👍🏻 - I liked this.
Round 2, and I liked it just as much as the first. Was surprised and happy to see that they are still releasing albums.
👍🏻 - I liked this.
Well, this was a blast! I really enjoyed it, and I’m going to have to give their other albums a listen. Found them via httpster.io.
🎵 Rite Here Rite Now (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Ghost
👍🏻 - I liked this.
❤️ Fucking loved it. Can’t wait to get my hands on the movie. Another band I’d really love to see live, and wish I’d have found sooner.
@odd You're welcome! Good luck getting back into reading again. That's what I've been trying to do myself, I used to be such an avid reader. I miss it.
@odd I've been reading a lot of them lately, as I'm working on a romance story myself. Most of the ones I've been reading are sapphic, and one I can highly recommend is "One Last Stop" by Casey McQuiston. I rather enjoyed it. On the more traditional (but geeky) M/F side, I'll plug "Role Playing" by Cathy Yardley.
Both are modern day. "One Last Stop" has some mild sci fi/fantasy aspects. "Role Playing" has older folks and MMOs and geekness.
I can recommend plenty more as well!
@xxxx Ahh yes! I had found them around the same time I originally found Gygax, but never got around to getting through their discography. I will fix that, thanks!
⭐ 🎵 🍔 📼 Babymetal pick their five favourite foods
Japanese metal sensations Babymetal know a thing or two about good grub, so we got the trio to give us their five favourite cuisines
Seriously, just seeing them in anything makes me smile. They’re joy personified. Anytime I need a pick me up or just some disassociation time, I turn to Babymetal. ❤️❤️❤️
👍🏻 - I liked this.
Another find from yesterday’s YouTube rabbit hole. This is one of the better finds, they flipping ROCK. I’ll definitely be looking out for more from them. ❤️❤️❤️
⭐ - I’m obsessed with this.
Like RPGs? Dungeons and Dragons? Kick-ass rock music? Listen to this album. Fucking fantastic. ❤️
👍🏻 - I liked this.
More Star Wars, what else needs to be said. Always a plus in my book. And they brought things into Star Wars that I’ve wanted to see before.
🎵 Chasing The Moon - East of Eden
👍🏻 - I liked this.
Another YouTube find today. Another great band!
👍🏻 - I liked this.
Fell down a YouTube rabbit hole today, starting with this find. Loved this album!
🎵 1 - bby
👍🏻 - I liked this.
Thanks to foofaraw I found this album. It’s not on Last.fm yet, so here’s an Apple Music embed.
🎵 To go along with my previous post, here is an Apple Music playlist of all the songs that Tank the Tech recommended to try out in his “The Best Gateway Metal Bands of 2024” video.
Finished reading: Consort of Fire by Kit Rocha 📚
👍🏻 - I liked this.
Took me a long time to finish reading, but not because of the story. I enjoyed it, and there were quite a few ideas in there tailor made for me, or taken straight from my head from various story and game ideas I’ve had.
🎵 📼 🔗 The Best Gateway Metal Bands of 2024
Recently, Zoltan Bathory from Five Finger Death Punch talked about the necessity of having gateway bands to bring new people into metal, which got me thinking about who I think are the best gateway bands for metal right now.
I love Tank the Tech’s channel, and this is a great video on some current metal bands. I’ll be checking out some of these I haven’t before also!
💻 🔗 101 Things You Can Do With Raycast
A non-comprehensive list of all the ways Raycast can help you stay in the flow.
I seriously can’t imagine using my Mac without Raycast. Hands down my most used and most loved app.
🎵 📼 🔗 Blue Man Group Ft. Venus Hum - I Feel Love (4K Remastered)
Should have looked for this before I posted my previous post.
🎵 I Feel Love (feat. Venus Hum) - Blue Man Group
👍🏻 - I liked this. ❤️❤️❤️ I love this whole album, but this song really gets me going when I hear it. Love it.
🎵 don’t smile at me - Billie Eilish
👍🏻 - I liked this.
Not my favorite album of hers, but it’s got some good stuff.
🎵 📼 🔗 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (Official Video)
❤️❤️ Going down an old music memories rabbit hole today. I love this song. I used to have such a crush on Natalie thanks to this video.
👍🏻 - I liked this.
❤️❤️❤️ Fucking loved this, just a whole album of banger after banger.
Time to risk the lightning, and install the Public Betas!
This asthma attack is kicking my butt. It’s certainly making it a lot harder to want to do any work today. Can it be time to go home now, so I can take a nap?
@humdrum So glad I found the site, and very happy to help! I love what you're doing. We need more zines in the world! Good luck on the rest of the patron slots.
