Console Obscura

Content Obscura AM - Breakfast habits, an elegy for cigarette smokers, Kenny tries out motivational speaking, Wylie smashes capitalism, pandemic hobbies are discussed, new Batman is new, the Terminator movies, Avatar, and James Cameron's end of the world, and more!

Content Obscura 2022 Episode 2: In this episode: UFOs, music nerdery, the hypothetical future of the movie theater post-Covid19, and more!

We're back! We're also doing a video version of the show now! https://youtu.be/_u0nOwpbmAs

We're back. Here's where we've been...

Hey, it's your favorite half of a podcast's band, working out some stuff in the studio - it's just us faffing around, but we miss you and wanted to send you something fun! Bake it away, toys!

So, Console Obscura is still on indefinite hiatus. Ian and Wylie have a band, Kenny has a band, Jimmy is going to college and bought a house, lots of stuff going on in everyone's life! We may get the podcast gang back together at some point in the future, but in the interim, we'll post other stuff members are doing, like this! Sunstang is Ian and Wylie's band - a four piece, and Ian and Wylie write all the tunes and whatnot. Wylie is the lead singer and Ian plays lead guitar. This is our first ever live show, in entirety, at the Substation in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. Hope you like it!   More info on the band at www.sunstang.net

  We're back with a Dadcast episode for 2018! Wylie and his pops debate the Electoral College!     Wait! Come back!   It's really not boring, we swear!

  We're Fall-ing for you. We review two mystery beers and a mystery whiskey. We crack wise. Wylie ages cheese in the trunk of his Jetta. AND MORE.

This episode: What does it mean to be a man, to be masculine, to four cis hetero white dudes in 2017? What have we learned about ourselves, our identities, and how can we be less shitty? What advice can we share with young men coming up in the world?      All this and more.    

This week we talk about music - borrowing, biting, theft, homage, covers, Sammy Hagar, and dippin' our dick in the mashed potatoes!  

  This week, we talk Houston, Stephen King, Modern Etiquette, Star Trek, & more. RIP Walter Becker. Please consider donating to the following hurricane relief organizations: The Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund of Houston’s mayor, Sylvester Turner, which is administered by the Greater Houston Community Foundation. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston is opening its doors at no charge this week, and offering extended hours. To donate, visit its website. Houston Food Bank and the Food Bank of Corpus Christi are asking for donations. The South Texas Blood and Tissue Center has posted an updated list of donor locations. Call 210-731-5590 or visit its website for more information. Carter BloodCare covers hospitals in North, Central and East Texas. To donate, call 877-571-1000 or text DONATE4LIFE to 444-999. To help animals, visit the Houston Humane Society or the San Antonio Humane Society. The Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has set up an animal emergency response hotline (713-861-3010) and is accepting donations on its website. The Texas Diaper Bank in San Antonio is asking for diapers and wipes, which can be dropped off in person or mailed to 5415 Bandera Road, Suite 504, San Antonio, Tex., 78238. The United Way of Greater Houston flood relief fund will be used to help with immediate needs as well as long-term services like minor home repair. Visit its website to donate or text UWFLOOD to 41444. The L.G.B.T.Q. Disaster Relief Fund will be used to help people “rebuild their lives through counseling, case management, direct assistance with shelf stable food, furniture, housing and more.” The Federal Emergency Management Agency recommends checking with the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster for a list of trusted disaster-relief organizations in Texas.

  This episode, the CO goons talk about food, foodie culture, food science, weird food related hobbies, and more. It's a regular comida of errors!   Links to some of the stuff mentioned in this episode:   http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/business/energy-environment/14borlaug.html   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice   https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2010/sep/14/chilli-hot-food   http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sci_tech/highlights/010730_chillies.shtml   http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2012/issue131b/   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2I6Et1JkidnnbWgJFiMeHA    

  Many factual errors are made in this episode, so feel free to sprinkle it liberally with "it isn't", "he didn't", "she didn't", "they didn't", and "it wasn't", as needed. Channel your inner Ron Howard. :)   -Ed

Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in this history of mankind. Mankind -- that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps its fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution -- but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live, to exist. And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive!" Today, we celebrate THE RETURN OF CONSOLE OBSCURA!!!

    We didn't want to have to do another one of these. Certainly not so soon. But... COME ON, MAN...

LIVE FROM LANFORD ILLINOIS, It's Console Obscura: Roseanne!

Pour a few fingers of prewar hooch, crack an ice cold Gwinnett, and join the boys in the wastes of Fallout 4 for a Fallout Fireside Chat.  

Here's a little summer vibe preview for ya from Seattle's 206 BOYZ 

We're back. Welcome to the party, pal.

A little electronica por vous

Musical tidbits while we're away 

More goodies while we're on break! Back in the studio soon. 

We're still on a brief transitional break, but will return to the studio soon. In the meantime:   This is a record Ian and Wylie made. It's weird. But cool. It's Sunstang. 

While we're on a short break, we thought this might be a nice thing to tide y'all over. It's the new soundtrack of your life. The music from year one of Console Obscura... 

LOOKS LIKE THEM VANWENGER BOYS ARE AT IT AGIN!!!   It's Wylie's 40th birthday, and his dad and brother are in the studio! Hang on to ya butts!

The boys discuss the Star Wars movie canon, from the originals, Rogue One to The Force Awakens, plus that godawful shit Lucas did in the early aughts.

These are the games... of our lives... of 2016... dot com.

The CO crew returns to the studio after Election Day.

Here's a little treat from last year to tide you over till Halloween! 

Just a quick note to let you know that we're building a new studio space for Console Obscura and more, and we'll be back with a vengeance soon! Spoopy! 

This episode: the blurst of times for musicians

The new current events show from your friends at Sunstang Heavy Industries

Content Obscura is back in the groove! Take a spin with us as we wax enthusiastic about interesting stuff! 

Don't get a Noid! Hang out with us in a Cool Spot, as we talk about Licensed Games.   Brought to you by Carl's Jr.

NANANANANANANANABATMAAAAAAAAAAAN. Content Obscura talks all things Caped Crusader. Ever dance with some dipshits in the pale moonlight?

Love, romance, and gluten free beer. 

Who ya gonna call?

It's Tetris, you blockheads! Did somebody order Tetrominoes?

This week we pay tribute to a few greats that we've lost. Freak out. Far out.

MARIO! MARIO! MARIO!

Join the boys as they celebrate year one of Console Obscura.      

Console Obscura is on vacation! Here's some hits to tide you over!    Jimmy: Super Mario Bros. 2 "Because sometimes the sequels simultaneously reinvent and codify what people hold dear about a franchise in the long run." Kenny: WiiSportsCast "It showcases the sillier side of the show and is entertaining as hell. Plus, I think it's a creative approach to talking wii sports." Adam: Battletoads "As a prime example of the lengths that some people will go to in order to master a lousy game." Wylie: Mario Kart "It was, to date, the most sideways episode we had done, but despite our hung-over-ness we actually did discuss Mario Kart. Eventually. It, to me, is a fine example of candid personalities. If you didn't know the Console Obscura crew before that episode, you surely did afterwards. Three thumbs up!" Ian: CO Nights - The 12oz of Christmas. "Frank Sinatra! The holidays! Beer! Runners up: The Hanksgiving episode, and Halloween Nights... I guess I'm just a sucker for a holiday special!"

It's the end of 2015 as we know it, and we feel line.

This episode: Black Raven Brewing's Festivus, Boundary Bay's Cabin Fever, and the ghost of Frank Sinatra.  Happy Holidays, suckers! 

This is an episode about hype in videogames, deserved and otherwise.

A lost PC "classic", a cautionary tale, and a floppy two by four walk into a bar...