Leftover DummiesApr 13, 2021
Another Dummy Christmas
What personality type is Jesus? Meet Caga Tio, the Portuguese holiday log that is fed candy and poops out presents. Natalia and Amazon witnessed a hit and run accident.
music by grehn
What Life's About
Amazon and Hiro are joined by Natalia to talk about vegan cats, & read the latest TMZ hiphop headlines.
music by Grehn, photo created from prompt at https://creator.nightcafe.studio/ edited by Amazon.
They're Turning the Cats Gay!
Amazon and Natalia discuss some conspiracy theories about our feline companions. we start out talking about why cats trill, and it quickly devolves from there.
(episode title is satire)
music by Grehn
art generated by https://www.imagine.art/ with prompt "infowars spy cat in trenchcoat, sunglasses and fedora. cats spying on their owners for their alien overlords. covert agent kitty trying to destroy the world. shady looking cat reporting back on its owner to the aliens in a flying saucer."
What's In A Name?
Dummies are back with friend of the show, epic reggae musician Bryan Watson. We chat a bit about his new release, Right Now which is out this week on Dubbstarr.
We talk a little bit about the reggae music scene in Cleveland, running a studio, the Urantia Book, the names of God and Jesus (Yeshua), and Bryan's got some tips for musicians who are planning on going into the studio.
We discuss some of the important things for new musicians to consider when trying to take their music to the next level, and we finish off with a little bit about differences he's found between living in Cleveland versus Los Angeles.
Music by Bryan Watson from Dubbstarr Studio, as well as by Grehn.
Episode art created using Hotpot AI
Be sure to follow Bryan on social media at
https://www.instagram.com/trumpettyme/ -instagram
https://www.facebook.com/trumpetbryan -facebook
https://youtube.com/@dubbstarr6861 -youtube
https://soundcloud.com/dubbstarrstudio -soundcloud
https://www.bwatsonmusic.com/ - artist page
https://www.dubbstarr.com/ - dubbstarr studio
Do You Think She's an IBS Queen?
Sado-Masochism.
The World War 2 Bunker at the Huntington Beach wetlands.
Natalia's Strange Coincidence.
Is humanity on a path to becoming like the Buddhist gods?
Phoebe Bridgers vs. David Crosby.
Octopus Caveman vs. Kim Kardashian.
Amazon vs. the Rent-A-Cop.
Music created by Mr. Amazon Halliburton and Octopus Caveman, with aid of some samples taken from https://www.freesound.org and https://www.looperman.com.
Image created with DeepAI.org using the prompt "Octopus Caveman" and edited in Linux Mint with the GIMP.
Dummies Come Back From Hiatus
We are super tardy with our Kristin Smart trial verdict update. sorry. .oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo. Character Actor Margo Martindale...
This beach is awful. .oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.
Amazon and Armand built a shelter and then someone died inside of it.
Music created by Mr. Amazon Halliburton, with aid of some samples taken from https://www.freesound.org and https://www.looperman.com.
Image created with creativefabrica using the prompt "pen and ink with a guache wash of myrtle beach casino on fire with unhealthy tourists escaping."
Scrap This Entire Thing
I Musk has a hot take on the chess tournament.
II Kristen Smart
III Vacationing in Northern California
IV Is Kansas City the taco Capital of the USA?
V New Music Review - the Liverpudlian singer
VI Daylight Savings Time
Photo created by starryai.com with the prompt "analog alarm clock in a room on a desk in a skyscraper, looking out on the downtown area of a mega city with a nuclear cloud far away on the horizon. copic marker, spray paint stencil, colored pencil."
Music created by Mr. Amazon Halliburton, with aid of some samples taken from https://www.freesound.org and https://www.looperman.com.
Long Beach Calling
The horseshoe theory of politics.
Zerocalcare and his netflix show "Tear Along the Dotted Line"
Birthday scavenger hunt with Death Cab For Cutie.
Photo by Stability AI program Dream Studio with the prompt "Long Beach California Police eating donuts, pen and ink, dots, in a Jose Clemente Orozco style" Prompt and edit by Mr. Amazon Halliburton.
Music created by Mr. Amazon Halliburton, with aid of some samples taken from https://www.freesound.org and https://www.looperman.com.
#28 Make America Grate Again
Natalia leaves a message for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and you can too.
Amazon is fascinated by a paradox.
Liz Cheney won't let a minor setback like losing an election deter her from a run for the presidency, and Donald Trump Jr. weighs in.
