SubRant

SubRant

By Catherine Lynn & James FryerArtsVisual Arts
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SubRant episodes

  • Episode #43: Pop Art and other Space Junk
    SHOW TOPICS

     - Creativity

     - Pop art and other space junk

     - Douchebag of the week

     - Library books and censorship

     - Netflix

    SHOW NOTES

     - 00:10 - James got news, but show must go on!

     - 00:45 - 100 Days of Creativity Project

     - 02:15 - Instagram accounts - paintings & cats?

     - 02:55 - "To the moon, Jeff Koons!"

     - 03:42 - Space, the final frontier for the rich and egoic (which is a word)

     - 05:00 - If this were only a joke

     - 07:20 - Got space junk? Hire the banana guy!

     - 08:31 - Writer award goes to...

     - 09:22 - James critiques "Death Becomes Her" because he is a zombie

     - 09:45 - Catherine gets triggered by book reviewer

     - 10:48 - Let librarians library!

     - 11:30 - No common sense, people suck, let's stay home

     - 13:00 - Can someone else's preferences define our discomfort?

     - 14:48 - Hyperbole for hyperbole

     - 15:58 - We're already on that slippery slope

     - 17:15 - Netflix, just chill

     - 19:24 - Prices up, content down, Star Trek gone

     - 21:50 - Nobody wants advertising!

     - 22:25 - James reminisces, DVDs to streaming

     - 23:54 - Breaking down the niches

     - 25:37 - Catherine just wants to watch everything!

     - 27:30 - High prices for crap?

     - 28:59 - SubRant fever dreams get cancelled

    30 min
  • Episode #42: Protest on Aisle 7
    SHOW TOPICS

     - UNESCO makes a holiday

     - "Professional" artist?

     - Billionaires and philanthropy (or the lack there of)

     - Trashing Amazon

     - Artistic activism

     - Wearing Rembrandt

     - Math-nerd moment

    SHOW NOTES

     - 00:15 - "World Art Day" is every day

     - 01:20 - What is a profession really?

     - 02:07 - Artists just don't get paid!

     - 02:58 - Show note refund / RISD with an extra "E"

     - 04:20 - MacKenzie Scott is a generous "22%-er"

     - 05:10 - Critiquing a billionaire short list

     - 06:54 - "...and the douche-bag is..."

     - 07:50 - Turned off by Amazon

     - 09:30 - Dumpster diving proves a point

     - 10:30 - A new take on "sticker shock", but is it art?

     - 12:00 - Alexandra Skochilenko "awaiting trial" for creative protest

     - 12:36 - Seems like yarn graffiti

     - 14:15 - Representative Cori Bush is a "positivist"?

     - 16:30 - Creativity, courage and blank signs!

     - 17:45 - Now that's "wearable art"!

     - 19:14 - Hands down, it's a an interesting bracelet!

     - 20:00 - Cooper Hewitt snags original, but there were 10!

     - 21:40 - "Golden Ratio" is not just for nerds

     - 22:05 - Fibonacci sequence obsession

     - 24:00 - Random quote not previously covered

     - 24:28 - "Mini-Madoff" and out!

    25 min
  • Episode #41: NFM: Non Fungible Mushroom
    SHOW TOPICS

     - Must leave home

     - Mushrooms are everywhere

     - Shoutout to Arizona LD 2 Democrats!

     - Bedazzling garbage

     - Don't feed the birds

     - Shoulda Dropped Out of RISD

    SHOW NOTES

     - 00:05 - Time for Catherine to leave the house

     - 01:50 - No camping for James

     - 02:39 - Fungus objection

     - 03:20 - Human brain: art project on mushrooms!

     - 04:55 - Portobello prose?

     - 06:12 - "Annoyingly pretentiously tedious"

     - 08:00 - Organic molded work

     - 09:20 - Abandon crypto for mushrooms

     - 11:00 - "Inter-species" collaboration in a Phoenix art space

     - 12:00 - After our first podcast it was all downhill

     - 12:55 - Links for Arizona LD 2 Democrats running for state legislature

     - Rep. Judy Schwiebert: Twitter, Facebook, website, and newsletter

     - Jeanne Casteen for LD2 State Senate: website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

     - LD2 Dems:  website, newsletter, monthly meeting, Facebook, and Twitter

     - 13:05 - Weekly Events to support AZ LD 2

     - Wednesday Phonebank from 5-7

     - Saturday Canvassing from 10-12:30

     - Saturday Phonebank from 3-5

     - Sunday Canvassing every other week from 2:30-5:00

     - Anytime Phonebank daily from 9am-7pm. (You must be trained before doing this)

     - 14:10 - Cheetos and crystals

     - 17:00 - "Swarovski-lying" garbage for consumerism

     - 18:00 - Everyone, play with your food!

