SubRant

Catherine Lynn & James Fryer
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SubRant

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. SubRant Website

  1. Episode #86: "Luxury Vinyl"

    11/25/2023

    Episode #86: "Luxury Vinyl"

    SHOW THEMES Houses and 'Performance Art' suck but dogs are awesome SHOW NOTES The house falls apart Good vs bad home inspectors Marina Abramovic Performance art is... not art Barry Lyndon vs Ferris Bueller's Day Off Free Hug Bear Polluting the store with AI nonsense Will AI destroy the world? The tragic story of Sam Altman Did the internet exist before the smartphone? Dogs make life better X's brand assests live on... Twitter.com Apple invented USB-C

    30 min
  2. Episode #85: Artists & Thieves

    09/21/2023

    Episode #85: Artists & Thieves

    SHOW THEMES Stolen, painted over, and exploited: the many horrible lives of modern 'art' SHOW NOTES Stealing art? Why bother? Ruthless People Judge Reinhold The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring Arthur Brand - the "Indiana Jones of the art world" Indiana Jones is a thief Drug smuggler steals art to reduce sentence Sex, three times a week! James, the art thief King not Ing This is the whole show Jens Haaning Take the money and run, literally... "Almost as embarrassing as The Orlando Museum of Art" The "Art" of North West My only hope is that no one knows who North West is Sylvestor Stallone paints Thrift Store Ghost Painting Ghosts on everything Is A.I. writing the article?

    30 min
  3. Episode #84: Not So S3XY

    09/04/2023

    Episode #84: Not So S3XY

    SHOW THEMES Muddy Hippies, the true origin of "Prompt Engineer", and ridiculous rich white men SHOW NOTES X - the most powerful letter... Burning Man What should a modern Hippie drive? "Nordstrom was in my soul" "Where does the water come from?" "Goodwill for bikes" Offer-Up sucks Fakesquiat t-shirts The Lexus of fakes Scion xB Trump mug shot = Zoolander Trump took the cookies X is useless "Twatter" "You need better notes" Elon Musk = Howard Hughes S3XY He's bad at jokes Prompt Engineer Large Language Model explained Reddit explained Adversarial prompting SubRant gets spiritual Anyway...

    36 min
  4. Episode #83: The Orlando Museum of Fake Art

    09/01/2023

    Episode #83: The Orlando Museum of Fake Art

    SHOW THEMES Catherine and James put Florida art museums and wannabe politicians in time-out SHOW NOTES Vivek Ramaswamy is an asshole Orlando Museum of Art is on probation Aaron De Groft Dinosaurs aren't real Mitch McConnell freeze Age limits? Lock em up! (Catherine's chihuahuas) Fakesquiat with BTS "You're a puddle" Elle Cordova "So much stupid online" Catherine has a negative attitude towards negative people Drennon Davis and his cats "Can't trust the art world" Catherine is addicted to Pumpkin Spice Latte... Vegan pancakes at The Coronado Toast

    29 min
  5. Episode #82: Klimt Goes to Yellowstone

    07/24/2023

    Episode #82: Klimt Goes to Yellowstone

    SHOW THEMES SubRant disembowels an article about an unfinished Klimt and James goes on vacation SHOW NOTES Catherine's bathroom woes continue "Post mid-century design aesthetic"? James explains art pricing Cabin fever in Phoenix James was attacked by the idea of being attacked by a bear and it ruined his vacation "Tourons" - moronic tourists blocking traffic to look at the ugly bison Bison are, in fact, mangy mutated cows (and I don't like cows) A short story of James being the responsible one Glacier National Park is best Klimt's "Lady with a fan" sells for stupid amount What actual Klimt paintings look like: WikiArt and ArtViewer The Japanese influence on Post Impressionism Chance the dog begins to cough because Catherine is painting (nail polish) in the house and poisoning everyone "Stylized elsewhere" Let's sell some Faquiats Martin Mull's renegade art show Nail polish removal process is too much for James

