Waching daily May 5 2017

Hey, what's up?

John Sonmez here from simpleprogrammer.com.

I've been thinking about something a little bit lately.

It's a recurring theme.

I thought I'd do a video on this because it's something that I struggle with personally,

and I know that a lot of you probably do as well, which is what I would say is basically

forgetting who you are.

What I mean by that is that I find often that I'll have a breakthrough.

I'll have some great accomplishments that will really bolster my confidence, and then

very shortly after, it seems like it's a very short life thing, I'll start to doubt myself

again and start to almost forget what I did, what I had accomplished and maybe even get

down on myself a little bit because I'm not performing at that peak level currently or

at that time, or I'm sort of doubting that I can perform at that level again.

It's something that definitely has plagued me a lot, especially—it's funny because

it seems like after the biggest accomplishments, the biggest successes that I've had that this

period almost inevitably follows.

It's really strange.

It's just something that I've been thinking about a lot and I've been trying to solve

that problem.

I had just recently a few things that I've been trying to accomplish, trying to do, and

I had success with those things and then it didn't take but a couple of days later that

I was—I was almost like having to go back into my memory to really question whether

or not that stuff was real, what I imagined really happened.

Did I misinterpret things?

When I go back, I say, "No.

Obviously, you know"—when like I've got medals from runs that I've done.

Obviously, I was able to do those things and then make those times.

There's no way I could have cheated it, but, somehow, my psychology, my mind, wants to

go back and almost nullify that experience.

This is something—I think it's something that I know logically doesn't make much

sense.

It's akin to imposter syndrome.

I did a video on imposter syndrome.

I don't think it's quite the same thing.

I mean maybe it's a very similar thing of imposter syndrome, where you feel like you

don't deserve the credit that you've been given like you're basically the imposter.

In this case, it's really—what I really want to talk about is this idea of forgetting

who you are and where you came from, and then what you accomplish and some of the strategies

that I use to overcome that.

Like I said, this is definitely something that I still struggle with because just recently,

I made breakthroughs, crushed some barriers and, especially, I see it on YouTube, especially

when I'm recording videos because I go through these phases.

I've talked about this quite a bit where I am on fire.

I am on top of it.

I feel like I'm lighting up the camera and I know exactly what to say and then there's

times where I'm like, "Man.

I am just producing shit video after shit video," and I feel like I've lost it.

It's funny.

I was just watching—man, I haven't seen this video in a long time, but I remember

an acting class.

I had acted a few parts from this, Tin Cup.

I just saw it while I was at a sushi restaurant.

I saw the subtitles, whatever.

I knew it was playing there and I thought, "Wow.

How relevant is this?"

If you haven't seen that movie, it's this movie—it's been a long time since I've seen

it, but it's this movie with Kevin Costner.

It's kind of an older movie and it's essentially, if I remember correctly, he's this golf pro

and he lost it.

He started choking.

He basically lost his game and he basically forgot who he was.

He forgot the champion that he was and so he's trying to get this back.

He's trying to get his mojo back and feels cursed.

I feel like Kevin Costner in Tin Cup so much of my life.

It's amazing.

No matter how high that I get, no matter how many—how high I get.

Great.

Now, I'm going to get videos—okay, just to preempt this one, I've got a video on "Are

You High When You're Recording Videos?"

No.

I'm not but you can watch that if it will entertain you.

No matter what kind of peaks or achievements that I hit, I always still come back to that

place.

I think I get a higher base level, but it's really easy to go back to that place and feel

like, like I said, Kevin Costner, in Tin Cup.

I will give you a few strategies, what I do.

The first thing and I think it's kind of funny actually, this has actually been pretty beneficial

to me, is to do a highlight reel of your own accomplishments.

To have these things to recall, especially feelings that you want to feel, of gratitude,

of satisfaction, of achievement, and to have these on demand almost so that you can pull

them up.

Actually, this is a little bit funny, but if you've seen my trailer video that we put

together for Simple Programmer that I actually started watching that.

I know that it seems a little bit weird and a little bit vain.

I never claimed that I wasn't vain.

Obviously, I've got a YouTube channel.

I'm in front of the camera doing a couple of videos a day.

Obviously, there's some vanity there, but aside from that, what I'm saying is that it's

pretty helpful to me, just useful for me to see where I was and where I've come and the

progress I've made along the way because it's really when I look at that, it's indisputable.

I definitely made that progress.

I'm definitely further along than I was and I've definitely had a lot of highlights and

accomplishments over the years, especially in this YouTube channel.

I should be happy about that and I should remember it.

It reminds me, like I said, it reminds me who I am.

It reminds me that I did do these things.

This is the same me that I woke up this morning.

Even though I don't feel like the same, even though maybe I don't feel like I can

accomplish all of those things, they happened and then a lot of things happen.

It's really useful to do that.

Journaling can also help as well.

I do keep—I've done this video on a failure journal, which I've been neglecting a little

bit, but I have writing in here.

Even the failures, they remind me of my successes, of where I've been and who I am and what I'm

striving for.

I think it's important to have some kind of continuity.

For me, also, just the YouTube videos themselves show me where I've been.

I can go back, and I can look and I can see, "Okay, one year ago, this is where I was at.

This is what I was aiming for and now I'm here and I'm way past that goal."

I'm getting down on myself even though I'm way past that goal.

This is just one of those tools that you can use, but you need something.

You need something that's going to remind you of where you were, where you're at now

and where you're going and who you are, so you can remember that because it's really

easy to get lost, I think, at times, and to forget what it is that makes you who you are.

