Friday, June 30, 2023
Our Next Four Scheduled Live Streams on Twitch: Patio Garden (Sunday, July 2, 1:00 PM), Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Cards (Tuesday, July 4, 1:00 PM), Censored Music Lyrics (Wednesday, July 5, 1:00 PM) & Mapping Out Global Conflicts, Part 6 (Thursday, July 6, 1:00 PM)
Hi everyone, here are our next two scheduled live streams on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/chycholive
1) Patio Garden Live Stream: Cigars, Drinks, and Snacks, an Open Discussion [ASMR]
Sunday, July 2, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST
Let’s chill on our patio garden, smoke a cigar, have a drink or two, eat some snacks and talk about life, love and whatever else we feel like, an open discussion.
2) Taking a Look at Our Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Cards Collection [ASMR]
Tuesday, July 4, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST
During a previous patio garden live stream I showed the Yu-Gi-Oh trading card collection that I bought from an online auction. Let’s take a closer look at the cards and crack open all the packs that we bought. The video for that haul is available on Patreon and Substack:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/yu-gi-oh-trading-84720776
Substack: https://chycho.substack.com/p/yu-gi-oh-trading-cards-collection
3) Sharing Our Favorite Music Lyrics, Round #9, Focus on Censorship [ASMR]
Wednesday, July 5, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST
This is round nine of sharing our favorite music lyrics. For this round, let's stay with current events and focus on censorship. Let’s share some lyrics from either censored artists or censored content. Bring what you would like to share or just come for the ride, should be an interesting stream. Music lyrics playlist on CensorTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9sfzC9bUPxlMFqIrwMfr2urfX-txw-lI
4) Mapping Out World Conflicts, Part 6 [ASMR]
Thursday, July 6, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
Let's continue mapping out world conflicts and discuss the results. Part 1 to 5 are available on all of our video sharing platforms. Playlist for this series is available on CensorTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9sfzC9bUPxnbJxqkjEEENqgIwZ8FwPzo
1) Patio Garden Live Stream: Cigars, Drinks, and Snacks, an Open Discussion [ASMR]
Sunday, July 2, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST
Let’s chill on our patio garden, smoke a cigar, have a drink or two, eat some snacks and talk about life, love and whatever else we feel like, an open discussion.
2) Taking a Look at Our Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Cards Collection [ASMR]
Tuesday, July 4, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST
During a previous patio garden live stream I showed the Yu-Gi-Oh trading card collection that I bought from an online auction. Let’s take a closer look at the cards and crack open all the packs that we bought. The video for that haul is available on Patreon and Substack:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/yu-gi-oh-trading-84720776
Substack: https://chycho.substack.com/p/yu-gi-oh-trading-cards-collection
3) Sharing Our Favorite Music Lyrics, Round #9, Focus on Censorship [ASMR]
Wednesday, July 5, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST
This is round nine of sharing our favorite music lyrics. For this round, let's stay with current events and focus on censorship. Let’s share some lyrics from either censored artists or censored content. Bring what you would like to share or just come for the ride, should be an interesting stream. Music lyrics playlist on CensorTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9sfzC9bUPxlMFqIrwMfr2urfX-txw-lI
4) Mapping Out World Conflicts, Part 6 [ASMR]
Thursday, July 6, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
Let's continue mapping out world conflicts and discuss the results. Part 1 to 5 are available on all of our video sharing platforms. Playlist for this series is available on CensorTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9sfzC9bUPxnbJxqkjEEENqgIwZ8FwPzo
Thursday, June 29, 2023
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Thursday, June 22, 2023
Our Next Two Scheduled Live Streams on Twitch: Patio Garden (Saturday, June 24, 1:00 PM) and Reading Comic Books (Sunday, June 25, 1:00 PM)
Hi everyone, here are our next two scheduled live streams on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/chycholive
1) Patio Garden Live Stream: Cigars, Drinks, and Snacks, an Open Discussion [ASMR]
Saturday, June 24, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST
Let’s chill on our patio garden, smoke a cigar, have a drink or two, eat some snacks and talk about life, love and whatever else we feel like, an open discussion.