@odd As a Gen X'er who was very lucky to accidentally find my thyroid cancer early, this study hits home for me. Worries me about my friends as well.
@snarkhunt.bsky.social The article's title is misleading. Further down in the article it is correctly named "Alice's Adventures Under Ground", which is where the article's link also leads to. Thanks!
@adam Oh, forgot to mention, thanks to your podcast I also searched out and listened to "New York City Cops", which was not on the streamed version on Apple Music. Glad I did, it was another great song!
@adam Thanks for pointing me in that direction! I'm not a podcast person, but I listened to that episode and the Metallica - Metallica episode. The passion and intelligence with which you break down and talk about the albums is inspiring.
@gregmoore When I first watched it, I fell down the rabbit hole. I watched a ton of various YouTube videos on it, even more reaction videos to it (to see what other people got out of it I might have missed), forced my friends to watch it on game day...
It definitely became a hyperfixation of mine for a while last year.
@gregmoore one of my absolute favorite movies, ever. Just a perfect film in my eyes.
@adam And this time the cliffhanger did work! Gotta find a way to keep you coming back for more. 😉
Absolutely fantastic album, enjoy!
@adam Mwahaha! The cliffhanger always works some of the time. 😃
@adam That's a good thing I hope! 😀 I'm listening to her last album now, so that will be the next post.
@sod Thank you for this!
@odd I only really listened to their big hits back in the day, I look forward to checking out their full albums!
@JohnPhilpin That was fun and lovely! And a BIG thanks for turning me on to Guthrie!
@JohnPhilpin Thanks for the suggestion, I liked the first album I listened to!
@petebrown @odd I first heard this album as a junior in high school, and bought a copy myself. I'm surprised I didn't wear out that cassette out. It's been a favorite since, although it's been a while since I've listened to it. I saw a mention of one of the tracks on a headphone review and had to go back and listen to it. Complete nostagia injection for me as well!
@adam getting stuck is how I've been feeling lately with my music habits, which is why I'm trying to branch out a lot more. Funny enough, as much as I love Fiona Apple, I've never listened to any of her albums - other than Tidal - straight through. This weeked was a bust for doing so, but the plan is for tomorrow at work to change that!
@xxxx Anytime! So I did some searching, and it seems like PowerAmp is the goto hi-res audio player. It's got a 15 day trial, and is ~$5 to buy. I downloaded it, and it was able to play 44/1020 ALAC files with no problem, it should handle anything you throw at it: FLAC, m4a, etc. I tested it with my $15 dollar Apple USB-C to 3.5mm with some 32 Ohm headphones, and it could drive them. I had to get the volume almost max to get them loud, but it could drive them. Using my Questyle M15i dongle-DAC, I almost blew my eardrums out at the same level because I forgot to turn it down first. 😀 The only thing was, while it was decoding the file at 44/1020, it wasn't outputting that. I know Android has a thing where it limits the output, there is some toggle or something that allows direct interface between the player and the USB DAC, but I didn't find it with a quick search. But it sounded amazing, even using the Apple adaptor on my FIIO JT1s, which - while only $50 - are some good sounding cans.
@xxxx Ok, got home and finally got to test it out. First, the stock Music app is kinda ass. It sorts everything in one big list, though at least you can sort that list by Title, Album, etc. It also doesn't look like it plays .m4a files, which pretty much all of my music is. I found some .wavs and .mp3s I was able to test it with. With my cheap Moondrop Space Travel earbuds, it sounded ok. You're pretty much limited to the DAC in whatever you're using to listen to it, since it has no headphone jack out. Hooked my dongle-DAC up to it, and it sounded great, but did warn that using it (it's a non-powered unit) would drain the battery fast. With good Bluetooth and downloading a better music app (I can get around in Android, but I don't know any Android apps or anything), and popping in a good Micro-SD card, I think you can get away with using it as a DAP, if you want one that has a good (if e-ink) screen and can do other things. If you're just looking for music, I think you might want to check out some cheaper dedicated DAP's like a HiBy R3.
@xxxx At the moment I don't. But I'll see if I can get some music moved over to it and try it out with some Bluetooth IEMs and also my Bluetooth dongle-DAC.
@xxxx >I learned this year that you can celebrate without comparison.
THIS!!! So much in life is now a comparison or competition. Perfectly said.
@cristian I haven't listened to that podcast, but I'll give it a shot. Thanks!
@jade My goal is to try to at least listen to one a day, but not limit myself. I'm trying to reach for other things like music instead of social media or youtube.