What is it that defines you?

What is it that you're shooting for?

How tough really are you?

Sometimes you can get in your head a false view of yourself, which is not correct.

I mean sometimes it can be too inflated, but more often than not like internally—externally,

we may be arrogant and we may puff ourselves up and pretend to be something that we're

not, but internally, we usually know.

Sometimes that internal dialogue, that internal view of ourselves is actually a little too

humble.

It needs to be reminded, be emboldened, be bolstered again, so that you remember what

you've accomplished, what you're capable of.

That's one of those things is what are you capable of, even though in every single moment

you may not feel it.

That is one of the things that I do.

I would say also that with that, I mentioned briefly, but really to have a couple of moments.

I've got a few moments that I can play back where I had a huge success or huge triumph

where I overcame something huge.

I try to replay that in my mind, so that I can maybe close my eyes first thing in the

morning when I'm doing some meditation or something like that and I can recall before

I start my day, so I can bring that feeling.

I can bring that feeling of accomplishment.

If I need, I can bring that feeling of confidence, of courage.

I can call on these moments and these emotions that I felt and these moments where I've had

these successes and triumphs, and I can bring back that same feeling in me, which will kind

of help me too a become, again, who I am.

I'm still a little bit on the fence on this topic, so I won't belabor it anymore.

Just something to consider.

I don't know if you—leave me a comment below if you felt this way before, if you

felt that you almost like—after a big accomplishment, you kind of forget who you are.

You kind of the power that you and I both wield.

We have this power but sometimes we forget.

We forget that we're the kings.

We start the question and say, "Well, maybe all that stuff, maybe it was luck or maybe

I dreamed it.

Maybe there wasn't that much stuff there," so you need those things to remind you of

those events, of what's happened.

There you go.

That's all I got to say about that.

I hope that it's useful to you because it's something, like I said, it's one of these

things.

Sometime I do videos on stuff that I haven't quite figured out yet, so I'm still looking

to figure this out.

I don't have this part of my life nailed yet.

That's the truth, the honest part of that is because I go through that, that cycle and

I'm trying to break out of this.

I've got some strategies.

I've got some ideas here.

I would definitely like to hear yours.

Leve a comment below.

If you've got some ideas here on how to overcome this.

If you haven't subscribed already, click that subscribe button and I'll talk to you next

time.

Take care.

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Why some MQA 192 kHz files stop at 20 kHz - Duration: 10:19.

The web is on fire, for MQA supposedly uses upsampled music for a number of albums.

Time to investigate.

One way to check whether a file is upsampled or not is to shoot a spectrum using a technique

called fast fourier transform or FFT.

Any computer can do that, provided you have the right software.

For MQA you do need to be able to record the analogue signal back into the computer at

a higher sample rate, 96 kHz will be sufficient.

Since I have measurement equipment that is able to do that, I used that.

I used Roon to select and play the music, connected the Mytek Brooklyn MQA DAC over

USB to a Mac Mini that I used as endpoint and fed the output of the Mytek

to the Audio Precision 2522 measurement set.

Using Roon, I selected Owner of a Lonely Heart by Yes from the Tidal Master page and played it.

On the display of the DAC both the MQA indicator and 192 kHz was shown.

At 1 minute 30 I started the Audio Precision to take 128 samples

over 40 seconds and calculate the average.

This became visible on the screen: a sharp roll off at 20 kHz.

Would that be the proof that they used a normal 44.1 kHz recording and upsampled it?

Let's check another 192 kHz MQA file, a live Gary Clark Junior recording from 2016.

Here the energy slowly rolls off as you would expect for a 192 kHz recording.

Not so with the Yes recording.

So I compared it to the cd-rip by overlaying a second measurement, taken the same way.

Again - and here to be expected - there was a sharp roll-off that, for the first part,

was identical to the MQA 192 kilohertz version.

At about 23 kHz there is a kind of blurb that might be due to the reconstruction filter

that is different for 44,1 kHz, but I am not sure.

I also have a 96 kHz recording, ripped from the DVD-Audio version, if I remember well.

So let's measure that one too.

And again the same roll-off for the first part.

So the DVD-A was a rip-off too?

OK, my last resort, the SACD.

I don't have an SACD player anymore but I have all my SACD's ripped in Roon.

So I can also play the SACD version through the same setup.

And again there is a sharp roll off above 20 kHz, this time even deeper than the other

three measurements, as you can see in close up here.

Again I expect it to be due to different reconstruction filters, but that is not of great importance now.

The question is what happened.

The 90125 album started off as an album by two ex members of Yes,

since the band had split up in 1981.

They worked on the album at several places and with a growing number of band members

to finally issue the album under the Yes name again.

The album name is the catalogue number it got at Atco Records, which is an Atlantic

Records sub division.

Given the period the album was produced in, it must have been recorded on analogue multitrack.

The first digital Multitrack in the US and Europe was the Sony PCM-3324 that was introduced

in 1982 so the recordings were already on their way.

It is unlikely they redid the album and it is even more unlikely Atco would have payed

for the extra cost of hiring a PCM-3324.

What you might not know is that analogue tape recorders are also limited in bandwidth and

since 20 kHz was seen as the highest frequency people can hear, tape recorders were designed

to do no more than that.

Or sometimes a tat more for commercial reasons.

So we have a multitrack tape that is limited to about 20 kHz.

But it gets even worse…

The 90125 album is filled with the output of early keyboards

like the Synclavier and Fairlight.

I know little about these devices but I do know that, depending on the incarnation and

choices that had to be made, they could be limited to even 5 kHz bandwidth.

