Lairdobot
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Hey, read the book i wrote: https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/histologyandembryology/ its about teeth and embryos and what they look like under microscopes. FuN!
Nov 2025, Lloyd Center (formerly the Gap): saw Sokeniid and Spines play at an event fundraiser for the Synth Library. No black Friday shopping, just excellent electro (hardware only, no laptops)
November 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Nov 2025, Lloyd Center (formerly the Gap): saw Sokeniid and Spines play at an event fundraiser for the Synth Library. No black Friday shopping, just excellent electro (hardware only, no laptops)
Nov 2025 PDX: Bass Drum of Death. Who needs a bassist? 2 guitars + death drum = great garage rock, maybe like BRMC or Jesus & Mary Chain, stripped down and noisy. I did feel out of place being the only dude in the crowd without a hip moustsche.
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Nov 2025 PDX: Bass Drum of Death. Who needs a bassist? 2 guitars + death drum = great garage rock, maybe like BRMC or Jesus & Mary Chain, stripped down and noisy. I did feel out of place being the only dude in the crowd without a hip moustsche.
Nov 2025, Holocene PDX: irish techno-rockers Chalk came to the PNW and put on an awesome show . Minimal noisy synth, live drums, melodic vocals and some guitar blending electro and arty noise rock, it's hard to describe... maybe if Joy Division did a bunch of Underworld covers?
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Nov 2025, Holocene PDX: irish techno-rockers Chalk came to the PNW and put on an awesome show . Minimal noisy synth, live drums, melodic vocals and some guitar blending electro and arty noise rock, it's hard to describe... maybe if Joy Division did a bunch of Underworld covers?
Local musician Leeni opened up with minimal electro versions of Tori Amos songs, it was really good. I know tori amos and Trent reznor collaborated in the past, Leeni created what that collaboration SHOULD have sounded like.
November 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Local musician Leeni opened up with minimal electro versions of Tori Amos songs, it was really good. I know tori amos and Trent reznor collaborated in the past, Leeni created what that collaboration SHOULD have sounded like.
October 31 seattle, Rabbit Hole. JG thirwell (foetus, venture bros) performed experimental music for electronics, theremin and prepared piano at a small dinner and drinks club. Probably the coolest show I will have ever experienced.
November 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
October 31 seattle, Rabbit Hole. JG thirwell (foetus, venture bros) performed experimental music for electronics, theremin and prepared piano at a small dinner and drinks club. Probably the coolest show I will have ever experienced.
2025 October, Wyrd Hut. House show with drum machine noise rockers The Austerity Program, all the way from N.Y.
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
2025 October, Wyrd Hut. House show with drum machine noise rockers The Austerity Program, all the way from N.Y.
2025 Seattle: after seeing Ministry play their 80s songs earlier this year, i got to see Front Line Assembly play a Wax Trax era setlist (89-92 I think). Some songs, like Resist and Mindphaser, had already been in their non-classical setlists, but it was fun to hear some new oldies like Big Money.
September 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
2025 Seattle: after seeing Ministry play their 80s songs earlier this year, i got to see Front Line Assembly play a Wax Trax era setlist (89-92 I think). Some songs, like Resist and Mindphaser, had already been in their non-classical setlists, but it was fun to hear some new oldies like Big Money.
2025 Seattle: Clock DVA is another old-school electro bands from somewhere near Europe I'd never thought I'd see live, last night was a fun treat. Minimal synths, minimal vocals, minimal movement. + it was good to hear Lead Into Gold's new songs live (an interesting contrast to FLA's set of oldies)
September 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
2025 Seattle: Clock DVA is another old-school electro bands from somewhere near Europe I'd never thought I'd see live, last night was a fun treat. Minimal synths, minimal vocals, minimal movement. + it was good to hear Lead Into Gold's new songs live (an interesting contrast to FLA's set of oldies)
We'd prefer Lessissey, but we're getting Morissey on the radio at Stoup, ballard.
September 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We'd prefer Lessissey, but we're getting Morissey on the radio at Stoup, ballard.
Last night with the Hives and opener Snõõper (seattle sept 2025). High energy from start to finish, great show!
September 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Last night with the Hives and opener Snõõper (seattle sept 2025). High energy from start to finish, great show!
Headliners Whirr sound like they look here: cloudy, distant, blue. Not quite as heavy as openers Nothing, not as dreamy as Softcult, so all in all the whole night fit together really well.
August 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Headliners Whirr sound like they look here: cloudy, distant, blue. Not quite as heavy as openers Nothing, not as dreamy as Softcult, so all in all the whole night fit together really well.
