YouTube finds

[BristolEcho]

We watch a lot of YouTube and so this thread is for channels, or videos that you particularly enjoy.

Two channels we've been watching a lot of recently are Hannah Alonzo's Anti-MLM videos.

I got into this one via the Anti-MLM Reddit page and she does a great job of breaking down the scammy companies and people involved.



She does some great deep dives too into some of the companies too. Like Elomir who are an American MLM selling.... Well the usual crap really.



We've also started watching Fundie Fridays recently who exposes and explores Christian Fundamentalism.

Such as the "Girl Defined" sisters. You can see how a lot of the alt-right views drip down from these people.



On the slightly more chilled vibe this guy delivering Uber eats and Deliveroo was strangely enjoyable.

 

[Aladdin]

This guy's channel is great.

Modern History TV

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Cash in the Celebrity Attic with Richard O'Brien.

 

[Aladdin]

Small farmholding in Azerbaijan

A little slice of heaven

 

[chemn]

*subscribes to thread. I spend a lot of time on YouTube too and have some gems/ loads of old nonsense to share...

 

[skyscraper101]

Long running thread here

https://urban75.net/forums/threads/youtube-channels-you-subscribe-to.348438/

 

[DotCommunist]

All tomorrows past. All yesterdays futures. These vids scratch an itch I find it difficult to describe without resorting to ghost metaphors.

 

[skyscraper101]

I think I watch 95% of all content on youtube now.

Apart from sport, and BBC Breakfast or News at 10 there's very little I watch on 'live telly' now save for the odd massive live event. E.g. General Election of something.

 

[BristolEcho]

This guy does good football videos that cross over into politics. For example this video is about a football stadium, but really it's about Lithuania's recent history.

 

[BristolEcho]

This group do videos called War History, General Knowledge, Geography and all sorts of off shoots.

I'd not heard about the fire bombing of Tokyo before this video was awful, but interesting. Gave me some good leap offs for reading.



Quite like the new Spicer series too.

 

[story]

Leon the Lobster is the main draw on this channel, but all his content pleases me.






He bought a grocery store lobster and rather than eating it, he takes care of it.

 

[BristolEcho]

Sex House is some of the best reality TV you will see.

 

[Karl Masks]

Sex House is some of the best reality TV you will see.

can't think why

 

[Ted Bunting]

This group do videos called War History, General Knowledge, Geography and all sorts of off shoots.

I'd not heard about the fire bombing of Tokyo before this video was awful, but interesting. Gave me some good leap offs for reading.



Quite like the new Spicer series too.

1000 degrees it was, the winds fanned the flames caused by incessant bombing. Must have felt like hell.

A fucking war crime.

 

[BristolEcho]

1000 degrees it was, the winds fanned the flames caused by incessant bombing. Must have felt like hell.

A fucking war crime.

Totally agree - I've read quite a bit about it since.

 

[skyscraper101]

Watched this last night, all about the effect of changing technology in street lighting through the decades in Los Angeles and Hong Kong has played a massive part in the 'look' of noir films over the ages. In LA, he explores the incandescent era to mercury vapor (green tint) in the 70s, and sodium (orange) in the 80s/90s and now into the LED (bright white) era. In Hong Kong he explores the demise of Neon lighting in the era of LEDs, and how the disappearing aesthetic was captured through movies, citing Michael Mann's Collateral as a brilliant example of capturing a point in time where digital shooting in high def was able to perfectly capture the nighttime look of its era . This sort of thing is bang up my alley.

 

[Chilli.s]

Watched all this fellas films in the last couple of weeks, very relaxing, archeological interest, exploring

 

[gentlegreen]

YT has been triggering my OCD with this channel today ....
So a bit like limberjacking but with added 7kv cables...
Yet another job I could never have done ...

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

Sometimes if I’m feeling low I watch a couple of episodes of Super humman. I don’t know why.

 

[Knotted]

I've said it on other threads, but I just like watching people talk. Which is an odd but curiously popular thing. Video essayists etc.

The Knotted awards for great and current content go to:

I keep recommending leftist youtuber FD Signifier. Very US based on (US) black issues and manosphere stuff and feminism but also hip hop, anime and other pop culture things. This one in particular is a bit of tour de force



Dr Justin Sledge of Esoterica offers a tremendous wealth of knowledge on all things religion/occult/esoteric. An absolutely fantastic educator, although what he offers may not be what you are looking for. Here's his most recent video which happens to be on Marxism. It's not what you fear it might be, no bullshit, no conspiracies just detailed scholarship.



