Agatha Christie – The Procrastination Pen

Sleeping With ASMR

I would think that on the days I come in from work so tired I’m amazed I made the journey that the night time would be punctuated only by snores. In practice the experience is a lot more staccato than that. Sometimes the effect is exactly as expected and I hit the pillow with eyes closed and rend the night time with loud snorts and squeakings. Not unusually though I can lie there reading into the early hours or just lie there…

For this reason, I started some years ago now looking into restful material to act as a distraction and discovered that I rather liked ASMR videos. I’m still reviewing them all this time later. Sometimes I spend my time listening to the Procrastination Pen playlist, sometimes to other material. But I reason that if I review ASMR material each week then at least the ASMR fans get some feedback. If I compile a playlist then at least the insomniacs have some distracting material. At least if I write something then the disgruntled have something to criticise which might even make them feel better. (I’m not adverse to a bit of criticising myself).

I did say I’d be on the lookout for material that was not on YouTube and that was advert free. In 2026 that is quite a big ask. It would seem that most people have worked out how to monetise and are squeezing that lemon till the pips gasp their last.

Occasionally I find people of a religious affiliation who produce material due to some spiritual conviction. I recognise though that some readers are not keen to hear from a Christian, Muslim or Buddhist.

Some people produce material on the assumption that if people listen to the free stuff, then they might pay handsomely for the other stuff they produce which is not free.

Some people seem morally disposed to share their message with others and are not hounding a pay cheque. I am grateful for all such people (and no doubt others who have reasons I have not listed here).

I have been listening off and on to a podcast over some months now which is produced in order to spread a message of happiness and not just that but backs it up with scientific findings. It is not hugely ASMRy but you might like the material as a different distraction (to the Procrastination Pen) playlist. It is “The Happiness Lab Podcast” with Dr. Laurie Santos. It often has some very surprising findings for example a recent episode that tells us winning the lottery is likely to be very bad for you: https://www.drlauriesantos.com/happiness-lab-with-dr-laurie-santos-podcast/episodes/winning-lottery-ruin-life.

Having finished my non-YouTube material, let’s look at this week’s Calm material.

https://www.calm.com/app/player/wicRCqVcjB

Daily Jay

Gossip

NARRATOR

Jay Shetty

I am reviewing whether I will continue with Calm, there are so many alternative offerings out there. It’s not likely to be an immediate change. However, do not be surprised if the Calm recommendations ultimately dry up.

I did find today that it is possible to share free links to Calm but the terms and conditions do seem to indicate it is designed for a Calm subscriber (me) to share with the odd friend. Not for them to take a free link and post it on their blog for everyone to use. It sounds like if I did that it might quickly invalidate my subscription. So, I am not going to try it.

This week for the professional ASMR artist I thought that I would try the medical offering from the channel that I reviewed only recently. You might remember that I tried Italian ASMR because I am trying, and failing, to learn Italian. I found that the video was not in Italian. So I failed to stick to the blog theme and failed in the purpose of the diversion.

The same artist I notice has this one:

ASMR Italian Nurse Checks On You 🇮🇹🩺 Medical Roleplay & Personal Attention

It is a bit of a fudge in that I have been trying to review videos which are older as these seem to fall out of favour on YouTube. Most people, seemingly wanting a proper bang with their bang up to date. This one, however, is very, very recent so I am, yet again, diverting from the target.

The channel of course is AppleWhispers ASMR, this has 5.33k subscribers from only eight videos which seems to me properly exceptional. This ASMR artist must have something to be getting that kind of loyalty already.

We’ve previously detailed the notes on the channel so I wont rehash things, however, as expected, there are notes associated with the video itself:

“42,323 views 28 Aug 2026 #asmr #sleep #relax

Your Italian nurse is here to check on you and make sure you’re doing okay. 🇮🇹🩺🤍

In today’s relaxing ASMR medical roleplay, I’ll gently check your condition, take your vital signs and give you plenty of close-up personal attention while you rest.

Just get comfortable and let me take care of you for a little while.

You’ll experience gentle medical checks, soft whispers, close-up attention, soothing hand movements and relaxing examination sounds, all designed to help you switch off, feel cared for and hopefully fall asleep. 🌙

Triggers include:

🩺 Medical examination

❤️ Vital signs check

👀 Close-up visual examination

🤍 Personal attention

👐 Gentle hand movements

💤 Whispering & relaxing medical sounds

I hope your Italian nurse can make you feel a little more relaxed tonight.

Now just rest… I’ll take care of everything. 🤍

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🍎 Welcome to AppleWhispers ASMR!

Hi, I’m Elena! 🤍

I’m so happy you’re here.

My goal is to help you relax, unwind and fall asleep through gentle whispers, personal attention and immersive ASMR roleplays.

If you enjoy my videos, don’t forget to like, subscribe and turn on notifications so you won’t miss future uploads!

🌙 Sweet dreams!

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🇮🇹 Looking for ASMR in Italian?

Visit my Italian channel:

/ @appletinglesasmr

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💌 Business Inquiries

appletingles95@gmail.com

🎥 Personalized ASMR Videos

If you’d like to request a custom ASMR video, feel free to contact me via email.

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❤️ Support the Channel

If you’d like to support my work, you can leave a donation here:

https://www.paypal.me/AppleTingles

Every contribution helps me create more relaxing content for you. Thank you so much! 🤍

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📱 Follow me

Italian ASMR : / @appletinglesasmr

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🎧 For relaxation purposes only.

