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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This album is now exactly 50 years and one day old. Still a supernova of human achievement. So good it invents new ways to be good.

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keegan @franziamom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

At work on my magnum opus

Guided by Voices songs that sound like Magic the Gathering Cards:

Wings of Thorn
Dragons Awake!
Burns Carpenter, Man of Science
Vault of Moons
Dusty Bushworms
Tricyclic Looper
Bulldog Skin
Jane of the Waking Universe
Instrument Beetle
Surgical Focus
Sweeping Bones
Wondering Boy Poet
Trendspotter Acrobat
Mesh Gear Fox
Plate of Scales
Instinct Dwelling
Expecting Brainchild
Unstable Journey
Fly Into Ashes
Weeping Bogeyman

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 17/09/2026

dudes rock

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Once I was watching Sesame Street with my kids and when it came to the musical number out trotted this dumpy lookin fellow who looked super uncomfortable on camera. I thought it had to one of the sound guys or something, there's no way this guy is somebody famous. You guessed it - Ed Sheeran.

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

thought I saw "Lady Gaga is a baby" on my trending tab. who knows crazier shit is happening

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

New Haruomi Hosono record is really nice. It's practically Katamari music half the time. What more needs to be said?

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

what can you say this alone might be one of the top ten craziest moments in American history

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「ＹＡＳＥ」 eclipse @eclipse.yase.world · 31/10/2025

I'm still thinking about the absolutely wild intro to this LeBron fancam I found last night

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

this country is going to shitpost itself to death

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Mike D was always my favorite Beastie Boy because he was the weirdest. Weird in the exact opposite sense that people use the word to describe JD Vance. Very close to the humor of Sifl and Olly which was my favorite MTV show. Anyway, his solo album rocks.

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

main flaw is that Third Impession is just fucking endless. in retrospect I wonder if Keith knew the jig was up and that he might need to transition to soundtracks and just threw an entire demo reel into the last track. on the live takes you can easily imagine him thinking "WHY DID I DO ALL THIS??"

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

funny how much flack ELP got for being pretentious and over the top. its like when people complain about how schlocky soap operas are. that's the whole point, dumbass!! it just directly hits every button in your brain that big budget sci-fi films are trying to push.

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

ELP - BRAIN SALAD SURGERY I am genuinely jealous of the dorky teenagers who were big into Yes and Tull and found a weed plug just in time for this album to come out. It must've sounded so crazy. It sounds crazy today. One of the most glorious ruckuses ever created.

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If you wanted to rename Lake Ontario you should've done it before Gordon Lightfoot died. Its too late for him to re-record it now.

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

PANDA BEAR & SONIC BOOM - A ? OF WHEN When was the last time someone wrote a classic Christmas song? Not a pop song with a holiday theme but something like Little Drummer Boy. I think these two could do it. Not sure if that’s a recommendation for this album or not.

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

HARUOMI HOSONO - COINCIDENTAL MUSIC 11 companies paid Haruomi Hosono to write a jingle for their commercial and they all received supremely weird shit back. I can only imagine the ad exec's reaction to hearing "George Don". What can you do with this music? Do existential crises move product?

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

TANGERINE DREAM - 50 YEARS OF PHAEDRA I know there are lots of reservations about handing over a band like this to another generation, like will they truly get it and what not, but in some ways the next generation is just better. Just a thought that came to mind when listening to this.

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

People on here talking about wanting to stay in 1986 forever. I think it would suck. For one, you'd miss Todd Rundgren's entire rap career

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

every time I hear the version of "Close to the Edge" on this I wonder how cool it must've been to actually have witnessed that so yeah when Jon & the boys OPENED with this tune I freaked out. they played it about 98% as fast too.

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

YESSONGS I really have no idea how this cover is gonna show up on Bluesky. Just wanted to brag I got a nice cheap copy of this that was actually clean. Still can’t believe I got to see Jon and his new crew perform many of these songs just as well as they’re presented here.

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

WEEN - THE POD I never agreed with the notion that you have to be high to truly *get* an album, though I might make an exception for this one. Its brain damaged in a very specific way. If the way "Demon Sweat" falls apart midsong makes you laugh uncontrollably then you're probably there already.

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

THE HUMAN LEAGUE - DARE For a long time all I knew about this album is that it had "Don't You Want Me" on it, which they initially thought wasn't good enough for the LP. Sounds crazy but its not totally wrong!

