Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Watching marching band clips from the SE Houston regional. 1. DAMN THAT’S IMPRESSIVE 2. Why does every school wear a hideous “marching dress”? Make it stop! 010 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026More good news for the 2027 Drum Corps Tour! Battalion and Gold have moved up to World Class! 021 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Mandarins approved for 2027 return! WOO! Finally some good news 031 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Where are the goddamn Velvet Knights when you need them? 020 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My Hope: Troopers as Batman: The Animated Series My Nightmare: They reboot their steampunk show 😬 320 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Begin endless chorus of “you spelled it wrong!” comments. 040 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is a decision only a Blue Devils alum could think of. 121 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 19/09/2026What’s wrong? Is it the general state of the world? 110 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Also, does anyone REALLY think Scouts were copying Bluecoats, Troopers were copying Cadets, SCV, Crown, and Star, etc? No, of course not. The music selections were presented in completely different ways to vastly different effect. CONTEXT MATTERS MORE THAN THE MUSIC SELECTIONS THEMSELVES 100 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I also reject the framing. All examples were “Big corps played X, then little corps copied! Wah!” There are far more instances of the lower placing corps playing a piece BEFORE the top 6 corps did. Or better yet, high school marching bands who have played everything under the sun way before a corp 100 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 17/09/2026What his critique/complaint doesn’t address is WHY corps use music that other corps have previously played. There are many reasons - the music fits the show, or it fits the corps identity, or it’s a challenging piece that they want to tackle, or they have a unique spin on it, etc 110 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Furthermore! NEVER listen to someone affiliated with Blue Devils when they say another corps is “copying music”. BD has rolled out over a decade of shows so similar they’re indistinguishable. I could chop up & slap together random segments and it would sound THE SAME, year after year. 121 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Ugh. THIS guy. 1. His BD bias is strong 2. His critique of Troopers is entirely based on his beef with Snyder over fair use claims. Troop played Adagio because that’s in the source material, stupid 3. Drum corps reuse music, gasp! Always have always will youtu.be/uCQxyEr12-Q?...youtu.beDCI has a problem...YouTube video by Funliner Productions 341 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Hey @netflix.com having commentators talking over the Welcome to Country is a BAD look. 010 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Alrighty, Rams vs 49ers in Melbourne is about to start. Looking forward to deporting all the Americans the second the game ends. 000 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 10/09/2026My thoughts on drum corps 2026 generally: 020 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Field Crew, get out there and paint while the rest of the corps gets floor time! www.instagram.com/reel/DdBIwXX...instagram.comAAMI Park on Instagram: "Our new look for the @49ers 👀"3,962 likes, 31 comments - aamipark on September 8, 2026: "Our new look for the @49ers 👀". 010 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 09/09/2026An excellent video essay on the history of Carolina Crown, focusing on the visual and programming identity (or, at times, lack thereof). youtu.be/FlS9N5Luz6k?...youtu.beWhy You Don't Recognize Carolina Crown AnymoreYouTube video by Rocky Point Studios 053 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 06/09/2026My internal dialogue: 😇 “Don’t post that, you’re being mean to these students who are trying their best!” 👿”And their best sounds like ass.” *click* 020 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 05/09/2026It makes my suffering a bit easier if other people have to suffer from it as well. 010 0
Reposted by Drums Down UnderThe Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.theverge.comThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 366201439891 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 03/09/2026It also involves mullet pulling for extra spicyness 120 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Why the main character (Kuro) is better than HP: -he’s NOT the chosen one -he isn’t handed everything in a plate, ie- wealth, unearned magical power, he has to work hard for it all -he rightly distrusts police and authority figures -he doesn’t take credit for his friends’ accomplishments 020 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Friends. Fellow Millennials. Do/did you enjoy Harry Potter but find now that you’d like your coming of age magic school YA literature to be free from fascist theming and NOT written by a TERF? You should read Stealing From Wizards instead. FUCK JKR. Bonus - it’s Canadian 293 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 25/08/2026😑 Presenting their 2027 program “Where Where You on January 6th?”… 010 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 24/08/2026youtu.be/iZ0iMYfD0dA?... I came across this video essay about the history of Magic of Orlando. You should give it a watch, might learn something.youtu.beMagic of Orlando: The Rise (Part 1) | A Drum Corps DocumentaryYouTube video by JeremysBugles 031 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 22/08/2026But it should always be taken neat, because fuck ICE 110 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 20/08/2026One time I counted up all the corps I’d competed against that are no longer in existence and the number was saddening to say the least. 032 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Mine was the Boston Pops Celtic album! 210 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Aw bless. Still here, despite everyone’s best efforts. And yes, I’m referring to the Taliban and former Oregon Crusaders band moms with Twitter accounts. Equally evil. 020 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The unregulated things they would cart in across Pakistan and just give us for free by the case would shock you. All in the name of “operational readiness”. Needless to say, my neurochemistry has not been the same since. 120 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 13/08/2026We’d be a psilocybin household I think 120 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 12/08/2026We used to go the good one in East Anglia until the damn Danes showed up in their longboats. 120 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Unfortunately I am nowhere near rich enough to be as eccentric as I should like to be. 131 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 11/08/2026So how many high school marching bands are going to have that Bluecoats whirligig shoehorned into their show now? 020 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 10/08/2026It would be the second most shocking splatter pattern on her walls, after the black mould 010 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Drum corps season is over! Time to get fat again! 020 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I feel for the judges who have to see every single corps tomorrow. That’s a crazy workload. 010 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Basically yes. It’s a classist mindset. “You aren’t REALLY marching drum corps if it’s not World Class”. Rubbish, of course. 100 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 04/08/2026A note to drum corps arrangers: Not everything needs “the drum corps treatment”, ie- triple tonguing for no reason, chopped up phrases, B FLAT POWER CHORDS WITHOUT END, mellophone screeching a sustained high note, etc and so forth. 051 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Madison: Bu… but…. We played loud and did the wedge spin drill thingo!😭 010 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Wait dammit. Not Spirit. I meant Crossmen. D’oh! 010 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 03/08/2026So Pacific Crest leapfrogging Spirit, Scouts, AND Blue Knights at Allentown was not on my DCI 2026 bingo card. Are we going to get a new Finalist corps for the first time in ages? 111 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I’ve avoided watching Bluecoats since their premier show because I wanted to see it fully realised in the late season. And god DAMN. This is a masterpiece of design these kids were given. Near flawless execution, full credit to the members. The show is complex and challenging yet accessible. 2101 0
Drums Down Under @drumsdownunder.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Those spiders are beautiful and I will proudly continue to share them like a kindergartener with their shitty finger paintings!static.klipy.comSpider Jumps Out of HoleALT: Spider Jumps Out of Hole 000 0
