Friday, 7 February 2020

Jojo Rabbit

Wonderful funny film about a young boy growing up at the end of WW2, blind fanatical nazi, with an imaginary Hitler next to him, who discovers his mum has been hiding a Jewish girl in their attic.

Fun, silly, weird.

Same director as "Hunt for the wilderpeople".

Thursday, 6 February 2020

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Very 70s. Found through Nick Cave's "The Red Letters". Reminds me of proper "Queen I" and "Queen II"

Their "Delilah" is fun.
"Next" is almost cabaretesque!

Black Box Recorder

Bit like Nouvelle Vague in style; soft sultry female voice, strange Eels-like lyrics ("life is unfair / kill yourself or get over it")
Enjoyable but a bit repetitive over time (or if you're not really paying attention.)

Mid90s

Okay film about young boy joining a skater group in LA.  Nothing really special, but enjoyable.

Wednesday, 5 February 2020

How to deliver constructive feedback in difficult situations

https://medium.com/s/please-advise/the-essential-guide-to-difficult-conversations-41f736e63ccf

Really good read on difficult conversations and how to distinguish perception vs observation, &etc.

essay - "How knitters got knotted in a purity spiral"

https://unherd.com/2020/01/cast-out-how-knitting-fell-into-a-purity-spiral/

Short essay about purity spirals, where everything is relative - purity only exists in comparison to non- or less-pure - and how unchecked, these spiral out of control.

Sad takeaway? This is not gonna change.