Patreon Newsletter #53: March 2024

From Adal:

Here’s what I consumed in February. Let me know if you have any recommendations:

TV:

• Shogun - I’ve only seen the first 2 episodes but they were absolutely epic. I think this is going to be something special.
• Curb Your Enthusiasm season 12
• The Daily Show - I’ve been checking back in on Mondays to catch Jon Stewart.
• Survivor season 46
• Abbott Elementary season 3
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith - this was way better than I think anyone expected. I hope we now see Maya Erskine in more high profile projects
• Last Week Tonight season 11
• David Chang: Dinner Time Live
• Deadloch - only a few eps in but it’s been a charmingly dark and off-kilter ride so far
• Somebody Feed Phil season 7 - he eats like a tortoise but I love this show
• Untold: Swamp Kings

Movies:

• Dune and Dune 2 in 4DX
• High School Musical - Jemma decided the other day we had to watch this since I’d never seen it
• The Zone of Interest - after High School Musical I picked this to watch. Not sure if there’s a bigger chasm between 2 movies in the history of film?
• Nate Bargatze: Full Time Magic
• Nate Bargatze: The Tennessee Kid
• Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American
• Rory Scovel: Religion, Sex and a Few Things In Between
• Ron Funches: Giggle Fit

Music:

• Chromeo: Adult Contemporary
• MGMT: Loss of Life
• The Decemberists: Burial Ground
• The Libertines: Shiver
• P.J. Harvey: I Inside the Old Year Dying

Other Stuffs:

• Wonderful to see some of you at Sketchfest this year! Thank you to everyone who said hi and those who handed off a thoughtful gift. Had some incredible food at Mandalay and Il Porto Fino and tasty drinks at both Bourbon & Branch and Zombie Village (the passion fruit whipped cream sitting atop one of my drinks was such a hit that Jemma ordered a side cup of it). We also very much enjoyed the Time Train room at The Escape Game San Francisco.
• Threw a Super Bowl party and an old friend introduced me to one of my new favorite things, Donna’s Pickle Beer. I’m now on the hunt for pickle beers so please keep your eyes peeled
• My sister Sadieh was back in Chicago to film a few episodes of season 3 of the tv show Somebody Somewhere; so look for that on MAX soon!
• Jemma and I went to NYC to see Sleep No More one more time before it closes. I had a dynamite last hurrah - getting an elusive one-on-one and meeting up afterwards with friend of the show/sweetheart Thomas Sanders. I promptly bought tickets for 2 more visits to Sleep No More in March….after those THEN I’ll be done….
• Also while in NYC we did a great escape room at MyssTic Rooms (the Ghost Light room), saw the new immersive show Tiger Bride, enjoyed Bagel Pub a few times and went to the vegetarian restaurant Anixi; where Jemma teared up from joy while tasting the first bite of her ‘steak’ that she said was just like the real thing.
• In Chicago I’ve been bewitched by Bad Ass breakfast burritos and went back to  Warlord (my other obsession) a couple more times. Jemma and I enjoyed the local immersive show Lonely Hearts: The Haunting, seeing John Mulaney at The Den, catching the New Zealand dance group Black Grace and seeing the musical Illinoise (based on the Sufjan Stevens album)
• Jemma and I love the board game Horrified so we picked up and played the new Horrified: Greek, with all greek mythology monsters. At some point I’ll need to grab the Norther American Monsters version which is supposed to be fun
• Hello From the Magic Tavern recorded our first episode of season 5 with a guest I think folks will be excited about. The new season starts March 18th
• I recently guested on the podcast The Brett Demott Show, which I was already a fan of. Their recent episode with Erin is especially great
• I enjoyed listening to the podcast mini-series Keys to the Kingdom - about all the sordid behind the scenes shenanigans at DisneyLand
• Wednesday Jemma and I head off to hunt the Northern Lights! Wish us luck!

Love

Adal

FROM JPC:

Hey Riddiots,

Stay tuned because I’m announcing a little project on an upcoming main feed episode that some of you will be very interested in!

Best,

JPC

HRR Updates/News:

• Our March Review Crew (Bones episode ‘The Bones That Foam’) will come out Monday March 11th.
• The March Review Crew live-stream will be Tuesday the 26th at 7pm Central Time.

Love

Adal, Erin & JPC