Matt Johnson
@mattthelibrarian.bsky.social
Librarian and lover of all things guitar, retro video games, and cooking.
Heaven to me is a New Orleans restaurant.
Heaven to me is a New Orleans restaurant.
Recently finished this up this 50 watt beast, been putting it through its paces and burning it in. No cleans needed here, this amp is pure overdrive.
#Guitarist #GuitarAmp #AmpBuilding #OverdriveSpecial
#Guitarist #GuitarAmp #AmpBuilding #OverdriveSpecial
July 31, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Recently finished this up this 50 watt beast, been putting it through its paces and burning it in. No cleans needed here, this amp is pure overdrive.
#Guitarist #GuitarAmp #AmpBuilding #OverdriveSpecial
#Guitarist #GuitarAmp #AmpBuilding #OverdriveSpecial
Happy Maximum Overdrive Day to all those who celebrate....
So where were you when the great machine uprising began?
#StephenKing
#MaximumOverdrive
So where were you when the great machine uprising began?
#StephenKing
#MaximumOverdrive
June 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Happy Maximum Overdrive Day to all those who celebrate....
So where were you when the great machine uprising began?
#StephenKing
#MaximumOverdrive
So where were you when the great machine uprising began?
#StephenKing
#MaximumOverdrive
@volokhc.bsky.social
Interesting lawsuit on library-materials in South Carolina. I would love to read the blog's take on this, especially since Eugene presented that research on library policies a while back.
Full disclosure: I'm a librarian in an adjacent county.
www.wspa.com/news/greenvi...
Interesting lawsuit on library-materials in South Carolina. I would love to read the blog's take on this, especially since Eugene presented that research on library policies a while back.
Full disclosure: I'm a librarian in an adjacent county.
www.wspa.com/news/greenvi...
Greenville families sue library system over removal of LGBTQ books
Greenville families sue library system over removal of LGBTQ books
www.wspa.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
@volokhc.bsky.social
Interesting lawsuit on library-materials in South Carolina. I would love to read the blog's take on this, especially since Eugene presented that research on library policies a while back.
Full disclosure: I'm a librarian in an adjacent county.
www.wspa.com/news/greenvi...
Interesting lawsuit on library-materials in South Carolina. I would love to read the blog's take on this, especially since Eugene presented that research on library policies a while back.
Full disclosure: I'm a librarian in an adjacent county.
www.wspa.com/news/greenvi...
Cat that showed up at the library recently. Went right to the front door asking for pets and rubs. Ear clip shows it had been TNR'd at some point. Staff member took her home to foster her for get her ready for a forever home and she is doing great.
#Cats
#LibraryCat
#Librarian
#Cats
#LibraryCat
#Librarian
March 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Cat that showed up at the library recently. Went right to the front door asking for pets and rubs. Ear clip shows it had been TNR'd at some point. Staff member took her home to foster her for get her ready for a forever home and she is doing great.
#Cats
#LibraryCat
#Librarian
#Cats
#LibraryCat
#Librarian
Bobby Liebling has the same look on his face I get every morning when i look at the latest news....
March 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Bobby Liebling has the same look on his face I get every morning when i look at the latest news....
'Street Fighter: The Movie' premiered 30 years ago today.... So happy birthday to this cinematic masterpiece:
December 23, 2024 at 8:38 PM
'Street Fighter: The Movie' premiered 30 years ago today.... So happy birthday to this cinematic masterpiece:
December 18, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Buddy is full-floof mode and indifferent to the fact his human housemates have to return to work tomorrow....
#FluffyCat
#NowHesSnoring
#FluffyCat
#NowHesSnoring
December 1, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Buddy is full-floof mode and indifferent to the fact his human housemates have to return to work tomorrow....
#FluffyCat
#NowHesSnoring
#FluffyCat
#NowHesSnoring
December 1, 2024 at 4:06 AM
Ok.... Now that asshole is shitting on MY turf.... 🙄
#Guitarist
#Guitarist
November 20, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Ok.... Now that asshole is shitting on MY turf.... 🙄
#Guitarist
#Guitarist
Anyone missing a goat? Because it was hanging out on my street this morning as I drove to work.
November 18, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Anyone missing a goat? Because it was hanging out on my street this morning as I drove to work.
Matt Gaetz the only person I've ever seen who somehow manages to look like both Beavis and Butthead at the same time.
#MattGaetz
#Bunghole
#MattGaetz
#Bunghole
November 15, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Matt Gaetz the only person I've ever seen who somehow manages to look like both Beavis and Butthead at the same time.
#MattGaetz
#Bunghole
#MattGaetz
#Bunghole
I got a random text this morning from a Crypto currency PAC and this is what ensued....
#SorryWrongNumber
#Crypto
#Cryptid
#SorryWrongNumber
#Crypto
#Cryptid
September 19, 2024 at 4:14 PM
I got a random text this morning from a Crypto currency PAC and this is what ensued....
#SorryWrongNumber
#Crypto
#Cryptid
#SorryWrongNumber
#Crypto
#Cryptid
My hair is thinning out nicely on its own but I got a buzz today anyway.
#WhyTheGrumpyFace
#WhyTheGrumpyFace
September 13, 2024 at 9:15 PM
My hair is thinning out nicely on its own but I got a buzz today anyway.
#WhyTheGrumpyFace
#WhyTheGrumpyFace
Interesting read on the history of the TurboGrafx-16 with the 35th anniversary of its North American release coming up. I was barely aware of it at the time, and didn't play one until many years later, but it is a fantastic system.
#TurboGrafx16
#RetroGames
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/sta...
