I am running a little late with this one, but here is what I watched, listened to, or did in July.
July is traditionally a very busy month for me work wise, so the list is not too long. Also, my viewing habits tend to be monopolised by one thing.
The Tour de France
July is TDF month! and I tend to watch all of it. In years past, I would actually sit up and watch the whole thing live. Often being part of the live twitter crowd (which has died because of, the reasons). In more recent years I’ll watch until a reasonable hour, and catch up in the morning.
This years was another great one. Obviously the race was dominated by one rider and team, but there were a few other fantastic moments. IYKYK.
Theo Katzman
Probably the real standout of July was getting to see Theo Katzman. Theo is one of my favourite artists and a criminally underrated songwriter and performer. He’s one of the original members of the funk band Vulfpeck, but also an incredible solo artist.
He did a mini tour of Australia, just by himself, and played in a Spiegeltent in Wynnum, a smal bayside suburb of Brisbane, as part of the Wynnum Fringe Festival. It was a tiny space, absolutely packed with the most die hard fans who knew every single word of every song.
I had some doubts about what the show would be like, but it was a great night. He was funny, endearing, and seemed somewhat suprised himself. I got the feeling that he had no idea what he was in for, and was genuinely blown away by the passion of the crowd.
I’d love to see him with his full band one day, but this was a lovely show.
Watching
In terms of other TV series, I did watch Murderbot. Which I really enjoyed. I am a fan of Alexander Skarsgård and he played the role of an anti-social robot who no longer has to obey orders so well. The show was funny and awkward all at the same time. I’d love to see another season.
I also watched Titan, the Netflix documentary about the Oceangate Submarine disaster. It was frustrating to watch, the obvious point it was making is about how one man’s ego, stubbornness, and wealth led to unneccesary deaths. Which it did, not subtlely. That said, I’ve dealt with a few people like Stockton Rush in my time, so none of it was particularly suprising.
I did watch a couple of movies too, I enjoyed The Amateur, even though it was ridiculous (I like this genre, the more ridiculous the better) and I’m a fan of Rami Malek.
Also ridiculous was Captain America: Brave New World, but it was what I needed to watch that night.
And Passengers, which was also a little ridiculous, but fun.
Looking back, I think I needed to watch brainless things this month!
A standout thing I did watch was a documentary called Immediate Family. This is a film about a group of musicians who played on countless hit records in the 70s. They were the backing band for James Taylor, Carol King, Warren Zevon, Jackson Browne and many others. If you’re a music history person like me, it’s a fantastic watch. I found it on YouTube, but I am not sure it’s an official release.
Until next month…
