Stay-at-home coronavirus book/TV/culture lists

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Stay-at-home coronavirus book/TV/culture lists

wheelercentre

In Australia, we've seemingly reached a point where as many people as possible are practising social distancing – alongside others who're self-isolating or quarantining based on their risk of exposure to the Sars-Cov-2 coronavirus. The internet is abuzz with virtual museum tours, book recommendations, Spotify pandemic playlists … heck, there's even an explosion of coronavirus-themed porn (don't bother).

What's getting you through some time alone, alone?

wheelercentre

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wtb_michael

I'm loving all the last-minute pivots to streaming: the Peiper/Rowe interview here last night, streaming gigs from Batts and Elizabeth and just a general feeling that people are figuring out new ways to engage with art and culture under the current restrictions.

wow-oh-wow

wtb_michael i love it too. i've been feeling so lonely and i know it's stupid but the real-time-ness of things like this really make life more bearable at the moment.

wtb_michael

wow-oh-wow Definitely! I've got my book piles and streaming subscriptions all set up, but the ability to share a cultural experience is still so important I think. The MSO stream last night clearly hit a nerve - lots of people in my twitter feed were ecstatic.

wow-oh-wow

wtb_michael yes! and actually the nice thing about the elizabeth stream was people chatting back and forth with each other / the artist while it all went down. actually more social/interactive than most shows (where, let's face it, you really want your friends to hush sometimes during songs)

seedling

tbh i've found that as soon as it became an option to watch tv all day, it stopped being appealing. also every show on offer right now doesn't really appeal - it feels either too on-the-nose or too weirdly diverting!

salsibee

I've been on a bit of a Grey's Anatomy binge for a long while, but now I'm in the middle of Season 10, and there's only 14 on Stan so I reckon I'm going to run out of eps before the social distancing regime is over.

seedling

salsibee 14 seasons is long enough to start again at the beginning once you reach the end!

salsibee

I do have a pile (or piles rather) of books around my house that I'm keen to get stuck into - some of them are: Tell Me Why by Archie Roach, The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan, In the Clearing by J P Pomare, See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill, Women, Men and the Whole Damn Thing by David Leser, Salt by Bruce Pascoe, among others.

salsibee

seedling Oh no - one re-watching is enough!

anonymouse

Some things that have been getting me through:

the new Westworld is out
coming-of-age novels like The Idiot (Elif Batuman) and The Last of Her Kind (Sigrid Nunez); I find that they instill a false optimism during uncertain times
Second Life (download here: https://secondlife.com/support/downloads/)

seedling

anonymouse wait … westworld season 3?!?!

seedling

anonymouse second life could finally get the … second life it's been begging for

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