Don't forget that it was the beginning of the computer outside of big companies.

The first IBM PC was introduced in 1981 and was only able to display characters on a monochrome

- often green - screen.

The Fairlight costed as much as what I had payed - well, mortgaged - for my house.

Successful musicians bought these for it challenged their creativity.

I once read that all guitar solos on Owner of a Lonely Heart were sampled and played

back notes from one of these machines.

That might play a role in the limited frequency response too, although I don't expect it

causes the sharp drop at 20 K.

When all is recorded on the multitrack recorder, that tape is played back and mixed to a stereo

program on a 2-track recorder.

In this time period that could have been a digital stereo recorder, the first professional

machine, the Sony PCM-1600, was introduced in 1978.

This was a analogue to digital and digital to analogue converter that registered the

bits stored in a video signal on a modified U-Matic video cassette recorder.

One year earlier Sony introduced digital recording to the consumer the same way: the PCM-F1 adapter

that digitises the sound and used a Betamax recorder.

These were also used in studio's since they were far less expensive

than the professional variant

In both cases the master tape would have been a 16 bit 44.1 kHz digital registration

on U-Matic or Betamax.

In those days digital was seen as lossless so it could well be that an analogue copy

of this digital recording was stored as master or second master.

Since there hardly is any equipment left to playback those digital recordings, the analogue

tape might have been the 'original' master for the record company.

Analogue tape recorders are far more durable than U-matic machines, let alone Betamax VCR's.

And even if the multitrack was down mixed to an analogue machine, chances are there

was no information above 20 kHz due to the music passing through an analogue recorder twice.

There might be recordings from that period that go beyond 20 kHz since some use very

high tape speeds, like 76 cm per second - 30 inch per second imperial.

If that is done for both the multitrack and two track machines,

there can be spectrum above 20 kHz.

That would go at the expense of one octave on the low end - Patrons can watch the Patreon

Special I made called "Why analogue recordings have their limits too".

See the link in the notes.

Again it is not likely that this happened with 90125 since recording at double tape

speed would also double the tape cost from probably around $ 100 per 30 minute reel to

15 minutes on the same reel for the multitrack.

Don't forget that the multitrack is the sketchbook to a rock musician and that to

produce the 45 minutes album, they probably have used a great number of reels.

Also keep in mind that the album didn't even start of as a Yes album.

But again, these are all speculations.

Stating that the MQA version of 90125 was upsampled from a CD master is difficult to proof,

as is the opposite.

But there are indications that MQA does want the MQA label to be used for 'fair trade' recordings.

On Tidal many MQA titles are only 44.1 or 48 kHz, the sound improvement here should

come from the time smearing reduction MQA is claiming to offer.

So why should they issue Ed Sheeran DeLuxe at 44.1 kHz and 090125 at 192 kHz?

If 90125 has been recorded fully in analogue it does make sense to use MQA 192 since then

no or limited time smearing is added while digitising.

MQA even claims it can compensate for time smearing that occurred in the analogue tape recorder.

On High End Munich 2017, coming may, I will try to find out more on this subject.

So subscribe to this channel, my newsletter or to the Facebook or twitter page.

Even better subscribe to my Patreon channel for only one dollar a month and also watch

my Patreon Special videos while supporting me to do my work.

Thank you for watching and see you the next show or on theHBproject.com.

And whatever you do, enjoy the music.

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Oh Mom, Will you talk softly ?

Bambi will get us kicked out.

She won't allow us to stay here.

Bambi ? Why ? You don't pay the rent ?

Mother, yes I am paying the rent but

only one person can stay in the room.

Really ?

What will happen now ?

Mom, she had seen all of us.

All of us ?

Mom, you

Sandeep and I stay here.

Thank God the death angel is not visible.

Sandeep ? I thought he lives in California ?

Mom, the one who I can see.

He is after Sandip.

Who is seen here ?

The one you can't see.

Why the hell I see it. Its all your imagination.

Okay tell me the one you can see why he is after Sandip ?

Take your curse back ?

Mom..

What happen ?

He is standing here.

Well, Russian girls are hot right ?

My lord.

Russian girls are hot ?

You always were after white girls even in Delhi.

After coming here you have gone more crazy.

Mom you be in the room.

Since Sandip had come here

something went wrong with him.

Hey Lord, please protect him.

**curse**

My lord …

Hold on Brother.

Tell him that we have sorted out our problems.

Come on tell him … come on…

Ya ya sure will massage here too..

My Lord, the guy is bad,

he is A$$h*le and he is a dog.

Yes you are right my lord.

Brother

Leena is not a pigeon sitting on the tree

that I will catch it and put it on your lap ?

If she was not a pigeon than why the hell you took her from me

to enjoy with her ?

My Lord,

My Lord , my friend,

but do not tell me time and again,

two days three days two days three days.

Don't scare me.

Brother two days of life ….

Brother, every dog has to die.

But please bring back my pigeon.

Why the hell Lena's phone is always switched off. Idiot.

It seem he is Lena's boy friend.

I think he has made Lena and my video.

You are gone Sandip Dixit.

He will beat the hell out of me.

If you want to save yourself

run from here.

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Finding peace in this prison never seemed so hard before, what am I searching for

Just a touch of the feeling, the feel and rush of two hearts beating

Why am I left dancing in the rain again singing my song once more I can't seem to get

Just some place where I belong and don't take this from me

I've been fading away memories are turning to greet

But every step that I take the closer I get to finding there's more to me than what these

eyes have seen, its within my reach and I'll take it all

I am withered and broken and weary but I'm not throwing it all away for something that

only fades Been through the battle, been through the

war but I still can't find what I'm searching for..