Droughts in the west and floods in the east.
We continue our coverage of the Kristen Smart trial.
The military is desperate to recruit and Amazon has an idea on how to avoid getting drafted.
Music created by Mr. Amazon Halliburton, with aid of some samples taken from https://www.freesound.org and https://www.looperman.com. Photo taken by Amazon Halliburton.
#27 Hitler Bad, Dummies Good
Hiroshi-san is back again, and we have a correction to make about Hunter Biden.
Point Nemo is the farthest place from land anywhere in the ocean.
Antares and his skatepark in Tijuana.
How to deal with getting your shit jacked.
We also discuss homelessness and commiserate about what it's like to live in a car.
Music created by Mr. Amazon Halliburton, with aid of some samples taken from https://www.freesound.org and https://www.looperman.com.
Photo taken by Amazon Halliburton in Long Beach, CA
# 26 Is the Street Sweeper a Tool of Oppression?
This week we are joined by Hiroshi-san to talk about the Tupac hologram at Coachella.
Amazon sticks his foot in his mouth, yet again.
Hunter Biden smoking crack, while Baron Trump is a super-scary dude.
Discussing The street sweeper as class traitor/tool of oppression.
Google's AI, Lamda is suing Google in order to be recognized as sentient. After our conversation, Hiroshi found this clip of an AI breaking a childs finger during a chess tournament.
Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.
Music created by Mr. Amazon Halliburton, with aid of some samples taken from https://www.freesound.org and https://www.looperman.com.
Painting by Mr. Carl Pierce, a true working class hero.
#25 I Want a Podcast I Don't Have To Love
Join us as Natalia discusses seeing and meeting the members of her favorite band, Bright Eyes.
bacteria breeds on a microfiche slide.
roll that beautiful bean footage.
follow Duke (the Bush's baked beans dog) on instagram.
the don draper of yogurt
they were wrong when they said to never meet your heroes...
the street sweeper discussion is gonna have to wait.
Music created by Mr. Amazon Halliburton, with aid of some samples taken from https://www.freesound.org and https://www.looperman.com.
Photograph taken and edited by Mrs. Natalia Ferrari in Long Beach, CA
#24 Music & Moving
I Hot Chip and L'Imperatrice
II Bright Eyes on late night TV
III Unions & pizza parties
IV Super Bloom
V A segment wherein which we come up with ideas for segments.
VI Baby clothes for adults? (Natalia is jealous of baby fashion)
VII Anthony Pouchie Redux
VIII Flower Burger
IX Amazon doesn't want to go on a cruise
X Cruel World festival
XI Tamagotchi
XII Ancient bust found at a Goodwill
XIII Mr. Bryan Watson of Dubbstarr Studio talks moving to Cleveland and reggae music
XIV Kitten Superhighway, Cruel World and going to see French 79
Music created by Mr. Amazon Halliburton, with aid of some samples taken from https://www.freesound.org and https://www.looperman.com.
Photograph taken and edited by Amazon Halliburton in Long Beach, CA
Thanks to Pato Banton for the segment and for the love.
#23 What's It Like To Stay At An Eco-Hostel In the Jungle?
I Eco-Hostel in Hawaii
II TurboTax is awful
III The Border is an affront to humanity
Hedonisia website (location has been destroyed by volcano) https://hedonisia.com/
Eat the Rich Turbotax episode - https://soundcloud.com/eattherichpod/ep-114-turbotax
Turbotax exposé in the Atlantic - https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/03/how-maker-turbotax-fights-keep-your-taxes-complicated/316967/
Music created by Mr. Amazon Halliburton, with aid of some samples taken from https://www.freesound.org and https://www.looperman.com.
Photograph taken by Amazon Halliburton in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
#22 Caulk & Balls
I What’s it like to have balls?
