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“The real voyage of discovery consists, not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes” Proust Each month, Adam and Joshua review their top 10 things of the most recent Life Theme and look ahead to the following month. To find out more about Life Theming visit www.lifetheming.com
Episodes
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Top Ten Things about Yellow
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Adua (Adam and Joshua) review 'Yellow March' and their top ten things about the theme.
1. Experience wearing yellow!
2. Experience 'Yellow' the game.
3. Listening to 'Yellow Beach Umbrella' by Bette Midler.
4. Listening to 'Mellow Yellow' by Donovan.
5. Tasting 'Yellow Submarine' cocktail.
6. Tasting 'Polenta Chips' (or Yellowjackets).
7. Watching 'Yellowjackets'.
8. Watching 'Enemy'.
9. Listening to 'Forsythia' by Veruca Salt.
10. Listening to 'Yellow Cloud' by Trixie Mattel.
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
Top 10 Things about Secrets
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
Adam and Joshua review the life theme for February 2022, 'Secrets' and reveal their top ten things about it.
1. Tasting food or drinks while blindfolded (game for children and adults alike)
2. Tasting a Secret Santa Cocktail (1 oz aperol, 1 oz vodka, 0.5 oz lemon juice, 0.25 oz creme de violette, dash of red soda pop or grenadine)
3. Listening to 'Secret Lover' by Tom Grennan.
4. Listening to 'Best Kept Secret' by Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs.
5. Reading an Agatha Christie book (such as 'Body in the Library') and trying to work out the secret murderer and motive before the end.
6. Visiting secret places such as The Secret Garden in Poole, UK.
7. Watch 'Official Secrets', a film about Katherine Gunn lifting the lid on corruption before the Iraq war of 2003.
8. Watch 'The Secret Life of Four, Five, and Six Year Olds', documenting observing and analysing social behaviours in young people.
9. Reading 'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt
10. Post a secret to PostSecret.
Life Theming is an art project blurring the boundaries between art and life. See more at www.lifetheming.com
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Top 10 Things about Sheep
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Adam and Joshua review the life theme for January 2022, 'Sheep' and reveal their top ten things about it.
1. Watching 'Rams', a 2015 Icelandic comedy-drama.
2. Watching 'Shaun the Sheep', a 2015 animated comedy.
3. Eating Bryndzové Halusky, Slovakian Sheep's Cheese Dumplings.
4. Eating Lamb & Mint (or a vegan version).
5. Listening to 'Sheep' by Pink Floyd.
6. Listening to 'Sheep May Safely Graze' by Nick Cave.
7. Getting to know the personalities of local sheep.
8. Enjoying beauty of sheep in artworks (including when doing jigsaw puzzles!)
9. Listening to 'Sheep' by Roger Jones
10. Spotting Schäfchenwolken (sheep-shaped clouds)
Life Theming is an ongoing artwork that blurs the boundaries between life and art. See more at www.lifetheming.com
Friday Dec 31, 2021
Top Ten Things about The Queen
Friday Dec 31, 2021
Friday Dec 31, 2021
Adam and Joshua review the life theme for December 2021, 'The Queen' and reveal their top ten things about it.
1. Watching The Queen (2006), film with Helen Mirren.
2. Watching Marie Antoinette (2006) film with Kirsten Dunst.
3. Finding portraits of queens in your local gallery or online.
4. Getting dressed up and acting as the queen.
5. Gypsy Queen by Chris Norman.
6. The Queen of Spades by Top Cat.
7. Victoria Sponge.
8. Queen Bee cocktail
9. Visiting places named after a Queen, such as 'Queensway'.
10. Crowning a public figure your 'Queen'! (We chose Catherine O'Hara)
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Top Ten Things about Disco
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Adam and Joshua reflect on the wonderful Life Theming month of November Disco, and share their Top 10 Things about Disco
1. Eating Disco Anda Fries.
2. Eating Disco Fries
3. Watching Documentaries about the rise and fall or the Disco Era (e.g. - Studio 54)
4. Watching 'Saturday Night Fever'.
5. Exercise workouts using Disco dance moves such as the Hustle.
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7. 'Disko Boy' by Shantel.
8. Boney M (such as 'Future World')
9. Glass Candy and other Italo-Disco (such as 'Beatific')
10. BlindBoy Podcast's History of Disco
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Top Ten Things about Buttons
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Adam and Joshua review October's Life Theme of 'Buttons' with this Top Ten List:
1. Choosing meaningful buttons from a jar with friends or family.
2. Doing quick easy 'buttons' of activity throughout the day
3. 'Push the Button' by TeaPacks
4. 'Galvanise' by Chemical Brothers
5. 'Dewberry Hotel Panic Button' Cocktail
6. 'Belly Button Salad'
7. Watch game shows with buttons
8. Coraline
9. Buzz Button flowers
10. Find buttons in a museum
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Top 10 Underwater Things
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Adam and Joshua (and Moogie the guinea pig) review their Top 10 things about this month's life theme: Underwater
1. Immersing yourself in cold water (like Wim Hof)
2. Visiting an aquarium while listening to music
3. The Last Breath (tense diving documentary)
4. Blue Planet (nature documentary narrated by David Attenborough)
5. 'Have You Ever Seen a Diver Kiss His Wife While the Bubbles Bounce About Above the Water?' by Shirley Ellis
6. 'Under the Water' by Camden Cox
7. Ocean Halo's Seaweed Snacks
9. Create your own spa bath (with glowsticks)
10. Monkfish cheeks
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Top 10 Top Ten Lists
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Adam and Joshua review July's Life Theme, 'Top Tens' and discuss their top ten Top Ten lists to create:
1. Top 10 things that make you happy (or energy booster, to do on rainy day)
2. Top 10 cafes to visit
3. Top 10 foods (that remind you of a specific memory in your life)
4. Top 10 cocktails (or mocktails!)
5. Top 10 music videos
6. Your top 10 things to watch related to a certain theme (e.g. somehow related to the number 10)
7. Top 10 favourite songs
8. Top 10 music-related moments in a movie
9. Top 10 artists (with an example artwork from each)
10. Top 10 places that we love
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Top 10 Things about Spice
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Adam and Joshua review August’s Life Theme, ‘Spice' and discuss their top ten things about spices:
- ‘Vanilla Sky’ by Jubel
- ‘Mustard Seed’ by Damion Suomi
- ‘My Name is Five Spice’ by Michael McIntyre
- ‘Giving You Everything’ – Spice Girls Documentary
- Going to a café, pub or restaurant with a spice in its name. e.g. Peppers Café in Edinburgh
- Going to a spice market or shop. e.g. The Spice Shop
- Turmeric Smoothie
- Moroccan-Spice Coffee
- Making your own personalised spice blend
- Paprika Scones
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Top 10 Things about the Sun
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Adam and Joshua review June's Life Theme: 'Sun' and discuss their top ten things about the Sun.
1. Sunshine Soup (Nigella Lawson) 2. Sunbites (Walkers) 3. Selling Sunset 4. Sunset Boulevard 5. Watching the sunrise 6. Sunflowers 7. Sunsetz by Cigarettes after Sex 8. Sunbird by Michael Holborn 9. Sundown by Gordon Lightfoot 10. Finding your nearest 'Sun' cafe, pub or restaurant