Please do not listen while driving or operating machinery.

#asmr #relax #sleep”

These are the normal (for a professional ASMR artist) level of ludicrously long. For a start who comes to YouTube to read the video notes. The majority of professional ASMR artists seem to double as ghost writers for a re-write of war and peace. Mostly I set about the notes with a hatchet in my blog or it would all get rather tiresome. (Perhaps it does anyway).

There are comments. Comments seem to be allowed by all the professional ASMR artists and, mostly, they seem to be describing how close to a deity the listeners feel the ASMR artist is. So here. Not the usual level of thousands of comments. However, a brief spin through those that there are indicates that AppleWhispersASMR is up there with JC and he who could move mountains.

The video is very slightly under twenty-seven minutes long and so an appreciable enough length in comparison to some that I have reviewed. It starts without music and we get the immediate impression that breathy is going to feature. The accent is enchanting and the level of the voice more or less perfect. This is not a whispered presentation. The enunciation reminds me of the French video I reviewed a little while ago. The clicks and clucks that professional ASMR artists produce (presumably because they act as a “trigger” for someone) here seem to occur naturally as a result of the way the words are pronounced. For those who like the odd mouth click this must be a very satisfying experience. For me I am about the voice, the normal spoken voice, and this is a great one. It is calm and well-paced. It is not loud and there are various pauses rather than the gabbling-on that some presenters seem to focus on.

There is the odd clothing related noise due to the artist being in motion quite a lot during the video. I did not find it distracting, but if you are using this for sleep there is absolutely no need to be watching it. The sound is good enough I find.

There are sounds which purport to be bed linens being moved (not excessively loud). There is the odd clunk (apparently of equipment being moved). In a similar way there is the odd click, rattling sound, fizzing sound, associated liquid noises, the occasional phrase in Italian thrown in for good measure. (I think I really need to review some of this artist’s Italian Language output – note to self). There are glove-related noises (not my favourite). There are sounds like hands being moved over a surface (these are off camera so who knows).

There is some whispered content (the normal refuge for a professional ASMR artist). There are sounds of gloved fingers being run through hair (I believe some people watch entire videos of that kind of thing but it happens only briefly here). There are noises like items being removed from a large paper bag (not incredibly loud, but loud enough).

There’s the odd tap from a reflex hammer being employed (quite quiet).

I did find myself nodding to it at intervals so I would imagine that a lot of listeners would find it an effective sleep aid.

Because I was recently reviewing some wood carving videos, of course I receive recommendations of more wood carving videos from the same artist. I am not given to review wood carving videos. I rather think I am supposed to be reviewing medical-themed videos. However, I noticed a playlist. I rather liked what I saw. So this week I am going to segue into wood carving (again) purely because I enjoyed the content I found on this channel previously.

The playlist is this one:

However, I am going to start with the first video rather than do the whole thing. We can come back on a future occasion and take a look at another one.

There are seventeen videos in this playlist and none of them seem to be particularly long, save the ultimate one. So, this will not take long. The playlist is “The Great Wave (making the woodblock print)” and the first video is:

The Great Wave – Part 1

Logically enough I suppose.

The channel, of course is David Bull, I detailed a great deal about this channel in a previous post so I will not go mad this time. Suffice to say that it has 192k subscribers, one hundred and forty-seven videos, seven playlists – not a one is on a medical theme (it may surprise you to understand).

If the quality is like that in my previous review, I can quite imagine that I will be back to review every single video here (if I am spared). The updates seemed to have slowed a little with the last video (to the channel) being posted eight months ago. I can review a lot faster than that, but then I am not slaving over something that takes quite so long to prepare.

The notes associated with the video are: “189,087 views 5 Jan 2015

This set of videos will document the production of the new reproduction of Hokusai’s ‘The Great Wave’ being made by Dave Bull and his Mokuhankan woodblock print workshop in Tokyo, in early 2015.

The print is being made as a ‘reward’ for backers of the Kickstarter project run in the autumn of 2014 by Mokuhankan to gather support for their new shop in Asakusa, Tokyo.

The print will be carved by Dave, proofed by him once the blocks are ready, and then produced by his printing staff.”

How marvellous to have notes that are not the equivalent length of one of my blog articles…

The video is just slightly over nine minutes and so is not going to waylay you for long. I like short videos. I do not like that between every video, YouTube inserts an inane advert of no relevance whatsoever to the quiet unobtrusive material that I was just watching.

I’m not certain if you have ever clicked on one of these things. I can remember I mistakenly clicked on an advert – it was for a revolutionary cooling system just at the time that it was thirty-two degrees outside. I was taken to a website but (fortunately for me) did not order anything. I found out a month later the whole thing was an utter scam and the product was incapable of doing what it purported to do. I am even more lairy of adverts today than I was before then.

Back to the video itself. It starts without music. There is a background hiss, it does not sound like air conditioning. It was a little loud when compared to the professional ASMR video I reviewed just before it. So I thumbed the volume down a little. Once at that level the hiss was muted and the voice sounded much better. The subject (to me) was interesting. The pace was slow; the voice seems calm. However, the video goes outside and it is really very loud. Lots of background voice noises (people chatting). It is not the quietest. At one stage you can hear a child screaming. It’s a shame, the video was well worth reviewing up to this stage.

Just one, video this time.

That’s it on this occasion, more next time.

See you again next week.

