Hey hey hey,
I have some goodies for everyone in this YeeHaw. Over the past two months, I have scoured the internet to bring you a number of interesting findings. Particularly, I have listened to a ton of new music to create the deepest YeeHaw playlist yet—deep in quality and quantity. Laura Medina, of huge music snobbery, commented “This is YeeHaw’s best new music playlist by far. Nothing weird or annoying and every song is good.” So there you have it. Check it out below.
I have recently been analyzing my website analytics, which led me to a very interesting finding. There is a song called Old Town Road by Lil Nas which happens to be the #1 song in America. Not my thing but whatever. There is a lyric where “Yee Yee juice” is referenced, which apparently when drank, turns one into a cowboy. A meme started where people play the song and create a video of them transforming into a cowboy (YouTube video). It seems as though people mistakenly search “YeeHaw Juice” and end up at YeeHaw.io. I have had an unusual number of new signups for the newsletter recently. Probably not my target audience, but still…thank you, Lil Nas.
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THE CROWDSOURCED ALL-STAR (Podcast Link) - This episode of RadioLab tells the story of John Scott, a goon that became the center of the NFL because the internet randomly decided to turn him into a meme in an effort to get him into the NHL Allstar Game, resulting in one of the more bizarre stories in recent sports.
FLAT EARTHERS HEADED TO THE EDGE (Article) - The growing group of theorists that believe the earth is flat are headed to Antartica to prove their theory, once and for all. This Forbes article explains their plan and why they believe this will prove they are right. Good luck to them.
CROSSING ANTARCTICA, ALONE (Podcast) - Speaking of Antartica, recently Colin O’Brady became the first person to cross the frozen continent unsupported. That means that he was dropped off and did not see nor receive support from anyone until he completed his 54-day trek…though controversy has risen because he traveled over roads, which means the “unsupported” claim is being challenged (Flatearthers obviously take issue with O’Brady’s claims as well). Either way, in this podcast he discusses his training, diet, and how he was able to travel almost 1,000 miles alone in the harshest conditions on the planet.
COMPUTER CAMERA COVER (Amazon Link - $10) - Maybe you can’t relate, but if you have ever panicked when working from home and because you called into a conference call on your computer, only to realize that you had not showered all day and were not the most presentable and had no idea if others on the call could see you on your computer camera, then you should check out this camera cover. It is very easy to install (just stick over your camera) and you can slide the cover to the side at the time you want to be seen. Otherwise, you are safe to work from home and live your life without regrets.
THE FASTEST COMPLETION OF THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL, CAUGHT ON VIDEO (YouTube Link - 14 minutes) - Here is another inspiring story that you can actually watch unfold. Joe ‘Stringbean’ McConaughy recently set the world record for the fastest (both supported and unsupported) time to complete the Appalachian Trail at 45.5 days, crushing previous records by 10 hours. And he recorded and narrated his journey.
THE EVOLUTION OF GYMNASTICS - I have two short gymnastics clips:
1950s vs Today (Twitter Link) - This 41-second video shows how gymnastics has dramatically changed since the 1950s
Banned Skills (YouTube Link) - In this 5-minute video, we see many gymnastic skills that have been forbidden due to the high risk of injury when performing them. The Korbut Flip (the first example in the video) and many of the other uneven bar moves are my favorites
Mike Krol
MUSIC CORNER - I have a super good new-music playlist and a few album recommendations for ya!
New Music Playlist - This 37-song playlist runs a little over 2 hours and is the best of 2019 music so far (in my opinion), plus a few 2018 songs I am late to the party on. Mostly, it is really good indie-rock. Not to oversell, but there has been much better new music so far this year than in all of 2018, I think. A few notes:
Mike Krol, Deerhunter, and Beirut have each released amazing new albums, so I have a heavy mix of their stuff in this playlist (plus their album recs are below)
Little Simz is a super smooth rapper from London with a few songs here
There are a lot of good new female rockers on this list
Wild Pink remind me a lot of Tom Petty
Yep, and Ariana Grande song made the list as well
New High Rotation Album Recommendations:
DeerHunter’s Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? (Spotify Link) - I have never been able to fully get into Deerhunter because they have been a little too weird for me. But that has changed with their newest album, which is much more approachable. This album is much more poppy and reminds me a bit of Of Montreal’s The Sunlandic Twins in terms of the transition to a more listener friendly sound
Mike Krol’s Power Chords (Spotify Link) - Mike Krol is a graphic designer and power pop rocker from LA. Power Chords is a collection of super catchy garage rock songs. Reminds me a bit of The Strokes
Beirut’s Gallipoli (Spotify Link) - I liked Beirut once, but then got tired of them and haven’t listened to them in almost 10 years. But Gallipoli revitalised any enthusiasm I lost for Beirut and I think this could be their best album. If you haven’t heard Beirut before, I describe their sound as indie folk with horns and a ukulele thrown in
