Strangely Doesburg and the 2021 Reading List - Part I

December 30, 2021 S. Doesburg

Hello Everyone! In honor of my birthday here is the first half of my reading list review for 2021! I hope you enjoy the annual unscripted ramblings of a goober telling you what they done read this year. (61-130 are next week!)

I hope you're all safe and warm!

- Strangely

The Magician and the Fool - Barth Anderson
The Soul of Shame - Kurt Thompson
Spiderman: The Clone Conspiracy - Dan Slott, et al
Florence Foster Jenkins - Nicolas Martin & Jasper Rees
Memory and Dream - Charles de Lint
Walden - Thoreau
The Other - David Guterson
Metatropolis - Bear, Buckell, Lake, Scalze, and Schroeder
The Reason for God - Timothy Keller
Your Mouth is Lovely - Nancy Richler
Harald, Claudia, and their Son Duncan - Nadine Gardiner
The Life of St. Teresa of Avila: A Biography - Carlos Eire
Parallel Histories: Muslims and Jews in Inquisitorial Spain - James S. Amelang
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum - Kristen Weiss
Celestina - Fernando de Rojas
Sideshow U.S.A. - Rachael Addams
A Little Hatred - Joe Abercrombie
The Trouble with Peace
The Wisdom of Crowds - Joe Abercrombie
A Life Under Russian Serfdom - Savva Dmitrievich Purlevskii
The Inquisition in New Spain - John F. Chuchiak (ed.)
Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
Lost Continents - L. Sprauge DeCamp
Sketches from a Hunter’s Album - Ivan Turgenev
A Radical Worker in Tsarist Russia - Semën Ivanovich Kanachikov
A World Without Email - Cal Newport
The Golden Age of Spanish Drama - Barbara Fuchs (ed.)
Digital Minimalism - Cal Newport
The Undercover Economist - Tim Harford
The Given Sacrifice - S.M. Stirling
The Golden Princess - S.M. Stirling
Prince of Outcasts - S.M. Stirling
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
Lucifer Vol. 1: Devil in the Gateway - Carey, Hampton, Weston, et. al.
The F*ck It Diet - Nancy Richler
Cerebus Vol. III: Church and State I - Dave Sim & Gerhard
Manhattan Projects Vol. IV - Hickman & Pitarra
The October Faction Vol III - Miles & Worm
The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything… Fast - Josh Kaufman
Preacher Vol 1: Gone to Texas - Ennis and Dillion
Preacher Vol 2: Til the End of the World - Ennis and Dillion
Preacher Vol 3: Proud Americans - Ennis and Dillion
Preacher Vol 4: Ancient History - Ennis and Dillion
Preacher Vol 5: Dixie Fried - Ennis and Dillion
Preacher Vol 6: War in the Sun - Ennis and Dillion
Preacher Vol 7: Salvation - Ennis and Dillion
Preacher Vol 8: All Hell’s a Coming - Ennis and Dillion
Preacher Vol 9: Alamo - Ennis and Dillion
This is How They Tell me the World Ends - Nicole Perlroth
Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances - Lisa Morton
Moby Dick - Herman Melville
Don Quixote - Miguel Cervantes translated: Tobias Smollett
Analogia - George Dyson
Salvation - Peter F. Hamilton
Salvation Lost - Peter F. Hamilton
The Saints of Salvation - Peter F. Hamilton
Team of Teams - General Stanley McCrystal et. al.
We Will Not Cancel Us - adrienne marie brown
The Trouble with Gravity - Richard Panek

Strangely Doesburg and the Arctic Accordion

November 23, 2021 S. Doesburg

I got my very first artists residency! in April of next year I will be one of the artists and scientists participating in an expedition aboard the tallship Antigua!

I've got more to say about that on this episode of the podcast (including a kickstarter), a sneak peak at a new writing project, and the debut of a new drinking song co-written with Benjamin Franklin. Elsewhen you can hear what I think of King Lear and Bulletproof Monk. SAFTP is back!

Kickstarter Link: http://kck.st/3BsNvmd (Ends Nov 27 at 11:59 PM!!)

(Photo by Barbara Putnam)

Strangely Doesburg and the Pattern of Pickets

June 30, 2021 S. Doesburg

I built a fence.

Elsewhen I've got thoughts on Jordan Peterson, Chernobyl, and a song about a Tapestry!

It's good to be back, I missed you!

Strangely Doesburg and the Prodigious Probabilities

May 21, 2021 S. Doesburg

This week I muse about the possibilities available in admitting there is no hope of inventing anything new. Elsewhen I revisit a classic slasher flick from the turn of the millennium, open my mail, and reveal my favourite documentary film of all time. [The peeled lemons serve no function, I'm just being a domestic wee beastie.]

Strangely Doesburg and the Absent Agency

May 14, 2021 S. Doesburg

The week's episode feature's a book about Benedictines, one of Leonard Cohen's last albums, and my own shocking lack of intent when dropping out of university. Elsewhen I've got a new song about the shocking sight glimpsed via screensharing during a Zoom meeting.

Strangely Doesburg and the Turgenev Tongue Twister

May 6, 2021 S. Doesburg

Fresh off the presses! This week's episode has mullings on likeable baddies, a comic book full of loveable degenerates, a new reccordion of "Sweet Cron," and more outtakes than usual.

