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Riviera, PhD

@riviera.bsky.social
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Absolutely, and so refreshing to see a film play with the idea of "the person behind the scenes is as important as the figurehead" and mean it
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I hope Skyler Gisondo wins awards off this, they'd be well deserved
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
She was incredible, and such a strong choice of the movie to make her a secondary lead rather than taking more of a Hansen biopic angle
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My bar won't change a single TV to them, it's over
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HK @hkesvani.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Another lie from Netanyahu. My wife has never liked my posts.
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Can't believe I have to send work emails when they're about to admit that Mitch McConnell has been dead all summer
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The Onion @theonion.com · 12/09/2026
Slipknot Travels To India To Begin Psychedelic, Free-Love Phase Of Career theonion.com/slipknot-travels-to-in…
Slipknot Travels To India To Begin Psychedelic, Free-Love Phase Of Career
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Getting in under the wire
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Great song about this
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
@cheem.bsky.social @chatpileband.bsky.social are you guys on here?
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We've got an extra long episode of Break Stuff for you this month. @numetalmoment.bsky.social and I had Cheem on to talk about themselves, Chat Pile, and 100 gecs. Check it out:
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Break Stuff: The Unbelievably True Story of the Best Worst Genre in Music History Episode 19 - Trust Me, You're Not Alone (2022 - 2023) | The Nu Metal Agenda Podcast
Break Stuff: The Unbelievably True Story of the Best Worst Genre in Music History Episode 19 - Trust Me, You're Not Alone (2022 - 2023) by The Nu Metal Agenda Podcast on Patreon. Join The Nu Metal Age...
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crazy ass moments in nu metal history @numetalmoment.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Two days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks Serj Tankian of System of a Down posts the essay Understanding Oil to the band's website. Sony removes the essay amid claims Tankian was justifying the attacks and the band was monitored by the CIA for subversive activities (2001)
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I forget that if I don't tag @numetalmoment.bsky.social no one sees my posts
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We unlocked our 9/11 episode last year, and to this day it's some of my favorite work we've ever done. There's an easy way to do 9/11 and nu metal, through cheap jokes and spectacle, but more powerful to sit with the specificity. Hope you'll listen.
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Break Stuff: The Unbelievably True Story of the Best Worst Genre in Music History Episode 10 - The End of Everything: 9/11 | The Nu Metal Agenda Podcast
*NOW UNLOCKED* The Holy Trinity Slipknot, Iowa (2001) System of a Down, Toxicity (2001) P.O.D., Satellite (2001) Additional listening Drowni
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
And produced by me, go watch it!
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crazy ass moments in nu metal history @numetalmoment.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Fred Durst writes, records demo for Britney Spears, "When It Rains" (2003)
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It's like Halloween, we have to start earlier every year
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🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
David Draiman, sex magician
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Huge
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
jfc
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I think it's good if fewer people get concussions while we work on those structural issues, I don't think we need sacrificial head trauma to prove a point.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
wagging my finger at an anti-capitalism campaign because it doesn't address the root of the problem: the fallen nature of Man.
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yeah! It's been so cool to watch them come back and get rediscovered by a new generation at the same time
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Are people LSAT posting here too? Is it crazier to take it in October or November if I haven't started studying yet but can get 168-170 on the practice tests but I'm not 100% I'd want to go
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Oh absolutely, but I can't wait
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The Nu Metal Agenda @numetalagenda.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The guys behind Psychostick weren't always having trouble counting to four. Once upon a time, they were navigating early adulthood as Evacuate Chicago. Take a look back at their lone studio album 'Veracity': numetalagenda.com/a-spring-wit...
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A Spring with No Laughter: That One Time Psychostick Got Sad
At age 19, Dontre described 2004 as "a miserable year," and the rest is history.
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I like that they've got 4-5 different "some people are mad, however they also admit there's no reason to be mad" bits in here, great work.
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dudes rock
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Happy birthday!
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
and his guitarist played on "Bygones"
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
got it
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I've got a little more digging in the archives to do. she had so many interesting connections you wouldn't expect, there's got to be something...
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Song with Kid Rock, but it hardly counts
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Well, there's sort of one but you won't like it
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
America went so crazy Slipknot was making PSAs against hate crimes
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
And they say it three times!!
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
In 1994, before the release of their debut album, one of Korn's first shows was a Rock for Choice abortion rights benefit. I recreated the poster as a batik.
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Never
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
400 for top of the line new, 100-200 used or older models, knock offs for around 60... You're not wrong, they're pricey toys, but much easier to access than one would think at first glance
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I really do not have the rhythm of posting on here, I need to lock in
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
What good is a firm for if not exactly that
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Exactly
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This month on Break Stuff we went back to the Ozzfest era to talk about industrial nu metal. A chaotic look at Fear Factory's Obsolete, Orgy's Candyass, and Static-X's Wisconsin Death Trip:
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Break Stuff: The Unbelievably True Story of the Best Worst Genre in Music History - Circling Back On: Industrial Nu Metal (1998 - 1999) | The Nu Metal Agenda Podcast
Break Stuff: The Unbelievably True Story of the Best Worst Genre in Music History - Circling Back On: Industrial Nu Metal (1998 - 1999) by The Nu Metal Agenda Podcast on Patreon. Join The Nu Metal Age...
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
starting a mail club where I promise you one bizarre essay about whatever I feel like per month, but sometimes the initial idea is half baked or I run out of time so you just get photocopies of my handwritten draft/notes and maybe those months cost extra
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
It's an honor 🫡
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
need everyone else to get out of the olympics ticket queue, thanks!
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Maybe he is
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The highs are high, but honestly yeah
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Riviera, PhD @riviera.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
It's crazy that they made a second platform called ki[c]k for groomers
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