A deep seated pet peeve of mine that goes back well over a decade is when people assess a work without playing it. Like it or not, engaging with the work is the floor for criticism.

New Darkthrone record makes crystal clear, even more than Panzerfaust did, that these two men would kiss Tom G Warrior on the mouth if given the chance. Out of respect

Hate it when you think of a really cool band name that according to Google is untaken but it doesn't fit your band that desperately needs a name. Sucks ass

Thank u Er*ka K*rk for doing your bit to bring back healthgoth. What's your tumblr @. When is your witch house EP coming out

Cannibal Corpse invented looksmaxxing with Hammer Smashed Face. In this four hour video essay I will

This has forever altered my brain chemistry

I'm gonna be really annoying and post treasures I find in that Aadam Jacobs Collection as I find them. First up: Karate, after the release of their first album, but with three In Place of Real Insight songs on the setlist, including New Martini. Real clean quality. archive.org/details/ajc0...

I turn 40 this year and want it known that I am searching for a relatively fairly priced purple Blob Light for my Game Boy Color

No band shirt no playlist don’t care

Putting out into the universe that I think it would be cool if Zola Jesus released a new album one day

Showed @floppablecat.bsky.social Kirk Hammett's signature ESPs and her commentary was "Sid from Toy Story would play these guitars." Incredible

Esse é o futuro dos videogames com o DLSS 5

So my options are 1) repurchase Marathon on PS5 because I preordered assuming it would work on my Bazzite box but it doesn't (shut up I'm dumb) 2) wait for a discount on PS5 to make the above hurt a little bit less 3) wait for Bungie to hire their own Linux anti-cheat person so I can play on PC

Update: my lovely girlfriend @floppablecat.bsky.social got me the game and I cancelled my preorder. Also I get to keep my PLANT, not sure how I’d be able to go on otherwise

Apparently pre-ordering does not mean actually getting your game on launch day, if you’re ordering from JB Hi-Fi. I may need to wait for the next shipment to get the game I paid in advance for but at least I got PLANT

These guys had potential but kinda disappeared after that cover of Blue Monday

As a proud preorderer of Pokopia, I will love and cherish my exclusive preorder DLC house plant until the day I depart this world

There really isn’t much that beats this setup, hey. Keep a Wii and Wii U within close range of your amp - it boosts the mids

Car alarms, or as I like to call them, crime ska

Took a break from playing cards (Balatro) to play other, different cards (Occlude). Fired up the latter for the first time last night and it's really cool! And maddening, in a way that only makes it cooler. Also it's a game made for Switch 2 mouse support, just saying @tributarygames.bsky.social

For this post to go up as @floppablecat.bsky.social and I are watching the documentary is fucking incredible

Update: new strings, saddles, and a black guard. Looks great, plays better

Old punk bands reuniting for one last tour is a psyop by Big Babysitter

If I ever meet Dave Navarro I will ask him to tell me to Live Mas. And then I will never die

We used to be a country

You know what's really super? Starting your day by replacing the rubber grommets on seven of your Boss pedals. Questions about how many I own will be ignored, David Byrne has them all and nobody gives him shit about it

Pulling up a hate symbol database in an airport food court to check what that sus as fuck tattoo I just saw was. Yep, it was one of those. Very relieved to know the guy doesn’t have any nail clippers on him tho

I think my new Andrew Dice Bovino bit has legs

Update: Been playing this a lot, and the more I do the more I love it. Teles force you to improve the way you play. New bridge saddles (Gotoh compensated ones, to keep the strings in place) and a black pickguard are en route. And I'm keeping the stock Yosemite pickups in - they scream.

Went to a guitar shop today with @floppablecat.bsky.social to try out some MIJ Fenders and walked out with this. We were about to leave and hadn’t checked out the second-hand stuff but this was in there and, for what it is, it was a fucking steal. It’s getting a black guard because of course

Reposting as penance/a peace offering to this creature. Her favourite seat was my Marshall amp, and when I took it home she was very sad. She's tried sitting on the Roland Cube but it isn't the same. I hope she can find it in her weird heart to forgive me, one day

On a whim I bought a very fairly priced N64, having never owned one before. Next day, seller contacts me to say it has a EU PSU and asks if I still want it. I said yes, and now it’s arrived with an Expansion Pak that wasn’t mentioned in the listing. Sometimes sunk cost fallacy is good, actually

Think I've hit brain plasticity death because learning how to make Pro Tools do what I want is making me want to grind my teeth to dust. I hate using DAWs, I always have. Genuinely envious of anyone creative who can integrate this into your process, because it actively kills any creative urge I have

Uncs and his punx

Really digging early Liturgy lately

Why is someone wearing a pro 2nd amendment shirt, days after Bondi, at a metal gig in Australia. I am so fucking confused, but seemingly I’m not the only one

Milestones my relationship has survived: building IKEA furniture together, meeting my insane family, and getting absolutely destroyed, creamed, and atomised into a fine red mist by her in Pokemon TCG for the Game Boy Color

Not enough people know that the Creed guitarist has a signature wah pedal that looks like this

“NSO has Battletoads” I say during my annual colonoscopy

Black Sabbath Lifetime King Crimson Beatles Parliament Funkadelic Aphex Twin Hank Williams Depeche Mode

When she comes over during the week my girlfriend brings me spicy noodles with extra bok choy for lunch. She’s the best @floppablecat.bsky.social 🖤

I swap out drive pedals like they're socks but I just got a Boss MD-2 and I'm gonna be messing around with it for a while. REALLY good definition of individual notes/palm mutes at lower levels when boosting a dirty amp, and when you palm mute as much as me (read: too much) that is very important

The Indian place @floppablecat.bsky.social and I order from always has 2 for 1 deals on papadums, so I have very helpfully written a song (to the tune of Papa Don’t Preach) to remind me how many we each get. It’s called Four Papadums Each

They should add Zionism to the DSM and call it the Draiman Edition

New guitar day: finally got myself a @foie.bsky.social signature model, aka 2013 Gibson LPJ in red. 24 frets on Gibson scale. I used to have one of the SGs in this finish but sold it, and seeing as Les Pauls are better than SGs this is an upgrade. Praises to Ishibashi

Worst crowd at a gig I've ever seen is A Wilhelm Scream in 2008. So many angry argyle socks and cabbie hats, hell hath no fury like an egg punk divorced. Just got tickets to see them again next year and we'll all be 18 years older, piss & vinegar lost and mortgages & back pain gained. Punks is AARP

Update: they did not go, and now there’s a public health alert about one of the gigs being a superspreader event for measles. Cool and normal

I was bummed about digital MK Legacy Kollection launching before the physical game because that meant I'd be waiting to play it. But seeing as multiplayer is "not feature complete at launch" to paraphrase the reviews, digital customers are serving as beta testers in this case? Wild

Only concern re: the excellent result we just had is Cuomo saying he’ll leave NYC if he loses. If he moves to Florida, where every tri-state old fart goes when they start wearing their glasses too low, there’s a lot of old people down there. If his record is anything to go by I fear for their safety