Just some place where I belong and don't take this from me

But every step that I take the closer I get to finding there's more to me than what these

eyes have seen, its within my reach and I'll take it all

Just some place where I belong I've been fading away memories are turning

to greet But every step that I take the closer I get

to finding there's more to me than what these eyes have seen, its within my reach and I'll

take it all I've been fading away.. and I'll take it all

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The Aesthetically Pleasing Book Tag! - Duration: 9:19.

Bibliophiles of the internet, my name is Adriana and today I'm here to bring you

the Aesthetically Pleasing Book Tag!

This tag was created by Jen from Book Syrup and I was not tagged, but I saw this video on Reggie's channel,

Don't Stop Readin'. And she is an incredible, thoughtful BookTuber who I highy recommend.

So I will link both of their videos down below.

Now, we all know—myself especially—that the most important part of any book is the story within,

but as a book collector and someone who enjoys and admires books as physical objects and things of beauty,

I own so many books that incorporate fantastic, spectacular design elements that really deserve to be

acknowledged. And this is a tag that celebrates that.

So with that said, let's do this.

#1. Best color combo on a book cover.

I sort of instinctually gravitated towards "The Inexplicable Logic of My Life" by Benjamin Alire Sáenz.

I really love this design and color scheme—how there's this starry, nebulous sky at the forefront,

and the colors kind of have this ombré effect as they transition from deep purples and blues to lighter blues

and almost greens that really emphasize the silhouettes of the characters.

Then that bright gold lettering really stands out against this background image, and it's something that almost

seems incongruous, like it shouldn't work, but it makes a lot of sense as you actually open the book, and you see

those really bold end papers and the continued motif of that gold font on the inside dust jacket flap.

So overall, it's an incredible design for an incredible story.

#2. Best use of typography or font.

For this, I chose the UK edition of "The Song of Achilles" by Madeline Miller.

First, what's really cool is that if you run your hand over this cover, you can feel each individual divot in the armor,

which is a really great detail. But as for the typography, I think it's really smart that it matches the exact red

of the surrounding material. And it's ever so slightly foiled,

so if you tip it just a little bit, you can really see the shine. And so it just seems appropriately royal and majestic.

#3. Best simple design.

I have to give this one to "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson.

I'm just really drawn to these incredible, vibrant colors on this cover. And I love how they kept this design

so minimalist. They could've easily put a literal sun on this book, but instead they're sort of giving you the

impression of a sun, the idea of a sun.

And I think it's important to note that the impression they're giving you is not of, like, a scientifically

accurate sun. It's sort of a reference to that childish idea, an image of a sun where you have the orb, which in this

case is the actual title, and then these visible rays sort of exploding outwards and surrounding it.

#4. Best end pages.

For this one, I chose "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster.

For the record, this is one of the most beautiful books that I own. It's one of my favorites. This is a really special

anniversary edition, and when you take off the dust jacket, you can see this intricate, incredible foil work

where the cover image is actually embossed on the naked hardback.

The map, which I love is actually the end papers in this book. So it's nice and big and clear, and I think it's

a really great detail that all of it is drawn in blue. But what's really cool is that you can actually trace

all of Milo's journey just looking at this map.

You can see where he starts in the Doldrums, you can see Dictionopolis, the Island of Conclusions,

the Valley of Sound, the Mountain of Ignorance. So if you just take the time to take in all of these great details,

it's all here.

#5. Best map in a book.

For this one, I have to give it up to the "Six of Crows" duology by Leigh Bardugo.

Every story set in the Grisha world sort of starts off with this really beautiful, intricate map of the entire world,

and of Ravka, specifically. And I just love all of the details and the darkness, and just the entire aesthetic

of this map. What's great about "Six of Crows" specifically is that it has a map of the prison,

which is where the target of this heist is located. So not only is it beautiful, because it's really great to look at—

—you can see how it's sketched out, not really refined. I love the heavy handedness of the details.

But it's also functional, because I was always looking back at this map and sort of using it as a reference

to see where the characters were.

And then again, in "Crooked Kingdom," you have the same sort of thing, where you have a map of the overall

world, but then you have a really specific map of Ketterdam, which is where the actual story takes place.

And again, this is just a really beautifully detailed map. I love the darkness and the heavy-handed lines.

You can really get a feel for all the different districts and locales that are central to this story,

and I just think it's a really, really fantastic design.

#6. Best naked hardback.

I was actually surprised by how many options I ended up having, but I narrowed it down to two.

And the first is "Seconds" by Bryan Lee O'Malley.

Once you take of the dust jacket, you can see this really incredible design that comes from one of the full

page spreads in this graphic novel—which, by the way, is about a restaurant, which is what you can see here.

And it's sort of laid out as a floor plan, which is cool because you can see all the different rooms

and characters and what they're doing, and I just think it's really, really neat.

My second choice is "Leisl & Po" by Lauren Oliver.

First of all, this is just a really beautifully designed cover. I love the colors and the imagery. I love the gold foiled

corners and borders and all these intricate details that sort of make it feel like a really dark fairy tale book.

But when you take off the dust jacket, what could possibly prepare you for this full blown,

full color, fully illustrated image actually on the hardback itself that's sort of an expansion of that cover image.

And then it sort of continues onto the spine and we finish out on the back with this beautifully illustrated

image tree. And just, like, as a whole, this has to render you powerless, because what else is there to say?

#7. Best back cover.

