Aaron Cooper
@aarxn82.bsky.social
writer/editor at BeardedGentlemenMusic.com - co-host of Crushed Monocle Podcast - photographer - musician - misfit
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Aaron Cooper
@aarxn82.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hey, I'm a writer/editor from Chicago who covers music, movies, festivals at BeardedGentlemenMusic.com. I'm also a musician (guitar/bass/drums) and a very very amateur photographer.
I'm also the co-host of Crushed Monocle Podcast
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So yeah, follow me, add me or whatever
I'm also the co-host of Crushed Monocle Podcast
linktr.ee/crushedmonoc...
So yeah, follow me, add me or whatever
Got my Kreeps "Bad Voodoo/The Dead Sled" (from Red Dead Revolver: Undead Nightmare) 45 in the mail and my dude, Dom threw in a personalized autographed test pressing! Make America Goth Again!
November 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Got my Kreeps "Bad Voodoo/The Dead Sled" (from Red Dead Revolver: Undead Nightmare) 45 in the mail and my dude, Dom threw in a personalized autographed test pressing! Make America Goth Again!
But the emails!
a man with a beard wearing an orange turtleneck sweater
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media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
But the emails!
Reposted by Aaron Cooper
With her debut record "If a Song Fades Out, It's Playing Forever Somewhere" Catherine Brookman fuses electro, goth, and neo-classical experience that only gets better with multiple listens. @dryvetyme.bsky.social reviews:
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/11/12/c...
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/11/12/c...
Catherine Brookman | If a Song Fades Out, It's Playing Forever Somewhere
On "If a Song Fades Out, It's Playing Forever Somewhere," Catherine Brookman creates neo-classical electro-pop with a gothic edge.
beardedgentlemenmusic.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
With her debut record "If a Song Fades Out, It's Playing Forever Somewhere" Catherine Brookman fuses electro, goth, and neo-classical experience that only gets better with multiple listens. @dryvetyme.bsky.social reviews:
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/11/12/c...
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/11/12/c...
This is the best I can do in the south Chicago burbs. It's fine.
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This is the best I can do in the south Chicago burbs. It's fine.
Toby Dog saw that I was eating a PB&J sandwich and was insulted that he didn't get one.
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Toby Dog saw that I was eating a PB&J sandwich and was insulted that he didn't get one.
I haven't left the house in 2 days so I did a lot of writing.
Wrote a review of the new Wiccans record
Wrote a review of the new Kreeps record
Wrote a review of NOW vol. 3
Wrote a new installment of The Showcase
Wrote my year Worst Songs Of The Year article.
Wrote a review of the new Wiccans record
Wrote a review of the new Kreeps record
Wrote a review of NOW vol. 3
Wrote a new installment of The Showcase
Wrote my year Worst Songs Of The Year article.
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I haven't left the house in 2 days so I did a lot of writing.
Wrote a review of the new Wiccans record
Wrote a review of the new Kreeps record
Wrote a review of NOW vol. 3
Wrote a new installment of The Showcase
Wrote my year Worst Songs Of The Year article.
Wrote a review of the new Wiccans record
Wrote a review of the new Kreeps record
Wrote a review of NOW vol. 3
Wrote a new installment of The Showcase
Wrote my year Worst Songs Of The Year article.
Texas noise rock legends WICCANS have returned with PHASE IV, further proving they are one of the most interesting acts in Hardcore. Check out my full review at @beardedgmusic.bsky.social!
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/11/10/w...
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/11/10/w...
WICCANS - PHASE IV | The Unpredictable Future of Hardcore - Bearded Gentlemen Music
WICCANS, the noisy quintet from Denton, TX, returns after 8 years with PHASE IV, a brutal premonition of the future of hardcore.
beardedgentlemenmusic.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Texas noise rock legends WICCANS have returned with PHASE IV, further proving they are one of the most interesting acts in Hardcore. Check out my full review at @beardedgmusic.bsky.social!
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/11/10/w...
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/11/10/w...
Reposted by Aaron Cooper
After nearly two decades of sporadic eruptions, WICCANS remain one of #hardcore's few unpredictable forces. PHASE IV proves that even after long silence, they can still be loud, unrelenting, and completely their own. @aarxn82.bsky.social reviews
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/11/10/w...
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/11/10/w...