The David Bull playlist on the Procrastination Pen is here:

The overall playlist of videos covered so far on the Procrastination Pen is here:

The videos weeded out because over time they are just not as good as the others is in this archive list:

I keep this in case subscribers to the Procrastination Pen have personal favourites that they want to hear.

The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:

I can’t be bothered to stop my listening to log on, this interrupts the experience. You may not mind this in which case this list is for you.

I hope that you find the playlists restful and I hope you get plenty of sleep.

If you liked this blog article, why not follow this blog.

Until next time.

Photo by Deep.ai

Sleeping With ASMR

This week some progress on the wearing of the hearing aid. I am resting my ear at intervals and so I wear the hearing aid perhaps three days per week. This lessens the pain in the ear canal but does not stop the itching from wearing it. That’s all distracting detail though. The main thing for our purposes is that despite the slightly metallic sound I get when wearing it the effects on my appreciation of ASMR seem to be non-existent. Perhaps the old brain is able to adapt to the sound changes but whatever it is, I now feel that I shall be able to go on reviewing ASMR material with no appreciable effects on my facility to like or dislike them.

Of late I have not been listening to ASMR material because I have had a segue onto material that I occasionally listen to instead. Historically I was listening to audiobook material on YouTube – I listened to Terry Pratchett, some science fiction and a great deal of Agatha Christie. However, quite by chance recently, I came across Paul Temple, a character who probably means very little to the majority of people under 70. The peak Paul Temple period seems to have been between 1954 and 1968 on the radio. Initially I came across some YouTube material, for example:

However, it turns out that YouTube is not the only source, for example:

https://www.radio-uk.co.uk/podcasts/the-adventures-of-paul-temple-old-time-radio

Definitely not ASMR but possibly a good night-time distraction nonetheless.

The Calm offering today is this one:

https://www.calm.com/app/player/wicRCqVcjB

Daily Jay

Gossip

NARRATOR

Jay Shetty

I rather like Jay; I listen to him fairly frequently. I haven’t been able to build the meditation into a daily discipline yet however, even though this is a pay for service. (I do try to get my money’s worth out of pay-for services).

Today’s professional ASMR offering features two participants. I don’t get to feature such videos that often (I think they are comparatively rare).

ASMR Home Doctor Physical Exam with My Sister Alisa, Bilingual Medical RP

The comments lead me to believe that the whole sister thing is a complete red herring and there is one person playing two separate roles. That must have taken some clever video editing. I am in admiration of the sheer time people are prepared to dedicate to their videos.

The channel is Lizi ASMR, I am pretty sure I have not been to that channel before. So, a surprise for us all then. The channel has 780k subscribers, nine hundred and sixty-three videos, eighteen playlists so it is extremely popular. That does not tell me much; I have written a number of disappointed reviews of artists who have innumerate fans of feverish dedication.

The channel has notes:

“Lizi ASMR

Description

Hi there, and welcome to my channel! 🌟

I’m Lizi, and I’m so happy you’re here! I create ASMR videos to help you relax, de-stress, and enjoy those wonderful tingles.

If you love soft whispers, fun soft-spoken role-plays, and binaural sounds that feel right in your ears, you’ll feel right at home here. 🎧 Don’t forget your headphones—they make all the difference!

I post new videos every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday, so there’s always something new to help you unwind. If you like what you see, hit Subscribe and tap the 🔔 so you never miss a video. I’d love for you to join our little ASMR community—a cozy and welcoming space!

Thanks so much for stopping by. Let’s relax and hang out together! 💖”

So, this seems to be an artist who focuses on the whispery approach (which is by far the most common approach for ASMR artists).

Today’s video also has notes:

“563,288 views 15 Oct 2021 #LiziASMR #ASMR #ASMRPhysicalExam

Shop Kenzzi here: https://kenzzi.com/products/kenzzi-ip…

Use code Lizi50 for 50$ off

Hello everyone! I wanted to do another ASMR video with Alisa, it’s a Physical exam with Alisa being extremely naughty. I know you guys like 360 sounds so I filmed this video in such a way that the second person off-screen will be moving around the room touching stuff, taking notes and etc. Alisa will give you an eye exam in the middle for a change. There are many unintentional sounds and some language triggers in addition to medical ones. I hope you enjoy it💖

If you enjoy Bilingual RP videos, check my playlist

~ • ASMR Relaxing Medical Examination by Russi…

TimeStamps

00:00 Kenzzi Promo

02:10 Physical Exam

14:17 Alisa Eye Exam

19:42 Physical Exam cont

My Upload Schedule: Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday

**USE HEADPHONES FOR THE BEST EXPERIENCE**

For more ASMR videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/LiziASMR?su…”

Which, not unexpectedly, are of a reasonable length.

The video is a little over twenty-nine minutes and so of a respectable length in terms of videos that have been reviewed recently.

It starts with my least favourite thing in a YouTube video which is a product endorsement. So, on that basis, I reject this one and let’s move on.

Let’s try this one instead:

ASMR A ~*Completely Normal*~ Medical Exam

A rather unusual ASMR title, let’s hope that it bodes well.

it comes from the channel: Amy Kay ASMR this has 553k subscribers, five hundred and seventy three videos, thirteen playlists none of those are obviously medically themed.