I immediately knew I had to choose this incredible edition of "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor.

Where to begin, really? There's so much beauty and thought put into every single minuscule detail

in this design, in this whole book, and this entire packaging just has me shook.

From the coloring, to the incredible foil details, to the stained pages, and the title page—

—just, like, everything...is right.

But amidst all this majesty and beauty, I think what really stands out is this sensational back cover, where you

have the repeated motif of this moth-like creature, but it's redone. Instead of foil, it's done in these dark

blue colors, which really stand out against that nebulous starry background, and those clouds, which are just

giving me so much life, and then you have the great placement of this quote above it.

My only question is: Are you fricken serious?

#8. Best chapter headers.

As for a novel that has really interesting headers, I thought of "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker.

What stood out to me about these headers is that not only do they look great, but they're also functional,

because the story switches between two different points of view. So in some chapters, you will see the silhouette

of a little boy's head that represents Peter, and then when it switches to Pax's chapters,

you can see the silhouette of a fox.

I think it's a really thoughtful, creative way to signal visually that you're switching perspectives.

#9. Best illustrations.

For this, I chose "The Ever Never Handbook" by Soman Chainani.

This is just a really fun sort of companion to the "School for Good and Evil" series. It's jam packed with these

incredible extras about the fairy tale world, and these two different schools, how they work, the people who

populate these worlds, profiles on the students, that kind of stuff.

And it is fully colored, fully illustrated. I think it's illustrated by Michael Blank, and his work in this is brilliant.

#10. Best spine.

Of course for this one I had to cheat, because I couldn't just pick one book, I had to pick an entire series,

and that was "The Raven Cycle" by Maggie Stiefvater.

I can't emphasize enough how much I love seeing these spines together on the shelf. I love that each individual

book has its own distinctive color, but that color does not dominate the spine. You can just kind of see

a thin strip of it, and then there's white space around the edges.

And you can see the cover designs for all four books sort of spilling over onto the spines,

and it's so satisfying in a way that I can't even articulate.

And finally, #11. Favorite cover on your shelves.

It obviously had to be this break-taking edition of "Uprooted" by Naomi Novik.

Again, where to begin when you're talking about perfection? I love the lightness of this design, I love this

white backdrop that's so prominent. I love the pastel color scheme. These dark purples and the way they work

against these light mint colors. The incredible gold foiling detail everywhere. The symbolism in the cover,

which is surrounded by nature, and how the shadow of the tower is sort of looming over the entire village.

It's just...incredible. Like what IS this?

So those are just a few of the aesthetically pleasing books I have on my shelves. I'm just gonna say if

you own any of the books I mentioned in this video and you want to do this tag yourself, then I tag you.

But that is everything I had for this tag today. Thank you so much for watching this video.

I really hope that you enjoyed it, and I will catch YOU on the flip-side of the page.

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So you call yourself an anarchist?

Yeah. Here and now,

that's all any of us have is, like, right here...

-Yeah. -...right now.

-But you hate civilization. -I know.

I'm so conflicted because I love beer so much!

My name's Meg Gill, and I love beer.

Holy shit. -Thank you so much.

That is a damn good beer.

Meg: So I'm heading on an epic beer adventure

to find out how beer is bringing people together...

Win or lose, we booze, so...

Is that a shower beer or what?

...to meet amazing homebrewers

and to give one of them a chance to brew their beer

at my brewery, Golden Road.

Everybody, cheers!

This is "Beerland."

♪♪

I'm here at Baby's All Right in Brooklyn, New York.

I'm gonna meet my friend, Meredith, who writes about beer

and beer culture in the city.

Hey, Meredith. -Oh, hey!

-Good to see you. -Good to see you.

-Welcome to New York. -Thanks.

Could I have a beer list?

Pretty much every cool bar you go to in New York,

you get, like, a decent beer list now, which is like...

-Yeah. -...really nice.

It's changed a lot from the past, like, 10 years.

Yeah. So 10 years ago,

there was no good craft beer here?

I mean, it was just a really different landscape.

There were, like, four breweries in New York City,

and now there's, like, 30.

Well, where should I go to check out

the homebrewing scene?

I would definitely recommend, uh, the Brewminaries.

So they're this homebrewing club.

They just, like, love beer so much.

-Yeah. -They are stoked on it.

-Hey. How are you guys? -What's up?

-I'm Meg. -Zach.

Zach. So how long have you owned this place?

Three years and hanging out in Williamsburg

for about 20 years.

20 years? How has the beer scene changed?

Originally, lighter Mexican beer was very popular.

Now, things that would have been obscure 10 years ago

are now just commonplace, you know.

-Sure. -There's so much new stuff

coming out all the time, you know. Exactly.

So what's been the change of nightlife?

You know, it's just kind of, like, diversity

in terms of neighborhoods.

And the outer boroughs, you know, new spots

open up, cool little bars.

The best thing about New York is there's

so many interesting and really,

you know, rad people from all around the world.

All right. Well, thank you, guys.

Cheers. -Cheers, guys.

Meg: When I come to visit New York,

I usually hang out in Manhattan

with its endless bars to choose from,

but this time, I want to explore

New York's largest borough, Queens,

the most ethnically diverse county in the U.S.

This neighborhood is a huge melting pot of cultures

representing 120 countries.

It's got eight breweries alone

as well as a large group of born and raised,

hardworking homebrewers here to grab their piece of beer pie.

So I'm heading to Long Island City

to meet a brewing duo

that's bringing new meaning to beer league hockey.