WICCANS - PHASE IV | The Unpredictable Future of Hardcore - Bearded Gentlemen Music
WICCANS, the noisy quintet from Denton, TX, returns after 8 years with PHASE IV, a brutal premonition of the future of hardcore.
beardedgentlemenmusic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
After nearly two decades of sporadic eruptions, WICCANS remain one of #hardcore's few unpredictable forces. PHASE IV proves that even after long silence, they can still be loud, unrelenting, and completely their own. @aarxn82.bsky.social reviews
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/11/10/w...
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/11/10/w...
Dear Chicago,
It's snow. You've been driving in it 5 months out of the year for the entirety of your life. Calm down. It's fine.
-Sincerely, Chicago resident.
It's snow. You've been driving in it 5 months out of the year for the entirety of your life. Calm down. It's fine.
-Sincerely, Chicago resident.
November 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Dear Chicago,
It's snow. You've been driving in it 5 months out of the year for the entirety of your life. Calm down. It's fine.
-Sincerely, Chicago resident.
It's snow. You've been driving in it 5 months out of the year for the entirety of your life. Calm down. It's fine.
-Sincerely, Chicago resident.
Toby Dog looking good, feeling good after his bath
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Toby Dog looking good, feeling good after his bath
Every time I see Zohran Mamdani, I always think it's Charlie Cox
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Every time I see Zohran Mamdani, I always think it's Charlie Cox
The pre-chorus from Van Halen's "Cabo Wabo" ("we crash on the beach....") sounds like the verse of Bee Gee's "Night Fever" ("Listen to the ground...") and now I can't un-hear it.
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The pre-chorus from Van Halen's "Cabo Wabo" ("we crash on the beach....") sounds like the verse of Bee Gee's "Night Fever" ("Listen to the ground...") and now I can't un-hear it.
People complaining about the collapse of journalism and how entertainment publications are either closing down or can't be trusted due to A.I. Yet they'd rather chew their own leg off than click on a link from an indie publication or read an article from someone who they know is a real person.
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
People complaining about the collapse of journalism and how entertainment publications are either closing down or can't be trusted due to A.I. Yet they'd rather chew their own leg off than click on a link from an indie publication or read an article from someone who they know is a real person.
The only thing Elvis and Trump have in common is, they both prefer 14 year olds.
November 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The only thing Elvis and Trump have in common is, they both prefer 14 year olds.
Karl Jobst has dropped a video about The Completionist that's over 4 hours long.
95% of the people reading this don't know who these people are that makes it all the more hilarious.
95% of the people reading this don't know who these people are that makes it all the more hilarious.
October 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Karl Jobst has dropped a video about The Completionist that's over 4 hours long.
95% of the people reading this don't know who these people are that makes it all the more hilarious.
95% of the people reading this don't know who these people are that makes it all the more hilarious.
Maybe she's born with it? Maybe it's VALVOLINE....
October 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Maybe she's born with it? Maybe it's VALVOLINE....
My horror-related articles for Halloween mobth at my publication, didn't do that great this year in terms of clicks. I guess people just aren't clicking links from social media these days. That's a bummer but what can ya do?
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My horror-related articles for Halloween mobth at my publication, didn't do that great this year in terms of clicks. I guess people just aren't clicking links from social media these days. That's a bummer but what can ya do?
What happens when you put Chuck Norris against Temu Michael Myers? You get SILENT RAGE! Iron your karate denim because over at @beardedgmusic.bsky.social I'm taking a closer look at this reverse-sidekick, mustache'd #horror action B movie extravaganza!
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/10/29/w...
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/10/29/w...
Weekend Rentals | Silent Rage (1982) - Bearded Gentlemen Music
Have you ever wanted to see Michael Myers get a roundhouse kick to the face by Chuck Norris? Well, SILENT RAGE is the movie for you!
beardedgentlemenmusic.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
What happens when you put Chuck Norris against Temu Michael Myers? You get SILENT RAGE! Iron your karate denim because over at @beardedgmusic.bsky.social I'm taking a closer look at this reverse-sidekick, mustache'd #horror action B movie extravaganza!
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/10/29/w...
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/10/29/w...
Reposted by Aaron Cooper
Did you know Chuck Norris did a slasher movie? Closing out our month-long Halloween #horror celebration, @aarxn82.bsky.social takes a closer look at what happens when you pit a murderous monster against roundhouse kicks and action denim in SILENT RAGE!
