youtube channels you religiously follow

there's only one channel i obsessively follow and watch every installment of - the one and only MatoJelic - the world's most entertaining chess commentator. he's the boss

i also find allec joshua ibay's flight simulator 2004 plane disaster walkthroughs really compelling, but that's a more recent thing and it's unclear whether i'll still be obsessed a year from now. mato otoh has been my hero since about this time last year and i started this thread because of him

now tell me yours

just a couple:

http://www.youtube.com/user/5ninthavenueproject - 80s nyc from a club kid / gay pov
http://www.youtube.com/user/xSebas6089x - GloomyHouse, a pretty good creepypasta channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/schooloflifechannel - ridiculously comprehensive and generally otm

can't wait to dig into the Ibay channel

5ninthavenueproject looks amazing.

It's like a vlog that fell into a timewarp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZJAtkqiV8U

so much content, it's nuts

Sullivan knew he lived in interesting times, and he worked hard to capture more than a video freak-show. He chronicled the rise and fall of many of his friends and peers including, Ethyl Eichelberger, John Sex, Keith Haring, Tom Rubnitz, Michael Alig and countless other denizens of a demimonde being ravaged by AIDS, heroin, and anomie. Sullivan himself died from a heart attack on July 4, 1989, just three days after quitting his full-time job so that he could produce his own cable television show of his footage.

http://www.youtube.com/user/BroScienceLife

http://www.youtube.com/user/AutomaticGainsay - ridiculously detailed demonstrations of synths function by function

Anthony Reichardt: http://www.youtube.com/user/reichardtaj A sort-of Gold Star Studios historian.

Also, Martins Ultimate Disney Park tributes: http://www.youtube.com/user/MartinsVidsDotNet/videos

His homemade documentaries are on-point with the timeline, soundtracks, and photo details.

The PeopleMover history -- especially the abandoned Epcot City '75 plans and the US Senate's subway near the end -- is an obsession.

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRix1GJvSBNDpEFY561eSzw

Laura Kampf is awesome

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/05/god-bless-contrapoints

I could watch her all day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvUhoapHejA

this guy uploads a lot of train videos but the ones he does that aren't about trains are fascinating in a really mundane, quiet way

I've watched dozens of the Ibay videos, odd combination of soothing and terrifying/horrifying

odd but highly addictive obv

I've actually found a couple of "YouTubers" that are really well done.

Down the Rabbit Hole: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbWcXB0PoqOsAvAdfzWMf0w
This guy mostly does documentaries on weird internet history, but the strictly historical ones he's done are really good, too.

Nerd City: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxsQFG_8Dbt1sZhLReL2mUw
This guy kind of does meta content, commenting and critiquing other YouTubers, but the way he pulls it off is very clever. His latest video is a take down of Jake Paul and it is so incredibly well done.

Kinda feel like Nerd City needs to drop the gimmick, I'm halfway through his Jake Paul video and think it would be much better without all the mugging. I appreciate wanting to avoid just being a dude talking to the camera but his solution's a bit too wacky. Definitley a fascinating glimpse into a very fucked up world tho.

ContraPoints (politics) and LinsdayEllis (film critic) have gotten some acclaim elsewhere here on the boards, deservedly so.

I like Stevem - not, as far as I can tell, the old ILX poster but a dude with a lot of knowledge of Japanese pop music and animation - lots of good stuff on Japanese Jazz, City Pop and animation that's not yr traditional idea of "anime".

I'm kinda addicted to the StrictlyDUMPLINGS! channel - just watching this dude eat his way through buffets across South East Asia. I'm sure there's a million accounts like this but this one's at least well edited and gets to the point without too much self-promotion.

Vinilteca definitley has that dude talking at a camera problem, and it's compounded by there being two of them so whenever one's talking the other has to just stand/sit there, occasionally nodding solemnly to what the other one's saying. That being said they're very helpful at filling in the gaps of my Brazilian music knowledge, kinda like an AMG for the ears. It's in Portuguese tho.

Haha, finally fell for the classic ILX d u m p l i n g s trap.

Claire Wineland is probably the only youtube motivational speaker I'll endorse without reservation, especially for this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz9L6WobD4s

she's in rough shape right now but I really hope she pulls through

aw man, RIP

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/03/health/claire-wineland-obit/index.html

Nerd City's Jake Paul video was exceptional, great discovery ty

best content 2018 award goes to: kiwami japan

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg3qsVzHeUt5_cPpcRtoaJQ

I'm indifferent to the whole "food on slates" phenomenon, but this is a bit much imho

https://i.imgur.com/j6PYOTY.jpg

the way that video builds to that moment for 13 minutes though

true, it's beautiful how they end up dissolving/consuming most of their creations (except maybe the underwear one? don't spoil the ending plz) after hours of meticulous effort. dust to dust etc.

Steve1989MREInfo - expired military ration connoisseur & probably the world's foremost authority on rancid corn beef hash. someone should write a doctoral dissertation on this guy's intestinal flora

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wHS2bwg-aw

(er, corned beef)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZoHuMwZwTk

"it tastes like...pulverized beef jerky, old bread crumbs mixed with cardboard, a little bit of chlorine...and it's leaving a slight film residue...sensation"

impressive

very nice, subscribed.

not sure if anybody here likes asmr, but my absolute favorite asmr channel is indian massage. basically this guy travels thru india and visits barbershops, recording videos of himself getting haircuts and massages (massages are standard in indian barbershops). Unlike a lot of asmr, there's no talking. It's just the ambient noise of a barbershop - scissors scissoring, buzzers buzzing, razors razoring. Usually, these sounds punctuate a never-ending cascade of hustle and bustle murmuring in quietly from outside the shop, which I find extremely pleasant. The haircut videos are my go-to, but the massages are great too. They are pretty brutal tho - the barbers really beat the shit out of you. The climax of the massage (heh) is a violent twist of the head to crack the neck. They also do this thing called "hair cracking" which i dont understand at all, how in the hell can you crack hair? But sure as shit they crack it. It makes a sound like a popping finger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2hlDBL3MOE&

boobie, you should check out this thread

new favorite weird shit on the internet: ASMR ROLE PLAY ~ Autonomous sensory meridian response ~

Steve1989MREInfo! Nice hiss!

More on the food tip. I never miss a new You Suck at Cooking:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAbeBXAYztk

Or a new Ordinary Sausage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfNg_Wcm9Rc

Psyched whenever Telekom releases a new video in their blind test series - DJs and producers trying to identify tracks and artists from different genres

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwSGubat4hY