# Serendipitous Arts/Entertainment Discoveries **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serendipitous-arts-entertainment-discoveries/960424 "2022-03-03T18:57:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serendipitous-arts-entertainment-discoveries/960424/1 "2022-03-03T18:57:04Z")
In the year prior to covid I was looking through the various articles that surface in my phone’s newsfeed and there was one along the lines of “Dozer is one of the most under-rated stoner rock bands” or something along those lines. It had a link to one of their songs in Youtube so I decided to check it out. Now I’m personally a lover of classic, or classic-sounding, heavy metal (think Sabbath, Alice in Chains, Judas Priest etc) but had never heard of the genre “stoner rock”. I listened to the Dozer link and was really impressed by it. After that, I ended up down the Youtube rabbit hole, finding more and more stoner rock and it has been a fantastic discovery for me. It’s like a huge range of alternate universe versions of a fourth Black Sabbath album and it’s been amazing to me, and they’re from all over the world: Dozer - Sweden Stoned Jesus - Ukraine (I hope they’re safe) 1000 Mods - Greece Truckfighters - Sweden All Them Witches - US Two years later and I keep on finding new bands and songs that, to me, are just fantastic. Had that article never appeared on my phone, I would never have discovered this, especially just prior to two years of WFH during covid. Has anyone else been blown away in that way by something on a whim? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serendipitous-arts-entertainment-discoveries/960424/2 "2022-03-03T19:01:38Z")
A couple of decades ago, I found a really cool music video that was created with Legos. I was fascinated by it, and kept watching it over and over again because it was so well-done. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fTH71AAxXmM/maxresdefault.jpg "The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTH71AAxXmM) After watching the video a few times, it occurred to me that I also really liked the song. I looked up the band (The White Stripes) and bought their album, and then their second album. They became one of my favorite bands. But only because they had a neat video made out of Legos. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serendipitous-arts-entertainment-discoveries/960424/3 "2022-03-03T20:19:47Z")
I’ve hunted down music from movies or TV shows a few times, and routinely pick up on books/movies/TV/webcomics by way of a mention on TV Tropes. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serendipitous-arts-entertainment-discoveries/960424/4 "2022-03-03T22:29:31Z")
Back in 1976 or so I was walking through a mall (remember them?) in Anchorage, AK and heard a strange song coming out of a record (remember THEM?) store. I turned around and went inside to listen to the rest of the song. No words, just what I would later learn was _vocalise_. I was fascinated and asked what group was playing. Renaissance led to Fairport Convention led to Steeleye Span led to…well, you get the idea. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serendipitous-arts-entertainment-discoveries/960424/5 "2022-03-04T11:35:04Z")
> [@velomont](#): > > Has anyone else been blown away in that way by something on a whim? Youtube’s algorithm has led to me discovering _so_ much great music. ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serendipitous-arts-entertainment-discoveries/960424/6 "2022-03-04T13:49:35Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Youtube’s algorithm has led to me discovering _so_ much great music. So, so true. Its accuracy and relevance to my tastes are actually quite impressive ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serendipitous-arts-entertainment-discoveries/960424/7 "2022-03-04T15:05:16Z")
I was watching an episode of _The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore_ (a short-lived news and panel show in line with _The Daily Show_), and one of his panel guests was rapper Action Bronson. Bronson’s a weird cat (a fat white guy with a beard and a grating voice) and I’d never heard of him, so I decided to look him up. I checked out several of his videos, including the one for [Baby Blue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVP_w1rQweE&ab_channel=ActionBronson). There’s a guy who does a verse in that video (3:33) and I thought he was hilarious and his rhymes were tight. That guy is Chance the Rapper, and I went down a rabbit hole of him that very night, and became a HUGE fan. I listened to his mixtapes exclusively for months. I even ended up seeing him live. Still a huge fan! ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serendipitous-arts-entertainment-discoveries/960424/8 "2022-03-04T18:43:42Z")
Heh. An issue of South Park had Kenny singing opera. Looked it up. Found Andreas Bocelli 🙂