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/10/29/w...
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/10/29/w...
Weekend Rentals | Silent Rage (1982) - Bearded Gentlemen Music
Have you ever wanted to see Michael Myers get a roundhouse kick to the face by Chuck Norris? Well, SILENT RAGE is the movie for you!
beardedgentlemenmusic.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Did you know Chuck Norris did a slasher movie? Closing out our month-long Halloween #horror celebration, @aarxn82.bsky.social takes a closer look at what happens when you pit a murderous monster against roundhouse kicks and action denim in SILENT RAGE!
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/10/29/w...
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/10/29/w...
I acquired this guitar today (thanks Uncle Charlie!). It's an Epiphone Dove. White typically isn't my color lol but this is actually pretty nice! Can't wait to break it in!
October 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I acquired this guitar today (thanks Uncle Charlie!). It's an Epiphone Dove. White typically isn't my color lol but this is actually pretty nice! Can't wait to break it in!
I mean, it's the Halloween season after all...
October 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I mean, it's the Halloween season after all...
From Thrash and Punk to Soul and R&B the last couple months have been PACKED with killer music! In the latest edition of THE SHOWCASE (at @beardedgmusic.bsky.social) I'm sharing my favorite releases of the month as well as a tribute to the late D'Angelo.
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/10/24/t...
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/10/24/t...
The Showcase - October 2025 - Bearded Gentlemen Music
From soul to goth, thrash to post-punk, Coop shares his favorite releases of the month in The Showcase October 2025!
beardedgentlemenmusic.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
From Thrash and Punk to Soul and R&B the last couple months have been PACKED with killer music! In the latest edition of THE SHOWCASE (at @beardedgmusic.bsky.social) I'm sharing my favorite releases of the month as well as a tribute to the late D'Angelo.
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/10/24/t...
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/10/24/t...
Reposted by Aaron Cooper
From Thrash, Noise, and Metal to Post-Punk, Soul, and R&B, September/October has been jam packed with music! @aarxn82.bsky.social is back with THE SHOWCASE, sharing the best releases you may have missed, as well as a tribute to D'Angelo.
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/10/24/t...
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/10/24/t...
The Showcase - October 2025 - Bearded Gentlemen Music
From soul to goth, thrash to post-punk, Coop shares his favorite releases of the month in The Showcase October 2025!
beardedgentlemenmusic.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
From Thrash, Noise, and Metal to Post-Punk, Soul, and R&B, September/October has been jam packed with music! @aarxn82.bsky.social is back with THE SHOWCASE, sharing the best releases you may have missed, as well as a tribute to D'Angelo.
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/10/24/t...
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/10/24/t...
Have you noticed how Lemmy, Bowie, and Prince died within a span of 4 months and the world got REALLY bad?
Have you noticed that Brian Wilson, Sly Stone, Ozzy Osbourne, and D'Angelo died within a span of 4 months and the world is getting REALLY bad?
Have you noticed that Brian Wilson, Sly Stone, Ozzy Osbourne, and D'Angelo died within a span of 4 months and the world is getting REALLY bad?
October 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Have you noticed how Lemmy, Bowie, and Prince died within a span of 4 months and the world got REALLY bad?
Have you noticed that Brian Wilson, Sly Stone, Ozzy Osbourne, and D'Angelo died within a span of 4 months and the world is getting REALLY bad?
Have you noticed that Brian Wilson, Sly Stone, Ozzy Osbourne, and D'Angelo died within a span of 4 months and the world is getting REALLY bad?
Reposted by Aaron Cooper
I love horror fiction & films and there are some great discoveries here. Just in time for the Halloween season-
Are you tired of watching the same ol' #horror movies during the #Halloween season? Well, @aarxn82.bsky.social is back with a handful of recommendations sure to put chilla down your spine! This is Underrated & Uncanny: The Hidden Gems of Horror vol.4!
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/10/13/u...
beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/10/13/u...
Underrated and Uncanny: The Hidden Gems of Horror Vol. 4 - Bearded Gentlemen Music
We're all tired of the horror classics by now, so Aaron Cooper returns with the Underrated and Uncanny: The Hidden Gems Of Horror Vol 4!
beardedgentlemenmusic.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I love horror fiction & films and there are some great discoveries here. Just in time for the Halloween season-