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playlist of youtube treasures from someone on ye olde tumblr
amazing cool stuff! 𓊯𓊱𓀢𓀢𓀢
is what it says on the tin!
Mar 19, 2025
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Been into more international and older films this year and one of my favorite tools is youtube! Fck google and fck algorithm recommendations but thank you youtube for having hairpin circus!
Mar 31, 2025
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Ive been sitting on this one for a long long time but its time to put everyone on. If you find pleasure or beauty in weird youtube videos with no views this is for you. Search IMG and then a string of 4 random numbers (e.g. IMG 2947). I’ve run across all types of great stuff: people rotating fake jewels, airplane footage, swim meets, Indonesian raves…you get the picture. You can spend hours at this. I think it works with other file formats too but ive had the most success with this one.
Link anything cool you find in the comments, I wanna see it all
Dec 20, 2023
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1. BRENDAWARENESS: really cool and good for the fashion girlies. it is a smaller podcast channel by "Hashtag Brenda", she is big in fashion (she literally spent her birthday with Rick Owens). I call her my digital big sister.
https://www.youtube.com/@brendahashtag
2. COLORLESS WONDERLAND: kinda booktube but for not horny people. he used to be a middle school teacher and he has very cool takes and analysis. he hasn't posted actively in a while but he's just overall really good vibes.
https://www.youtube.com/@colorlesswonderland
3. PROFOUND PONDERING: this random guy who speaks very candidly about his mental health and is quite relaxing to listen to.
https://www.youtube.com/@profoundpondering8575
4. WENDIGOON: does deep research on some really cool topics; everything from the bible to analogue horror, to chris mc candless. he is just really interesting to listen to, nd is def for the hyperfixation community
https://www.youtube.com/@Wendigoon
5. FRANK WATKINSON: an old man who does very cute covers of songs which make me cry everytime. he also has original songs. he's been on youtube for like 10 years at least and loves sufjan stevens.
https://www.youtube.com/@FrankWatkinson/videos
6. KERWIN FROST: this may be a bit rogue but he was my fav person when i was like 13 in 2018 and was like super into tyler the creator. Kerwin is a really cool DJ and his interviews are so fun to watch. he doesn't post much now but he has done interviews with young lean and dev hynes which rlly impacted me when i was younger and revisit from time to time
https://www.youtube.com/@KerwinFrostTV
7. MYTHICAL KITCHEN (LAST MEAL): might just be my favourite series on the internet everrrr. a very talented chef called Josh hosts celebrity guests and chefs make their "death row meal". they've had guests like Karamo from queer eye, steve-o and tom hanks.
https://www.youtube.com/@mythicalkitchen
8. BOOK CLUB RADIO: a dj collective in brooklyn, insane sets (personal favs: dj nico and varist)
https://www.youtube.com/@bookclubradio
9. ARCHITECTUAL DIGEST (OPEN DOOR + SPACE SAVERS): i love looking at rich peoples houses, so cool. open house is a series where they go to celebrity houses, obvs so fun to watch. space savers is a series where 3 different architects get given a space and they get to draft whatever they want, the results are so cool! (darren jett is so cool)
https://www.youtube.com/@Archdigest
i hope you enjoyed the list mwahhh xoxoxox
Jun 22, 2024
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Lately I've been spending too much time scouring every corner of eBay I can for the cheapest and most delightful soviet era porcelain figurines available
I didn't even realize it until diving head first into this rabbit hole, but I have had soviet era porcelain figurines my whole life (a bunny and a bull for those curious), so I guess I was always destined to develop a fondness for the form, and eventually dig a little deeper into it.
There is something so incredibly charming and also incredibly interesting about these porcelain pieces! These little guys!
There's a lot of history to dig into that I've barely scratched the surface of AT ALL, but I'm fascinated by how porcelain reflected the common sentiments* of the times, the economic conditions, the artistic movements and ideas of the day, and also the ability (or lack thereof) of people to stay in one place and hold onto something so "useless" and easily broken.
I have very, very few things from any of my ancestors. Figurines like these make me think about the way history and art are passed down to us, forgotten, broken, left behind, sold in thrift stores and online, if they survive at all.
Figurine collections are kind of a barometer of safety and stability, or at least how dedicated to the illusion of it you might be.
They also make me think about how useful "useless" things can be. How even art that is purely decorative can be thought-provoking (by for example valorizing "folks"), or just make you happy (via being very cute! Or expert use of color and form!).
Grannies collect this shit for many good reasons and I'm starting to catch on.
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* Notably the $$$ collectors type ones are the ethnographic figurines, something I NEED to read an academic paper about.
Especially, because Ive noticed some of these figurines depicting "ethnic types" are inaccurate copies of earlier prints, which themselves should be placed under immense scrutiny! This is all extra interesting in the context of the porcelain industry transitioning from imperial rule to the soviet era. The ways of talking about ethnicity changed, (in addition obviously to y'know, everything!) but the products produced largely remained the same. Lots to think about!!!
Jan 31, 2025