I think certainly there are some people who doubt us

because of our backgrounds,

and I think there's part of me

that wants to prove them wrong, definitely.

-Hey, Pope? -Hey, how's it going?

-Nice to meet you. Meg. -Pleasure to meet you.

Meg: Nice little view here.

Paid good money for these seats.

Pretty loyal friend, right?

Yeah, I've known Chuck for about like, uh, 10 years now.

-Your brewing buddy, right? -Yeah, yeah.

How'd you get into brewing?

I actually watched a TV show one time,

and I was like, "I could do this myself."

Cool. How 'bout Chuck?

What's his, uh... -I mean, he approached me

when he wanted to start brewing,

and ever since then, we brewed every weekend.

Very cool.

Is everybody decent in here?

Hey, Chuck. -Nice to meet you.

-Nice job out there. -Thanks for coming.

Cool, yeah, thanks for having me.

So you guys drinking some beers back here or what?

You want to just pass these around?

This is a red and a black IPA that we made.

Pope: What would you like to try first?

Uh, I'll try the red first.

It's a red IPA with the, uh, rye malts and...

No offense, but I'm not gonna give it the smell

that I normally would in the -- in the locker room here.

And that's not saying anything about you guys,

that's for sure.

Very well made, very clean, great beer.

Gracias.

What's in this beer? How'd you guys make it?

Um, crystal malts, crystal rye,

but, like, the spicy flavor.

Yeah. That's a nice beer.

Wow. The clothes are just coming off.

Shifty. There's no concern that there's a girl back here.

Meg: What the hell is this guy doing back there?

Is that a shower beer or what?

Oh, yeah.

Pope: How do you like the IPA?

Its gr-- it's amazing. It's amazing.

It's the only reason I'm staying in the shower.

Do you guys get a lot of homebrew

back here from these guys? Yeah.

You know, win or lose, we booze, so...

-Yeah. -That's really it.

That's a good team motto.

It's literally called beer league.

So... -Yeah, it's a beer league.

-Yeah. -It's literally an excuse

for us to come drink on a Tuesday.

-It's the camaraderie. -Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

These guys are entering a homebrew competition,

and if they win, they'll have their beers brewed

and distributed

by the brewery I started in California.

We're all local guys, so I think it would be a good time

to have someone represent our --

our town, especially a guy like Charlie...

-Yeah. -...and Pope.

Seamus: Yeah, I mean, eventually, they get big enough.

They can pay for the jerseys. -Yeah.

Do we need like the most beers drank to win

or something? 'Cause we'd win that.

Where are you guys brewing this beer?

Uh, well, we're brewing this beer back

in my basement in Queens.

How long have you been bringing beers to games?

Well, we've been homebrewing for what, Pope, 3 -- 3 years?

-Three years, yeah. -So, I mean,

I guess we felt good about sharing it

after about a year and a half.

-Yeah. -It has definitely been

a vast improvement. -Well, no.

We tell 'em it sucks every single time.

Usually, we just tell 'em, like, "Oh, this is dog piss."

But... -So, Seamus,

have the beers gotten better over time,

from these guys? -Absolutely.

I mean, they couldn't get worse at the beginning.

So...

You brew and drink great beer, so that's the important part.

Thank you.

Meg: These guys are real New Yorkers, born and raised.

They're drinking great beer 'cause they love the taste,

and they love drinking beers together,

and that's what it's all about.

So are you trying to change the world through beer?

I think...

Yeah.

First time I tried beer, fuck, how old was I?

Man: When I first turned 21, I was at a bar,

and that's how I broke my drinking virginity.

Ahh.

Woman: My favorite beer story

would be getting very sunburnt once on a family holiday,

and my dad put the beer up

to me like this just to cool it off.

The first time I drank beer, it tasted like postage stamps.

I remember, like, having it and thinking it was disgusting.

No, I decided I didn't like it, and it wasn't what I wanted.

Then I went to college and realized

that beer is fantastic and great.

Meg: I'm here outside a local homebrew club

called the Brewminaries.

I'm gonna meet one of the homebrew contestants,

Dailey, who apparently has some great beers.

Hi. Can I have a tasty beverage?

Uh, what would you like?

I'll actually do a Sitting in Limbo

because it's a great Jerry Garcia song.

-Hi, Meg. -Hey, Dailey.

-Nice to meet you. -Thanks for having me out, guys.

Yeah, of course.

Tell me about the homebrewing scene.

It's kind of blowing up.

New York used to be a very strong

hop-and-grain-producing state.

Prohibition kind of fucked all that up, um,

but we're trying to get it back to those -- those roots.

Yeah. Why'd you start brewing?

I started brewing because I liked beer.

I -- I was drinking a lot of beer.

But I also really --

I really appreciate brewing as a subversive act.

Uh, I do identify as an anarchist.

-Yeah. -I mean, but that...

As an anarchist?

Yeah, so, like, any beer you buy in the store

or anywhere is -- is taxed.

-Yeah. -Um, like,

I like being able to take raw ingredients

and make alcohol

without having to pay taxes on warmongering

and the defense budget.

So are you trying to change the world through beer?

And why are you at a homebrew group

but not an anarchy club?

I think...

Yeah.

I went to one anarchist meeting of a group, and they were,

like, very, like, serious, like, very intense.

And, like, here, everyone is like,

"We're all gonna learn together."

I'm a jolly motherfuckin' anarchist.

Yeah. Societies rise and fall, man.

It happens -- it happens every few hundred years.

-It does. It does. -We've had a great run.

The difficult part is, like,

I'm really nihilist at this moment as well.

And then, like, culture and society

is built on grain.