2) Reading Comic Books [ASMR]
Sunday, June 25, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST
Reading excerpts from some of the comics I’ve been reading over the last few weeks. Should be a fun way to start our summer streaming season. See our comic book reading playlist for comics we have read in the past: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9sfzC9bUPxk-dxeDJMeZBgXUqcnJlHd1
1) Patio Garden Live Stream: Cigars, Drinks, and Snacks, an Open Discussion [ASMR]
Saturday, June 24, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST
Let’s chill on our patio garden, smoke a cigar, have a drink or two, eat some snacks and talk about life, love and whatever else we feel like, an open discussion.
2) Reading Comic Books [ASMR]
Sunday, June 25, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST
Reading excerpts from some of the comics I’ve been reading over the last few weeks. Should be a fun way to start our summer streaming season. See our comic book reading playlist for comics we have read in the past: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9sfzC9bUPxk-dxeDJMeZBgXUqcnJlHd1
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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Our Next Scheduled Live Stream on Twitch: Chilling On Our Patio Garden: Cigars, Drinks, Snacks and Harvesting Food from Our Garden, Open Discussion [ASMR] (Sunday, June 18, 1:00 PM)
Hi everyone, here is our next scheduled live stream on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/chycholive
Patio Garden Live Stream: Cigars, Drinks, Snacks and Harvesting Food from Our Garden, Open Discussion [ASMR]
Sunday, June 18, 2023, 1:00 PM – 3:00 to 4:00 PM PST
Let’s chill on our patio garden, smoke a cigar, have a drink or two, eat some snacks, harvest some food we've been growing and talk about life, love and whatever else we feel like, an open discussion.
Patio Garden Live Stream: Cigars, Drinks, Snacks and Harvesting Food from Our Garden, Open Discussion [ASMR]
Sunday, June 18, 2023, 1:00 PM – 3:00 to 4:00 PM PST
Let’s chill on our patio garden, smoke a cigar, have a drink or two, eat some snacks, harvest some food we've been growing and talk about life, love and whatever else we feel like, an open discussion.
Thursday, June 15, 2023
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Thursday, June 8, 2023
Taking a Short Bill Hicks Break, Will Be Back in a Few Days: What It Means to Be Free
Hi everyone,
As many of you may know, I consider Bill Hicks to be one of my greatest teachers, a truthsayer that has inspired much of my work.
One of the main things that I've learned from Hicks has been to take breaks on a regular basis to ground when needed, to reflect, to process, to strategize, to think. In the past I would take at least one long Bill Hicks Break per year, but in the last few years I have failed in this endeavor. It's time to get back into the rhythm of things.
I'm going to be taking a short Bill Hicks Break for the next few days to remind myself of what it means to be free, to be human.
What follows is a post I made in 2013 regarding why I was about to take a Bill Hicks Break. The post is available here: https://chycho.blogspot.com/2013/12/taking-bill-hicks-break-what-it-means.html
See you soon,
chycho
Just to give you an introduction, one of my personal enlightening moments from Hicks came when I first heard him ask why there was never any positive drug stories on the news. If the news were truly impartial then there would have to be positive stories, but there never is. This took me weeks to really digest.
If you’re unfamiliar with Hicks’ work, below you will find “Revelations”, his 1993 live performance at the Dominion Theater in London, UK, as well as an excellent essay from 1997 that I came across a few years ago which you might enjoy.
I’ll be back in a few days, until then; here is Bill Hicks, one of my greatest teachers:
Part2
As many of you may know, I consider Bill Hicks to be one of my greatest teachers, a truthsayer that has inspired much of my work.
One of the main things that I've learned from Hicks has been to take breaks on a regular basis to ground when needed, to reflect, to process, to strategize, to think. In the past I would take at least one long Bill Hicks Break per year, but in the last few years I have failed in this endeavor. It's time to get back into the rhythm of things.