2025: I actually went to see the middle act, Nothing. Like many post-grunge era shoegaze bands, Nothing incorporates lots of heavy riffs in addition to the dreamy guitar noise (hence the 3 guitarists and a bassist) and soft vocals (which reminds me if Blue Oyster Cult at times). Great sounding show!
August 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
2025: I actually went to see the middle act, Nothing. Like many post-grunge era shoegaze bands, Nothing incorporates lots of heavy riffs in addition to the dreamy guitar noise (hence the 3 guitarists and a bassist) and soft vocals (which reminds me if Blue Oyster Cult at times). Great sounding show!
Opening act Softcult would have fit right in with 90s dreamgaze/dreampop bands: atmospheric female vocals, spacey guitars, they hit all the buttons.
August 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Opening act Softcult would have fit right in with 90s dreamgaze/dreampop bands: atmospheric female vocals, spacey guitars, they hit all the buttons.
There was over a decade and one pandemic between this year's new Young Widows album & their previous one, i assumed they had disbanded and I'd never see them live. It was hard to get photos because they were backlit all night, but that's okay, they sounded massive, strident & overwhelmingly noisy. 👍
August 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
There was over a decade and one pandemic between this year's new Young Widows album & their previous one, i assumed they had disbanded and I'd never see them live. It was hard to get photos because they were backlit all night, but that's okay, they sounded massive, strident & overwhelmingly noisy. 👍
Star theatre: opening act Helms Alee was a band I've been wanting to see. They sound like sailors on a sinking ship, sadly (and loudly) awaiting their inevitable drowning while pitching up and down in the waves.
August 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Star theatre: opening act Helms Alee was a band I've been wanting to see. They sound like sailors on a sinking ship, sadly (and loudly) awaiting their inevitable drowning while pitching up and down in the waves.
Headliners Agalloch were amazing, and at Revolution Hall there are no bad spots to stand. They played 20+ year old tracks which hold up without sounding retro nor do they rely on nostalgia for enjoyment, just dynamic black/folk/post metal goodness.
August 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Headliners Agalloch were amazing, and at Revolution Hall there are no bad spots to stand. They played 20+ year old tracks which hold up without sounding retro nor do they rely on nostalgia for enjoyment, just dynamic black/folk/post metal goodness.
John Haugm (solo) opened up for himself with relaxing desert rock/ambient soundscapes, next up was Dry Wedding, good local death rockers that complemented the headliners well, and... also this guy who brought his dog to the metal show. A real animal in the pit.
August 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
John Haugm (solo) opened up for himself with relaxing desert rock/ambient soundscapes, next up was Dry Wedding, good local death rockers that complemented the headliners well, and... also this guy who brought his dog to the metal show. A real animal in the pit.
My first cassette release party since 1990, Friday night with the Oo-ray beaconsound.bandcamp.com/album/margin...
August 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My first cassette release party since 1990, Friday night with the Oo-ray beaconsound.bandcamp.com/album/margin...
I miss one little spot with the sunscreen and this is what the California sun did to my skin.
June 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I miss one little spot with the sunscreen and this is what the California sun did to my skin.
The world is her damn lawn and you are all just kids who need to get off of it.
June 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The world is her damn lawn and you are all just kids who need to get off of it.
Napalm Death's "Scum" was one of the first two CDs I ever purchased (the other one was the Cure). Last night's show was bare... no videos, no fancy lights, just noise and bile. Great show!
June 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Napalm Death's "Scum" was one of the first two CDs I ever purchased (the other one was the Cure). Last night's show was bare... no videos, no fancy lights, just noise and bile. Great show!
Melvins, now with 100% more drummers! The double drummer setup worked great, especially for the fast set the Melvins played last night (which totally fits when you open for Napalm Death. I also love their slower songs, such as when they toured with Boris)
June 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Melvins, now with 100% more drummers! The double drummer setup worked great, especially for the fast set the Melvins played last night (which totally fits when you open for Napalm Death. I also love their slower songs, such as when they toured with Boris)
Curse Mackey was amazing once again. One part Fad Gadget, one part early Skinny Puppy, he makes a delicious blend of goth and industrial music. Will go see him again.
May 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Curse Mackey was amazing once again. One part Fad Gadget, one part early Skinny Puppy, he makes a delicious blend of goth and industrial music. Will go see him again.
2025 Coffin Club, finally saw local death rockers Deathcharge. There was only enough room on stage for the drummer. Great show!
May 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
2025 Coffin Club, finally saw local death rockers Deathcharge. There was only enough room on stage for the drummer. Great show!