     - 19:17 - Ignore Catherine and her fever dreams

     - 20:25 - James uncovers the geodesic mystery

     - 21:30 - Hemp "legos" for houses

     - 23:15 - Cheeto-sphere vs. peanut butter pinecone

     - 24:07 - "Sam, have you seen Americans?"

     - 25:50 - James sounds like a hippie

     - 26:31 - Sam (and James) went to RISD

     - 27:27 - Do a "real power move", drop out!

     - 28:24 - This is the worst podcast on the planet

    29 min
  • Episode #40: Art & Oligarchs
    SHOW TOPICS

     - Words matter

     - Travel and Catherine don't mix

     - Oligarchs and art

     - Saving art in times of war

     - Good Grammy

    SHOW NOTES

     - 00:07 - "Hanging out" is not dating, and words matter!

     - 01:05 - James berates Catherine's (lack of) travel

     - 01:20 - Pissing on the Midwest

     - 02:25 - Exploring Hong Kong before Google maps

     - 04:15 - "It's the oligarchs' (art) world, we just paint in it?"

     - 05:35 - Guardians of ambiguity

     - 06:45 - Hold that auction!

     - 08:30 - Gatekeepers of moral responsibility?

     - 10:00 - Catherine mistakes a soccer team for a neighborhood in New York

     - 11:00 - The global presence of Philips (not light bulbs)

     - 11:45 - James defines "art washing"

     - 13:20 - Don't collude with bad guys

     - 14:05 - There are no cushions, even for art

     - 15:13 - Dr. Evil was not evil or effective

     - 15:30 - Disclosure laws needed, case closed

     - 17:25 - Keeping collecting safe in "The Garage"

     - 18:25 - Even ugly history repeats itself

     - 19:50 - Destroying art erases humanity's connections

     - 21:45 - Prohibiting "wanton destruction" since 1899

     - 23:35 - Drunk dialing an Italian article that will not be shared here

     - 24:50 - James is (not) a word criminal

     - 25:37 - The Grammys, BTS, President Volodymyr Zelensky

     - 26:45 - Make your own damn art!

     - 27:06 - Stop the war!

    28 min
  • Episode #39: Fake Banksy
    SHOW TOPICS

     - Suspicions social media ads

     - Fake Banksy shows

     - Dissecting sleazy

     - Just go to Banksy

    SHOW NOTES

     - 00:05 - Suspicious ads

     - 00:50 - Banksy "Show" keeps showing up, but not at Phoenix Art Museum

     - 03:00 - Give info to get info? Nope.

     - 03:45 - Car dealership urban legend

     - 04:30 - Internet sleuth uncovers a "Turkey"

     - 05:05 - Banksy says "Nope"

     - 05:18 - Another "not Banksy approved" scenario

     - 06:40 - What do you see? Refunds!

     - 07:44 - No chisels, but "high value" work, "according to the company"

     - 09:20 - Siding with the artist is the "silver lining"

     - 09:54 - Go to Banksy to view Banksy, he shares!

     - 11:20 - "The public doesn't have a right to anything"

     - 12:20 - No good argument for "sleazy", but not a PSA

     - 14:10 - "Vibing" with Diego Rivera's brushstrokes

     - 15:20 - Banksy's message is more concise than this discussion

     - 15:48 - Just follow Banksy on Instagram

     - 16:40 - Please don't steal my wall

     - 17:20 - Banksy does your homework!

     - 18:00 - Vermeer didn't give consent, yet...

     - 18:30 - "The better the show, the less you pay"

    19 min
  • Episode #38: Laptop Archaeology

     - 00:05 - Hello, it's 2021 calling!