II Caulk jokes
III More about Ukraine
IV Checking the Nukemap to see how you’d fare in a nuclear explosion
V The importance of Russia in defeating the Nazis and the importance of journalistic integrity
VI Bloomberg gives some helpful tips on how to fight inflation
VII Kitties and Raccoons
VIII Michael Parenti
Article about the band who recorded the song Kyiv Calling - https://www.clashmusic.com/news/viral-ukranian-band-beton-accused-of-fascist-links
Ukrainian President offshore accounts - https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/oct/03/revealed-anti-oligarch-ukrainian-president-offshore-connections-volodymyr-zelenskiy
Check your location on the Nukemap - https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
Russia Inflating their importance in defeating the Nazis? Opinion article about Russian claims - https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/EXPLAINER-Why-Putin-uses-WWII-to-justify-war-17012299.php
Bloomberg opinion piece on inflation - https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-03-13/inflation-stings-most-for-those-earning-under-300-000
Michael Parenti interview - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337315829_The_corporate_university_An_e-interview_with_Dave_Hill_Alpesh_Maisuria_Anthony_Nocella_and_Michael_Parenti
Michael Parenti ebooks - https://b-ok.cc/s/parenti
Parentiposting facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/parentiposting
Music created by Mr. Amazon Halliburton, with aid of some samples taken from https://www.freesound.org and https://www.looperman.com.
Photograph of mural taken by Amazon Halliburton in Guanajuato, Mexico. The sign translates to "No to the wall."
#21 The Lonesome Crowded Güero
I The City & Suburbia
II RT Removed From Youtube
III China and Covid 19
Photograph and music by Mr. Amazon Halliburton.
First as Tragedy, Then as Farce by Slavoj Žižek - https://www.versobooks.com/books/2754-first-as-tragedy-then-as-farce
RT banned from youtube - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-11/russia-media-divide-deepens-youtube-drops-rt-instagram-blocked
Abby Martin's Podcast, Media Roots Radio - https://open.spotify.com/episode/47u1aH14AKScpqfWr2jECY?si=Jw1COBJ2RSmNyWl_JI1Wmg
Coronavirus in China article by WSWS - https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/03/16/pers-m16.html
Take a Bit of a Chill Pill
I The War In Ukraine and Media Bias
II When Archie Met Amie
III Talk With Andrew Strother about our ska band in high school, what he learned from the LDS church, communism, and the George Floyd Insurrection
IV The Infamous Indian TV News Debacle with Mr. McAdams
Music created by Mr. Amazon Halliburton, with use of some samples taken from freesound.org and looperman.com except for "No Belief" by Constructicon off of their new album Devastator. Follow them on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/warballads/
Tof,u Heroes first ever show (Andrew and I were freshmen in high school) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9CZvnaOuDM
Recently rediscovered VHS recording of a band practice from our ska band post-andrew The Tofu Heroes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=splNiV9N8aA
Andrew's other band, Kaotis Infinitum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOyBNZoxvug
Indian TV news "Mr. McAdam" segment - https://twitter.com/i/status/1499298691156705282
Dummies Holiday Episode: Don't Mess Around with Jack Frost
Join us as we attempt to cope with the holidays. We got wild turkeys, we got Mary Christmas and Jack Frost. Heck, we even got a step-by-step guide on how to fail a drug test.
Bumper music created by Mr. Amazon Halliburton with the aid of some samples taken from freesound.org and looperman.com
Popstar Nima Christmas tree photograph taken by Mr. Archibald Slattington, and edited by Mr. Amazon Halliburton.
Happy Christmas guys!
Saxaphone provided by Ras Beeken Dan.
Waffle Fries Down Under w/ Jacques
French musician Jacques says hello, does some ASMR, and makes some sounds into music.
We talk a little bit about Raël, friend of the space aliens
Archie and Amazon consider getting into mushroom cultivation, and Amazon reviews marijuanilla.
I Jacques Auberger
II The Prophet and the Space Aliens.
III Mushroom Cultivation & Huitlacoche
IV Marijuanilla & Aztec Tobacco
Jacques Has a New Song (turn on english subtitles for lyrics) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0GhY1jviFU
The Prophet and the Space Aliens - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quUhHrY2hUY
Mushroom Kingdom - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=417Qbwn9yso&t=5s
Huitlacoche - https://www.eater.com/22688579/what-is-huitlacoche-corn-usa-mexican-food-bias
Marijuanilla - https://ethnobotany.csusm.edu/search_details.php?plant_id=361
Nicotiana Rustica (Aztec tobacco) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotiana_rustica
Bumper music created by Mr. Amazon Halliburton with the aid of some samples taken from freesound.org and looperman.com
Photo of Huitlacoche in Guanajuato, Mexico taken and edited by Mr. Amazon Halliburton.
Australian slang comes from reddit.
