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Break Stuff: The Unbelievably True Story of the Best Worst Genre in Music History Episode 14 - If You Wanted Honesty: The Emo Insurgency (2003 - 06) | The Nu Metal Agenda Podcast
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This month on the podcast we did another contrast episode. This time we defined "real emo" and remembered some unfortunate things about Fall Out Boy.
Thoughts and prayers for the Estonian skater who did his short program to Prince's "Kiss" before the rights cleared and "just hopes everything will be good."
February 11, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Thoughts and prayers for the Estonian skater who did his short program to Prince's "Kiss" before the rights cleared and "just hopes everything will be good."
But are the bushes union?
February 9, 2026 at 4:53 AM
But are the bushes union?
Has the Kill James Bond podcast addressed the miike snow ghengis khan music video?
February 8, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Has the Kill James Bond podcast addressed the miike snow ghengis khan music video?
The Olympics are great because it's peak situation monitoring and rapid information acquisition, but the situation is joyful instead of the great horrors of the world. And if you want a taste of horrors, every sports governing body is a comic book villain syndicate.
February 7, 2026 at 5:42 PM
The Olympics are great because it's peak situation monitoring and rapid information acquisition, but the situation is joyful instead of the great horrors of the world. And if you want a taste of horrors, every sports governing body is a comic book villain syndicate.
The Georgian ice dance team is skating their rhythm dance to "pretty fly for a white guy" it rules
February 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
The Georgian ice dance team is skating their rhythm dance to "pretty fly for a white guy" it rules
Welcome to the resistance comrade Shinedown
Oh WOWWWWWW. Shinedown is pulling out of Kid Rock's Rock the Country festival, and not only that, specifically because it is "divisive"
February 6, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Welcome to the resistance comrade Shinedown
The rhythm dance theme is music of the 90s, why is no one skating to Limp Bizkit?
February 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
The rhythm dance theme is music of the 90s, why is no one skating to Limp Bizkit?
Admitting defeat at the hands of the CBC gem app's geolocking
February 6, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Admitting defeat at the hands of the CBC gem app's geolocking
So are we allowed to cook with ingredients over here or are we still working through that?
February 6, 2026 at 4:28 AM
So are we allowed to cook with ingredients over here or are we still working through that?
I'm so sorry for what you're all going to find out about my 4 year figure skating fandom
February 4, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I'm so sorry for what you're all going to find out about my 4 year figure skating fandom
Good news, the Minions figure skating program has cleared 3/4 of its copyright disputes and will be performed at the Olympics as long as Pharrell Williams acts mercifully
February 4, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Good news, the Minions figure skating program has cleared 3/4 of its copyright disputes and will be performed at the Olympics as long as Pharrell Williams acts mercifully
The minions program with fortnite emotes in the choreo will not see Olympic ice. We're being robbed.
So Tomas did everything the ISU told him to do months in advance only to find out he has to change his SP a week before the Olympics ⛸️
February 2, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The minions program with fortnite emotes in the choreo will not see Olympic ice. We're being robbed.
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Wes Borland from Limp Bizkit posting multiple anti-ICE messages on his gram recently @numetalmoment.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Wes Borland from Limp Bizkit posting multiple anti-ICE messages on his gram recently @numetalmoment.bsky.social
I'm currently watching all the Jack Ryan movies and losing my mind, but also reading Wuthering Heights to maintain balance
January 28, 2026 at 7:07 PM
I'm currently watching all the Jack Ryan movies and losing my mind, but also reading Wuthering Heights to maintain balance
After much consideration I've come up with the perfect 5 year plan to allow me to fulfill my family obligations and desire for intellectual enrichment. All I have to do is get a perfect LSAT score and be admitted to one of the top 10 law schools in the country.
