5 Netflix shows you NEED to watch..

January 2019

Ok so Summer is here and we should be out and about capturing sunsets for the GRAM but lets be honest. You sit on the couch every night watching Netflix.

This week I decided to throw some suggestions at you of things I think are BINGE WORTHY.

Now if you are a heavy Netflix consumer you may say "Dave we have already seen all of these shows on your stupid list"... If that is you, Well done! you watch good things..

Lets get into it..

1. Ozark - The hype is real with this one. It's one of those shows you can watch back to back and the storyline keeps you hooked. If you were a fan of Breaking Bad then you will lap this up.

2. Fyre ( The greatest party that never happened )

This has been BLOWING UP on social media recently and for good reason.

The festival that seemed too good to be true...

AND IT WAS.

This doco provides such an interesting look inside the planning and strategy for the famous FYRE festival.

It was incredible to see how powerful "influencers"shaped the course of this festival FLOP.

3. Sex Education

This British comedy-drama initially didn't appeal to my wife and I but after sampling the first episode and giving it the classic 20 minute test, we were hooked.

( If we make it through the first 20 minutes without switching off, we are in!)

Ok so it has an American Pie/The Inbetweeners/Skins feel with lots of cringe moments and hilarious situations. The characters are well developed, interesting and keep cringing but also wanting to join them on this awkward ride haha.

I swear high school was not this awkward...

Huge fan...

4. Avicii True stories

Threw this one on the list only because I am a huge music fan and the "behind the scenes" docos appeal to me. I was a fan of some of his music and was interested to see how Avicii progressed from making beats in his bedroom to headlining huge festivals.

Sad to have seen him go so early. A huge talent.

5. Conversations with a Killer - The Ted Bundy Tapes

This was a recent watch for me. I knew very little about Ted Bundy but after watching the trailer I knew this series would be worth a watch!

The series circles around the actions of Ted Bundy, one of Americas worst serial killers. Such a strange but interesting series and pretty freaky stuff.

Worth a watch...

Thanks for checking out the list!

Hopefully you found something on there that you haven't watched and you can binge that bad boy ASAP!

INTENTIONAL ABSENCES

BIRDBOX - I found it pretty meh

RUSSIAN DOLL - I saw parts of the first season. Strange concept..

YOU - Currently watching this. So far its pretty buzzy

If you think something is missing from this list...

Chuck it in the comments below.

CHEERS, Dave

Winter is HERE

OK so I am a little bit late to the party.

Winter has arrived in New Zealand with temperatures plummeting and the sun refusing to come out!

I recently went on an insta-meet where we travelled to Methven and headed up to Mt Hutt for a morning sunrise mission.

It was ABSOLUTELY freezing at Mt Hutt in the morning and I stupidly forgot to bring gloves. Luckily for me the staff at Mt Hutt hooked it up so I was able to operate my camera without a few fingers falling off.

When we got to the top of the ski lift there was a pinkish glow as the sun was battling to pop out. The snow was half way up your shin in some patches and getting to the prime spot was tough.

Everyone rushed to their positions and whipped out their cameras or all shapes and sizes.

My camera (Gh5) was getting frost and snow all over it! Some of the other cameras were seizing up and not working but luckily for me my camera kept working (the lens starting fogging up - it was stressful haha)

We were planning to have a spa at the top of the Mountain but the winds were so cold that the staff suggested we shouldn't attempt it. I certainly was not keen to whip the speedos out in a hurry.

We grabbed some delicious breakfast from a local spot (info in the video) then headed to the insta meet 'Talk'.

Polkadot Passort aka Nicola shared some of her secrets about content creation, working with brands and how to stand out from the crowd. She was so lovely!

I then jumped back into the car and started the trip home. The two creators that I was travelling with (Jillian and Ryan) wanted to stop off and grab some snaps somewhere along the way so we found a nice row of trees to get some 'bangers' for instagram.

A massive thanks to ChristchurchNZ and Mt Hutt for hosting us on the trip.

IT WAS AMAZING!

I love connecting with like minded people and getting the creative juices flowing.

The next blog post (coming in the next 2 weeks) is going to be about 'Things to do on a Rainy day!" I think Cantabrians will need that one after the weather we have been having lately .

THE VLOG of the trip! -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsBtTUCcGi0&t=3s

Polkadot Passport getting the shot

Take care, Dave

LINKS

ChristchurchNZ have created a bunch of articles and links to some activities going on in the city if that is your cup of tea.

https://www.christchurchnz.com/winter-in-christchurch-and-canterbury/christchurch-city-winter-must-do-guide/

Polkadot Passport Website

https://www.polkadotpassport.com/

Ryan and Jillian

https://www.wilkes.media/

https://www.instagram.com/jillmillerphoto/

My Winter essentials

A good beanie

A warm rain proof jacket

Lemsip (For when the man flu hits)

Weather sealed camera gear!

Chapstick

Waterproof boots/shoes

Warm socks

Earpods (to go under the beanie!)

We have a podcast!

OK so this has been a long time coming..

I have been a huge fan of podcasts since my uni days in 2009 listening to Hamish and Andy.

Podcasts to me were great because I could consume content passively.

I could be walking the dog, taking a shower, lying in bed and listening to something hilarious or informative.

Why create a podcast?

For me I want the Quality Antics Podcast to be informative, fun and a cool way to collaborate with other people.

I had tried to create a podcast a few times before with my close friends.. There was the "Starting small" podcast about starting a small business with my friend Jock. We created 6 episodes then fizzled out because I wanted better quality audio and Jock wouldn't buy a mic!

Then there was 'Banter with Beans' a fun weekly show where my friend Beans and I discuss the big topics (politics, religion, education for starters...)

SAME ISSUE... Beans wouldn't commit to buying his own mic..

SO... I finally decided if I wanted this podcast to happen I was going to have to run the whole ship myself.

So this week I picked up another mic (Im using the Rode NT-USB mics) and started planning how the show would work.

Episode 1 with Mack

I lined up my first guests and went for it!

My first un offical episode was recorded with Mack Dewar and we talked for 50 minutes!

The audio was not that flash (I hadn't picked up my second mic at that stage) so we ended up having to re record episode one... MY BAD SORRY MACK..

I released three episodes to the world to kick start the podcast and ended up using the website SIMPLECAST to host my podcast.

A few days after signing up, my episodes were on Itunes and we were away!

Im working on Spotify at the moment (fingers crossed within the next few weeks we are up and running on there too.)

The whole experience so far has been a BLAST!

I love talking to people about their journey and finding out a bit more about them through some of the 'Questions from the hat'

Questions from the Hat

I decided to throw some questions, discussion topics and ideas into a hat and have brought that along to all of my podcasts so far.

The aim with it is to mix it up and have our listeners submit questions for us to answer during the show. (submit questions or topics at qualityanticspodcast@gmail.com or DM me on Instagram @qualityantics)

Better yet.. If YOU want to be on the podcast. hit me up with the links above :)

If you want to watch the video versions check out the podcast youtube channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0kKAd74_G_--8NhZ8WIcEA

Ok I better get back to work.

Talk to you soon,

Dave