Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Teeth Marks by S.G. Goodman and Gyer Ro by PHURPA.🎵Listen.


Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Seven Songs by 23 Skidoo and Marble Son by Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter (thanks, Steven Howard).🎵 Listen.


The Corruption of Fyodor Grigorovich

I play Fyodor Grigorovich, former master-at-arms and now majordomo for Inquisitor Ezekiel Chaxius, in our weekly Dark Heresy role-playing game. Fyodor began as the grimdark equivalent of Ted Lasso. Still, since being corrupted by being in the presence of the Liber Malleus and handling the Laer blade, Fyodor‘s character arc has become much more interesting. Now that Fyodor sees the corruption in himself, he sees the rot in the Imperium.

“How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one’s culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.”

— Barry Lopez, Arctic Dreams


Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Blight Witch Regalia by Cicada The Burrower and Quiet The Room by Skullcrusher.🎵Listen.


I will be fascinated to learn the fallout of rebranding T̸w̸i̸t̸t̸e̸r̸ to X. When companies update their website, emails, brochures, etc., how many of them will decide to drop X? Musk is forcing every company to reconsider their relationship to his social media platform, and X may serve as a clean break.


Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Yol by Altın Gün and Junkyard by The Birthday Party.🎵Listen


Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Out to Lunch! by Eric Dolphy and The Blue Lotus by The Greg Foat Group.🎵Listen


Last week I watched “Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart,” the thrilling conclusion to The Venture Bros. animated series, and all the accompanying features included in the release. The number of stories Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick were able to mine out of the premise is delightfully mind-boggling. We’ll not see it’s like again.


It would be a hoot if Ex-Twitter got so terrible that Peach picked up new users.


Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Skinscape by Aries Mond and Zango by WITCH.🎵 Listen.


Just saw a guy get out of his car that reeked of weed to throw his empty beer bottle away, get back in his car, and haul ass.



Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to You Still Here Ho? by Flo Milli and comp by exm.🎵

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=fZ2GBExASgKcxfjerBwD6w

https://dyadik.bandcamp.com/album/comp


Statement.

That’s it. That’s the post.


Sinéad O'Connor

A long time ago, I picked up U2’s The Edge soundtrack for Captive. The only thing I can recall from the album was a track called “Heroine,” with vocals by Sinéad O’Connor. The following year one of the staff at Newbury Comics gave me a prerelease cassette by Sinéad. I recognized the name instantly and instantly became a fan. Decades later, Sinéad still has the power to transfix me with her voice, demanding to be heard. Shuhada' Sadaqat, peace be upon you.


Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Heaven Come Crashing by Rachika Nayar and AsOne² by As One.🎵 Listen



Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Faith by The Cure and Mr. Money with the Vibe by Asake.🎵 Listen


X-Twitter is what I’ll be calling the platform.


Comicon 2023, San Diego.