Rob didn’t check his microphone and it was a bit hot – sorry about that!
In this casual hangout episode, Alex and Rob talk about work, and about their vacation to Chicago that included go kart racing. This leads to a nice tangent about Formula 1 racing and of course a bit about Tesla too.
We tried and failed to do a live stream of this episode! Hopefully next time around Rob will have it figured out. When he does, the first broadcast will be here: twitch.tv/robrogan
In this episode, Rob and Alex take a while to hit their podcasting stride again but we hear about Alex’s honeymoon around Lake Michigan, a visit to the chiropractor, some different types of massage that we manage to tie in with mindfulness of course, and lastly, Rob bought a NEW PIANO (it’s very exciting).
As always, say hello or ask a question on Twitter: @sorrytopic
If you want the full song from the end of the episode, here it is:
The final installment of our mini-series about Hans Zimmer!
Don’t forget to start out with parts 1 & 2! Find it in your feed, or our website here.
As a side-note, this was pretty fun to do and if you can think of something else you want to get some background info about, let us know.
A lot of the music here is chopped into pieces and cut short, so please look up the full soundtrack on your favorite music app. I’ll include YouTube links below:
Don’t forget to start out with Part 1! Find it in your feed, or our website here.
We have cut the samples down and encourage you to hit PAUSE when we call out the track, look it up on YouTube or Spotify and then come back to the discussion.
Alex and Rob got a hot tip from Mike Rapin that we should discuss Hans Zimmer’s music.
In this episode we talk about Zimmer’s style in general, and break down a few samples from Inception. For reasons, we have cut the samples down and encourage you to hit PAUSE when we call out the track, look it up on YouTube or Spotify and then come back to the discussion.
For your convenience, here are the ones we bring up:
Episode 30 of STGBOT is yet another with special guest Alex Monroe.
Alex’s percussion group isn’t doing anything during quarantine. There’s a lot of work that goes into the trending zoom-music performances people might be familiar with.
We talked about the fatigue of video chats/conferences/calls all the time and wanting to get away from the computer.
On the other hand… we really love this game called Elite Dangerous, and then Rob offers a bit of comparison to No Man’s Sky, and the real life scientific tool called Gaia Sky.
Yeah being honest here. Alex and Rob just talk about computer specifications for about an hour as Rob just purchased a fully-upgraded iMac and Alex debates getting a new laptop or desktop.
Let us know what you think of this new venture! We might spawn off a new podcast along these lines. We’d also like to hear any requests of something to watch/listen to next time.
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Alex and Rob talk about some games they’ve loved in the past because Rob started playing Diablo III again.
Have you played Age of Empires? It’s one of our favorites.
Later we get on the topic of Star Wars and some of the story lines we might be missing (or could see in the future).
Finally, we hit on an idea for a new podcast that we’ll experiment with here. Alex and Rob will watch a movie and then have a discussion about the soundtrack and its composer!