consumed a LOT of documentaries. it covered the downfall of various civilisations through history, and the episodes run from an hour to FOUR hours depending on the topic. its so chill to listen to and just get done, but over the pandemic all of the episodes have been given full movie-quality video versions too on youtube if youre more of a visual person.

Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast (on series break) yeah that says that lol ... its a SUPER niche topic but its very interesting and treated very well despite being kind of comical at times, the hosts are just naturally funny lol ... it delves around from the history of cannibalism in whole regions to specific incidents as recently as the 1970s, and of course the first episode is about the Donner Party, and it covers things ive never heard of despite being kind of important ?? anyway Alix and Carmella are good eggs

Sawbones (ongoing) i probably dont need to mention much here other than say that Justin and Sydnee saved me from being SO BORED sooo often, the history of medicine is wacky as hell and its what most of my history GCSE was on so [shrugs]

Cautionary Tales (on series break) this was a wild-card find lol ... it's by Tim Harford "the undercover economist" who writes for the Financial Times, and its topics kind of weave modern topics and science with how to learn from historical errors ... its a bit weird but well worth a go, also each series has a few celebrity guest voice actors which is pretty awesome

Ephemeral (ongoing) this is a very strange but thought provoking series about sounds and other things just barely saved. topics include the last castrato, the hello girls, hand-stamped records, the spread of kīkā kila music, and acoustic fossils of wild places.

Neat! The Boozecast (ongoing) history and bartending whats not to like lol ... hosted by Teylor Smirl and now their dad Tommy, they're just digging around in how important booze is to human culture

True Crime (white collar and weirdness);

Swindled (ongoing) this is an amazing show full stop. A Concerned Citizen details some of the most impactful and unruly things to happen in white collar and corporate crime. very factually accurate but given the sheer bullshit of the topics the deadpan snarking is [chefs kiss] absolutely warranted ..

American Scandal (on series break) this one is a series within a series type, and spends a few episodes at a time poking holes in some of America's biggest scandals, from a dramatised but fact-based point of view. such as what the hell was going on with Enron, how big tobacco was forced to own up to covering its own ass, how Iran-Contra happened, etc. it also now has a sister show called British Scandal, which does the same thing for British cases but with a slightly different format.

Missing in Alaska (finished) this was a fascinating series, a deep dive into what happened to two US government officials who disappeared on a small chartered flight in Alaska in 1972. it goes some really strange places, but it actually turned up a lot of previously unknown information through the audience. John Walczak's new series in a new feed is Missing on 9/11 which looks into what happened to Dr Sneha Philip.

Pretend (ongoing) Host Javier Leiva holds interviews with anyone living a lie, or who have been touched by them. con artists, snake oil salesmen, former cult members, catfishing victims, anyone and everyone.

Power: The Maxwells (finished) hosted by journalist Tara Palmeri, the story of media tycoon Robert Maxwell from nothing to empire to mysterious death and the scandals uncovered after he was gone.

Lets Talk About Sects (ongoing) Sarah Steele covering cults from around the world, in particular those in Australia - where she is from. She often has former members on the show to share their stories, and share knowledge of how they left. each story has the relevant content warnings at the start of each episode.

Brainwashed (finished) investigation of the CIA's covert mind control experiments, centred on the experiments performed at a hospital in Montreal, and its cultural impact.

Dr Death (2 series finished) two series investigating huge cases of fraud and medical malpractice, and how they were brought to a stop. series 1 covers Dr Duntsch and his horribly butchered neurosurgery, series 2 covers Dr Fata and his fraudulent cancer clinic

The Immaculate Deception (finished) untangling the weird and disturbing fertility fraud of Dr Jan Karbaat, who fathered children himself through his fertility clinic, and the impact of his deception. later episodes also touch on other similar cases.

True Crime (Violent/General);

The Casual Criminalist (ongoing) Simon Whistler of-the-many-youtube-channels cold reads a script about the case of the day, with some of his daft commentary thrown in.

Southern Fried True Crime (ongoing) Crimes from the American South hosted by Erica Kelley, she puts all the facts out there but refreshingly for true crime she doesnt hesitate to tell you if she thinks someone is human garbage lol

They Walk Among Us (ongoing) probably one of the most popular UK crime podcasts, very measured and well put together, not weird or annoying about it either.

