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The Darkest One - In Violet Light - The Tragically Hip

Followed by the Hip, who've been a comfort for decades now. Roughly tied with the Mountain Goats for the most songs I've learned to play myself youtu.be/s_DR45Mtrsg?...

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Today's jogging tracks: Fortune by The Mendoza Line. A group that's new to me, but clearly right in my alt-country/indie rock wheelhouse. I liked the slow, almost Zombies-reminiscent menace of this one themendozaline.bandcamp.com/track/lets-n...

Let's Not Talk About It, by The Mendoza Line

from the album Fortune

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More people should be telling me this

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Back at it again with the sword boys

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Feels strange to have such a robust chronicle of my writing style's development. I can fondly recall my early confidence, back when I was fueled by enough hubris to assume I could write THE definitive article on *topic*. These days I'm happy enough to record one moment in my own art-seeking journey

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Flip Flappers – Episode 1

Somehow it's been ten years since Flip Flappers, one of the all-time great anime originals. Absolutely check it out if you haven't, and if you're interested in more flipflappery, I actually wrote a pile of episodic articles covering the whole series! wrongeverytime.com/2017/07/31/f...

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Flip Flappers begins with a sharp contrast, a vivid illustration of two very different girls. We first meet Cocona, in a series of shots that speak volumes about both her specifically and Flip Flap…

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Thrilled to hear the new pod racing game has revived Burnout's Crash Cam, though saddened to learn it does not also feature "This Fire" by Franz Ferdinand. When will they release another game that is actually just Burnout 3: Takedown

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Nick Creamer @bobduh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Our cinematic scavenging turned up a diverse harvest this week, as we checked out Stuart Gordon's take on giant robots, enjoyed a claustrophobic creature feature, got swept away by Cary Grant, and sampled the bombastic Project A-ko. Let's get into it! wrongeverytime.com/2026/10/07/f...

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Checked out the seasonal anime chart and noticed a show whose title had entirely devoured its own key art

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Nick Creamer @bobduh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Important update: sleepy tail pillow baby

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Nick Creamer @bobduh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Having drawn closer to the mysterious, alluring Saint-Juste, Nanako finds herself embracing new depths of depravity, as she skips school and even tries a cigarette! The sinning continues apace as we return to the delightful Dear Brother wrongeverytime.com/2026/10/05/d...

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えど開店休業 @edomond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

モゲ様とボラクチン様 #jaadugar

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Nick Creamer @bobduh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yeah, he's delightful. I was already a big fan based on his discussions with Frieren, but that immediate shift to throwing hands at the end really sealed it

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Cake 🍰💖 @freusan.co · 02/10/2026

Happy Hanekawa Hfriday to those who celebrate

Hanekawa tsubasa Halloween art from monogatari puc puc

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Quite impressed with how well this episode wove its themes into the ongoing exam. Frieren's "tournament arc" continues to be full of surprises

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For the young and ambitious, trampling upon others can seem a fine cost for achieving personal glory. Yet all glory eventually fades, leaving us only with the knowledge of the price we were willing to pay. Let's return to Frieren: Beyond Journey's End! wrongeverytime.com/2026/10/03/f...

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I think that was the last entry where space control was still prioritized over reaction time. Next up was Bloodborne, and with that the timing arms race was on

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The promise of this preposterously ambitious setup is being realized - a rich, resonant fantasy epic told across three tables and thirteen players. Brennan and his players are elevating the format

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Nick Creamer @bobduh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Good lord Critical Role. That's gotta be the most thrilling sequence of tabletop play I've witnessed

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Love this one. Those transmissions from the future really feel like something we should not be seeing

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Nick Creamer @bobduh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Nick Creamer @bobduh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In spite of severing their bond and pursuing more "ordinary" companions, Jogoro and Osanai simply cannot escape their dangerous passions. With the fires around town igniting their own inquisitive instincts, let's return to Shoushimin Series! wrongeverytime.com/2026/10/02/s...

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No one's been proven more correct than Gap in Spacetime Man

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OK Go - Take Me with You (Official Visualizer by David McLeod)

Followed by OK GO's latest, which I think is pretty handily their strongest album since Oh No. Some real pop scorchers on this one youtu.be/b_-6jYb8exs?...

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The Waterboys - Beverly Penn (Official Lyric Video)

Today's jogging tracks: classic Waterboys b-sides. If you haven't listened to their first three albums, rectify that - "Fisherman's Blues" is one of the greatest songs of all time youtu.be/IFVi5C7MwVY?...

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YouTube video by The Waterboys

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The remakes' combination of aesthetic maximalism, cloying self-reverence, and anime juvenilia seem to indicate they're philosophically opposed to making that sort of art anymore. There is no space for silence to imply wonder or mystery

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Yeah, I don't think Square are capable of making something like the original FFVII anymore. They've abandoned too many of its strengths - the lean script, the beautiful prerendered backgrounds, etc

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It's funny, that was basically my final takeaway from the first season of SAO - that this could only have been written by someone who didn't interact with anything but videogames. Felt maybe a touch unfair at the time, but now seems increasingly prescient

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Yeah, I'd tend to agree - they're not "morally reprehensible" or anything like that, they just teach people to think less and expect more validation, while rarely offering anything that stimulates, surprises, inspires, or enlightens. They're just empty calories

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I wonder if these are the natural consequences of an era where videogames are the dominant cultural art form. We're all poorer for the triumph of mechanical systems and "lore" over character, structure, or prose

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Oh, immensely so. Feels almost nostalgic remembering how folks whined about a few years of iyashikei prominence now that we're in decade two of isekai's wasted reign

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Yeah, I burned through the original Rayearth over the summer, and it's more a template than a story. Was hoping it'd be the intersection of Sailor Moon and Slayers, but it lacks the personality of either

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Fly-Sky-High☕🐌 @fly-sky-high.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This week I headed to the theaters to check out Cregger's Resident Evil, which continues a proud tradition of gamified survival horror cinema. That plus Van Damme high kicks, Edgar Wright theatrics, and a creature known only as THE BEING in the Week in Review! wrongeverytime.com/2026/09/30/s...

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Shatter me Inspo from a song that made me think of Lace so have this personal take of the Lost Lace fight! Also, by suggestion, this is in my ko-fi shop as well as a desktop wallpaper~ ko-fi.com/s/86b7082e8c #silksong #hornet #lostlace

Illustration of Hornet from Silksong fighting against Lost Lace. She is charging ahead with with her needle in one hand and Everbloom in the other, under her red cloak which is bursting with faydown feathers behind it. Lace is defending with her pin, black with void but also "chipping" like cracks in glass in various small parts of her body, exposing her true white self underneath. There are void tendrils bursting from other her, waving and curling across the canvas.

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Aero @areoman850.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

opening the news every day

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Oh yeah, that's not happening. Orchel is a delight

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Apparently there's one Dietrich paralogue that's only available for a single day. They've clearly gone mad with power

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Oh boy, I'm planning to do her route next. I was sorta wondering why this game had an authority stat but no battalions, lol

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I feel like I'd be worse off if Three Houses hadn't taught me a bit of zen regarding opportunity cost. Just gotta remind myself that no, I don't need a third archer I'll never use

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