I'm going to be taking a short Bill Hicks Break for the next few days to remind myself of what it means to be free, to be human.
What follows is a post I made in 2013 regarding why I was about to take a Bill Hicks Break. The post is available here: https://chycho.blogspot.com/2013/12/taking-bill-hicks-break-what-it-means.html
See you soon,
chycho
Taking a Bill Hicks Break: What It Means to Be FreeEvery now and then I take a little Bill Hicks break to remind myself of what it means to be free. It’s that time again.
Just to give you an introduction, one of my personal enlightening moments from Hicks came when I first heard him ask why there was never any positive drug stories on the news. If the news were truly impartial then there would have to be positive stories, but there never is. This took me weeks to really digest.
“You know what’s wild? You never see a positive drug story on the news, do you? You ever seen one? Isn’t that weird; don’t you think that’s strange? I mean, the news is supposed to be objective. Isn’t it supposed to be The News? But every drug story is Negative?!? Well, hold it! I've had some killer times on drugs! I'm not promoting it, but I'm not denying it. Let’s hear the whole fucking story!” Bill Hicks, “Sane man”, 1989, 25:06.
Bill Hicks ★ Sane Man ★ 1989
If you’re unfamiliar with Hicks’ work, below you will find “Revelations”, his 1993 live performance at the Dominion Theater in London, UK, as well as an excellent essay from 1997 that I came across a few years ago which you might enjoy.
I’ll be back in a few days, until then; here is Bill Hicks, one of my greatest teachers:
Bill Hicks ★Revelations ★ 1993
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LEVEL 1 - 26 OF 95 STORIES
Copyright 1997 The Irish Times
The Irish Times
March 1, 1997, CITY EDITION
SECTION: WEEKEND; Pg. Supplement Page 2
LENGTH: 1427 words
HEADLINE: Life after death
BYLINE: By BRIAN BOYD
BODY:
WHEN he sloped on, grabbed the mike and said "folks, this is my final live performance" the audience gasped. He passed it off as a gag: "The reason I'm quitting is that I finally got my own show on TV - it's called Let's Hunt And Kill Billy Ray Cyrus." Over the next hour-and-a-half of what really was to be his last performance, the part-poet/ part-preacher/part-comic set out his philosophy, touched all the bases and left us with his own personalised view on life and death and the whole damn thing.
That was October 1993. Five months, later at the age of 32, Bill Hicks died of cancer. If in life he was known as the best comic of his generation, possessing as he did the social satire of Lenny Bruce combined with the refined wit of John Updike, in death he became known, and strangely enough in this most secular of times, as a prophet.
On this, the third anniversary of his death, that last performance has been released on CD for the first time (along with three more CDs). It is one of the most astonishing live performances by anybody. He knew his time was running out and he wanted to get it all down. He did. Beginning by tearing into the pro-life movement and ending by calling Bill Clinton "a murderer and a liar" this is his final will and testimony. And in many ways, it's the end of comedy.
Bill Hicks was not widely known during his life. From Houston, Texas, he was initially just a wild, anarchic figure on the American comedy scene, a performer who once had his legs broken by a member of the audience who felt he was being unpatriotic. Because of his sustained attack on American society and culture, he was marginalised in his native country, except by David Letterman who had him on his show a record 12 times. He fared slightly better in Britain, where his shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival are now the stuff of legend. In London, he could fill the 2,000-seater Dominion Theatre: Channel 4 filmed two of his live shows and when he died, The South Bank Show devoted a whole programme to his life and times.
In the years since his death he has attracted a massive "celebrity" following: his fellow comics spew out superlatives about him and rock bands such as Radiohead and The Bluetones dedicate albums to him. With the increased profile arising from the release of his last performance, people will soon be used to seeing his name mentioned in the same company as Charlie Chaplin and Lenny Bruce.
