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jbuergel

@fiverandomsongs.com

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Board game designer (Fox in the Forest, Hocus, Foresight) and terrible music blogger (fiverandomsongs.com). (He/him)

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🥧 suzanne 🥧 @425suzanne.bsky.social · 7h

Really wish @safety.bsky.app would actually review and take action on impersonation and harassment accounts. At least a dozen accounts set up purely to try to impersonate, defame, harass, and embarass me - all reported for obvious harassment. Most still up. suzzzshellll, suzzzzshellkd...

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 27/09/2026

Five Songs arrives in 1986, the year I remember first buying a record with my own money. The records in here are frankly all over the map, but they're all good: www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 9/27/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 9/27/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 25/09/2026

I spent some time back on Twitter making fun of the various digital board game replacement gizmos that people would try and throw out there, and I see that there's a brand new one, the Ever Board (www.polygon.com/everboard-ta...). Let's have a look!

New $500 AI-Powered Console Can Create Digital Tabletop Games From Scratch

EverBoard told Polygon how its new machine works — and what continued access will cost

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Jack Grimes @jackapedia.design · 24/09/2026

I'm joining the war on slop with cheap, fast flyer commissions. If you know someone who is asking the computer for event posters, tell them to ask me instead. Get the guarantee!

A poster mocked up as if it was offset printed in black and red roughly 60 years ago. The header reads "AVAILABLE NOW! FLYERS DESIGNED BY A HUMAN BEING!" and the subsequent text is pitching $50 flyer designs with a "SLOP-FREE GUARANTEE," incorporating some vintage Henry Volk clipart of people looking at a poster and saying how well it reflects on the event organizer.

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 24/09/2026

Five Songs arrives in 1987, a year of some monumental releases in metal and hip-hop, none of which I really talk about much. What are you going to do? Anyway, I do write up a Negativland record, so there is that. Can you believe that this is free? www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 9/23/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 9/23/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 23/09/2026

Dan's thread here on hosting his own work applies to so many people. I know there are discovery problems, believe me. I run a music blog that has ten readers on a good day. But if you're on somebody's else platform, you still have that problem, plus you inherit every problem of the platform.

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 21/09/2026

Five Songs is in 1988, and I don't have a lot of personal stories relating to these records, because I was a hopeless dork back then. Now as well, of course, but I'm a more knowledgeable hopeless dork. Progress! www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 9/20/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 9/20/2026

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Alex McKenzie @meepleandthemoose.com · 19/09/2026

Apparently I stress out my 5 year old.

A letter from my 5 year old that says it is okay dad I still love you you just stressed me out

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 16/09/2026

Five Songs has wound backwards to 1989, wherein I reminisce about debate camp. Yes, debate camp. Shut up! Also NoMeansNo, Einstürzende Neubauten, Operation Ivy, and others. www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 9/16/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 9/16/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 15/09/2026

A screenshot of an email from the excellent email list Burning Ambulance, with the title "DJ Shadow's Endtroducing...Turns 30".

A photo of an extremely decomposed bog mummy, who nevertheless appears to be in robust good health compared to your friendly poster after reading the previous headline.

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 13/09/2026

Five Songs reaches 1990, a high school year from me, and I reveal my major extracurricular activity. Also, Skinny Puppy is in here. www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 9/13/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 9/13/2026

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jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 09/09/2026

Five Songs is up, on 1991. And I go on and on about some records, like the infamous Negativland U2 single. But great stuff, too! Tar! Surgery! Cop Shoot Cop! www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 9/9/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 9/9/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 06/09/2026

Five Songs is in 1992. I reminisce about WRCT and tape trading, and failed to mention that the latter led to the bassist of a band on tour crashing in my dorm room one night. Hard to imagine that happening today! For starters, I don't live in a dorm. www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 9/6/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 9/6/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 02/09/2026

Five Songs, in which a story about superglue is told which does not look good for me. It's also probably not even the funniest superglue story I have from college. Also, some music is involved: the Grifters! Demilich! The Fastbacks! www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 9/2/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 9/2/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 31/08/2026

