It’s summer in the northern hemisphere, and I’m taking you all along with me to the outdoors. Well… kind of the outdoors. Actually we’re not really going outdoors, but we’re going to do our best to bring you to places you haven’t gone yet, may never go to, or just aren’t able to visit. The “theme” if you will is going to be on virtual travel. That’s why there’s a fancy video above talking about the latest Quest 3S virtual headset. I’m not asking you to go buy one. I’m just suggesting it in case you never put the two concepts together. The finer details as always in the audio blog.
Before we set out on the real journey, last recommendation for you old school folks is to look into upgrading your audio equipment. We live in very competitive times now for price to performance ratio on quality headphones. If you like watching stuff traditionally using a huge tv and some “cans” on your head, then it’s a good time to be alive. DHRME is an excellent source for audio reviews from a more down to earth perspective, and I can personally vouch for them as trustworthy. Reasons being I have bought a few of their recommendations and have agreed with their conclusions. I also by the way and rocking the headphones they talk about in the video above. $62 bucks to my door here in the US, and worth every penny for what they do.
Ok let’s finally get down to business. You ready for a 9+ hour cinematic travel experience in a remote area of Japan? I know you are, because I just linked it above for you to enjoy. Anna Film Productions takes us all along with her on the Shikoku Pilgrimage, something I didn’t even know existed up until about a month ago. It’s a very real thing and you can do it yourself if you ever feel inclined. There’s even an APP to help you along your journey.
We travel to icy depths of the Chenzhou mountains in China next. This is where those upgraded headphones you bought really come into play now, as the soundstage of the actual environment will push the capabilities of it. Walk East is the YouTube channel with long form ambient walking tours of China in particular if you’re interested.
Let’s be real here. If you could afford to stay at the Cheval Blanc on St Barth, you probably wouldn’t be visiting this dumpster fire of a website right now. There’s also a good chance you can never afford it (nor could I) in a lifetime. Let us then together see how the 0.1% of the world lives. No obnoxious “vlog” style video or commentary by the way, just ambient videography of the experience from beginning to end. Luxury Travel Expert has a ton of other videos of places you’ll never visit by the way, in case you want to feel even poorer than you are now.
We’re going to end the virtual tour with something a bit more affordable and probably the only place you might be able to visit. It’s the newly opened theme park in Florida called Epic Universe. The YouTube channel Attractions 360 has been a long time recommendation on The List of my site for being a rather straight forward POV content creator of various theme parks around the world. Theme parks may have their fair share of issues, but they are good tourist destinations for those who have social anxiety and afraid of cultural faux pas.
Artist is かふん
Artist of the month かふん is a real treat to the eyes with their bold, colorful “graffiti” art style. Any one of their hundreds of designs could be printed on a t-shirt, hoodie or other merchandise. They are also openly prolific of their work and you can view their vast library for “free” on Pixiv. Absolutely one of the best of the year and may take the title if no one else dethrones them by December. Please show your love to かふん if you can on any of their socials.