miles here. i’m interested in the interesting and like to curate this semi-weekly newsletter for my friends and anyone else who wants to tune in. sending hygge to you wherever you may be during this cozy time of year, in this year of years. grateful for all of you.
🎧 what i’m listening to
🎅 Mamacita donde Esta Santa Claus. Yes, I did it. It’s the holiday playlist you should have been listening to all month, even if you think you don’t listen to ‘holiday playlists.’ But let me sneak this in right before the holiday season passes us by and help you look a little more holiday-suave than you thought you could. Because that’s something to aspire to, right? Holiday-suave.
It’s just the right amount of holiday songs, not like every song in the playlist, you know? And they’re holiday songs like you’ve never heard them...like What Christmas Means to Me by CeeLo Green (Spotify, YouTube), The Neck-Cracker Suite by Amerigo Gazaway (Spotify, YouTube), and Ha Ha Holiday by Madeleine Peyroux (Spotify, YouTube). And the other songs are by dope musicians the world over, especially some cozy French vibes and tunes that make you feel at home...but also not. You’re on a boat. Or an island. Or adventuring anywhere new because you and I both know you’re ready for some travel.
🤯 what’s blowing my mind
This baby Yoda behind the scenes video. If you’re like me, you’re watching way more television this year. And it’s easy to hate on this part of 2020. But honestly I’m going to put it out there and own that I am really enjoying some of the television and film that have hit my eyeballs these past 9 months. And Disney’s Mandalorian has been a particular treat.
This 8-minute behind the scenes segment is AWESOME and sheds some really neat color on what’s gone into making baby Yoda...well, baby Yoda. Did you know he’s fully a puppet? And FIVE puppeteers working on him at any given time? Or that the Mandalorian concept of a roaming assassin protecting a child from the forces of evil is based on a 50-year-old manga series Lone Wolf and Cub? Or that Werner Herzog is a HUGE baby Yoda fan? Yeah. Pretty neat, huh. Check it out.
😂 what’s cracking me up
Tuts My Barreh / Karaoke Fail (English Subtitles). It’s the subtitles that really kill me here. “Coz if you run your mother break a bottle sicker run day boo.”
h/t to my friend @P for the baby Yoda and tuts by barreh videos 🤩. 🙏 thanks for reading and happy holidays. i appreciate you.
my best,
miles