The notes on the channel are:

“Amy Kay ASMR

Description

Brands & Sponsors: amykayasmr@runbyinfluencers.com

Other business matters (I don’t do customs): mkayamy@gmail.com

Instagram: AmyKayASMR (for random selfies and irl Amy Kay stuff)

Twitter: AmyKayASMR (for my unfiltered thoughts)

TikTok: @AmyKayASMR & @AmyKayASMRFast (this is just me goofing off)

Become a Patron to help fund all my props and costumes! 🙂

https://www.patreon.com/amykayasmr

Thank you to all my Patrons!

For those who want to support me but would rather not use Patreon, Throne is like an amazon wishlist but safer 🙂: https://throne.me/u/amykayasmr“

Which also incorporate a fair amount of promotion so crossed fingers it isn’t just a glorified advert.

The notes on the video are:

“153,923 views 5 Oct 2020

Wait a second, does she even know what she’s doing???

Thank you to CrinkleLuvin ASMR for agreeing to cameo in my video!! 🙂

Go say hi to her channel here:

/ channel

Twitter: @AmyKayASMR

Instagram: AmyKayASMR

TikTok: AmyKayASMR

For Patreon:

linktr.ee/amykayasmr

Become a Patron to help fund all my props and costumes! :)”

Comments are permitted and there are a lot of them. Most of them seem a tad off-the-wall which usually isn’t a good sign.

The video is a little over twenty three and a half minutes which is a reasonable length. The video does not start off at the whispery end of presentation so that is something of a result. In fact, I like the tone. There is no background noise but there is a slight border around the individual presenting so I suspect that this was filmed with the modern equivalent of a green screen i.e. that the backdrop does not exist. (I’m guessing you will not be spending a great deal of time watching in any case if you are using this to get some snooze time.

The presentation feels a bit stumbling at intervals which I think is because the video is aimed at demonstrating that the individual is a tad inept. Now the comments begin to make sense.

There are paper noises, sometimes these are a tad loud. There are tapping noises, fingers brushing over a surface, gloves-related noises (not my favourite). There are rustling noises coming from activity off camera (again, a fairly typical technique).

The gloves-related noises make up rather too much of this video for it to be a good one for my purposes and I was rather glad when they stopped.

The humorous presentation was fun but I was not certain that it added much ASMR-wise which is really my purpose in reviewing these things in the first place.

There are keyboard noises (rather loud and sounding completely random as if no typing was actually taking place (which I suspect that it wasn’t)). There are clicking noises, clunking noises, pencil scribbling noises, nail tapping noises (against all kinds of surfaces including a metal can). There are adhesive noises (a bacon-coloured sticking plaster for some reason).

So it wasn’t my favourite, but it was fun in a humorous kind of fashion, so why not listen for yourself.

This week I am breaking one of my rules simply because I cannot find the original source (If anyone reading can find the video this is from an can fill me in I will review that original video.

So, I have a video that someone has doctored but which seems taken from a genuine medical video. It is this one:

ASMR Loop: Physical Examination – Unintentional ASMR – 1 Hour

It is on a channel dedicated to ASMR so someone has edited this video, and also has looped it to create a video one hour long. I really dislike loop videos so I went in search of the original but did not find it. Instead I found the shorter version of this video put up by another ASMR-dedicated channel, which is this one:

*Real Person* Medical Examination | Best Unintentional ASMR

it is from Touro University Nevada who have a channel dedicated to university promotion (as you would expect) https://www.youtube.com/@TouroNevada there are one hundred and sixty six videos on here but I cannot see the one this footage is extracted from (I get the feeling that universities take down their older videos and then they become preserved only in the hands of ASMR fans).

I think the posting by ASMR fans is somewhat precarious. I have reviewed very good videos hosted on ASMR sites in the past all of which disappeared, sometimes taking the ASMR channel with them. I think some organisations are not keen on their videos being used in this way.

My advice: listen while you may.

There are comments. Some are trying to prove how much they know about ASMR, some trying to prove how clever they are altogether and some seem to be a tad strange. That sounds like YouTube video comments in microcosm.

The video is a little less than fourteen and a quarter minutes and it starts very loud indeed. The person’s voice can even be heard to echo in the room. There are loud rustling noises from the “drape” which I assume was made of some kind of paper. The medical professional’s voice calms down a lot when the examination starts and then just as it did, a loud and energetic advert kicked in.

There are clunking noises from the equipment used, some loud thunks, clicking noises, some rustling noises, noises from the medical professional being (almost constantly) in motion.

The presentation is calm and measured though and that is restful. Just like that though another loud and energetic advert, and the video is not even five minutes in yet.

There are deep breathing noises, clothing related noises and then yet another loud and energetic advert still not even eight minutes into the video. There are palpation noises, metallic noises from the table used to support the patient, noises from chair wheels rotating on a hard floor. Then another loud and energetic advert just over twelve minutes into the video. It ends without music (and thankfully without a further advert). However, this illustrates the issue I have written about for months now. Reasonable, but not excellent, video ruined by loud non-ASMR adverts (and so many of them). I have a suspicion that the vast increase in number of adverts is the result of channel owners trying to maximise their revenue. It spoils the listening experience.

So, I think the video makes for interesting listening (I can’t find the original to review so this is probably the best that you’re going to get.

Sadly, though I can’t recommend it for sleep as roughly every three minutes you will get an energetic advert.

Just one, video this time.

That’s it on this occasion, more next time.

See you again next week.

The overall playlist of videos covered so far on the Procrastination Pen is here:

The videos weeded out because over time they are just not as good as the others is in this archive list:

I keep this in case subscribers to the Procrastination Pen have personal favourites that they want to hear.

