Uncertain Regard
@uncertainregard.bsky.social
Writer and editor for money. Otherwise engaged in walking, playing mandolin, instrument building, buying too many records, wood carving, visible mending, singing in the bath and cooking. Lives in Lithuania.
Hahaha. You're not wrong.
January 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Hahaha. You're not wrong.
Yeah, looks fun. Is the pressing actually any good? You occasionally see some of the weirder early '90s bootlegs in record shops here, like the AnTrop ones of Sonic Youth or Led Zeppelin where they amateurishly recreated the artwork or just left tracks off because they didn't like them.
January 9, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Yeah, looks fun. Is the pressing actually any good? You occasionally see some of the weirder early '90s bootlegs in record shops here, like the AnTrop ones of Sonic Youth or Led Zeppelin where they amateurishly recreated the artwork or just left tracks off because they didn't like them.
Aha. I can see the Russkiy disk logo in the corner - so yeah, every chance they didn't pay royalties, but apparently they did care about pressing quality according to this page: sovietrock.com/bootlegs/rus...
Russian Disc (Soviet Music Label) - Soviet Rock
In the mid-1980s, Perestroika began: private business was partly legalized in the form of “cooperatives.” The Soviet Union was trying to adapt to a...
sovietrock.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Aha. I can see the Russkiy disk logo in the corner - so yeah, every chance they didn't pay royalties, but apparently they did care about pressing quality according to this page: sovietrock.com/bootlegs/rus...
I live in what was once part of the USSR, and I've been told that (quite surprisingly) Melodiya did use DMM for some releases in the late 1980s - pretty much all Western ones they'd licensed. I take it if it's unofficial, it's not actually on Melodiya, despite the artwork?
January 9, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I live in what was once part of the USSR, and I've been told that (quite surprisingly) Melodiya did use DMM for some releases in the late 1980s - pretty much all Western ones they'd licensed. I take it if it's unofficial, it's not actually on Melodiya, despite the artwork?
Bargain indeed! My current very English-y folk favourite is Goblin Band's new album, Loaf of Wax. Cracking live set, if you haven't heard it.
December 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Bargain indeed! My current very English-y folk favourite is Goblin Band's new album, Loaf of Wax. Cracking live set, if you haven't heard it.
Thanks for the info. What would fix it? The host allocating different IPs, or Bluesky switching CDN host (seems unlikely)? The weird thing is that about an hour ago, images suddenly worked again via fibre for a few minutes, and then disappeared again.
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Thanks for the info. What would fix it? The host allocating different IPs, or Bluesky switching CDN host (seems unlikely)? The weird thing is that about an hour ago, images suddenly worked again via fibre for a few minutes, and then disappeared again.
Images suddenly seem to be loading again (although who knows how long it will last?)
November 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Images suddenly seem to be loading again (although who knows how long it will last?)
Hmm. I'm on Telia fibre too. I guess they haven't implemented IPv6 for private customers? Do you know if any other provider in LT would be better?
November 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Hmm. I'm on Telia fibre too. I guess they haven't implemented IPv6 for private customers? Do you know if any other provider in LT would be better?
Yeah. On mobile, images won't load over WiFi but they over mobile network; on desktop, Bluesky won't even load. (I'm assuming you're in LT too?)
November 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Yeah. On mobile, images won't load over WiFi but they over mobile network; on desktop, Bluesky won't even load. (I'm assuming you're in LT too?)
I've been having this problem intermittently for several days (I'm in Lithuania). At first I thought it was my firewall/ISP, but it sounds like it's wider.
November 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I've been having this problem intermittently for several days (I'm in Lithuania). At first I thought it was my firewall/ISP, but it sounds like it's wider.
Tempted to say "everything". Great with cheese; equally good in salads. Very mellow sweetness with the earthiness of turmeric, so it works really well in things like tagines.
October 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Tempted to say "everything". Great with cheese; equally good in salads. Very mellow sweetness with the earthiness of turmeric, so it works really well in things like tagines.
Same here. Absolute favourites of the moment are elderberry chutney (although it's probably a bit late now) and sweet pickled pumpkin. Photo is what nine years living in Eastern Europe does to a person.
October 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Same here. Absolute favourites of the moment are elderberry chutney (although it's probably a bit late now) and sweet pickled pumpkin. Photo is what nine years living in Eastern Europe does to a person.
Um... Not exactly. Suffice to say that Latvians asking their way to a guesthouse in Lithuania might find themselves directed somewhere unexpected.
October 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Um... Not exactly. Suffice to say that Latvians asking their way to a guesthouse in Lithuania might find themselves directed somewhere unexpected.
One of my favourites is viesu nams / viešnamis...
October 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
One of my favourites is viesu nams / viešnamis...
"Replaced from within." I had a momentary vision of a xenomorph bursting out. Which, to be fair, might bring a little more humanity to the company's leadership direction.
September 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"Replaced from within." I had a momentary vision of a xenomorph bursting out. Which, to be fair, might bring a little more humanity to the company's leadership direction.
To be fair, it does make me wonder if AI can play a role in imagining a better future.
September 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
To be fair, it does make me wonder if AI can play a role in imagining a better future.
Did I miss the Back To The Future instalment where Charles has to travel back into the past to make sure Liz and Phil go on their first date before his portrait fades to nothingness?
August 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Did I miss the Back To The Future instalment where Charles has to travel back into the past to make sure Liz and Phil go on their first date before his portrait fades to nothingness?
I would 100% listen to any dub album David Lynch made, though.
July 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I would 100% listen to any dub album David Lynch made, though.
Fornicators and heretics... CORDIALLY INVITED?
May 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Fornicators and heretics... CORDIALLY INVITED?
I found the same and a pristine copy of Martin Carthy's debut in a record shop in a small town in Lithuania a while back. I can only wonder how they got there.
March 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I found the same and a pristine copy of Martin Carthy's debut in a record shop in a small town in Lithuania a while back. I can only wonder how they got there.
My metal days are pretty far behind me, but this is a cracker that I'd never heard of. Thanks!
March 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
My metal days are pretty far behind me, but this is a cracker that I'd never heard of. Thanks!
I keep hearing things like "he designed it" in relation to Musk, Tesla and SpaceX. Did he? Or did he just buy the expertise of people who do know how to design things, using tainted money that originally came from his Apartheid-loving family?
March 15, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I keep hearing things like "he designed it" in relation to Musk, Tesla and SpaceX. Did he? Or did he just buy the expertise of people who do know how to design things, using tainted money that originally came from his Apartheid-loving family?
This is one of the films I most regret not walking out of. See also: The Fountain.
March 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is one of the films I most regret not walking out of. See also: The Fountain.