While The Wife Watches Great British Bake Off...
So, What Is Milgeek Watching Regularly?
Not much has changed on my YouTube watchlist, but I have added (or re-added) a few channels to the mix.
In the main, my core interests don't change all that much, but I occasionally wander off at a tangent as YouTube's 'suggested content' piques my interest. so here's what 2025 has me binging on...
5. American Road Trips
I do enjoy a good travel log, especially if it it is about somewhere that's off the beaten track. In a funny way my new interest in 'hidden USA' stems from the same curiosity that I have for 'dead mall' exploration in that I have a particular picante for urban decay.
Joe & Nic's Road Trip channel follows their road trip around the USA and isn't really specifically looking at social issues or poverty but simply documents whet they come across in 'the richest country in the world'. And some of that is shocking.
Link to: Joe & Nic's Road Trip YouTube Channel.
It's particularly apt at a time when the news here is focusing so much on the destruction and personal tragedy that is afflicting the rich and famous in Los Angeles that we are reminded that for others in the USA *every* day is a day of despair, we just don't usually hear about it.
4. Marty's Matchbox Makeovers
This channel is a lovely mix of model restoration and relaxing ASMR chillout. For oldies like me it can be sort of like the old pottery wheel interlude sequence on old time British TV, I just put Marty's show on in the back ground and it's very comforting!
That said, I also do enjoy his work and get a lot out of how her repairs and paints old Matchbox models and over the years I have picked up several great tips and techniques...
3. Fleabitten Adventures
Again, an off-shoot of my interest in dead mall exploration and another of my regular watches - the Retail Archaeology channel - I came across this 'flea market' channel and it has me smitten.
We all like the idea of car boot sales here in the UK, but sadly you rarely find anything but junk there. Gone - it seems - are the good old days of the antique and artisan markets where you can uncover unique curios.
Obviously, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and what might seem nostalgic treasure to one person is just tatty junk to another (looking at my wife)! 😆
2. Emma Thorne - Taking on religion, LGBTQ+ rights and conspiracy theories.
OK, seriousness time! I do watch a LOT of fluff, but I do (kinda secretly) watch a lot of serious stuff too. I just don't advertise the fact. However, I do think Emma's channel is definitely worth a mention as she is delightfully snarky and yet fastidious in her balanced approach to 'facts'.
I particularly enjoy the way she tackles some of the cornerstones of right wing fundamentalism that is emanating from the USA and the way she highlights how sheer logic seems to be on the defensive in the face of 'easy' and comforting popularist nonsense (thank you Mr. Trump).
We are - indeed - in a time when some find it more secure to hang on to the metaphorical lifebuoy of 'traditional values' than tackle the complexities of reality and Emma shines a light onto the shady 'logic' that these morns cling to.
1. Jason Brant - So Bad It's Good Movies
Still at the top of my daily watchlist is Jason's reaction show which covers deliciously 'bad' movies.
Jason, Brian, Dave, Erin and the occasional guest reviewer drink beer and poke fun at the absurdity of low budget (and some time high budget) film slop.
For me, Jason's show really brings back a lost time when going to Blockbusters (or other video stores) was like throwing the dice on what kind of quality movie you and your friends were going to watch that night. These days there are no special rule that help you decide you pick - like 'don't chose a video if the box art is an illustration' (which is usually a good sign that the contents are crap)!
Personally, as a movie buff, I loved the thrill of a random movie pick. Yes, you did have to endure some absolute dross, but occasionally - just occasionally - you hit the motherload of bad movie gold!
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