feralunicorn.bsky.social
@feralunicorn.bsky.social
Writer at Brainwashed. Possibly an artist of some kind. Worked in the box office of a cool movie theater for a long time. Haunter of used bookstores. Likes cats.
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Happy Thanksgiving! And what better way to celebrate than by testing Elon Musk’s claim that Grok can deliver a foul-mouthed razz? www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk Said Grok’s Roasts Would Be ‘Epic’ at Parties—So I Tried It on My Coworkers
It went about as well as you’d expect.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! And what better way to celebrate than by testing Elon Musk’s claim that Grok can deliver a foul-mouthed razz? www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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I checked, and I've been subscribed to the Vital Weekly newsletter since early 2008. Frans de Waard consistently reviewed music before anyone else really cared, regardless of name or perceived status. He helped put my own little label on the map, along with many other labels willing to send a copy.
September 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I checked, and I've been subscribed to the Vital Weekly newsletter since early 2008. Frans de Waard consistently reviewed music before anyone else really cared, regardless of name or perceived status. He helped put my own little label on the map, along with many other labels willing to send a copy.
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I'm trying to think about how I would have reacted if shown this headline five years ago
July 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I'm trying to think about how I would have reacted if shown this headline five years ago
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Jules Reidy, "Ghost/Spirit"
a mindblowing leap forward, as otherworldly tunings, American Primitive-style steel-string guitar, autotuned pop, futuristic psychedelia, field recordings, and spasmodic electronics all collide in a one-of-a-kind headphone album supernova
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a mindblowing leap forward, as otherworldly tunings, American Primitive-style steel-string guitar, autotuned pop, futuristic psychedelia, field recordings, and spasmodic electronics all collide in a one-of-a-kind headphone album supernova
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April 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Jules Reidy, "Ghost/Spirit"
a mindblowing leap forward, as otherworldly tunings, American Primitive-style steel-string guitar, autotuned pop, futuristic psychedelia, field recordings, and spasmodic electronics all collide in a one-of-a-kind headphone album supernova
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a mindblowing leap forward, as otherworldly tunings, American Primitive-style steel-string guitar, autotuned pop, futuristic psychedelia, field recordings, and spasmodic electronics all collide in a one-of-a-kind headphone album supernova
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Tim Hecker, "Shards"
solidly upper-tier pieces unavailable elsewhere and an array of intriguingly uncharacteristic stylistic elements
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solidly upper-tier pieces unavailable elsewhere and an array of intriguingly uncharacteristic stylistic elements
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April 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Tim Hecker, "Shards"
solidly upper-tier pieces unavailable elsewhere and an array of intriguingly uncharacteristic stylistic elements
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solidly upper-tier pieces unavailable elsewhere and an array of intriguingly uncharacteristic stylistic elements
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Dead Bandit
some of their most sublime work to date, as it feels like the soundtrack to a desolate & dreamlike roadtrip across an America where it is eternally 3am
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some of their most sublime work to date, as it feels like the soundtrack to a desolate & dreamlike roadtrip across an America where it is eternally 3am
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April 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Dead Bandit
some of their most sublime work to date, as it feels like the soundtrack to a desolate & dreamlike roadtrip across an America where it is eternally 3am
brainwashed.com/index.php?op...