I still remembered to post this today! I mean, everybody is in bed, but whatever. So am I! Anyway, Five Songs is in 1994, I'm talking about college radio, and you're going to roll your eyes at one of these records: www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 8/30/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 8/30/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 26/08/2026

Five Songs is up, on the correct day. We're in 1995, I'm graduating from college, I talk about the Karl Hendricks Trio, and we've got some new releases: www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 8/26/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 8/26/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 25/08/2026

Yesterday's Five Songs was just posted. Editorial (me) is furioius with tech (me). Anyway, 1996: I moved to Seattle thanks to a classified ad, Gaunt is praised, Phono-Comb is remembered, and I defend an album nobody cares about: www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 8/23/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 8/23/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 24/08/2026

Today's cooking projects have involved a pressure cooker, immersion circulator, immersion blender, and food processor. So far.

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 23/08/2026

It's limoncello time.

A bowl of about 18 lemons, freshly scrubbed. They sit in a bright yellow bowl on a white countertop. Some debris that I was too lazy to move is also in the shot.

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 19/08/2026

The threat has always been there, but as I reach 1997 on the blog, the day is finally here. Five Songs: The Skapocalypse. It's the peak year for ska, and I was listening to a lot of it. If you skip this one, you're a coward. www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 8/19/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 8/19/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 17/08/2026

Glad to see everybody having fun with the "Iran DDoSed Bluesky" article going around, but just so people know, it's from April.

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 17/08/2026

Five Songs is up! We're in 1998, and I write more about learning to cook than about music. Some all-time records are mentioned alongside a ska record nobody but me remembers. Death is missing. www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 8/16/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 8/16/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 14/08/2026

@davidjroth.bsky.social I have only read the recap and haven't listened yet, but I cannot wait for "Drew Described Eternity".

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 13/08/2026

Five Songs wanders back to 1999, with mentions of surf rock, a rap opera, and a ska record nobody has heard of. Wait, come back! www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 8/12/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 8/12/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 10/08/2026

New Five Songs is up! Today we're looking at 2000, a year I was very fortunate, an throwback hip-hop classic released, a left-field hip-hop classic released, and some other records also happened. Happened? Jesus, Josh, get your shit together. Send post. www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 8/9/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 8/9/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 06/08/2026

Yo @mlb.com this fucking sucks, keep this rancid shit away from me! Also, have you forgotten what happens when baseball gets in bed with gamblers, you historically ignorant bozos?

Screenshot of the MLB app, showing the Mariners/Tigers game. It features a banner saying "betting odds now available", which is awful.

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 06/08/2026

Thanks, YouTube?

A message from YouTube explaining they're age restricting my video "beige freaky fuckin' windows", which I suppose is a song I must have uploaded to YouTube as part of my Five Songs project but do not recall. I'm sure my audience of zero will be disappointed.

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 05/08/2026

Five Songs reaches 2001, which...I'm not going to talk about That. Instead, I complain about commutes, posit a taxonomy for Fugazi records, mention US Maple and Unwound, and damn, there were some good-ass records in 2001. www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 8/5/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 8/5/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 02/08/2026

Five Songs visits 2002, a year when I was laid off for the first time. We also contemplate a great Blackalicious record, my favorite People Under The Stairs album, and somehow Sharon Jones's debut. www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 8/2/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 8/2/2026

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Suss-- 🥌 @suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

here's my venmo

Venn diagram
Moe Syzlak U Moe from the Three Stooges
"Overreacts to pranks"

Moe Syzlak U Friedrich Mohs
"Eastern european, probably"

Moe from the Three Stooges U Friedrich Mohs
"Wise Guy"

Union of all three
"A certain hardness to them"

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 30/07/2026

Trying out a new format today: Tag Sale! Join me as I look through some tags on Bandcamp and look for some new stuff to listen to! It's like digging through record bins at the store, except I'm being judged by you all instead of a bored college student: www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 7/29/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 7/29/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 28/07/2026

Five Songs (which I forgot to post yesterday) visits 2003, including some reminiscing on Einstürzende Neubauten in a very unhelpful form. Also, my favorite Calexico record. Note: since I wrote this, the entry for Feedbacker has been fixed. www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 7/26/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 7/26/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 25/07/2026

I say this reposted into my feed, clicked through, and was sad that I had missed it because it looks really neat. It was about then that I figured out that actually I had backed it and completely forgotten. Anyway, I love giving myself presents in the future.

