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Armagh 🫘
@armagh444.bsky.social
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Nerd-Mom, Writer, Amateur Polymath

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My usual typing speed is about 65 to 70 words per minute. These bad boys bring that figure down to about 20 words per minute, so I was positively tickled to learn that Office 365 has a dictation function.

Yeah, yeah. Nowadays, it’s the little things that stave off insanity and burnout.
A hand with long nails painted black and lavender
October 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Midnight Oil - 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Some 80s anti-corporate post-punk is perfectly suited for today’s mood.

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Midnight Oil “10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1” perched atop a turntable. The cover is a scattering of urban images across a white field.
February 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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The Sugarcubes - Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!

It is very, very nice to have this back in my collection. As good as Bjork’s later work is, I still like this album best.

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The Sugarcubes “Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!” perched atop a turntable. The album is bubblegum pink vinyl. The cover art shows a silver stick figure that appears to be constructed of piercing bar bells against a background of gray bubbles.
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Social Distortion - White Light, White Heat, White Trash

This is a good one for when I am pissed at the world.

Sadly, they are one of the few bands I’ve seen live where the experience was just not good, though that was more the crowd’s fault than the band’s.

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Social Distortion “White Light, White Heat, White Trash” perched atop a turntable. The cover art is a close up of a ventriloquist’s dummy.
February 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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The Sounds of the Apocalypse - Presented by Vault-Tec

I’ve been too disjointed lately for music, which is when you know things are bad. This seems like an appropriate way to ease myself back in.

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Copy of “The Sounds of the Apocalypse- Presented by Vault-Tec” perched atop a turntable. The cover art is MCM in styling, framing the Vault-Tec boy, giving a thumb’s up.
February 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Some days, the morning chuckles from listening to Seth Meyers single-handedly keep me sane.
“These people get so upset when someone changes their pronouns, but they treat work maps like Etch-a-Sketches.” -Seth Meyers
February 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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I still check in on Facebook, since that’s where a lot of my school friends and extended family are. The first thing I saw today was this, which a dear friend had shared.
Copy of a Facebook post by Dallas Goldtooth, which reads: “A bison calf drinks from a creek when a hungry wolf appears from the grass. The wolf says: "You are making the water dirty for me. For that I shall eat you." The calf responds: "That's impossible, Im downstream from you." The wolf says: "I heard you tell lies about me last year." The calf responds: "But I wasn't born last year." The wolf says: "Then it was your brothers." The calf says: "But I have no brothers." The wolf says: "You did not call me Sir." The calf responds: "Sir, I don't even know you." The wolf snarls: "Enough!" and drags the calf into the tall grass to eat. ー When the powerful seek to destroy, they do not need truth, only an excuse. There is no reasoning with the unjust, for they do not seek reason, only maintained power - and is it the weak who suffer the means.”
February 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Queen Latifah - Nature of a Sista’

10/10

No notes

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Turntable, atop which is perched Queen Latifah “Nature of a Sista’.” Art is a portrait that recalls religious iconography, from her hands held in prayer to the gold trim on her hat, that frames her face like a halo.
February 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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INXS - The Swing

INXS exploded into my consciousness when Kick was released at the start of my freshman year. I’ve been exploring their earlier works, and I’ve been startled to find I already knew a lot of their earlier stuff. Huzzah WMSE?

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Turntable, atop which is perched a copy of INXS “The Swing.” Cover art is a photo of the band members, tucked in the upper right corner of a white surface scattered with slides, slide holders, and various art tools.
February 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Information Society - Information Society

And the nostalgia tour continues. IYKYK.

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Turntable, atop which is perched a copy of Information Society’s self-titled debut album. The vinyl is clear. The cover art is colored silhouettes of the band members against a black background.
February 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry

Of late, I’ve been doing a lot of nostalgia additions to my vinyl collection. I first bought this on cassette from an indie record store in Milwaukee when I was around 16 years old. Perfect distillation of early Cure.

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Turntable atop which is sitting a copy of The Cure “Boys Don’t Cry.” Cover art is minimalist, depicting three palm trees in a desert, with a brilliant blue sky, and orange sun, and a pink pyramid in the background.
February 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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I knew there was a word for what I have been feeling…
Psychedelic colors, against which is printed the following definition: Exhausterwhelmulated Adjective 1. The feeling of being exhausted, overwhelmed, and overstimulated all at once. tinybuddha.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Hoodoo Gurus - Blow Your Cool!