     - 00:40 - "Mask-hole", unchained

     - 03:00 - "Phone-holes" vs James

     - 04:05 - James explains the "Slur of Karen"

     - 05:00 - Crushing on Betty Rubble and Mary Ann

     - 05:30 - "Gilligan's Island", the last great TV show

     - 06:20 - The horrors of re-watching 80s-90s TV

     - 07:50 - Everything after the "Miami Vice" pilot was crap

     - 08:30 - Skewed media degrades morale, even on the battlefield

     - 10:15 - TikTok's "Hypo Hysterical History" covered it first!

     - 11:50 - Media's lack of good analysis is failing us

     - 13:10 - Be selective with your social media

     - 14:08 - "Beau of the Fifth Column" on YouTube provides thoughtful content

     - 15:50 - Speaking of laptop art!

     - 16:30 - Harry Styles click-bait

     - 18:00 - Art, modern archaeology, and psychotic bursts of emotion

     - 20:00 - Laptop stickers: "all-in" or a minimalist?

     - 22:11 - Dickies is not street wear

     - 23:00 - Laptops: Swiss Army knife or portal to your existence?

     - 26:15 - Computers are more important than cars

     - 27:33 - James is (not) a hothead

    30 min
  • Episode #37: The Art of Goblining
    SHOW TOPICS

     - Balloons!

     - iPhone addiction

     - Desert flooding

     - Goblin-mode?

     - Quasi-political rant

     - Locksmith saves the family!

    SHOW NOTES

     - 00:45 - Balloon bouquet for all occasions!

     - 01:30 - Catherine late to podcast, again

     - 02:15 - Step away from the iPhone!

     - 04:15 - "The Podcast Record Of Our Lives"

     - 05:30 - Rocks in her yard, rocks in her head

     - 07:00 - Catherine floods Phoenix, but this content is sheer drought

     - 08:10 - Goblins trigger James

     - 09:20 - "No aesthetic" is an aesthetic

     - 11:00 - American short attention span makes everything ancient history

     - 11:53 - "It's always something...every day is a crazy day!"

     - 12:15 - Who's onboard with the logical progression to nihilism?

     - 13:20 - A bad case of cosplay

     - 14:20 - Break-up couch and 4 days of ice cream

     - 15:05 - This deep dive is really too much

     - 16:30 - Acceptance, resignation, or 3 pairs of yoga pants?

     - 18:30 - Just don't be a goblin, ok?

     - 19:15 — Good things happen!

     - 20:00 - James makes a case for "Orc-Mode"

     - 20:30 - So much for the podcast about art!

     - 21:15 - USA has many blessings

     - 22:30 - Double-edged sword of abundance

     - 24:20 - Constitutional "gentleman's agreement"

     - 24:44 - America only works if we all agree to the rules

     - 26:19 - Goblin mode leads to destruction!

     - 26:30 - Failed locks but Jarod saves the day!

     - 27:55 - Catherine was a "party gurl"!

     - 29:28 - There goes our "G-rating"

     - 30:45 - Intellectual level dropped so we need to stop

    31 min
  • Episode #36: Lies, Lies, Lies
    SHOW TOPICS

     - Solar panels

     - This old house

     - Lies, lies, lies

     - Housing rant

     - Learning Korean

     - CDs and missing the 1990s

    SHOW NOTES

     - 00:15 - James's invisible solar panels

     - 01:00 - Catherine's infrastructure meltdown

     - 02:20 - Monetizing the sun

     - 03:54 - Energy efficiency goodie box

     - 04:50 - Lying is bad, but...

     - 06:00 - Morality: osmosis or reason?

     - 08:00 - Just tell me "it's OK"!

     - 08:40 - Tweets et cetera

     - 09:45 - Turn down the amplifier already!

     - 11:53 - Bob's truth conquers a bridge!

     - 13:25 - Freedom through candor

     - 14:20 - Who has the power?

     - 14:45 - "Candorous" is now a word

     - 16:00 - House CEO buys $900 toilet

     - 18:30 - Arizona is too boring to be this expensive

     - 20:05 - Ignoring the housing shortage is not helpful

     - 20:55 - Now for some good news! Learning Korean!

     - 21:25 - Two minutes of rambling...

     - 23:05 - "Talk To Me In Korean" books arrived fast!

