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DC music and audio pro interested in audiovisual documentation and information science.
Regularly reading about religious history and ritual, theory of art/film/games. Decades of ongoing neijia and neidan practice.
Regularly reading about religious history and ritual, theory of art/film/games. Decades of ongoing neijia and neidan practice.
given how this show is entirely revisionist nostalgia cultural signaling, you have to wonder if these sorts of hiccups are unintentional moments of authenticity
Retro video game fans are having fun pointing out a Nintendo-related blunder in Stranger Things Season 5. https://bit.ly/49RbvEx
December 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
given how this show is entirely revisionist nostalgia cultural signaling, you have to wonder if these sorts of hiccups are unintentional moments of authenticity
The Pensioner’s Sauna: using an electric blanket in an unheated house in the winter
December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The Pensioner’s Sauna: using an electric blanket in an unheated house in the winter
it’s always striking how the lore and narrative of the MGS games is drawn exactly from the conspiracy theories discussed here, yet this still doesn’t seem to be a mainstream cultural discussion (and it’s admittedly not an easy topic to broach given the audiences involved)
Henry Ford accused industrialist and statesman Bernard Baruch of being the secret Jewish dictator of the United States. When reporters asked Baruch for comment he said, "Now, boys, you wouldn't expect me to deny that would you?"
November 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
it’s always striking how the lore and narrative of the MGS games is drawn exactly from the conspiracy theories discussed here, yet this still doesn’t seem to be a mainstream cultural discussion (and it’s admittedly not an easy topic to broach given the audiences involved)
going to trader joe’s in december is a fury road tradition
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
going to trader joe’s in december is a fury road tradition
fire was allegorically a divine power of creation humans weren’t meant to receive … frankenstein is terrified by fire… wondering if these things are connected somehow? ?
November 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
fire was allegorically a divine power of creation humans weren’t meant to receive … frankenstein is terrified by fire… wondering if these things are connected somehow? ?
we like to think we're an intelligent and unique species, but most of us don't really come up with anything ourselves. our behaviors are acquired by copying the actions/habits of others, whereas notable intelligence actually conceives or develops new concepts and ideas.
November 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
we like to think we're an intelligent and unique species, but most of us don't really come up with anything ourselves. our behaviors are acquired by copying the actions/habits of others, whereas notable intelligence actually conceives or develops new concepts and ideas.
The Young Inspector Zenigata Chronicles
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Young Inspector Zenigata Chronicles
when an adult reaches middle age they will unconsciously, automatically have begun to develop a character (via preferred acting method) to assume throughout the entire day on every Halloween
November 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
when an adult reaches middle age they will unconsciously, automatically have begun to develop a character (via preferred acting method) to assume throughout the entire day on every Halloween
A Shakespeare insult which becomes laudatory upon Halloween: “the soul of this man is his clothes”
October 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
A Shakespeare insult which becomes laudatory upon Halloween: “the soul of this man is his clothes”
‘One Battle After Another’ sounds like the title of a Paul Gilbert album
October 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
‘One Battle After Another’ sounds like the title of a Paul Gilbert album
the excitement of middle age
October 18, 2025 at 6:14 AM
the excitement of middle age
@dulanyw.bsky.social couldn’t reply on that thread, but presumably you mean a gibson LP? i don’t, but my USA Jackson Soloist had the same pups and would sound the same with the trem blocked off. amusingly i switched out the pups for the classic paul gilbert dimarzios, which is a weird choice lol
October 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
@dulanyw.bsky.social couldn’t reply on that thread, but presumably you mean a gibson LP? i don’t, but my USA Jackson Soloist had the same pups and would sound the same with the trem blocked off. amusingly i switched out the pups for the classic paul gilbert dimarzios, which is a weird choice lol
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Since everyone is talking about these all the time, here's my article about the history and importance of sea shanties. It features interviews with expert maritime historians.
www.southernfriedscience.com/soon-may-the... 🧪🦑🌍 #SciComm
www.southernfriedscience.com/soon-may-the... 🧪🦑🌍 #SciComm
Soon may the explainer come: Everything you’ve always wanted to know about sea shanties but were afraid to ask
The hot new thing on the internet is the latest revival of a centuries-old musical tradition. The humble sea shanty has taken the internet by storm, with remixes of remixes getting millions of view…
www.southernfriedscience.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Since everyone is talking about these all the time, here's my article about the history and importance of sea shanties. It features interviews with expert maritime historians.
