Benjamin J. Penwell
benjaminjpenwell.bsky.social
Benjamin J. Penwell
@benjaminjpenwell.bsky.social
Queer metalhead 🏳️‍🌈
PhD Candidate in Composition and Music Technology at Northwestern University
Out of the last 7 presidents only 3 of them have had major cognitive impairment so we’re doing pretty well
December 13, 2024 at 7:25 PM
I’ve been into vinyl and cassettes since the mid 2000s and I never thought my CD nostalgia should come back but I’m feeling the urge to buy some CDs.
December 13, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Corporate algorithms can be useful but relying on them for all of your new music discovery leads to endless sameness and mediocrity because that’s what they’re designed for.
December 5, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Black Label Society and Sons of Anarchy occupy the exact same cultural space.
December 3, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Every time someone refers to music as “content” a part of my soul dies.
December 1, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Album of the day: “Songs of Blood and Mire” by Spectral Wound, released 2024. Black metal from Montréal, Quebec. One of the best modern examples of straightforward black metal out there right now.
November 24, 2024 at 4:44 PM
I love metal band names because someone will say “do you listen to Funeral Mist?” and you say “yes, unless I’m getting them confused with Dark Funeral or Funeral Stench or Funeral Dawn or Funeral Rites or Funereal Winter or Funeral Pyre or Winter Funeral or Hate Funeral or Funeral Throne or Thy Fun…
November 24, 2024 at 4:32 PM
#Guitarists that use amp modelers, what product do you use? What do you like/dislike most about it?
November 23, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Just joined here, how do I make #metalhead friends?
November 23, 2024 at 3:42 PM