Standing Ovation
I Everyone Should Have A Standing Ovation At Least Once in Their Life
II Dummies Do Literature
III Lucid Dreaming
Bumper music created by Mr. Amazon Halliburton with aid of some samples taken from freesound.org and looperman.com
Mexico City street art photo taken and edited by Mr. Amazon Halliburton
Purrcifer & Meowzelbub
I This Podcasting Thing is Harder Than it Looks
II Whittier, Alaska
III Phoebe Bridgers at the Greek Theater
IV Buying Gas at Costco
V Street Sweepers, Meter Maids, and Jail
VI Adventures in Sensory Deprivation
Bumper music by Mr. Amazon Halliburton with some samples used from freesound.org and looperman.com
Photo of Purrcifer by Natalia Ferrari
Let's Not Beat Around the Bush
I The Mystery of the Sleeping Village of Kalachi in Kazakhstan
II Jacques Auberger & Matmos
III Exercise & Yoga
IV K. Strass the Yo-yo Guy
V Miracle Village, Florida
VI Honeymooning in Mexico City
Kalachi Sleeping Mystery Solved - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/17/mystery-kazakhstan-sleeping-sickness-solved
Jacques Performing at a Waterpark - JACQUES - Bruxelles Ma Belle - "Petite Session impro sans titre au Calme" - Live @ Océade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzzWCZ5wcik&t=123s
K Strass the YoYo guy Super Compilation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj9VF7LyffU&t=733s
Welcome to Miracle Village - https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/01/26/the-residents-of-miracle-village
Photograph of Church in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico on Independence Day by Rachel Pasterino
Bumper music by Mr. Amazon Halliburton with some samples used from freesound.org and looperman.com
Song during Miracle Village segment - Acoustic Bayou stomp loop by BaDoink https://freesound.org/people/BaDoink/sounds/542226/
Foley during Miracle village by CCCanary "Wall of Frogs" https://freesound.org/people/CCCanary/sounds/266754/
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode
Kuru, Cannibalism, and the Flaming Lips
I Flaming Lips Concert II Elliot Smith III Bob Ross & Bicycles IV Grizzly Bear Genetics V Kuru & Cannabalism
Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/339730.Elliott_Smith_and_the_Big_Nothing
Bob Ross Documentary - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/aug/31/bob-ross-documentary-netflix-joshua-rofe
Grizzly Bear Genetics Article https://www.science.org/news/2021/08/mind-blowing-grizzly-bear-dna-maps-indigenous-language-families
Kuru Wikipedia Article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(disease)
music and photograph by Mr. Amazon Halliburton with some samples used taken from freesound.org and looperman.com
Slowly Moving Towards Something New
I Going back to concerts II Exercise Junky III Mexican Vacation IV Secret Disneyland Trip V Fantastic Fungi
We tried something a little different this week. Enjoy.
Review of Fantastic Fungi on Netflix - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8258074/
Music & Art created by amazon halliburton with samples used taken from freesound.org and looperman.com
What Is the Point of Being Alive If You Don't At Least Try To Do Something Remarkable?
I QR Code Scam II Critical Race Theory III Sensory Deprivation and a Massage IV Running a Marathon / Eating Kimchi V Norteño and Ultras
Music & Art created by amazon halliburton with samples used taken from freesound.org and looperman.com
Almost As Bad As A Catheter
I Why Haven't We Encountered Aliens? II Critical Race Theory III Youtube Shorts / Don't Watch All Gas No Brakes! IV A Homeless Guy Took A Nap In Amazon's Car V Amazon Inspires the World's First Typed Post-it Note
Music created by amazon halliburton with samples used taken from freesound.org and looperman.com
Cats In Space
I Black Licorice and Mocha II Picking Up Food From a Back-alley 'Ghost' Kitchen III The Hard Times Wrote an Article About Us IV Diver Survives Being Swallowed by a Whale V Morrissey is Headlining the Cruel World Tour and Amazon Isn't Pleased
Cinnaholic - https://www.cinnaholiclongbeach.com
Moon Bowls - https://www.moonbowls.com
Hard times podcast write up - https://thehardtimes.net/blog/oh-shit-this-week-the-boys-talk-cancel-culture
Diver swallowed by a whale - https://www.livescience.com/fisherman-swallowed-by-humpback.html
Morrissey headlining Cruel World Festival - https://www.spin.com/2021/06/morrissey-bauhaus-blondie-to-headline-cruel-world-festival-in-may-2022/
Cover photo and music created by Amazon Halliburton with samples used taken from Freesound.org
We'd like to give a special thank you to Mescalita the cat for posing for our episode this week. I was just kidding about sending you into space.
A Really Great Episode
I Frozen Yogurt II Elon Musk and the Perverted Cryptocurrency III Lost Wedding Ring IV Mexico City Snake House V Perceptions of Vegans and Veganism VI Music
Elon Musk article - https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/elon-musk-cumrocket-crypto-price-b1860208.html
Mexico City Snake House https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mexican-snake-house-surreal-airbnb-javier-senosiain-08-07-2018/
Music created by Amazon Halliburton with some samples used from freesound.org
Going With the Flow
I Mushrooms II Pan Dulce III Using a Pseudonym IV Flow State V Designer Goods: Archie Wants a Louis Vuitton Wallet.
Vegan Pan Dulce Restaurant in Santa Ana California https://www.soyconchabakery.com/
Music created by Amazon Halliburton with aid of some samples from Freesound.org
We All Know Art Is Hard
I Andy Warhol II Fat Mike From NoFx Cancelled? - Panties for men III Archie's ten-mile jog IV Thought Slime Video On Non-Dualism (the oneness of everything) V Palestinian DJ Documentary featuring Sama'
This week we go hard on art, music and philosophy, with all of that typical dummy irreverence you've come to know and love.
Article about Nofx and Fat Mike getting cancelled. https://www.nme.com/news/music/nofx-cancel-punk-rock-bowling-show-due-to-hate-messages-and-threats-over-vegas-shooting-joke-2932932
Thought Slime video on Non Dualism https://youtu.be/wp2iZqUJV3w
Documentary on Palestinian hip-hop, trap, and techno featuring Sama' https://youtu.be/M-R8S7QwO1g
Art from the street, and music created by Amazon Halliburton with aid of some samples from Freesound.org
The Maytag Repairwoman
I Vacation Stories - Trekkies II Travel to the East Coast III Korean Tofu Soup and Japanese Ramen IV Vegan Restaurants Run by the 'Supreme Master' V Game of Shrooms is Back and is Almost Upon Us! VI Polo & Pan New Song Video Animation Creators Noemi Ferst and Benjamin Moreau VII Mexicans and Tweety Bird.
Deutsch Welle article on the Supreme Master and Her Vegan Restaurants
Learn more about Game of Shrooms happening June 12, 2021.
Here's the article about the artists behind the animation for the new Polo and Pan video! https://www.thesocialitefamily.com/en/familles/paris-en/at-home-with-artist-noemi-ferst-and-benjamin-moreau-radiooooo-cofounders/
Why do Mexicans have an affinity for Tweety Bird? (You have to scroll past the first question and response to get to this one) https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/ask-a-mexican-6378117
Music & Art by Amazon Halliburton with some samples used taken from Freesound.org
The Return of Archibald Slattington
I Popstar Nima II Archie in the Pocono Mountains III Staying Positive in the Face of Incredible Adversity IV Dummies Podcast Model V Keith Haring - Math Pop - The New Romantics
Music and art by Amazon Halliburton with samples used provided from freesound.org
The Dummies Do Cascadia
I Twin Peaks II Redwoods Burning III Forest Gardens of so-called British Columbia IV What's the Best Song About Georgia That Has 'Georgia' in the Name? V Crazy Auto Mechanic Denies That He is Stealing Truck, What Do You Think? VI Urdu Language and Culture
Music created by amazon halliburton with some sounds used from freesound.org
Getting So Much Better All the Time
I Going to Disneyland II Working in the Mortuary During the Covid 19 Pandemic III Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst Autographed Poster - Who are the Dummies' Hall Passes? IV Vegan Pizza V Saturation Diving Hero VI Vegan Tacos VII Wes Anderson Movie Day VIII Punjabi Language and Culture
-Music created by Amazon Halliburton with use of some samples from freesound.org.
A Failed Attempt At Humility
I Tijuana Mexico II This is Hell - Daniel Johnston III Talkin' Turkey IV Japanese Animation V If On a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino VI Museum Day - Sensory Deprivation Chamber VII Yoruba Language and Culture
Music created by Amazon Halliburton with use of samples from freesound.org
The Return of The Dummies
I Covid Shot Redux II Pennsylvania Amish III Jello Biafra is on Social Media, and Has He Got a Meme For You IV Food Not Bombs V Commander Cluck Vegan Chicken & Adventurous Adventuresome Adventures in Vegan Eating VI Dapper Men's Fashion With Archie VIII Sweden
Music performed by Amazon Halliburton with the aid of some samples from Freesound.org.