some of their most sublime work to date, as it feels like the soundtrack to a desolate & dreamlike roadtrip across an America where it is eternally 3am
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FACS, "Wish Defense"
...is packed with passages in which every single member of the band is doing something so extremely cool that it makes FACS seem like the best goddamn rock band on the planet regardless of whether or not they actually manage to stick the landing
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...is packed with passages in which every single member of the band is doing something so extremely cool that it makes FACS seem like the best goddamn rock band on the planet regardless of whether or not they actually manage to stick the landing
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April 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
FACS, "Wish Defense"
...is packed with passages in which every single member of the band is doing something so extremely cool that it makes FACS seem like the best goddamn rock band on the planet regardless of whether or not they actually manage to stick the landing
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...is packed with passages in which every single member of the band is doing something so extremely cool that it makes FACS seem like the best goddamn rock band on the planet regardless of whether or not they actually manage to stick the landing
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Whatever The Weather, "II"
transcends easily graspable elements like songcraft, cool arrangements, well-chosen influences, as the most transfixing moments tend to be crafted from billowing, dreamlike chords so achingly beautiful that I want to live inside them forever
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transcends easily graspable elements like songcraft, cool arrangements, well-chosen influences, as the most transfixing moments tend to be crafted from billowing, dreamlike chords so achingly beautiful that I want to live inside them forever
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April 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Whatever The Weather, "II"
transcends easily graspable elements like songcraft, cool arrangements, well-chosen influences, as the most transfixing moments tend to be crafted from billowing, dreamlike chords so achingly beautiful that I want to live inside them forever
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transcends easily graspable elements like songcraft, cool arrangements, well-chosen influences, as the most transfixing moments tend to be crafted from billowing, dreamlike chords so achingly beautiful that I want to live inside them forever
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Monolake, "Gravity"
Henke is a goddamn sorcerer at sound design and production, so the wonderfully vivid and vibrant sounds and textures here enhance his insomniac vision beautifully.
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Henke is a goddamn sorcerer at sound design and production, so the wonderfully vivid and vibrant sounds and textures here enhance his insomniac vision beautifully.
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April 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Monolake, "Gravity"
Henke is a goddamn sorcerer at sound design and production, so the wonderfully vivid and vibrant sounds and textures here enhance his insomniac vision beautifully.
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Henke is a goddamn sorcerer at sound design and production, so the wonderfully vivid and vibrant sounds and textures here enhance his insomniac vision beautifully.
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Voice Actor, "Lust (1)"
beauty and magic are almost always lurking in both the vividly realized details and the hallucinatory ways that Kurzweil's voice subtly transforms and moves through space
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beauty and magic are almost always lurking in both the vividly realized details and the hallucinatory ways that Kurzweil's voice subtly transforms and moves through space
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April 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Voice Actor, "Lust (1)"
beauty and magic are almost always lurking in both the vividly realized details and the hallucinatory ways that Kurzweil's voice subtly transforms and moves through space
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beauty and magic are almost always lurking in both the vividly realized details and the hallucinatory ways that Kurzweil's voice subtly transforms and moves through space
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Rrose x Polygonia, "Dermatology"
"a marriage made in heaven, as Wang’s dancefloor-driven beat mastery brings a sensuous physicality to Rrose’s lysergic forays into psychoacoustic phenomena"
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"a marriage made in heaven, as Wang’s dancefloor-driven beat mastery brings a sensuous physicality to Rrose’s lysergic forays into psychoacoustic phenomena"
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May 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Rrose x Polygonia, "Dermatology"
"a marriage made in heaven, as Wang’s dancefloor-driven beat mastery brings a sensuous physicality to Rrose’s lysergic forays into psychoacoustic phenomena"
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"a marriage made in heaven, as Wang’s dancefloor-driven beat mastery brings a sensuous physicality to Rrose’s lysergic forays into psychoacoustic phenomena"
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Cross Record, "Crush Me"
"Cross’s hushed and intimate songs often sound like they are happening while The Rapture unfolds, burning planes fall from the sky, and the earth rips itself open"
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"Cross’s hushed and intimate songs often sound like they are happening while The Rapture unfolds, burning planes fall from the sky, and the earth rips itself open"
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May 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Cross Record, "Crush Me"
"Cross’s hushed and intimate songs often sound like they are happening while The Rapture unfolds, burning planes fall from the sky, and the earth rips itself open"