All Crime No Cattle (ongoing, feed slowed down for now) specifically about crimes from Texas, hosted by Erin and Shay, they're very sensitive hosts and a lot of the cases they cover shed light on why the Texas criminal system is how it is or show an impact at a national level

Canadian True Crime (ongoing) Canadian crime from an Aussie who's lived there for a decade, Kristi is again a sensitive and measured host covering some important topics

True Crime (Violent/Deep Dive);

Hitman (finished) journalist Jasmyn Morris digs around in the sticky tangle around a book published by fringe publisher Paladin Press, and its apparent use as a blueprint in the killing of a mother, her friend and her 8 year old boy for financial gain.

Camp Hell: Anneewakee (ongoing) this series is exploring how a wilderness camp "correctional facility" was endorsed by the Georgia care and juvenile reform system, despite widespread abuses and shady practices the whole time. warning for csa and child cruelty throughout.

True Crime Bullshit (on series break) this one is a huge huge rabbithole but a very interesting one where the host Josh Hallmark has spent years digging into the life and potential crimes of Israel Keyes. Keyes is often mentioned as a serial killer with no pattern, but in picking it apart thats not quite true, and has sparked some re-evaluations of missing persons cases and stumbling upon information the FBI has redacted organically. there's also a series in the middle looking into the crimes of Kelly Cochran

Forgotten: Women of Juárez (finished) this series looks into the huge numbers of missing women of Ciudad Juárez, the strange circumstances surrounding them, and the potential cover-ups and corruptions on both sides of the border, trying to give a voice to all of the forgotten women and girls and their families without answers. the series itself is finished, but a spanish language edition is being released every week now.

aaaaaand i'll call it there before i list everything lol, i hope you find something to plug your boredom hole with !!

[whywouldiconfess]

tagged by @silver-summertime​ :)

1. name/nickname? alex

2. gender? female

3. star sign? pisces 

4. height? 5′6″

5. current time? 1:06AM lol

6. birthday? march 7th

7. favorite bands/groups? Fleetwood Mac, HAIM, Tegan and Sara, MUNA, CSNY, Paramore

8. favorite solo artist? Taylor Swift, Stevie Nicks, Brandi Carlile, Kace Musgraves

9. song stuck in your head? Destiny Rules by Fleetwood Mac 

10. last movie watched? ummmm I honestly don’t know. maybe The Polar Express at christmas??

11. last show watched? just started watching Barry last night!

12. when did you create this blog? ummm I wanna say 2015? but I honestly cannot remember

13. what do you post? currently a lot of Stevie Nicks/ Fleetwood Mac (but really just Stevie and Lindsey if im being honest, sorry to the brits), but also some Taylor Swift and Tegan and Sara, and just general gay shit

14. last google search? sara fleetwood mac lyrics (lol)

15. other blogs? @kayspiracy​ that I sometimes use for gay taylor swift things

16. do you get asks? sometimes! it always makes me happy!

17. why did you choose this url? it’s a lyric from one of my favourite Tegan and Sara songs (Don’t Confess)

18. how many blogs are you following? 858 lmao gotta clean that out at some point

19. how many followers do you have? 2620

20. average amount of sleep? my sleep schedule is fucked but probably 6 - 7 hours?

21. lucky number? I don’t really have one but I guess 7?

22. do you play any instruments? I’m trying to teach myself guitar

23. what are you wearing? a giant sweater I stole from my dad at some point and shorts lol

24. dream job? idek. 

25. dream trip? oooooh I want to go to ireland!

26. favorite food? soup. 

27. nationality? Canadian

28. favorite song? this is impossible so heres a list: Silver Springs and Sara by Fleetwood Mac, seven by Taylor Swift, If I Could Change Your Mind by HAIM, Bella Donna by Stevie Nicks, Cathedral by CSN

29. last book read? I recently reread Tegan and Sara’s High School for the billionth time

30. three fictional universes you’d like to live in? omg this is hard. well for starters I would love to live in the fictional unniverse where buckingham nicks continued as a folk duo. then I guess I dunno the spy kids world lol and the fantasy world from a book I read as a kid called the Deed of Paksenarrion. very niche answer. 

I’ll tag @pr  @blondedtokyo @thefuckingstory