The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:

I can’t be bothered to stop my listening to log on, this interrupts the experience. You may not mind this in which case this list is for you.

I hope that you find the playlists restful and I hope you get plenty of sleep.

If you liked this blog article, why not follow this blog.

Until next time.

Photo by Deep.ai

Sleeping With ASMR

Of late I am becoming as good at procrastination as the title of the blog would lead you to suspect. I am not writing and yet, perversely, when I am writing I don’t find the process that unpleasant. So it is rather odd that I am choosing to avoid writing in this fashion.

However, apart from getting you a blog article this has nothing to do with ASMR (well as far as I am aware anyway).

Of late I have been falling asleep to Paul Temple who is a character that I came across quite by accident. There is a whole set of Paul Temple playlists on YouTube like this one:

and this follows on rather nicely I think from the Agatha Christie material that I used to dose off to:

There are even more of those, for example:

and in fact, as part of my material that is not on YouTube, I can choose one of those that is in the Internet Archive such as:

https://archive.org/details/ATTWN_AC_DS

https://archive.org/download/ATTWN_AC_DS/01%20-%20And%20Then%20There%20Were%20None.mp3

https://archive.org/download/ATTWN_AC_DS/02%20-%20Ten%20Little%20Soldier%20Boys.mp3

A bit of a cheat in that it has nothing to do with ASMR but as a mechanism of falling off to sleep, I do find that the occasional audiobook is a great way to ring the changes from ASMR every once in a while.

This week’s Calm offering is this one:

https://www.calm.com/app/player/D1jDKA6-QE

Daily Calm

The Place

NARRATOR

Tamara Levitt

AUTHOR

Tamara Levitt

This explores the tendency of grasping.

Calm is not free. I feel a tad guilty about suggesting something that isn’t free in that I am certain it will therefore appeal to very few people, so moving right along.

Today I decided I’d ring the changes in an entirely selfish fashion given that I have been trying to learn Italian for years without success and in my YouTube recommendations I found an Italian teacher who does ASMR. This is not at all medical. It is therefore not on theme for what I have been doing and I apologise for that. Normal service will be resumed soonish.

ASMR Your Italian Teacher Explains Italy Geography Lesson

It is a little less than twenty two minutes so somewhat shorter than some we have been used to. There are comments – a fair few of those and mostly positive too which bodes well. The channel is AppleWhispers ASMR. I am pretty certain I have not been here before; it has 4.15k subscribers, four videos, no playlists and there is even a medical themed video:

So, I may be returning to review that if nothing else. With only four videos over the course of very few blog articles I could review all that there are. Assuming the present one is impressive, at any rate.

There are notes with the channel (of course):

“AppleWhispers ASMR

Description

🌙 Welcome to AppleWhispers ASMR! Hi, I’m Elena! 🤍 I’ve been creating ASMR videos for over 6 years, helping people relax, unwind and fall asleep. I also run one of Italy’s largest ASMR channels, AppleTingles ASMR, and I finally decided to create a space for my English-speaking audience. Here you’ll find: ✨ Soft spoken & whispered ASMR 🩺 Medical roleplays 💆 Personal attention 😴 Sleep & relaxation videos 🎧 Tingly sounds and cozy atmospheres Thank you for being here. I hope my videos can bring you a little peace, wherever you are in the world. Whether you’re here to relax after a long day, reduce anxiety or simply fall asleep, I hope you’ll feel safe and welcome. Sweet dreams, Elena 🍎 🇮🇹 My Italian ASMR channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AppleTinglesASMR“

So that is interesting. This is just a sideline channel o the main feast as it were. I may be reviewing that other channel in future then.

The video (of course) also has notes:

“72,761 views 10 Aug 2026 #asmr #sleep #relax

Today we’re taking a relaxing journey across Italy, exploring the geography, history and fascinating facts that make my country so unique.

Many people know Italy for pizza, pasta and beautiful cities, but there’s so much more to discover.

In this ASMR geography lesson we’ll explore:

🇮🇹 Why Italy is actually a surprisingly young country

🏔️ How the Dolomites were once ancient coral reefs

🌋 Italy’s active volcanoes

🏛️ Vatican City and San Marino

🌊 Italy’s incredible geography

🏞️ Mountains, lakes and coastlines

…and many more fascinating facts!

So, sit back, relax, and let me guide you through one of the world’s most beautiful countries.

If you enjoy this video, let me know in the comments! I’d love to continue this series and explore more of Italy together. ❤️

🍎 Welcome to AppleWhispers ASMR!

Hi, I’m Elena! 🤍

I’m so happy you’re here.

My goal is to help you relax, unwind and fall asleep through gentle whispers, personal attention and immersive ASMR roleplays.

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🎧 For relaxation purposes only.

Please do not listen while driving or operating machinery.”

I’ve truncated those a lot.

The warning is amusing, who knew that ASMR could be as powerful as a bottle of Night Nurse.

The video starts without music and surprisingly to me it is in English. OK, English teacher teaching Italian, makes sense.

Even for ASMR it seemed a bit slow to me. Despite that, the voice level is ideal, calm, quiet but not a whisper – quite a rare thing.

However, as far as the teaching Italian goes – no Italian. Some details about Italy but not the language as such. OK, serves me right, I should have stuck to the blog theme and stopped dithering about.

At least there aren’t any gloves-related noises in this one. There is the occasional stoke of the map (fingers on paper). But mainly this is all about the voice which is just the way I like it. After a while I found myself adapting to the slower pace and it became ever more restful as I kept listening.

