Red Mosquito

Simple Torture wrote:P.S.:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/S-Tow ... 87.1311767

durdencommatyler wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:I had the big reveal from the end of episode 2 spoiled for me, but it hasn't hurt my enjoyment one iota.

I Googled "hedge maze Alabama" because I wanted to see if there were pictures of it somewhere and

Spoiler: show

the first picture was a pic of John B's headstone! Come on!

Yeah, that's dumb.

I'm glad I didn't have it spoiled at all for me. But I don't think it would be a deal breaker even if it had. The show has so much more going for it than that one twist. I mean, it's in the second episode. Of course, there's much much more.

Spoiler: show

So I was googling vague summaries and blurbs of this podcast before finishing episode 2 earlier today and the first one I read referred to John B. in the past tense. Right before I started episode 2. Bah.

I am enjoying this series, but there's been an overwhelming sadness to it that is not gibing well with me. I can fully relate to that thing Brian describes near the end of the second episode when he describes how John B. felt distressed about the lack of outrage at all of the world's shittiness more than the shittiness itself.

washing machine wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:I had the big reveal from the end of episode 2 spoiled for me, but it hasn't hurt my enjoyment one iota.

I Googled "hedge maze Alabama" because I wanted to see if there were pictures of it somewhere and

Spoiler: show

the first picture was a pic of John B's headstone! Come on!

Yeah, that's dumb.

I'm glad I didn't have it spoiled at all for me. But I don't think it would be a deal breaker even if it had. The show has so much more going for it than that one twist. I mean, it's in the second episode. Of course, there's much much more.

Spoiler: show

So I was googling vague summaries and blurbs of this podcast before finishing episode 2 earlier today and the first one I read referred to John B. in the past tense. Right before I started episode 2. Bah.

I am enjoying this series, but there's been an overwhelming sadness to it that is not gibing well with me. I can fully relate to that thing Brian describes near the end of the second episode when he describes how John B. felt distressed about the lack of outrage at all of the world's shittiness more than the shittiness itself.

dimejinky99 wrote:I did the whole thing in one sitting and thought it was great.

Now I find out this guy was real? And the whole thing actually happened?

I thought this was just some really well produced radio play

Now I'm flummoxed

Simple Torture wrote:Re: S-Town--My wife used to get the "I'm Not Really A Waitress" nail polish all the time.

durdencommatyler wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:I did the whole thing in one sitting and thought it was great.

Now I find out this guy was real? And the whole thing actually happened?

I thought this was just some really well produced radio play

Now I'm flummoxed

Oh, dime.

dimejinky99 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:I did the whole thing in one sitting and thought it was great.

Now I find out this guy was real? And the whole thing actually happened?

I thought this was just some really well produced radio play

Now I'm flummoxed

Oh, dime.

Seriously though. All these pics of him and his maze and his house have appeared on google images. I won't spoil anything is I don't know what episode you're on but man. It's an insane story.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

VinylGuy wrote:I just loved the intro of the new BEE podcast. He nails everything about the political climate in the US and the world.

Bret you are my idol.

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