Found this on my last record store trip for $7, and it is in excellent shape. So there is a benefit to having a bit of a thing for Australian rock and post-punk bands of a certain era.

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Turntable, atop which sits a copy of Hoodoo Gurus “Blow Your Cool!” The cover art is the band and album name in HUGE American Typewriter or Courier font, whit photos of the band under the letters.
January 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Echo & the Bunnymen - Songs to Learn and Sing

I am not normally one for compilations, but this suits nicely while I hunt up the albums that spawned the singles, which are necessary tracks for anyone whose radio dial was stuck on college radio in the 80s.

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Turntable, atop which sits a copy of Echo & the Bunnymen “Songs to Learn and Sing.” Cover art shows the band members from the side, in silhouette, as they stand in a line in front of a sulphuric yellow background brushed with black.
January 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

I’ve been meaning to get this one for AGES, so when I went shopping for comfort music yesterday, it just leaped out at me. For my money, this is the best dance album in existence. I challenge you to listen to it and stay still.

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Turntable, atop which sits a copy of Daft Punk “Random Access Memories.” The cover art is a black background, with a single helmet, comprised of the melded halves of the helmets of the two band members (one silver, with a black visor across the eyes; the other with a full-faced black visor limned in gold).
January 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Gary Clark Jr - Live

The best musicians always seem to sound even better live. I can hear every hurt and heartbreak in his life, and his complete refusal to lay down and die in its face, suffusing every note he plays. And that is exactly what blues should sound like.

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Turntable atop which is perched Gary Clark Jr “Live.” The cover art is a black and white profile, taken upstage from the artist, so the audience can be seen cheering behind him as he plays.
January 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Crocheting with a repetitive stress injury in my thumb is not the wisest thing I have ever done. But the final product is going to be worth it.

(I know, but this is for someone who loves bright orange and turquoise.). #Crochet
Afghan made of rippled stripes of bright orange, turquoise, and aqua.
January 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Given the current state of affairs, a history of the rise of the Gilded Age robber barons and the economy that supported them felt appropriately-timed.

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Cover of “American Colossus” by H.W. Brands
January 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Ministry - Twelve Inch Singles (1981-1984)

I miss extended remixes of songs.

I miss clubbing.

I need to live in a town that has a GenX dance club, specializing in the varied genres of the 80s and 90s.

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Turntable atop which sits a copy of Ministry “Twelve Inch Singles, 1981-1984.” Cover is two horizontal fields of color, one of black and one of silver.
January 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Depeche Mode - Violator

Some albums require no introduction or comment.

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Turntable, atop which sits a copy of Depeche Mode “Violator.” Cover art is a single rose on a black background.
January 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Concrete Blonde - Free

I know everyone loves Bloodletting (for good reason), but this is my favorite Concrete Blonde album (Mexican Moon is a close second), and one of my favorite albums of all time. It is, IMO, the purest distillation of their early sound.

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Turntable, stope which sits a copy of Concrete Blonde “Free.”
January 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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The Cure - Standing on a Beach / The Singles

This was one of the first albums I picked up when I bought my turntable. As much as I love it, I liked the cassette tape I bought in high school better, because it had the B-sides.

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Turntable, atop which is perched The Cure “Standing on a Beach / The Singles.” Cover art is a black and white photograph of an old man.
January 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Gary Numan - I, Assassin

I had Gary Numan classed in my head as “that guy who wrote ‘Cars,’” and then I saw him live (an experience I HIGHLY recommend). Since then I’ve been exploring, and loving his catalog. This album is delicious.

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Turntable, atop which is perched Gary Numan “I, Assassin.” Cover art had Numan, clad like a detective in a noir movie, leaning against a lamppost in front of a glistening brick wall.
January 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Ministry - With Sympathy

When I was in high school, I used to love playing this album for other people, because they always made me prove that it was actually a Ministry album. It still delight in the juxtaposition of sprightly synth music with rage-filled lyrics.

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Turntable, atop which is perched a copy of Ministry “With Sympathy.” Cover art shows a female hand with long black nails extending toward a cluster of battered red roses.
January 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys

The sound on this album is so wonderfully spare and raw, yet still showing hints of the lushness that would later come to embody the band’s sound.

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Turntable, atop which is perched a copy of The Cure, “Three Imaginary Boys.” The cover art shows a vacuum cleaner, a refrigerator, and a standing lamp on a pink field.
January 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM