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[peterme's YouTube picks] I watched the da Vinci doc on PBS, and so was primed for Great Art Explained's take on The Last Supper youtu.be/eKyYPSpiC9g?... Digs into the technical, artistic, historic, and cultural components of the masterwork. (Great Art Explained is well worth your while, generally.)

[peterme's YouTube picks] Among my favorite channels is Good Work, from Morning Brew, an archly funny take on fucked up American business culture. Their year-end wrap up doesn't disappoint. youtu.be/ZB6UQ9AOOeg?...

[peterme's YouTube picks] Like many, I dig Hot Ones, and, like many, have gone 🤔 about the Scoville counts of those final sauces. It turns out we've been mislead. Howtown does a fantastic job of breaking it down in "The Truth about Hot Ones sauces". youtu.be/dutpBSKj8JY?...

[peterme's YouTube picks] Only a minute long, this teaser for the forthcoming Cunk on Life ends with the funniest line I've heard in weeks. youtu.be/ByCxxZOwQUI?...

[peterme's YouTube picks] It's Egg Nog season, and many cocktail YouTubers are sharing their approach. How To Drink offers up what looks like an excellent recipe (it's the second one), which I have yet to try, but plan to: youtu.be/VUl99SUhA1c?...

[peterme's YouTube picks] If you have never seen The Frantics (a Canadian sketch comedy troupe from the 80s) skit called Last Will and Temperament, well, enjoy: youtu.be/tfMcxmOBmpk?...

[peterme's YouTube picks] I haven't yet seen "The Substance", but still appreciated Thomas Flight's latest video essay on Neo-Expressionism. I'm a sucker for aesthetic explorations. youtu.be/IvZGrF1hSbY?...

[peterme's YouTube picks] Relatedly, Patrick Willems celebration of exaggerated expressionist urbanity in 80s and 90s cinema is fun. youtu.be/JRxu9T79EVI?... And, while you're on his channel, his previous two, focusing on films about trains, are *excellent*.

[peterme's YouTube picks] As a nerd of a certain age, I found yourself caught up in the cult of Richard Feynman. Andrea Collier does an estimable job debunking the cult, while celebrating the physicist, while excoriating the misogynist, and its all worth watching. youtu.be/TwKpj2ISQAc?...

[peterme's YouTube picks] Holy Fuck. Bobby Fingers' latest, on building a diorama of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, is unhinged brilliance at it's finest. It's very much a 'you think it's about one thing, but it's really about another... and another..." youtu.be/NF4VJJKTjy8?...

[peterme's YouTube picks] Happy New Year. Here's a video that rewards your complete attention—not only is the content quite thinky, the mode of presentation (think Terry Gilliam animations at 10x speed) keeps you locked in. A critical theory look at art and social media. youtu.be/aNKiBJJFXZI?...

[peterme's YouTube picks] With the new Nosferatu, there's heightened interest in the original. Many copies exist across YouTube, and it took some work to find this excellent print, that retains the color tinting of the original. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OZ5...

[peterme's YouTube picks] I surprised myself watching this entire video essay/screed about how anodyne media/art and art discourse has become, due to fear of offending and/or selling out. youtu.be/L_-t3i6ipz4?.... I didn't agree with everything, but found it meaningfully provocative.

[peterme's YouTube picks] Suspicious about just how bad things are, capitalism-wise? This video essay on the death of American capitalism is a thorough and thoughtful deconstruction of matters. youtu.be/gqtrNXdlraM?... (cc: @erikahall.bsky.social)

[peterme's YouTube picks] I've watched Wallace and Gromit ever since A GRAND DAY OUT was shown at Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation. This "Animators React" is fantastic: youtu.be/epLe0CIWKW0?...

[peterme's YouTube picks] Any American has been wondering: Why are you so many pharmacies closing? I'm a fan of the Morning Brew crew and their smart, but irreverant, take on American business. youtu.be/oZDhjf4CjEY?...

[peterme's YouTube picks] OK Go's latest video is among my favorite they've ever done. I've watched it numerous times now. youtu.be/gz9BRl7DVSM?...

[peterme's YouTube picks] This brief biography of the B-52s is excellent, and the kind of psychic salve I needed today. youtu.be/YN1quwTNPLo?...

[peterme's YouTube picks] ANDOR is the second best television show of the year (after THE PITT), and the cast and crew have been on an extended victory lap. This panel, hosted by Patton Oswalt, is entertaining and illuminating youtu.be/b_M9VSSRBMQ?...

[peterme's YouTube picks] New music videos for old Talking Heads songs?! YES PLEASE youtu.be/CJ54eImz88w?...

[peterme’s YouTube picks] Holy shjt the quality of this restoration of DEVO’s “The Truth About Deevolution” is fantastic. Makes a 50 year old short film look modern. And sadly, only more prescient every day. youtu.be/fTFztCfy5e8?...

[peterme's YouTube picks] Treat yourself to some of the best 5 and a half minutes of media you'll watch today. youtu.be/X1beEuBV7M0?... At every stage I never quite knew what to expect.

[peterme's YouTube picks] A surprisingly funny take on the gentrification of East Berlin and the difficulty of getting into the hottest nightclubs/discos. Very wry, very dry humor. youtu.be/D5Wakv3hRwc?...