Dusty Chalk

I had vindaloo earlier. It was delicious. They also had something called "Missile Naan" which was naan with green chiles and garlic.

Happy belated birthday! (party favour noise)

Speaking of covers albums, did you know that the Metallica Blacklist is over 4 hours long? FOUR. FREAKING. HOURS. I have not yet been able to bring myself to do it. Today, though, a couple of good albums that stand out: Prog: In Disequilibrium by Isildur's Bane and Peter Hammill -- very much enjoyed, goes from spacy to Peter Hammill's particular brand of eclecticism with contemporary production values. Highly enjoyed, going to make my end of the year list. Electronic/dub: Tauk, Chaos Companion -- very much a vibe, and very much an enjoyable vibe

Spiral Architect, A Sceptic's Universe -- ridiculously over-the-top technical metal

Yello 40 Years -- I actually got the (slightly less) recent box set, but don't have all the variety of players it entails (shiny disk, analog disk, analog tape, &c.), so since this new-ish one is now available on Tidal...listening to this on Tidal. Because priorities.

Tonio K., Life in the Foodchain for some reason.

Oh, man, Knucks is going to be devastated.

Condolences to both of youse.

Subtitled. Although in general, I'm agnostic, unless the dub is particularly annoying (Wasabi comes to mind). I was just lazy, and allowed the default. If you can imagine a "Battle Royale" type scenario where the players volunteer to play, for various reasons (mostly escape from financial ruin). Writer/director Dong-hyuk Hwang is a visionary. Highly stylized sets being the most obvious example in Squid Game. I will definitely be checking their other stuff out. Jung Jaeil (he of Parasite fame) provides the perfect soundtrack. Episode, "Gganbu", was particularly unnervingly emotional.

Had a long "chips vs. fries vs. crisps" discussion on another (Brit-centric) server, and pretty much everyone enjoyed my Strange-Planet-inspired nomenclature, "heated potato sticks".

Squid Game -- that's some fucked up shit right there

Huh.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29661446.amp Thank you, Scotland.

Condolences, Craig. My Bobby doesn't have long, and I bemoan the day I lose him.

Happy birthday! (party favour noise)

Nando's Hamsteak -- aka "a cheeky Nando's".

Nice! I figured if anyone here had been, you would've.

Avishai Cohen -- jazzish guy, just got introduced to them, melikey

...but you knew that already!

Also, What We Do in the Shadows, season 3.

I’ve been listening to a lot of “comfort music” lately, especially Casiopea. Today, listening to Fox Capture Plan’s new one, Nebula.

Actually, I believe it's State Azure. Azure are great, too, but an entirely different genre -- modern prog. (Definitely not of the Ambient/IDM variety -- very hard.) You should check them out, you might dig 'em. Most recent album was released in June: https://azureish.bandcamp.com/