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a team of bumblebees @saramchenry.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

if you see me at the pavement show say hi. you can’t miss me: I’m with the guy wearing the guided by voices hat

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 22/07/2026

Five Songs is up! 2004 is contemplated, and nothing comes to mind. A year that for sure happened and for which I have no real markers. I'm sure I'm forgetting something! Also, some EPs, De La Soul, and Silkworm. All this and five random songs as well! www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 7/22/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 7/22/2026

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Rachel Cole @rmartincole.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Cover of "Move Over Jet, Here Comes the Zep" by Gary O. Briggs. Illustration of a zeppelin over a city skyline.

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 20/07/2026

Five Songs is out! 2005 wasn't much different from 2006, life-wise, and so I talk about records. A chance encounter in a record store changed my taste and I have an unpopular opinion on a band. www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 7/19/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 7/19/2026

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

“Just leave kids home” is how you wind up with kids who are dependent on an iPad to exist

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 16/07/2026

Five Songs, in which boring jobs are contemplated and I wrote about an incredibly mainstream record because I want to. Also, I just found a typo and I'm not going to fix it. Quality is job #17! www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 7/15/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 7/15/2026

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地獄へようこそ。お出口は左側です @smolizzyhands.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

holy shit being an insomniac pays off youtu.be/e81LZCHhNKQ

Napalm Death: Tiny Desk Concert

YouTube video by NPR Music

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 13/07/2026

I swear I posted Five Songs yesterday, but I forgot how time zones work so it didn't actually post. Look, I'm on vacation. Anyway: 2007! Some Pacific Northwest shit and I make myself sad thinking about Lance Hahn again: www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 7/12/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 7/12/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 08/07/2026

Five Songs is out! We're in 2008 for this one, and we visit an album about baseball, a rare appearance by a compilation, and some memories of a Very Good Boy who was also a very stupid boy: www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 7/8/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 7/8/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 07/07/2026

Time to go through the mid-year list for The Quietus and find all the stuff I've missed: thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...

The Quietus Albums of the Year So Far 2026 (In Association with Norman Records) | The Quietus

Six months into 2026 here are the best albums of the year so far, as voted for by tQ staffers, columnists and writers

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 06/07/2026

I forgot to push the post button yesterday, whoops. Anyway, Five Songs! We're in 2009, and I discover that I really didn't know shit about music then: www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 7/5/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 7/5/2026

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Dude @impenetrable.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Generals gathered in their masses

Check the men’s room for Hugh Jasses

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 02/07/2026

New Five Songs! We ran out of present, so now I'm heading backwards in time, starting with 2010, whereupon I discover Problems in my collection. www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f... As always, RSS and email work and are a billion times better than social media.

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Five Songs, 7/1/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 7/1/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 28/06/2026

New Five Songs is out: www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f... Featuring 2024 albums and some thoughts on Steve Albini.

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Five Songs, 6/28/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 6/28/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 26/06/2026

I wrote this and forgot to post it yesterday. Nothing but pro work here. Anyway, Five Songs, in which 2022 is summarily ignored and 2023 is contemplated: www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f... Citric Dummies! Knower! Facet! Other stuff!

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Five Songs, 6/24/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 6/24/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 22/06/2026

Well, I forgot to actually post yesterday's post yesterday, which is typical. But, it does mean that I posted during the day, so there's that. Anyway: new Five Songs featuring two deeply unpleasant 2021 records I love and some other stuff: www.fiverandomsongs.com/posts/2026/f...

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Five Songs, 6/21/2026

Your Five Songs (and more) for 6/21/2026

jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 21/06/2026

The ads on the MLB audio feeds are shabby, cynical, and grotesque, as befits ownership's priorities. The Kalshi ad I just heard would still stand out even were it a "normal" ad. But it was sweatily teasing the Knicks at 37%, adding "extremely expired" to its impressive list of faults.