40 years ago, heavy metal bands Judas Priest and Dokken held a concert at the capital center in Landover, Maryland. Two young filmmakers, Jeff Krulik and John Heyn, were also present to interview the fans present at a tailgating party. The result was the infamous documentary Heavy Metal Parking Lot.

The past was erased, the erasure won’t be forgotten, the Big Lie won’t become the truth. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

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Judge Brinkema (EDVa) has issued, in effect, a temporary restraining order blocking any funding or disbursements under the $1.776B anti-weaponization fund pending further briefing. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

A very happy (?) new Boards of Canada day to all who celebrate

Well that was quite good

Incredibly strange seeing Dan Deacon without being covered in dozens of other people's sweat

If you're a Baltimore photographer and looking for your people, they are all at this Future Islands show

They apparently also need to ground their equipment better, i haven't seen someone get shocked by their mic like that since my old goth band played Club Orpheus

If you have Signal backups enabled: Never ever give anyone your recovery code (and keep it safe; like in a password manager). If you get a message claiming to be from "Signal support" asking for a code or recovery key, it's always phishing. Don't share those things with anyone.

This is seriously concerning. DOJ is using (or rather, abusing) grand juries to get the names, addresses, and even banking info on Reddit and X users who are pushing back against ICE online. Free speech is under attack on my fronts, but this is one of the most blatant I've seen.

Fuck all this, says Basil

Had my 50 year reunion today (hospital updated to current)

The whole “info bubble” discourse needs historicization. Why did Black Americans found/read the Black press? The mainstream press legitimized slavery, then spent a lot of breathless time justifying lynching, Jim Crow, and then mass incarceration. So damn, yeah, folks want other info environments.

Mssr Bruno had a theme way cooler than mine, but this might be a playlist i make at some point today

Requiescat to one of the true Real Ones

Trying to think how i would react to seeing one of these on a person in the wild

There’s so many people who deserve a spotlight who aren’t white supremacist rioters. It’s really not hard to find them, either.

Boy have we got some tips

Because no one asked but the meme is still flying: all 10 of these bands have been booed by Tool fans for the crime of being an opening act

I'm also endorsing the new Quicksand song, quite good indeed. and finally it is fuckit o'clock bye

To borrow from Mick Collins of the Dirtbombs: If you don't already, have a look. Google's only going to keep getting worse. This is your technerd endorsement for 21 May 2026.

Every day I contemplate the fact that we still don't know what causes left-handedness. Ages ago we as a society decided it was totally normal and stopped punishing and ostracizing kids for it. Today the thought of being anti-left-handedness is bonkers to us. This is a post about trans kids.

Satchel Paige, and I want the O's to sign him

Just to challenge myself I made a theme this time, which the reader is free to guess at or ignore as suits them. 10 (more) bands I've seen live, in roughly chronological order: Psychotica Meshuggah Fantomas IS-IS Mastodon Tomahawk Tricky Trans Am Failure Killing Joke

Got home and opened ALL the windows (that are protected by awnings)

4 of them in the Spiderland quarry

US employers spend over $1.5 billion annually to fight their workers' unionization efforts www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"why would you run your own email server, too much trouble" they said

"I understand there are no victimless crimes / that being said i feel rather victimized..."

Office break room is permeated with the scent of microwaved sodium

There are fuck-ups, and then there's this krebsonsecurity.com/2026/05/cisa...

the president is raiding the treasury to put your tax dollars into this mans personal checking account as a reward for what hes doing in this picture

This time of day at this time of year is when the vapor clouds really best catch the sunlight streaming in through the blinds, and it's always nice to watch.

Cool to see those infrastructure rate hikes proving their value

If you watch closely you can see where the two brain cells almost collide

I fear the day it becomes a problem, but until then I'm extremely grateful to have a giant oak tree shading the front of my house on days like this. I just wish i hadn't moved my home office to the back bedroom.

Any O's fans who did this or cheered for this: You are fucking scum. I hope your syphillitic asses rot in the most painful way possible. If I ever see you in person, I will take off my prosthetic leg and use it to beat some goddamn sense into your backwards fucking skull. Fuck off. Forever.

Glad I'm watching bands instead of this game

I've said before that someone should do a documentary about Baltimore music but Skizz might deserve his own tbh

One thing to know about me is I'm a sucker for surf rock

This was a lot of fun, and i forgot earplugs just like in the 90s

I guess I should also get hype for this show which my email has reminded me is TONIGHT (oops) Check out that handsome-ass CD longbox www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZANn...

If yo(ooooooo)u can believe it, it's a Friday once again! Getting hype for Charm City Stomp! tomorrow with the Tornadoes www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrE...

You're about to see headlines saying abortion pills can't be shipped. THAT IS NOT TRUE You can still get abortion pills by mail to all fifty states. Some providers will switch to miso-only, some will ship both mife & miso. I got into all of this when the federal court ruling first dropped:

baltimore / maryland people if you're unaffiliated and want to vote in anything besides the school board, change your affiliation toooodaaaay. you have until the end of the month but still

Continuing the list of things that aren't getting the advertising they should, this Saturday is also Charm City Stomp! at Peabody Heights. This was a hell of a good time last year and the bands this year look no less entertaining.

At least someone has details on Artscape, because uh www.artscape.org/about-artsca...

In some countries they do more than tell you to open a 311 ticket