There’s Conor McGregor being a national embarrassment again #aside
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Date: April 2018
There’s Conor McGregor being a national embarrassment again #aside
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Isao Takahata should’ve won an Oscar for The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, one of the finest films of the century thus far #aside
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Ugh, speakers are cutting out again. Sad face #aside
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The new Dead Neanderthals sounds like the innards of a space hulk in decaying orbit around a gas giant #aside
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New issue of @atomic_elbow arrived after just over a week, amazing considering the four-day weekend #aside
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Lindsay Ellis’ video essay on why Bright doesn’t work is worth your time. #video
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‘Recognition memory’ might explain how I can always rewatch stuff like TNG and DS9, forgetting where most of the plots go till I’ve naturally caught up with the final act. (I’m not a big re-reader of books, so TV/film is my reference point.) [c/o Phil Gyford] #link
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Don’t confuse my apparent silence on big stories for ignorance. I watch some very closely. And one in particular doesn’t surprise me #aside
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Good news, my desktop speakers have mysteriously fixed themselves! #aside
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The secret to watching Okada matches is to skip the first 15 to 20 minutes. Anyway back to WCW Saturday Night for me #aside
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WCW Saturday Night just hit the Network so I’ll be seeing you in a few days #aside
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And he’s working on a new album, eh? I’ll believe it when I hear it. Particularly since he’s spent the last few years working on an analogue-only version of a near 30-year-old album he can’t let go of. (That’s another great conversation, though, in fairness.) #link
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My second feature for Bandcamp Daily was published mid-month, this one on a selection of bands exploring new directions in grindcore. Again, it’s not a definitive guide, nor meant to be one; it’s a selection of artists across a spectrum that have caught my attention over time, and which fit the brief. I’m very happy with how it turned out; cheers to my editor Jes Skolnik for their work in that regard. More…
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Stuck on Until Your Heart Stops for that opening one-two punch of ‘Moral Eclipse’ into ‘Terminal Deity’ and ended up playing the whole thing #aside
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Hiromu Takahashi and BUSHI is a team I can get behind #aside
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Happy birthday, D Boon #aside
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Come on, people! Hashtag your wrestling tweets so I can block the spoilers ffs #aside
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