And -- and civilizations started because...

-Yeah. -...of the production of grain.

Yes, because of the production of grain.

Beer started because... -Yes.

...of the production of grain.

Agriculture, set... -Yes.

-...settlements happened... -Yes.

...because of the production of grain.

I'm so conflicted because I love beer so much!

But you hate civilization.

I don't hate civilization. I just --

I have my doubts as to whether it's tenable.

But I'm in a moment in time

where barley is still available.

Who -- who discovered yeast? Come on.

Um, I mean, it must have been Louis Pasteur.

It was. Good job, dude.

I can just grab yeast out of the ether...

Sure. ...and put it and ferment with it.

It's on fruit, and it's on logs.

And, like, uh, I remember, like, blowing my mind.

I was like, "Wait. You mean there's just yeast around?

You can just have it?"

Yeah.

I was like, "Yeah, fuck yeah, I'll do that!"

Yeah. Do you only ferment with wild yeast?

At the moment, yeah. Come on by.

It's kick ass. -Awesome.

Cheers.

Meg: There's a lot of posers and shitty people

out there just trying to crawl under the craft-brew wagon.

Dailey was the opposite of that

and has a real philosophy behind what he's doing.

I'm in Brooklyn driving over to Dailey's house,

who only brews with wild yeast.

Uh, with wild yeast, anything can happen.

He's looking for chaos and inconsistency

within his beers.

Yeast is living all around us, like,

hundreds of different strains.

In beer, yeast is the ingredient

that converts sugar into alcohol.

Most breweries use carefully

controlled strains of yeast grown in labs,

but Dailey brews with wild yeast,

as in the kind that lives on fruit and trees in nature.

Use it correctly and wild yeast can give you amazing flavors,

but choose the wrong strain,

and your beer might literally end up tasting like crap.

I'm about to find out

which category Dailey's beer falls into.

Dailey: I am a self-described anarchist.

I want to take control

over the things that I put in my body

and to take control over my buzz.

-Hey, Dailey. -Hey, what's up, Meg?

-How you doin'? -Not bad. Yourself?

-Good. Thanks for having me. -Yeah, of course.

Just getting ready to start the boil.

-Great. -So I'm gonna brew this exact

same recipe all year long.

It's difficult sometimes to even tell what yeast I have...

-Right. -...with wild yeast.

Yeah. But, you know, as I collect and bank cultures,

I'll -- would like to have an idea of, like,

the characteristics of each.

How many, uh, yeast strains are you banking right now?

I have three banked right now with Bootleg Biology.

They want to make the, uh, largest library

of local yeast strains in the world.

-That's great. -Yeah, it's fun.

Well, I ferment with the log first...

Wait. What -- what's the log?

So the log is --

it's a log that I found in the park.

Like, I had a hunch there'd be some yeast in it,

so I made a 5-gallon batch.

Where did this hunch come from?

I read, you know, before brewers knew what yeast even was,

many families would have a paddle,

and they thought it was magical

because they would stir their wort with it,

and then, days later, it would begin to ferment.

-Yeah. -There was yeast living

in their paddle is what was going on.

-That's great. -So I was like,

"Maybe there's yeast living in my log."

Wow.

So I put it in... the magic log,

as I like to call it. -That's great.

And you can see, I mean, I've d--

I've brewed with it probably 10, 15 times now,

and you can see the yeast that's on it.

-Wow. -And if you --

if you want to give it a... -Whiff.

...whiff, you can smell the yeast that's on it.

-Wow. Wow. Yeah. -Yeah. Bananas.

I mean, not like banana. It doesn't smell like bananas.

It's crazy. -Yeah, that's crazy.

A little bit in -- in no-man's-land on --

on, "What is it?"

Meg: So, how, um,

have you cultivated the yeast from the log?

Dailey: You know, I just say a little prayer to the log.

Dear log, please make me good beer.

Amen. All right.

-Great. -And then we go in.

Yeah. And you leave it for how long?

Three days, four days.

So what flavors, uh, has this log given you so far?

Pretty typical just kind of yeasty,

bread-y flavors. -Sure.

And if I leave it for a couple of months,

I'll get, like, a spicy, phenolic,

kind of peppery thing that happens.

Yeah. So the --

the longer you expose the log to the beer,

the more bacteria and funk

that gets into the beer and --

and creates somewhat of a sour flavor to your beers...

-Right, yeah. -...is what you're looking for?

-Sometimes. -Yeah.

Meg: All right. I'm ready for some funk, man.

All right. Let's taste it.

What are we tasting today?

So this is a black ale.

It's got a lot of rye in it.

Is this a beer you're most proud of?

Yeah, at the moment.

Good pour.

It looks, uh, really bright.

Cheers. -Cheers.

-Wow, that's a good beer. -You dig it?

-Yeah. -Oh, good.

Kind of like a chocolaty brown ale

with a hint of sour.

-Mm-hmm. -A little bit in --

in no-man's-land on -- on, "What is it?"

It's not a stout.

It's not a brown. It's not a porter.

I think my expectations were,

I'm gonna get a slap in the face...

-Sure. -...with this dude's log

that he found in a park with a bunch of funky,

fucked-up yeast on it. -Yeah.

-But it's a good beer, so... -Thank you.

...that -- that's the important part.

Yeah, so if you did move forward, you know,

with your anarchist views,

this beer will be...

-Sure. -...uh, distributed...

Oh, yeah. Right. -...right? So?

Yeah, I value, like, not funding,

um, what I consider to be bad choices by the government,

but I also value being able

to bring delicious beer to people.

