This episode was recorded the night before Kelby had a major health emergency. He is currently undergoing treatment for erosions in his stomach...
This episode was recorded the night before Kelby had a major health emergency. He is currently undergoing treatment for erosions in his stomach and bouncing around doctors to find the root cause of what's tearing up his insides. If you'd like to support a hard-working father and an irreplaceable writer and co-host of this show, you can do so by clicking HERE.
Lady Snowblood (1973)
Dir. Toshiya Fujita
Starring Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimonm, Miyoko Akaza, & Ko Nishimura
Today on the show: selling food stamp cards to buy scratch tickets, synthesizing different parenting styles, SSRIs, skater dads and the problem with helicopter parenting, encouraging risk, our gnarliest scars, where did our time memory go?, how time travel is real and how it works, correcting false memories of what happens in Lady Snowblood, standing by your statement, how to win the cleanest whips in Cyberpunk 2077, film that is beautiful to look at, defining the '70s style of movies, pinpointing the best decade for movies, ninja stars as screwdrivers, in praise of film grain, E Rathke's article on who to blame for movies sucking, market research, parents who bring you fresh meat, how to make digital look good, is John Wick in the same camp as MCU?, the end of snobbery, arterial lead-based paint spray, how Lady Snowblood influenced Kill Bill, favorite bits from Lady Snowblood...
and on the extended episode:
Mass State Lottery, stealing IP, avenging your own death, the selflessness of revenge, Kelby's fast-track legacy plan in the face of his health issues, creating your own pantheon of gods, pulling value from ideas on the other side of your own logic or belief system, Millionaire Mindset, breaking out of poverty habits and mindsets to become rich, forgiveness and healing circles, cosplaying happiness, the drink that makes you instantly jacked, "sign up for my SEMENar," placebo power, the anti-guru psyop, feminist Agitator, SpaceGhostPurrp vs A$AP Rocky, being the pop version of ourselves, surprising vs trolling your audience, why Lost was great until it sucked, hating on Marx and questioning unions, being anti-corporate (but for real), necessary pain points, company men vs independent artists, and climbing the mountain by disappearing from the trail.
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