#TurboGrafx16
#RetroGames
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/sta...
Stalled engine: The TurboGrafx-16 turns 25
25 years ago, NEC released the video game system that fell first in the 16-bit console wars -- but what an interesting failure it was. The history of the TurboGrafx-16 as told by those who were there.
www.gamedeveloper.com
August 20, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Interesting read on the history of the TurboGrafx-16 with the 35th anniversary of its North American release coming up. I was barely aware of it at the time, and didn't play one until many years later, but it is a fantastic system.
#TurboGrafx16
#RetroGames
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/sta...
#TurboGrafx16
#RetroGames
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/sta...
More vinyl stuff. Last fall I completed my personal Infinity Gauntlet and got a legit copy of the only Black Sabbath studio album I did not have on vinyl, 1995's 'Forbidden'. Took a while to find a legit one. Glad to see it was rereleased this year. The remaster is great.
#BlackSabbath
#Vinyl
#BlackSabbath
#Vinyl
August 13, 2024 at 2:58 PM
More vinyl stuff. Last fall I completed my personal Infinity Gauntlet and got a legit copy of the only Black Sabbath studio album I did not have on vinyl, 1995's 'Forbidden'. Took a while to find a legit one. Glad to see it was rereleased this year. The remaster is great.
#BlackSabbath
#Vinyl
#BlackSabbath
#Vinyl
Just once before he leaves office, I want to see President Biden recreate his fabled jump over the Washington Reflecting Pool like he did in 2012. If you're gonna go out, go out with a bang.
#Biden
#Biden
August 13, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Just once before he leaves office, I want to see President Biden recreate his fabled jump over the Washington Reflecting Pool like he did in 2012. If you're gonna go out, go out with a bang.
#Biden
#Biden
Vinyl pickups from Papa Jazz Record Shoppe in Columbia, SC over the weekend... Got a lot to put on the stereo, lay on the couch, and enjoy this week.
#AlbertKing
#RobertJohnson
#SmashingPumpkins
#CharlesBukowski
#Records
#AlbertKing
#RobertJohnson
#SmashingPumpkins
#CharlesBukowski
#Records
August 13, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Vinyl pickups from Papa Jazz Record Shoppe in Columbia, SC over the weekend... Got a lot to put on the stereo, lay on the couch, and enjoy this week.
#AlbertKing
#RobertJohnson
#SmashingPumpkins
#CharlesBukowski
#Records
#AlbertKing
#RobertJohnson
#SmashingPumpkins
#CharlesBukowski
#Records
Looking at archives at work and came across the earliest mentions of the NES in the local paper, the Spartanburg Herald-Journal. The first from January 1984 teases an US release of the Famicom, the second from July 1986 is the first time it was fully advertised.
#Librarian
#RetroGames
#Nintendo
#Librarian
#RetroGames
#Nintendo
August 12, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Looking at archives at work and came across the earliest mentions of the NES in the local paper, the Spartanburg Herald-Journal. The first from January 1984 teases an US release of the Famicom, the second from July 1986 is the first time it was fully advertised.
#Librarian
#RetroGames
#Nintendo
#Librarian
#RetroGames
#Nintendo
Guitar shop, trip to the record store, visit to the State Capitol, early birthday dinner for my wife, and a Mountain Goats concert as a gift for her. Pretty good day after a very stressful week.
#Librarians
#SouthCarolina
#TheMountainGoats
#GibsonExplorer
#Librarians
#SouthCarolina
#TheMountainGoats
#GibsonExplorer
August 11, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Guitar shop, trip to the record store, visit to the State Capitol, early birthday dinner for my wife, and a Mountain Goats concert as a gift for her. Pretty good day after a very stressful week.
#Librarians
#SouthCarolina
#TheMountainGoats
#GibsonExplorer
#Librarians
#SouthCarolina
#TheMountainGoats
#GibsonExplorer
In honor of International Cat Day here's Buddy enjoying a wild and crazy Friday night from his perch on the couch.
#InternationalCatDay
#InternationalCatDay
August 10, 2024 at 2:18 AM
In honor of International Cat Day here's Buddy enjoying a wild and crazy Friday night from his perch on the couch.
#InternationalCatDay
#InternationalCatDay
I normally groan when they start putting out Halloween displays in stores this early in 90 degree weather but this year it's just a reminder that I'm one day closer to bringing back my Macho Man costume for work.
August 9, 2024 at 6:57 PM
I normally groan when they start putting out Halloween displays in stores this early in 90 degree weather but this year it's just a reminder that I'm one day closer to bringing back my Macho Man costume for work.
Not surprised my home county and their yearly Operation Rolling Thunder ended up being investigated @reason.com. That whole department has smell foul for years.
reason.com/2024/08/05/o...
reason.com/2024/08/05/o...
Operation Rolling Thunder: The shocking truth behind Spartanburg’s traffic stops
Motorists must follow state laws with exactness. But the people in charge of enforcement give themselves a pass.
reason.com
August 5, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Not surprised my home county and their yearly Operation Rolling Thunder ended up being investigated @reason.com. That whole department has smell foul for years.
reason.com/2024/08/05/o...
reason.com/2024/08/05/o...
Looking through old photos and kicking myself for selling my TurboGrafx/PC-Engine and Master System collections. It's not about their value, it's just that they were so damned fun....
#RegretsIveHadAFew
#RegretsIveHadAFew
August 1, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Looking through old photos and kicking myself for selling my TurboGrafx/PC-Engine and Master System collections. It's not about their value, it's just that they were so damned fun....
#RegretsIveHadAFew
#RegretsIveHadAFew