Dusty Chalk

I made bison steaks for Thanksgiving. The first one was overdone but not leather; the second one was perfect. I did, however, let them marinate too long.

Happy birthday! (party favour noise)

https://hostsonaten.bandcamp.com/album/symphony-n-1-cupid-psyche Retro revivalist prog -- this album is instrumental, but not all of them are -- absolutely sublime pseudo-classical album https://nickjohnstonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/young-language Instrumental rock -- about 50% vocals, loved this album -- really strong song- and melody-writing, not just another shred artist https://negura-bunget.bandcamp.com/album/z-u Alternating between ambient and black metal, I adored this album, the ambient portions were just beautiful, and the black metal portions just made my internal goth/metalhead very happy https://twrp.bandcamp.com/album/new-improved First track is fusion, the rest of it is a party -- funk/synthwave/R&B...and one spoken word thingy -- just fun from beginning to end Also-rans: Cynic, Ascension Codes -- not gonna lie, this is their weakest effort, just not as good without the Seans, still a strong album, something weird about the production, though Voices, Breaking the Trauma Bond -- varying between full-on harshes black/death metal, and gothy rock/metal, very much liked

Yeah, I know, I watch (almost) all videos that Knucks posts, that's why posted that one, ackshully.

So many umlauts.

It was Sheena Ringo's birthday Wednesday (11/24), and I've been on a Tokyo Incidents kick, so I celebrated her birthday by listening to メートル法のたわごとトン of her solo music, not unlike I realize no-one cares, but I got her birthday wrong, it was the 25th.

Happy belated birthday!

Earlier: Cheese, shrimp cocktail, salmon, ham, turkey leg, mashed potatoes, stuffing, sweet potatoes, green beans, gravy, pumpkin cheesecake, almond meringues. Just had a little bit of everything, spent quite a bit of time at the table, taking tiny helpings every once in a while, but it's still the most I've eaten in one sitting. Now: (erp)

Kudos to Adele for making Spotify remove the "shuffle" album default (which stung me more times than I care to admit). I meant to listen to her to reward her efforts. Now if Spotify would just pay the artists more, that would be better. Centipede steps. Me: Organ Freeman (LOL)

Wow, two genius moments in one day! Noice!

This guitarist is fantastic (math rock)

This one hurts. I'm a huge fan of the band, and two of my best friends IRL are two of the band's biggest fans, and we were just talking about him/them on Thursday, the day before the accident, anticipating a North American tour: https://www.loudersound.com/news/big-big-train-singer-david-longdon-dead-at-56

Day 1 of this year's Progspace Online Festival -- some really great lesser known prog metal acts playing, have been enjoying so far, recommended if you're alright with fuzzy guitars and harsh vocals and complicated music.

Well, she went ahead and bought the Rancilio combination, and I agree with her reasoning -- it's not just for herself, as she will be able to serve it to clients, so will also be able to write it off on taxes.

Happy birthday, JP!

Listening to this now, this might be my favourite album from either artist individually, and I am a fan of both. I mean, I am literally giggling in how great it is. And apparently there was a blood moon last night.

Me n+1! Additionally, they promised to give my favourite band every month 10% of my fee -- that's like $1.50, which is about $1.50 more (with rounding) than they're getting from Spotify, as I tend to listen to some very underground bands. https://tidal.com/formusic?showLove=true&crm=true Just decided to keep Tidal, if for nothing else, for that. Of course, in April, that'll probably be Kylie Minogue, but that's okay.

Thoughts on Rancilio Silvia espresso machine? Are there better (or as good) machines that are cheaper? Rocky grinder? Niche is cheaper, so is Niche the d-_-b recommendation? Asking for a friend...in the UK, so yeah, maybe imaginary friend, but pretty sure she's real.

Isis, Live IV - 11/16/2007 Recorded 14 years ago today

Condolences, Steve.

Happy birthday! 🎉🎊🎁🎈🎂 (party favour noise)

Happy birthday! 🎉🎊🎁🎈🎂 (party favour noise)

Reminds of ...a bit