Content Obscura - the Tabula Casa Episode

Content Obscura AM - Breakfast habits, an elegy for cigarette smokers, Kenny tries out motivational speaking, Wylie smashes capitalism, pandemic hobbies are discussed, new Batman is new, the Terminator movies, Avatar, and James Cameron's end of the world, and more!

Content Obscura 2022 Episode 2: In this episode: UFOs, music nerdery, the hypothetical future of the movie theater post-Covid19, and more!

https://youtu.be/mvvimFQ87tg

We're back! We're also doing a video version of the show now! https://youtu.be/_u0nOwpbmAs

Hey, it's your favorite half of a podcast's band, working out some stuff in the studio - it's just us faffing around, but we miss you and wanted to send you something fun! Bake it away, toys!

So, Console Obscura is still on indefinite hiatus. Ian and Wylie have a band, Kenny has a band, Jimmy is going to college and bought a house, lots of stuff going on in everyone's life! We may get the podcast gang back together at some point in the future, but in the interim, we'll post other stuff members are doing, like this!

Sunstang is Ian and Wylie's band - a four piece, and Ian and Wylie write all the tunes and whatnot. Wylie is the lead singer and Ian plays lead guitar. This is our first ever live show, in entirety, at the Substation in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. Hope you like it!

More info on the band at www.sunstang.net

This week, we talk Houston, Stephen King, Modern Etiquette, Star Trek, & more. RIP Walter Becker.

Please consider donating to the following hurricane relief organizations:

The Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund of Houston’s mayor, Sylvester Turner, which is administered by the Greater Houston Community Foundation.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston is opening its doors at no charge this week, and offering extended hours. To donate, visit its website.

Houston Food Bank and the Food Bank of Corpus Christi are asking for donations.

The South Texas Blood and Tissue Center has posted an updated list of donor locations. Call 210-731-5590 or visit its website for more information.

Carter BloodCare covers hospitals in North, Central and East Texas. To donate, call 877-571-1000 or text DONATE4LIFE to 444-999.

To help animals, visit the Houston Humane Society or the San Antonio Humane Society. The Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has set up an animal emergency response hotline (713-861-3010) and is accepting donations on its website.

The Texas Diaper Bank in San Antonio is asking for diapers and wipes, which can be dropped off in person or mailed to 5415 Bandera Road, Suite 504, San Antonio, Tex., 78238.

The United Way of Greater Houston flood relief fund will be used to help with immediate needs as well as long-term services like minor home repair. Visit its website to donate or text UWFLOOD to 41444.

The L.G.B.T.Q. Disaster Relief Fund will be used to help people “rebuild their lives through counseling, case management, direct assistance with shelf stable food, furniture, housing and more.”

The Federal Emergency Management Agency recommends checking with the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster for a list of trusted disaster-relief organizations in Texas.

This episode, the CO goons talk about food, foodie culture, food science, weird food related hobbies, and more. It's a regular comida of errors!

Links to some of the stuff mentioned in this episode:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/business/energy-environment/14borlaug.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice

https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2010/sep/14/chilli-hot-food

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sci_tech/highlights/010730_chillies.shtml

http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2012/issue131b/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2I6Et1JkidnnbWgJFiMeHA

Many factual errors are made in this episode, so feel free to sprinkle it liberally with "it isn't", "he didn't", "she didn't", "they didn't", and "it wasn't", as needed. Channel your inner Ron Howard. :)

-Ed