If you're not subscribed to Rebecca Watson you really should be. Usually posts about twice a week with short well researched videos on science and scepticism, usually on things in the news and politically charged or controversial. Most recent here:



My other main must watch regular biweekly youtuber is Maggie of deepfocuslens who does film criticism/review. This is not analysis and it's not usually spoiler heavy. She'll help you navigate the strangest David Lynch film or give you some smart feelings about the latest blockbuster. I've watched this channel grow over the last few years and its beginning to get quite big now. Basic but intelligent. Latest video (haven't watched it yet):



Spikima Movies is a film analysis (not review/criticism) channel. And absolutely worth it if you are even tangentially interested in cinematography or filmcraft in general. Spoiler heavy though. I really liked this video about Climax, a lot has been said about the camera angles but Spikima focuses on the music choices.



I carry the 12tone music analysis channel around the internet recommending it to anybody who will give me half a chance like an evangelic carries around the bible and talks to people about Jesus. Most people aren't interesting in music analysis and many are curiously hostile to it. Ignore these people. This is where it is at.

Understanding Bad Guy

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The audience for political commentary on science and the sociology of science is perhaps surprisingly not that small. It's great seeing this rather niche channel do so well. Dr Fatima leftist ex-astronomer. Check her out. This video in particular is a tour de force:

astronomy has a colonialism problem

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Jesse Gender is an autistic transwoman Star Trek fanatic and is really good at the Youtube video essay. Here's nearly six hours (!!!!) of detailed thought and political commentary about Star Wars. I don't even like Star Wars much and I would still say that this is six hours well spent. Somewhere in the region beyond tour de force. I was quite emotional by the end.

The Decaying Monomyth of Star Wars

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[Knotted]

 

[Knotted]

 

[Rob Ray]

Quite a startling piece this, the guy doing the interview has a weird clowning thing going on (all part of YouTube vernacular I guess) but ignoring that, the actual guts of a former employee describing their treatment by Youtube's biggest star is absolutely damning portrait of one of the most influential nu-media figures around today.

 

[PR1Berske]

19 and a half minutes of BBC Two idents, anybody?

 

[ghost boy]

The Elephant Graveyard

The elephant graveyard: It's where you come to die, and nobody knows where it is but yourself. "Children grow up thinking the adult world is ordered, rational, fit for purpose. It’s crap. Becoming a man is realising that it’s all rotten. Realising how to celebrate that rottenness, that’s freedom."

m.youtube.com

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Great thread

 

[chemn]

As promised, these are some of the things I've discovered/ which I while away the hours with... I hope some of these might be new to you or that you enjoy watching some of these, and maybe find some new channels to subscribe to (remember to smash that like and subscribe button! )

I really like dogs. And have watched many of these videos, of dogs being groomed. The groomer, Vanessa, is really good with the dogs, and it's great seeing the dogs personalities and their before and after pics.


This channel 'primitive technology' features a guy who does various pottery/ smelting/ shelter construction projects on some land in Australia. You have to put the subtitles on to read the narrative. The videos are so relaxing because there's no talking. His latest one has him making and firing roof tiles from clay:


Steve Wallis is a guy in Canada (I believe) who does stealth/ car camping in unusual spots. He lost his wife recently, who never really featured in the videos, but he would often refer to her (always as 'beautiful wife'). His staple is camping in places like bushes on roundabouts, or just out of sight at the edge of a car park. In this video, he stays in a ramshackle cabin by the sea, a really beautiful spot, where many other people have stayed before, so there's loads of messages people have left in the cabin:


This guy does reviews of cigarettes. I like his mannerisms and the little phrases he uses repeatedly. Look out for his interesting pronunciation of 'Stella Artois' on this one:


Since lockdown, I have been doing some geometric drawings. This guy, Zak Korvin, does great tutorials, and is an interesting speaker, with a lovely midlands accent. I love how he talks about life in one of his latest videos below. Quite philosophical and life affirming.


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[chemn]

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I think this is a Polish guy who does amazing Amiga and chiptune music and mixes. Check out this mix of sick Amiga jungle:


As well as dogs and geometry, I'm also intrigued by maths. This guy does lots of short videos where he solves geometric/ algebraic problems. he usually always starts his videos with 'Hey guys, this one looks like a really fun one ...' and ends with '... how exciting.'


This guy is a comedian who does sort of throw away nihilistic philosophical shorts. He's got an eccentric charm ...


And that's it for now. Hope there was something you enjoyed in amongst the noise

 

[chemn]

I love all of this guy's music:

 

[chemn]