So, like, to me, that tipped the scale

in that direction a little bit. -Sure.

Meg: Dailey's wild yeast beer is surprisingly delicious,

but I do wonder if people will be

willing to drink something

that had a log sticking out of it.

The diversity and richness of beer culture

in this city is incredible.

The pace, the hustle,

the creativity in these streets,

that's New York in a nutshell.

My last brewer has taken

one of her favorite New York City breakfasts

and turned it into a beer.

-All right. Here we are. -Cool.

♪♪

Ashley: I'm an actor in New York and a singer.

As a brewer, I think that I'm very whimsical.

I find that I just want to have fun with the beer.

Oops.

Well, come on in.

Meg: So brewing beer in a New York City apartment.

Yeah, it's, um, quite a difficult thing to do.

-Great spot. -Yeah, thanks.

I've been here for a while,

so this is, um, my home, and I actually have a batch

I just was brewing over the weekend.

So this is a double IPA. -Nice.

So, yeah, we're gonna be hoppin' the shit

out of it in a few days.

Meg: So in a New York City apartment,

where do you keep all your homebrewing equipment?

Uh, you have to get creative, so come with me.

All right.

Um, my friend, Harn, gave me a radiator cover,

uh, which obviously... -Cool.

...there's not a radiator here in the hall.

-You lift it up? -Yup.

-Oh, no. Whoa! -So I've got a lot

of brewing equipment hiding back here.

In New York City, you have to get really creative.

Yeah. Awesome. Ready to taste some beers?

Absolutely.

I did make the everything-bagel beer.

-Awesome. -Cheers, lady!

Cool. I was so excited to try.

I'm so excited you're tasting it.

Aroma is great.

It's very different from any beer

I've, uh, smelled before.

So... -That's, uh, that's the aim.

Lots of, like, onion, sesame.

Whoa!

That's a total everything bagel.

-Yeah, exactly! -Holy cow.

It keeps going, the layers.

Used an English yeast.

The Scottish ale yeast or...

-Uh, it's the Nottingham... -Yeah.

-...um, English ale yeast. -Yeah. Cool.

When people come to hang out with me while I'm brewing,

I'm like, "Okay. Pick whatever vinyl you want to listen to."

Yeah. That's fantastic.

And usually, we also listen to German drinking songs.

Cool. Can I hear that?

Let's do it.

Check it out.

Yeah.

[ German music playing ]

I think we need another beer.

You're absolutely 100% right.

Meg: I'm struggling in this decision

because I have it narrowed down to two.

I think Ashley executed

to what an everything bagel should taste like in a beer.

She did an amazing job.

However, Dailey's ingenuity

in having this magic log,

you know, that he prays to.

I'm gonna call my friend, Brett Porter,

get some advice from him.

[ Cellphone rings ]

-This is Brett. -Hey, Brett.

It's Meg. -Hi, Meg.

Meg: You know, I'm in New York,

and I met three very interesting,

very different homebrewers.

The first homebrewer,

he actually identifies himself

as an anarchist

and actually brews with yeast

that he cultivated from a log

that he found in a park next door to him in Brooklyn.

And then the --

the final contestant was very resourceful,

and she created an everything-bagel beer.

Brett: I sure like the idea of an everything flavor,

uh, uh, beer.

You -- you don't think it's too much, uh,

too much of a novelty? -No, I don't.

If the flavors are delineated, if you can --

if it doesn't taste like a muddle...

Yup.

...I think that's, uh, I think that's great.

The -- the best story is the -- is the log from Brooklyn.

Uh, uh, but, uh, uh,

you need to decide what the best, uh,

what the best beer is...

Yeah, I agree with you.

And I think, uh... -Yeah.

...you know, the potential of these brewers

is something else to, uh, take into account.

If given the opportunity,

um, to continue to improve, you know, who does have --

have the highest potential and --

and work ethic to --

to take it to the next level?

I think you got your work cut out for you.

Meg: This is a really difficult decision to make,

and I actually went back and forth.

I had it narrowed down to two and changed my mind in the --

in the 11th hour.

And in the end, it was that little

extra unconditional heart to beer

and to homebrewing that led me to my decision.

-Hey, Meg. -Hey, Dailey.

-How you doin'? -How you doin'?

What can I get ya?

Dailey, how 'bout a, uh, jalapeño rye?

Sure thing. That's a good choice.

Okay.

I figured a, uh,

anarchist who works at a brewery tap room

wouldn't mind blowing off work

for a second to have a conversation.

But your log situation... -Uh-huh.

...is unlike, you know,

anything I've ever read about,

heard about a homebrewer doing,

and -- and, uh, how you connect your philosophy

to your beer is something

that's just, like, un-- unbelievable

and your -- and your, you know... Well, thank you.

-...recipe for success. -Thank you.

Um, anyway, man, I'm actually here to tell you

that you're moving on to the next round.

Awesome. That's really exciting.

And you're -- you were chosen for New York.

-Holy shit. -Cheers.

Cheers. Thank you.

-Yeah. Yeah. -Jesus.

Awesome. -Here, let me give you a hug.

That's incredible. Wow.

Holy fuck. -Are you excited?

Yeah, I'm really surprised.

Like, um, that's amazing.

Yeah, I'm very excited. Holy shit.

Like, I keep saying holy shit over and over again.

-Yeah. Cheers. -I'll bring the log. Cheers.

Winning this round of the competition validates

wild-yeast brewing for me,

but I think it also validates it for the --

the brewing community at large.

This is for the magic log.

Ahh.