Ancestors

Written by villainous friend on 2024-12-02 at 10:28

For #DecRecs, I want to start off with a #podcast I'm enjoying: the Chinese Lore Podcast https://chineselore.com/ 📚 🎙️

Host John Zhu retells classic stories from #ChineseLiterature in English, and he's been doing it for ten years now! I've only been listening to his current, ongoing series, Investiture of the Gods, but he's already completed Water Margin and Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I really appreciate his humorous tone—he's not afraid to call it out when this highly influential story gets repetitive or absurd, just keeps things moving. It's a great way to make important stories more accessible!

The website also has transcripts for every episode, maps and character lists. ❤️

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Written by villainous friend on 2024-12-02 at 10:29

(I had this vague idea of theming my DecRecs around nonfiction books and papers I've enjoyed, but then yesterday I practically forgot it was even the start of the month, and I found myself reccing this podcast to @soph_sol so let's just include it. 🤷)

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Written by villainous friend on 2024-12-02 at 22:10

For #DecRecs day 2, I have another #podcast rec for you! 🏳️‍🌈🔈

Queer as Fact is a well-researched show by four Melburnians about queer history and media from around the world: https://www.queerasfact.com/. It’s scripted but still somewhat chatty, as every episode one of the hosts will present a topic to the others. They really try to talk about pre-19th century and non-North American, non-Western European stories.

Most episodes have transcripts and research notes linked from the website (more are coming). My favourite recent episode was about Okuhara Seiko: https://queerasfact.podbean.com/e/okuhara-seiko/

(Host Irene is a friend of mine, but I would recommend this podcast regardless!)

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Written by villainous friend on 2024-12-10 at 13:25

[#]DecRecs number 3 is an album: Gu Yan by Zuriaake.

Zuriaake are one of China’s oldest and most influential black metal bands, going since 1998. They are inspired by the Warring States period and include traditional Chinese instruments in their music, including the xun and handbells. (That’s the hook for my audience here. 😉) Zuriaake make vehement, emotional music that will transport you somewhere cold and wild. If you can see them live, do it! And in any case, enjoy one of my very favourite records: https://pestproductions.bandcamp.com/album/gu-yan-album

(Zuriaake on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuriaake.)

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Toot

Written by Asakiyume on 2024-12-10 at 15:43

@villainousfriend Wow; I love the sound! And available on Bandcamp--great!

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Descendants

Written by villainous friend on 2024-12-10 at 17:46

@asakiyume so glad you liked it!!

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