DeVotchKa at The Casbah.

I’ve been locked out of my Facebook account for over two years. This morning I found my 2FA code and was finally able to log back in. It’s kind of weird to be back. I think I’m going to delete the app.

Justin Broadrick of Godflesh, Jesu, Final and many other projects is my guest deejay for the 💯 episode of SOUNDWAVE! Listen and enjoy!

Stoned.

Set up an Obsidian vault on iCloud with my writing partner so my writing partner and I can edit and share notes. Would you please share your experiences with me if you’ve done the same?

Dreamt I was eating a pint of ice cream while running on a treadmill. 🏃‍♂️ 🍨

Rumors are that Mike Lindell will launch rival social media platform, MyPillowSpace. 💬 Some people who downloaded Trump’s Truth Social social media app received error messages trying to create an account.https://www.cnet.com/news/trumps-truth-social-debuts-in-apples-app-store/

Not metazens?

Sticker art.

Venus is very bright this morning.

Sticker art.

Added to my listen to-do list for today. 💬 Lost debut album from Godspeed You! Black Emperor finally leaks 🎵

Um, no. 💬 Retired Pope Asks Forgiveness Over Handling of Abuse Cases

To-Do List

“On Monday, Mr Johnson called me to his office. I waited ten minutes for him to emerge from his private bathroom. At last the flush resounded and he came out, fastening himself. He sat at his desk and leaned back. I had two things to do today, he said. Take a shit and fire you.“ —Animal - Kathryn Scanlan, The Dominant

I donated a double bag of blood. Worth it for the excuse to eat some Oreo cookies.

Glued.

Treadmill on sidewalk.

Lite Metal

I was walking my dog the other night listening to Metallica’s Master of Puppets album. I stopped after two songs because while the guitar riffs were killer, the sound was too thin. I figured it was due to Spotify’s compression, or maybe it was the limitation of the recording technology at the time. On a whim, I decided to listen to Slayer’s Reign in Blood album, which was released around the same time as Master of Puppets. Reign in Blood was heavy. I also revisited Anthrax’s Among the Living album, and it also has a much fuller sound than Master of Puppets.

For funnsies, I also listened to a couple of tracks from Godflesh’s Streetcleaner and Big Black’s Atomizer albums. Neither of those bands had the budget that Metallica had, and they used a drum machine rather than a drummer, and yet those albums are both far heavier than Master of Puppets.

What the hell was going on?

I’m not deep in Metallica lore, so I don’t know the story behind the recording of Master of Puppets. Still, I know that the band made a point of being sober during the recording sessions and that the album was produced by Flemming Rasmussen, who also produced Rainbow’s Difficult to Cure album. Possibly it was Metallica’s aesthetic? …And Justice for All is infamous for all but muting Jason Newsted’s bass playing.

I suppose I could hear if anything changed on their Metallica album, but I confess to being too thrashed out to care.

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  1. First RPG you played: Basic Dungeons and Dragons
  2. Last RPG you played: FATE Core
  3. RPG you played most often: Vampire: The Masquerade
  4. RPG you recommend: Traveller (Classic)

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This week’s episode of The Mandalorian was kind of a throat clearing episode.