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"Cross’s hushed and intimate songs often sound like they are happening while The Rapture unfolds, burning planes fall from the sky, and the earth rips itself open"
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Eliana Glass, "E"
"makes me want to run out into the streets to tackle random pedestrians and demand to know why they are not listening to it right now"
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"makes me want to run out into the streets to tackle random pedestrians and demand to know why they are not listening to it right now"
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May 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Eliana Glass, "E"
"makes me want to run out into the streets to tackle random pedestrians and demand to know why they are not listening to it right now"
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"makes me want to run out into the streets to tackle random pedestrians and demand to know why they are not listening to it right now"
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Rashad Becker, "The Incident"
"feels like the fruit of a Lovecraftian scenario in which Becker is plagued by recurring nightmares of an otherworldly city populated by slime-covered and tentacled horrors"
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"feels like the fruit of a Lovecraftian scenario in which Becker is plagued by recurring nightmares of an otherworldly city populated by slime-covered and tentacled horrors"
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May 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Rashad Becker, "The Incident"
"feels like the fruit of a Lovecraftian scenario in which Becker is plagued by recurring nightmares of an otherworldly city populated by slime-covered and tentacled horrors"
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"feels like the fruit of a Lovecraftian scenario in which Becker is plagued by recurring nightmares of an otherworldly city populated by slime-covered and tentacled horrors"
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Maria Somerville, "Luster"
"well-placed sharp textures and stylistic curveballs to mostly elude that trap and come across like an excellent and lovingly curated mixtape"
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"well-placed sharp textures and stylistic curveballs to mostly elude that trap and come across like an excellent and lovingly curated mixtape"
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May 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Maria Somerville, "Luster"
"well-placed sharp textures and stylistic curveballs to mostly elude that trap and come across like an excellent and lovingly curated mixtape"
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"well-placed sharp textures and stylistic curveballs to mostly elude that trap and come across like an excellent and lovingly curated mixtape"
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Olga Anna Markowska, "ISKRA"
"a powerful and focused soundtrack for something like James Marsh’s macabre yet achingly beautiful and poetic Wisconsin Death Trip or one of Bill Morrison’s mesmerizing decomposed film fantasias"
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"a powerful and focused soundtrack for something like James Marsh’s macabre yet achingly beautiful and poetic Wisconsin Death Trip or one of Bill Morrison’s mesmerizing decomposed film fantasias"
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May 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Olga Anna Markowska, "ISKRA"
"a powerful and focused soundtrack for something like James Marsh’s macabre yet achingly beautiful and poetic Wisconsin Death Trip or one of Bill Morrison’s mesmerizing decomposed film fantasias"
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"a powerful and focused soundtrack for something like James Marsh’s macabre yet achingly beautiful and poetic Wisconsin Death Trip or one of Bill Morrison’s mesmerizing decomposed film fantasias"
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I wish reading the news felt less like binge watching the final season of a long running series that’s been a major part of your life for decades.
February 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I wish reading the news felt less like binge watching the final season of a long running series that’s been a major part of your life for decades.
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I bet doom scroll meant something way cooler in the middle ages.
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I bet doom scroll meant something way cooler in the middle ages.
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After more than 160 releases, Longform Editions will be releasing its final handful of experimental offerings on February 12. We spoke to the project's founder about the legacy they're leaving behind
Longform Editions, a Bastion of Experimental Sounds, Is Shutting Down
After more than 160 releases, the project’s founder talks about its legacy, why it’s ending, and what’s next.
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January 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
After more than 160 releases, Longform Editions will be releasing its final handful of experimental offerings on February 12. We spoke to the project's founder about the legacy they're leaving behind
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Review of Bill Orcutt's "How To Rescue Things" (Palilalia). brainwashed.com/index.php?op...
January 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Review of Bill Orcutt's "How To Rescue Things" (Palilalia). brainwashed.com/index.php?op...
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Review of Big Blood's "Electric Voyeur" (Dontrustheruin). brainwashed.com/index.php?op...
January 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Review of Big Blood's "Electric Voyeur" (Dontrustheruin). brainwashed.com/index.php?op...
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The shrine to David Lynch at Bob's Big Boy is really something...
January 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The shrine to David Lynch at Bob's Big Boy is really something...