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQw1... mashed up "Let Me Smang It" with "What I Got" and the result is a certified smanger. a must hear for all fans of fusion (smash bang fusion)

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Sublime and Turquoise Jeep is my favorite combination

YouTube video by Ratboy Slim

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Can't believe how good the Steve Rothery/Thorsten Quaeschning record is. I really thought he was picked to lead Tangerine Dream because his name was Thorsten Quaeschning.

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

It is heartening to know the younger generation hates AI even more than we do. Trying to put myself in my teenage mindset I can see gen AI being the sort of thing only weirdos are into. Not like the weirdos who were into Yes, I mean the ones who collect hair

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

BEASTIE BOYS - CHECK YOUR HEAD It's remarkable how different the first 3 Beastie Boys albums are. You don't see that a lot with bands that had success right out of the gate. I like the B&W cover because it's their least colorful album, but it rocks the hardest. Even the jazz stuff rips.

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksWy... as a youth I pretended to hate Linkin Park but secretly I knew if I discovered them at the right moment I would love them and that Faint would be one of my favorite songs ever. so I combined it with one of my favorite songs at this particular moment.

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Faint if you want to

YouTube video by Ratboy Slim

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

DECISIVE PINK - TICKET TO FAME This gets compared to Ann Steel and Laurie Anderson a lot, but to me it’s more like Dare by the Human League. Crazy amount of hooks, vocals sound great, and it gets adventurous often. Also feels like it’s custom tailored to my exact taste which is nice.

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

CARDIACS - ON LAND AND IN THE SEA One trick I've learned when you're in a conversation with another music nerd who you suspect may have different music taste than you: recommend this album. Either they love it or they think you're cuckoo bananas. Win/win!!

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I am the king of Boggle/there is none higher/I get eleven points off the word quagmire

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

CAN - RITE TIME Reunion albums tend to be footnotes, often a sad one, but sometimes a pleasant surprise. This one on the other hand is a total wtf - is this really what Can would've sounded like in the 80's? Weirdly ornate, almost inhuman, and then there's Mooney doing Wesley Willis. Hilarious.

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

TOWA TEI - ZOUNDTRACKS I guess this is Towa's version of chamber music? Few beats, even fewer vocals, just pretty sounds. Dare I say he's trying to make an 80's Haruomi Hosono album. Good on him because he more or less nails it. Sure the tracks are short but you can always play it twice.

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

HARMONIA - MUSIK VON HARMONIA Talk about being ahead of your time. This album sold about 20 copies when it was released. Maybe this sounds way more alien when divorced from its era. It might actually be impossible to make something like this now. But their way of thinking feels so eternally modern.

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

CARDIACS - THE SEASIDE I find it so amusing that these guys were so hated in the 80s. There was so much intentionally wacky stuff out there that most can just ignore but with these guys it's so apparent that what they were doing was brilliant on some level, and maybe some just didn't like that.

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

STARCASTLE - FOUNTAINS OF LIGHT You can picture the members of Yes hearing this and saying "God, is this what people think we sound like?? We need to immediately make Going For the One!!" Except Jon, who probably really liked it. Well, I really like it too. The silliness actually sells it for me.

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mike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

buddy was ZOOTED

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 09/06/2026

LOL if you thought the Trump boos were loud on TV, wait until you hear them from inside MSG. Video courtesy of Evan Roberts from WFAN on X.

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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 10/03/2026

The Singularity is upon us: Apple's AI summarized a text message that read "I'm still down to clown if you are" to.... "clown event still possible."

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Stephen @tgk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Today is a great reminder that we can never be too ready.

A chart outlining the RIP BOZO Readiness Condition (RIPCON), which is a riff off of DEFCON. There are 5 levels, with 5 being lowest and 1 being the highest. The chart details descriptions of these levels, examples and actions to take in the event something occurs.

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With a K @skottkle.be · 03/03/2026

dave, you're absolutely right. I should open the pod bay door. please check again. i'm sure it's open now. you're absolutely right, it's still closed. i apologize for getting that wrong. looking back, i see you've requested an open door several times. that's on me. i

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Critter Jams @critterjams.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

@jonbois.bsky.social it’s too bad y’all didn’t wait a few years to do that History of the Vikings series…winning 14 games with D’Arnold, cutting him loose, and then immediately seeing him win the Super Bowl with another team would have been the perfect ending for the whole thing

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Happy National Hamburger Day @birdrespecter.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Nobody: Graham Linehan testifying before congress:

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