In an interview with this journalist, he spoke fondly of his early days as a stand-up, a career he began at the age of 12. "I came from a very ordinary, middle-class Houston background, and when my parents thought I was upstairs in my room doing my homework, I had actually slid out the window, got on my bike and cycled into the local comedy club to do a routine." As some measure of his precocious ability and burgeoning genius, consider one of his first gags (and remember he's only 12): "My dad's very lazy. He once worked in a mortuary measuring bodies for tuxedos. But he was fired. He was accused of having an intimate relationship with a corpse. The family was shocked ... we all knew it was a purely platonic relationship."
A few years later he moved to Los Angeles where he became a regular at its Comedy Store. Here he decided that if he wanted to become a real genius of comedy, like his heroes Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor and Sam Kinison, he would have to do what they did and consume large amounts of drink and drugs. "I would drink my own body weight in whiskey and snort my own body weight in cocaine," he remembered. Somebody who saw his act got Lenny Bruce's close friend and producer, John Magnusson, down to see him.
"Bill Hicks was the only performer in 30 years who has truly reminded me of Lenny," says Magnusson. "Both have the very important qualities of savage, in-your-face, straight-to-the-gut satire. Each also has the moral courage to deal with the important issues of their time without fear of media, corporate, political or quasi-religious censorship or disapproval."
Hicks soon became known as the most important, confrontational, controversial and extravagantly talented performer on the circuit. "I want to expose the lies and deflate the hypocrisy," he said. "I am appalled at the anti-drug movement in my country, I am appalled by the fact that they can transmit a 'Just Say No' anti-drugs advertisement on our television screens and then follow it up with an advertisement for Budweiser beer. I am equally appalled by the arbitrary value system that deems one thing as pornography and another thing as 'erotica', I am appalled by our totalitarian government which has consistently lied to us about everything from the JFK assassination to selling arms to Iraq. And there's also pro-lifers and antismokers .. . there's a lot of people out there."
ALTHOUGH he grew up in the Reagan/Bush era, he was not as enthused as many by the arrival of a Democrat in the White House: "Clinton's just a puppet, they've all just been puppets. Whenever a new American president is elected they are brought into a small dark room in which the 12 biggest industrial/corporate/military/economic heads are sitting. One of them pulls down a film screen and shows the new president a video of the JFK assassination from an angle never seen before. They then turn to the president band say 'Any questions?'"
On a tour of Australia in 1993 he began to feel unwell, getting sharp pains down the left side of his body. It was diagnosed as pancreatic cancer. How much time did he have? The doctors didn't know. He told nobody about his illness and hence there were more than a few raised eyebrows watching him perform during this time - he was neither drinking nor smoking. "Yes, I'm drinking water tonight," is how he opened one of his shows. "It's really amazing how things can change. Tonight: water. Four years ago: opium."
After performing his last gig, he readied himself for death. In February 1994 he telephoned all his friends and told them the news and died on the 26th of that month.
"Here is my final point," he once said, "about drugs, about alcohol, about pornography and smoking and everything else. What business is it of yours what I do, read, buy, see, say, think, who I fuck, what I take into my body - as long as I do not harm another human being on this planet. I'm basically just a joke-blower, a fairly harmless guy, a believer in love and truth, anti-war, a believer in the values under which this country was originally founded: freedom of expression. And for those of you out there who are having a little moral dilemma in your head about this, I'll answer it for you: It's None Of Your Fuckin' Business. Take that to the bank, cash it and take it on a vacation out of everybody's life ...
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Our Next Scheduled Live Stream on Twitch: Chilling On Our Patio Garden: Cigars, Drinks and Snacks, Open Discussion (Monday, June 5, 1:00 PM)
Hi everyone, here is our next scheduled live stream on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/chycholive
Patio Garden Live Stream: Cigars, Drinks, and Snacks Open Discussion [ASMR]
Monday, June 5, 2023, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST
Let’s chill on our patio garden and talk about life, love and whatever else we feel like, an open discussion.
Patio Garden Live Stream: Cigars, Drinks, and Snacks Open Discussion [ASMR]
Monday, June 5, 2023, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST
Let’s chill on our patio garden and talk about life, love and whatever else we feel like, an open discussion.
Thursday, June 1, 2023
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