January 26, 2026 at 7:18 PM
After much consideration I've come up with the perfect 5 year plan to allow me to fulfill my family obligations and desire for intellectual enrichment. All I have to do is get a perfect LSAT score and be admitted to one of the top 10 law schools in the country.
flipping the big switch in my brain from pop culture studies back to current events and politics
January 9, 2026 at 2:09 PM
flipping the big switch in my brain from pop culture studies back to current events and politics
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Incoming thread about CBP, ICE, the violence in Portland and Minneapolis, plus NSPM-7, white supremacist accelerationism, and why this all matters.
It’s a bigger, more dire fascist situation that’s we all need to confront — which demands more info and context than “all the same Gestapo shit”
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It’s a bigger, more dire fascist situation that’s we all need to confront — which demands more info and context than “all the same Gestapo shit”
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Bluesky: where people get pissed at me for providing accurate information to call attention to an even bigger fascist situation we should be taking action against
Here’s another reason why it matters — it shows the intent of the federal government vis-a-vis political dissent.
In other words, sending THIS arm of fascists pretty clearly proves the purpose of NSPM-7 is treating protest as terrorism and is unrelated to immigration.
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In other words, sending THIS arm of fascists pretty clearly proves the purpose of NSPM-7 is treating protest as terrorism and is unrelated to immigration.
bsky.app/profile/msen...
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Incoming thread about CBP, ICE, the violence in Portland and Minneapolis, plus NSPM-7, white supremacist accelerationism, and why this all matters.
It’s a bigger, more dire fascist situation that’s we all need to confront — which demands more info and context than “all the same Gestapo shit”
1
It’s a bigger, more dire fascist situation that’s we all need to confront — which demands more info and context than “all the same Gestapo shit”
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[to the tune of Nine Inch Nails' "Terrible Lie"] terrible app
January 8, 2026 at 9:07 AM
[to the tune of Nine Inch Nails' "Terrible Lie"] terrible app
What do you MEAN this college basketball commentator is named Connor Onion
January 7, 2026 at 12:52 AM
What do you MEAN this college basketball commentator is named Connor Onion
I also have an article in here!
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Newest issue of what’s nu? Magazine published by the @numetalagenda.bsky.social @numetalmoment.bsky.social
With a few articles in there by me :3
Go buy 100000000 copies we are hungry #numetal
Newest issue of what’s nu? Magazine published by the @numetalagenda.bsky.social @numetalmoment.bsky.social
With a few articles in there by me :3
Go buy 100000000 copies we are hungry #numetal
What's Nu? Magazine: Issue #009
Featuring Mad Kelly, The Callous Daoboys, Bodyweb, Bleed, Split Chain and More.
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January 6, 2026 at 6:50 PM
I also have an article in here!
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i view much of this histrionic/emotionally reactive bullshit as being directly downstream from the fandom-ization of identity, both personal and group. it is such a malignant way to conceptualize of self and other, a kind of consumer-brained approach to personhood and personality
i think the ever-tighter coupling of content consumption preferences and personal identity/group affinity is a profoundly debilitating rot
January 6, 2026 at 7:48 AM
i view much of this histrionic/emotionally reactive bullshit as being directly downstream from the fandom-ization of identity, both personal and group. it is such a malignant way to conceptualize of self and other, a kind of consumer-brained approach to personhood and personality
Bad day to log back on, wow
January 6, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Bad day to log back on, wow
My grandma (former lawyer) is really doing a lot to convince me that I should go to law school
January 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
My grandma (former lawyer) is really doing a lot to convince me that I should go to law school
Brandon Sanderson's "Dune"
December 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Brandon Sanderson's "Dune"
I have an essay in this month's issue about Tom Morello's jukebox musical and theatre as a space for cultural reinterpretation. Feeling very lucky to have such talented collaborators.
What's Nu? Magazine Issue #008: Featuring Johnny HEALTH of @health.band. Created by @stardest.bsky.social and published by The Nu Metal Agenda.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I have an essay in this month's issue about Tom Morello's jukebox musical and theatre as a space for cultural reinterpretation. Feeling very lucky to have such talented collaborators.