www.southernfriedscience.com/soon-may-the... 🧪🦑🌍 #SciComm
www.southernfriedscience.com/soon-may-the... 🧪🦑🌍 #SciComm
funny thing that has happened three times now:
-a close friend asks for my advice on choosing a quality first preamp to improve home recordings
-I urge them enthusiastically to get a Daking mic pre one (because pushing Daking is evidently my entire personality)
-they get a Focusrite ISA one
-a close friend asks for my advice on choosing a quality first preamp to improve home recordings
-I urge them enthusiastically to get a Daking mic pre one (because pushing Daking is evidently my entire personality)
-they get a Focusrite ISA one
October 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
funny thing that has happened three times now:
-a close friend asks for my advice on choosing a quality first preamp to improve home recordings
-I urge them enthusiastically to get a Daking mic pre one (because pushing Daking is evidently my entire personality)
-they get a Focusrite ISA one
-a close friend asks for my advice on choosing a quality first preamp to improve home recordings
-I urge them enthusiastically to get a Daking mic pre one (because pushing Daking is evidently my entire personality)
-they get a Focusrite ISA one
the first slot in my 6u 500 series chassis is solder-scorched after 10 years of regular use.
when I bought it (to host these preamps), my intent was to fill the rest of it out as dual channel strips of signal processing. But nothing else I’ve sought since has been available in a 500 format.
when I bought it (to host these preamps), my intent was to fill the rest of it out as dual channel strips of signal processing. But nothing else I’ve sought since has been available in a 500 format.
October 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
the first slot in my 6u 500 series chassis is solder-scorched after 10 years of regular use.
when I bought it (to host these preamps), my intent was to fill the rest of it out as dual channel strips of signal processing. But nothing else I’ve sought since has been available in a 500 format.
when I bought it (to host these preamps), my intent was to fill the rest of it out as dual channel strips of signal processing. But nothing else I’ve sought since has been available in a 500 format.
Texted a few different friends at like 3am last night, urging them to subscribe to the Criterion Channel. I know this sounds like weird and crazy behavior, which… yes, it kinda is (the not-having-a-CC-subscription part)
October 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Texted a few different friends at like 3am last night, urging them to subscribe to the Criterion Channel. I know this sounds like weird and crazy behavior, which… yes, it kinda is (the not-having-a-CC-subscription part)
the Bremen Town Musicians
VERY IMPORTANT NEWS #nutmegsky www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
An escaped miniature Scottish Highland bull is roaming eastern Connecticut
Lefty, a miniature Scottish Highland bull, escaped from his home in North Franklin and has spent the past week roaming the woods and fields near Norwich.
www.ctinsider.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
the Bremen Town Musicians
stuff could always be crazier. like what if all the other animals drank way too much coffee all the time
October 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
stuff could always be crazier. like what if all the other animals drank way too much coffee all the time
the Meta AR wayfarer sunglasses are a statement about They Live in the same way as Elon saying the cybertrunk is the kind of vehicle Bladerunner would drive
September 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
the Meta AR wayfarer sunglasses are a statement about They Live in the same way as Elon saying the cybertrunk is the kind of vehicle Bladerunner would drive
was genuinely shocked by rising music gear prices this week when I saw that both the Peavey Classic 30 and Fender Blues Junior 1x12 combo guitar tube amp now sell new for $1000
September 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
was genuinely shocked by rising music gear prices this week when I saw that both the Peavey Classic 30 and Fender Blues Junior 1x12 combo guitar tube amp now sell new for $1000
the way to know if a tv is too big: you need to physically move your head and eyes to see the different corners of the screen
September 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
the way to know if a tv is too big: you need to physically move your head and eyes to see the different corners of the screen
among the reasons Criterion Channel is the premiere subscription of the moment: they often rotate awful-yet-memorizing period pieces (once a highlight of an HBO subscription!) through their genuinely diverse temporary sub/genre collections
September 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
among the reasons Criterion Channel is the premiere subscription of the moment: they often rotate awful-yet-memorizing period pieces (once a highlight of an HBO subscription!) through their genuinely diverse temporary sub/genre collections
was talking to a friend today about how although HR Giger may be renown in his own time, the human culture of the future will favor the scifi influence and sensibilities of Moebius instead
September 5, 2025 at 5:31 AM
was talking to a friend today about how although HR Giger may be renown in his own time, the human culture of the future will favor the scifi influence and sensibilities of Moebius instead
This (as well as the subsequent innovative horror/satire chambara, Makai Tensho) is imo a pinnacle of the genre: a rare big budget ninja/samurai production featuring Chiba’s ‘Tokyo Action Club’ of martial arts stunt pros in lead roles. They made many great films, but rarely ones on this scale.
SHOGUN'S SAMURAI (aka THE YAGYU CLAN CONSPIRACY) Kinji Fukasaku's landmark chanbara film, announced today by Eureka for November release. Get this limited edition bluray on the #terracottastore
#shopterracotta for all your #asianfilms
#bluray #japan #movies #kinjifukasakumovie #bluraycollector
#shopterracotta for all your #asianfilms
#bluray #japan #movies #kinjifukasakumovie #bluraycollector
September 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
This (as well as the subsequent innovative horror/satire chambara, Makai Tensho) is imo a pinnacle of the genre: a rare big budget ninja/samurai production featuring Chiba’s ‘Tokyo Action Club’ of martial arts stunt pros in lead roles. They made many great films, but rarely ones on this scale.