I rather liked this one (as I am certain you understand from that review). Why not take a listen for yourself.

The inadvertent ASMR video this week comes from a time when I was doing the odd diversion from medical themed ASMR videos and so I had a listen to a woodblock carving video and I rather liked what I heard.

I sent myself a reminder to look it up again (Three years ago now) and so here I am with not one but two videos delivered to you in the form of a playlist:

The channel is David Bull with 192k subscribers, One hundred and forty seven videos, seven playlists of which (unsurprisingly) none at all are on a medical theme. I really am taking a foray to stage left this week.

The channel has notes “

“David Bull

Description

Tokyo-based woodblock printmaker David Bull has created a number of video presentations of his work, including a number of videos showing the complete process of making his prints. A highlight of the channel is the series of videos chronicling the production of prints in the Ukiyoe Heroes series – his collaboration with US-based illustrator Jed Henry.

A great deal of the work for producing these videos is recently being assisted by the Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/mokuhankan/   Thank you very much for your support!

Dave streams three times a week from our Twitch account: https://www.twitch.tv/japaneseprintmaking

Links

Mokuhankan workshopmokuhankan.com

Our Patreon pagepatreon.com/mokuhankan

Woodblock.com websitewoodblock.com

Twitch livestreamingtwitch.tv/japaneseprintmaking”

The first video is this one:

Japanese Woodblock Printmaking Workshop – Hakobi

It too has notes:

“50,125 views 27 May 2021 TOKYO

This is the first in a series of videos demonstrating various traditional techniques and tools in the Japanese mokuhanga woodblock printmaking industry and how we use them today here at Mokuhankan.

Today’s video is about the pigment brushes our printers use, known as ‘hakobi’ (運び) or ‘tokibo’ (解き棒). First Suga-san tells us a little bit about what hakobi are for and why she makes her own instead of only using store-bought ones, and then she demonstrates the whole process from start to finish. Finally, we have a slideshow at the end going over the tying steps again for you to follow while making your own.

We have a list of ideas and have started the process of making more of these – but please feel free to leave a comment about what techniques and tools you are interested in learning about so we can consider your ideas for future videos.

Narration and demonstrations: Natsuki Suga

Cinematography: Yasuhiro Aoyama and Cameron Hilker

Editing and Subtitling: Cameron Hilker

Hasegawa Typeface: Markku Mujunen (https://mokuhankan.com/fonts/ and http://markkumujunen.com/)

On Dave’s personal website, there is more information on making these tools:

http://woodblock.com/encyclopedia/ent…

http://woodblock.com/manga/hakobi/ind…

The Mokuhankan Twitch channel (where you can watch Dave use the tools shown here):

/ japaneseprintmaking

The Mokuhankan website:

https://mokuhankan.com

Our Patreon campaign:

/ mokuhankan “

There are a large number of comments and a number are positive. Some lead me to suspect that ASMR fans are already well aware of this one.

It is a little over fifteen and a half minutes so not huge but bear in mind this week we have two of them to listen to.

It starts with the weather and the weather is rather blustery. There is the sound of crows, of the wind, and the rain. We find that this video is actually in Japanese and is being subtitled. The person presenting has a good voice and the pace is excellent. I love the intonation of the Japanese language and given the subject matter I have some assurance that no rude words have snuck in (despite the fact I have no comprehension of the language personally and I am relying on the subtitles).

There are some random noises, which we’d expect given the subject matter is about woodblock printing not ASMR. There are water noises, paper-related noises, scissors cutting noises, a background noise which sounds like sanding (by hand). The end is a series of instructions with no voice; there is just some background noise, which sounds like cleaning activity to me. If anything, this section of the video is more restful than the rest.

The credits indicate that the narrator/presenter was Natsuki Suga and it may well be worthwhile keeping an eye open for further videos from this source.

The second video is a little alike the first, it is this one:

Japanese Woodblock Printmaking Workshop – A Printer’s Tools and Workspace

it too has notes: “64,382 views 21 Jul 2021 MOKUHANKAN (JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS AND MORE)

This is the second in our ever-growing series of videos demonstrating various traditional techniques and tools in the Japanese mokuhanga woodblock printmaking style and how we use them today here at Mokuhankan.

Today, Natsuki Suga gives us a tour of her printing bench and surrounding workspace. Watch to learn a bit more about each tool she uses in her daily work as a printmaker. We hope you will enjoy this overview and learn something along the way, as well.

Printmaker and Host: Natsuki Suga

Video and Photos: Cameron Hilker

Hasegawa Typeface: Markku Mujunen (https://mokuhankan.com/fonts/ and http://markkumujunen.com/)

To see Suga-san actually using this space, watch this video:

• Woodblock Printing Process – A Japan Journey

The Mokuhankan Twitch channel (where you can watch Dave use many of the tools shown here):

/ japaneseprintmaking

The Mokuhankan website:

https://mokuhankan.com

Our Patreon campaign:

/ mokuhankan “

It is little less than fourteen- and three-quarter minutes. The comments are still largely positive and again some of the comments lead me to suspect that ASMR fans have come visiting. It starts loud though, with the sound of a train and various city related noises. Again, we have Natsuki Suga as the presenter, same great voice, same peaceful style. If anything, less background noise. This time Natsuki is not on the floor. I did fear for the knees in that position but less fearful when sat at a desk. The subject in itself appears to me fascinating but of course we are here for the sound and I would say we are well served in that respect. I like the intonation; I like the pace. There is the overarching sense of peace about the entire presentation.

