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I did like Mae's speech.
[MUSIC] Wolfskald
Oct. 7th, 2026 01:18 pmSome more fun music. Early stuff has a viking theme but I do like the recent album of sea shanties.
Blodvindr and Blood and Fire
Mother Told Me
Blodvindr and Blood and Fire
Mother Told Me
[MUSIC] Kiki Rockwell
Oct. 7th, 2026 12:27 pmOne benefit of October is the vast increase in "witchy" music and dance that is pushed by the algorithm. Quite like the stuff Kiki Rockwell has put out, especially her latest album Plagued by Visions.
Lamb Eats Wolf:
Selkie:
Lamb Eats Wolf:
Selkie:
[VIDEO] "This is the human spirit."
Aug. 16th, 2026 08:38 pmJust upping the signal on Barry's Economics with this video. [For more information on the vital need for a wealth tax (albeit with a UK focus), please consult the show Gary's Economics (although Gary is currently on hiatus for health reasons).]
[BOOK] A Parade of Horribles
May. 27th, 2026 07:01 pmOn the face of it Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl series is a silly dungeon fantasy crawl starring the titular Carl (and his delicious tootsies [sorry the AI gets everywhere]) and his girlfriend's cat Princess Donut. Aliens arrive on Earth and flatten every building (and everyone under a roof) and offer the survivors to compete in a competition where they have to make their way through a world-sized dungeon.
Sounds particularly silly, right? Why would aliens create such a thing just to harvest Earth's resources? Do they really make it back on the galactic entertainment network? Just over-the-top and silly, really. Something a more serious reader would avoid as comedic fluff.
Well the eighth book, A Parade of Horribles has just been released, and it confirms a lot of the hints that have been dropped in the previous books as the surviving crawlers effectively have declared war on the Dungeon. It appears that the myths and legends of the Dungeon aren't so fictional as most of the Galactic civilization had assumed. And the nature of the cosmic forces that they have really been playing with all this time.
Apparently we have two more books to resolve this situation. It's going to be a fun ride.
I am also told the audiobooks are quite well done.
Sounds particularly silly, right? Why would aliens create such a thing just to harvest Earth's resources? Do they really make it back on the galactic entertainment network? Just over-the-top and silly, really. Something a more serious reader would avoid as comedic fluff.
Well the eighth book, A Parade of Horribles has just been released, and it confirms a lot of the hints that have been dropped in the previous books as the surviving crawlers effectively have declared war on the Dungeon. It appears that the myths and legends of the Dungeon aren't so fictional as most of the Galactic civilization had assumed. And the nature of the cosmic forces that they have really been playing with all this time.
Apparently we have two more books to resolve this situation. It's going to be a fun ride.
I am also told the audiobooks are quite well done.
[ME] Hospitality
May. 5th, 2026 09:25 pmHmmm. Slight fever. Ambulance trip. A week later released to home nursing. Possibly more bad news to come.
[MUSIC] Ivanova Lives
Mar. 30th, 2026 12:07 pmBoom Shakalaka! Boom! Boom! Boom!
[That said, I am rather disappointed with most of The Puppetshade Chronicles unlike most of his other works, such as the New Albion series and Cthulhu the Funksical.]
[That said, I am rather disappointed with most of The Puppetshade Chronicles unlike most of his other works, such as the New Albion series and Cthulhu the Funksical.]
Reminds me of the voices in my head at the moment. In a good way.
PS: The comments on the video are lovely.
PS: The comments on the video are lovely.
I tried explaining to someone last week that it didn't matter how much money your house was worth (besides increasing your insurance and council rates) if you can not access that wealth. And if you do, then you don't have any place to live. Unless you use that wealth to attempt to buy a new place to live, which is rarely a profitable proposition. [Of course banks are willing to let you pay them money in order to give them a share of this wealth.]
[History] Doomed.
