movies

1816 – The World to Come (2020)

timespace coordinates: 1856 in Schoharie County – isolated farms on the American East Coast frontier

The World to Come is a 2020 drama film directed by Mona Fastvold, from a screenplay by Ron Hansen and Jim Shepard, based upon Shepard’s story of the same name. It stars Katherine WaterstonVanessa KirbyChristopher Abbott and Casey Affleck, and follows two neighboring couples battling hardship and isolation in mid-19th century America. (wiki)

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games

1783 – Back to Bed (2014 video game)

Back to Bed is an artistic 3D puzzle game with a surreal twist. Bob is an unlucky narcoleptic who has a tendency of falling asleep in his boring office and then proceeding to sleepwalk into the dangers of the big city.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (MINIMUM): OS: Windows XP SP3 / Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz or equivalent (lower might work but is untested) / Memory: 2 GB RAM / Graphics: Intel Core HD Graphics 3000/4000, NVIDIA 8800 GT, ATI Radeon HD 4850 or better / DirectX: Version 9.0c / Storage: 600 MB available space / Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card / Additional Notes: Controller support: Xbox 360, Xbox One, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, several Logitech and miscellaneous controllers.


music

1758 – The City is Forever

by VA: 10 Association

Only on Dream Museum Records


You always wake up on a train. The only passenger accounted for is you. The next destination flashes on the screen above: #$$@#*. As a voice rings through the speakers, the dialect sounds strange. You can’t place its origin. As your nerves and muscles start to tense, the destination reveals itself as both mysterious and familiar. The faint lights in the distance are brought closer with each pulse of your heart.

You look out the window and see what everything is leading to. Your mind only connects two words together for the location. The city. It’s where dreams and reality blend into one another. Neon lights gleam against the endless night. You wander the streets, which are littered with propaganda from corporations. Humanity is fighting its war to see who– or what– will prosper. The only thought in your mind is … home …


VA 10 collaborates on a new dreampunk project. 15 tracks that explore each districts’ voice and soul as you delve into the alleys and complexes of this technological metropolis. We hope you enjoy the visit…


released January 22, 2021
series

1559 – Now Apocalypse (TV Series 2019)

spacetime coordinates: 2010’s Los Angeles

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Now Apocalypse is an American comedy television series that aired for one season of ten episodes from March 10 to May 12, 2019, on Starz. The series was written by Gregg Araki and Karley Sciortino. Araki also was director and executive producer alongside Steven Soderbergh and Gregory Jacobs. Starz canceled the series on July 26, 2019. Araki later stated that he was shopping the series to other networks.

Ulysses, his friends Carly and Ford, and Ford’s girlfriend Severine navigate love, sex, and fame in Los Angeles. Troubled by sinister, premonitory dreams, Ulysses wonders if the end of the world as we know it is coming, or if he is simply suffering some kind of marijuana-fueled delusions. (wiki)

This is all perfectly well-made, candy-coloured fun as well as being a bang up-to-date exploration of 21st-century sexual identities (co-written by Araki with sex columnist Karley Sciortino), albeit one in which everyone looks amazing all the time. Boyd Hilton / Empire Magazine / rottentomatoes

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animation, podcast, series, Uncategorized

1529 – The Midnight Gospel (TV Series 2020)

spacetime coordinates: Set in a dimension known as “The Chromatic Ribbon”, a spacecaster named Clancy owns an unlicensed multiverse simulator. Through it, he travels through worlds about to have their own apocalypses interviewing some of their residents for his spacecast. The interviews are derived from earlier episodes of Trussell’s podcast The Duncan Trussell Family Hour. Special guests include Phil HendrieStephen RootDrew Pinsky, Trudy Goodman, Jason Louv, Caitlin Doughty, Michael Marcanio, Maria BamfordJoey DiazDavid Nichtern, and Deneen Fendig.

The Midnight Gospel is an American adult animated web television series created by Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward and comedian Duncan Trussell. Released on Netflix on April 20, 2020, it is the first animated production from Ward for Netflix.

Throughout the episodes the series deals with different themes that explored through the interviews. During the first season, the guests interviewed covered topics such as magicmeditationforgivenessspiritualism, funerary rituals, death positivity, drug use, pain, moksha (transcendence) and existentialism. (wiki)

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