So, two whole videos this week and a playlist thrown in for fun.

I wish you well in your drive to get more sleep.

That’s it on this occasion, more next time.

See you again next week.

The David Bull playlist on The Procrastination Pen is here:

The overall playlist of videos covered so far on the Procrastination Pen is here:

The videos weeded out because over time they are just not as good as the others is in this archive list:

I keep this in case subscribers to the Procrastination Pen have personal favourites that they want to hear.

The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:

I can’t be bothered to stop my listening to log on, this interrupts the experience. You may not mind this in which case this list is for you.

I hope that you find the playlists restful and I hope you get plenty of sleep.

If you liked this blog article, why not follow this blog.

Until next time.

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Sleeping With ASMR

I am getting the opportunity recently to converse with people who are a generation older than I am, and the news for people reading this blog is not very settling. I’m afraid the interruptions to sleep get worse. The length of sleep gets shorter. The feelings of tiredness persist. It therefore seems to me that there is some value in The Procrastination Pen, in that this blog keeps pursuing restful sounds that can assist a person into sleep.

I have been exploring audiobooks of late (there seems a rather vast amount of Agatha Christie on CD, for instance). Those so disposed can probably get something similar from Spotify or some similar subscription service. I am actually finding that a story droning away in the background can be quite restful. However, it is a good idea to miss out on books that might include elevated, dramatic noises. A sudden loud noise probably having completely the opposite effect to that which one desired, by listening to such a thing at bedtime, in any case.

I notice that Calm is pushing its sleep app. I have found the material in the Calm App dedicated to sleep a bit variable. I find much of the material dedicated to sleep actually has no such effect on me. Regular readers will have noted that where I do make recommendations from Calm, it tends to be the Daily Calm meditations that I draw from. I find these superior in sound content, but sadly they are designed to be around ten minutes in length. That is probably an insufficient length to drop off to and, so far, I have not found a method to chunk then together into a vast long playlist.

I have now subscribed to the regular Calm email in the hope that it will produce great material, and I notice that this one has been in this email of late:

Rainy Day on the Farm

https://www.calm.com/app/player/NMJNYgZbbi

This is thirty minutes in length but on a loop, so it appears everlasting. No artist is given. I do not really find rainy backdrops to be that restful. However, a number of people seem to do so. There are a number of offerings on YouTube in the same vein.

For example, this one:

It is all a bit noisy and stressful in my opinion to be really conducive to sleep. However, if this is your thing, by all means, fill your boots.

I have been trying to find material that does not depend upon YouTube (because I’ve decided that I do not like the adverts). This is purely an addition to the YouTube-based material because, for the moment, there is little else that is free and has a ready supply of sound-based material which you can use to distract the mind addicted to wakefulness.

I remember that during lockdown I used to receive emails from a site called Mindful on which a number of people published meditations. Sadly, this does not line up into a playlist and, from memory, they did not offer a download option. So, it may be of only passing interest. I also know that I followed specific artists at the time and one of these was Elaine Smookler. It turns out that Elaine does a few twelve-minute meditations such as this one:

https://www.mindful.org/a-12-minute-meditation-for-embracing-your-inner-mountain/

and this one:

https://www.mindful.org/a-12-minute-meditation-for-navigating-grief-anniversaries/

and of course there is a great deal of material on YouTube:

and I also see that MP3s can be obtained from here:

https://player.fm/series/the-mindful-podcast/gratitude-practice-savor-the-moment-by-tapping-into-your-senses-with-elaine-smookler

As expected, if you choose that route you will need to download the MP3s and assemble into some kind of playlist yourself. The advantage being that you can normalise the inter-MP3 volume so you don’t get any mid-sleep nasty surprises.

At this point, for some weeks, I have been reviewing professional ASMR videos. Akin to the mindful material I can remember, some videos that I have listened to in the distant past including this one:

🌿 Relaxing Naturopath Visit 🌿 ASMR 🌿 Doctor RP

Gentle Whispering ASMR

2.41m subscribers

Gentle Whispering ASMR is one of those powerhouses of professional ASMR artists. there are 2.41m subscribers and eight hundred and twenty six videos, there are fourteen playlists of which the odd one is on theme for material we have been covering of late. For example:

and

This week’s video is an oldie as you can tell by the notes:

“8,059,900 views 16 Jan 2018

Hello sweetheart! 🙂 Today I welcome you to my naturopathic medicine practice 🌿 I will shortly give you an overview of your visit then at 03:00 I will perform a check-up of your hair, your ears 06:30 , I’ll put on my gloves and examine your skin 08:50 , your sinuses 11:25 , your lymph nodes 13:03 , neck muscles check 14:10 , I’ll gently test your eyes reflexes with a flashlight 16:56 , I’ll tell you about Eyeology 19:29 and check your eyes 22:26 , then I will perform a check of your tongue 29:55 after I explain how you can read your health by your tongue 27:47 , I’ll tell you a bit about tension headache that you’ve been experiencing and how to deal with it 32:32 , I’ll recommend you some essential oils 34:34 , and herbal supplements 36:16 that even sound good and at the end I will relax you deeper with gentle hand movements to help you doze off 38:29 . Enjoy ♥ Thank you for watching! 🙂

Email: MariaGentlewhispering@gmail.com

Gentle Whispering ASMR

2.41m subscribers”

So the standard professional ASMR huge set of notes then. As usual I have trincated these a whole lot as they really are very long. In this case comments are not only permitted the first comment is also from GentleWhisperingASMR:

However this comment simply replicates a good deal of the notes so I will not repeat it here.

