Looking Sideways: 10 Things
This week: Korua herald winter, a spooky mixtape, and Looking Sideways live at Kendal.
1. I’m recording a live podcast at Kendal! Only this time, I’m the one being interviewing. Yep, on Sunday afternoon I am sitting down with festival organiser Steve Scott to chat about the Announcement.
As the spiel says, ‘expect special guest panelists, and an interactive conversation that explores what this move means for the ongoing discourse around sustainability in the outdoors, and corporate philanthropy in general’.
Tickets here.
2. Signs that winter is on the way - Korua release a new film! Watch their latest Mochi Yuki above.
3. In which British poet Joshua Idehen explains the history of political movements and ideologies through the metaphor of … your mum doing the washing. It’s funny, too.
4. This is so good - Radio 3 asked legendary director and musician John Carpenter to make a Halloween mixtape. Just don’t listen to it alone in a dark cottage in Cornwall, like I did….
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5. The internet is a very dumb place, exhibit A: the comments on this Slush Magazine post.
6. The internet is a very dumb place, exhibit: pro mountain biker Torquato Testa’s (none) apology for ranking female Rampage athletes ‘by how hot they are’. Yes, you did read that correctly.
7. Lots of worthwhile commentary of Saoirse Ronan on Graham Norton this week.
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8. An interesting piece on the language we use to describe our activities in the mountains, from Ski Magazine.
9. I like the look of Farran Golding’s new ‘Longreads for skateboarding’ site Skate Bylines.
10. Finally, ICYMI - my latest Insights piece, with Big Sea writer and producer Chris Nelson, is free-to-read. I wanted to give regular subscribers a chance to see what my paid subscribing legends are getting for the price of a pint a month (apart from the warm glow of supporting an independent, ad-free media outfit like myself, of course).
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What did I miss? What did you think of this week’s list?
Love the doing the washing video!
On the US though I think it's dangerous to call the comments stupid, they mostly read like a rejection of globalisation for me - a desire for more domestic manufacture & jobs even if it means increased prices and reduced international trade. The left will need to find a clearer answer to that it seems
Cracking list as usual, have you seen that new BMX mag graystoke? Worth a look https://greystokebmx.com/