Jan. 25th, 2026 07:15 amThe global affairs editor for the national Australian broadcaster, was heard to utter "I think we have seen a real crossing of the Rubicon ... to use an American [emphasis mine] reference, over the last 72 hours..." whilst being "interviewed" by one of her reporters on the News about Trump at Davos.
Alea iacta est.
Alea iacta est.
Since I am recommending artistic stuff, here is a solo performance by Wing, one of the musicians in the Korean beatbox/acapella group Beatpella House. Amazing isn't it.
[TV] Genie. Make a Wish
Jan. 5th, 2026 10:11 amSeems quite fun so far. The mythology is fairly accurate too. Although like most K-Drama it can get a bit brutal, especially given the nature of one of the protagonists.
[TV] Made in Korea
Jan. 1st, 2026 03:05 amQuite enjoying this show. Be warned that it is set in 1970, at the height of the Third Republic of Korea, which was pretty much a dictatorship in all but name (having overthrown the overtly military dictatorship of the Second Republic of Korea just six years previously), where there was pretty effective suppression of dissent by the internal security apparatus. And the show is heavily involved in the security apparatus. And being a Korean show, it does not hesitate to show this with it's customary brutality (which as typical pulls no punches in the portrayal of bad stuff).
[For those unfamiliar with modern Korean history, in three years the Third Republic would formally become the officially recognised dictatorship of the Fourth Republic (supported by the large industrial conglomerates [chaebol]), until this was eventually overthrown by the bloody Gwangju Uprising after Park's death, and the creation of the Fifth Republic in 1980. Although struggles to enact a proper democracy in South Korea continued until the creation of the current Sixth Republic after the 1987 June Democratic Struggle (which eliminated a lot of the political control of the chaebol). And even so there was Yoon's recent attempt in 2024 at emulating Parks' 1972 successful self-coup with his martial law declaration. Which was why the attempt was so ... fraught.]
In other shows I am quite enjoying Plur1bus, although the protagonist does strike me firstly as being very American, but later I suspect this is really just her innate bitterness (unhelped by the fact that the incident did cost her the only person in the world who could pretty much put up with her in the first place). As for the rest of the show - well done so far.
I did find The War Between Land and Sea to be more of a Russell T Davies mess than is even normal for him.
And of course, Fallout continues to please.
[ME] Under tension (not)
Oct. 30th, 2025 07:29 pmGot a new record for my blood pressure: 69/52. [And I am not a short person.]
Two litres of IV fluids later ... "I suppose you can go home."
Not sure whether it is actually advisable to go see The Midnight Mares at the Grace. Still, it's not music you can really dance to...
Two litres of IV fluids later ... "I suppose you can go home."
Not sure whether it is actually advisable to go see The Midnight Mares at the Grace. Still, it's not music you can really dance to...
[ANIME] Lord of Mysteries
Sep. 20th, 2025 07:24 pmLord of Mysteries is an occult horror mystery set in a pseudo-Steampunk world with very deep lore. And yes it is a donghia (Chinese anime) for those purists reading this. The lore is great, the story excellent, and the characters are great. And the animation is superb. Highly recommended. Season 2 is out in 2027.
Other anime I enjoyed this season included Clevatess, a very old school fantasy anime both in terms of animation and story (and a fantasy not drawn from the standard elf-game derived anime tropes), Isekai Mokushiroku Mynoghra, which had cheap animation, nice dialogue and characters, and was an interesting variation on the isekai trope, and the second season of Dandadan continues to be as crazy as ever.
Other anime I enjoyed this season included Clevatess, a very old school fantasy anime both in terms of animation and story (and a fantasy not drawn from the standard elf-game derived anime tropes), Isekai Mokushiroku Mynoghra, which had cheap animation, nice dialogue and characters, and was an interesting variation on the isekai trope, and the second season of Dandadan continues to be as crazy as ever.
[ANIMATED] This was also quite fun
Sep. 20th, 2025 07:19 pmMilky Subway is 12 short episodes that is quite fun. [Only viewable from YouTube.]