There are literally thousands of comments and a number of these are the standard YouTube level of strange. A number of them are the standard professional ASMR artist level of sycophantic. We are on familiar ground here.

The video is forty-one and a half minutes long, so of a reasonable length. There is no startup music and the presentation is the now familiar professional ASMR artist level of whispery. I would not say this was my favourite voice, but it is restful. There are of course extraneous noises, rustling, equipment noises, writing noises, keyboard noises, clothes brushing against other clothes, breath across the microphone noises, mouth clicking noises, glove-related noises, paper-related noises, rattling noises.

It gets a bit breathy and there are those mouth-clicking noises I have noticed some similar videos using before. I don’t find a need for them but you may love this sort of thing (close to two and a half million people obviously do so). I would say that this one requires a small increase in the volume, when listening. Another one where the disgruntled listener is rolling over and thumbing the volume up button. I’m also not that certain how well it works without the video content. Obviously, you don’t want to be watching if you’re also trying to close your eyes. There are also a few close-to-microphone moments where the sound seems more abrupt and louder and I would think that might not be a pleasant surprise if you are already snoozing.

I’d say that this one is certainly worthy of a review.

This week’s inadvertent ASMR video is this one:

HEENT Assessment Part 1: Head, Face, and Neck

Straight away we can see that this forms part of a series. Even though this blog post is already on the long side, I therefore feel I’d better review all four of the videos in this series.

It comes from the channel NursingYOU 2.0 this has 3.7K subscribers nineteen videos zero playlists. It is not the hugest channel we have ever reviewed. The channel description is: “NursingYOU 2.0

Description

This is a nursing education channel led by a Masters prepared Nurse Educator. This channel offers videos on health assessment, skills, lecture series, and NCLEX test taking strategy. The videos presented by NursingYOU 2.0 are intended only for education of healthcare professionals. Previously called Nursing YOUniversity. See the updates!! Enjoy.

More info

http://www.youtube.com/@nursingyou2.073

Joined 5 Jul 2017

3.7k subscribers

19 videos

1,126,488 views”

A quick scan indicates that all of these videos were posted eight years ago. So, it also appears to be a channel that is no longer maintained. Grab your video views while ye may.

The video itself has notes: “319,367 views 5 Jul 2017

In this video, the head, face, and neck are assessed on an adult client. This video is part 1 of 4 for the Head Ears Eyes Nose and Throat (HEENT) system of a complete health assessment.”

The comments are, as usual, of various types including the off-the-wall. Some ASMR fans are here way before me, though I notice.

The video is just slightly less than six minutes in length. It starts with no startup music but an absolute ton of background noise. Also, the presentation is pretty loud as well. Currently I am less than clear why ASMR fans have been listening to this. I would say that this is not classically ASMR. For example, there is a fair amount of background chatter going on. Simply turning down the volume is not going to eliminate that. There is also the sound of paper being rustled throughout (although I know this is a sound that some ASMR fans go in search of). There are sounds from motion – the participants moving around. There is, at one point, the sound of a prop driven aircraft passing over head. For me this is all a bit busy to be that relaxing.

Onto part 2:

HEENT Assessment Part 2: Nose, Mouth, and Throat

The notes are similar to the last set of notes so I won’t go into them here. The comments are the usual level of unhelpful and no ASMR-related comments this time, which is not uncommonly a bad sign. It is five minutes in length and starts without music. The background noise remains but at least the background conversations seem to have abated. Again, it is a bit loud for me. The voice of the medical professional isn’t ASMR-y from my perspective. However, I would say that this one is a slight improvement on the previous video in this series. Part way through the background noise gets substantially worse, as if the air conditioning has been switched into turbo mode, this obscures the voice to some extent and is moderately distracting.

HEENT Assessment Part 3: Ears

Three and a third minutes so quite a bit shorter than the two previous ones. This one starts with the level of background noise where the previous one left off i.e. quite substantial. The medical professional now sounds to be at some distance from the microphone as if the entire video was shot in a tube station. In fact, I think it is an open area within a hospital, a hospital with very powerful air conditioning.

The noise is now getting quite distracting. This one has minor and brief equipment noises.

HEENT Assessment Part 4: Eyes

The last one in the series and, at just less than six and a half minutes, the longest video as well. The voice is now quite subdued and distant in relation to the background noise. This really does sound like the medical professional is at the end of a long tunnel. If you get your feeling of restfulness from air conditioning noises this is definitely the video for you. This time you can hear background chatter at a reasonably elevated level. This is quite distracting as well. There are equipment noises as the “patient” moves around. Due to the muting of the entire soundtrack these are not excessively loud.

That’s it on this occasion, more next time.

See you again next week.

The Nursing You playlist on the Procrastination Pen is here:

The overall playlist of videos covered so far on the Procrastination Pen is here:

The videos weeded out because over time they are just not as good as the others is in this archive list:

I keep this in case subscribers to the Procrastination Pen have personal favourites that they want to hear.

The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:

I can’t be bothered to stop my listening to log on, this interrupts the experience. You may not mind this in which case this list is for you.

I hope that you find the playlists restful and I hope you get plenty of sleep.

If you liked this blog article, why not follow this blog.

Until next time.

Photo by DeepAI