    31 min
  6. Episode #81: Recycling Economies and Dead Artists

    06/16/2023

    Episode #81: Recycling Economies and Dead Artists

    SHOW THEMES A new show for a dead artist, art vandals go to Vatican jail, and Apple reinvents Virtual Reality. Oh, and circular economies. SHOW NOTES Catherine is excited about a NEW Basquiat show, but James is not  More Fakesquiats "A myth building exercise" James identifies that he is, in fact, an asshole Art hooligans / environmental activists go to Vatican jail James breaks down the Apple Vision Pro (definitely not a VR headset) Catherine is desperate to be part of the circular economy, but James keeps her straight  "Circularity is the hottest topic in the fashion industry right now" iPhones are already circular, they never go to the landfill Catherine's mother doesn't do recycled bricks Recycling news is what we do

    30 min
  7. Episode #80: The Art Judges

    05/19/2023

    Episode #80: The Art Judges

    SHOW THEME Prom wear, vomiting Keurigs, Brutalist 'art', and the questionable artistic judgement of the Supreme Court SHOW NOTES 00:20 - In sync and slacking! 02:40 - Local suit maker saves the day! 03:35 - Graduate, and graduate again 05:45 - Prepping for Yellowstone  06:05 - Bathroom beat goes on 07:00 - cannabis and basil plants equally doomed under Catherine's care 10:05 - Brutalist art find in backyard barn 11:30 - Milk glass and Phoenix Lamps 12:04 - Brutalist "art" is a stretch  13:55 - Possibly Marcello Fantoni? 14:35 - Brass, bronze, steel, who knows 17:08 - Just clobber me with basic form  19:20 - Brutalist pieces will survive! 21:15 - Keurig catastrophe  23:00 - Feeling guarana 24:45 - Non sentient AI: Tool or threat? 25:45 - Warhol not transformative! 27:55 - Should judges "judge" art?  30:20 - A derivative slippery slope 31:10 - Siding with Warhol in a "bathtub full of bland" 32:20 - Just use Midjourney 34:14 - It's all derivative

    35 min
  8. Episode #79: Ancient Artifacts: Anthropology or Morbid Fascination?

    04/21/2023

    Episode #79: Ancient Artifacts: Anthropology or Morbid Fascination?

    SHOW THEME Even with no f***s to give, James and Catherine fill 38 minutes with movies and mummies before pondering humanity's precipice and agreeing that most art (other than "Jaws" props) is disposable.  SHOW NOTES 00:12 - Catherine is finally on mic 00:48 - Good sleep yields not giving a f*** 01:45 - Know your puppy limitations  03:25 - Sinking the coffee cup  04:35 - Have we got Ancient Egypt's mummies all wrong? (No) 05:30 - The perfect movie! 07:15 - Skimming the sarcophagus 08:30 - Fayium (portrait) vs faience (glaze technique) 10:10 - Remnants of a Roman Egypt  11:06 - Difference is... mummies are real 12:32 - Unwrapping colonial entitlement 15:00 - Art, anthropology, or morbid fascination? 16:25 - Humanity's eve of destruction? The Precipice: existential risk and the future of humanity - Toby Ord 21:35 - Ancient alien afterlife destruction? 22:40 - Ancient Egyptian Instagram Influencers 24:15 - Inherent Vice: What to do with Decaying Masterpiece? 25:00 - Miami Vice fashion rant 28:28 - Naum Gabo: "If it's gone it's gone" 29:30 - Artwork will eventually fail, so throw it out!  31:00 - Use of dead animals, chocolate and lard is not super edgy but is dumb and or, gross 32:25 - Recalling ASU's "Vague Art Show" and ditching painting at RISD 35:44 - Hirst "props" can't touch "Jaws" 37:00 - "Jaws" the musical 38:05 - Back to the garbage heap!

    39 min
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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. SubRant Website

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  • Creator
    Catherine Lynn & James Fryer
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2023
  • Episodes
    85
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Catherine Lynn & James Fryer
  • Show Website
    SubRant

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