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The music, man. Nothing good can happen in a show with a score like that.

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I can't recall who recommended 'Sai' on Netflix to me but I'm having the worst time watching this. Haunted vibes, can't describe why parts are unsettling. 10/10 show so far.

Just noticed that someone who used to be a mutual now has blocked me. Which of my most tepid and people-pleasing posts, where I don't dare fully express real opinions because I'm afraid I'll annoy someone, could have caused that? Who knows! Oh well

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That wouldn't surprise me, I got home and - after declaring this as the first Western I'll read - the back says: (the ambient tone of the universe seems to be pushing me this way and who am I to refuse!)

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No idea why but it's been circling my brain for the last couple of weeks, saw a copy today and decided to just go all in on this weirdly specific & harmless intrusive thought!

I know some books are kind of like westerns, or neo-westerns, but over my holidays this might be my first time in my 43 years to *read* a straight up Western.

Cover for Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry.
The picture is the back of some guy, some guy I assume is named Lonesome Dove, atop a horse... Maybe the horse is Lonesome Dove...?
Anyway, he's holding a rope that I assume is tied to a kite that hasn't made the crop to the front cover.
(Maybe the kite is the titular Lonesome Dove?)
The book is just short of 900 pages long, so probably about the length of a story mission in Red Dead Redemption 2, but presumably more generously paced.

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Few willing to accept that the day has bested them. While a big coat may have been a choice at 7am, the 1pm 17° heat sun in a cloudless sky is mocking you. Accept your defeat for today, big jacket fans.

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Gotta insist that everyone who doesn't know Nathan Carter or have thoughts on Crystal Swing is living in a bubble! If someone says "who?" when I talk about Red Hurley, or doesn't accept Johnny Logan as cultural touch point then they are performative contrarians.

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It does, even just in terms of how eps are structured now, the joke/ ideas tangent density has dropped, so act 1 ideas are now the full episode, no jumping off/ veering into anything bigger/ different. It's a real "we just gotta make this last until we cross the finish line" energy.

It's also one of those "i also don't know the number one song in Australia/ India/ ??? right now" things. It's weird to insist that the US maintains a cultural hegemony over music and if you don't accept/ listen to it you are being obtuse & isolationist at a detriment to being a part of the world.

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Like, even Warner Bros/ DC got Hans Zimmer to do the Man of Steel OST! Did Disney/ Marvel just ignore this parts of their movies on purpose? Can't even think of a good music cue in across their movies (that's not a needle drop), or pairing of music with a scene. Just background blandness

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Occasionally my brain gets stuck on how through the growing mass of MCU movies and tv shows, they all have the blandest original soundtracks. Just an entirely forgettable soundscape. Through repetition maybe the main Avengers theme has broken out but it's still not noteworthy by itself.

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How it gave itself a spin-off that seems exhausted by its own premise from episode 1 is baffling to me. It's running on fumes and then decides *now* is President Curtis' time?

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8 people are needed to cover my (1) job while I'm away on leave. The first week back after I return from leave is usually spent cleaning up the issues people created in my job while I'm away.

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(allowing myself a quick work complaint before I'm off for 2 weeks)

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Microsoft 365 is so bad for Co-Pilot bullshit. Offline Word would underline things in blue if the syntax was off, suggesting a comma or capital letter - now online that same blue underline suggests an entirely different sentence. & not always the same sentence if you hover over it a few times!

Graham @1fivefive.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Cannot wait for the dumbest person you know and their favourite Instagram comedian to blindly declare their support for these dorks.

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Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If I won't wade into the "top tv of the 21st century" discourse™ I'm not gonna go near the "have you heard this song?" discourse™. I don't take music cues from people who don't recognise that "Bumblin' Creed" by Padang Food Tigers & Sigbjørn Apeland is one of the best albums of the last decade.

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Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Have finally answered a big "do all shows just look like garbage now or is my tv broken?" question and the answer will surprise only people who have experience exclusively watching tv in my house.

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026

talent is a lie

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Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Still bummed my photography group absolutely imploded because the organiser wasn't happy with now many people attended their show. Been missing going out with people and taking photos but the darker months are here, I prefer doing night photos alone, sunset at 19:13, gonna make the most of it!