     - 24:15 - New alphabet, Hangul, intimidation, drawing faces

     - 24:40 - Migraines, guitar, and Spanish

     - 26:00 - All musical rabbit holes lead to BTS (for Catherine)

     - 27:30 - Buying CDs is back!

     - 29:00 - James will always have "The Fifth Element"

     - 31:05 - Embracing analogue and other 1990s nostalgia

     - 32:22 - Design the world that you want to live in!

    33 min
  • Episode #35: "Apes Gonna Ape"
    SHOW TOPICS

     - Phoenix: Aliens in the alleyway

     - Recycling rant

     - Art destruction

     - Enough orange for a lifetime

     - BTS is our only hope!

     - Butchering a new language

    SHOW NOTES

     - 00:10 - Alleys are despicable

     - 00:30 - "Every week it's guns, guns, guns!"

     - 01:25 - "Where has all the garbage gone?"

     - 02:20 - Alien crash landing on Dreamy Draw!

     - 03:15 - Dumpsters, cows, no difference

     - 04:20 - Illegal dumping or art installation?

     - 05:25 - Please don't sleep in the alley

     - 05:50 - Hold your recycle containers close

     - 07:00 - Recycling territory sparks aggression

     - 08:10 - Just recycle Florida

     - 09:00 - Phoenix recycling burn-out

     - 10:20 - Cut stuff out, get stuff done!

     - 11:10 - James wins "reduce, reuse, recycle"

     - 12:10 - Bob's "empty toy-room" epiphany!

     - 13:20 - "Shrink-wrap" and snap, but why?

     - 16:15 - Destruction of Malaysian tiger sculpture

     - 19:00 - Public art is not your playground!

     - 19:35 - Porshes don't float, "news from the sea", oligarch B&B

     - 21:35 - Destruction of Ukrainian paintings

     - 22:55 - Museum as target

     - 23:45 - Violent random acts hurt humanity

     - 24:35 - We can only grieve for what is lost

     - 25:35 - Now some good news?

     - 25:50 - Enough orange, moving on!

     - 27:35 - BTS is the new "rose colored glasses"!

     - 29:05 - Just "Talk To Me in Korean"

    30 min
  • Episode #34: Medusa Turning Heads
    SHOW TOPICS

     - Luxury car roast

     - Battery zombies and Christmas lights

     - Phoenix recycling woes

     - Tiny apartments

     - Roblox non-story

     - Medusa turning heads

    SHOW NOTES

     - 00:10 - Porsche supply chain heats up!

     - 00:55 - If ship on fire, jump overboard

     - 01:45 - Smoking Lamborghinis on the water

     - 02:05 - EV battery vs "the environment"

     - 03:00 - The expensive barbarian battery

     - 04:45 - "Electr-(on)-ic" battery activism or PR?

     - 06:40 - Climate, EVs, not yet "Golden Age"

     - 07:47 - Is "Million Mile" battery a zombie, OR Analogous to Christmas string lights?

     - 09:22 - TV disposal nightmare in Phoenix!

     - 11:25 - James gets tough on recycling

     - 12:22 - Cubicle apartments, London to S. Korea

     - 13:35 - Seven square meters with potatoes

     - 14:45 - Rant of the Phoenix homebodies

     - 16:05 - Foresty Forest

     - 16:35 - James has no need for houses

     - 16:55 - Roblox, mini-figs, blurring the naughty bits

     - 18:55 - Sexist censorship for square butts

     - 19:44 - Simply outrageous but not puritanical

     - 20:51 - Back to art with the "Me Too" Medusa

     - 21:40 - Turning mythology "on its head"

     - 22:56 - Amplified controversy via social media

     - 23:15 - Dissecting the "hot takes"

     - 24:08 - How about two or three heads?

     - 25:30 - Art is hard and photography is under appreciated

     - 26:20 - Arlene Gottfried  photographs

     - 28:11 - "How do we chronicle our relationships?"

     - 28:44 - "These are not studio pictures"

     - 29:25 - Nice to come across art that moves you!

    30 min

About SubRant

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SubRant: a podcast wherein Catherine and James, two wildly (mildly) creative and cosmopolitan (provincial) Parisians (Phoenicians), wander in and out of conversations about art and other stuff that annoys them.