Heather Wilson and the Doubtful Defenestration

April 29, 2021 S. Doesburg

This week sees the return of guests! I'm so happy I got to chat with my friend Heather... in my van! Elsewhen I suggest you do things wrong on purpose, recommend some Canadian comedy, and share another brand new song! Plus, as a bonus, you get to hear my fake Australian accent!

Strangely Doesburg and the Brain that Creates Itself

April 22, 2021 S. Doesburg

This week I've got some thoughts on some gender-fluid scifi factions, a comic book more bananas than Doctor Who, and a ramble about emergent consciousness. Elsewhen there is another preview of my in-progress album, and my true feelings about Ludacris. Disturbing noises abound!

Strangely Doesburg and the Yogurt Story

April 15, 2021 S. Doesburg

This week I've got some first impressions about a big scary book I FINALLY finished reading. Elsewhen I talk about increasing understanding through appreciating terminology, recommend a book for learning skills with, and tell the "Yogurt Story," on a reccordion!

Strangely Doesburg and the Circle of Endearment

April 8, 2021 S. Doesburg

Although I'm deep in the throes of reccordion my next album, I still managed to keep up the schedule for the podcast this week! Within you will learn what my favourite "candy" was in church as a child, what a "zero day" is, and how I deploy 2,500 words to examine how comedy should "feel." All that and a new studio reccordion of "Sweet Cron?!" It must be this week’s episode of the podcast!

Strangely Doesburg and the Bad Jimmy Stewart

April 1, 2021 S. Doesburg

This week on the podcast I have some thoughts on reading yucky books. I've also got a few recommendations, a ramble about a rambling comic book series, and another brand new song! I've been a busy lil' art gremlin this week, I hope you enjoy it!

Strangely Doesburg and the Hermitage

March 26, 2021 S. Doesburg

Hello Everyone!

I've now graduated university and I'm back in the Art Life full time! I am so excited to apply all the new things I've learned about myself and the world over the past couple of years to the art I make. This week I've got some hopeful thoughts on solitude, a cartoon recommendation, and a brand new song about... well, I'll let you discover for yourself.

I hope this finds you all well and of a comfortable temperature! See you next week!

-S

It is (was) my Birthday! - Part II

December 31, 2020 S. Doesburg

Hello Everyone!

Here is the second part of my Birthday(ish) Special Episode! I ramble through stories about my oddest high school teacher and then finish the annotated bibliography! To round out the year I've got a brand new song about all the things I regret!

See you next year!

It is (was) my Birthday! - Part I

December 30, 2020 S. Doesburg

Hello everyone! What a year it's been! Join me as I reflect on last year's resolutions, and ramble about some plans for the future. I've also got the first half of my annotated bibliography from the past 365 days! Books, books, books!

Thank you folks so much for listening to this odd little podcast filled with all the weirdness I want to talk about. I'm looking forward to the future!

Strangely Doesburg and the Recorded Ramble

December 9, 2020 S. Doesburg

Hey Folks,

Strangely Here.

I've been absolutely slammed by school this quarter, but I wanted to share some of what I've been working on in this episode. Witchcraft! Magicians! A man named "Pepys!" On a darker note, I also experienced a personal loss recently that has made it very difficult to press onwards some days. I talk about it a bit in this episode, though it's still too fresh to really put into words. Then there's an unexpected early birthday present, and an old song of mine to close things out.

Next episode is the “lonely birthday special!”

I hope you are all well, please know I miss you all terribly.

Strangely Doesburg and the Single Pat on the Shoulder

November 30, 2020 S. Doesburg

Strangely fights through a haze of apocalyptic smoke that has wreathed Bellingham in bizarre shapes and managed to produce an episode. Although a bit uncomfortable, Strangely is at least safe at the moment. Here’s hoping you and all of yours are as well.

This week sees a couple of brand new segments, an unplanned, unscripted story of the kindest thing anyone ever did for Strangely, and way too many feelings about video-game cutscenes. Then there's quite possibly the most bizarre collection of Mailbag Items ever!

Note: This was recorded in September 2029, but due to a glitch is being uploaded on 30 November 2020.

Strangely Doesburg and the Troglodyte Experiment

September 25, 2020 S. Doesburg

Strangely chats with regular guest Sarah Shay about the oddities of life in the Time of Corona, pulling back from digital technology, and the necessary changes to New Years Resolutions in light of the aforementioned Time of Corona.

Catherine Roskam and the Expansion of Consciousness

July 8, 2020 S. Doesburg

Live guests are back! Although sitting a responsible distance apart, Strangely managed to get good enough audio from opposite ends of an 8 foot table and here it is! Cathy Roskam sit’s down with Strangely to talk about The Episcoposse, Acknowledging Past Mistakes and Acting in the 1970s. Elsewhen Strangely has some thoughts on Dragonslayer, Psychedelics and Going Back to School.

Strangely Doesburg and the Boiling Hot Closet

June 18, 2020 S. Doesburg

This week was recorded in the hottest jury-rigged studio of all time. Strangely shares thoughts on the greatest James Bond stunt of all time, and an academic paper on ‘The Craic.’ Elsewhen Strangely performs a rendition of a related jump-rope rhyme!

Strangely Doesburg and the Dirty Jokes

May 29, 2020 S. Doesburg

Strangely muses on Dirty Jokes in films, reviews a couple of movies and finally watches Casablanca. Speaking of finally getting around to things, Strangely now has a copy of Moby Dick! This week’s song is the classic shanty “High Barbary.”

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