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This week, we welcome Jay, fellow Snouts user and our first guest lecturer, to dive deep into one of the most ubiquitous typefaces of all time, Helvetica! Special thanks to Jay for stopping by the show!

Sources:

Helvetica (2007, dir. Gary Hustwit)

Thinking With Type by Ellen Lupton

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

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2013/06/making-sense-of-type-classification-part-2/

https://www.aiga.org/the-mostly-true-story-of-helvetica-and-the-new-york-city-subway

https://99designs.com/blog/creative-inspiration/famous-logos-made-with-helvetica/

This week on Commune College, Keeble talks parties and how to throw them, inexpensively and memorably for your guests!

Keeble's show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-6pBtKJG8hTYLCi4yMoRX90PML_YFMSCvuy9ujVC1HQ

This time on Commune College, Hyperlink talks Bonzi Buddy, one of the most notorious purple-gorilla-themed PUPs of the Windows XP era! But what does Bonzi Technologies' business model reveal about the surveillance capitalist internet of today? Listen along for spills, chills, and thrills!

SOURCES:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU1hesbmaKM

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

Bonzi Technologies, Inc. (2004, February 18). Bonzi Software -- Exhibit C -- Bonzi.com

Online Privacy Policy Statement. Retrieved from https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/

documents/cases/040217exibcbonzi.pdf

Gibbs, S. (2018, April 09). YouTube illegally collects data on children, say child protection

groups. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/09/

youtube-illegally-collects-data-on-children-say-child-protection-groups 

Google Inc. (n.d.). Privacy Policy – Privacy & Terms. Retrieved from https://

policies.google.com/privacy


Internet Archive. (n.d.). Archived URLs from the bonzi.com domain. Retrieved from https://

web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bonzi.com/*

Joe Bonzi Executive Profile. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.bloomberg.com/research/

stocks/private/person.asp?personId=215109671&privcapId=51324423

Mills, E. (2006, September 25). AOL sued over Web search data release. Retrieved from

https://www.cnet.com/news/aol-sued-over-web-search-data-release/

Pasquale, F. (2015). The black box society: the secret algorithms behind money and

information. Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University Press.

PC World Staff. (2007, April 16). Your Top 10 Most Annoying Tech Products. Retrieved

from https://www.pcworld.com/article/130647/article.html#slide6

Ravenscraft, E. (2017, August 14). A Brief History of BonziBuddy, the Internet's Most

Friendly Malware. Retrieved from https://www.howtogeek.com/321720/a-brief-history-

of-bonzibuddy-the-internets-most-friendly-malware/

UMG Recordings, Inc. to Pay $400,000, Bonzi Software, Inc. To Pay $75,000 to Settle

COPPA Civil Penalty Charges. (2004, February 18). Retrieved from https://

www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2004/02/umg-recordings-inc-pay-400000-

bonzi-software-inc-pay-75000-settle

oh and this is the song from the intro! https://fuzzyproxy.bandcamp.com/track/five-oclock-crowd-car

This week on Commune College, Proxy takes us on a walk through the haunted house of microgenres known as witch house. Bask in the glory of the early 2010s as the brief spotlight on these spooky soundscapes whose effects still haunt us to this day!

[CW for drugs, abuse, and death]

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_house_(genre)

https://web.archive.org/web/20110824134805/http://plainpictures.blogspot.com/2010/11/13-rules-to-make-great-witch-house-song.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20110101070906/http://www.avclub.com/denver/articles/this-is-witch-house,49199/

https://www.boulderweekly.com/entertainment/music/which-house-for-witch-house/

https://web.archive.org/web/20161109232101/https://www.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2010/12/20/what-is-the-witch-house-font

https://web.archive.org/web/20150710081752/http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2010/10/27/whose-house-witch-house-part-1

https://www.vulture.com/2017/10/witch-house-music-salem-a-reconsideration.html

https://dangerousminds.net/comments/guest_editorial_enter_the_witch_house

http://pendunyc.com/events/the-genesis-of-naming-a-genre-witch-house-by-todd-pendu/

https://ultramassa.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/thee-splinter-test-by-genesis-p-orridge/

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

https://music.newcity.com/2011/03/07/love-to-hate-why-salem-is-flattered-by-your-antagonism/

https://matersuspiriavision.bandcamp.com/

https://ritualz.bandcamp.com/

https://sidewalksandskeletons.bandcamp.com/

Albums mentioned:

-Salem - King Night

-White Ring - Gate of Grief https://whitering.bandcamp.com/album/gate-of-grief

-FLESH - Hexadezimaltod https://fleshhorrornoisebeat.bandcamp.com/album/hexadezimaltod

-Mater Suspiria Vision

This time on Commune College, Keeble takes us on a surprising trip through the world of kids menus? What exactly constitutes "kids menu food", anyway? CW for food talk throughout!

Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-8iJun9orrH6n0tcocdaf-Tg9crK3AJGJcV-m3zO1LE/edit?usp=sharing

This week, Hyperlink Number One Dog takes us through the weirdly liberal history of every twink's favorite beverage, SELTZER! Content warning for occasional alcohol mentions and strong seltzer opinions.

Sources

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

https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/podcast/fizzy-water#transcript

https://www.iep.utm.edu/priestly/

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

https://elemental.medium.com/a-brief-history-of-seltzer-booms-in-america-ce82d81a0f3f

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/07/16/how-bubbly-water-became-a-billion-dollar-business-and-big-soda-fell-flat/

Enjoy your Holidays! We're here with a slow-paced, lackidasical episode, talking about what we've learned this past year.

[Content warnings for lewd content/language and mentions of mental health and trauma. oh and at one point we talk about this XXYYXX album cover so here's that https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/ar0/ed2f699ae7b94131aa7b4cf290056104]

Rotoscoping is a divise technique within the world of animation, creating an exciting and intriguing new form of motion. Proxy walks the gang through the history behind this technique, as well as several examples of it!

Sources:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMjucU3YQQU

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

Extra Examples Given:

Tron (dir. Steven Lisberger, 1982)

Charles Schwab advertisements, "Talk To Chuck" (2005) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCmX_JRv2o0

Flowers of Evil (dir. Hiroshi Nagahama, 2013) https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/19503

Since the 80s, what we call “jazz” has increasingly shifted definition away from reflecting the tastes, interests, and directions of youth/musical growth and instead reflected the interests of white moneyed interests. Keeble walks us through the NPR-ification of Jazz Music on this Commune College!!

Sources & outline: https://docs.google.com/document/d/131_VrSIlzMfozuvOvX_vWG7Y8GOT865NIFORinJHPs4/edit?usp=sharing

Commune College Presents: Proxy's Mean Bean Machine

SOURCES:

https://www.perfectdailygrind.com/2017/05/brew-coffee-home-beginners-guide/

https://www.perfectdailygrind.com/2017/04/video-coffees-origin-matter/

https://www.perfectdailygrind.com/2017/05/light-medium-dark-roasted-coffee-video/ https://www.perfectdailygrind.com/2016/04/origin-insight-dissecting-the-coffee-cherry-in-2-videos/

https://www.perfectdailygrind.com/2015/09/what-roasting-dates-can-cant-tell-you-about-coffee/

https://puritycoffee.com/brewing-guide/

https://cafealtura.com/measure-coffee-scale/

https://angelscup.com/blog/taste/how-different-coffee-origins-usually-taste/

https://aeropress.com/use-it-now/getting-started/

https://www.craftcoffee.com/how-to-make-coffee/aeropress-brew-guide

https://www.littlecoffeeplace.com/ultimate-guide-pour-over-coffee

https://www.craftcoffee.com/how-to-make-coffee/french-press-brew-guide

https://www.littlecoffeeplace.com/cold-brew-vs-iced-coffee-which-one-to-choose