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Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There's a Dublin guy in Insta who makes videos with these, between those videos & his straight to camera stuff there is a wild shift in his accent from regular to a thick classic inner city city accent. Meta glasses are pathetic enough, cosplaying as a "Dublin in the rare aul' times" lad is worse.

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Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Only yesterday noticed that Tower Records have a 'no Meta glasses' sign on their door and I think every business needs to do this also.

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I think the important part is that it was an internal interview and I didn't lose the job I already had.

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I once drank the entire 1.5 litre jug of water during an interview, I finished it and someone from the interview panel slowly pushed their 1.5L water towards me and I took it. The room was incredibly hot. The interview was 40 minutes long and I finished almost 3 litres of water.

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New York Times 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century, Where They Can Be Streamed & Which Ones Can't Be Streamed Legitimately Anywhere.

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Here we go! 'Ghost in the Cell' and the table quiz booked already (without even checking the times/ dates so here's hoping they suit me!)

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@irishfilminstitute.bsky.social Horrorthon programme out today! 'Ghost in the Cell' screening and the table quiz booked automatically like I was possessed!

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I won't say where they'll be at 7, but it has giant speakers very obviously visible beneath the black bags they've taped over them for maximum discretion.

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Where will they strike next?

Social media/ news sites lives reporting a series of secret gigs by U2 with the same templates they'd use for ongoing terrorist attacks.

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This is one of those "made up for content" things that emerged from Leadership influencers on tiktok. Just empty husks yammering inanely inbetween reading email exchanges from followers/ their bosses. They may as well report on psychics who believe Teslas are secretly specialised ghost detectors.

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No, I'm not creating an New York Times account to get mad that someone has a different idea of "what are the greatest tv shows" than me. (I get that experience anytime I talk to anyone about any tv shows anyway.)

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Eamonn Sweeney @sweeneyagonistes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You know what? On reflection (i tried to rely the plot to someone and had to stop twice because I started to tear up) maybe Blue Heron is a 5 star movie. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie
Blue Heron
Resident Evil
Rabbit Trap

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The Irish political system encapsulated in one sentence.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Someone completely misread their audience telling me about a secret gig tonight. Buddy, I don't even like that band let alone want the experience of seeing them play.

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90’s Sarah Silverman Star Trek Voyager is something the fandom doesn’t really talk about because by the time you get there you just sort of accept it

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AAAAHH-lex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 09/09/2023

this city is afraid of me. i have seen its true face.

a smiley face scrub daddy sponge in the sink in a puddle of bright red beet juice.

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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You joined "grand vizier chat (secret)" You: dark rumors from aboard You: abroad* fuck Sssnakecharmer: mf said aboard WhispersintheChapel: ahoy matey lol PonderMyOrb changed the group name to "rumors from aboard"

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Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Successfully freed a young squirrel that was stuck in our garden space & hiding beneath the cover of my bike! Felt like one of those videos influencers stage for social media traction. There's no need to call local pet shops & see if I recently bought a baby squirrel!!! Be chill!!!!!

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

monkey, ascii art (2010) aa.mozz.us/utf8art/asci...

ascii art of a crouching, kinda angry monkey, puffing smoke, holding up a hand with a smoke between their fingers.

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Briefly met @jonronson.bsky.social years ago after he gave a talk (Psychopath Test tour?) but forgot my copy of 'Adventures with Extremists' to get signed, so buying a signed copy of his new book is a small consolation. Exactly the kind of weird, unhinged stories I wish didn't exist but still enjoy.

The cover of Jon Ronson's The Castle.
Incidentally the only book I've read in less than a week all year - not a comment on its length, just noting I have reached for it before even doomscrolling on my phone in the evenings.

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If the Irish Times is doing write-ups of every fuck-up of a home business that goes under then they're gonna need to bulk up their page count. Maybe a weekly supplement?

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Art allows you access to experiences and voices that are not your own. -vs- Some audiences:

Birdsrightsactivist;
I am feel uncomfortable when we are not about me?

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